Powerful storms Saola and Damrey on course to strike China's eastern coast

July 31, 2012

Typhoon Saola and Tropical Storm Damrey are on path  to China's eastern coast.Typhoon Saola, the ninth typhoon of the year, has strengthened and is approaching coastal regions in southeastern Fujian, which has started to prepare for possible disasters. Right now

More than 600 million people without power in one of world's biggest-ever blackouts, India

July 31, 2012

For a second day in a row India is struggling with power outages. Energy crisis cascaded over half the country on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving more than 600 million people without electricity. About half of India’s

Outbreak of Ebola virus in Uganda - quarantine near impossible

July 31, 2012

The Ugandan Government has created an emergency task force to deal with an outbreak of the Ebola virus. Dozens of terrified patients have fled hospitals afraid of contracting the disease, making quarantine near-impossible.The onset of the virus outbreak – the third

Second-highest tornado ever recorded in the U.S. history, Colorado

July 31, 2012

A tornado that formed in Colorado's high-country on Saturday, July 28, 2012 was estimated by National Weather Service as the second-highest tornado ever recorded in the U.S.There were four different reported sightings of the high-altitude hit the northeast side of

Nuclear reactor of fifth largest nuclear power plant automatically shut down, South Korea

July 31, 2012

On July 30, 2012 reactor at the Yeonggwang nuclear power plant in southwestern Korea was automatically shut down due to a malfunction, plant operators said.The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co (KHNP) said the Unit 6 reactor at the Yeonggwang plant,