Monthly Archives: February 2011

Harsh winters trigger manhole explosions in New York City

February 5, 2011 – NEW YORK – Record snowfall is turning the city’s mean streets even meaner, with 65 manholes exploding or catching fire since New Years, a utility spokesman said on Friday. With snow piled six feet high for the … Continue reading

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Super-volcano watch: Heightened seismic activity seen at Yellowstone

February 5, 2011 – Back-to-back quakes rattle Yellowstone – A 2.7 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 20.9 km and a much stronger 3.4 quake erupted at a much shallower depth of 12.4 km. Both of today’s quakes erupted on the western … Continue reading

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Hundreds of sparrows fall dead in Rotorua, New Zealand

February 5, 2011 – ROTORUA, NZ – What killed hundreds of dead birds found on a Rotorua central city street? Nobody seems to know. Rotorua mother Glyssa Bosworth was walking down Amohau St this week when her 1-year-old daughter pointed … Continue reading

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Freak tornado outbreak decimates town in the Philippines- 7 dead

February 5, 2011 – COTABATO CITY, Philippines (PNA) – Hundreds of people were rendered homeless when two freak tornadoes and flash floods hit the coastal town of Jolo in the island province of Sulu Thursday evening. Five days of continuous … Continue reading

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Untold thousands of marine animals float dead in Amazon river & Florida

February 4, 2011 – MATO GROSSO DO SUL/AMAZON Region – At Aquidauana, pantanal region of the Mato Grosso do Sul state, shoals of painteds, pacus, golden fishes, cacharas – and even stingrays, are floating dead in Rio Negro, one of … Continue reading

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Mount Merapi spews out thick cloud of white smoke

   INDONESIA –  Indonesia’s most active volcano, Mount Merapi, has spewed thick white smoke sulvatara these past few days. The Agency of Volcanology Technology Research and Development said in a statement that Yogyakarta should remain calm upon dealing with the incident. … Continue reading

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6.4 earthquake strikes Myanmar-India border region

February 4, 2011 – MYANMAR — An earthquake measuring 6.4 rocked India’s eastern state of Manipur on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The depth was 55.2 miles, it added, after earlier saying the depth was just 6.2 miles. The epicenter … Continue reading

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U.S. energy grids buckle under strain of record cold wave

February 4, 2011 – ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – With tens of thousands of people across New Mexico without natural gas service, Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday declared a state of emergency, ordered government offices be shut down Friday and urged schools … Continue reading

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