SHAKE AND BLOW

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Anger erupts over government handling of China flood
Jul 23, 2016 (AFP)
Anger erupted on Saturday over floods in northern China that left more than 200 people dead or missing, with media and internet users accusing officials of negl...
Three tropical storms building in Pacific: NHC
Jul 23, 2016 (AFP)
A tropical storm over the Pacific is expected to hit parts of Hawaii as two more storms build toward hurricanes elsewhere in the Pacific, weather watchers in th...
Super-eruptions may give a year's warning before they blow
Jul 22, 2016 (SPX)
Super-eruptions - volcanic events large enough to devastate the entire planet - give only about a year's warning before they blow. That is the conclusion of a n...
Tide-triggered tremors give clues for earthquake prediction
Jul 22, 2016 (SPX)
The triggering of small, deep earthquakes along California's San Andreas Fault reveals depth-dependent frictional behavior that may provide insight into pattern...
Tropical Storm Frank forms in Pacific off Mexico: NHC
Jul 22, 2016 (AFP)
A new tropical storm, Frank, has formed off the western coast of Mexico, weather watchers in the United States said on Thursday. At 2100 GMT, Frank was about 28...
Nearly 100 dead or missing from China rains
Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)
Torrential rain lashing northern China in recent days has left nearly 100 people dead or missing, official figures showed. At least 24 people in the provinces o...
China rain leaves one dead, 34 missing: report
Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)
At least one person was killed and 34 missing as torrential rain pounded northern China, state media reported Wednesday. Heavy downpours struck Hebei province w...
Tokyo jolted by third quake in four days
Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)
Tokyo was struck by a third earthquake in four days on Wednesday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The 5.0 magnitude jolt was felt in Tokyo an...
Record-breaking volcanic kettle on Iceland explored
Jul 19, 2016 (SPX)
The Bardarbunga eruption on Iceland has broken many records. The event in 2014 was the strongest in Europe since more than 240 years. The hole it left behind, t...
Better understanding post-earthquake fault movement
Jul 19, 2016 (SPX)
Preparation and good timing enabled Gareth Funning and a team of researchers to collect a unique data set following the 2014 South Napa earthquake that showed d...
5.0 magnitude quake shakes Tokyo
Jul 17, 2016 (AFP)
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook Tokyo and large ares of eastern Japan Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or c...
Floods kill 9 in Sudan's Darfur
Jul 16, 2016 (AFP)
Heavy rains and flash floods in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur killed nine people on Saturday, the official SUNA news agency reported. The deaths occurred in...
A giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh and beyond
Jul 14, 2016 (SPX)
A huge earthquake may be building beneath Bangladesh, the most densely populated nation on earth. Scientists say they have new evidence of increasing strain the...
Tropical storm kills 69 in China
Jul 14, 2016 (AFP)
A tropical storm in China has left 69 people dead, reports said Thursday, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Super Typhoon Nepartak broug...
Strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Ecuador: USGS
Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)
A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Ecuador late Sunday in the same area devastated by a powerful and deadly quake in mid-April, the US Geological...
Tropical storm kills 10 in China, 11 missing
Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)
A tropical storm in China has left 10 people dead and 11 missing, reports said Monday, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Super Typhoon N...
California ill-prepared for the Big One, experts say
Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)
Beyond the sunshine, the palm trees and Hollywood, if there is one certainty in California, it's that a massive earthquake will strike at some point. But when t...
Understanding tsunamis with EM fields
Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)
Could electromagnetic fields be used in tsunami early warning? New research shows that important focal parameters of tsunamigenic earthquakes - particularly fau...
15 dead from floods in central India
Jul 10, 2016 (AFP)
Flash floods from torrential downpours in the in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have killed 15 people, with seven deaths over the weekend, and left ...
Taiwan braces for Super Typhoon Nepartak
Jul 07, 2016 (AFP)
Super Typhoon Nepartak barrelled toward Taiwan early Friday, forcing schools and offices to shut and the cancellation of more than 100 flights as residents wait...
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