News articles tagged with 'Pakistan'
Pakistan floods last summer could have been predicted
— 1 Feb 2011 20:00 | EnvironmentFive days before intense monsoonal deluges unleashed vast floods across Pakistan last July, computer models at a European weather-forecasting centre were giving clear indications that…
Rogue storm system caused Pakistan floods that left millions homeless
— 25 Jan 2011 18:56 | EnvironmentLast summer's disastrous Pakistan floods that killed more than 2,000 people and left more than 20 million injured or homeless were caused by a rogue weather system that wandered hundreds…
Rescue and relief the current priority for WWF-Pakistan
— 28 Aug 2010 10:13 | EnvironmentRescue and relief is the current priority for WWF-Pakistan in the numerous communities it works with in the flood ravaged Indus basin…
NASA'S TRMM Satellite provides rainfall estimate for Cyclone Phet
— 9 Jun 2010 11:13 | EnvironmentThe Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, known as TRMM is a 'flying rain gauge' in space, and can provide rainfall estimates from its position in orbit around the Earth. Data…
Cyclone Phet weakens after Oman landfall, headed to Pakistan
— 7 Jun 2010 16:36 | EnvironmentTropical Cyclone Phet made landfall in Oman on June 3 and is now back in the Arabian Sea and headed toward a second landfall in Pakistan this weekend. NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites…
Tropical cyclone Phet intensifies, coastal Oman bracing for strong winds, heavy rains
— 3 Jun 2010 13:31 | EnvironmentTropical storm Phet intensified over the last 24 hours and has grown into a full-blown and powerful cyclone. NASA's Terra satellite imagery of the storm from earlier today also revealed…
Tropical Cyclone Phet threatens the Indian and Pakistani coastlines
— 2 Jun 2010 15:18 | EnvironmentNASA satellite imagery confirmed that Tropical cyclone 03A has intensified quickly in the last 24 hours, and as a result, the storm has been renamed Tropical Storm Phet. Phet is located…
Sexual violence aggravates the 31 armed conflicts of 2009
— 17 Apr 2010 10:26 | HealthAccording to the Alerta 2010! Report on Conflicts, Human Rights and Peacebuilding, sexual violence was used as a weapon in most armed conflicts taking place in 2009. In addition to…
Typhoid fever cases in US linked to foreign travel
— 26 Aug 2009 11:05 | HealthInfection with an antimicrobial-resistant strain of typhoid fever among patients in the United States is associated with international travel, especially to the Indian subcontinent…
WWF rewards Pakistan for tree planting world record
— 16 Jul 2009 18:00 | EnvironmentPakistan set the Guinness World Record for tree planting, beating India in a healthy and productive international competition contributing to preserving fragile and endangered forests…