| You have searched for: hurricanes |
| |
 |
|
Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and was approaching the Cayman Islands and Cuba with sustained winds of 140 kilometres an hour on Friday.
"Paloma is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Strengthening is likely and Paloma is expected to become a category two hurricane later today (Friday) and...
 |
|
|
Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and was approaching the Cayman Islands and Cuba with sustained winds of 140 kilometres an hour on Friday.
"Paloma is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Strengthening is likely and Paloma is expected to become a category two hurricane later today (Friday) and...
|
|
|
 Meteorologists’ research has shown that Tropical Storm Bertha has begun moving away from the Cape Verde Islands on Friday morning after forming in the far eastern Atlantic on Thursday afternoon.The storm is expected to take a turn to the northwest and then north before it reaches North America. It’s early to predict any development of...
|
|
|
 Rain poured down on Cuba
over the weekend, causing massive flooding in the eastern regions of the
country and killing two people, the media informed on Monday.
Hundreds of buildings were damaged and more than three
thousand people were evacuated from the affected areas. The search for stranded
persons continue, as two workers were...
|
|
| |
 |
|
Switzerland's reinsurance giant Swiss Re reported a surprise third-quarter loss Tuesday, slipping 304 million Swiss francs (259 million dollars) into the red after registering a profit of 1.47 billion francs in the same quarter of 2007.
The company said in Zurich that it would now suspend a share buy- back programme.
The company's...
|
|
|
Dow Chemical Thursday reported profits for the third quarter, but it said rising costs of raw materials and energy had weighed on the company and that it sees a recession on the horizon.
"The global economy is now feeling the full effects of the same economic issues that have plagued the US for the past several quarters,"...
|
|
|
 The new hurricane season starts with Boris and Bertha. Boris
passed without hurting anyone, but Bertha blew out suddenly. Boris erupted in
the Pacific and went to the western coast of Mexico and caused no damage.
Bertha formed last Thursday near the Cape Verde
islands and set a record for the farthest east that a tropical storm has...
|
|
|
 Typhoon Neoguri, a two category storm on a scale up to five,
is expected to drop 40 mm (one and a half inches) to 90 mm of rain on Hainan
and Guangdong
and to bring winds of 176 kilometers (110 miles) per hour, the US Navy Joint
Typhoon Warning Center said.
Neoguri’s eyes, which is the second storm of the northwest
Pacific...
|
|
|
 Text messaging has become more and more popular in the last few years. It is estimated that more than 48 billion messages are sent monthly. Baring this in mind, the fact that the government has found a way to employ this widely used service into a security plan isn’t as surprising anymore.On Wednesday, federal regulators approved a plan...
|
|
| |
 |
|
 On Monday in Mexico, two of the major oil export ports were closed due to bad weather conditions brought about by Tropical Storm Arthur.As the wind got stronger and the sea roughened, the Department of Communications and Transportation of Mexico announced that the ports of Dos Bocas and Cayo Arcas would be closed down. Pajaritos, the...
|
|
|
 On Saturday, one day before the official start of the hurricane season, the first tropical storm of the year formed in the Belize region and it is now heading towards the mainland. Tropical Storm Arthur could come with up to 10 inches (125 to 250 millimeters) of rain in Guatemala and Belize and up to 15 inches (380 millimeters) of rain...
|
|
|
 On Thursday, the "Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States" report was released by the Bush administration. Four years of research were needed to put all the information together; however, it was thanks to a court order that the report eventually came out. One of the conclusions of the report...
|
|
|
 The World Health Organization has said on Monday that global warming has already contributed to an increase in the incidence of diseases and has increased poverty in some areas. Soon, millions may die of these problems. The announcement was made on World Health Day, which commemorates each year the founding of the World Health...
|
|
| |
 |
|
 Millions of people were left without power on Tuesday, due to an unexplained equipment failure, devastating traffic in intersections and leaving some trapped in elevators.The massive blackout affected at least two million people, as the incident, which occurred at about 1:09 pm, caused the customer demand for electricity to exceed...
|
|
| |
 |
|
 According to an announcement made by government forecasters on Thursday, the hurricane season (which is only nine days away) may turn out to be a crowded one this year, as six to nine hurricanes are expected to form. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that there is a 65% chance to have an above-normal season;...
|
|
|
 According to a recent study by research meteorologist Tom Knutson the global warming is not the cause of the increase in hurricanes in the Atlantic in the last years. On the contrary, the prominent federal scientist reported in its study on Sunday that warmer temperatures are more likely to reduce the number of hurricanes in the...
|
|
|
 According to a recent study, it
seems that the Arctic ice is simply melting away. Although this winter the
sea’s ice seems to have made a partial recovery compared to last summer’s
record melt, this apparent improvement is nothing else than an illusion,
according to a report made public by federal scientist on Tuesday. Walter
Meier,...
|
|
|
 According to a new report, it
seems that global warming will affect also roads and all kinds of other types
of transportation. Scientists at the National Research Council released this
recent study’s findings on Tuesday, warning about upcoming events that will
occur because of the global warming phenomenon.
Scientists said that...
|
|
|
 The National Research Council has released a study on Tuesday which shows that flooded roads, railways and airport runways in the regions close to the coast could have a significant impact on transport amid the ongoing global warming.The climate change, which causes sea level to rise, more powerful storms to devastate the entire world...
|
|
|
 According to a recent study made
public on Thursday by the British journal Nature, it seems that the warmer the
seas get, the more likely is for hurricanes to form and to threaten countries and
cities and their inhabitants. The study conducted by British researchers Mark
Saunders and Adam Lea of the Benfield UCL Hazard Research...
|
|
|
 The non-sticky bubble gum has
been invented; let’s see what you’ll stick now!
Although it is quite a minor
problem comparing to wars, diseases, rebellions, cancer, hurricanes and
tornadoes and other such critical problems that mankind has always had to face,
the sticky bubble gum has also been some of the most irritating...
|
|
| |
 |
|
Subtropical Storm Laura formed in the north central Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center. Laura is centered at about 1,015 miles west of Faial Island in the Azores and was moving west-northwest at nearly 8 mph on Monday. The subtropical storm’s winds are near 60 mph and Laura can reach the strength of a hurricane on...
|
|
|
 Tropical Storm Kyle is the 11th storm of this year’s hurricane season in the Atlantic. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Kyle formed on Thursday as a terrible weather was announced in Puerto Rico and other northern Caribbean islands. Kyle reached to be a tropical storm when its winds reached 45mph.As a Category 1...
|
|
|
 Tropical Storm Edouard, the fifth tropical storm of the hurricane season in Atlantic this year, has formed near an oil and gas producing area of the northern Gulf of Mexico, on Sunday.By 11 p.m. EDT, the storm was located around 80 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and was expected to come on the Texas coast being as...
|
|
|
 After Hurricane Dolly made landfall in close proximity to the Texas-Mexico border, Texas’s governor declared 15 counties disaster areas. The Red Cross is calling for volunteers from all over the country so as to lend a hand. The humanitarian organization which provides emergency assistance identified the neighborhoods in need of help and...
|
|
|
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:238;
mso-generic-font-family:roman;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2...
|
|
|
A report carried out by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration points to the alarming fact
that half of all US
coral reefs are in poor health and that responsibility belongs to human beings.
Today will take place the 11th
International Coral Reef Symposium, which will be hosted at The Broward...
|
|
|
 Forecasters say the natural cycle in air pressure and
sea-surface temperatures in the Atlantic
became more favorable to storms beginning in 1995. The devastating natural
program will continue, bringing more hurricanes and storms than ever. The
predictions were made for 15 to 20 years to come.
“We don't attribute this to anything...
|
|
|
 Thousands of Katrina victims, who received money to
reconstruct their houses may be in the situation of giving it back. The
Associated Press reports that the private contractor under investigation for
the compensation it received to run the Road Home Grant program for Katrina
victims says that some people got a great amount of money...
|
|
|
 Veteran weather forecaster Bill Read was appointed Friday as the director of the National Hurricane Center, media informed.Read had previously served as deputy director of the Miami-based center. He has to deal with several problems that rattled the hurricane center and led to the removal of his predecessor last July.Read "has what...
|
|
|
According to FEMA, almost 3,000 families across Louisiana will have to leave
their government-supplied trailers over the next few months under a new
schedule prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA officials said last week that the agency planned to close all the
trailer camps it runs for victims of the 2005...
|
|
|
 With major preparations and a bit of luck, the third most
powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to hit Mexico proved gentle. It would be
untrue to say that there weren’t casualties or severe property damages, but the
disaster could have been a lot worse.
Hurricane Dean actually killed eight people and caused
insured loss at about...
|
|
| |
 |
|
 The Miami Hurricanes announced that from 2008 they will play home football games at Dolphin Stadium, leaving the historic Orange Bowl after 70 years.The much debated move will earn the Hurricanes' athletic department $2 million or more in extra revenue per year.City officials tried to keep the Hurricanes at the Orange Bowl by promising...
|
|
| |
 |
|
Carolina Hurricanes center Eric Staal and his young brother Jordan Staal of the Pittsburgh Penguins found themselves amongst the 14 people arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing the legal process after a weekend party they attended gout out of control. Eric Staal’s closest friends gathered for the 22-year-old’s...
|
|
|
 The Carolina Hurricanes re-signed center Matt Cullen from the New York Rangers on Tuesday with defenseman Andrew Hutchinson plus forward Joe Barnes and a third-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft going New York’s way.The Hurricanes really missed Cullen – a central part of their team strategy – after, as a free agent, he reached an...
|
|
|
 The Carolina Hurricanes renewed its goal keeper contract. Cam Ward’s new contract was signed for three years and it’s worth US$8 million.Ward’s earnings according to the new contract will be $2 million in 2007-08, $2.5 million in 2008-09 and $3.5 million in 2009-10."Cam is one of the cornerstones of our team moving forward,"...
|
|
|
|
 |
| Currency |
USD |
EUR |
GBP |
YEN |
| USD |
------ |
0.793 |
0.672 |
92.985 |
| EUR |
1.262 |
------ |
0.847 |
117.329 |
| GBP |
1.489 |
1.180 |
------ |
138.459 |
| YEN |
0.011 |
0.009 |
0.007 |
------ |
|
| |
|
