SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Monsoon rains wreak flood havoc across South Asia
Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)
The monsoon is crucial for irrigation and groundwater supplies in the impoverished region -- home to a fifth of the world's population -- and brings relief afte...
Two die, thousands flee after 7.3 quake in Indonesia
Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)
The shallow quake struck about 165 kilometres (100 miles) south of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province on Sunday evening, according to the US Geologica...
Barry weakens, but US officials warn of heavy rains, floods, tornadoes
Jul 14, 2019 (AFP)
There have been no reported deaths so far in Louisiana or neighboring states from Barry, which had briefly become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season bef...
51 injured as quake rocks southern Philippines
Jul 13, 2019 (AFP)
The 5.8-magnitude shallow quake struck the northeast coast of Mindanao island at 4:42 am (2042 GMT Friday), with the Philippine seismology office recording seve...
Storm Barry takes aim at Louisiana, could roar ashore as hurricane
Jul 13, 2019 (AFP)
Authorities ramped up evacuations, airlines cancelled flights and flood gates slammed shut as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast the strengthening sto...
25 injured as quake rocks southern Philippines
Jul 13, 2019 (AFP)
The 5.8-magnitude quake struck the northeast coast of Mindanao island at 4:42 am (2042 GMT Friday) at a depth of 11.8 kilometres (7.3 miles), with the Philippin...
Braced for Barry: New Orleans girds for 'extreme' storm
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
The weather system, which has already caused major flooding in the low-lying city, is expected to reach hurricane strength Friday or early Saturday when it near...
NASA maps surface changes from California quakes
Jul 11, 2019 (JPL)
The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data from t...
New Orleans threatened by floods as big storm forms
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
"It is still too soon to tell what the impact will be, but we believe there will be an impact," New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a press conference in ...
Seafloor survey confirms earthquake risk near Istanbul
Jul 09, 2019 (UPI)
By analyzing shifts in the seafloor, scientists were able to confirm, for the first time, the presence of significant tectonic strain along the North Anatolian ...
One dead in flash floods in Spain
Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)
Torrential rain on Monday night damaged cars, garages, basements, attics, stores, roads and factories and interrupted railway services, the regional government ...
Washington DC hit by torrential rain, flooding
Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)
The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning as the storm hit, drowning roads and forcing closures of many major arteries. Airports and rail networ...
Dozens hurt as 5.7 magnitude quake shakes Iran
Jul 08, 2019 (AFP)
The quake, whose epicentre was in the Masjed Soleiman area of Khuzestan province, hit at 11:30 am (0700 GMT) at a depth of 17 kilometres, the national seismolog...
Indonesia cancels tsunami alert after strong quake
Jul 07, 2019 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian nation is one of the most disaster-hit on Earth due to its position straddling the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates col...
Los Angeles 'Big One' quake fears revived by major shocks
Jul 06, 2019 (AFP)
A 7.1-magnitude quake that struck a remote region some 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles on Friday evening was felt throughout the city, promp...
Southern California rocked by strongest quake in two decades
Jul 05, 2019 (AFP)
The shallow quake, followed by dozens of aftershocks, struck in the Mojave Desert six miles (10 kilometers) from the small city of Ridgecrest at 10:33 am (1733 ...
Stromboli clears up ash after deadly volcano eruption
Jul 04, 2019 (AFP)
Emergency workers brushed and scooped volcanic cinders from streets and the tiny harbour in the village at the foot of the still smoking volcano. A veil of ash ...
Volcanologists: Magma is wetter than we thought
Jul 04, 2019 (UPI)
Volcano experts knew volatiles in magma play an important role in influencing the size and power of an eruption. But measuring volatile levels is difficult. In ...
More than a million ordered to shelters in rain-hit Japan
Jul 03, 2019 (AFP)
Small landslides were already being reported in parts of the affected area, public broadcaster NHK reported. It said a total of 1.1 million people in Kagoshima ...
Twelve die in Siberia floods
Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)
A state of emergency has been declared in Siberia's Irkutsk region, where dozens of villages have been partially destroyed by floods after river levels began ri...
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