Rescuers try to help those stuck in a submerged car in Hildale, Utah. At least 8 people have been killed and five others missing in the US state of Utah when flash floods triggered by heavy rain swept them away in their cars. At least 16 people in two different vehicles were believed to have been caught in the floods that swept through streets near the city of Hildale, Utah, Hildale assistant fire... 

The Australian government is pondering a new plan for disposal of waste from expanding the country’s port of Abbot Point, which would see the dredged mud and sand reused on land instead of being dumped by the Great Barrier Reef, as was initially planned. The on-land disposal project has been approved by the Queensland government. The decision was made despite the fact that federal authorities have... 

The test was carried out on a Nissan Note. Nissan has applied a new repellent technology to the paintwork on cars, which automatically fends off mud and dirt. The Japanese carmaker, which has promised that the technology would render car washes useless, ran a Note compact edition along mud-streaked tracks. The car stood the test with flying colors bearing no dirt particles on the shiny surfaces. “It... 

Vast quantities dredged sand and mud will be dumped right by Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef to create a multi-billion-dollar coal port – the world’s biggest. The authority watching over the UNESCO World Heritage site just gave the green light. What the dumping permit awarded by The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority does is allow two Indian firms and an Australian billionaire miner... 

A destroyed car is seen in the main street of Teresopolis' Campo Grande neighborhood, some 100 km from Rio de Janiero, in the southwestern state of Rio on January 16, 2011 following a landslide of mud and rocks caused by heavy rains. Storms in the southwestern Brazil state of Minas Gerais have claimed the lives of seven people and left some 13,000 others homeless. At least five of the victims are...