Top Environmental watch
As we embraced the New Year with high spirit and parties amid bad weather, flood and threat of storms, a look at the various frames of nature from across the globe.
Spain: A man walks in floodwaters and mud from heavy rain in the neighborhood of Guadalvalle in Cordoba, southern Spain December 23, 2010.
Torrential rain lashing southern Spain has caused flooding, blocking roads and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people in the last week of 201
Poland: Car tracks are seen on a snow-covered country lane outside the village of Manschnow near the Polish border, December 29, 2010.
Over the past few weeks, subzero temperatures in Poland claimed 66 lives.
Hawaii: Waterfalls, formed by afternoon rains stream down the Koolau mountains near where US President Barack Obama is staying while on Christmas vacation with his family in Kailua, Hawaii.
Ko?olau Range is a name given to the fragmented remnants of a volcano off the Hawaiian island of O?ahu that was destroyed in prehistoric times when the entire eastern half -- including much of the summit slid cataclysmically into the Pacific Ocean. Remains of this ancient volcano lie as massive fragments strewn nearly 160 km over the ocean floo
Scotland: A deer looks down from the top of a snow covered hilltop near Braemar in the Scottish highlands December 21, 2010.
Thick ice and snow caused major travel disruption in Europe, as transport networks struggle to cope during the busy Christmas period.
Australia: An aerial view shows properties and houses inundated by floodwaters in the Queensland town of Emerald, 900 km north-west of Brisbane December 31, 2010.
Large parts of Australia's coastal northeast were inundated around Christmas and New Year causing widespread devastation and disruption of services. The floods were caused by days of driving rain that sent rivers and streams over their banks. Authorities state that it may be a month before floodwaters dry up.
California: Trucks are partially submerged in mud after heavy rains and flooding caused homes and vehicles to be condemned from mud damage in Highland, California December 23, 2010.
Southern California saw its rainiest December in over 120 years with mud pouring from local mountains into an overwhelmed drain channel, creating a muddy mess around homes.
Scotland: A train passes through a countryside, against the backdrop of a winter landscape, at Ballinluig in Perthshire, Scotland December 23, 2010.
Scotland is set to shiver again this week with the return of freezing temperatures also bringing in more snow and ice
France: Muddy water surrounds a street lamp as high waters from melting snow causes minor flooding along the Seine River and continues to stop most commercial boat traffic in Paris December 28, 2010.
100 years ago, in January 1910, river Seine shocked Parisians by overflowing its banks, and flooding not only its streets, but also apartment buildings and even the metro system. Paris's much iconic river is yet again threatening to flood the city of lights.
Los Angeles: A double rainbow is seen during heavy rain in Los Angeles December 22, 2010.
It has been a particularly wet and cold autumn for the city and the weather is continuing well into the New Yea
Australia: A man rides his bicycle on a street affected by flood waters in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia December 31, 2010
Moscow: Branches of a tree are covered with ice, as a plane is seen in the background, at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, December 26, 2010.
Russia: A frosty fog covers a bank of the Yenisei River in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, some 38 km south of Krasnoyarsk December 23, 2010. The air temperature dropped down to minus 30 degrees Celsius.
Source: India Syndicate, Reuter
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