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Chaos as floods submerge Mexico’s Acapulco, death toll rises

YoopyaSep 18, 2013March 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Mexico’s famous beach resort of Acapulco was in chaos on Tuesday as hotels rationed food for thousands of stranded tourists and floodwaters swallowed homes and

Eight confirmed dead, 1,600 homes destroyed in Colorado floods

YoopyaSep 17, 2013April 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Search-and-rescue teams bolstered by National Guard troops fanned out across Colorado’s flood-stricken landscape on Monday, as a week of torrential rains blamed for

‘Beer goggle’ study wins Ig Nobel award

YoopyaSep 13, 2013April 7, 20240

A team of researchers who found that people think they are more attractive when drinking alcohol, have scooped an Ig Nobel prize for their work

Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote

YoopyaSep 12, 2013April 7, 20240

The grumpy-looking, gelatinous blobfish has won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. This gives the fish the

South Korea extends Japan fisheries ban as Fukushima concerns grow

YoopyaSep 6, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – South Korea on Friday extended a ban on Japanese fishery imports to a larger area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant due to growing concerns

Record radiation readings near Fukushima contaminated water tanks

YoopyaSep 4, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked by more than a fifth to their highest

Earthquake kills 5 people in southwest China

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake hit a mountainous area of southwestern China on Saturday, killing at least five people, destroying hundreds of residences and forcing

Huge California wildfire reverberates in 2 states

YoopyaAug 24, 2013April 21, 20240

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — After burning for nearly a week on the edges of California’s Yosemite National Park, a massive wildfire of nearly 200 square

Japan’s nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses ‘shock’

YoopyaAug 21, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – Japan’s nuclear crisis escalated to its worst level since a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant more than two years ago,

Insight: California aims to ‘bottle sunlight’ in energy storage push

YoopyaAug 12, 2013May 26, 20240

(Reuters) – California, whose green ambitions helped the solar and wind industries take root, is taking an essential next step by proposing a sharp rise