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Minor volcanic eruptions could 'cascade' into global catastrophe
Aug 10, 2021 (SPX)
However, a team of experts now argues that too much focus is on the risks of massive yet rare volcanic explosions, while far too little attention is paid to the...
Sicily's Mount Etna taller than ever after six months of activity
Aug 10, 2021 (AFP)
The famous volcano's youngest and most active crater has risen to a new record of 3,357 metres (11,000 feet) above sea level, said INGV, the National Institute ...
Earthquake forecasts move a step closer to reality
Aug 10, 2021 (SPX)
For decades, scientists have struggled to reliably give forecasts for major earthquake hotspots, but now an international team of scientists led by The Universi...
Germany earmarks 30 bn euros to rebuild after floods
Aug 10, 2021 (AFP)
The costs will be shared between the federal government and the 16 states, Merkel said, calling it a "sign of national solidarity". At least 190 people lost the...
30 bn euros to rebuild after German floods: Laschet
Aug 09, 2021 (AFP)
Laschet, who leads one of the states hardest hit by the historic deluge, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), told a special session of the regional legislature that v...
Floods in Sudan damage thousands of homes
Aug 08, 2021 (AFP)
Heavy rains usually fall in Sudan from June to October, and the country faces severe flooding every year, wrecking properties, infrastructure, and crops. In Atb...
Thousands evacuated as floods hit North Korea: state TV
Aug 07, 2021 (AFP)
The TV report comes as the impoverished North in June admitted it was tackling a food crisis, sounding the alarm in a country with a moribund agricultural secto...
Smaller volcanoes can cause bigger disruption, study finds
Aug 06, 2021 (UPI)
While catastrophes posed by larger volcanoes have the attention of scientists and the public, a study published Friday in Nature Communications shows that erupt...
90,000 affected by floods in South Sudan: UN
Aug 06, 2021 (AFP)
About 90,000 people have already been affected by flooding as unrelenting rains inundate homes, agricultural fields and push people and their livestock to highe...
German prosecutors launch probe over deadly floods
Aug 06, 2021 (AFP)
Some 189 people lost their lives in severe floods that pummelled western Germany in mid-July, raising questions about whether enough was done to warn locals. Fo...
Wine from Germany's flood zone gives hope for future
Aug 05, 2021 (AFP)
"I told myself we couldn't just throw it all away," recalls Linda Kleber, the founder of the "Flutwein" ("Flood wine") initiative. Kleber came up with the idea ...
Flood-prone populations up nearly 25% since 2000: study
Aug 04, 2021 (AFP)
Flooding is by far the most common of extreme weather events made more frequent and potent by rainfall patterns supercharged by climate change. Deadly inundatio...
After historic floods, Germany grapples with mountains of debris
Aug 04, 2021 (AFP)
"There's not been anything like it in Germany," Sascha Hurtenbach, director of the waste management centre in Niederzissen, tells AFP, while behind him diggers ...
Sixteen more killed, dozens rescued in India's monsoon deluge
Aug 03, 2021 (AFP)
The latest deaths in West Bengal came a few days after 11 people were also killed in the state as the torrent of water swept away homes and triggered landslides...
8.2 magnitude earthquake off Alaskan peninsula, small tsunami
Jul 29, 2021 (AFP)
The earthquake hit 56 miles (91 kilometers) southeast of the town of Perryville, the USGS said. The quake struck at 10:15 pm Wednesday (0615 GMT Thursday). Perr...
Tropical storm makes landfall in northern Japan
Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)
Local authorities issued non-mandatory evacuation orders and set up emergency shelters as Tropical Storm Nepartak made landfall in northern Japan's Miyagi regio...
Indonesia's Sinabung volcano erupts
Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)
The eruption of the volcano in North Sumatra province lasted about 12 minutes, a local geological agency said. "The volcanic material reached 4,500 metres into ...
Death toll from Henan floods rises to 71 as China braces for more rain
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
Torrential downpours dumped a year's rain in just three days last week on the hardest-hit city of Zhengzhou, flooding subway cars and trapping more than 500 com...
Flood-hit Belgians struggle to get over 'nightmares'
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
Now -- with the help of relatives, neighbours and volunteers -- she is among the residents trying to rebuild their lives. The devastation from the worst floods ...
India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease
Jul 26, 2021 (AFP)
In the worst-hit state of Maharashtra, rescuers halted search operations in the hillside village of Taliye, southeast of Mumbai, where 53 bodies have been recov...
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