Tropical Storm Tomas (Southern Pacific), 15 Mar 2010

reliefWeb-latestUpdates Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:38:00 AM CET | info

Powerful Cyclone Tomas Battering Northern Fiji Islands Tomas grew into a monster Category 4 cyclone and thrashed the northern Fiji Islands with heavy rains and maximum sustained winds of up to 170 mph (275 km)....

09:18 on 16 March, 2010 UTC

rnzi Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:26:00 AM CET | info

Natural disaster declared in Fiji after Cyclone Tomas Posted at 06:03 on 16 March, 2010 UTC A state of natural disaster has been declared in the northern and eastern divisions of Fiji as Cyclone Tomas sweeps southwards. The Fiji Disaster Management Office says the cyclone is now over central Lau where people should expect increasing winds....

We are still with you, Ban tells Haitians

antiguanews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:56:00 AM CET | info

| PORT-AU-PRINCE: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday promised Haitians that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation as it suffers from a shortage of shelter and growing violence in t... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)...

Two months after the quake, many Haitians still wonder where they will live

antiguanews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:56:00 AM CET | info

| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - | More than 4,000 earthquake survivors packed into a soccer field had little food and access to a handful of toilets. But in a visit to this camp, in a country that has suffe... (photo: AP / Gregory Bull)...

Hiscox issues warning on $14bn catatrophe claims$

sundaytimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:38:00 AM CET | info

Hiscox, the international specialist insurer, issued a profit warning today after admitting claims from the devastating earthquake in Chile and a windstorm in France that claimed more than 50 lives could reach as much as $14 billion ($£9.3 billion)....

Province considers new rules for snowmobiles

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:21:00 AM CET | info

Changes to regulate backcountry use won't come into effect until 2011, and B.C. Solicitor General says ban won't prevent fatalities...

Russian doctors help people affected by Chilean earthquake

rian-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:18:00 AM CET | info

Russian specialists have helped 41 people affected by the Chilean earthquake since they arrived to the devastating country, a Russian emergencies ministry representative said on Tuesday....

Russian doctors operate on Chilean earthquake victims

rian-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:18:00 AM CET | info

The airmobile hospital of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has begun operations in Chile. On Sunday the surgeons from Emercom and the Disaster Medicine Center operated on four people, while psychologists helped 13 earthquake victims. Russian medics are speaking with local patients and doctors through interpreters....

Chile rocked by tremor

iol Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:43:00 AM CET | info

An aftershock measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale has struck off the coast of earthquake-weary Chile, according to the US Geological Survey....

Commission holds on to soil protection law

euractiv-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:43:00 AM CET | info

Amid resistance from EU ministers, Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik has defended an EU directive on soil by claiming that national policies are not delivering and land management increasingly affects cross-border issues like climate change, biodiversity and water pollution....

Fiji and Solomon Islands hit by two hurricanes: UNICEF ready to respond

reliefWeb-latestUpdates Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:38:00 AM CET | info

SUVA, 15 March 2010 – Two extreme cyclones, Tomas and Ului, are striking Fiji and Solomon Islands at the same time. Cyclone Tomas, now over Fiji, has intensified to become a Category Four Hurricane – one short of the maximum....

The willful and the aware

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:34:00 AM CET | info

T he deaths of two backcountry snowmobilers and the injury of nine others on the weekend have once again provoked government interest in applying safety laws in Canada's wilderness. Given the annual death toll caused by avalanches, the instinct is understandable....

In wake of avalanche tragedy, the search is on for 'Ozone Dave'

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:34:00 AM CET | info

A t first glance, they could hardly have asked for a better day. Snowmobile riders from across North America had come to the idyllic peaks of Revelstoke, B.C., a paradise of powder that on Saturday had delivered in spades. The snow was fresh, it was deep and it was a rare blue-bird day, drawing.......

Fiji declares disaster as Cyclone Tomas destroys homes and crops

telegraph Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:13:00 AM CET | info

Fiji has declared a state of disaster in the country's cyclone-hit north and east as reports of storm damage rose sharply and authorities warned that the death toll could rise....

2.8-magnitude earthquake registered in Bulgaria

focusnews-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:10:00 AM CET | info

Antonovo. A 2.8-magnitude earthquake was registered in Bulgaria at 7:25 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center announced on its website. The epicenter of the tremor was 3 km east of Antonovo, 22 km south of Popovo, 79 km south of Ruse. © 2009 All rights reserved....

Deadly Storm Continues Northeast Assault

CBSnews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:56:00 AM CET | info

Torrential Rains, Violent Wind Gusts Blamed for 9 Deaths in Region; Thousands Still Without Power in NY Metro Area...