International Business News - Rain http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Brazil's president has signed a decree aimed at recovering and protecting devastate rain forest along Brazil's Atlantic coast. Environment Minister Carlos Minc says the government hopes to restore 20 percent of the forest's original cover. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/presidential-decree-protects-brazil-rain-forest.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:20:51 EST A persistent, often heavy, rain have been playing havoc with the Olympic men's javelin qualifying. A downpour delayed the start for an hour Thursday morning. It was still a steady rain when the competition finally began. Throwing was stopped again briefly when Russian Sergei Makarov slipped and fell on the runway. Canada's Scott Russell, who led the qualifying group at 80.42 meters (263 feet, 10 inches), also slipped and hit the ground. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/rain-plays-havoc-with-mens-javelin.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:28:36 EDT The rain came and the heat went, but the haze remained Sunday at the Beijing Olympics. Temperatures averaged a cooler 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit)--down from highs of 34C and 93F over the past two days--and officials were hopeful the dirty-white blanket that has enveloped the city would give way to cleaner, clearer skies. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/106664-beijing-olympics-rowing.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080810/rain-showers-bring-relief-to-beijing-_-this-time.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080810/rain-showers-bring-relief-to-beijing-_-this-time.htm Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:16:28 EDT Forty villagers riding on a truck were swept away by a flooded river and feared dead Sunday in southern India, where monsoon rains have claimed at least 59 lives in the past three days, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080810/40-indian-villagers-feared-drowned-in-flood-waters.htm Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:50:55 EDT Monsoon rains crumpled homes and triggered flash floods in southern India, killing 18 people, an official said Saturday. Parts of Hyderabad and two other districts of Andhra Pradesh state were inundated when 4.7 inches of rain fell in less than five hours Friday, said Navin Mittal, a government official. He said it was the heaviest downpour there in eight years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/heavy-monsoon-rains-kill-18-in-india.htm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:17:44 EDT Heavy rains that battered North Korea in recent weeks have heavily damaged crops, state media said Monday, dealing a further blow to the impoverished country as it struggles to avert a food crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/heavy-rains-batter-north-korea-damage-crops.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:20:13 EDT Torrential rains that lashed South Korea this week have led to the deaths of seven people and left six others missing, the government said Saturday. Six people were also injured, with one in critical condition, in landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain that started battering the country Wednesday, the National Emergency Management Agency said in a statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/heavy-rains-kill-7-in-south-korea.htm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:56:38 EDT Glen Phillips kneels down, scoops up a handful of dirt and squashes it in his fist to test whether the soil in this dry patch of the Australian Outback is ready to take a crop of wheat. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/90637-australia-waiting-for-rain.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/food-crisis-drought-hurts-vital-australian-wheat.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/food-crisis-drought-hurts-vital-australian-wheat.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:52:13 EDT Flooding, house collapses and lightning strikes caused by heavy rains killed at least 14 people in northern India, taking the reported death toll in the annual monsoon season to 79, officials said Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86822-india-monsoons.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/14-dead-after-heavy-rains-in-north-india.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/14-dead-after-heavy-rains-in-north-india.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:27:06 EDT Torrential rains that killed 28 people in southern China were forecast Wednesday to continue for the next three days. Eighteen people have died in flooding in southern Guizhou province since Sunday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported late Tuesday. Twelve were missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/torrential-rain-kills-28-in-south-china.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 05:38:27 EDT Officials say heavy rains killed at least 10 people in Pakistan's northwest, including six children who died when part of their mud house collapsed. The rain has been pouring in the Swat valley area since Saturday evening. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/117731-tropical-weather-gustav-2.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080525/officials-10-die-as-rains-hit-pakistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080525/officials-10-die-as-rains-hit-pakistan.htm Sun, 25 May 2008 03:51:27 EDT Corn advanced on Tuesday following a report that showed that farmers were planting the grain at a slow pace due to excessive rains. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/corn-rain-commodities-futures-biofuels-ethanol.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 15:01:23 EDT