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16 dead, 100 missing as cyclone hits India, Sri Lanka
Dec 01, 2017 (AFP)
Disaster officials said nine people were killed in India and seven in neighbouring Sri Lanka, most crushed by trees ripped up by destructive winds raging at 130...
Bali volcano burns wedding dreams, threatens economy
Dec 01, 2017 (AFP)
The 24-year-old and her fiance Justin saw their plans go up in smoke when Mount Agung rumbled to life, spewing ash and fumes that forced hundreds of flights to ...
Clay mineral waters Earth's mantle from the inside
Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)
The transport and release of water during subduction causes strong volcanic activity. An international team led by scientists of Yonsei University in the Republ...
New Zealand says no charges over killer quake building
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
The CTV building crumpled then burst into flames after the 6.3-magnitude tremor on February 22, 2011, killing those trapped inside, including 65 foreign student...
Living in the shadow of Bali's volcano, refusing to leave
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
The 10-kilometre radius around Mount Agung is littered with roadside signs that read "Volcanic danger zone. No entry!", underscoring the potential risks. But fo...
Floods in southern Thailand kill five
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
The worst-hit provinces are located in the deep south on the border with Malaysia, a restive hotspot where Muslim insurgents have engaged in clashes with the ce...
SMU seismology research shows North Texas earthquakes occurring on 'dead' faults
Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)
The research supports the assertion that recent North Texas earthquakes were induced, rather than natural - a conclusion entirely independent of previous analys...
Tourists leave as Bali's volcano-hit airport gets back to business
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
The alert level on Mount Agung remains at maximum. But a change in wind direction blew towering columns of ash and smoke away from the airport, prompting author...
Antarctic zircons tell story of early volcanism
Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)
A better understanding of these changes in carbon recycling help improve models about how the planet's early processes transitioned from the cold Snowball Earth...
When magma prevents volcanic eruptions
Nov 29, 2017 (SPX)
The enigmatic question was: Why after an eruption the arrival of new magma does not produce another major eruption but resurgence? A team of researchers from th...
Cyclone Cempaka kills at least 19 in Indonesia
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
Landslides claimed 15 lives in east and central Java, while four others perished in floods unleashed by Cyclone Cempaka. "Thousands of homes, hectares of agricu...
Indonesia reopening Bali airport shut by volcanic ash fears
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
The move raised hope for some of the more than 120,000 tourists stranded after a surge in activity at Mount Agung had grounded hundreds of flights since Monday,...
Hurricane damage put at 2bn euros on two French islands
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
The damage has been estimated at 1.956 billion euros, France's overseas affairs ministry said in a statement as Minister Annick Girardin travelled to Brussels t...
Bali paradise turns to tourist nightmare as volcano rumbles
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
Hundreds of flights have been grounded as the main international airport was shuttered for a second day on Tuesday, leaving 120,000 stranded visitors in need of...
Evacuation centres, hotels fill up as Bali eruption looms
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
Stranded tourists hunted for accommodation while frightened villagers living in Mount Agung's shadow made their way to more than 200 evacuation centres as the m...
Indonesia officials extend Bali airport closure over volcanic ash
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
"Bali's Ngurah Rai airport will remain closed until at least Thursday morning," airport spokesman Arie Ahsanurrohim told AFP. Mount Agung, which looms over one ...
Ash from rumbling volcano closes Bali airport; Major eruption likely
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of frightened people have fled their homes near Mount Agung, which looms over the resort island, as experts raised the alert level to maximum ...
Thousands flee as Bali raises volcano alert to highest level
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
Massive columns of thick grey smoke that have been belching from Mount Agung since last week hae now begun shooting more than three kilometres (two miles) into ...
Bali volcano spews smoke and ash, disrupting flights
Nov 26, 2017 (AFP)
Mount Agung spewed smoke and ash as high as 4,000 metres (13,123 feet) Sunday morning, causing at least 15 departing or arriving flights to be cancelled Sunday ...
Iran earthquake death toll rises to 483
Nov 26, 2017 (AFP)
The rise from a previous toll of 436 reported last week came after some people died from their injuries and authorities identified several dead who were buried ...
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