SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Typhoon Hato leaves scores dead after lashing southern China
Aug 24, 2017 (AFP)
Eight died in the gambling hub of Macau, where images showed cars underwater and people swimming along streets. The enclave's famed mega-casinos were running on...
Candlelit march as Amatrice bells toll for Italy quake dead
Aug 24, 2017 (AFP)
The 6.0 magnitude quake which ripped through communities in the rugged, hilly region in the early hours of August 24, 2016, claimed a total of 299 lives and sti...
Italy mourns Amatrice, where quake wounds still weep
Aug 23, 2017 (AFP)
Survivors will hold a candle-lit procession in the early hours, even as Ischia island to the south, recovers from Italy's latest quake -- and critics again crit...
The eye of the storm: Hong Kong's all-powerful observatory
Aug 23, 2017 (AFP)
Early Wednesday the observatory issued Hong Kong's highest level Typhoon 10 warning, bringing the city to a standstill with schools shut, hundreds of flights ca...
One dead, one missing after quake hits Italy holiday island
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
A woman was killed in Casamicciola, in the north of the small tourist island, hit by debris that fell from a church, with around 25 people injured in the quake,...
Hero boy saved little brother when Italy quake struck
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
Firefighters had to dig with their bare hands to reach the youngster, who had been buried along with his seven-year old brother Mattias and seven-month old half...
24 million affected by South Asia floods: Red Cross
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities in Bangladesh, India and Nepal have put the death toll at more than 750 since August 10, when a series of deluges began spreading with the annual mo...
Could supervolcanoes be a part of future energy supplies
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists detail a new method for locating lithium in supervolcanic lake deposits. The findings represent an imp...
How friction evolves during an earthquake
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
Before an earthquake, static friction helps hold the two sides of a fault immobile and pressed against each other. During the passage of an earthquake rupture, ...
Sudan warns of floods as Nile water level surges
Aug 21, 2017 (AFP)
The Blue Nile flowing to Sudan from Ethiopia converges with the White Nile in Khartoum, and from there they become the Nile which runs through the country into ...
South Asia floods claim more than 750 lives
Aug 21, 2017 (AFP)
The human toll is steadily rising across India, Nepal and Bangladesh following the latest in a series of deluges since August 10, as the annual monsoon hits the...
Nearly 600 dead in S. Asia floods; SLeone toll reaches 441
Aug 19, 2017 (AFP)
The latest floods and landslides in the subcontinent began in the second week of August, as the annual monsoon strengthened its grip over the northern and easte...
Nicaragua volcano spews gas, ash
Aug 18, 2017 (AFP)
Local authorities in the region of La Grecia recommended people don breathing masks, cover water wells, keep children indoors and drive carefully because the ai...
Climate change shifts timing of European floods
Aug 17, 2017 (SPX)
A large international project led by Prof. Guenter Bloeschl from the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management at TU Wien has now collec...
Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help after deadly floods
Aug 16, 2017 (AFP)
President Ernest Bai Koroma fought back tears and said the devastation was "overwhelming us", as he toured Regent, one of the worst-hit areas. "Entire communiti...
Hurricane Gert churns up dangerous swells on US east coast
Aug 15, 2017 (AFP)
Gert, which become the second hurricane of the Atlantic season late Monday, was located at 1500 GMT some 420 miles (675 kilometers) west of Bermuda. The Categor...
At least 221 dead in India, Bangladesh, Nepal floods
Aug 15, 2017 (AFP)
In Nepal, severe flooding has left tens of thousands of homes totally underwater in the populous southern lowlands, with nearly 20 percent of the population aff...
Floods kill hundreds across India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Iran and Africa
Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)
Three days of relentless downpours sparked flash floods and landslides that have killed at least 70 people in Nepal, 73 across northern and eastern India and 22...
Strong 6.4 earthquake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
Aug 13, 2017 (AFP)
The quake hit at a depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles) at 10:08 am (0308 GMT) 73 kilometres west of Bengkulu, according to the United States Geological Survey. "T...
Chile eyes quake fault that could strike capital
Aug 11, 2017 (AFP)
Long accustomed to quakes such as the 8.8 monster that killed some 500 people in 2010, Chile has strict building norms aimed at limiting damage from the shiftin...
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