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Earthquake tremors, volcanic activity rock Iceland
Jun 22, 2020 (AFP)
Grimsvotn, the most active volcano on the island, appears to be heading for its first eruption since 2011, authorities have warned since mid-June, as high level...
Indonesia's Mt Merapi erupts, spewing ash 6 km high
Jun 21, 2020 (AFP)
The two eruptions lasted around seven minutes, according to the agency, and prompted local authorities to order residents to stay outside a three-kilometre no-g...
NASA Observes Large Saharan Dust Plume Over Atlantic Ocean
Jun 21, 2020 (SPX)
At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Colin Seftor, an atmospheric scientist, created an animation of the dust and aerosols from the plu...
Quake strikes east Turkey, 1 dead
Jun 14, 2020 (AFP)
A security guard was trapped after an observation tower collapsed in the Karliova/Kaynarpinar village -- the epicentre of the quake, the governor's office said ...
6.6-magnitude quake strikes off coast of Japan: USGS
Jun 13, 2020 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of injury or damage caused by the earthquake; its epicentre was 135 kilometres (84 miles) northwest of Naze, Japan. The quake, w...
Dozens killed as south China hit by floods and rainstorms
Jun 11, 2020 (AFP)
The bad weather has wreaked havoc on popular tourist areas that had already been battered by months of travel restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak. Torr...
Study proves that magma chambers can be totally molten
Jun 10, 2020 (SPX)
Working alongside his PhD supervisor, Professor Rais Latypov, from the Wits School of Geosciences, Kruger's paper shows that basaltic magma chambers may develop...
New hints of volcanism under the heart of northern Europe
Jun 10, 2020 (SPX)
The Eifel region lies roughly between the cities of Aachen, Trier, and Koblenz, in west-central Germany. It is home to many ancient volcanic features, including...
Cristobal weakens to 'tropical depression' as heavy rain hits US states
Jun 08, 2020 (AFP)
The third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was packing maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour) when it hit the southea...
Strong earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea, no tsunami warning
Jun 07, 2020 (AFP)
The quake struck at 20:06 GMT Sunday with an epicenter on land 131 kilometers (81 miles) southwest of the city of Kokopo, and at a depth of nearly 53 kilometers...
Tropical Storm Cristobal nears Louisiana coast
Jun 07, 2020 (AFP)
As of 1500 GMT, the storm was 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of New Orleans, moving northward at 12 miles per hour (19 kph), the NHC said. In Washington, US Pr...
Tropical Storm Amanda death toll rises to 26 in Central America
Jun 03, 2020 (AFP)
El Salvador and neighboring Guatemala and Honduras were lashed by torrential rains and high winds after Amanda swept in from the Pacific on Sunday, causing floo...
Cristobal forms in Gulf of Mexico as season's third tropical storm
Jun 02, 2020 (AFP)
The storm is producing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) per hour with some stronger gusts, as it swirls about 140 miles from the Mexican city...
India evacuates 100,000 from homes, virus hospital ahead of cyclone
Jun 02, 2020 (AFP)
Authorities in India's financial capital, which is struggling to contain the pandemic, evacuated nearly 150 COVID-19 patients from a recently built field hospit...
Deadly Tropical Storm Amanda hits El Salvador, Guatemala
Jun 01, 2020 (AFP)
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele declared a 15-day state of emergency to cope with the effects of the storm, which he estimated to have caused $200 million in...
Storm Amanda leaves at least 18 dead in Central America
Jun 01, 2020 (AFP)
Rescue teams were trying to locate the missing in floodwaters caused by torrential rain and high winds after Storm Amanda swept in from the Pacific on Sunday, E...
New clues to deep earthquake mystery
May 28, 2020 (SPX)
Deep earthquakes - those at least 300 kilometers below the surface - don't typically cause damage, but they are often widely felt. These earthquakes can provide...
Floods and tears in Bangladesh a week after cyclone
May 28, 2020 (AFP)
The strongest storm to hit the area this century killed more than 100 people, flattening entire villages, uprooting trees and ruining fish ponds in the Indian s...
Tropical storm Bertha forms off US Atlantic coast
May 27, 2020 (AFP)
Bertha was packing maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour (75 kph), but was expected to weaken into a tropical depression as it crosses into South Carolin...
Three days of rain thwart Florida reopening, cause severe flooding
May 27, 2020 (AFP)
Floridians have received warnings for severe storms, tornadoes and flash floods since Sunday, as streets turned into rivers and electricity flickered. Images of...
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