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USA: EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON STILL GETTING STRONGER
English/Nat
Meteorologists say that despite variations in El Nino, the weather phenomenon is still getting stronger.
NASA scientists released new satellite images of El Nino on Thursday, showing its activity from January 1997 to early...
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Assessment of Atlantic coast countries' readiness for hurricane season
Mexico City, Mexico May 30, 2007
1. Medium of meteorologist working on his computers at the meteorology forecast centre
2. Medium shot of Meteorologist Alberto Hernandez UnzÄżËn pointing out a tropical depression in the Pacific on a...
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USA: LA NINA WEATHER PHENOMENON TAKING OVER FROM EL NINO
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As the freak weather phenomenon El Nino fades away, its antithesis - La Nina - is beginning to appear on the weather charts of the world.
NASA scientists have released new satellite images that show El Nino's colder sibling...
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PERU: NEW FREAK WEATHER PHENOMENON "LA NINA" LOOMS OFF COAST
Spanish/Nat
A new freak weather phenomenon is looming off the coast of Peru, just as weathermen are predicting an end to months of devastating floods.
So-called 'La Nina' - a mass of cold Pacific Ocean water - is heading for Peru's...
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Feature on reconstruction progress one year after Hurricane Wilma
September - October 2006
1. Boat driving by, with resort in background
2. Wide of boat passing in front of hotel
3. Wide of building under construction
4. Various of man working on building
5. Various of Cancun
6. Bus passing,...
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A unique species of jellyfish is given the usual name of Bart
1. Wide shot of beach and sea shore, Darwin
2. Tilt down leg to jellyfish sting on ankle
3. Box jellyfish in water
4. Professor Bart Currie at his desk at Darwin University
5. Photograph of the Bart Jelly fish
6. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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INDONESIA: FIRES CAUSE THREAT OF A CHOKING HAZE RETURNING
East Kalimantan, Indonesia - 26 & 27 February, 1998
1. General view of fires
2. Closeup of fires
3. Wide shot of fires
4. Smoke billowing through trees
5. Remnants of burnt-out field
6. Closeup of burnt tree and forest wide shot...
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Professor Hans Graber at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science says a new image of the oil slick shows sizable patches have broken away and are moving to the north and towards the East Coast of Florida.
HEADLINE: Professor: Oil reaching Fla. 'not if, but when'
CAPTION: Professor Hans Graber at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science says a new image of the oil slick shows sizable patches have broken...
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At least 71 dead as rainy season affects 70% of country
RCN - No Access Colombia
Guayuriva
1. Flooded beach front board walk
2. Various of flooded streets
3. Residents riding bikes on flooded street
4. Man taking out mattress from flooded home
5. Young girl sat down with baby on her lap...
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USA: CALIFORNIA: EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON CAUSES MORE HAVOC
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The El-Nino weather phenomenon has caused more havoc in the United States - this time along California's north coast.
Beach front luxury homes are literally metres (yards) away from collapsing, due to severe storms which have...
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PERU: FREAK WEATHER CAUSES DEVASTATION ACROSS COUNTRY
Spanish/Nat
Devastation caused by freak weather has left thousands of people across Peru stranded, homeless, hungry and in need of help.
The country has been hit hard by the arrival of a warm Pacific ocean current known as the El Nino...
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49 killed in second year of devastating floods
7 February 2008
1. Various aerial shots of flood areas
2. Officer looking out of helicopter
3. Aerial shot of flooded neighbourhood
4. Aerial shot of flooded bridge and road
5. Aerial shot of flooded area
8 February 2008
6. Wide of...
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GUATEMALA: RASPBERRY GROWERS DESTROY CROPS AFTER US WARNING
Spanish/Nat
Some Guatemalan raspberry growers have begun destroying their crops after U-S warnings that the fruit may be responsible for outbreaks of a parasitic illness known as cyclospora.
About 90 percent of Guatemala's ten (m)...
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AP looks at situation in town at epicentre one month after quake; UN briefing
1. Various of street scenes, with people, rubble, shanty homes
2. Collapsed buildings behind makeshift tent city
3. Family cooking in front of makeshift tents
4. Various of boy flying kite made from plastic bag
5. Children outside a...
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THAILAND: BANGKOK: ELEPHANT HANDLERS STAGE PROTEST
Thai/Nat
A dozen elephants marched through Bangkok's car-choked streets on Monday in a protest by their handlers against the city's plans to ban begging elephants.
The ban orders the handlers, known as mahouts, to leave the capital with...
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Latest from New Orleans as Hurricane Rita approaches
1. Wide shot black cloud over skyline
2. Tight shot of cloud and buildings
3. Tugboat going by skyline
4. Rain falling on Mississippi River
5. SOUNDBITE:(English), Jack Stevens, Sheriff, St. Bernard's Parish:
"And this is just a total...
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Philippines - Severe drought causes food shortages
Severe drought caused by the so-called El Nino weather pattern has reportedly caused mass starvation and deaths in the southern Philippines. Nearly 1 million people are believed to have been affected by the 9-month-long dry...
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Rescuers look for survivors from mudslides that killed at least 28
1. Wide shot of entrance to bathing area
2. Wide shot of bathing area filled with big rocks
3. Tilt down from onlookers to rescue workers
4. Wide shot of rescue operation
5. Mid shot of rescue workers pulling a big rock
6. Various shots...
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New Orleans braces itself for Hurricane Rita
21 September 2005
1. Various of traffic coming into the city, workers and trucks loaded with building supplies
2. Close-up views police speaking to drivers
3. Close-up police moving people in cars forward
20 September 2005
4. Buses...
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GUATEMALA: FLOODING KILLS AT LEAST 7; RED ALERT IN SOME AREAS
Spanish/Nat
At least seven people have died in Guatemala as a result of more than a week of heavy rains and flooding.
The National Emergency Committee declared a state of "red alert" in several areas in the south and along the Pacific...
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PERU: LIMA: EL NINO BRINGS MORE DEVASTATING FLOODS
Spanish/Nat
At least four districts of the Peruvian capital, Lima were flooded on Monday morning - the latest in the devastating string of floods to hit the country as a result of El Nino
Tree trunks, rocks and mud blocked an over-flow...
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German philanthropist buying rice and delivering it to villages
1. Wide of villagers walking in rain with bags of rice
2. Wide of villagers crowded round back of aid truck
3. Close of young man holding bag of rice under umbrella
4. Various of bags of rice being handed out of truck
5. Women and young...
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Water taxis could help prevent Jakarta's traffic chaos
Jakarta - 30 May 2007
1. Wide Ciliwung river
2. Wide rubbish in the river
3. Various of rubbish flowing in the river
Jakarta - 9 June 2007
4. Tilt up from water to water taxi
5. Various of crowd waiting at the pier
6. People getting...
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Concerns for health of survivors in temporary camps
1. Wide of refugee camp
2. Mid of refugee camp
3. Tilt-down from sun in sky to people walking in the camp
4. Mid of man washing from bowl
5. Close-up of man washing his hair
6. Mid of people sitting in a tent
7. Close-up of old...