BANGALORE, INDIA: Providing designers with the highest density FPGA per board area, Altera Corp. has announced the availability of a new 8x8 mm2 packaging (M164) for its family of 65-nm Cyclone III FPGAs.(Yahooindiacyclone)
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18 March 2008 - The Mozambican Government has asked the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide emergency assistance for one month to 60,000 people in the north of the country who are still suffering from the impact made by Cyclone Jokwe earlier this month.(Yahooindiacyclone)
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The exceptional floods of 2007 were not related to global warming as has been suggested, a report says.(bbcscience)
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LAST MONTH Cynthia Carroll, chief executive of the Anglo American mining company, flew to South Africa to meet ministers and officials, including President Thabo Mbeki. There were big items on the agenda. On coming to power, the ruling ANC party had changed South Africa’s mining regime so that old-fashioned “private” rights, which Anglo relied on for 40% of its turnover, would revert to the state.

Cyclone Cynthia Carroll shakes up Anglo(Google) URL: http://news.google.co.in/ India okays 50000 T rice for storm-hit Bangladesh - Reuters India DHAKA (Reuters) - India has issued clearance to supply 50,000 tonnes of rice out of a pledged half a million tonnes to cyclone-hit Bangladesh, officials said on Thursday.India agreed early this month to supply 500,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice at an average price of $399 a tonne to Bangladesh under a state-to-state deal, to meet post-cyclone demands. India okays 50000 T rice for storm-hit Bangladesh(Google) URL: http://news.google.co.in/ Reducing the destructive force of cyclones - The Daily Star Cyclones are one of the major natural calamities in our country. These cyclones are caused by formation of low atmospheric pressure over warm waters of the southern parts of Bay of Bengal.After deriving power from high-speed wind and transforming heat and spinning motion from corioli, these cyclones take a northward direction following low-pressure areas into Bangladesh and India. A catastrophic super cyclone like that took place in 1970 can exceed (Google) URL: http://news.google.co.in/ Storms expose wonders along the Oregon coast - San Francisco Chronicle Storms expose wonders along the Oregon coast(Google) URL: http://news.google.co.in/ Flooding fears repeated by powerful tides - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press (Google) URL: http://news.google.co.in/ Storm foils murder bid London: The FBI has revealed a plot to assassinate rock icon Sir Mick Jagger by a motorcycle gang called the Hells Angels, an attempt which was thwarted as the boat of the would-be killers got swamped in a storm. According to former FBI ...(hindu) URL: http://www.thehindu.com/ ALERT: Flood warning for SLO County's coastal areas - San Luis Obispo Tribune The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the coastal areas of San Luis Obispo County through noon Monday.A high-surf advisory also remains in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday.Forecasters were expecting breakers of 16 feet to 24 feet Sunday night, with wave sets as high as 28 feet.The surf is expected to subside gradually on Monday, but is forecast to remain above 10 feet at least through early Tuesday morning. ALERT: Flood warning for SLO County's coastal areas(Google) URL: http://news.google.co.in/ 123456789…next ›last » News, Events   Cyclones   Tsunami   Erosion   Oil Spills   Algal Blooms   Events prior to   2004 NGO's   Cyclones   Tsunami   Erosion   Oil Spills   Algal Blooms Mitigation   Cyclones   Tsunami   Erosion   Oil Spills   Algal Blooms Tutorials   Cyclones   Tsunami   Erosion   Oil Spills   Algal Blooms Coastal Hazards Preparedness Science Plan Proposals under review maintained by NIO, India and sponsored by TIFP, DSIR, India © 2005 National Institute of Oceanography, India TIFP, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), India This Drupal powered site is best viewed on Mozilla Firefox with resolution 1024x764.