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Zeta drenches Mexico coast, heads for US; Vietnam evacuates as Molave approaches
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
There were no reports of deaths or significant damage after Zeta made landfall near the resort town of Tulum late Monday, the second hurricane to hit the Yucata...
Hurricane Zeta heads for Mexico's Caribbean coast
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
Zeta strengthened from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane packing maximum sustained winds of 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour, the US National Hurri...
Seven fishermen missing as Typhoon Molave drenches Philippines
Oct 26, 2020 (AFP)
Packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour, Typhoon Molave made landfall Sunday on the southern end of the main island of Luzon befor...
Wildfires can cause dangerous debris flows
Oct 23, 2020 (SPX)
"When fire moves through a watershed, it creates waxy seals that don't allow water to penetrate the soil anymore," explained environmental science doctoral stud...
Floods kill 111 in central Vietnam, Storm Saudel on the way
Oct 21, 2020 (AFP)
About 178,000 homes have been submerged by floodwaters, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, with rescuers mountin...
Major quake off Alaska triggers small tsunami waves
Oct 20, 2020 (AFP)
Residents evacuated to higher ground as tsunami warnings covered much of the southern coast of the remote US state, including the thinly populated Alaska Penins...
Scientists improve model of landslide-induced tsunami
Oct 20, 2020 (SPX)
The recent decades have seen unusually large tsunamis that had on-shelf sources and were not always accompanied by seismic events. Instead, the underlying cause...
Stressed out volcanoes more likely to collapse and erupt, study finds
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
Volcanic collapse is the worst-case scenario during volcanic crises. It can trigger dangerous tsunamis or devastating pyroclastic flows (for example Mount Saint...
Prior Weather Linked to Rapid Intensification of Hurricanes Near Landfall
Oct 19, 2020 (JPL)
The good news? The results of a new study published in September in Nature Communications identify pre-storm conditions that can contribute to this rapid intens...
Volcanic eruptions may explain Denmark's giant mystery crystals
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
The crystals were formed between 56 and 54 million of years ago, during a period known to have had some of the highest temperatures in Earth's geologic history....
Heavy rains kill 30 in southern India
Oct 15, 2020 (AFP)
In Hyderabad city, home to top IT companies, nine people were killed when a wall collapsed on them and 10 others died from electrocution and drowning, a local o...
EPFL scientist gains fresh insight into the origins of earthquakes
Oct 14, 2020 (SPX)
Sometimes barely noticeable, and at other times devasting, earthquakes are a major geological phenomenon which provide a stark reminder that our planet is const...
The underground 'Parthenon' protecting Tokyo from floods
Oct 12, 2020 (AFP)
Above ground, there is little to give away the cathedral-like feat of engineering that forms the main reservoir of the Kasukabe flood tank, the largest facility...
Weary Louisiana residents assess damage from latest hurricane
Oct 10, 2020 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of victims from the storm, now greatly weakened as it churns northeast toward neighboring Mississippi. While Delta left hundreds...
Double trouble: Louisiana pounded by two hurricanes in six weeks
Oct 10, 2020 (AFP)
"Honestly, I can't tell what was from what hurricane," sheriff's deputy Aymond said of the debris littering the streets of Lake Charles. "It's like when somebod...
Floods claim five lives in Vietnam and two Cambodians
Oct 10, 2020 (AFP)
Hundreds of families in three Cambodian provinces -- Pursat, Battambang and Pailin -- have been forced to evacuate amid extreme rainfall ahead of the arrival of...
Locals flee as strengthening hurricane barrels toward southern US
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
Hurricane Delta earlier swept over the western Gulf of Mexico, where it ripped up trees and tore down power lines, and will slam into areas on the US seaboard b...
Rain floods Greece's largest migrant camp
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
The ministry said 80 tents at Kara Tepe camp had to be replaced after the downpour on Thursday. The facility was hastily put together after the camp of Moria, E...
Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico, heads towards US
Oct 08, 2020 (AFP)
There were widespread power outages after Delta slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula in southeast Mexico as a Category 2 storm, toppling trees and ripping down po...
Hurricane Delta bears down on Mexico's Caribbean coast
Oct 07, 2020 (AFP)
The hurricane weakened to Category 3 as it approached the Yucatan Peninsula, but still threatened to bring strong winds and a "life-threatening" storm surge, th...
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