http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/ Save Our Earth is dedicated to saving the Rainforests of the Earth and campaigns on other environmental issues. We aim to raise the awareness of these issues and to source news articles and bring them to your desktop. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/images/favicon.gif http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/ 120 111 Save Our Earth is dedicated to saving the Rainforests of the Earth and campaigns on other environmental issues. We aim to raise the awareness of these issues and to source news articles and bring them to your desktop. en Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:44:59 +0100 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9010 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9010 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:29:07 +0100 Global temperatures in the first half of the year were the hottest since records began more than a century ago, according to two of the world's leading climate research centres. Scientists have also released what they described as the "best evidence yet" of rising long-term temperatures. The report is the first to collate 11 different indicators - from air and sea temperatures to melting ice - each one based on between three and seven data sets, dating back to between 1850 and the 1970s. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9009 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9009 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:27:20 +0100 BEIJING, China, July 27, 2010 (ENS) - At least 333 people have been killed in rainstorms and floods across China since July 14 while 300 others are still missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday, and more monsoon rainstorms are on the way. Between now and Thursday, a new round of downpours is expected to hit parts of southern China, with a maximum rainfall of 150 mm (six inches), the China Meteorological Administration forecast. Ships' passage through the Yangtze River's Three Gorges Dam was suspended Tuesday for the second time this month as engineers at the dam dealt with another surge of flood waters. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9008 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9008 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:25:39 +0100 A new climate change report from the Met Office and its US equivalent has provided the "greatest evidence we have ever had" that the world is warming. The report brings together the latest temperature readings from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean. Usually scientists rely on the temperature over land, taken from weather stations around the world for the last 150 years, to show global warming. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9007 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9007 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:24:05 +0100 The amount of phytoplankton - tiny marine plants - in the top layers of the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, research suggests. Writing in the journal Nature, scientists say the decline appears to be linked to rising water temperatures. They made their finding by looking at records of the transparency of sea water, which is affected by the plants. The decline - about 1% per year - could be ecologically significant as plankton sit at the base of marine food chains. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9006 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9006 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:11:41 +0100 Flooding in northeastern China has stranded 30,000 people in one town and washed 1,000 barrels of explosive chemicals into a river, reports say. In Kouqian town in Jilin province, residents were trapped when a reservoir and two rivers overflowed following torrential rain. In Jilin city itself, containers of explosive fluid from a chemical plant were washed into the Songhua river. China is facing its worst flooding in more than a decade. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9005 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9005 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:22:52 +0100 Moscow had its hottest day in 130 years of records on Monday shrouded in smoke from forest and peat fires burning around the Russian capital. The temperature soared past the July average maximum of 23.1 C to reach 37.4 C (99.3 F), breaking the previous record of 36.8 C set on 7th August 1920. Fires burning across 59 hectares (145 acres) of parched forest and peat bogs surrounding Moscow sent the city's pollution levels soaring up to eight times higher than normal. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9004 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9004 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:51:32 +0100 MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish daytime temperatures will rise by an average of between 3 and 6 degrees Celsius by 2100, and rainfall will tumble to 15-30 percent of recent levels, according to forecasts on Tuesday by the Met Office. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9003 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9003 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:51:02 +0100 NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) - A leading politician said hundreds of people could die as smog from peat fires blanketed a sweltering Moscow for a second day on Tuesday. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9002 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9002 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:49:13 +0100 The international community's boycott of environmental aid to Madagascar is imperiling the island's unique and endangered wildlife, according to a new report commissioned by the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) Bureau of Africa. International aid to the desperately poor nation slowed to a trickle after a government coup last year, including a halt on environmental funding from the US government. Since then the island has experienced an environmental crisis: illegal loggers and traders began decimating protected areas, and the wildlife trade, including hunting endangered lemurs for bushmeat, took off. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9001 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9001 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:45:49 +0100 Energy Secretary Chris Huhne today outlined a series of measures to improve energy efficiency, boost renewables and allow new nuclear projects to go ahead as he laid out the Government's energy policy. In the first annual energy statement to the Commons, Mr Huhne set out plans to secure the UK energy supplies and cut carbon emissions while "keeping the lights on". The Department of Energy and Climate Change also published a series of "pathways" for how the energy system might look in 2050, outlining the scale of the challenge of meeting the legally-binding target to cut emissions by 80% by mid century. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9000 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=9000 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:44:35 +0100 China says flood waters at the Three Gorges Dam will peak within the next 24 hours, after torrential rain further up the Yangtze river over the weekend. More heavy rain is expected in parts of southern China from now until Thursday. News has only just emerged of a bridge collapse in Henan province on Saturday in which 33 people died and up to 21 are still missing. China suffers monsoon-type rains every year but this year's rainfall has been the heaviest in more than a decade. Water levels in one tributary of the Yangtze river were reported to be the highest in 30 years this weekend. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8999 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8999 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:49:38 +0100 RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Reaching a binding climate deal at the upcoming U.N. conference in Mexico will likely be difficult, delegates from a group of developing nations said on Monday, spurring further doubts about a global climate accord this year. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8998 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8998 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:49:04 +0100 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow sweltered on Monday through its hottest day since records began 130 years ago, as temperatures hit 37.4 degrees Celsius (99.3 degrees Farenheit) sparking peat fires that blanketed the city in smog. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8997 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8997 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:47:20 +0100 Not even intense international pressure, the BP oil spill, worsening floods, or the fact that the last six months have been the warmest on record globally was enough to push US climate legislation through the Senate. In the end the legislation died without a single Republican supporting it and a number of Democrats balking. Democratic Senate leader, Harry Reid, said they would continue to push climate legislation in the fall, but analysts say success then is unlikely given up-coming elections in November. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8996 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8996 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:05:29 +0100 An acrid fog from forest and peat fires has blanketed Moscow, as the Russian capital swelters in a record heat wave. Firefighters were trying to douse 60 fires covering 59 hectares (145 acres) in the countryside outside Moscow on Monday, the emergencies ministry said. People with bronchial problems were advised to stay indoors as the level of toxic particles in the air rose five to eight times above the norm. Flights were unaffected, but the smog shrouded landmarks like the Kremlin. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8995 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8995 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:04:43 +0100 A nine-mile-long Iowa lake has disappeared after heavy rains led a dam holding back its waters to collapse. Lake Delhi in eastern Iowa drained through the breached dam within hours on Saturday, flooding a nearby town. Governor Chet Culver has vowed to aid homeowners whose once lakeside homes now overlook a stinking, muddy pit. The 92-year-old Lake Delhi dam failed on Saturday, destroyed by rising water from the Maquoketa River. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8994 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8994 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:35:48 +0100 Darwin, capital of Australia's Northern Territory, had its hottest night since records began in 1941. On Sunday night the minimum temperature was 26.6 C (79.9 F), well above the July average of 19.2 C (66.6 F). The previous record for the hottest July night in Darwin was 25.1 C (77.2 F) on 9th July 1978. A blanket of cloud across the city on Sunday night prevented heat from escaping into the atmosphere after sunset, thus keeping the air temperature high. Warm air was also being drawn in from the east. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8993 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8993 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:37:25 +0100 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Powerful storms spawned by intense heat and humidity produced flooding and tornadoes in the Midwestern United States on Saturday, disrupting travel and cutting power to thousands of homes. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8992 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8992 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:36:54 +0100 MIAMI (Reuters) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie dissipated over the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was no longer a tropical depression. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8991 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8991 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:36:16 +0100 The Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency in more than half the country due to cold weather. Most of the areas affected are in the south, where temperatures regularly drop below zero centigrade at this time of year. However, this time temperatures have dropped to as low as -24C. The state of emergency means regional authorities can dip into emergency funds to provide medicine, blankets and shelter to those most affected. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8990 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8990 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:33:32 +0100 Two people were killed as Typhoon Chanthu reached China's Guangdong province on Thursday. The typhoon came as China grappled with severe flooding. Winds reached 126km/h (78mph) before weakening into a tropical storm. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8989 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8989 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:32:05 +0100 The centre of Perth has been seriously affected by flooding after 40mm (1.5in) of rain fell during the morning. Scores of homes and businesses were flooded and Tayside Fire and Rescue drafted in appliances from across Tayside to pump out buildings. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8988 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8988 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:27:19 +0100 Scientists convening at the annual Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) meeting in Sanur, Bali urged Indonesia's leaders to strengthen measures to protect the country's biologically-rich ecosystems. In a resolution issued on the final day of the five-day conference, ATBC commended Indonesia for recent moves to protect forests, including a pledge to cut illegal logging and a billion dollar partnership with Norway to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, but asked the government to immediately implement a planned moratorium on new forestry concessions on peatlands and primary forest lands. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8987 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8987 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:26:42 +0100 A major climate change bill that would have capped carbon emissions has been abandoned by Democrats in the US Senate in the face of opposition from both sides of the house. Under pressure from falling popularity ratings, Barack Obama had hoped the bill would add to the two biggest legislative successes of his presidency: the comprehensive health care bill and reform of the US banking and financial sector. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8986 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8986 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:24:42 +0100 The second named tropical storm of the 2010 Atlantic season has developed in the Caribbean. Tropical Storm Bonnie is currently lashing the Bahamas with heavy rain and sustained winds of 45mph (72km/h). Bonnie will move in a north-westerly direction over southern Florida before entering the Gulf of Mexico. Due to unfavourable upper level wind shear conditions, forecasters do not expect Tropical storm Bonnie to develop into a hurricane but to remain in tropical storm status or even dissipate. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8985 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8985 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:27:14 +0100 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats said on Thursday they would wait until the fall to take up climate-change legislation, setting the stage for a pitched battle in the weeks before congressional elections. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8984 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8984 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:26:11 +0100 Scientists convening in Bali expressed a range of concerns over a proposed mechanism for mitigating climate change through forest conservation, but some remained hopeful the idea could deliver long-term protection to forests, ease the transition to a low-carbon economy, and generate benefits to forest-dependent people. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8983 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8983 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:25:10 +0100 The vice president of Indonesia on Wednesday urged scientists and the broader international community to help Indonesia find a balance between conservation and natural resource use. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8982 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8982 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:23:33 +0100 Climate change campaigners yesterday welcomed UN plans to amend the way changes to the Kyoto protocol are made in an effort to salvage negotiations on a new international deal. Under the plans, countries could be forced to accept decisions made by a majority of members. Currently, no resolution can be passed by the group without full agreement. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8981 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8981 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:21:07 +0100 Floods and mudslides in the Khorasan district in Turkey's Erzurum province have killed six people. Strong winds blew apart market stalls and ripped tiles from roofs, while the Erzurum-Mus Highway was closed after flooding. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8980 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8980 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 +0100 BEIJING (Reuters) - Southern China is bracing for its second powerful storm in less than a week, as the death toll from floods and landslides caused by torrential rain climbed beyond 700 with hundreds of others reported missing. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8979 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8979 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:33:32 +0100 Known abroad for past images of drought and starvation, the African nation of Ethiopia has announced that it has tripled forest cover from 3 percent in 2000 to 9 percent today, according to the AFP. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8978 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8978 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:32:43 +0100 The UN is considering reducing the number of countries involved in faltering international climate talks in an effort to push through a deal. In a document published yesterday, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) outlined the idea among back-up plans if stalled talks fail to produce a successor to the Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8977 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8977 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:32:07 +0100 Animal feed imported from South America for the UK's meat and dairy industry is causing the destruction of tropical rainforests and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, a new study reveals. Friends of the Earth said half the soy imported to the UK to feed livestock could be replaced - with home-grown alternatives such as oil seed rape, sunflower seeds or beans, and grazing on grass and clover - at a lower environmental cost. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8976 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8976 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:30:50 +0100 Thousands of holidaymakers heading to British beaches this summer will be cheered by a major government report into the state of the UK's seas. Coastal waters are getting cleaner, fish stocks are improving and species diversity in estuaries is increasing, according to the most authoritative examination ever carried out of UK seas. But while the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs study boasts of "significant improvements" since the last such report in 2005, it also paints a picture of an environment being rapidly affected by a warming world. Seas around the British Isles are higher, warmer and more acid, it says, and coastal litter levels are at a record high. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8975 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8975 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:28:27 +0100 Huge swathes of rainforest are being destroyed every year to grow animal feed for British factory farms, according to new research. More than 350,000 hectares of rainforest, twice the size of the Yorkshire Dales, is being chopped down to grow soy beans, most of which are genetically modified (GM). The animal feed is then imported to British factory farms to produce cheap meat and dairy for supermarkets. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8974 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8974 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:10:07 +0100 Hours of heavy rain and thunder storms have caused flash floods and power cuts across Teesside. Cleveland Fire Brigade said it had dealt with "numerous" incidents relating to flooding. There were also power cuts to more than 40,000 homes and businesses in the Redcar, Guisborough and Marske regions. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8973 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8973 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:32:38 +0100 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private weather forecaster WSI Corp cut its forecast for named storms in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season on Tuesday, but still sees an active season with water temperatures and wind conditions conducive to violent storms. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8972 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8972 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:30:46 +0100 Data released from the US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Climatic Data Center shows that June 2010 was a record breaker. It was the warmest month of June globally since record-taking began in 1880 and it is the 304th month in a row that has been above the 20th Century average. The last month to fall below the average was February 1985: the month Nelson Mandela, who recently celebrated his 92nd birthday, rejected an offer of freedom from the then apartheid government. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8971 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8971 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:12:48 +0100 Consumers in the US purchasing mahogany furniture may be unwittingly supporting illegal logging in a Peruvian reserve for uncontacted indigenous tribes, imperiling the indigenous peoples' lives. A new report by the Upper Amazon Conservancy (UAC) provides evidence that loggers are illegally felling mahogany trees in the Murunahua Reserve where it is estimated some 200 uncontacted natives live. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8970 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8970 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:09:20 +0100 The world is on course for the hottest year since records began in 1880 after record-breaking temperatures in four of the first six months of the year, according to meteorologists. The first six months of 2010 brought a string of warmest-ever global temperatures, not only was last month the hottest June ever recorded, it was the fourth consecutive month in which the standing high mark was topped, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The records show that 2010 has surpassed 1998 for the most record-breaking months in a calendar year. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8969 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8969 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:05:00 +0100 The Three Gorges dam on China's longest river, the Yangtze, is standing up to its biggest flood control test since completion last year, officials say. Floodwaters in the giant reservoir rose 4m (13ft) overnight, and are now just 20m below the dam's maximum capacity. The authorities are using the dam to limit the amount of water flowing further downstream to try to minimise the impact of devastating floods. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8968 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8968 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:03:45 +0100 Serious flooding in parts of Swansea has cut off homes after a river burst its banks. Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the river burst its banks cutting off houses in the street. Other flooding incidents have been reported in Glais, near Swansea, and Skewen near Neath. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8967 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8967 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:02:48 +0100 Torrential rain has caused problems for motorists and residents across Merseyside. The Met Office said 14mm (0.5in) of rain fell in one hour in Liverpool. More rain is expected overnight. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8966 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8966 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:41:09 +0100 After suffering the driest spell of weather for over 80 years, parts of northwest England have seen a month's worth of rain in the last few days. Earlier this month the first hosepipe ban for 14 years was issued for the area, but a change in the position of the jet stream has led to a shift in fortunes. Seathwaite in Cumbria has recorded 155mm of rain since Sunday, which is already above the July average of around 150mm. Reservoirs in the region will no doubt benefit from this prolonged spell of wet weather and with more rain to come, totals at the Cumbrian site could nudge 200mm by Wednesday evening. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8965 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8965 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:39:16 +0100 Just days after Typhoon Conson struck parts of southern China, a new tropical cyclone is heading for the country. As of Tuesday morning, Chanthu was a relatively weak tropical storm around 315 miles (510km) south of Hong Kong, moving west-northwestwards at approximately 10mph (16km/h). Although Chanthu is passing over the warm waters of the South China Sea, conditions in the upper atmosphere are not favourable enough to allow the cyclone to reach typhoon strength. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8964 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8964 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:12:49 +0100 LONDON (Reuters) - Temperatures across Europe for the coming three months are set to be above average across Europe and especially in the eastern mainland, Weather Services International said on Monday. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8963 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8963 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:10:07 +0100 Britain is at risk of being left behind in the race to develop green energy because of the failure to invest in new technologies, Government advisers have warned. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said the only way Britain will meet legally-binding targets to cut greenhouse gases by 80 per cent over the next 40 years is to invest in low carbon technologies like offshore wind, electric cars and solar panels. But whilst the rest of the world is pumping cash into research, the UK spends less than one per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) on developing new technologies. In comparison the US spends three times as much of its national income on green energy. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8962 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8962 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:41:34 +0100 A tornado has hit the venue for the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico, forcing a delay to the opening ceremony. The twister slammed into the Olympic stadium in the western town of Mayaguez hours before the games were due to begin. It tore down a lighting tower, smashing cars and injuring five people. The start of the games - in which 31 nations are taking part - was rescheduled for Sunday. http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8961 http://www.saveourearth.co.uk/soe_enews.php?number=8961 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:40:32 +0100 HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese troops evacuated thousands of people from their homes in the north of the country Sunday due to threats of flash flooding and landslides, as the death toll from Typhoon Conson rose to more than 70.