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Philippines says danger high despite volcano 'lull'
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
Scores of earthquakes rattle the region daily and large fissures are opening up in the ground, which means the magma that would fuel a major eruption is still f...
Risking lives to rescue horses in Philippine volcano 'no man's land'
Jan 15, 2020 (AFP)
Their owners are among many small operators who rely on the modest money generated by the beasts ferrying tourists up the volcano, a popular attraction ringed b...
Volcano erupts on ecologically sensitive Galapagos island
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina island, one of the youngest in the archipelago, began erupting Sunday evening, Galapagos National Park (PNG) officials said in a...
Flood-hit Jakarta residents sue over deadly disaster; Floods kill 3 in Iran
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
More than 200 flood victims are seeking a total of 43 billion rupiah ($3 million) in compensation in the class action, which was filed Monday in Jakarta distric...
Tens of thousands face uncertainty as Philippine volcano spews lava
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
The crater of the volcano exploded to life with towering clouds of ash and jets of red-hot lava on Sunday, forcing those living around the mountain south of Man...
Philippines on alert as volcano spews ash, lava
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
Fine grit weighed down trees and turned roads into muddy messes across the region surrounding the Taal volcano, which burst to life Sunday and has forced over 2...
NASA maps ground changes from Puerto Rico quake
Jan 13, 2020 (JPL)
NASA scientists are using satellite data to help federal and local agencies identify areas with potential damage. Earthquakes cause permanent changes to the gro...
Ash pours from Philippine volcano, halting flights
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
Taal volcano, a popular tourist attraction set in the centre of a picturesque lake, spewed ash, rumbled with earthquakes and exploded with lightning above its c...
Haiti commemorates deadly 2010 quake in anger and bitterness
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
Thousands of Haitians flowed into churches for masses celebrated in the memory of the dead. President Jovenel Moise, accompanied by members of his government an...
Dispatches from the wettest place on earth
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
The widowed mother-of-eight lives in Meghalaya, a remote state in India's northeast, where heavy rainfall no longer equates to an abundance of water. It was not...
'Everything is lost': Life on the edge of the Brahmaputra
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
Millions rely on the vast waterway, which rises in Tibet and runs some 2,900 kilometres (1,800 miles) through the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, for their live...
Mexico volcano belches fiery cloud
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
"Popo," as the volcano is known, exploded early in the morning, belching "a moderate amount of ash and incandescent material" from its crater, the National Disa...
Dozens killed by heavy rain in Angola
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
Twelve out of 18 provinces were hit by a violent downpour which began in the early hours of Monday and lasted late into the afternoon, Interior Minister Eugenio...
Quake hits near Iran nuclear plant, injuring seven
Jan 08, 2020 (AFP)
The quake, which had a depth of 10 kilometres, struck 17 kilometres south-southeast of Borazjan city at 6:49 am (0319 GMT), the US Geological Survey said on its...
Formation of a huge underwater volcano offshore the Comoros
Jan 08, 2020 (SPX)
It is as if the researchers had deciphered a new type of signal from the Earth's interior that indicates a dramatic movement of molten rocks before the eruption...
Cyclone Blake lashes northern Australia with heavy rain
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
The Bureau of Meteorology said Blake had brought 15 centimetres (six inches) of rain in 24 hours to the town of 14,000 people but had not become a damaging cate...
Puerto Rico declares state of emergency after wide quake damage
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
Governor Wanda Vazquez said the declaration would allow for the activation of National Guard troops in the US territory still recovering from a devastating 2017...
Indonesia braces for more downpours as flood toll hits 66
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
Whole neighbourhoods in the capital -- a megalopolis home to around 30 million people -- were submerged last week by floodwaters that forced tens of thousands i...
Quake rattles Puerto Rico but no injuries reported
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
The quake, just off the US territory's southern Caribbean coastline, was felt throughout much of the island, including the capital San Juan. Some 250,000 custom...
Tropical Cyclone Blake forms over northern Australia
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
Tropical Cyclone Blake became category one storm with sustained winds of 75 kilometres (47 miles) per hour and was expected to strengthen to a category two earl...
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