Thousands of cattle feared dead after drought-stricken Australia is hit by intense flooding

Stranded cows are seen surrounded by floodwater in Queensland, Australia February 5, 2019 in this still picture obtained from social media on February 8, 2019. (REUTERS) Thousands of drought-stricken cattle are feared dead in Australia after a storm brought torrential downpours and intense … Read More

7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes near Ecuador-Peru border, USGS says

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the Ecuador-Peru border Friday. (USGS) A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the border of Ecuador and Peru early Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake struck 71 miles east of Palora with a depth of 82 miles. Another … Read More

Measles outbreak in Philippines passes 8,000 cases

The Department of Health released an infomercial Monday starring boxer Manny Pacquiao urging the public to vaccinate themselves and their children. Philippine Red Cross health workers administer a measles vaccine to a boy during a nationwide response program to immunization … Read More

Dengue fever cases on rise in Indonesia

File photo: A municipal worker fumigates a flooded alley to prevent the spread of dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases at a residential colony in Ahmedabad, India, July 29, 2017. Reuters/Amit Dave JAKARTA, Indonesia:  A outbreak of dengue fever claimed … Read More

‘Zombie deer’ brain disease spreads to 24 US states & Canada… and increasingly threatens HUMANS

©  Reuters / Henry Nicholls An incurable, mad-cow-like brain infection nicknamed “zombie deer disease” that causes deer, elk and moose to behave strangely and aggressively has spread through half the US – and some fear it may soon turn up in … Read More

5.9 magnitude quake off southern Philippines

MANILA: A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck at sea off the southern Philippine coast late Friday (Feb 8), though there were no early reports of damage and the local seismology office said it expected none. The US Geological Survey and the … Read More

Chile Declares State of Catastrophe Due to Wildfires

Santiago de Chile, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Chilean President Sebastián Piñera declared on Tuesday a ”State of Constitutional Exception” in the southern regions of La Araucanía, Biobío and Los Ríos, as a result of the forest fires that devastate those … Read More

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