Monthly archives: April 2012

April

30
2012

Many missing as ferry sinks in India’s Assam

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An overcrowded river ferry has split in two and sunk during a severe storm in northeast India, leaving at least 103 people dead and many more missing.

Women and children were among the passengers on the ferry, which sank in the fast-flowing Brahmaputra river in Assam state on Monday.

The fate of around 100 others is not known,” PC Haloi, police chief of Dhubri district, zei.

The AFP news agency reported that about 150 people were either rescued or swam to safety after the double-decker ferry capsized, police said.

The boat was on its way from Dhubri, about 300km from Assam’s largest city Guwahati, to the adjoining district of Fakirganj.  (Lees meer…)


April

30
2012

Oost-Europa swelters in de zomer warmte-

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Parts of Eastern Europe are enjoying an early taste of summer with daytime temperatures more than 15 degrees Celsius above average. Lees meer.


April

30
2012

Overstromingen in droogte- gripped U.K.

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Stortregens gehavend hebben veel van Engeland, waardoor sommige delen overstroomd, maar verlaten weinig reliëf van de ergste droogte in decennia. Lees meer.


April

30
2012

Overstromingen verspreidt invasieve plant, vissoorten

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Last year’s hurricanes and flooding not only engulfed homes and carried away roads and bridges in hard-hit areas of the country, it dispersed aggressive invasive species as well. Lees meer.


April

30
2012

Drought worsens in Georgia: No rain in the forecast

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Lack of rainfall during the month of March over much of the Southeast has helped to intensify the drought in parts of Alabama and South Carolina, and much of Georgia and Florida. Lees meer.


April

29
2012

Evening Update: Flood alerts remain as rain and wind batters Norfolk

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Flood alerts remain in place for parts of Norfolk after a weekend of heavy rain and gusts of up to 50mph battered the county. Lees meer.


April

29
2012

Lightning strikes kill 17 people in Andhra Pradesh

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As many as 17 people died in different districts of Andhra Pradesh today after being struck by lightning. Lees meer.


April

29
2012

Rainstorm claims three in Tripura

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At least three people, including a boy, have been killed in rainstorms ravaging parts of Tripura since Saturday, an official said here Sunday. Lees meer.


April

28
2012

1 dood, 100 injured in St. Louis tent collapse during violent storm

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A storm blasting through the city blew away a tent outside a downtown bar, leaving one man dead Saturday afternoon, NBC station KSDK reported. Lees meer.


April

27
2012

3 tornadoes reported in southeast Colorado

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At least seven homes and a hog farm were destroyed after rare nighttime tornadoes reportedly ripped through sparsely populated counties on the southeastern Colorado plains. Lees meer.