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25 found dead as toll from Indian floods nears 120: officials
Jul 26, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities found the bodies in two villages in hard-hit Banaskantha district, Gujarat, as floodwaters receded, said assistant superintendent of police Aksharaj...
Eight more dead in India's worsening monsoon floods
Jul 25, 2017 (AFP)
With scores now dead in monsoon floods across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to fly over Gujarat later Tuesday to inspect the devastation, offici...
Floodwaters swallow Myanmar pagoda
Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)
Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed the riverside pagoda sinking into the flood waters in Magway region, with shocked bystanders looking on as i...
Flood-hit New Zealand braces for more rain
Jul 23, 2017 (AFP)
The military was called in to help as some towns experienced three times their average monthly rainfall in just two days, topping 250 millimetres (10 inches) ne...
Greek holiday island battles to recover from deadly quake
Jul 22, 2017 (AFP)
The 6.7-magnitude tremor also left hundreds more injured in the Turkish resort of Bodrum, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) across the sea from Kos. "Given the amo...
Two killed in 6.7-magnitude quake off Greece and Turkey resorts
Jul 21, 2017 (AFP)
The epicentre of the quake was approximately 10.3 kilometres (6.4 miles) south of the major Turkish resort of Bodrum, a magnet for holidaymakers in the summer, ...
Crustal limestone platforms feed carbon to many of Earth's arc volcanoes
Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)
Previous research suggested carbon was sourced from the mantle as a result of the subduction process. The discovery ultimately impacts the amount of organic car...
7.7-magnitude quake hits off Russia: US scientists
Jul 18, 2017 (AFP)
But the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted that forecast a short time later, saying it did not expect "a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami," and adding there ...
Seven killed as India floods death toll rises to 83
Jul 18, 2017 (AFP)
Gujarat and northeastern Assam state have been hardest hit by the deluge. A.J Shah, director of relief operations with the Gujarat government, confirmed seven d...
New research uses satellites to predict end of volcanic eruptions
Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)
Using NASA satellite data, Estelle Bonny, a graduate student in the SOEST Department of Geology and Geophysics, and her mentor, Hawai'i Institute for Geophysics...
4 killed, 6 missing in India's Gujarat amid monsoon floods
Jul 16, 2017 (AFP)
Major rail networks and dozens of highways in Gujarat state have been interrupted by floodwaters, and power to more than 120 villages cut in badly-hit areas. "F...
Satellite spots burning Mount Vesuvius
Jul 14, 2017 (UPI)
With southern Italy suffering a prolonged drought and high temperatures, several wildfires are burning intensely in the region. Strong winds are further fanning...
Slow earthquakes occur continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone
Jul 14, 2017 (SPX)
Slow earthquakes are quiet, can be as large as magnitude 7, and last days to years. Taking place mainly at the boundary between tectonic plates, they happen so ...
6.4-magnitude quake hits off PNG
Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)
The tremor hit at a depth of 46 kilometres (28 miles) near the sparsely-populated New Ireland region, 110 kilometres southeast of the town Kokopo, the United St...
Oregon-led research opens fresh view on volcanic plumbing systems
Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)
These granite structures, called magmatic intrusions, form incrementally over time by small pulses of magma that cool and crystalize 5 to 20 kilometers - 3 to 1...
Crystals help volcanoes cope with pressure
Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)
Crystals can form in the rising molten rock in as little as 18 minutes. If the magma becomes more than 20 percent crystals, they can act like guard rails that f...
Japan Abe sees devastation in flood-hit area
Jul 12, 2017 (AFP)
Heavy seasonal rains last week caused severe flooding that tore up roads and destroyed houses on Japan's southernmost island of Kyushu, with hundreds of thousan...
Record rain pounds Paris, shutters metro stations
Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)
The national weather service Meteo France said 6.8 centimetres (2.6 inches) of rain fell in a violent two-hour storm late Sunday, dramatically ending days of ho...
Fresh quake rocks Philippine island
Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)
The US Geological Survey said the moderately strong quake struck Leyte island near Ormoc, a city of about 200,000 people, at 9:41 am (0141 GMT) at a relatively ...
Japan floods death toll rises to 20
Jul 09, 2017 (AFP)
Swathes of Kyushu -- the southernmost of Japan's four main islands -- have been left devastated after overflowing rivers and torrential downpours swept away roa...
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