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January, 2008

3.44 - 21.0 miles NW of CARLIN-NV

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:16:22 UTC
Lat/Lon: 40.9355/-116.388
Depth: 0

3.44 - 21.0 miles NW of CARLIN-NV

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:16:22 GMT
Lat/Lon: 40.9355/-116.388
Depth: 0

M 5.0, Sichuan-Guizhou border region, China

January 31, 2008 21:06:51 GMT

Mexican farmers demand support vs U.S. imports

Source: Reuters By Mica Rosenberg

MEXICO CITY, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Thousands of Mexican farmers, some riding tractors and herding cows, flooded the capital on Thursday to demand government protection against cheap U ...

Orange alert: Tropical Cyclone FAME-08 Category 1 affected few people.

Tropical Cyclone FAME-08 of Saffir-Simpson Category 1 affected few people within 100km of its track and few with hurricane wind strengths.

Green alert: Tropical Cyclone GENE-08 Category 3 affected few people in Vanuatu.

Tropical Cyclone GENE-08 of Saffir-Simpson Category 3 affected few people within 100km of its track and few with hurricane wind strengths.

5.8 - BANDA SEA

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:04:28 UTC
Lat/Lon: -6.1397/129.689
Depth: 8

MAP: Bolivia: floods -Situation Report as at 30 Jan 08

Source: MapAction Situation as at 30 Jan 2008


The floods have affected 118 out of 327
Bolivian Muncipalities.

40 deaths now reported

Food, water, sanitation, shelter all needed
in the affected areas ...

Hungers global hotspots: 29th January 2008

Source: WFP In regions wracked by violence or submerged by floods, the first emergency is how to deliver enough food as quickly and
efficiently as possible. Here are some of the crises counted among WFP's "global hotspots".

MAP: Bolivia : Inundaciones, Santa Cruz - Areas de priorididad para alimentation 30 Enero 2008

Source: MapAction Creation date: 30-01-08 / 16:00


Reference: MA201_bol_FoodNeedsSantzCruzA3_v1


Glide Num: FL-2007-000231-BOL


Scale: 1:1,500,000 at A3 size


Source: COEN (Centro de Operaciones ...

Orange alert: Tropical Cyclone FAME-08 Category 1 affected few people.

Tropical Cyclone FAME-08 of Saffir-Simpson Category 1 affected few people within 100km of its track and few with hurricane wind strengths.

Green alert: Tropical Cyclone GULA-08 Category 2 affected few people in Mauritius.

Tropical Cyclone GULA-08 of Saffir-Simpson Category 2 affected few people within 100km of its track and few with hurricane wind strengths.

Study shows hurricane impact of warmer Atlantic

Source: AlertNet By Michael Kahn

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - British researchers say they have shown that a half-degree Celsius temperature rise in the Atlantic ocean can fuel a 40 percent increase in hurricanes ...

Green alert: Tropical Cyclone GENE-08 Category 3 affected few people in Vanuatu.

Tropical Cyclone GENE-08 of Saffir-Simpson Category 3 affected few people within 100km of its track and few with hurricane wind strengths.

Australias La Nina rains set to last until mid-08

Source: Reuters SYDNEY, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A rain-bearing La Nina weather pattern, which has begun to end years of serious drought in Australia, was expected to remain until the middle of 2008, the weather bureau ...

Judge tosses Katrina lawsuit against Engineer Corps

Source: Reuters NEW ORLEANS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A federal judge in New Orleans on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the failure of the city's levee system during ...

M 5.2, Banda Sea

January 31, 2008 01:41:58 GMT

M 5.6, Banda Sea

January 31, 2008 01:04:32 GMT

5.6 - BANDA SEA

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:04:32 GMT
Lat/Lon: -6.0454/129.76
Depth: 35

5.8 - BANDA SEA

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:04:28 GMT
Lat/Lon: -6.1397/129.689
Depth: 8

M 5.8, Banda Sea

January 31, 2008 01:04:28 GMT

Orange alert: Tropical Cyclone FAME-08 Category 1 affected few people.

Tropical Cyclone FAME-08 of Saffir-Simpson Category 1 affected few people within 100km of its track and few with hurricane wind strengths.

Green alert: Tropical Cyclone GULA-08 Category 2 affected few people in Mauritius.

Tropical Cyclone GULA-08 of Saffir-Simpson Category 2 affected few people within 100km of its track and few with hurricane wind strengths.

M 5.2, Vanuatu

January 30, 2008 23:48:10 GMT

6.2 - KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA

Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:32:47 UTC
Lat/Lon: -7.3245/127.753
Depth: 42.4