SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Death toll from Jordan floods rises to 13 as girl's body found
Nov 12, 2018 (AFP)
On Friday torrential rains swept the south of the country, forcing nearly 4,000 tourists to flee the famed desert city of Petra and causing damage to roads, hom...
Qatar again hit by heavy rainfall
Nov 11, 2018 (AFP)
Some areas of Qatar received almost half-a-year's worth of rainfall in just a few hours as thunderstorms struck, said the Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD). It...
Floods in Jordan kill 12, force tourists to flee Petra
Nov 10, 2018 (AFP)
Search teams were scouring valleys near the historic hill town of Madaba for a young girl who was still missing after Friday's floods, civil defence spokesman I...
Philippines marks five years since its deadliest storm
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
Then the strongest storm to ever hit land, Haiyan left more than 7,360 people dead or missing across the central Philippines with its tsunami-like storm surges ...
Italy mourns family of nine killed in flash flood
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
Vast crowds applauded in respect in the streets of Palermo as the coffins of the nine victims, including two toddlers, were carried to the city's cathedral, whe...
'Life goes on': Long road for Typhoon Haiyan survivors
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
"No matter how many storms hit us, we are still hopeful because life goes on," Luana told AFP, cradling the couple's one-year-old baby boy. "It's hard to lose h...
Five years after Typhoon Haiyan, scores still in harm's way
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
On the fifth anniversary of the Philippines' deadliest typhoon on record, his return is emblematic of the struggle in developing nations to move people out of h...
Micro-earthquakes preceding a mild earthquake near Istanbul as early warning signs?
Nov 02, 2018 (SPX)
Since the beginning of the 20th century its seismic activity has caused more than 20.000 deaths. A large (Mw > 7) earthquake is overdue in the Marmara section o...
Hunt for landslide victims as Philippines typhoon toll climbs
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
When Yutu struck on Tuesday, torrential rains sparked floods that washed away bridges and fierce gusts razed hundreds of flimsy homes in the nation's north. Cre...
11 dead in Italy storms as wild weather sweeps Europe
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
Road were blocked and thousands of people were left without power in southern and central Europe, as rains and violent winds sparked flooding and tore trees fro...
Wellies ahoy as New Zealand quake leaves Harry and Meghan unshaken
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
The "Shaky Isles" lived up to their name as the royal roadshow moved to Auckland from Wellington, where the national parliament was temporarily suspended when a...
Dozens feared buried in Philippines typhoon landslide
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
Cutting a path just south of last month's Typhoon Mangkhut, which killed dozens, the new storm hit the country's most populous island, sparking multiple deadly ...
Deadly storms lash Italy leaving Venice afloat
Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)
Falling trees killed two people in their car not far from Rome, a man south of the capital and another in the Naples region, authorities said. Near Savona in th...
Strong 6.8 magnitude quake strikes off Greece
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Electricity in the main town, also called Zante, was down while the fire service reported damage to the road network caused by landslides. It hit off the southe...
Floods kill six in southern Russia
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Flash floods affected parts of the Krasnodar region, including the area around the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, where Moscow hosted the Winter Olympics in 20...
6.8 magnitude quake causes Greek island damage, no injuries
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
"We have no reports of injuries, or of someone being trapped under rubble... We advise people to remain calm," Zante mayor Pavlos Kolokotsas told Real FM radio....
Volcanic ash impact on air travel could be reduced says new research
Oct 25, 2018 (SPX)
Ash is sometimes seen as a secondary danger in volcanoes when compared to more visual hazards, such as lava and pyroclastic flows. However, ash can have a major...
U.S. has 18 'very high threat' volcanoes, USGS says
Oct 25, 2018 (UPI)
Those volcanoes sit in five states, with Hawaii's Kilauea at the top of the list. Kilauea last erupted in May 2018 for several hours following a magnitude-5.0 e...
Hurricane Willa slams Mexico's Pacific coast
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
The powerful storm, which was a maximum Category 5 hurricane on Monday, had weakened to Category 3 as it moved toward land. But forecasters warned that even sti...
Hurricane Willa weakens after slamming Mexico's Pacific coast
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
Willa, which had been a maximum Category 5 hurricane on Monday, slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday night with winds of 195 kilometers (120 miles) pe...
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