Eight dead in US after torrential rainfallTorrential rainfall that South Carolina's governor called a once-in-a-millennium downpour triggered flooding in the southeastern US state on Sunday, causing at least eight deaths in the Carolinas. The storm had dumped more tha More… |
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Two dead as heavy rains lash GulfAt least two people have reportedly died as heavy rains lashed much of the Gulf yesterday (November 17), a report said. Foggy conditions, low visibility caused by dust storms, and rains resulted in disruption of road traffic amids More… |
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Farming boost as normal monsoon likely in IndiaIndia on Tuesday forecast normal rains for the 2011 monsoon, strengthening the prospects of a plentiful farm output. Rainfall is likely to be 98 percent of the long-term average, Earth Sciences Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told reporters, a More… |
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Iraq could meet half of wheat demand in 2011Increased rainfall could help Iraq meet half of the country's needs for wheat in 2011, a deputy agriculture minister said. Iraq, one of the world's biggest grain importers, will need about 4.5 million tonnes of wheat this year, the More… |
