Haiti 'quake: Death toll may be 200,000

One week on and the situation in Haiti shows few signs of improving...

Click on the links below to find out the latest news:

Haiti Rescue Operation: Annotated Map

Haiti Earthquake: Death Toll could top 100,000

Read the latest by following the links below:

"Race against time for Haiti earthquake aid" (The Times)

"Haiti quake: Obama announces $100m US aid package" (The Guardian)

View from above: interactive map (The Guardian)

"Haiti earthquake: aids floods in..." (The Telegraph)

"US rushes troops to Haiti earthquake zone" (BBC)

Earthquake strikes Haiti

HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD IN HAITI EARTHQUAKE

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Copenhagen Climate Change Summit 2009 (COP15)

2009 ended with COP15 - the Copenhagen Climate Change summit (7-18 December).

So just how "ground-breaking" was it?

What was achieved?

Will it make a difference?

Or was all the talking just a load of hot air?

Follow the links below to find out more:

BBC Special Report

The Guardian

A complete guide to the Copenhagen Climate Change summit

Copenhagen Climate Change Summit: The Issues

COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference website

Copenhagen 2009 - the bigger picture...

Wikipedia

"After gruelling summit, a contested deal emerges on climate" (The Independent)

"Brown: we must learn lessons of Copenhagen" (The Independent)

"China says it achieved its goal in Copenhagen climate deal" (The Independent)

The UK's Big Freeze: the worst winter for decades

(Image: NEODAAS/University of Dundee)

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This AWESOME image (courtesy of the University of Dundee Satellite Receiving Station) shows just how much of the UK is affected by the current "Big Freeze".

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The UK is currently experiencing some of the worst winter weather on record, with entire settlements cut off, roads blocked, rock salt levels dangerously low and temperatures as low as -21 degrees centigrade.

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Click on some of the following articles to follow events in more detail:

"Weather Report (08-01-10): cold weather still grips UK" (The Guardian)

"Food Costs to soar as big freeze deepens" (The Guardian)

"Fresh snow warning: 20cm forecast as big freeze continues" (The Telegraph)

"The winter of 1947: the worst in living memory" (The Telegraph)

"The Big Freeze 2010: an audit" (The Independent on Sunday)

"Why the Met Office got it wrong - again" (The Independent on Sunday)

"Life in the Deep Freeze: why has it arrived and how long will it last?" (The Times)

"Shortage of grit may leave millions stranded" (The Times)

Flooding in Cumbria

The flooding that occurred in Cumbria on the 19 and 20 November 2009 was some of the worst on record.

Click on the two BBC links below to read more:

The following BBC webpage also has links to other media sources:

Don't forget to search additional online media

(The Independent, The Times etc.)

Twice the Tectonic Terror!

Click on the links below to read about the earthquakes that struck Indonesia and the Tsunami that affected islands in the South Pacific at the beginning of October: