SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Laura lashes Cuba, expected to become hurricane by US landfall
Aug 25, 2020 (AFP)
"Strengthening is expected when the storm moves over the Gulf of Mexico, and Laura is forecast to become a hurricane by late Tuesday," the US National Hurricane...
Four years on, Amatrice remembers Italy's quake dead
Aug 24, 2020 (AFP)
The 6.0 magnitude quake cost 299 lives when it razed much of Amatrice and pummelled the neighbouring villages of Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto in the rugged, ...
Twin hurricanes threaten US as deadly floods hit Haiti
Aug 23, 2020 (AFP)
US media said twin hurricanes were unprecedented in the Gulf of Mexico since records began 150 years ago. Tropical Storm Marco strengthened into a hurricane wit...
Floods in Sudan kill over 70 since July
Aug 21, 2020 (AFP)
Over 17,000 homes and 129 public buildings have been destroyed, Sudan's civil defence organisation calculates, according to a statement. Heavy rains usually fal...
What's behind China's record floods?
Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)
Millions of people have been affected this time -- with hundreds of thousands evacuated, roads submerged, tourist sites closed and soaring economic costs. Here ...
China floods force hundreds of thousands from homes
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
Footage on state broadcaster CCTV showed murky water lapping at the feet of the Leshan Giant Buddha -- a 71m-tall figure carved into a cliffside in Sichuan prov...
Floods in Delhi as South Asia monsoon toll rises to nearly 1,300
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
The monsoon is vital to the densely populated region, revitalising land and waterways amid scorching summers. But it also causes widespread death and destructio...
Hurricane Genevieve barrels towards Mexico's Baja California
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
At 0300 GMT Genevieve, a Category 3 hurricane, was located some 390 kilometers south of the southern tip of Baja California moving towards the northwest at arou...
One dead as strong quake hits central Philippines
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
The shallow quake struck southeast of Masbate Island in the Bicol region at 8:03 am (0003 GMT), the US Geological Survey said. "There are a lot of damaged house...
Floods in Sudan kill 63 since July: interior ministry
Aug 16, 2020 (AFP)
Over 14,000 homes and 119 public buildings were destroyed, while more than 16,000 homes have been badly damaged, government civil defence organisations calculat...
Italy's Mount Etna spews clouds of ash
Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)
But the black plume spewed forth by the volcano was "dispersed by wind" across the area of Sicily that Mount Etna looms over, the National Institute of Geophysi...
Flight warning as Indonesia's Mt Sinabung erupts again
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
The activity marked at least the eighth time that the rumbling volcano on Sumatra island has erupted in less than a week, although there were no injures or majo...
33 dead in Niger floods
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
The worst-hit regions are Maradi in south-central Niger, Tahoua and Tillaberi in the west, and Dosso in the southwest. Rice, clothing, mats, blankets and soap a...
More than 170 dead in Yemen floods
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
The destruction has dealt a new blow to a country already in the grips of what the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis after years...
Indonesia's Mt. Sinabung blasts tower of smoke and ash into sky
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
The volcano on Sumatra island has been rumbling since 2010 and saw a deadly eruption in 2016. Activity had picked up in recent days, including a pair of smaller...
Eleven from one family drown in flash flood in Panama
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
Nine of them were minors, said Carlos Rumbo, head of the national civil protection service. Two other people are missing in the sudden rise of the Bejuco River ...
Rare quake shakes North Carolina
Aug 09, 2020 (AFP)
The US Geological Survey recorded the quake at a depth of only 3.7 kilometers (2.3 miles), with its epicenter near the town of Sparta, North Carolina, close to ...
Atlantic in for very busy hurricane season: US forecasters
Aug 06, 2020 (AFP)
Due to atmospheric and oceanic conditions, "this year, we expect more, stronger, and longer-lived storms than average," said Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane...
Four dead as tropical storm Isaias pounds US east coast
Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)
A tornado ripped through a mobile home park in North Carolina killing two people said state governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday, while two more died as trees fell on...
17 killed in Yemen floods: health official
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
The fierce storms have added to the woes of the war-torn country, which the UN has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Five years of conflict ha...
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