SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Typhoon Lekima death toll hits 49 in China
Aug 13, 2019 (AFP)
Lekima hit the three Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Shandong and Anhui over the weekend and forced more than a million residents to flee. China's official news ...
India flood toll jumps to 144 as roads, highways cut off
Aug 11, 2019 (AFP)
The southern state of Kerala -- a popular tourist haven known for its pristine beaches, hill resorts and backwaters -- is among the worst hit, with the toll jum...
Myanmar battles rising floodwaters after landslide kills 52
Aug 11, 2019 (AFP)
Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing residents and triggering landslides. But this se...
One dead after 5.9-magnitude quake jolts Taiwan
Aug 08, 2019 (AFP)
Tremors were felt across the island and high-rises in Taipei swayed as the quake struck off the northeastern coast at dawn, waking sleeping residents. A 60-year...
Seven dead in Sierra Leone floods
Aug 07, 2019 (AFP)
"We can confirm the death of seven people, with 8,000 people severely affected by the flooding in Freetown and other parts of the country since last Friday," Jo...
12 killed as flooding paralyses Pakistan's Karachi
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
Authorities said the deaths occurred largely due to electrocutions caused by ill-maintained power lines even as large segments of the city suffered hours-long o...
Mathematical model identifies acoustic signal preceding seismic shake
Jul 30, 2019 (UPI)
In the lab, scientists deployed an earthquake machine to produce seismic waves. Researchers used numerical simulations to analyze the seismic signatures produce...
Battle to rescue wildlife at India's flood-hit animal park
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
Most of the World Heritage-listed Kaziranga National Park -- home to two-thirds of the world's remaining one-horned rhinos -- in the northeastern Indian state o...
Eight killed as quakes hit far northern Philippines
Jul 27, 2019 (AFP)
The tremors hit the province of Batanes, a group of sparsely populated islets north of the nation's largest Luzon island, tearing deep cracks in roads and forci...
Bangladesh flood death toll surpasses 100
Jul 26, 2019 (AFP)
About 30 people have been reported dead in the last three days, taking the toll to 114 -- making it one of the country's worst monsoons in years. Most victims h...
Rare rhinos among more than 200 animals killed by India floods
Jul 24, 2019 (AFP)
Forty percent of Kaziranga National Park in Assam has been left under water following 10 days of torrential rains that have also killed more than 71 people in t...
'Artificial intelligence' fit to monitor volcanoes
Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)
As a first and early step towards a volcano early warning system, a research project headed by Sebastien Valade from the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berl...
Monsoon toll tops 650 as rains unleash flood fury in South Asia
Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)
More than 10 million people in the South Asian countries have been affected by the deluge, which has also forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. In India...
Italy's Etna volcano erupts on Sicily, closing two airports
Jul 20, 2019 (AFP)
A heavy emission of ash into the sky forced the closure of two airports in Sicily's second-biggest city of Catania. They partially reopened early Saturday. The ...
'My entire world was gone': floods devastate northern Pakistan
Jul 19, 2019 (AFP)
More than 270 people have been killed in recent days across South Asia as monsoon rains deluged large swathes of the subcontinent, flooding waterways and destro...
Athens settles for uneasy night after 5.1-magnitude quake
Jul 19, 2019 (AFP)
Noting that many people were likely afraid to sleep indoors, citizen's protection minister Michalis Chrysohoidis said additional police would be deployed and re...
Death toll climbs to five after quake in eastern Indonesia
Jul 17, 2019 (AFP)
The shallow 7.3-magnitude quake struck about 165 kilometres (100 miles) south of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province on Sunday evening, according to th...
Super volcanic eruptions interrupt ozone recovery
Jul 17, 2019 (SPX)
Since then, ozone depleting substances (ODSs) in the stratosphere have gradually been erased and further ozone destruction avoided. The ozone layer has been gra...
Fears of worsening floods as monsoon rains pound South Asia
Jul 17, 2019 (AFP)
The annual deluge is crucial to replenishing water supplies in the impoverished region, but the downpour from June to September often turns deadly. Across India...
Quake off Indonesia's Bali causes minor damage, sparks panic
Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)
The quake, which had a magnitude of 5.7, hit at 7.18am local time (0018 GMT) and was centred 82.1 kilometres (50.9 miles) southwest of the island's capital Denp...
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