SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Nine killed as typhoon lashes South Korea
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
The storm hit southern parts of the country on Wednesday night, prompting flood warnings and triggering landslides in affected areas. A total of nine people wer...
Tropical fungal outbreak in Pacific northwest sparked by tsunamis
Oct 02, 2019 (UPI)
Since the first Cryptococcus gattii case was reported in 1999, more than 300 people in the Pacific Northwest have been infected with pneumonia-like cryptococcos...
Deaths from heavy monsoon rise to nearly 140 in eastern India
Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the current monsoon has been the heaviest since 1994, classifying it "above normal", and this year's season h...
Residents flee after Papua New Guinea volcano erupts
Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)
Mount Ulawun, situated on the remote Bismarck Archipelago chain, displaced between 7,000 and 13,000 people from their homes when it last erupted in June. Seismi...
Indonesia quake death toll rises to 30: govt
Sep 29, 2019 (AFP)
On Thursday, terrified residents ran into the streets as buildings fell in around them when the 6.5-magnitude tremor struck, sparking landslides that buried at ...
Indonesia quake death toll rises to 23: official
Sep 27, 2019 (AFP)
Terrified residents ran into the streets as buildings fell in around them with the 6.5-magnitude tremor sparking landslides that buried at least one victim on T...
Shallow tremor rocks quake-hit area of Pakistan
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
The tremor stretched already-frayed nerves in Mirpur, in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, as fears of aftershocks from Tuesday's quake sent hundreds into the stree...
EIB loans Greece 150 mn euros for flood protection
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
The EIB said the loan, part of an overall 355-million-euro scheme, was its largest ever support for new investment to protect homes and businesses in the greate...
Rescuers scramble to reach survivors as Pakistan quake toll climbs
Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)
Authorities were still assessing the quake's impact in villages around the city of Mirpur in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, but in some the immediate damage was e...
Caribbean gets smart to cope with hurricanes
Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)
There and elsewhere across the Caribbean, as tourism-dependent island nations cope with record-breaking storms and rising sea levels blamed on global warming, t...
Death toll in Pakistan quake climbs to 22 as rescuers assess damage
Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)
Schools were shuttered near the quake-hit city of Mirpur in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir where poor areas were reduced to rubble and the towering brick fences su...
Faults' hot streaks and slumps could change earthquake hazard assessments
Sep 24, 2019 (SPX)
Recently, however, seismologists have realized that earthquakes often occur in clusters separated by gaps, and one research group now argues that the probabilit...
Flights cancelled as Tapah approaches Japan; Lorena downgraded
Sep 22, 2019 (AFP)
Tapah, with gusts up to 162 kilometres (100 miles) per hour, was expected to draw near Nagasaki prefecture overnight, according to the Japan Meteorological Agen...
The cataclysm that created a Korean icon
Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)
The volcano that now straddles the border with China erupted in 946 AD with apocalyptic fire and fury in what scientists consider one of the five largest volcan...
Lorena makes landfall in southwest Mexico as Category 1 force hurricane
Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)
Lorena touched down 13 kilometers (8 miles) northeast of the town of Huerta in Jalisco state and "remains on land" as it makes it way up the coast, the service ...
Hurricane Humberto strengthens to Category 3 storm
Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)
"Hurricane conditions are expected to reach Bermuda by Wednesday night and continue into early Thursday morning," the Miami-based NHC said. "Some fluctuations i...
Niamey residents flee after the worst floods in 50 years
Sep 16, 2019 (AFP)
Two weeks ago, authorities in Niamey declared a red alert when the waters of the Niger river -- the third biggest in Africa -- rose to a level "not seen in more...
Storm Humberto strengthens but moves away from Bahamas and US
Sep 15, 2019 (AFP)
As of midday, Humberto was 180 miles (290 kilometers) northwest of Great Abaco Island, which was devastated two weeks ago by the passage of Hurricane Dorian, an...
Spanish PM visits flood-hit areas as death toll rises to six
Sep 14, 2019 (AFP)
Some of the heaviest daily rainfall on record has inundated areas in the regions since Wednesday, causing chaos on the roads, cutting public transport and promp...
1,300 still missing in hurricane-hit Bahamas: officials
Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)
The Bahamian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) attributed the drop to cross-referencing names of missing persons with those in shelters. "It's very fl...
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