Russian Air Force puts out 84 wildfires in two days
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Russia has declared a state of emergency over Siberian wildfires
A view of a wildfire seen from an amphibious aircraft – TASS via Getty Russia has declared a state of emergency in five regions in Siberia after a million people signed petitions demanding that the government does something about the unprecedented wildfires. Three million hectares of forest are burning and 12 million have already been…
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11 dead, 5,600 sent to hospitals last week due to heatwave
A woman shields herself from the heat with an umbrella as she walks by a securities firm in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photo: AP/Koji Sasahara TOKYO Eleven people died and 5,664 people were taken to hospitals in Japan due to heat-related medical issues last week when temperatures rose sharply following the end of the rainy season in most…
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Why the WHO’s Emergency Declaration for Ebola Is a Big Deal
The president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene talks about how the designation could help fight the nearly year-old outbreak in central Sub-Saharan Africa. Credit: Getty Images The World Health Organization last week drew global attention to a nearly year-old outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling it…
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Congo’s Health Minister Resigns Over Ebola Approach
Dr. Oly Ilunga, health minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, visiting an Ebola treatment center in March. He resigned on Monday after the government appointed a new team to coordinate the effort to contain the disease.CreditCreditJohn Wessels/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The health minister of the Democratic Republic…
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New California quakes stir fears of ‘the Big One,’ which is decades overdue
Significant seismic activity this month in Southern California has renewed fears of “the Big One.” File Photo by 12019/Pixabay/UPI July 23 (UPI) — Dr. Lucy Jones is certain “the Big One” — the devastating, long-predicted, long overdue earthquake in Southern California along one of the United States’ most dangerous fault lines — is on its way. For decades,…
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Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
GENEVA (AP) — The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO expert committee declined on three previous occasions to advise the United Nations health agency to make the declaration for…
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Barry continues to weaken but significant flood risk remains for lower Mississippi Valley
Barry prompts new mandatory evacuation orders as floodwaters overtop multiple levees in Louisiana While Barry is no longer a hurricane, the risk for major flooding will remain as up to two feet of rain is expected to inundate parts of the lower Mississippi Valley into Monday. Officials performed swift water rescues on Saturday as storm surge flooding inundated…
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Why insect populations are plummeting—and why it matters
A new study suggests that 40 percent of insect species are in decline, a sobering finding that has jarred researchers worldwide. ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUSTS once gathered in such large numbers that they blotted out the sun over the Great Plains, rivaling the famous bison herds in size and appetite. In the summer of 1875, for example,…