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Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts
Feb 26, 2017 (AFP)
Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupted Saturday, spewing lava and sending up plumes of ash that rained down on nearby communities and could eventually reach the ca...
Four million without water in deadly Chile floods
Feb 26, 2017 (AFP)
Rainstorms and landslides in Chile killed four and contaminated a major river, forcing authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capit...
California requests $440 mn for flood control after dam crisis
Feb 24, 2017 (AFP)
California's governor announced Friday a $437 million plan for flood control and emergency response following a recent crisis in which the tallest dam in the Un...
An insight into a physical phenomenon that leads to earthquakes
Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they're still in the dark about when they will strike and how devastating they wil...
Argentine researcher falls into Nicaragua volcano
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
An Argentine volcanologist and Nicaraguan guide who fell into an active volcano were in good health Wednesday after being rescued by firemen, officials in Nicar...
Thousands flee as floodwaters threaten California city
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes early Wednesday in the northern California city of San Jose as floodwaters inundated neighborhoods and ...
Volcano Samalas mystery revealed
Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)
The reason for the scientific interest in the eruption of the volcano Samalas is that it is considered the largest in the last thousand years throwing as much a...
Over time, nuisance flooding can cost more than extreme, infrequent events
Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)
Global climate change is being felt in many coastal communities of the United States, not always in the form of big weather disasters but as a steady drip, drip...
Flooding hits Indonesian capital, one dead
Feb 21, 2017 (AFP)
Widespread flooding hit the Indonesian capital Tuesday after hours of torrential rain, with thousands of homes inundated, cars stranded and at least one person ...
Cyclone Dineo batters southern Mozambique, killing 7
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
Cyclone Dineo killed seven people, injured 55 and displaced more than 100,000 as it battered southern Mozambique, natural disasters agencies said Friday. The Na...
Researchers catch extreme waves with higher-resolution modeling
Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)
Surfers aren't the only people trying to catch big waves. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are tryi...
Cyclone downgraded after wreaking havoc in Mozambique
Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)
Mozambique was battered by high winds, flooding and sea surges when cyclone Dineo made landfall late Wednesday but the storm has begun to die down, according to...
Cyclone bears down on Mozambique coast
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
Mozambique braced for flooding, high winds, sea surges and evacuations on Wednesday as Cyclone Dineo neared the coast, with forecasters predicting widespread da...
Quake-prone Pacific nations hold joint tsunami drills
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
Quake-prone countries around the Pacific Ocean Wednesday began a joint exercise testing their ability to deliver timely warnings of approaching tsunamis to tens...
Italy asks EU aid as cost of quakes hits 23 bn euros
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
A series of deadly earthquakes that struck central Italy over the past six months has cost the country more than 23 billion euros ($24.3 billion), the nation's ...
Ventura fault could cause stronger shaking
Feb 15, 2017 (SPX)
A new study by a team of researchers, including one from the University of California, Riverside, found that the fault under Ventura, Calif., would likely cause...
Intense cyclone barrels towards Mozambique
Feb 14, 2017 (AFP)
A powerful cyclone is set to slam into the southern coast of Mozambique in the early hours of Thursday, bringing flooding, storm surges and high winds, meteorol...
Aftershocks rock Philippine quake city survivors
Feb 12, 2017 (AFP)
Thousands of residents of a quake-hit city in the southern Philippines sought refuge on the streets as aftershocks hit the region Sunday, two days after a quake...
6 dead after strong quake shakes southern Philippines
Feb 11, 2017 (AFP)
Rescuers dug through rubble Saturday to find survivors after a powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines, killing at least six people and sending thou...
Rumbling Indonesian volcano in fresh eruption
Feb 10, 2017 (AFP)
A rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island spewed clouds of smoke and ash high into the air Friday, the latest in a series of violent eruptions. Huge colu...
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