Entries in Flooding (31)
World News Podcast - May 10th, 2011
In tonight's episode, ABC's Jim Avila travels down the surging Mississippi River, as it threatens to flood towns and cities all along its shores. Osama bin Laden's estranged son lashes out at the U.S. for what he calls the assassination of an unarmed man. ABC's Brian Ross has the details. General Motors announced it will add thousands of jobs across the U.S., and can meditation physically change your brain? ABC's Dan Harris has the answers.
World News Podcast - May 9th, 2011
In tonight's episode, ABC's Diane Sawyer is in Memphis, Tennessee, where the flooded Mississippi river is still rising. Steve Osunsami talks to evacuees from the flood zone, and examines the complex relationship the Mississippi river and the locals that live along its shore. The river keeps rising but will the levees hold? ABC's Jim Avila has the answer. And in the aftermath of the Osama Bin Laden raid, the U.S. relationship with Pakistan has become strained.
World News Podcast - April 11th, 2011
In tonight's episode, Gas prices are on the rise. We take a look at the impact of an eleven-cent price hike in just a week. Then, it's the aftermath of the severe weather that has been affecting the midwest, including an Iowa town that lost nearly 60 percent of it's buildings to tornadoes, but without a single injury or death. In the health world, a new study says that macular degeneration can be prevented with some simple foods.
World News Podcast - March 8th, 2011
In tonight's episode, ABC's Matt Gutman examines outrageous gas prices. Are greedy gas stations price gouging? ABC's Linsey Davis is on the front lines of extreme flooding in New Jersey. Millions of dead fish washed up on the southern California coast: what was the reason? And who is the happiest man in America? ABC News finds out.