Environment

Thousands Of Festival Attendees In Nevada Struggle To Leave After Being Trapped In Mud Due To Torrential Rain

LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Thousands of people were struggling to leave a remote desert in western U.S. state…

Storms In Spain Leaves One Dead, One Missing

MADRID, Sept 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – One person has been confirmed dead and another one is missing, after extreme weather and…

Floods Claimed Eight Lives In Algeria

ALGIERS, Sept 4 (NNN-APS) – Devastating floods have killed eight people in western Algeria, announced the country’s civil protection services,…

Poliovirus Sample Found In Sewage Water Of Pakistan’s Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD, Sept 3 (NNN-APP) – Poliovirus was detected in the sewage water, in Pakistan’s east Rawalpindi district, during a sampling…

385 People Remain Missing In Maui Island Wildfire Disaster

LOS ANGELES, Sept 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – The number of people missing in the wildfires, on the U.S. Hawaiian island of…

Climate Change Leads To More Extreme Wildfires In California: Study

SACRAMENTO, Sept 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – A new study found that climate change contributes to the frequency of wildfires in the…

Super Typhoon Saola Leaves One Dead, Displaces Over 387,000 In Philippines

MANILA, Sept 1 (NNN-PNA) – Super typhoon Saola, which triggered floods and landslides in the Philippines, has left at least…

Indonesian President Threatens To Shut Polluting Factories

JAKARTA, Aug 31 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, threatened to impose sanctions on factories that refuse to install pollution…

Egypt Permits Construction Of Nuclear Power Plant’s Final Unit

CAIRO, Aug 31 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s nuclear regulatory authority, granted yesterday, permission to establish the fourth and final unit of…

Super Typhoon Saola Affects Nearly 200,000 In Philippines

MANILA, Aug 30 (NNN-PNA) – Super typhoon Saola, triggered floods and landslides in seven regions in the Philippines, affecting nearly…