Archive for ‘evacuees’
B’desh to seek World Heritage aid for Sundarbans
December 5th, 2007
Bangladesh will seek emergency funds from the World Heritage Centre to restore the ecosystem and biodiversity of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, badly mauled by last month’s killer cyclone, officials said on Wednesday.
Popularity: 5%
Northwest Reels From Deadly Storms
December 5th, 2007
Residents waited glumly for muddy floodwaters to recede and motorists faced massive detours Tuesday as an overflowing river severed the Pacific Northwest’s biggest and most important transportation corridor to a depth of 10 feet.
Popularity: 5%
Severe Weather, Flooding Batters Northwest
December 4th, 2007
Heavy storms killed at least two people in the Pacific Northwest and forced all lanes of Interstate 5 between Portland and Seattle to be closed. Forecasts call for more snow Tuesday
Popularity: 8%
Flood Clean Up
December 3rd, 2007
Bucyrus City officials ask Federal Government for money to pay for damage to city property and buy homes that are total loses.
Popularity: 4%
Partial Bridge Collapse Traps Several Families
November 27th, 2007
Heavy rains and the bridge’s age led to a partial collapse that left a few families without a way out of their O’Hara Township neighborhood.
Popularity: 3%
Investigators: Calf. Wildfire Started by Humans
November 26th, 2007
Officials in California say Saturday’s wildfire that has destroyed 53 homes was started by humans, but they haven’t determined if it was set intentionally.
Popularity: 4%
First Person: ‘I Thought It Was Gone’
November 25th, 2007
Cindy Hochman tells how the fire woke her up, how she evacuated, and then waited to hear word about her home.
Popularity: 4%
Stampede Causes Bridge Collapse in Bangladesh
November 25th, 2007
A section of a bridge collapsed Saturday as thousands of hungry cyclone victims stampeded toward aid workers delivering rice along Bangladesh’s coast.
Popularity: 3%
Nearly 50 Homes Destroyed by CA Wildfire
November 25th, 2007
Nearly 50 homes were destroyed and thousands had to be evacuated when wildfire spread in Malibu, California. But authorities say firefighters are making progress because the winds driving the fire have slowed.
Popularity: 4%
Sinking Cruise Ship Evacuated Off Antarctica
November 24th, 2007
A Canadian cruise ship struck submerged ice off Antarctica and began sinking, but all 154 passengers and crew, Americans and Britons among them, were rescued safely.
Popularity: 3%
Calif. Wildfire: ‘dynamic, Dangerous Situation’
November 24th, 2007
A 50-acre wildfire is burning in Ramona, CA, and will likely move through an area scorched during last month’s fire, officials say. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Popularity: 4%
Survivors wait as aid effort builds
November 21st, 2007
It has taken some five days to gain access to the hardest hit areas in an operation involving helicopters, planes and boats, as well as thousands of ground troops and aid workers.
Popularity: 3%
Workers labor to help Bangladesh victims
November 20th, 2007
Rescue workers struggled Tuesday to get food, fresh water and shelter to hungry and exhausted survivors of Cyclone Sidr, which has killed 3,150 people and may claim more lives
Popularity: 3%
Hunger, Contamination in Wake of Cyclone
November 20th, 2007
More than 3,100 have been killed by a massive cyclone in Bangladesh but officials fear the final toll might reach 10,000.
Popularity: 4%
Bangladesh storm toll over 3,000, millions suffer
November 19th, 2007
Four days after super cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people in Bangladesh, rescuers struggled on Monday to reach isolated areas along the country’s devastated coast and give aid to millions of survivors.
Popularity: 7%
