SHAKE AND BLOW - AFRICA DAILY

Aug 10, 2017 (AFP)

Hurricane Franklin made landfall near the town of Lechuguillas, northwest of the port of Veracruz, and weakened as it later passed over land close to Mexico Cit...

Global warming alters timing of floods in Europe: study

Aug 10, 2017 (AFP)

The report in the US journal Science is the largest European study of its kind, and spans 50 years and a vast trove of data from over 4,000 hydrometric stations...

China combs through quake region for victims

Aug 10, 2017 (AFP)

AFP journalists in Jiuzhaigou, a popular tourist destination near the epicentre of Tuesday night's 6.5-magnitude quake, saw dozens of relief and military trucks...

Tourism a major casualty of China quake

Aug 10, 2017 (AFP)

Twenty people were killed by Tuesday's 6.5-magnitude quake in Sichuan province, a comparatively low toll -- thanks to the area's remoteness -- for a country pro...

Tens of thousands evacuated after China quake kills 19

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province late on Tuesday, tearing cracks in mountain highways, triggering landslides, damaging buildings and sending...

Atlantic hurricane season could be 'extremely active': As Franklin strengthens

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

Already, six storms large enough to merit their own names have roiled the Atlantic, just one indicator of a stormier than anticipated season ahead, said the Nat...

Storm Franklin set to become a hurricane when it strikes Mexico

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

Franklin made its first landfall on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Monday, dumping heavy rain on some of the country's premier tourist beaches. Moving west Frank...

Nearly 60,000 evacuated after China quake kills 19

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province late on Tuesday, tearing cracks in mountain highways, triggering landslides, damaging buildings and sending...

Up to 100 feared dead, thousands injured in China quake: govt

Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)

Seven people died and 88 were injured in the quake, including 21 seriously, the official Xinhua news agency said. It said that at least five of the dead were vi...

Mexico braces for more Tropical Storm Franklin

Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)

Franklin made landfall early Tuesday some 350 kilometers (215 miles) south of the beach resort of Cancun, and was advancing to the northwest at 20 kilometers pe...

Typhoon Noru brings heavy rain to Japan, injures 51

Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)

After making landfall in western Japan the previous day, the storm packing winds of up to 108 kilometres (67 miles) per hour ploughed across the main island of ...

Increased risk of eruption measured for Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano

Aug 07, 2017 (UPI)

Using imaging technology called interferometric synthetic aperture radar, or InSAR, researchers were able to measure ground inflation in the weeks leading up to...

Typhoon Noru kills two, draws near Japan

Aug 06, 2017 (AFP)

A man in his 60s on the remote island of Yakushima died Saturday after strong gusts made him fall hard and hit his head, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency...

New images from under Alaska seafloor suggest high tsunami danger

Aug 03, 2017 (SPX)

Such structures may lurk unrecognized in other areas of the world, say the scientists. The findings appear today in the print edition of the journal Nature Geos...

Floods in Thailand's northeast kill 23

Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)

Flash floods have disrupted air travel, inundated rail tracks and swallowed farmland across the rice-farming region of Isaan, affecting more than one million Th...

Florida gears up for Tropical Storm Emily

Jul 31, 2017 (AFP)

The storm, named Emily, formed in the Gulf of Mexico overnight Sunday and was expected to pass quickly overland for the Atlantic Ocean by Tuesday with maximum s...

Lightning kills 21 as India reels from floods

Jul 31, 2017 (AFP)

Eighteen people were killed in Odisha state, authorities there said. Another three died in Jharkhand state further north. About 10 people were injured by the wi...

Taiwan hit by second storm after Nesat injures 111

Jul 30, 2017 (AFP)

Much of the island came to a standstill on Saturday after Nesat made landfall in the eastern county of Yilan, whipping up massive waves of over 49 feet (15 metr...

Death toll from India's monsoon floods climbs to 213

Jul 30, 2017 (AFP)

The death toll in Gujarat state jumped from Wednesday's total of 123 as waters recede from low-lying areas, allowing workers to reach remote spots where bodies ...

Floods and power-outages as Taiwan battered by Typhoon Nesat

Jul 29, 2017 (AFP)

Much of the island came to a standstill, with most train services suspended and as many as 249,230 households without electricity as Typhoon Nesat -- packing gu...