SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Quake rattles Quito, but no major damage
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
The epicenter of the quake was a few kilometers from the city center, at a depth of some 12 kilometers, according to the Geophysical Institute of Ecuador. Hospi...
Canada rail, road links cut by floods, mudslides reestablished
Nov 22, 2021 (AFP)
Air Canada has also significantly increased its cargo capacity into and out of the Pacific coastal city since Sunday to ease major supply chain disruptions. Tor...
3,000 shut indoors on Spanish island as lava reaches sea
Nov 22, 2021 (AFP)
The Canary Islands Volcanic Emergency Plan (Pevolca) "ordered the confinement" of residents of coastal towns and villages near where the lava cascaded into the ...
Death toll hits four from flooding in western Canada
Nov 20, 2021 (AFP)
Torrential rains hit southwestern British Columbia last Sunday and Monday causing widespread flooding and landslides that damaged or destroyed roads and bridges...
At least 30 dead or missing in India floods: reports
Nov 20, 2021 (AFP)
Rescue teams pulled out a dozen bodies after three buses were washed away in Andhra Pradesh state on Friday. At least 18 other people were still missing, media ...
Ash from La Palma volcano halts flights again
Nov 20, 2021 (AFP)
Twenty national flights were cancelled on Saturday, said a spokesman for the Spanish airport authority. Air travel to the island in the Spanish-owned Canaries a...
Washington state flooding
Nov 19, 2021 (ESA)
The first image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows the extent of the floods in the Nooksack River, which spilled over its banks this week and w...
Military joins rescue efforts in flood-devastated western Canada
Nov 19, 2021 (AFP)
The Canadian Armed Forces deployed a Hercules transport aircraft, several search helicopters and hundreds of troops to the region, while putting thousands more ...
Canada death toll set to rise as floods ravage Pacific coast
Nov 18, 2021 (AFP)
Officials said downpours in British Columbia this week trapped motorists in mudslides that left at least one dead and four missing, forced thousands or resident...
Iceland's volcano pauses, but too early to say it's over
Nov 18, 2021 (AFP)
Lava began flowing out of a fissure in the ground on the evening of March 19 on the Reykjanes peninsula to the southwest of Reykjavik, a spectacle that quickly ...
Man dies in Italy rains as 2021 climate losses top 2 bn euros
Nov 14, 2021 (AFP)
The body of the elderly man, who abandoned his car when it got stuck in floods of water, was found on Sunday afternoon after firefighters carried out a search. ...
Volcano that wiped out town in Colombia is active again
Nov 14, 2021 (AFP)
The Nevado del Ruiz volcano showed "noticeable" activity starting Saturday, the Colombian Geological Service said. The Nevado del Ruiz in western Colombia is on...
Researchers find repeated link between volcanic eruptions and dynastic collapse in China's Imperial Era
Nov 12, 2021 (SPX)
The research, which combines historical evidence with polar ice-core records of volcanic eruptions, was led jointly by historians and environmental scientists f...
Quake rocks Iceland near major volcano
Nov 11, 2021 (AFP)
The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 1:21 pm (1321 GMT), was located at Vatnafjoll, a mountain range located on a fissure zone near the larger Hekla vo...
Almost 4,000 people displaced by tidal surge in Ghana
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
Sea-level rise is a growing worry in West Africa, and in Ghana, many have already been forced to abandon homes and livelihoods. "We had tidal waves Sunday at da...
Women plant mangroves to bolster India's cyclone defences
Nov 09, 2021 (AFP)
The Sundarbans straddle the coastline into neighbouring Bangladesh and are home to some of the world's rarest creatures, including the Bengal tiger and the Irra...
9 dead after floods in Sri Lanka, southern India
Nov 08, 2021 (AFP)
Nearly half of Sri Lanka's 25 districts have been hit by the deluge, with the worst affected areas in and around the island's tea-growing Central Highlands. "Fi...
Indonesia flash floods kill at least eight
Nov 05, 2021 (AFP)
Torrential rains on Thursday unleashed flash floods in Malang and the highland city of Batu, inundating houses with mud and debris, while a wall of water destro...
Better hurricane forecasts with infrared satellite measurements of cloudy skies
Nov 04, 2021 (SPX)
The review concluded that a method using what are called cloud cleared radiances has proved to be the effective and efficient method for use of infrared data as...
760,000 affected by South Sudan floods: UN
Nov 03, 2021 (AFP)
Eight out of South Sudan's 10 states have now been hit by flooding, affecting access to healthcare and other services, the Office for the Coordination of Humani...
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