SHAKE AND BLOW

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Seven dead in New York City as Ida brings flash flooding
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
Ida slammed into the southern state of Louisiana over the weekend, bringing severe flooding and tornadoes as it blazed a trail of destruction north. New York st...
Storm Ida brings flash flooding to New York City; Biden to visit New Orleans
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
Ida slammed into the southern state of Louisiana over the weekend, bringing severe flooding and tornadoes as it blazed a trail of destruction north. New York go...
The future of flooding in Venice
Sep 02, 2021 (SPX)
The special issue, with contributions lead by researchers from Universita del Salento, ISMAR - Institute of Marine Sciences and University Ca' Foscari of Venice...
New Yorkers pick up pieces following deluge; At least 17 dead
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
Under piercing blue skies that belied the carnage of just a few hours earlier, shocked residents surveyed the damage of a chaotic night that left at least eight...
A look at deadly flash floods on the rise in US amid global warming
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
Here is a closer look at deadly flash floods and why they have become increasingly common in the United States. - What is flash flooding? - Flash or sudden floo...
'Heartbroken' New Yorkers count cost of devastating rainfall
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
Under piercing blue skies that belied the carnage of just a few hours earlier, shocked residents surveyed the damage of a chaotic night that left at least nine ...
Spain begins flood clean-up
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said emergency services were "working tirelessly" to protect people and restore "normality" to places affected by flooding "as soon...
Volunteer army rebuilds Germany's flood-stricken towns
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
The workers on site are an army of unpaid volunteers who have taken on the colossal task of rebuilding towns that were devastated by deadly floods in western Ge...
60% of Tehran buildings short of quake-proof standards: report
Sep 01, 2021 (AFP)
"Sixty percent of the buildings do not comply with the anti-seismic standards and will be seriously damaged" in the case of a quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter...
Fears of worsening India floods; Torrential rain floods eastern Spain
Sep 01, 2021 (AFP)
Monsoons are crucial to replenishing water supplies after the scorching summer season but also cause widespread death and destruction across South Asia each yea...
New Orleans under curfew as US South tallies Hurricane Ida damage
Sep 01, 2021 (AFP)
New Orleans was under a curfew Tuesday evening, nearly two days after Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm, exactly 16 years after devasta...
New Orleans flood defenses hold, 16 years after Katrina failure
Sep 01, 2021 (AFP)
In the wake of the 2005 storm that killed over 1,800 people and submerged whole swaths of New Orleans, the US government spent $14.5 billion on levees, pumps an...
380,000 affected by heavy flooding in South Sudan: UN
Aug 31, 2021 (AFP)
Nearly three-quarters of those affected are in two states -- Unity and Jonglei -- OCHA said in a briefing note, warning of "more heavy rains and flooding expect...
Three months after DR Congo volcano eruption, thousands seeking aid
Aug 31, 2021 (AFP)
"My house was consumed by the lava. I have seven children and no food. We are suffering terribly," said Furaha Mawazo, whose family is among the 4,000 being tem...
Ida inflicts 'catastrophic' destruction on Louisiana
Aug 31, 2021 (AFP)
The city of New Orleans was still mostly without power over 24 hours after Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm, exactly 16 years to the d...
Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana, knocks out power for New Orleans
Aug 30, 2021 (AFP)
Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm and was downgraded to a Category 3 by evening -- the same strength Katrina was when it came ashore in...
Floods threaten hundreds of thousands in northeast India
Aug 30, 2021 (AFP)
Incessant downpours for more than a week forced the Brahmaputra and other major rivers to burst their banks across Assam and Bihar states. Up to two metres (6.6...
Tropical Storm Nora moves 'very near' Mexico's west coast: NHC
Aug 29, 2021 (AFP)
Nora was downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale to a tropical storm Sunday, after its maximum sustained winds fell to 70 miles (110 ...
Evacuations, fear as Hurricane Ida nears US Gulf Coast
Aug 29, 2021 (AFP)
A handful of people were still on New Orleans streets, but many businesses had closed up ahead of what the National Weather Service called an "an extremely dang...
Hurricane Nora makes landfall in Mexico
Aug 29, 2021 (AFP)
The Category 1 storm made landfall near Tomatlan in Mexico's Jalisco state and will continue north towards the states of Nayarit and Sinaloa, the National Meteo...
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