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Strong 8.0-magnitude earthquake hits Peru
May 26, 2019 (AFP)
"There are many old houses that have collapsed after this strong earthquake," said Hugo Araujo, the mayor of Yurimaguas, a town near the epicenter. The quake hi...
Ancient East African rocks offer clues to a rare type of volcano
May 23, 2019 (UPI)
Aluto, a dormant stratovolcano in Ethiopia's Rift Valley, last erupted 2,000 years ago. Previous surveys suggested the eruption was rather minor, threatening on...
Near-normal 2019 hurricane season predicted: agency
May 23, 2019 (AFP)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts a 40 percent chance of a near-normal season, a 30 percent chance of an above-normal season ...
Iceland volcano eruption in 1783-84 did not spawn extreme heat wave
May 20, 2019 (SPX)
The study, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, will help improve predictions of how the climate will respond to future high-latitude volcanic e...
Owner of school that collapsed in Mexico quake indicted
May 17, 2019 (AFP)
Monica Garcia Villegas, owner of the private Rebsamen elementary school, was arrested Saturday after she spent more than a year on the run. She will now face tr...
Tanzania floods kill five, leave around 2,500 homeless
May 17, 2019 (AFP)
Schools have closed in Kyela, a district on the border of Lake Malawi, and families fled to shelters after losing everything in the rising waters. "The damage f...
Floods claim 15 lives in Mali: official
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
A statement said the flooding claimed a "provisional toll" of 15 dead and two injured. "Teams are in place to rescue the distressed people," the government said...
18th century volcanic eruption in Iceland didn't trigger a summer heat wave
May 15, 2019 (UPI)
But according to a new study, the strange weather wasn't caused by the eruption of Iceland's Laki volcano. Laki began erupting in June 1783. The eruption lasted...
Assessment teams deployed after massive Papua New Guinea quake
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
An AFP reporter and residents on New Britain said electricity was still out and radio stations off air some 12 hours after the quake, but there appeared to be n...
Evacuations as rain and floods swamp northern Bosnia
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
The child went missing in the northern Zepce region, national television BHRT reported on Tuesday. The heavy rain, which started Sunday, has sparked fears of a ...
Powerful quake rattles residents on Papua New Guinea island
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
The shallow quake occurred around 11pm (1300 GMT), some 44 kilometres (27 miles) northeast of Kokopo on New Britain island, the US Geological Survey said. "It w...
Indian cyclone death toll rises, anger grows
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
Cyclone Fani, the first summer cyclone to hit India's Bay of Bengal coast in 43 years, made landfall in Odisha state on May 3 packing winds up to 200 kilometres...
Storm water banking could help Texas manage floods and droughts
May 13, 2019 (SPX)
In a perfect world, there would be a way to capture water from rivers during storms and other high-flow times and save it for the dry times when it's needed. Re...
Earthquake in Panama leaves five injured, minor damage
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
The strong quake struck at a depth of 37 kilometers (23 miles) in the far west of the country near the Costa Rican border, according to the US Geological Survey...
Protests reported as millions without power, one week after India cyclone
May 11, 2019 (AFP)
At least 42 people lost their lives in India's Odisha state and neighbouring Bangladesh after cyclone Fani barrelled into the region on May 3, packing winds of ...
Strong 6.3-magnitude quake hits southern Japan, no tsunami threat
May 10, 2019 (AFP)
The quake struck at 8:48 am (2348 GMT Thursday) in Pacific waters nearly 40 kilometres (25 miles) east-southeast of Miyazaki city at a depth of 24 km, according...
Indonesia's Mt. Sinabung spews massive smoke-and-ash column
May 07, 2019 (AFP)
Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island -- which has been rumbling since 2010 and saw a deadly eruption in 2016 -- spewed the thick plume after activity picked up rece...
Indonesia's Mt. Sinabung shoots column of smoke and ash into sky
May 07, 2019 (AFP)
Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island -- which has been rumbling since 2010 and saw a deadly eruption in 2016 -- spewed the thick plume after activity picked up rece...
Strong 7.2 quake rocks Papua New Guinea
May 06, 2019 (AFP)
The quake struck at a depth of 127 kilometers (80 miles) about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Bulolo at 2119 GMT Monday according to the US Geologica...
Cyclone Fani death toll rises to 42 in India, Bangladesh
May 05, 2019 (AFP)
Twenty-nine of the dead were in eastern India's Odisha state and 13 in Bangladesh, officials in the two countries said -- a fraction of the casualty numbers see...
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