SHAKE AND BLOW

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Belgian mother and son die in Jordan floods: authorities
May 05, 2025 (AFP)
The rescuers found "the bodies of a woman and her son, both Belgian nationals, who had been missing after flooding in the Shubak region", about 200 kilometres (...
Jordan evacuates tourists from Petra after flood hits
May 04, 2025 (AFP)
"Rescue teams ... evacuated hundreds of tourists from Petra after flash floods hit the archaeological site," Al-Mamlaka TV quoted local official Yazan Mohadin a...
Over 45,000 affected by Somalia flash floods since mid-April: UN
May 02, 2025 (AFP)
The Horn of Africa is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change, and extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent and intense. "Since 15...
Major offshore quake causes tsunami scare in Chile, Argentina
May 02, 2025 (AFP)
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck in the Drake Passage between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica at a shallow depth of 10 kil...
Volcanic eruptions linked to satellite disruption risks in upper atmosphere
May 01, 2025 (SPX)
The 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano serves as a dramatic example. Among the most intense eruptions ever recorded, it ejected volcanic gas...
Researchers solve one of Earth's ancient volcanic mysteries
May 01, 2025 (SPX)
In a paper published in the journal Nature on April 30, 2025, the team revealed that the same underwater hotspot created both a chain of underwater volcanoes in...
Myanmar marks month of misery since historic quake
Apr 28, 2025 (AFP)
The magnitude-7.7 tremor was the strongest with an epicentre on Myanmar's land mass since 1912, the United States Geological Survey reported, killing nearly 3,8...
Lost to history: Myanmar heritage falls victim to quake
Apr 28, 2025 (AFP)
The magnitude-7.7 tremor razed Nagayon Pagoda in the central city of Mandalay, Myanmar's last royal capital where ancient heritage was decimated in the disaster...
Hundreds of buildings damaged, dozens injured in 6.3 Ecuador quake
Apr 26, 2025 (AFP)
Ecuador's emergency response services report 32 injured, 179 homes destroyed and 716 homes that have been damaged in the shake, which was felt as far away as th...
Nepal marks 10 years since devastating 2015 quake
Apr 25, 2025 (AFP)
The 7.8-magnitude quake on April 25, 2015, triggered avalanches and landslides across the Himalayan nation and flattened villages. Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. S...
Nepal's long road to quake resilience
Apr 25, 2025 (AFP)
Ten years ago, on April 25, 2015, the ground beneath Nepal shuddered with a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing nearly 9,000 people, injuring over 22,000, and lea...
Philippine typhoon victims remember day Pope Francis brought hope
Apr 24, 2025 (AFP)
It was desperately needed, mayor Alfred Romualdez told AFP on Tuesday, a day after the pontiff died in Rome. Already in his late 70s, the pope had insisted on m...
Powerful 6.2-magnitude quake hits off Istanbul coast
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
As night fell and temperatures dropped, some could still be seen camped out in parks and open spaces, while hundreds of students went to seek shelter on the cam...
Still reeling a year on, Brazil's Porto Alegre fears next flood
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
As residents continue to repair damage nearly 12 months after Rio Grande do Sul's worst-ever natural calamity, they worry not enough is being done to buttress t...
Myanmar post-earthquake truce due to lapse
Apr 22, 2025 (AFP)
The junta -- which seized power in a 2021 coup sparking a many-sided civil war -- said it would cease attacking its myriad armed opponents following the magnitu...
Downpours drench homeless survivors of Myanmar quake
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
Some 60,000 people are living in tent encampments in central Myanmar, according to the UN, three weeks after a 7.7-magnitude tremor damaged and destroyed thousa...
Istanbul's Hagia Sophia prepares for next big quake
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
But the latest renovation aims not only to restore the wonders of the 1,488-year gem, but to ensure it survives the next earthquake to hit the ancient city. Fro...
Europe flooding in 2024 worst in over a decade: report
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
Swathes of the continent were inundated during the year, with the worst hit Valencia in Spain, and central and eastern Europe, said the Copernicus Climate Chang...
5.6-magnitude quake rattles southern Philippines
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
The quake off the coast of the island of Mindanao had a depth of 30 kilometres (18.6 miles), the USGS added. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismol...
6.2-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast: USGS
Apr 12, 2025 (AFP)
The quake struck at a depth of 72 kilometres (44 miles) about 115 kilometres southeast of the town of Kokopo. Kokopo Beach Bungalow Resort receptionist Emonck A...
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