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Super typhoon smashes northern Philippines
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and ripped giant trees out of the ground on Thursday, but...
Honduras alert over heavy rains
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Honduras issued a red alert Wednesday over heavy rains in the south of the country, ordering evacuations because of dangerously surging river levels. The 48-hou...
Millions in Philippines on alert for super typhoon
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Millions of people in the Philippines were ordered Wednesday to prepare for one of the strongest typhoons to ever hit the disaster-battered country, with author...
Vietnam floods kill 25 as new typhoon approaches
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
Severe flooding in central Vietnam has killed at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes, officials said Monday, as the country braced for further dest...
6.9-magnitude quake hits off PNG: USGS
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued with little damage expec...
Thousands flee as typhoon smashes into Philippines
Oct 16, 2016 (AFP)
Typhoon Sarika smashed into the main Philippine island of Luzon early Sunday, ripping off roofs, toppling power lines and forcing more than 12,000 people to fle...
Thousands flee as typhoon lashes Philippines
Oct 16, 2016 (AFP)
Typhoon Sarika lashed the main Philippine island of Luzon on Sunday, flattening homes and toppling trees and power pylons as more than 12,000 people fled to saf...
11 dead in Vietnam floods: state media
Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)
At least 11 people have died and several more are missing in heavy flooding in central Vietnam, state media said Saturday, with tens of thousands of homes compl...
Bermuda gears up for restoration efforts as Hurricane Nicole moves on
Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)
A weakening hurricane Nicole began moving away from Bermuda after slamming into the tiny British archipelago Thursday, though wind gusts of tropical storm force...
Tropical cyclone Aere reborn: 'Zombie storm' headed for Vietnam
Oct 13, 2016 (UPI)
Though uncommon, hurricanes and cyclones sometimes die and quickly reform. That's what Tropical Storm Aere did recently. As evidenced by images captured by NASA...
Hurricane Nicole hits Bermuda
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
Major hurricane Nicole slammed into Bermuda Thursday, lashing the tiny British archipelago with 120 mile (195 kilometer) per hour winds as the storm's eye passe...
Next century will bring deep water to New York City
Oct 13, 2016 (SPX)
New York City can expect 9-foot floods, as intense as that produced by 2012's Superstorm Sandy, at least three times more frequently over the next century - and...
Haiti death toll hits 473 as survivors plead for aid
Oct 12, 2016 (AFP)
At least 473 people are now known to have died as Hurricane Matthew leveled swaths of southern Haiti last week, officials said Tuesday, as hard-hit communities ...
Hurricane Matthew cost$10B; Nicole bears down on Bermuda
Oct 12, 2016 (AFP)
Hurricane Matthew caused $10 billion in damage in the United States as it swept through southeastern states, Goldman Sachs estimated Wednesday. After a devastat...
Floods prompt evacuations in North Carolina
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
Residents in central North Carolina were told late Monday to evacuate their homes amid fears that rising floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew could breach a dam, ...
Exhaling Earth: Scientists closer to forecasting volcanic eruptions
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
On average, 40 volcanoes on land erupt into the atmosphere each month, while scores of others on the seafloor erupt into the ocean. A new time-lapse animation u...
Magma movements foretell future eruptions
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
Geologists at Uppsala University have traced magma movement beneath Mt. Cameroon volcano, which will help monitoring for future volcanic eruptions. The results ...
Hurricane Matthew weakens, makes S. Carolina landfall
Oct 09, 2016 (AFP)
A weakened Hurricane Matthew made landfall Saturday in South Carolina, nearing the end of a four-day rampage that left a trail of death and destruction across t...
Hurricane forces US tourists to flee beach resort
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
Patti and Mike Runge were only yesterday having the time of their lives on their first family beach vacation in 16 years of marriage. But on Thursday, they were...
Chaos in Haiti after hurricane, but neighbors help out
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
Hurricane Matthew left behind chaos in Haiti, with roads cut to several districts and initial reports of more than 264 dead and more hurt or left homeless. But ...
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