SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Thousands flee over Bali volcano eruption fears
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
Mount Agung belched smoke as high as 700 metres (2,300 feet) above its summit late Tuesday afternoon, sparking an exodus from the settlements near the mountain....
Floods paralyse Saudi city of Jeddah
Nov 21, 2017 (AFP)
Dozens of people were plucked from vehicles engulfed by floodwaters, Saudi civil defence authorities said, with heavy rainfall expected to last at least until W...
7.0 quake off New Caledonia sparks tsunami alert but no damage
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
The US Geological Survey said the shallow tremor hit approximately 82 kilometres east of the lightly populated Loyalty Islands at around 09:45 am (2245 GMT). Th...
Greece unveils flood relief measures as death toll hits 20
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
"All households (confirmed to) have sustained damage will receive an emergency benefit of 5,000 euros ($6,000)," government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos sai...
Greek flooding toll reaches 19, as more bodies found
Nov 18, 2017 (AFP)
"The bodies of three men discovered on Saturday, aged 28, 58, and 35, have been identified by their families," Nikos Papaefstathiou, head of the National Health...
Researchers run longest multiphysics earthquake simulation to date
Nov 16, 2017 (SPX)
The earthquake lasted between 8 and 10 minutes (one of the longest ever recorded), and lifted the ocean floor several meters, creating a tsunami with 30-meter w...
S. Korea quake leaves dozens injured, 1,500 seeking shelter
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
The second-most powerful quake recorded in the South hit at a shallow depth of nine kilometres (six miles) on Wednesday afternoon, sparking alarm in a country t...
Greece in mourning, several still missing after deadly flood
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities said at least four people were still unaccounted for in Mandra, one of three towns about 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Athens hit by a freak floo...
State of mourning in Greece after deadly flood: PM
Nov 15, 2017 (AFP)
"At this time, declaring a state of national mourning over this great tragedy is the least we can do," Tsipras said in a televised address. "I pledge that we wi...
Aid slow to reach quake-hit Iranian villages; Israel offers help
Nov 15, 2017 (AFP)
The government ordered rescuers to keep searching for people trapped under rubble after the 7.3-magnitude quake which struck the mountainous region late Sunday,...
Quake-stricken Iranians vent anger at former president
Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)
"Look, everything is destroyed! The government could at least cancel our home loans," said Mortaza Akbari, a resident of the working-class district of Shahid Sh...
Central pressure deficit, not wind speed, best to predict hurricane damage
Nov 14, 2017 (SPX)
"Sandy is the classic example. It was a very big storm, but in terms of maximum wind speed it was arguably not a hurricane," said Dan Chavas, an assistant profe...
Strong quake rocks Costa Rica
Nov 13, 2017 (AFP)
The quake occurred at 8:28 pm local (0228 GMT) on the Central American country's Pacific coast, at a depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles), close to the popular tou...
Iran hunts for survivors as quake kills 400 near Iraq border
Nov 13, 2017 (AFP)
The 7.3-magnitude quake rocked a border area 30 kilometres (20 miles) southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan at around 9:20 pm (1820 GMT) on Sunday, the US Geo...
At least 135 killed as strong quake rocks Iran-Iraq border
Nov 13, 2017 (AFP)
Footage posted on Twitter showed panicked people fleeing a building in Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq, as windows shattered at the moment the quake struck late Sun...
At least 67 killed as strong quake rocks Iran-Iraq border
Nov 13, 2017 (AFP)
Footage posted on Twitter showed panicked people fleeing a building in Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq, as windows shattered at the moment the quake struck, while i...
More than 90 killed in Vietnam's deadliest typhoon in years
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
The typhoon made landfall on Saturday, blowing off roofs and submerging huge swathes of Vietnam's south-central coast, including outside the city of Danang wher...
Magma held in 'cold storage' before giant volcano eruption
Nov 08, 2017 (SPX)
The ash likely cooled the planet by shielding the sun, before settling across the western half of North America. Here's a rule of geoscience: The past heralds t...
Puerto Rico population to drop 14% after hurricane
Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York estimated in a report released last month that about 114,000 to 213,000 Puerto Rican residents...
Death toll from Vietnam typhoon rises to 69; 17th Atlantic storm takes shape
Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)
Typhoon Damrey struck days before Vietnam is set to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in Danang next weekend. It will bring together ...
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