SHAKE AND BLOW

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US south coast braces for 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ida
Aug 28, 2021 (AFP)
The National Weather Service is now forecasting a "life-threatening storm surge" when the hurricane makes landfall along the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi...
US Gulf coast braces as 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ida looms
Aug 28, 2021 (AFP)
"Ida is turning into a very, very dangerous storm," President Joe Biden said as it built to a Category 2 hurricane, packing 100 mile (160 kilometer) per hour su...
Cameroon's main port city battles mounting flood peril
Aug 28, 2021 (AFP)
Alerted by frightened neighbours, Hummel Tsafack hastily sends his children to safety and grabs a few possessions. A few minutes later, brackish water pours int...
At least 20 dead after torrential rains in Venezuela
Aug 26, 2021 (AFP)
Nine states are in an "emergency" situation and more than 54,000 people have been affected by the downpours, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos told state telev...
Torrential rains leave 15 dead in Venezuela
Aug 25, 2021 (AFP)
Several hours of downpours in the Mocoties Valley, a farming region in western Merida state that attracts a lot of tourists, caused boulders to tumble down moun...
Biden declares 'major disaster' in Tennessee after deadly floods
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
Tennessee was hit Saturday by what meteorologists called historic storms and flooding, dumping as much as 17 inches (38 centimeters) of rain. Rural roads, state...
Volcanoes acted as a safety valve for Earth's long-term climate
Aug 24, 2021 (SPX)
The researchers, working with colleagues at the University of Sydney, Australian National University (ANU), University of Ottawa and University of Leeds, explor...
Senegal's capital floods again as experts blame poor planning
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
He's inspecting a home in the eastern Keur Massar district: The first floor and courtyard have been submerged in brown water for three days. Dragonflies hover o...
Climate change made Europe floods more likely, intense: study
Aug 23, 2021 (AFP)
At least 190 people lost their lives in severe floods that pummelled western Germany in mid-July, and at least 38 people perished after extreme rainfall in Belg...
At least 16 dead in flooding in US state of Tennessee
Aug 22, 2021 (AFP)
Tennessee was hit Saturday by what meteorologists called historic storms and flooding, dumping 15 inches or more of rain(38 centimeters). Rural roads, state hig...
Rare tropical storm lashes northeastern United States
Aug 22, 2021 (AFP)
The storm -- earlier downgraded from a Category 1 Hurricane -- hit land near the town of Westerly at approximately 12:15 PM (1615 GMT), the National Weather Ser...
Hurricane Henri bears down on US east coast
Aug 22, 2021 (AFP)
Forecasters warned of violent winds, heavy rainfall, the risk of flash floods and surging seas as the storm churned in the Atlantic, packing maximum sustained w...
Hurricane Grace kills 8 including children in Mexico
Aug 21, 2021 (AFP)
The storm made landfall in Mexico for a second time near Tecolutla in Veracruz state as a major Category Three storm with winds of 125 miles (200 kilometers) pe...
Death toll crosses 2,000 in quake-stricken Haiti
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
The number of people killed in Saturday's devastating quake has risen by almost 250 to 2,189, the country's civil protection agency said. "There are around 600,...
Grace weakens to tropical storm after lashing Mexican Caribbean
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
Grace made landfall before dawn as a Category One hurricane -- the lowest on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale -- on the Yucatan Peninsula near the town of Tu...
Two dead, 20 missing in eastern US flooding
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after Tropical Storm Fred dumped nearly a foot (30 centimeters) of rain in western parts of the s...
Haiti earthquake death toll rises to 2,189: official
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
"The toll from the earthquake is 2,189," the agency said on Twitter. More than 12,260 people were injured when the quake hit the southwestern part of Haiti on S...
Mexico's Caribbean coast braces for Hurricane Grace
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
A hurricane warning was in effect for a string of beach resorts, including Cancun, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miam...
Three dead, four missing in Malaysian floods
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
Water packed with mud, rocks and logs hit settlements close to Mount Jerai on Wednesday, leaving streets and houses swamped and washing away cars. Properties in...
Seven dead in Addis Ababa flash floods
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
Images from the capital showed firefighters wading through brown water to inspect flooded houses and in one instance walking through sludge with a stretcher to ...
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