August 2011


Heavy snow left thousands without electricity in Hungary

 
 

Wednesday, 31th August, 2011Category: News

Snowfall and strong winds left without electricity 23 000 people in western Hungary, officials said. According to the weathermen wind speed in this part of the country has reached to places 90-105 km / h. From wind and heavy wet snow were interrupted many power meters and three provinces of the settlements were left without power.

Storm shut Paris airports

 
 

Wednesday, 31th August, 2011Category: Events

Air traffic in Paris until 10:00 on Tuesday will be canceled due to anticipated storm, said the civil aviation authority said on Tuesday. All flights to take off or landing in Ile de France and the Paris airport "Roissy", "Eagles" and "Bourget" are canceled for that period.

23 thousand Hungarian households without electricity

 
 

Tuesday, 30th August, 2011Category: World

Nearly 23,000 households in 89 cities in western Hungary remained without power after snowstorm. Wind speeds between 90 and 105 km / h is ripped from the ground lampposts, in an official statement informing E. ON - Hungary. Experts from the company are currently working to repair the damage, officials Hungarian news agency MTI.

Australia seeking instigators

 
 

Tuesday, 30th August, 2011Category: News

173 are already victims of the fires that rage from a few days in the Australian state of Victoria. Continues to search for tens who disappeared during the disaster. Australia, however, seek and incendiaries, in the last two days suggests that the devastating fires are caused deliberately.

200 dolphin trapped in Philippine bay

 
 

Monday, 29th August, 2011Category: Events

About 200 dolphins are stuck in the shallows west of Manila Bay in the Philippines. Fishermen, volunteers and employees of the Coast Guard are trying to return them back to sea. Dolphins are caught near the shore crowded near Pilar and Orion towns in the Province of Bata. "We are trying to prevent massive overcrowding and to understand what causes the strange behavior" comment from the Fishermen's Union.

15 victims of a tornado in Oklahoma

 
 

Monday, 29th August, 2011Category: Events

Strong tornadoes in the southern U.S. state of Oklahoma, killing 15 people and wounding dozens. Destroyed tens of houses and commercial buildings and more than 13.000 households without gas and electricity. A large number of roofs were destroyed and some houses are allocated and entire walls.

2-year-old boy infected with bird flu in Egypt

 
 

Sunday, 28th August, 2011Category: News

A two-year old girl was infected with bird flu in Egypt. The child may have had contact with infected birds reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). For information on the organization of the small patient condition is good.

Nearly all waters of China were contaminated

 
 

Saturday, 27th August, 2011Category: Info

China has contaminated over 80% of their waters, announced today the Chinese news agency "Xinhua", citing a report from the government. In 2008, the Explosive Growth of blue-green algae was recorded on 13.7000 square kilometers of the coast of mainland China.

Glaciers in Tibet could disappear by 2050

 
 

Saturday, 27th August, 2011Category: World

Global warming may cause glacier in Tibet to disappear by 2050, experts warn. The ecological crisis can make at least 2 billion people water nomads, who will be forced to move constantly in search of water. Tibetan Plateau is known as the "Third Pole" for its 45,000 glaciers that feed some of the largest rivers of Asia as the Yellow River, Yangtze and Mekong Brahmanputra.

French army helicopter crashes off Gabon

 
 

Wednesday, 24th August, 2011Category: News

French military helicopter with 10 crew on board crashed in Artlanticheskiya Ocean off the coast of Gabon zapadnoafriaknskata country. This AFP, citing a statement of the administration of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The helicopter was involved in military exercises.

Sleeps 4 Italians killed in French Alps

 
 

Wednesday, 24th August, 2011Category: Info

Four Italian mountaineers were killed in the French side of Mont Blanc massif. According to the Italian media has become a tragedy of 3600 m altitude, near the peak Egiy du Midi. French mountain rescue search began after four Italians were not returned to the hut where they had been staying.

And in Turkey plane emergency landing after bird strike

 
 

Tuesday, 23th August, 2011Category: Events

Just days after the incident avariraliya American plane in the Hudson River for a similar incident reported from Turkey. After colliding with a flock of birds accidentally landed and passenger aircraft Airbus A-321 of the German airline "Lufthansa". On the plane, who traveled to Frankfurt had 134 passengers and 6 crew members.

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