Current Events Scrapbook

It has been a month or so since the Haiti disaster. The main lesson learned is that it was a huge disaster.  More people were directly kil...

Crime has really escalated to intolerable levels since the year 2000. While we saw a big dip in crime during the 1990s, now it is way back u...

Major, serious flooding in Virginia today. Heavy rain forces evacuations in Va. - Yahoo! News : RICHMOND, Va. - Up to 9 inches of rain soake...

Indonesia has been taking it on the chin from the tsunamis, H5N1, and volcanos. The latest pony to strut into island's apocalyptic parad...

There were 210 people killed in Ethiopia when heavy rains caused a river to escape its banks. Of those people, AP reports that 39 were chil...

One thing India and Pakistan have in common this week is water - a lot of it. Both companies suffered serious flooding from relentless rains...

I heard on the news this morning that there are 25 million lightening strikes per year in the US. An NOAA spokesman made that statement and ...

Another alligator attack took place recently. This one was one of the most dramatic - and had one of the happiest endings. An alligator sna...

Medical News Today : A 44-year-old man has died as a result of bird flu infection, say authorities in Indonesia. The man was from eastern J...

Bad news for people hoping to never catch the bird flu. Good news for those looking for newsworthy examples of evolution in action. Recombi...

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific : At least 115 people have been killed in floods and storms as Typhoon Bilis churns across China's south...

Volcano threat on Indonesian island of Java has been officially lowered, following reduced activity in Mount Merapi the most fearsome volcan...

Something else has gone horribly wrong in Indonesia. The island country has certainly been taking a beating from the environment, the Earth...