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Flash flood warning as Tropical Storm Cindy heads towards US
Jun 21, 2017 (AFP)
At 0600 GMT Cindy was located about 200 miles (325 kilometers) south of Morgan City, Louisiana, and 270 miles (435 kilometers) southeast of Galveston, Texas, th...
Heavy rains have killed 15 in Ivory Coast
Jun 21, 2017 (AFP)
West Africa's rainy season, which lasts three to four months, regularly causes fatalities and damage across Abidjan's hillside shack communities, with 16 people...
Four missing after tsunami hits Greenland
Jun 18, 2017 (AFP)
"Four people are missing," local broadcaster KNR quoted local police chief Bjorn Tegner Bay as telling a news conference in the autonomous Danish territory. The...
Five dead after strong quake hits Guatemala
Jun 15, 2017 (AFP)
The epicenter was about 156 kilometers (97 miles) west of Guatemala City in the department of San Marcos, the Institute of Seismology said. The tremor was felt ...
Rising sea levels will boost moderate floods in some areas, severe floods in others
Jun 14, 2017 (SPX)
The study by researchers at Princeton and Rutgers universities found that along the southeastern coast, where severe flooding due to hurricanes is relatively fr...
9 children killed as houses collapse in rains in Niger: officials
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
The children were killed as buildings gave way in different parts of the city, said Zourkaleini Maiga, secretary general of the local authority. One mother told...
Greek island picks up the pieces after 6.3-magnitude quake
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
The tremor, felt as far as Athens and in neighbouring Turkey, mainly struck the southern Lesbos village of Vrisa. Officials said most of the village's old stone...
New Geothermal Project Helps Create Clean Energy Future for Los Angeles
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
Approved by the City Council May 16, 2017 and signed by Mayor Eric Garcetti May 19, 2017, the agreement with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCP...
Sediment from Himalayas may have made 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake more severe
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
The magnitude 9.2 earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, generated a massive tsunami that devastated coastal regions of the Indian Ocean. The earthquake and tsunami toget...
2017 hurricane season follows year of extremes
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
Lead author Jennifer Collins, PhD, associate professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, writes "Overall 2016 was no...
Volcanoes, referees for the life on Earth
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists have often linked the annihilation of life at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary with the emission of gas during the volcanic activity of the Central Atl...
Deep magma reservoirs are key to volcanic 'super-eruptions'
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
In a new study, an international team of scientists claim that the most powerful volcanic eruptions, dubbed 'super-eruptions', are triggered by a slow and stead...
One dead, two missing as Taiwan battles floods
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
State power company Taipower said a transmission pylon on a hill in New Taipei city toppled during torrential downpours, causing a reactor at a nuclear plant th...
Bangladesh navy rescues cyclone survivors
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
Most were plucked from a sinking boat which had broken down, leaving them stranded at sea when Cyclone Mora hit on Tuesday, killing seven people and destroying ...
Death by volcano
May 31, 2017 (SPX)
In it, a Washington University in St. Louis scientist and his colleagues describe what happened when pulses of atmospheric carbon dioxide and sulfate aerosols w...
Sri Lanka appeals for help as floods foul water supply
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
The government sought help to purify wells contaminated by the floods, the worst in 14 years after record rainfall in the island's southwest. The Disaster Manag...
Sri Lanka deploys more troops as flood toll climbs to 180
May 29, 2017 (AFP)
The military said a lull in torrential monsoon rains allowed it to deploy aircraft, boats and ground troops to evacuate people from flooded areas, deliver essen...
Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops as flood toll climbs to 169
May 29, 2017 (AFP)
The military said a lull in torrential monsoon rains had allowed it to deploy aircraft, boats and ground troops to evacuate people from flooded areas and delive...
Expect above-average Atlantic hurricane season, US forecasters say
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
The expected absence of El Nino, an ocean warming trend that tends to reduce the likelihood of hurricanes, is a major reason for the expected rise in number of ...
Study explains severity of 9.2 magnitude Sumatra earthquake
May 25, 2017 (UPI)
The epicenter of the magnitude 9.2 earthquake occurred just west of Sumatra, Indonesia, in December 2004. It was generated by the subduction of the Indian Plate...
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