Lotus beds re-emerge after 25 years; J&K’s Wular lake in full bloom (Image credit: ANI video screengrab) A carpet of pink and green lotus beds resurfaces in Jammu & Kashmir’s Wular lake after nearly 25 years since the catastrophic 1992 floods.Wular Lake, spread over 200 sq km in north Kashmir, is nestled between the foothills … Read more
SUTTON: Communities in rural parts of Vermont on Friday woke up once again to damaged homes and washed-out roads due to heavy rainfall and flash flooding, making it the third consecutive summer that severe floods have inundated parts of the state. Up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain fell in just a few hours … Read more
BOULDER: “Is it just me, or is there a storm coming?” If you are one of the 39 million Americans in the US living with migraines, there’s a good chance an intense headache will begin when the weather shifts. You aren’t alone. Studies find 30 per cent to 50 per cent of people with migraines … Read more
Four-toed salamander (Image: AP) SAN JERONIMO PURENCHECUARO: After decades working as a fisherman on a high-altitude Mexican lake, Froylan Correa is now helping to save an endangered amphibian with gills resembling a lion’s mane and a remarkable regenerative ability.The achoque, also known as the Lake Patzcuaro salamander, is a lesser known relative of the axolotl, … Read more
PARIS: Europe and the Mediterranean basin has been hit by a long-lasting drought covering over 45 percent of the region since mid-March, according to AFP analysis of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data made available on Tuesday.It is the first time since data collection began in 2012 that such an extensive part of the region has … Read more
Ash blankets villages as Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi erupts again (Image: AP) Panic gripped south-central Indonesia on Tuesday as Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted for the second consecutive day, blanketing villages in thick volcanic ash and spewing lava and rocks up to 4 km into the sky.The early morning eruption followed two powerful blasts on Monday … Read more
HUNT: Rescuers in Texas searched Monday for bodies swept away by flash floods that killed almost 90 people, including 27 girls and counselors at a summer camp that was destroyed by torrents of water.The United States was shocked at the disaster over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and forecasters warned of more flooding as … Read more
Indonesia volcano (Image credits: AFP) JAKARTA: A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted, spewing a colossal ash tower 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the sky on Monday, authorities said, just weeks after it caused dozens of flight cancellations to and from the popular resort island of Bali.Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,584-metre-high twin-peaked volcano on the tourist … Read more
DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest had “turned to ash” in wildfires as firefighters from neighbouring Jordan arrived Sunday to battle a fourth day of blazes in the province of Latakia.Syrian emergency workers have faced tough conditions including high temperatures, strong winds, rugged mountainous terrain in the coastal … Read more
LOS BANOS: Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused with artificial intelligence carefully combs a cotton field in California, plucking out weeds.As farms across the United States face a shortage of laborers and weeds grow resistant to herbicides, startup Aigen says its robotic solution — named Element … Read more