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Some are remain length of the last ice-age, and alpine glaciers are quickly disappearing. There was hard strong evidence that years of rising temperatures are melting away austral gob ice berg glacier. Records here day back to the 19th century, and
The story of Noah building an ark to save his family and save thousands of animals from a flood which destroys all life on earth is an epic from many people's childhoods. It's a wonderful story found
Rising Seas, Development Predicted to Cause More Flood Disasters The Tropical Storm Harvey in the Unites States and the monsoon in South Asia have again shown how dangerous and destructive floodwaters can be. More than 1,200 people have died across I
Each year, millions of people visit the 4,570-meter-high Baishui Glacier in southern China. Scientists say it is one of the worlds fastest-melting glaciers. The huge body of ice is in the southeastern edge of a Central Asian region called the Third P
A doctor vacationing on the Riviera met a lawyer friend and asked him what he was doing there. The lawyer replied, I'm here because my house burned down, and the insurance company paid for everything. What are you doing here? That's quite a coinciden
The annual monsoon rains have unleashed flooding in several parts of India, killing nearly 1,500 people and leaving millions of others homeless. The worst affected region is the eastern state, Bihar, where a river burst its embankment, last month, a
SCIENCE REPORT – February 20, 2002: Pine Island Glacier By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Scientists have expressed much interest in the development of a huge new ice
By Jeff Swicord Glacier National Park, Montana 03 September 2007 National parks in the United States are revered for their natural beauty and wildlife. They are fragile ecosystems that are cared for and preserved for future generations. Because of th
Glacier Bay: A Land Reborn This week in our travels through Americas national parks, we revisit the state of Alaska. The northernmost state is home to eight major national parks. Today, we visit one of its most famous parks Glacier Bay. This huge par
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 August 2007 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $5.5 million to head-off a potential health crisis in flood-stricken North Korea. The Swiss agency reports North Korea's healt
The Flood Katie Melua Broken people get recycled and I hope that I will sometimes be thrown over pathways what I thought was my way home wasn't the place I know no I'm certain nothing's certain what we are becomes our prison my posessions will be gon
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 October 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says hundreds of thousands of flood victims in North Korea are in a fragile state and need emergency assistance. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva that UNICEF says food,
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 19 September 2007 India is allowing a group of tourists to visit the Siachen glacier in the disputed region of Kashmir for the first time, despite objections by Pakistan. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, thousan
By Jamila Trindle Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China 06 June 2008 Three weeks after the earthquake in China's Sichuan province displaced five million people, a few hundred thousand have had to move again - out of the way of a dammed river that poses
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 August 2007 International aid agency Oxfam says poorly built flood defenses in South Asia may have aggravated the intensity of the recent flooding in the region. It calls for a reassessment of flood policies in the reg
CHENGDU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 220,000 people in southwest China's Sichuan Province have been evacuated from low-lying areas following a flood that struck the disaster-prone region on Wednesday, local authorities said. The flood, the third in
Flood pools to be built in Beijing after deadly storm BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Authorities are planning to build 20 underground flood pools in downtown Beijing to improve the Chinese capital's flood-control capacity after a devastating rainstorm
YICHANG, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Continuous flood peaks have left over 600 ships stranded on sections of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in the city of Yichang in central China's Hubei Province. Since early July, continuous flood peaks have h
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BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The national flood and drought prevention office has warned that severe floods are more likely to occur this year due to markedly increased rainfall, according to Sunday media reports. Floods may cause greater damage this