SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Madagascar cyclone death toll hits 51, 22 missing
Jan 15, 2018 (AFP)
Tropical cyclone Ava made landfall on January 5, lashing the eastern part of the African island for 24 hours, with many rivers overflowing, roads cut off and br...
Two dead in Peru after 7.3-magnitude quake
Jan 14, 2018 (AFP)
Homes made of adobe collapsed in coastal areas most directly affected by the quake, local authorities said. The earthquake struck in the Pacific, 31 kilometers ...
Philippines' Mayon volcano alert raised as eruption feared
Jan 14, 2018 (AFP)
A bright glow from Mayon volcano's summit crater indicated the start of lava flow, while steam and ash plumes were produced by three steam-driven eruptions, acc...
River flood risks increase around the globe under future warming
Jan 11, 2018 (SPX)
"More than half of the United States must at least double their protection level within the next two decades if they want to avoid a dramatic increase in river ...
Six moderate earthquakes rattle Iran
Jan 11, 2018 (AFP)
A magnitude 5.1 quake was recorded in the southern province of Kerman at 6:48 am (0318 GMT), and five others with magnitudes of between 5.0 and 5.6 hit the west...
Madagascar cyclone death toll hits 36 as thousands displaced
Jan 10, 2018 (AFP)
Tropical cyclone Ava made landfall on Friday, lashing the eastern part of the African island until Saturday night, with many rivers overflowing, roads cut off a...
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off Honduras coast: USGS
Jan 10, 2018 (AFP)
The quake struck at 0251 GMT and its epicenter was located some 27 miles (44 kilometers) east of Great Swan Island, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS)...
29 killed, 80,000 affected by Madagascar cyclone
Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)
Seventeen people died on Monday, after a house crumbled following a mudslide in the Ivory suburb, south-east of the capital Antananarivo. "On a national scale, ...
Chaos at JFK airport with flood, storm backlog
Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)
Arrivals were significantly disrupted into Terminal Four at John F. Kennedy International Airport, where a water pipe broke, compounding chaos blamed on a "casc...
One killed, thousands displaced after Madagascar cyclone
Jan 07, 2018 (AFP)
The cyclone, which made landfall on Friday morning, lashed the eastern part of the African island off Mozambique with violent winds and heavy rains before movin...
Hundreds evacuated as Papua New Guinea volcano erupts
Jan 07, 2018 (AFP)
The volcano on the northern island of Kadovar, more than 500 metres (1,640-feet) high, erupted on Friday, the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre told AFP. "Sin...
In DR Congo, flood tragedy highlights perils of urban sprawl
Jan 06, 2018 (AFP)
Among the 44 people who perished overnight Wednesday in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, were a teenager, Brunelle, her sister Gladys, and...
Two minor quakes 'wrongly trigger' Japan's alert system
Jan 05, 2018 (AFP)
Text messages and whooping alarms were sent to the phones of millions in and around the Japanese capital, warning: "A quake has occurred off Ibaraki. Prepare fo...
37 dead in floods in DR Congo capital
Jan 04, 2018 (AFP)
The provincial minister for health and social affairs, Dominique Weloli, said many of the dead, which included "two or three drowned children," had lived in Nga...
Australians briefly detained over Bali volcano climb
Jan 04, 2018 (AFP)
Ricky Tonacia, 34, and Jack Dennard, 26, were questioned by police after flouting a highly publicised danger zone up to 10 kilometres (six miles) from the volca...
Indonesia volcano in 'biggest' eruption this year
Dec 29, 2017 (AFP)
The volcano, which roared back to life in 2010 after four centuries of silence, has been erupting steadily since 2015, displacing more than 3,000 families. Wedn...
India says more than 660 missing one month after deadly cyclone
Dec 27, 2017 (AFP)
Cyclone Ockhi has already left a confirmed death toll of more than 250 people from its rampage that started on November 29 in Sri Lanka, where 27 of the dead we...
Philippines storm death toll climbs to 240, scores missing
Dec 25, 2017 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Tembin on Friday struck the country's main southern island of Mindanao, which often escapes the 20 or so storms that batter the rest of the archi...
Two die in Iran quake panic
Dec 21, 2017 (AFP)
The epicentre of the quake, which struck shortly before 11:30 pm (2000 GMT) on Wednesday, was just 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of the capital, according to th...
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake felt in Iran capital
Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)
The quake measuring 5.2 magnitude struck shortly before 11:30 pm (2000 GMT), according to the seismological centre of the University of Tehran. The epicentre of...
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