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Flooding and landslides brought on by two days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have left 22 people dead and several more missing, officials said Tuesday.
A stalagmite rising from the floor of a cave in China is providing clues to the end of several dynasties in Chinese history. Slowly built from the minerals in dripping water over 1,810 years, chemicals in the stone tell a tale of strong and weak cycles of the monsoon, the life-giving rains that water crops to feed millions of people.
Doctors have diagnosed more than 1,000 acute diarrhea cases in relief camps in the flood-ravaged plains of northern India, and at least six more people have died of complications from the disease, a health official said Saturday.
Authorities warned villagers in flood-ravaged northern India on Friday not to return to their homes because an unpredictable river that burst its banks could overflow again. But thousands ignored the warning and took the receding waters as a sign that the danger had passed, officials said.
Indian officials rushed soldiers and air force helicopters to flood-ravaged parts of northern India to provide aid to the more than 1 million people stranded by a surging river, officials said Wednesday.
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday.
The downfall of the one of the greatest Chinese dynasties may have been catalysed by severe changes in climate. The same climate changes may have simultaneously led to the end of the Maya civilisation depicted in Mel Gibson's new film Apocalypto.
Ground water over-use & global warming -> water wars loom in an India of parched fieldsNew analysis of NASA satellite data for the north-west of India from 2002 to 2008 has found aquifers are disappearing at an alarming rate...climate change could reduce subcontinent's crop yields by 30 per cent by 2050
Naked girls plow fields for rainFarmers in an eastern Indian state have asked their unmarried daughters to plough parched fields naked in a bid to embarrass the weather gods to bring some badly needed monsoon rain, officials said on Thursday.
Monsoon rejuvenation therapy for jumbos begins in Kerala THRISSUR - Elephants in Thrissur in Kerala, start the monsoon month with long rejuvenation therapy during which they are kept away from hard labour and fed with ayurvedic concoctions for their good health and well-being.
Dragonflies - Longest Insect Migration RevealedEvery year, millions of dragonflies fly thousands of kilometres across the sea from southern India to Africa... ...and then likely back again, a round trip of 14,000 to 18,000km. More Articles
Mumbai faces acute water shortageThe authorities in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have reduced water supplies by 30% as it faces one of the worst water shortages in its history.
So, here we are once again, meeting in the freezer just to cool off.
Yes, it's Valentines day, I know, but it is also the birthday of the youngest of the 48 continental United States. I, myself am not a native of Arizona, I have lived here since 1975. As a child in Missouri, I have lived in homes older then this state.
When I was little, I was taught that the Native Americans built different sorts of homes from mud or clay. I live in a place where that happened.
India floods strand hundreds of thousandsAbout 1.2 million people have been left homeless and scores have been killed in the impoverished state of Bihar in the two weeks since the monsoon-swollen Kosi river in neighboring Nepal burst its banks, dramatically changing course and spilling billions of gallons of water into …
Hurricane-force winds, heavy rain hit ValleyUnusually powerful thunderstorms generating hurricane strength winds ripped through the Valley on Friday night,
So I could ramble on about how I have NEVER seen lightning like this, how it looked as if we were in War of the Worlds 2, or how I have NEVER seen lightning like this before.. oh, wait,, see I would ramble. Instead I will just write about the storm.
Okay, so it was just a Tuesday. "What's a Tuesday?" asked Pooh. "It just is".
So... just like every other day this week, we sat here, listening to the weather man tell us that we had a thirty percent change of rain.. same ol' same ol'. Here in Mesa we are used to it raining all around us, and never getting any ourselves.
I am excited as I wait for the remnants of Dolly the hurricane to get sucked up into our Monsoonal flow and bring us oodles of rain. Oodles is a technical term, I know this, because it is the word the "meteorologist" on the local news used to describe the rain we might get.
Monday evening, sitting here watching the kids play Guitar Hero, and my phone rings. It is my older son, who lives maybe 5 miles East of us, "Are you outside?" he asks. "No, why?" I reply.
So.. yesterday started out like all of the other days... hot, sticky, teasing....... Then something happened. A storm, a BIG storm, moved into the valley and stayed. We ended up with over 3 inches of rain in Mesa, I would say more then that at our house.
So for some reason the powers that be decided to pick a date on the calendar to be the start of the Arizona monsoon. This date came and went over two weeks ago, and I am still waiting for some signs.
Arizona on record pace for days over 110 degrees Arizona's summer of 2008 is on track to break a record. Marked by a seemingly unending blast of heat, this year is on pace for the most days with maximum temperatures of at least 110 degrees.
It's that time again, for the Arizona Monsoon. Will we see any rain?
and so, to, is fire season. Not much to say, except every year it's a repeat or worse. I only hope no one falls victim to this years fires. I am just under 45 miles from the fire currently burning south west of Phoenix. I took a picture of the sun a couple of days ago.
Forget the monsoon: Wildfires are hereArizona is once again in the wildfire season. It's going to be a long, hot summer.
Almost 90 dead in fresh India monsoon rainsAt least 88 people have died in rain-related accidents in eastern India since the start of September with tens of thousands stranded in state-run relief camps, officials said.
Chakara – shoals of fishes near the shore, Monsoon Season, India, Kerala VideosThe video clip portrays the rare phenomenon of Chakara, seen annually in the coastal areas during the monsoon season. Chakara is the thronging of huge quantities of fishes near the shore as a result of the forming of mud banks.
Deadly poison found in children's jewellery HAMLEYS, Britain's biggest toy store, and the high-street fashion chain Monsoon have been selling children's jewellery imported from China containing levels of lead that can potentially cause brain damage and even kill.
Growing up in Tucson, AZ is too easy. The weather is arguably the best (driest) in the country. Sure you can find more stable temperatures on the coast, but think about the humidity, the hurricanes, and gloominess.
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