SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Earthquake, storm and floods: no relief in sight for Haiti as toll rises
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
More than 9,900 people were wounded when the quake struck the southwestern part of the Caribbean nation on Saturday, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the wes...
Tropical Storm Hilary joins 2 other Pacific Ocean weather systems
Aug 16, 2021 (UPI)
The storm is not a current threat to land, but it becomes the third major storm system in the Pacific, joining Tropical Storm Greg and Hurricane Fernanda, both ...
Indonesia volcano erupts, blankets villages in ash
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
The early morning explosions spewed clouds as far as 3.5 kilometres (2 miles) from the rumbling volcano, blanketing local communities in grey ash. There were no...
Turkey floods death toll at 77, dozens still missing
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
The death toll has been climbing all weekend as rescue and recovery workers pick through debris left behind by the subsiding waters in the hardest-hit areas. Mo...
Desperate search after Haiti quake as storm threatens
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
Flash floods and mudslides were possible as the front bore down on the Caribbean nation's southwestern peninsula, which was hard-hit by a 7.2-magnitude quake th...
Haiti hospitals struggle to treat thousands injured in quake
Aug 15, 2021 (AFP)
The emergency room in Les Cayes, in southwestern Haiti, which was devastated by the 7.2-magnitude quake on Saturday morning that killed at least 724 people, is ...
Japan braces for more rain after floods, landslides
Aug 15, 2021 (AFP)
Residents returned to check on their mud-covered homes in the southwest, where nearly two million people were advised to urgently seek shelter Saturday as river...
Haiti searches for survivors after quake kills at least 304
Aug 15, 2021 (AFP)
The epicenter of the shaking, which rattled homes and sent terrified locals scrambling for safety starting around 8:30 am (1230 GMT), was about 100 miles (160 k...
One month on, traumatised Belgian flood victims still reeling
Aug 14, 2021 (AFP)
The government of Wallonia has collected 155,000 tonnes of debris but red-brick industrial villages are still cluttered by smashed cars, uprooted trees and furn...
Niger's flood death toll rises to 64
Aug 14, 2021 (AFP)
In a statement read out on national television, Niger's cabinet said 32 people had died when their buildings collapsed, and another 32 drowned. The floods and l...
Erdogan visits Turkish flood victims as death toll hits 44
Aug 14, 2021 (AFP)
The government's disaster agency AFAD said specialised teams were combing through the rubble of dozens of homes that collapsed due to the floods that hit Black ...
21 dead as torrential rainfall batters central China
Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)
China has been battered by unprecedented rains in recent months, extreme weather that experts say is increasingly common due to global warming. In Hubei, torren...
2,000 evacuated after landslide in northern India
Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)
The people were evacuated from 13 villages in the Lahaul area of Himachal Pradesh state as a "preventative measure" in case of flash floods, a senior district o...
Thousands rescued as Ganges floods in India
Aug 12, 2021 (AFP)
The waterway surged to two metres (6.5 feet) above normal in the city of Allahabad, which has experienced its worst flooding in decades after days of torrential...
Congolese warned not to use toxic 'volcano salt'
Aug 12, 2021 (AFP)
The "whitish mineral substance" is being used by people in and around the small, local Bukumu kingdom "for domestic needs in the place of kitchen salt," the Nor...
Climate change to dampen cooling effects of moderate volcanic eruptions
Aug 12, 2021 (UPI)
Conversely, the study -- published Thursday in the journal Nature Communications -- suggests the cooling effects of larger eruptions will be amplified by global...
Death toll from Turkey's flash floods rises to five
Aug 12, 2021 (AFP)
Heavy storms descended on Turkey's northern stretches just as rescuers reported bringing hundreds of wildfires that have killed eight people since late July und...
Car 'graveyard' a monument to the power of China's record floods
Aug 12, 2021 (AFP)
The region is rebuilding after the deadliest floods in a decade wreaked havoc across the province mid-July, killing over 300 people and damaging thousands of ca...
Strong quake strikes off Philippines, tsunami warning lifted
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
The quake hit 63.3 kilometres (39.2 miles) east of Pondaguitan on Mindanao, the country's second largest island, around 1:45 am (1745 GMT) at a depth of 65 km, ...
Tropical Storm Fred forms off Puerto Rico
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
The cyclone was about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of Puerto Rico, the NHC said. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for Puerto Rico, the US Virgin I...
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