-2.13.08- Tens of thousands of people could be without power for days following a 24-hour winter storm that walloped Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois with sleet, freezing rain and snow. Utility crews are having trouble keeping pace as tree limbs continue to fall. The number of outages reported in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding areas increased during the day Tuesday. At the peak, 이상 40,000 utility customers in a six-county area that included Cape Girardeau, Bolllinger, Scott and Perry counties in Missouri and Union and Alexander counties in Illinois were left in the dark. The numbers could go higher as forecasters predicted that winds would pick up overnight Tuesday. 더 읽기

2-1-08- February 1st: On this day there is a mix of dust and clouds over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. 더 읽기

The National Guard has been mobilized after at least 26 tornadoes swept through the Southern U.S. February 5, 살인 적어도 47 people and injuring one hundred more. 더 읽기

JAKARTA, Feb 2-2008 (로이터) – Floods in Indonesia’s capital have killed three people and displaced nearly 100,000 after two days of torrential rain, a health ministry official said on Saturday. The downpour engulfed parts of the city with up to 1.5 metres (5 피트) of water, causing travel chaos and forcing the main airport to shut for several hours. The rain stopped on Saturday but some areas remained under water. “We can confirm three people were killed in West Jakarta after being washed away by the current,” Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry’s crisis centre, said by telephone. Pakaya said later that 96,272 people had been displaced in Jakarta, a city of 14 million including suburbs that is regularly hit by floods at this time of year. 더 읽기

나미비아, 빈트후크 -2.18.08- 나미비아는 가능성에 대비해야합니다 “심각한 식량 부족” 북 - 중앙 나미비아에있는 홍수의 결과로, 대통령 Hifikepunye Pohamba 금요일에 빈트후크에 경고. 대통령뿐만 아니라 홍수가 경제 활동과 교육을 중단했다, 그들은 시간에 겨울 수확을위한 재배 작물에서 생활의 농부를 방해했다. 외교 부대에 관저에서 매년 신년 리셉션에서 연설, 내각 장관 및 국제기구, Pohamba 말했다 범람 mahangu, 옥수수와 수수 분야 “심각한 식량 부족으로 이어질 가능성이. 이것은 인간의 생명 때문에 음식의 부족으로 손실없는 것을 정부가 우리의 해결이다.” 월 홍수 앞에, 나미비아의 큰 부분은 가뭄 조건에서 고통 받고 있었고, 이상 발생 4 000 죽는 가축 더 읽기

-2.21.08- Ecuador has extended a state of emergency to the entire nation after torrential rains triggered floods and mudslides across the country. The move eases access to $25m (ﾣ12.7m) in emergency funds for repairs. Nearly a month of flooding has claimed at least three lives and forced thousands to flee their homes. The army has been put in charge of the emergency operation, which includes helping to evacuate the flooded areas and repair damaged infrastructure. 더 읽기

-2.18.08- Extra State Emergency Service workers will arrive in Mackay today as wild weather continues in central Queensland city, amid reports of looting as flood-stricken residents attempt to clean up after the deluge. A second taskforce of 37 SES workers – 12 from Cairns and 25 from Brisbane – will fly in this morning to help weary local crews who have answered hundreds of calls for assistance from distressed householders since Thursday. 더 읽기

NEW YORK (AP 통신) -2.22.08- Up to a foot of snow Friday interrupted what had been a mild winter in much of the Northeast and created havoc for travelers, forcing the cancellation of more than 1,100 flights in the New York area alone. Roads were slick throughout the region and there were hundreds of accidents, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged people to look on the bright side. “The timing is perfect, if you think about it,” 그가 말하길. “We’ll have the whole weekend to clean up the mess.” 더 읽기

-2.13.08- Bolivia�s president declared a national disaster on Tuesday after weeks of torrential rain sparked widespread floods across the country. The unseasonal storms which have been lashing the country since early January, have left thousands of people homeless and up to 60 죽은. Run off from the mountains has brought severe floods across the eastern lowlands destroying homes and roads. 더 읽기

Warnings were issued for Canterbury and the Kaikoura coast this morning as a slow moving depression moved east of the South Island. Flash floods triggered landslides making some Canterbury roads impassable, with 120mm (5 인치) of rain falling overnight. This is the first significant rain to have fallen here since last October. As rain lashed the South Island, there were also disruptions to the play in England�s second One Day International in Hamilton, ending up as a much shortened game. Meanwhile New Zealand�s Parliament was meeting up in Wellington for a summit on the country�s drought situation. At present Waikato has been declared a drought area, although many other areas are currently experiencing very dry conditions. It was declared a drought area last month as the area experienced its driest January in a century. 더 읽기