SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Six die, including rescuers, in France's flood-hit south
Dec 02, 2019 (AFP)
Twelve people have now been killed in the last 10 days in southeastern France, which has been battered by two successive late autumn storms bringing torrential ...
Albania quake toll hits 50 as search for survivors ends
Nov 30, 2019 (AFP)
The 6.4 magnitude quake that hit the Balkan country before dawn on Tuesday was the most deadly and destructive in decades, and left about 5,000 people homeless....
Victims buried as search for Albania quake survivors ends
Nov 30, 2019 (AFP)
The 6.4 magnitude quake that hit the Balkan country before dawn on Tuesday was the most deadly and destructive in decades. The latest victim of the quake, that ...
Heavy rains in DR Congo claim four more lives
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
The victims died in the eastern South Kivu province amid the country's worst flooding in 25 years. "There have been four deaths and one person missing, 10 injur...
Albania races against time to find earthquake survivors
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
The 6.4 magnitude earthquake that rattled the Balkan state early Tuesday morning was the most powerful and damaging in decades. In the hard-hit coastal city of ...
Living at the edge of an active volcano: Risk from lava flows on Mount Etna
Nov 26, 2019 (SPX)
Thus, the researchers of the Laboratory of Technologies for Volcanology (TecnoLab) at the INGV in Catania assessed and mapped hazard, exposure, and risk for pro...
More than 20 dead as Albania hunts for earthquake survivors
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
Teams of soldiers, police and emergency workers sifted through the debris of shredded apartment blocks and hotels in towns near Albania's northwest Adriatic coa...
More than 40 dead after heavy rain pounds DR Congo capital
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
"The loss, in terms of property and lives, is really huge," Kinshasa vice governor Neron Mbungu told AFP, stressing that the death toll was preliminary. He said...
Deadly rainstorms sweep northern Italy, southern France
Nov 24, 2019 (AFP)
The rains, which left at least three people dead and two missing across the two countries, were the latest in a two-week wave of extreme weather in the region. ...
Strong quake hits Thai-Lao border, shaking buildings in Bangkok
Nov 21, 2019 (AFP)
The quake hit at 6:50am (2350 GMT Wednesday), roughly three hours after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake in the same region triggered an immediate suspension to Laos'...
Shallow 6.1-magnitude quake hits Thai-Lao border
Nov 21, 2019 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of damage after the quake hit at 6:50 am (2350 GMT Wednesday). But shaking could be felt more than 700 kilometres (435 miles) aw...
Beavers brought in to beat flooding in Britain
Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)
The charity, which manages historic properties and countryside, said it aimed to release Eurasian beavers at two sites in southern England early next year. "The...
Thousands in Philippines flee Typhoon Kalmaegi
Nov 19, 2019 (AFP)
Kalmaegi is expected to batter the nation's lightly populated far north with 120 kilometre (75 mile) per hour winds, the national weather service said. Heavy ra...
Volcanoes under pressure
Nov 18, 2019 (SPX)
Mount Merapi on Java is among the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Geoscientists have usually used seismic measurements which illustrate underground movem...
Venice comes up for air after week of record flooding
Nov 18, 2019 (AFP)
The wave of bad weather that struck throughout Italy -- from rivers of water rushing through the streets of the southern town of Matera to tornados in the Gross...
St Mark's closed as water again invades Venice, rain lashes Italy
Nov 17, 2019 (AFP)
Venice's latest "acqua alta", or high water, hit 150 centimetres (just under five feet) on Sunday, lower than Tuesday's 187 centimetres -- the highest level in ...
Devastated Venice braced for third major flood
Nov 16, 2019 (AFP)
Mayor Luigi Brugnaro ordered the iconic St Mark's Square closed on Friday as the latest sea surge struck with strong storms and winds battering the region. Afte...
Venice faces more floods as state of emergency declared
Nov 15, 2019 (AFP)
Churches, shops and homes in the city of canals have been inundated by unusually intense "acqua alta", or high waters, which on Tuesday hit their highest level ...
Climate change, corruption blamed for Venice flood devastation
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
The government in Rome was expected to declare a state of emergency at a cabinet meeting on Thursday after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte described the flooding ...
Venice underwater as exceptional tide sweeps through canal city
Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)
The exceptionally intense "acqua alta," or high waters, peaked at 1.87 metres (six feet) as the flood alarm sounded across the Italian city of canals, the tide ...
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