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Six dead as powerful cyclone heads for India
May 16, 2021 (AFP)
Cyclone Tauktae -- India's first major tropical storm this season -- is moving northwards in parallel with the country's western coast, bringing heavy rains, th...
6.6 magnitude quake hits off Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
May 14, 2021 (AFP)
The shallow quake hit at 12:30 (0630 GMT) near the island of Nias, about 250 kilometres (160 miles) south of the city of Sinabang. Nias Search and Rescue Agency...
Cooked at 1,000 degrees Celsius: Guatemala's volcanic pizza
May 12, 2021 (AFP)
But for David Garcia, the streams of molten lava oozing down the mountainside have become his kitchen. Garcia, a 34-year-old accountant, serves up "Pacaya Pizza...
Caldera Collapse Increases the Size and Duration of Volcanic Eruptions
May 11, 2021 (SPX)
Kilauea's 2018 eruption, however, was especially massive. In fact, it was the volcano's largest eruption in over 200 years. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion ...
Tonga volcano eruption impacts observed up to edge of space
May 10, 2021 (UPI)
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted Jan. 15, sending a large plume of ash some 26 miles into the atmosphere and creating a shockwave that traveled abo...
'Earth's power': Iceland volcano's lava geysers thrill visitors
May 09, 2021 (AFP)
The volcano, which sprang into life in mid-March in the Geldingadalir valley near Mount Fagradalsfjall, has drawn visitors from around the world, many venturing...
Humanity does not have effective tools to resist the tsunami
May 04, 2021 (SPX)
The main problems identified in the review are related to the large gaps and uncertainties in knowledge about tsunami, the lack of well-documented observations,...
Thousands of families hit by Yemen floods: UN
May 04, 2021 (AFP)
"Initial reports indicate some 3,730 families (22,380 people) have been affected by the rains and flooding, the majority of whom are internally displaced people...
4 killed in flash floods in Yemen's historic Tarim city
May 03, 2021 (AFP)
The city, located in the central province of Hadramawt, is best known for its mud-brick structures and more than 360 mosques including Al-Mehdar, which has the ...
Strong quake hits India's Assam state
Apr 28, 2021 (AFP)
The US Geological Survey said the quake was of magnitude 6.0 with an epicentre in a hilly region near India's border with Bhutan. But the tremor and aftershocks...
Stanford researchers reveal that homes in floodplains are overvalued by nearly $44 billion
Apr 28, 2021 (SPX)
"The overvaluation we find is really concerning, especially given the increases in climate risk that are coming our way," said study lead author Miyuki Hino, wh...
String of 85,000 earthquakes struck near Antarctica in 2020, researchers say
Apr 27, 2021 (UPI)
The report published by an international team of researchers said the earthquakes -- which occurred mainly between August and November of 2020 -- were likely ca...
Angola flood death toll rises to 24
Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)
The hours-long storm pounded the coastal city on Monday, triggering flash floods that brought down buildings and swept away trees and cars. "The number of death...
Submarine volcanoes release enough energy to power the United States
Apr 21, 2021 (UPI)
Previously, most volcanologists assumed underwater volcanoes were much less violent than their peers on land, yielding relatively slow-moving lava flows. But ne...
20 crew missing after Philippine ship runs aground in typhoon
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
The crew abandoned the vessel laden with nickel ore on Monday after it hit the shore at Malimono town on the southern island of Mindanao. Eighteen of them were ...
UN seeks nearly $30 million in volcano aid for St Vincent
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
The La Soufriere volcano erupted for the first time in 40 years on April 9. Eruptions have continued to occur daily, with ash clouds covering the country and re...
Scientists find evidence of largest earthquake in human history 3,800 years ago
Apr 19, 2021 (UPI)
The quake had a magnitude of around 9.5, prompting tsunamis that struck countries as far away as New Zealand and boulders the size of cars to be carried inland ...
Magnitude 4 earthquake rates may forecast larger future earthquakes
Apr 19, 2021 (UPI)
A few years ago, while studying seismic patterns along California's most active fault lines, a team of researchers led by Boston College seismologist John Ebel ...
UN releases $1 mn in emergency funding for Saint Vincent
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
The funds will provide for "urgent humanitarian assistance to impacted people, especially those who have been evacuated," Stephane Dujarric said in a statement....
NASA satellites detect signs of volcanic unrest years before eruptions
Apr 14, 2021 (SPX)
This is, in part, because no two volcanoes behave in exactly the same way and because few of the world's 1,500 or so active volcanoes have monitoring systems in...
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