SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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New Zealand PM unruffled as quake hits mid-interview
May 25, 2020 (AFP)
The quake struck just off the coast before 8:00 am local time (2000 Sunday GMT) at a depth of about 52 kilometres (32 miles) near Levin, about 90 kilometres nor...
Army called in to help cyclone-ravaged Indian city
May 24, 2020 (AFP)
At least 112 people were killed in eastern India and Bangladesh after Cyclone Amphan -- the strongest storm to hit the region since 1999 -- struck on Wednesday....
Protests in Indian city over cyclone recovery delay
May 23, 2020 (AFP)
The death toll in India and Bangladesh from Cyclone Amphan's rampage along the Bay of Bengal coast rose to at least 112 on Saturday, as authorities struggled to...
US forecasters predict 'above normal' Atlantic hurricane season
May 21, 2020 (AFP)
Neil Jacobs, acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said there was a 60 percent chance the season would be "above n...
New technique separates industrial noise from natural seismic signals
May 21, 2020 (SPX)
"In the past, human-caused seismic signals as a result of industrial activities were viewed as 'noise' that polluted a dataset, resulting in otherwise useful da...
Super cyclone leaves trail of destruction in Bangladesh, India
May 21, 2020 (AFP)
Authorities began surveying the damage Thursday after millions spent a sleepless night which saw 165 kilometre (100 miles) an hour winds carrying away trees, el...
Cyclone toll hits 95 as Bangladesh and India start mopping up
May 21, 2020 (AFP)
Cyclone Amphan flattened houses, uprooted trees, blew off roofs and toppled electricity pylons, while a storm surge inundated coastal villages and wrecked shrim...
'Super cyclone' barrels towards Bangladesh, India
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
Authorities have scrambled to evacuate low lying areas in Amphan's projected trail of destruction, only the second "super cyclone" to form over the Bay of Benga...
Flash floods leave 1.1 million Zambians hungry: WFP
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
Luapula and Eastern provinces were swamped by floods that struck after the November-April rainy season. "The COVID-19 pandemic hit Zambia as people affected by ...
Four dead after earthquake in southwest China
May 19, 2020 (AFP)
The shallow quake in Qiaojia county struck late Monday evening, the Yunnan government said on its social media account. Video clips on China's Twitter-like plat...
Hurricanes are increasing in intensity, long-term data indicate
May 18, 2020 (UPI)
The maximum sustained winds in hurricanes have increased by about 8 percent per decade in the period under study, according to the study, published in the Proce...
Virus fears as India, Bangladesh evacuate millions ahead of cyclone
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
Indian forecasters said Cyclone Amphan had reached winds of up to 240 kilometres (145 miles) per hour with gusts of 265 kph over the Bay of Bengal late Monday, ...
Typhoon forces 140,000 from homes in virus-hit Philippines
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
Typhoon Vongfong has dumped heavy rains and torn off roofs since it roared ashore on central Samar island Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable peo...
Researchers reveal largest and hottest shield volcano on Earth
May 15, 2020 (SPX)
Geoscientists and the public have long thought Mauna Loa, a culturally-significant and active shield volcano on the Big Island of Hawai'i, was the largest volca...
Quake with 6.4 magnitude hits desert area on Nevada-California border
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
The quake hit at 4:03 am local time (1103 GMT) about 40 miles (60 kilometers) from the small, former mining town of Tonopah, Nevada, which is about halfway betw...
Powerful storm forces thousands from homes in virus-hit Philippines
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
Typhoon Vongfong smashed homes, schools and virus quarantine sites when it hit central Samar island on Thursday, but then weakened into a severe tropical storm ...
Typhoon forces risky evacuations in virus-hit Philippines
May 14, 2020 (AFP)
At least 200,000 people live in coastal areas or flimsy homes in the province near where the storm, called Typhoon Vongfong, made landfall with fierce winds and...
FSU researchers find even small disturbances can trigger catastrophic storms
May 14, 2020 (SPX)
After decades of research, meteorologists still have questions about how hurricanes develop. Now, Florida State University researchers have found that even the ...
A tale of two kinds of volcanoes
May 12, 2020 (SPX)
The end of a civilisation A big volcano blew up about 3200 years ago, right next to where Santorini island is in Greece today. During that eruption, liquid molt...
Iran quake kills at least one, sparks panic in capital
May 08, 2020 (AFP)
The shallow 4.6 magnitude quake hit at 00:48 am (2018 GMT) near the city of Damavand, about 55 kilometres (34 miles) east of Tehran, the US Geological Survey sa...
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