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Flooding fears as Met Éireann gives weather warning
...floods were comparable to floods in 2004 which had cost the insurance industry some ¬38 million. While estimating the cost of flooding was a difficult exercise, he said the amount of claims in yesterday were about the same as the levels of...
CDC understated number of new HIV infections
ATLANTA (AP) - The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S.health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic.
Recycling household waste 'tests the brain as much as Sud...
Recycling Suduko puzzle - solution at the bottom of this page Recycling also takes up valuable time, with the researchers estimating that the average family spends the equivalent of a week a year sorting, preparing, rinsing and putting out their...
40 die in China floods, landslides
...the third tropical storm to hit China this year, landed in the southern province of Guangdong on August 6, before sweeping westward to Yunnan.About 3,300 homes were destroyed in Yunnan and 18,000 were damaged, with officials estimating economic...
Floods and tornadoes wreak havoc
Im estimating three to six months before were back in the building,' he said in mid-July. As far as business goes, 'were really starting to pick up. Weve got the word out now. Weve already replaced a lot of the equipment that was damaged.
Floods, landslides kill 28 in south-west China
...least eight people were missing, Xinhua said. About 2,700 homes were destroyed in Yunnan and 13,000 were damaged, with officials estimating losses at 549 million yuan ($AU91.2 million), mostly from damaged crops, officials were quoted as saying...
Death toll from storms, landslides rises to 28
About 2,700 homes in Yunnan were destroyed and 13,000 were damaged, with officials estimating losses at 549 million yuan ($80 million ), mostly from damaged crops, the bureau said. In one of the worst-hit areas, Maguan county in Yunnan's Wenshan...
Storms, landslides kill at least 25 in south-west China -...
About 470 homes collapsed and thousands of others were damaged, with officials estimating direct economic losses at 300 million yuan (43.5 million dollars), mostly from damaged crops, the agency said.
Storms, landslides leave 20 dead, 10 missing in south-wes...
About 470 homes collapsed and thousands of others were damaged, with officials estimating direct economic losses at 300 million yuan (43.5 million dollars), mostly from damaged crops, the agency said.
Wind turbines on urban homes 'may not save carbon emissions'
But with current electricity prices and the cost of small wind turbines, a fraction of that is deliverable - with the study estimating that if 10% of households had turbines, they could produce 0.4% of total UK energy consumption and save 600,000...