Health & Science

Tuesday, August 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Hurricane Dean strengthens into a Category 5 storm

Hurricane Dean strengthened into a monstrous Category 5 storm Monday night as its outer bands of wind and rain slammed the coasts of Mexico and Belize. Thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Riviera as it roared toward the ancient ruins and modern oil installations of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Monday, August 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Hurricane Dean batters Jamaica, heads toward Mexico

Hurricane Dean buffeted Jamaica's southern coast, flooding the capital and littering it with broken trees and roofs after killing nine people earlier on its run through the Caribbean.
Saturday, August 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UK: Foot-and-mouth restrictions eased

Farmers are able to begin moving calving cows again after the Government's foot-and-mouth transport restrictions were eased.
Saturday, August 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
The Oil Patch Cheers On Hurricane Dean

The price of crude oil is down some 8 percent since August 1. What the oil patch and every oil trader knows, one of the quickest ways to turn around this tumble is the drama of a good old fashioned hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico wending its way toward the Texas and Louisiana coasts. And Shazam! Here comes Hurricane Dean!
Saturday, August 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Peru sends soldiers to quake zone

Peruvian soldiers have been deployed to keep order in areas affected by a devastating earthquake, as victims wait for relief supplies to arrive.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Deadly magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes central Peru

An earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the coast of central Peru on Wednesday evening killing 337 people, injuring at least a thousand and triggering a tsunami warning for South America's central Pacific coast, according to the first reports from the media in the capital Lima.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UK: Foot-and-mouth control zones lifted but relentless vigilance still needed

Defra has confirmed that two temporary control zones in Kent and Surrey, set up to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease, have been lifted.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Peru “megathrust” quake toll keeps mounting as rumbling ceases

The death toll rose to 500 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Peru's southern desert. Public services collapsed, emergency operations are slow in delivering and rescue efforts seem minimal compared to the magnitude of the tragedy.
Monday, August 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
No all-clear on foot and mouth till end of week

Farmers were warned yesterday they will have to wait until the end of the week before the all clear can be sounded on the foot and mouth outbreak.
Sunday, August 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's deforestation rate 'falls'

Destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped by nearly a third during the last year to its lowest rate in the last seven years, according to government figures.