SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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At least 99 dead as Guatemala volcano threatens new eruptions
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
Fears of a new blowup of the 3,763-meter (12,346-foot) volcano have stalked rescue workers since Sunday's eruption buried entire villages on its southern flank....
Hundreds of homes destroyed by volcano lava in Hawaii
Jun 06, 2018 (AFP)
"We lost hundreds of homes in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland overnight, but we don't have exact figures," Janet Snyder, a spokeswoman for Hawaii County, tol...
Hurricanes are slowing down, causing more damage in coastal communities
Jun 06, 2018 (SPX)
According to the research of climatologist James Kossin, the rise in global temperatures is leading to a slowdown in the speed of hurricanes and typhoons, allow...
Toll rises in Guatemala volcano as more bodies recovered
Jun 05, 2018 (AFP)
Disaster Relief Agency spokesman David de Leon told a briefing that after hours of searching for survivors, the number of dead had hit at least 65. In addition,...
At least six killed as Guatemalan volcano erupts
Jun 04, 2018 (AFP)
The strong eruption was the second major one this year. The dead were from farming communities just south of the volcano who were trapped by hot lava flow, Nati...
Guatemala volcano eruption kills 25
Jun 04, 2018 (AFP)
The volcano expelled hot muddy material that caused the deaths -- including of several children -- in the El Rodeo and Las Lajas communities located on its sout...
A volcanologist's take on Fuego eruption
Jun 04, 2018 (AFP)
The word pyroclastic is derived from the ancient Greek for "fire" and "fragments". Rothery analysed for AFP the latest eruption which has killed at least 25 peo...
Seven killed in storm Alberto flooding in Cuba
Jun 02, 2018 (AFP)
Two people are also missing after the storm slammed the island earlier in the week, officials said in a statement published in state-run local media. The fatali...
Oh no, here we go again: Atlantic hurricane season
Jun 01, 2018 (AFP)
Both places were pummeled last year by monster storms and both -- in the case of Florida it was the plume of once-lovely coral islands known as the Florida Keys...
Evacuations urged in Hawaii as lava flow advances
May 31, 2018 (AFP)
"Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that lava from several fissures continues to advance toward the Kapoho area," a Civil Defense message said, referencing an...
Hurricane Maria killed 4,600 in Puerto Rico, 70 times official toll: study
May 29, 2018 (AFP)
The government-provided death toll stands at just 64, but experts say an accurate count was complicated by the power outages and widespread devastation wreaked ...
Hawaii volcanic smog blankets Marshall Islands
May 27, 2018 (AFP)
The haze, a phenomenon known as "vog" or volcanic smog, "is spreading across Micronesia," the US National Weather Service based in Guam said. The volcano on Haw...
Cyclone death toll in Oman, Yemen rises to 11: authorities
May 27, 2018 (AFP)
Cyclone Mekunu hit Oman's Dhofar and Al-Wusta provinces on Friday after intensifying from a category one to a category two cyclone, with winds of up to 170 kilo...
Gemini Observatory Cloud Camera Captures Volcano's Dramatic Glow
May 25, 2018 (SPX)
During the sequence, multiple fissures expelled lava in the area in and around Leilani Estates in the Puna district of the Big Island of Hawai'i. The lava also ...
Cyclone Mekunu intensifies as it advances on Oman
May 25, 2018 (AFP)
"Latest observations show that tropical cyclone Mekunu has intensified to category 2," with high wind speeds, Oman's Directorate General of Meteorology said on ...
Hurricanes: A bit stronger, a bit slower, and a lot wetter in a warmer climate
May 25, 2018 (SPX)
In one example, Hurricane Ike - which killed more than 100 people and devastated parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2008 - could have 13 percent stronger winds, mo...
Cyclone Mekunu pummels Yemeni island, 17 missing
May 24, 2018 (AFP)
Neighbouring Oman is preparing for landfall on Friday, with national weather experts expecting Mekunu to intensify to a category two cyclone from category one, ...
17 missing as cyclone pummels Yemen's Socotra island
May 24, 2018 (AFP)
Yemen's neighbour Oman is preparing for landfall of Cyclone Mekunu on Friday, with national weather experts expecting it to intensify to a category two cyclone ...
Lightning in the eyewall of a hurricane beamed antimatter toward the ground
May 24, 2018 (SPX)
Detected by an instrument aboard NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft, which flew through the eyewall of the storm at its peak intensity, the positron beam was not ...
Machine listening for earthquakes
May 24, 2018 (SPX)
The repeating patterns of earthquakes appear to match the seasonal rise and fall of water-injection flows into the hot rocks below, suggesting a link to the mec...
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