Hurricane Ida
MEDIA-US: Afghanistan Dominated TV Foreign News in 2009
Source: IPS
Afghanistan and the U.S. military escalation in the civil war there dominated foreign-related news coverage by the three major U.S. television networks in 2009, according to the latest annual review by the authoritative Tyndall Report.
Source: IPS
Afghanistan and the U.S. military escalation in the civil war there dominated foreign-related news coverage by the three major U.S. television networks in 2009, according to the latest annual review by the authoritative Tyndall Report.
PHILIPPINES: Volcano evacuees braced for eruption
Source: IRIN
Mayon volcano in eastern Albay Province in the Philippines is expected to erupt any minute, but relief assistance has been in place for months for thousands of evacuees, officials say.
Source: IRIN
Mayon volcano in eastern Albay Province in the Philippines is expected to erupt any minute, but relief assistance has been in place for months for thousands of evacuees, officials say.
Salvadoran floods
test resilience of families and effectiveness of humanitarian aid
Source: UNICEF
LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador, 11 December 2009 – Ismael Linares, 13, put a brave face on the story of how his family fled for their lives in the floods that struck El Salvador in early November. In the tiny hamlet of Melara, he pointed to a stretch of rocks and barren ground – all that remained of the houses where he and his relatives used to live.
Source: UNICEF
LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador, 11 December 2009 – Ismael Linares, 13, put a brave face on the story of how his family fled for their lives in the floods that struck El Salvador in early November. In the tiny hamlet of Melara, he pointed to a stretch of rocks and barren ground – all that remained of the houses where he and his relatives used to live.
Ida sloshes ashore, US Gulf oil operations recover
Source: Reuters
(For full coverage of Ida, click [ID:nN09265408]) * Gulf of Mexico oil operations resuming after disruption * Weakening Ida downgraded to tropical depression * US Gulf states suffer rain, but ...
Source: Reuters
(For full coverage of Ida, click [ID:nN09265408]) * Gulf of Mexico oil operations resuming after disruption * Weakening Ida downgraded to tropical depression * US Gulf states suffer rain, but ...
Ida no longer a tropical storm -NHC
Source: Reuters
MOBILE, Ala., Nov 10 (Reuters) - Ida, at one time a Category 2 hurricane, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Tuesday after it moved ashore over Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. ...
Source: Reuters
MOBILE, Ala., Nov 10 (Reuters) - Ida, at one time a Category 2 hurricane, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Tuesday after it moved ashore over Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. ...



