The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported excessive rainfall is causing havoc with the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in seven Southern African countries. People take the high road to p...
By Phil Mercer Goulburn, Australia 05 July 2007 A long drought and recent floods have intensified debate in Australia over climate change. Many Australians believe man's reliance on fossil fuels is warming the earth, while skeptics say it is all part...
By Scott Bobb Ndere, Central Mozambique 15 March 2007 The government of Mozambique has appealed for $70 million to permanently resettle 140,000 villagers who have been displaced by heavy flooding along the Zambezi River basin. Relief workers are sti...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 January 2007 The World Food Program says heavy flooding in Burundi has made thousands of people homeless and destroyed most of the food crop they were counting on for their subsistence. WFP warns Burundi could have a serious...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 November 2006 Katsena Charo, of Bate village, stands next to what used to be the family house More than 20 people in northern and coastal Kenya have been killed by massive flooding triggered by heavy rains. The disaster...
By Penelope Poulou Washington, D.C. 22 August 2006 watch Illusionist review Eisenheim is more than just a magician in a new movie that recreates Vienna of 100 years ago. Eisenheim is a magician who captivates the nobles and high society of Vienna Th...