Environment

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People use logs and boards to pave a path into a village submerged by landslides in search for people buried in mud in Puladi township, in southwest China's Yunnan province, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo)

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In this Saturday, July 31, 2010 photo, fish swim near coral reefs off Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia. Coral that survived the 2004 tsunami is now dying at one of the fastest rates ever recorded because of a dramatic rise in water temperatures off northwestern Indonesia, conservationists said, warning Wednesday that the damage and threat extends to other reefs across Asia. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)

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A man looks at the remains of a house after a minor landslide in a slum in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, Aug.17, 2010. A teenager was killed and another person was injured in the landslide, which was triggered by rains, officials said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Former president and UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, right, speaks with people who were displaced by the Jan. earthquake as he visits people who live in the Petionville Golf Club that is being used as a camp for the displaced in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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A car is lifted out of the North Edisto River in Orangeburg, S.C., on Monday. The bodies of two toddlers were recovered from the car and their mother was charged with suffocating them beforehand. (Associated Press)

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The northern bald ibis was once common across North Africa, the Middle East and parts of Europe, but habitat loss and hunting have devastated the population. (Associated Press)

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In this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo, survey technician Jim Burkitt adjusts bottles used to capture subsurface water samples on a Conductivity-Temperature-Depth, or CTD, carousel onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Henry B. Bigelow near the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. The vessel is operating near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead to collect subsurface water samples for analysis onshore as well as monitor oil and gas seepage on the seafloor. Scientists are giving different estimates on how much oil remains in the ocean and the long terms effects on the environment. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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In this Aug. 16,2010 file photo, faint streaks of weathered oil are seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana. Scientist studying the gulf oil spill differ on the amount of oil that was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Deepwater Horizon rig, how much remains in the water and the long term effect on the environment. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Women clean a flooded house in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain, on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. Three people were killed and two injured in flash floods in towns close to the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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A man reacts in front of a car that was washed away in flood waters in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. At least three people were killed and two injured in flash floods in towns close to the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, authorities said Tuesday. An Interior Ministry statement said one man was found dead in a car that had been washed away in torrential overnight rain in the small town of Aguilar de la Frontera. The ministry said the body of a woman who also had been in the vehicle was found some 165 yards away. Another man was killed when an exterior wall of his house collapsed on top of him in the nearby town of Bujalance. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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A firefighter walks past cars that were washed away in flood waters in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. At least three people were killed and two injured in flash floods in towns close to the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, authorities said Tuesday. An Interior Ministry statement said one man was found dead in a car that had been washed away in torrential overnight rain in the small town of Aguilar de la Frontera. The ministry said the body of a woman who also had been in the vehicle was found some 165 yards away. Another man was killed when an exterior wall of his house collapsed on top of him in the nearby town of Bujalance. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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A man looks cars that were washed away in flood waters in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. At least three people were killed and two injured in flash floods in towns close to the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, authorities said Tuesday. An Interior Ministry statement said one man was found dead in a car that had been washed away in torrential overnight rain in the small town of Aguilar de la Frontera. The ministry said the body of a woman who also had been in the vehicle was found some 165 yards away. Another man was killed when an exterior wall of his house collapsed on top of him in the nearby town of Bujalance. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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People view cars that were washed away in flood waters in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. At least three people were killed and two injured in flash floods in towns close to the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, authorities said Tuesday. An Interior Ministry statement said one man was found dead in a car that had been washed away in torrential overnight rain in the small town of Aguilar de la Frontera. The ministry said the body of a woman who also had been in the vehicle was found some 165 yards away. Another man was killed when an exterior wall of his house collapsed on top of him in the nearby town of Bujalance. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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A man reacts as he walks past cars that were washed away in flood waters in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. At least three people were killed and two injured in flash floods in towns close to the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, authorities said Tuesday. An Interior Ministry statement said one man was found dead in a car that had been washed away in torrential overnight rain in the small town of Aguilar de la Frontera. The ministry said the body of a woman who also had been in the vehicle was found some 165 yards away. Another man was killed when an exterior wall of his house collapsed on top of him in the nearby town of Bujalance. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Women clean a flooded house in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. Three people were killed and two injured in flash floods in towns close to the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, authorities said Tuesday. An Interior Ministry statement said one man was found dead in a car that had been washed away in torrential overnight rain in the small town of Aguilar de la Frontera. The ministry said the body of a woman who also had been in the vehicle was found some 165 yards away. Another man was killed when an exterior wall of his house collapsed on top of him in the nearby town of Bujalance. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Flood survivors search for their belongings amid the rubble of their houses destroyed by heavy floodwaters in Charsadda, near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. Many of about 20 million people affected by flooding in Pakistan have yet to receive any assistance, despite a growing international relief effort, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)