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Two reported dead as cyclone slams into eastern India
Sep 26, 2021 (AFP)
Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean but many scientists say they are becoming more frequent and severe as climate change warms sea temper...
Guatemala's Fuego volcano quiets after eruption
Sep 25, 2021 (AFP)
The volcano, located some 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of the capital Guatemala City, began spewing lava and ash high into the sky on Thursday. No damages...
Guatemala volcano erupts but no evacuations yet
Sep 24, 2021 (AFP)
The eruptions produced a long river of lava flowing down to the base of the volcano, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of the capital Guatemala City, said...
South Sudanese refugees homeless again after Sudan floods
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
Kour crossed the border in November, fleeing years of conflict in his home city of Malakal -- itself prone to flooding. South Sudan became the world's newest in...
6.5 quake hits off west coast of Nicaragua: USGS
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
According to the US Geological Survey, the temblor hit 48 miles (78 kilometers) southwest of Jiquilillo. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that "based on ...
Rare Australia earthquake triggers panic in Melbourne
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
The shallow 5.9 magnitude tremor hit east of the country's second-largest city at the start of the working day and was one of the largest to hit the country in ...
Canaries volcano razes hundreds of buildings as lava creeps to sea
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on Sunday in the south of La Palma, one of seven islands that make up the Canary Islands archipelago off the coast of Morocco. ...
Volcano lava destroys 320 buildings on Spanish island
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
The property damage figure was twice that given 24 hours ago by Copernicus, which uses sky radar imagery to monitor the extent of lava coverage and posted the u...
New fissure opens in Canary Islands volcano
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
The Cumbre Vieja volcano has forced a total of 6,000 people from their homes and destroyed around 100 properties since it erupted on Sunday afternoon. Emergency...
426,000 affected by flooding in South Sudan: UN
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
Emergency workers have used canoes and boats to reach people cut off by the deluge, OCHA said in a briefing note, warning that more heavy rains and flooding wer...
Toxic gas fears as Canary Islands volcano lava nears sea
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
A new fissure emerged on the slopes of the Cumbre Vieja volcano overnight, belching out more lava and forcing hundreds more people to flee their homes. "The lav...
Delta-X helps with disaster response in wake of Hurricane Ida
Sep 21, 2021 (JPL)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) regularly monitors U.S. coastal waters for potential spills and noticed some slicks that appeared jus...
Volcano erupts on Spain's Canary Islands
Sep 19, 2021 (AFP)
Cumbre Vieja, which last erupted 50 years ago, straddles a ridge in the south of La Palma island, home to around 80,000 people. "The eruption started in the Cab...
Iceland's volcanic eruption the longest in half a century
Sep 18, 2021 (AFP)
The first lava began spewing out of a fissure close to Mount Fagradalsfjall on the evening of March 19 on the Reykjanes peninsula to the southwest of Reykjavik....
Three killed, dozens injured as shallow quake hits China's Sichuan
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
The quake struck Luxian county before dawn on Thursday around 120 kilometres southwest of the sprawling megacity of Chongqing, which along with its surrounding ...
Alert raised over quake surge around Canaries volcano
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
The earthquake swarm under La Cumbre Vieja on La Palma island began on Saturday and since then, there have been almost 1,000 tremors, the strongest with a magni...
Japan issues alert after volcano erupts
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of injuries after the eruption of Mount Otake in Kagoshima prefecture, according to Kyodo. The Japan Meteorological Agency set t...
What lies beneath: Volcanic secrets revealed
Sep 15, 2021 (SPX)
UQ volcanologist Dr Teresa Ubide said it was previously understood that cooled lava from so-called 'hot spot' volcanoes was 'pristine' magma from the melting ma...
Tropical storm Nicholas weakens as it heads inland
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
The storm has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kilometers) per hour, with higher gusts, and was expected to dump five to 10 inches of rain over the Texas ...
Storm Nicholas weakens but leaves 450,000 Texas homes without power
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
Nicholas barreled ashore overnight and raked the coastline as a Category One hurricane, and then quickly set its sights on Houston, Texas's largest city. Electr...
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