SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Hurricanes have become bigger and more destructive for USA
Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)
A new way of calculating the destruction, compensating for the societal change in wealth, unequivocally shows a climatic increase in the frequency of the most d...
Strong French earthquake injures four
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
A physicist at a geophysics institute the IPGP said that quakes of this strength are rare in that region, but warned of possible aftershocks and said people sho...
Cyclone death toll rises to 24 in Bangladesh, India
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
Bangladesh carried out one of its biggest ever evacuation drives, moving some 2.1 million people to cyclone shelters specially built to minimise casualties from...
20 dead as Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India, Bangladesh coasts
Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)
The cyclone packed winds of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour when it hit late Saturday, forcing the closure of ports and airports in both countries. Ten...
Cyclone kills two as Bangladesh, India evacuate two million
Nov 09, 2019 (AFP)
The cyclone, packing winds of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour, has "weakened" and "started crossing" India's West Bengal and Bangladesh's Khulna coast ...
Five killed, 120 injured in Iran earthquake
Nov 08, 2019 (AFP)
The 5.9-magnitude quake struck about 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of the city of Tabriz, in East Azerbaijan Province, in the early hours of the morning, ...
Volanic eruption creates new island in Tongan archipelago
Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)
Taaniela Kula, of the Tonga Geological Service, said the new Lateiki island is estimated to be about 100 metres (110 yards) wide and 400 metres long, and is sit...
Toll in Philippine quakes climbs to 21
Nov 03, 2019 (AFP)
The 6.6-magnitude and 6.5-magnitude quakes hit the island of Mindanao two days apart, destroying buildings and displacing tens of thousands of residents. Some v...
East Africa reels from deadly floods in extreme weather
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
Violent downpours in October have displaced tens of thousands in Somalia, submerged whole towns in South Sudan and killed dozens in flash floods and landslides ...
Earthquakes increased stress on major fault line in Southern California
Oct 31, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers used satellite imagery and seismic instruments to map the effects of the Ridgecrest earthquakes, a sequence that began with a magnitude 6.4 fore...
Strong quake kills one in south Philippines
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
Terrified locals ran into the streets after the shallow quake, which hit the island of Mindanao as schools and offices opened for the day. The shaking lasted up...
300 million face annual coastline flooding by 2050: study
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
By mid-century and beyond, however, choices made today will determine whether Earth's coastlines remain recognisable to future generations, they reported in the...
C.Africans watch mud homes dissolve in devastating floods
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
Ten days of torrential rain have plunged swathes of the country underwater, creating a new emergency in one of the world's poorest nations. The country's larges...
Strong quake kills two in south Philippines
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
Terrified locals ran into the streets after the shallow quake, which hit the island of Mindanao as schools and offices opened for the day. The shaking lasted up...
One week on, death toll rises to 4 from Spain flash flooding
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
Torrential rains hit Catalonia last Tuesday night, sparking major flooding which left one person dead in a beach town north of Barcelona and another five missin...
Geologists locate source of chemical signature in ancient volcanic rocks
Oct 28, 2019 (UPI)
According to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience, an ancient ring of explosive arc volcanoes, which erupted some 45 million years a...
NASA team aids hurricane forecasting using satellite data
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
The Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) team based at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, bridges the weather research...
Earthquakes can be predicted five days ahead
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
Today, scientists can predict seismic disasters ranging from tens of years to months. However, it is still impossible to determine the precise timing of the eve...
British woman among three dead in French floods: ministry
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
Rescue workers have carried out nearly 1,800 operations since Sunday, a ministry statement said, after eight departments were placed on high alert for flash flo...
Rapid crystallisation of magma causes explosive volcanic eruptions
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
Basaltic eruptions are the most common form of volcanic eruption, and for the most part, they involve relatively tame magma activity. Occasionally, however, the...
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