After Bringing Cheer Rains Choke Delhi's Roads

While generous rainfall over the weekend brought cheer to the capital with most people indulging in outdoor activities, a heavy downpour Monday morning wasn't greeted with much joy . As the city received 104.7 mm of rain in just four days, much more than the usual 55 mm it receives in the m...

Fish eaters found to have sharper brains

The benefits of eating fish has been proved with evidence following the finding that fish food reduces the age-related mental decline by the equivalent of three to four years. The research adds to the growing evidence that a fish-rich diet helps keep the mind sharp//. Previous findings have est...

Diabetic risk reduced by whole grains

According to researchers from Tufts University in Boston, eating three or more servings of whole grain foods per day could substantially reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. They studied more than 40,000 men who ate an average of 3.5 servings of whole grains per day. They compared those m...

Surprising Allergy Triggers May Be Making Your Spring Sniffles Worse

...may reduce grass pollen allergies. The great outdoors. Use a nasal rinse to get rid of irritants, and go outside late in the day or after it rains when pollen counts are lower. About Natural Solutions Natural Solutions: Vibrant Health, Balanced Living , formerly Alterna...

Animal Rescue Operations Underway in Flooded Bihar, India

...dia, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Entire villages have been washed away in India's northern state of Bihar after a deadly combination of monsoon rains and a dam burst caused a deluge that spreads over countless miles of farming land. IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare -- http://www.ifaw.org...

USAID Provides Assistance to Togo Flood Victims

...,000 to the Togolese Red Cross for the provision of emergency relief supplies to the flood-affected population in Togo. Beginning in mid-July, heavy rains led to flooding in central and southeastern Togo, including the cities of Atakpame, Vogan and the capital of Lome. The UN Development Program estimate...

Impact of Rising Gas, Food Prices Felt Globally

...ildren's Fund reports, and notes that about 2.8 million people in the Oromiya region will require immediate emergency relief assistance. Because the rains failed, farmers lost their standing crops, said Hubert Charles, CCF's director in Ethiopia. They also lack pasture and water for their livestock, all ...

Clay Aiken & Family Celebrate Christmas With Survivors of Mexico's Floods

...on that I am here. Sharing this experience with my family during this time of year makes it even more special." In one weekend last month torrential rains in Tabasco and Chiapas produced the worst flooding the region has seen in more than 50 years. More than one million residents of the two states have b...

UNICEF Readies to Assist Mexican Flood Victims

... the east, by the Republic of Guatemala and Campeche, and to the west, by the state of Veracruz. It covers an area of 24,578 square kilometers. Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Noel have also affected parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic forcing evacuations just as some of the displaced were starting ...

Sister Red Cross Societies Help Each Other

...to provide $50,000 to the Mexican Red Cross to assist their emergency response to flooding that has affected more than 800,000 people. Unusually heavy rains caused rivers to overflow their banks in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco which was already waterlogged after Hurricanes Dean and Felix. "Thous...

Wet Weather Heralds the Mosquito Menace

... Wet weather in some parts of the US and Canada heralds the menace of mosquitoes. The month long heavy rains have sent floodwaters rushing through large areas in both the countries . It has also left puddles of standing water all over the place, leading heal...

Curative Qualities of Tamil Nadus Kuttralam Waterfalls

...each shower can accommodate many, many families. Kuttralam is both a health resort and a picnic spot for families. Southern India has had good rains and the waterfalls have plenty of water. The weather is pleasant. If you can manage a holiday, book your seats at the Kuttralam resorts, and recharge...

Diarrhoea Claims Three Lives in Flood-hit Orissa

... officer R.N. Pati said. Those who died of the disease were identified as Samaya Hansda, 6, Bhabani Jena, 42, and Gourahari Patra. The rains caused by a depression over the Bay of Bengal had led to flash floods in at least 11 of the state's 30 districts. At least 30 people were killed and o...

Delhi Sees the Sun but Turns Cloudy Again

... evening," an official told IANS. The maximum temperature would not go beyond 35 degrees Celsius, he said. IMD also predicted that the rains would be here for some time as they are caused by cyclonic disturbances that are currently over Jammu and Kashmir. "The cyclonic disturbances ...

Plastic Ban in Guwahati to Ease Flooding

... The Assam government Tuesday enforced a ban on the use of plastic and polythene materials to prevent drains from getting clogged after heavy rains the day before flooded Guwahati, throwing the city out of gear for nearly four hours. "The decision to ban the use of plastic and polythene i...

China's Three Gorges Dam Changing Local Weather: Scientists

...se in rainfall between the Daba and Oinling mountains, said Wu. The rains come from a "lake effect" intensification of precipitation, like that seen ...st air picks up more moisture as it crosses over a warm body of water, then rains or snows it out quickly upon reaching the shore. In a way, he said,...

Norwegians Take in the Sun in Spain on Doctors' Orders

...ded treatment at a rehabilitation centre for problems ranging from rheumatism to fractured bones. "In Norway it is cold almost all year and it rains often. You can understand why they are better off here," the tanned head of the centre, Torild Thorvaldsen, told AFP under bright sunshine. The...

Australian Grape Glut Dries Up as Drought Bites

... in the Murray Darling Basin is going to be down," said Stephen Strachan, of the Winemakers' Federation of Australia. And while recent soaking rains have delighted wineries in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney, most of the country's other vineyards are parched. Strachan said 2007 has been a...

Uganda Bans Plastic Bags, Still a Tough Battle Lies Ahead

...rming - a layer cake of polythene and poisoned soil, through which Uganda's rains can never percolate. In the slums and shanties buveera are breeding gr... have filled them, you throw them as far away as you can. And when the rains come and wash them out there is a good chance that some little boy or girl ...

Beaches Shut Due to High E-coli Level in Water

...ater as well, salmonella, hepatitis and many other kinds of problems that are carried in fecal matter," he said. Paton suggested the recent heavy rains may be behind the high E. coli counts, noting the rain causes more runoff from fields where fertilizer has been spread into streams and rivers and ev...

Capricious Climate in Indonesia Adds to Farmers Woe

...Even today, many farmers are harvesting their crops in anticipation of the first few showers. But this year, they were in for a rude shock. The heavy rains were a wet blanket and all crops got washed away. Scientists do not know how much of this can be attributed to climatic change. But the really...

Climate Change Reorganized Tibetan Culture 700 Years Ago: Study

... Asian monsoon during the process of global warming?" Aldenderfer asked. Scientists credit the Asian monsoon with bringing much-needed summer rains to nearly half the world's population. The seasonal shift in wind usually brings moisture-laden clouds to India, Bangladesh, China, and other...

Jharkhand Reeling Under Heat Wave

... Jharkhand is reeling under a heat wave with no forecast for rains in the days to come . State capital Ranchi recorded 39.4 degree Celsius Sunday. The highest temperature this summer recorded in the city, whic...

Ice Age in Europe Dried Up West African Monsoons

...d is a gauge of past run-off levels and monsoon intensities. The researchers found that when the northern latitudes were frozen over, monsoon rains were much weaker, only gaining strength again when the temperatures in the north increased. There were also big swings in monsoon activity ove...

Yellow Rain Lashes Uttar Pradesh Village

... Yellow rain lashed Maqdumpur Qazi village in Uttar Pradeshs Kaushambi District for over a week. Villagers feel the yellow rains are due to divine displeasure. The dried up drops dot the concrete floors, roofs and dish antennae across the village. The villagers a...

Capricious Climate in Indonesia Adds to Farmers’ Wo

...Even today, many farmers are harvesting their crops in anticipation of the first few showers. But this year, they were in for a rude shock. The heavy rains were a wet blanket and all crops got washed away. Scientists do not know how much of this can be attributed to climatic change. But the really a...

12 Deer Die of Pneumonia in Tripura Zoo

...ls said Saturday//. A wildlife officer said the deer suffered from a bout of pneumonia as the state was lashed by thunderstorms and intermittent rains during the past week. "Inadequate sheds and enclosures in the zoo had forced the deer and other animals to remain under the open sky while it wa...

South African Farmers Turn to Organic Farming

...e, and, Prevost maintains, his fruit has "better legs" to withstand extreme weather. Fruit farmers complain of mildew on grapes from un-seasonal rains and of unduly hot spells robbing apples of moisture. Whatever the reasons for the shift, organic farmers are assured of a market for their outpu...

Kolkata, Mumbai to Face Maximum Brunt of Climate Change

.... "Since Mumbai has reclaimed ocean land substantially, they are going to have a tough time. Though the average rainfall would reduce, yet flash rains will be the major cause of worry for urban populace in Mumbai," IPCC chairman R.K. Pachauri told IANS. "Intense rain occurring over fewer days, ...

Kerala Youth Die of Carbon Monoxide Inhalation

... occupants, the experts said. The incident is in some ways similar to the death of three software engineers in Chennai in October 2006 when heavy rains had lashed the city. They had inadvertently inhaled lethal amounts of the carbon dioxide when their car was caught in a traffic jam caused by the floo...

Dangerous Natural Phenomena Hits Russia in 2006

...rometeorology centre, said between January and November 371 dangerous natural phenomena - including extreme cold, heat waves, strong winds and driving rains - were registered throughout Russia. "The year also ends unusually with abnormally warm weather in late November and early December, when plant...

Taking a bath the Tibetan way

...ed water and exposing the body to steam, sunshine or scents. The seventh Tibetan month is considered the best season for baths. That is when the rains end, river water temperature begins to pick up and plants ripen. According to an ancient belief, this is when the deity in charge of medicine descends...

Impact of Climate Change in Africa

...evident than in the case of the Maasai 'Emutai'. The period 1883-1902 was marked by epidemics of bovine pleuropneumonia, rinderpest and small pox. The rains failed completely in 1897 and 1898. The Austrian explorer Dr Oscar Baumann, who travelled in Maasailand in 1891, wrote chilling eye-witness accounts o...

Chikungunya Reaches Sri Lanka

...kens the immune system making people succumb to other ailments. Sri Lanka is already struggling to control the spread of dengue fever as monsoon rains have created breeding conditions for mosquitoes that carry the disease. Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe, director of the Epidemiology branch of the Health ...

Too much time with the telly may trigger autism

...e very interesting facts. It has been noted that there is a high incidence of autism among toddlers who stay in areas which predominantly has a lot of rains annually. Further investigations led the researchers to understand that toddlers were hampered from going out doors to play because of the rains. Inst...

Diwali lights put Dengue in the dark

...the mosquito when you see it!" suggested Laloo. Delhi has some hope in spite of the number of cases still being on the rise. "Delhi received some rains today, so it's good because the mosquito needs high temperatures," said Sharma. Delhiites hope that after Diwali, which marks the change of season, t...

Dengue cases in Karachi on the rise

...l 371 confirmed cases of VHF and 16 deaths due to dengue in Karachi. The sanitation problems in Karachi got exacerbated due to the unusually heavy rains in the months of July and August. The whole city was submerged in water and it could not be drained till the monsoon got over. The stagnating water be...

Chikungunya Scare In Kerala

...ases that could be diagnosed as viral fever were reported in the city.// Health authorities said that they were expecting an increase in cases as rains continue to pelt the state. The chikungunya scare so far was centered around Vizhinjam, but health officials said it could not be confined to some poc...

Door-to-door Visits to Check Water-borne and Seasonal Diseases in Rajasthan

...een pressed into service in Rajasthan to make door-to-door visits to check the outbreak of water-borne and other seasonal diseases following incessant rains in the state.// "There was always a possibility of the outbreak of water-borne and other viral diseases because of the presence of moisture in th...

Viral Epidemic In Gujarat

.... Municipal Commissioner IP Gautam said, “About 1,000 paramedical staff will go house-to-house to give medicines.” The illness caused by heavy rains and floods in Gujarat has led to hundreds of people being admitted to the hospitals with high fever and severe body aches. Officials said the illness...