SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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New quake strikes as Philippines hunts for survivors
Apr 23, 2019 (AFP)
The US Geological Survey put the fresh quake on the central island of Samar at 6.4 magnitude, which is stronger than the one that wrought significant damage Mon...
Strong 6.1-magnitude quake hits Taiwan, shakes buildings in Taipei
Apr 18, 2019 (AFP)
In the capital Taipei, highrises swayed while some panicked schoolchildren fled their classrooms in eastern Yilan county, according to reports. The quake was fe...
Strong 6.5 earthquake off Australian coast: USGS
Apr 18, 2019 (AFP)
The shallow quake occurred 1,040 kilometres (640 miles) southwest of Geeveston in Australia in the western Indian-Antarctic Ridge, the agency said, at a depth o...
2 million in need of aid after Iran floods: Red Crescent
Apr 15, 2019 (AFP)
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies called the floods the "largest disaster to hit Iran in more than 15 years". According to th...
76 dead in Iran floods as Tehran weighs costs
Apr 14, 2019 (AFP)
"With the death of five people in the Khuzestan province flood and another person in Ilam province the death toll has now reached 76" since March 19, according ...
IMF says could roll out storm aid for Mozambique 'next week'
Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)
"We have moved very rapidly to support Mozambique through a Rapid Credit Facility," Abebe Selassie, head of the fund's Africa department, told reporters during ...
Iranians band together to battle devastating floods
Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)
"Our youth are working day and night," said the 37-year-old nurse as he helped shovel sand into plastic sacks held by fellow residents in the agricultural town ...
Cyclone Idai's death toll nears 1,000 in Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
Zimbabwe on Tuesday updated its toll to 344 while Mozambique said recorded fatalities stood at 602, taking the combined tally to 946. Zimbabwean Information Min...
Brazil flooding unleashes caimans in Rio neighborhood
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
The cold-blooded creatures -- smaller relatives of alligators -- belong to a resident of the Rolas favela in western Rio, and escaped on Tuesday when a wall hol...
Mapping Armaggedon: Earth's looming tsunamis and mega-quakes
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
After bubbling on and off for months, the active volcano of Anak Krakatoa erupted, triggering a 0.3-kilometre-cubed sized chunk of rock to plunge into the unusu...
After cyclone ruin, back to square one for Mozambique's Beira
Apr 09, 2019 (AFP)
But in just a few hours last month, Cyclone Idai devastated the city of half-a-million people, wiping out his efforts. Packing winds twice the speed Beira was b...
Scientists discover causes of deadliest volcanic hazards
Apr 09, 2019 (UPI)
For the first time, scientists have discovered the driving force behind the deadly currents of volcanic particles and gas. Measuring pyroclastic flows in real t...
California's current earthquake hiatus is an unlikely pause
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
US Geological Survey researchers Glenn Biasi and Kate Scharer analyzed long paleoseismic records from the San Andreas, San Jacinto and Hayward Faults for the pa...
Floods force evacuation of hospital in southwest Iran
Apr 08, 2019 (AFP)
Iran has been hit by several weeks of unprecedented flooding across most of the usually arid country that has killed 70 people, according to the emergency servi...
The solid Earth breathes
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
Most subduction zones in the world are complex: the amount of sediment and carbon (C) concentration frequently varies along their length, and at many, some of t...
Mount Kilimanjaro: Ecosystems in global change
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
In a world threatened by climate change, tropical mountains are centers of biodiversity and as such they are important refugia for plants and animals. These org...
Flooding in Paraguay's capital due to heavy rain
Apr 04, 2019 (AFP)
National Emergency Minister Joaquin Roa made the announcement as forecasters said the precipitation would continue for the rest of the week. The Paraguay River,...
California should have had a major earthquake by now, geologists warn
Apr 03, 2019 (UPI)
When researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey studied the paleoseismic records from the San Andreas, San Jacinto and Hayward faults, they failed to find a gap ...
Iran orders evacuation of flood-hit western cities
Apr 01, 2019 (AFP)
The highest level of alert was declared in Lorestan province with four or five cities "completely critical", state television news network IRINN reported from K...
'We have lost everything': Afghans describe deadly floods
Mar 31, 2019 (AFP)
Heavy rains that started early Friday and continued for two days caused flash floods in at least five provinces in western and northern parts of Afghanistan, ki...
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