Around 200 people were stranded by rising floodwaters in the northern England town of Cockermouth. Photo / AP
COCKERMOUTH, England - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District yesterday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency… More
NEW ORLEANS - The Army's failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane… More
LONDON - Asian-style open drains may have to be installed in Britain's towns and cities to help cope with future… More
4:00AM Tuesday November 17, 2009
BEIJING - Plans to raise the water level behind China's massive Three Gorges dam to full capacity this month… More
1:18PM Thursday October 15, 2009
Northland and Auckland could be in for wind gusts of 120km an hour and "a small damaging tornado" while Waikato… More
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