Landslide in China

More torrential rain is sweeping towards the region of north-west China hit by a massive landslide.

More than 700 people are now known to have died and more than 1,000 people are still missing in the remote mountainous area of Gansu province.

On both links the video at the top of the article is useful to see what really has happened and what is going to happen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10934871
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38614135/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

Pakistan's floods

More information as Pakistan struggle with the floods.  The link below has a good photo showing how the villages are stuck on a small piece of land, surrounded by water.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38612087/ns/world_news/

Small earthquake hits near Pacific islands

No injuries were reported after the small earthquake on Tuesday the 8th August but several aftershocks, which caused small tsunami.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38635217/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

China's population

Year 11 will be studying population, and especially how China has tried to solve their rapid population growth. The links below show how desperate China was and still is to stop the population growing.

http://www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org/newscasestudies/article/?id=1322
http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/onechild.htm
http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=127&catid=4&subcatid=15

Russian fires

In west and southern Russia due to the heat waves they are currently experiencing, many fires have started and spead badly.  There have been many casualties and homes have been ruined.  The article below the video is brief but informative.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10834564

Floods in Pakistan

On the 1st of August Pakistan was hit by the worst floods in 80 years. The bbc have got a lot of useful information and a good map further down the page, but the most helpful piece of information is the video clip at the top of the page, because it shows you how badly hit they have been.  There are also some other good websites.

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10834414
2. http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/03/pakistans-floods-prompt-massive-red-cross-relief-effort-update-video/
3. http://www.anewsviews.com/pakistan-floods-third-largest-dam-at-risk/
4. http://www.unhcr.org/4c57e3016.html

And for those of you who don't know where Pakistan is, here is a map and most of the floods are in the north-west.