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Hundreds evacuated as cyclone slams into Tonga
Jan 02, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Tonga Saturday when severe tropical cyclone Ula slammed into the tiny Pacific kingdom. However, there were...
Search for more victims as deadly US floods stress levees
Jan 02, 2016 (AFP)
Record flooding from the rain-swollen Mississippi River and its tributaries stressed dams and levees to the breaking point in parts of Illinois, one of several ...
Body recovered from river as UK reels from storms
Dec 31, 2015 (AFP)
The body of a kayaker who went missing during Storm Frank was recovered from a river on Thursday as Britain's battle with localised flooding stretched into the ...
Frantic US fight against record floods
Dec 31, 2015 (AFP)
Soldiers and volunteers packed sand bags Wednesday in a frantic effort to stave off floodwaters in the US state of Missouri, where 13 people have been killed an...
Fears of more deaths, devastation in flood-ravaged Missouri
Dec 31, 2015 (AFP)
Residents in the flood-ravaged US state of Missouri waited anxiously Thursday to see how high the mighty Mississippi River would rise, as the death toll from th...
Paraguay villagers heap sandbags as flood threatens
Dec 31, 2015 (AFP)
Residents of a Paraguayan village that risks being submerged in floodwater were defying authorities' calls to evacuate on Thursday as a nearby dike threatened t...
10,000-year record shows dramatic uplift at Andean volcano
Dec 30, 2015 (SPX)
Ongoing studies of a massive volcanic field in the Andes mountains show that the rapid uplift which has raised the surface more than six feet in eight years has...
On patrol with bikers scaring off looters after UK floods
Dec 30, 2015 (AFP)
As night falls in the flood-ravaged villages of Yorkshire in northern England, a group of bikers dressed in black leather jackets and bandanas begin their patro...
Chilean architecture stands test of earthquakes
Dec 30, 2015 (AFP)
Some people run into the street during an earthquake, but Rene Lagos would rather be indoors -- preferably on the top floor of a skyscraper. The Chilean enginee...
UK flood chief feeling heat over Barbados break
Dec 30, 2015 (AFP)
As much of northern Britain braced itself for further flooding on Wednesday, the chief of the country's Environment Agency came under fire after it emerged he h...
Floods claim 13 lives, force evacuation of US town
Dec 29, 2015 (AFP)
Record flooding has claimed 13 lives in the US state of Missouri and forced residents of a swamped small town to flee their homes, the governor said Tuesday. Ae...
UK PM on spot over floods as Europe hit by freak weather
Dec 28, 2015 (AFP)
British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the flood-hit historic city of York Monday as thousands of people in northern England started a clean-up amid volat...
Deaths, mass evacuations in South America floods
Dec 28, 2015 (AFP)
Storms and floods battering South America claimed a sixth victim in Paraguay on Monday as river levels threatened to rise further after torrents drove tens of t...
Floods in Britain prompt emergency government talks
Dec 27, 2015 (AFP)
Britain's government held emergency talks Sunday as what it called "unprecedented" flooding in northern England forced hundreds of people to leave their homes, ...
Floods hit parts of England as government scrambles to respond
Dec 26, 2015 (AFP)
Heavy rains triggered floods in parts of northern England on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes and the deployment of army personnel to shore...
More than 160,000 evacuated in deadly LatAm floods
Dec 26, 2015 (AFP)
More than 160,000 people have been driven from their homes in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay in some of the worst floods in decades, which have left at...
Scores injured as powerful quake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
Dec 26, 2015 (AFP)
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush jolted Afghanistan and Pakistan, damaging homes and leaving dozens of people injured just two months after ...
Strong 6.2 magnitude quake rocks northeast Afghanistan: USGS
Dec 25, 2015 (AFP)
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked northeast Afghanistan late Friday close to the country's borders with Pakistan and Tajikistan, leaving at least 17 people inju...
Five dead, 150,000 evacuated in Latin America floods
Dec 24, 2015 (AFP)
Flooding dampened Christmas eve celebrations in parts of Latin America on Thursday, leaving five people dead and driving almost 150,000 from their homes in Para...
Death toll rises to 45 in storm-hit Philippines
Dec 20, 2015 (AFP)
The death toll from two storms which battered the Philippines rose to 45 Sunday as several towns remained under water and rain kept falling in northern regions,...
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