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A young Indian child plays under a water pipe in New Delhi. The
unrelenting heat is persisting in the Indian capital as temperatures
reached 41 degrees Celsius with weathermen forecasting a severe heatwave
across the plains of northern India. by Staff Writers
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) June 25, 2009 An acute heatwave roasting much of India has claimed at least 100 lives,
with more deaths feared because the annual monsoon rains have yet to
come, officials said Thursday.
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By Patrick Galey
Daily Star staff
Friday, June 26, 2009 BEIRUT: Forest fires raged throughout Lebanon on Wednesday and Thursday,
with Civil Defense Units deployed to tackle 185 fires across the
country. Every year, laws come into effect between June and November,
aimed at reducing the number of fires started by farmers, campers and
other members of the public. The blazes of the past 24 hours show that
many of these laws are being ignored. It is illegal for anyone to start
a fire in wooded areas during the summer months.
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Reuters
Tuesday, June 23, 2009; 11:27 PM MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Andres, the first cyclone of the
eastern Pacific season, pounded western Mexico on Tuesday after sweeping
a fisherman to his death and flooding streets in Acapulco.
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At least 69 people have been killed by a bomb blast in the eastern Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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Jim Gomez
June 25, 2009 - 7:14AM A tropical storm blew across the central Philippines on Wednesday,
whipping up a tornado that ripped the roofs off houses and killed four
fishermen, officials said. Two more people drowned in floods.
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