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Spain govt to cover full cost of repairing flood-damaged buildings
Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)
The central government had initially said it would cover 50 percent of the estimated cost of 1.7 billion euros ($1.8 billion). But it will now pay 100 percent, ...
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month
Jan 19, 2025 (AFP)
Mount Ibu, on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, sent a column of smoke up to four kilometres (2.5 miles) into the sky in an eruption on W...
One killed as stairs collapse in flood-damaged Spanish building
Jan 18, 2025 (AFP)
The collapse happened in the town of Benetusser in the southeastern Valencia region, ravaged by floods in October that claimed 232 lives nationwide. Most of the...
Japan marks 30th anniversary of deadly Kobe quake
Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)
The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17, 1995, sparked a major review of quake preparedness in the island nation that suffers about one fifth of the world's most ...
Thousands refuse evacuation despite Indonesia's volcano eruptions
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke up to four kilometres (2.5 miles)...
Japan panel says 'megaquake' probability up to 82%
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8-9 magnitude, trigger colossal tsunamis, kill several hundred thousand people, and cause billions of dollars i...
Indonesian rescuers evacuating thousands after volcano erupts
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke up to four kilometres (2.5 miles)...
Thousands to be evacuated after Mount Ibu eruption
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera, erupted for a fifth time this year on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke four kilometres (2.5 miles) int...
'Survival mode' for families displaced by Ethiopia quakes
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
The 40-year-old was at home in Kabanna in the Afar region, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, when an earthquake struck in l...
Earthquake swarm under large Iceland volcano
Jan 14, 2025 (AFP)
The aviation colour code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the met office said, but the volcano's remote location in the hear...
Tropical storm Dikeledi hits Mozambique
Jan 13, 2025 (AFP)
The storm intensified as it reached Mozambique's coastal Nampula region, bringing destructive winds and torrential rains, according to French weather administra...
6.8-magnitude quake prompts Japan tsunami alert
Jan 13, 2025 (AFP)
The quake was detected around 18 kilometres (11 miles) off the Kyushu region around 9:19 pm (1219 GMT), according to the US Geological Survey. The Japan Meteoro...
Two of history's most damaging earthquakes struck on January 17
Jan 13, 2025 (SPX)
"These two events were seminal for the fields of engineering and infrastructure," said Paolo Bocchini, Director of the Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resil...
Cyclone-battered region sees storm Dikeledi leave Mayotte for Mozambique
Jan 13, 2025 (AFP)
It had hit Madagascar's northern tip as a cyclone Saturday, whipping up strong winds and torrential rains. The storm left at least three dead, according to the ...
Moroccan activist jailed for criticism of earthquake response
Jan 13, 2025 (AFP)
Said Ait Mahdi, who leads a group for victims of the El Haouz earthquake and has been in detention since December 23, was tried for "defamation, insult and the ...
Cyclone-ravaged Mayotte on red alert for new storm
Jan 12, 2025 (AFP)
Mayotte was placed on red alert from 1900 GMT on Saturday in anticipation of the passage of Dikeledi, a storm forecast to skirt about 100 kilometres (62 miles) ...
6.2 magnitude quake strikes Mexico
Jan 12, 2025 (AFP)
The tremor was centered eight kilometers (five miles) from Coalcoman de Vazquez Pallares, a municipality of around 20,000 people which is about 600 kilometers w...
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spews hot lava and smoke
Jan 11, 2025 (AFP)
Mount Ibu, on Halmahera island in North Maluku province, erupted at 7:45 pm central Indonesia time (1145 GMT), sending a tall flaming column soaring into the sk...
Rescuers search for survivors after quake in China's Tibet kills at least 126
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
Videos published by state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday showed rescue workers pulling injured victims from the rubble of collapsed buildings and carrying them t...
Quake in China's Tibet kills 32 with tremors felt in Nepal, India
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
Videos published by China's state broadcaster CCTV showed destroyed houses with walls torn apart and rubble strewn across the ruins in the aftermath of the eart...
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