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Sudan floods kill over 80 people: official
Sep 13, 2021 (AFP)
"A total of 84 people were killed and 67 others injured in 11 states across Sudan since the beginning of the rainy season," said Abdel Jalil Abdelreheem, spokes...
Typhoon drenches Taiwan but spares island a direct hit
Sep 12, 2021 (AFP)
Downgraded from a super typhoon since its rapid formation last week, the outer edges of Chanthu pounded the eastern coastline. But the centre of the storm remai...
Taiwan cancels flights as weakened Typhoon Chanthu approaches
Sep 11, 2021 (AFP)
Chanthu rapidly formed into a super typhoon in just 48 hours earlier this week threatening both the Philippines and Taiwan. But it was since downgraded to a med...
Super typhoon Chanthu threatens Philippines, Taiwan
Sep 10, 2021 (AFP)
Chanthu was about 580 kilometres (360 miles) southeast of Taiwan's southernmost tip on Friday morning, packing gusts of up to 234 kilometres (145 miles) an hour...
Hurricane Olaf weakens over Mexico's Baja California peninsula
Sep 10, 2021 (AFP)
But Olaf still threatened more damage, causing "hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall" over the Baja California Sur, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) s...
Storm Olaf drenches Mexico's Baja California
Sep 10, 2021 (AFP)
Olaf made landfall near the city of San Jose del Cabo late Thursday as a Category Two hurricane packing maximum winds of 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour, th...
Storm-hit Philippines braces for powerful typhoon
Sep 09, 2021 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Conson hit the central province of Eastern Samar as a typhoon on Monday before weakening as it passed over the archipelago, forcing around 10,000...
Tropical Storm Mindy hits Florida
Sep 09, 2021 (AFP)
The storm first hit land on the island of St. Vincent, which is about 900 feet (300 meters) from the state's coast, the Miami-based organization said in an even...
At least nine dead in Burkina floods: official
Sep 09, 2021 (AFP)
More than 20,000 people have been affected and "major damage has been seen, notably with homes destroyed and public infrastructure damaged," according to minute...
Major Mexico earthquake causes damage, one death
Sep 08, 2021 (AFP)
More than 200 aftershocks were recorded after the powerful tremor, whose epicenter was 11 kilometers (seven miles) southeast of Acapulco in Guerrero state, the ...
Major earthquake shakes Mexico, as 17 patients die after floods hit hospital
Sep 08, 2021 (AFP)
The epicenter was 11 kilometers (seven miles) southeast of Acapulco in Guerrero state, the National Seismological Service reported. A man was killed when a util...
Tropical Storm Mindy threatens northwest Florida
Sep 08, 2021 (AFP)
The storm was located 90 miles (150 kilometers) west-southwest of the city of Apalachicola Wednesday evening and was expected to make landfall in the southern U...
Volcano analysis in real time
Sep 08, 2021 (SPX)
Their results were published in the "IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing". Their findings provide an important basi...
Mexican military races to help flood victims
Sep 08, 2021 (AFP)
More than 1,000 National Guard members, troops and rescuers were deployed after a river in the town of Tula in Hidalgo state burst its banks. The flooding affec...
University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher to lead four-year project to revolutionize seismology
Sep 07, 2021 (SPX)
A University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute researcher will lead the four-year, multi-institution project. The Seismic Computational Platform for Emp...
Study reveals threat of catastrophic supervolcano eruptions ever-present
Sep 07, 2021 (SPX)
Associate Professor Martin Danisik, lead Australian author from the John de Laeter Centre based at Curtin University, said supervolcanoes often erupted several ...
Deadly floods expose dangers of New York's basements
Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)
With rents in the Big Apple among the most expensive in the world, below-ground units offer an affordable option for many low-income residents. But the cramped,...
Even after an eruption, supervolcanoes remain a threat for thousands of years
Sep 03, 2021 (UPI)
However, new research -- published Friday in the journal Communications Earth and Environment -- suggests supervolcanoes remain active for thousands of years af...
Merkel, party's heir apparent to make risky flood zone tour
Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)
After the disaster put crisis management and climate change back at the top of the agenda, Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their unpopular candidate, Arm...
At least 44 dead as flash floods slam New York area
Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)
Record rainfall, which prompted an unprecedented flash flood emergency warning for New York City, turned streets into rivers and shut down subway services as wa...
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