Archive for ‘mud’
Mud Flow in Java
January 30th, 2008
Mud… some people drive four-wheelers through it, some people use it to displace fifteen thousand people… it’s a versatile substance. In East Java a possibly man-made mud flow is creating an inland mud sea; at the University of Washington scientists spliced rabbit genes into a tree; and Enterprise Rent-A-Car tries to go green.
Popularity: 7%
120 feared dead in landslides
December 27th, 2007
Rescuers struggled on Thursday (December 27) to pull out bodies buried under thick mud, officials said. The government has moved thousands of villagers who lost their homes into temporary shelters in offices, schools and tents.
Popularity: 3%
Mexico mudslide swamps village
November 6th, 2007
Local media say up to 100 homes have been engulfed by the mudslides in southern Mexico where victims of the floods are complaining about a lack of help from authorities.
Popularity: 3%
Crews Clean Up Mudslide Near Universal City
September 24th, 2007
(Los Angeles) The recent rain was welcome…although perhaps not by motorists stuck in the mud on Forest Lawn Drive near Universal City.
Popularity: 2%
