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'I'm traumatised': Indonesia volcano rains destruction on village
Dec 07, 2021 (AFP)
Fewer than 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the crater of Java island's tallest mountain, Curah Kobokan was largely deserted Tuesday as emergency crews combed thro...
Indonesia volcano erupts again, hampering rescue operations
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
The biggest mountain on the island of Java thundered to life Saturday, ejecting a mushroom of volcanic ash high into the sky and raining hot mud as thousands of...
Iceland raises alert level for its most active volcano
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
Located in an uninhabited and remote area of central Iceland, the Grimsvotn volcano is situated under a massive glacier. Experts have been monitoring Grimsvotn ...
New type of earthquake discovered
Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)
With a network of eight seismic stations surrounding an injection well at distances of a few kilometres, researchers from the Geological Survey of Canada, Ruhr-...
Indonesia volcano erupts again, rescue operations suspended
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
The biggest mountain on the island of Java thundered to life Saturday, ejecting a mushroom of volcanic ash high into the sky and raining hot mud as thousands of...
Indonesia volcano eruption death toll rises to 13
Dec 05, 2021 (AFP)
The eruption of the biggest mountain on the island of Java caught locals by surprise on Saturday, sending thousands fleeing and forcing hundreds of families int...
Residents in shadow of Indonesia volcano reckon with ruin
Dec 05, 2021 (AFP)
Fathers cradled distressed daughters, elderly villagers heaved mattresses on their backs and farmers carried goats that had survived, trying to salvage what the...
Indonesia volcano eruption death toll rises to 14
Dec 05, 2021 (AFP)
The eruption of the biggest mountain on the island of Java caught locals by surprise on Saturday, sending thousands fleeing and forcing hundreds of families int...
More than 20 drown as bus swept into flooded river in Kenya
Dec 04, 2021 (AFP)
Onlookers screamed as the yellow school bus hired to take a church choir and other revellers to the ceremony in Kitui County keeled over and sank as the driver ...
Indonesia volcano eruption kills one, dozens injured
Dec 04, 2021 (AFP)
Two other people were reported missing and eight were trapped in debris, authorities said. More than 300 families with children took shelter in badly hit Curah ...
Tropical cyclones in Asia could double in destructive power
Dec 02, 2021 (SPX)
Tropical cyclones are one of the most dangerous types of natural disasters. They carry several hazards, such as heavy rainfall, high winds, and storm surges, wh...
Earthquakes and tsunamis in Europe?
Dec 02, 2021 (SPX)
"It is often forgotten that the European coasts are also located in areas that are tectonically very active - and that many catastrophes have occurred here in t...
Philippine volcano erupts but no ashfall
Nov 30, 2021 (AFP)
The eruption at Mount Pinatubo was a phreatic one -- an explosion driven by steam that happens when water above or below ground is heated by magma, lava or hot ...
Peru quake injures 12, leaves more than 2,400 homeless
Nov 29, 2021 (AFP)
The quake, which struck in the early hours of Sunday and sent shock waves across the region, also leveled five churches and damaged a clinic and some 1.5 kilome...
Flood-ravaged western Canada braces for more rain
Nov 28, 2021 (AFP)
"We're in the middle of one of the most intense series of storms that we have seen along coastal B.C.," British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth t...
7.5-magnitude earthquake shakes north Peru
Nov 28, 2021 (AFP)
The strong quake hit at 5:52 am (1052 GMT) at a depth of 131 kilometers (81 miles), according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru. Civil Defense authorities sa...
Flood damage exposes Kinshasa's unbridled urbanisation
Nov 26, 2021 (AFP)
These images come from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a population influx combined with scant urban planning has exposed many poor...
Iceland's journey to the centre of the Earth
Nov 26, 2021 (AFP)
Here, in the country's northeast, a team of international researchers is preparing to drill two kilometres (1.2 miles) into the heart of the volcano, a Jules Ve...
Lockdown order lifted on Spanish volcano isle
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
Red-hot lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which has been erupting since September 19, on Monday began sliding down a cliff into the Atlantic Ocean. Soldiers w...
Flooding in India's Bangalore after heavy rains
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
Lakes dotted around the city have overflowed after three days of ferocious rain, submerging roads and flooding homes. Rescuers deployed inflatable life rafts to...
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