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Annual Kew Orchid Festival in London
The Kew Orchid Festival is going to start at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens in London, where the unique flowers will be showcased in a glasshouse pond. A series of installations of monkeys, sea turtles and the native quetzal bird that is…
power outage, flight cancellations in US Texas amid snowstorm
A snowstorm hit the US state of Texas. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a disaster statement covering 17 districts across the state as the snowstorm caused power outages and canceled hundreds of flights. Abbott said in a statement that…
ongoing forest fire in chile sweeps lenga forest
The fire that broke out on January 25 in a forest area in Chile's Tierra del Fuego province continues. The flames burned 1,235 hectares of land in the commune of Timaukel, according to a statement by the National Forest Corporation (CONAF).…
Earthquake hits northern Peru
An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude hit the northern Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was 90 kilometers away from the city of Santa Maria de Nieva in the Amazon region, the Peruvian Geophysics Institute stated. No casualties or material…
Oil spill in Peru affects birds
According to the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State, environmental authorities in Peru continue to find dead birds covered in oil on Lima beaches and islands.
The oil spill from the La Pampilla refinery, operated by…
Aftermath of La Palma Volcano eruption
Municipal workers have begun cleaning volcanic ashes in Corazoncillo in Las Manchas, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Ash clean-up operations initiated with the participation of 700 workers in the area after the eruption of La Palma Volcano…
Lightnings revealed visual feast in Izmir
Thunderstorms those were effective throughout in the Turkey's city of Izmir, have negatively affected the life. Homes and shops in the city flooded due to the heavy rains. Also drivers have a hard time because of the flooding on the main…
death toll rises to 24 in ecuadorian heavy downpour and landslides
The number of people killed rose to 24, and injured others to 48 after a flood that affected several neighborhoods in the west of the Ecuador's capital, a city that was hit by a heavy downpour, with record rainfall, authorities said. Search…
36 evacuated after landslide in Ordu, Turkey
The landslide, which first caused cracks in agricultural lands in the Inkur District of Ordu one and a half months ago, damaged houses in the region after heavy rain and snowfall. The walls of a house in the Kabaday, Küme Evleri locality…
dense fog causes traffic disruption in pakistan
Dense fog affects Pakistan’s Punjab province. Low visibility caused traffic disruptions across the state. The Lahore-Sialkot M11 highway was closed to traffic. The authorities urged drivers to use fog lamps.