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Slow-crawling Dorian a new kind of threat
Sep 03, 2019 (AFP)
So what has made this relatively small hurricane so destructive? - Packing a punch - Hurricane Dorian stormed into the record books on Sunday when its maximum s...
7 dead after 'out of nowhere' flood in Kenya; 8 Dead in Morocco football flood
Sep 02, 2019 (AFP)
Seven bodies have been recovered since Sunday when floodwaters rushed through Hell's Gate National Park, a weekend getaway from Nairobi that featured in "Tomb R...
Dorian kills five in Bahamas, US evacuates coast
Sep 02, 2019 (AFP)
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis termed the hurricane a "historic tragedy" for the archipelago. "Thus far, the Royal Bahamas Police Force has confirmed that...
Trump cancels Poland visit as hurricane heads for Florida
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
Trump, who had been scheduled to attend World War II anniversary commemorations this weekend, said he would focus instead on preparations for the approaching st...
Hurricane Dorian appears to spare Puerto Rico, heads for Florida
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said the hurricane watch and tropical storm warning for the island had been lifted, and that "Dorian continues to m...
Morocco flood kills seven at football match: officials
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
The victims included a 17-year-old boy and six elderly men attending the match in the village of Tizert, in Taroudant region. Searchers had rescued one man who ...
Italy's Stromboli volcano erupts, sparking huge ash cloud
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
Emergency services scrambled to launch motorboats and helicopters after the "strong explosion" in the south-central slope of the crater shook the island, but no...
Two dead as Japan orders 870,000 to flee heavy rains
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
More than a million more people were advised to leave their homes after the country's weather agency raised the alert to its highest level for parts of northern...
Puerto Rico mobilizes as potential hurricane approaches
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
US forecasters warn that Tropical Storm Dorian could reach hurricane strength by the time it passes the island's southwestern coast on Wednesday. The Federal Em...
NASA Helps California Get Ahead of Coastal Flooding
Aug 27, 2019 (SPX)
"King tide" is the informal term generally used to describe an exceptionally high tide, which most often occurs when the Moon and the Sun are aligned and their ...
Tropical Storm Dorian gains steam, heads for Caribbean
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
Although the storm was moving in the direction of Cuba and Florida, forecasters said it could lose strength as it passes over mountainous terrain on Hispaniola,...
Sudan villagers reel from Nile water floods
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
Flash floods from the Nile inundated his home last week in Wad Ramli village on the eastern river bank, expelling him and his family who managed to clamber aboa...
Sudan flood death toll reaches 62: state media
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
Sudan has been hit by torrential rains since the start of July, affecting nearly 200,000 people in at least 15 states across the country including the capital K...
Stanford researchers explain earthquakes we can't feel
Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)
Over the past two decades, the advent of the global positioning system - including receivers with extremely sensitive sensors that capture millimeters of moveme...
Detecting hydrothermal vents in volcanic lakes
Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)
In fact, chemical composition of lake water may indicate inflow of fluids from a volcanic system, but it does not provide spatial information on the location of...
Downpour paralyses Istanbul, historic Grand Bazaar, kills one
Aug 17, 2019 (AFP)
A homeless man was found dead at an underpass in the Unkapani district apparently drowned by the flood, an AFP photographer on the ground reported. Police seale...
Jurassic world of volcanoes found in central Australia
Aug 15, 2019 (SPX)
The Cooper-Eromanga Basins in the north-eastern corner of South Australia and south-western corner of Queensland is Australia's largest onshore oil and gas prod...
20 years after deadly quake, Istanbul ill-prepared for 'Big One'
Aug 15, 2019 (AFP)
On Saturday, Turkey will mark the anniversary of the 7.4-magnitude quake that hit Izmit -- around 100 kilometres east of Istanbul -- on August 17, 1999, killing...
Powerful Japan storm turns deadly, snarls holiday travel
Aug 15, 2019 (AFP)
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa -- one notch below a typhoon -- slammed into the southern Hiroshima region, packing wind gusts of up to 126 kilometres (78 miles) pe...
Fresh flood alert in southern India as monsoon death toll hits 244
Aug 14, 2019 (AFP)
Authorities warned Kerala locals of heavy rainfall over the next 24-48 hours in some of the worst affected regions of the state popular with tourists. Heavy rai...
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