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Past earthquakes play a role in future landslides
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
The likelihood of an area experiencing a potentially devastating landslide could be influenced by its previous exposure to earthquakes many decades earlier. Thi...
Scientists map source of Northwest's next big quake
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
A large team of scientists has nearly completed the first map of the mantle under the tectonic plate that is colliding with the Pacific Northwest and putting Se...
New magma chambers revealed beneath Mount St. Helens
Nov 09, 2015 (UPI)
Until recently, scientists had confirmed the existence of a single magma chamber, located directly beneath the caldera of Mount St. Helens. But scientists have ...
Panic, deaths as Yemen's Socotra hit by new cyclone
Nov 08, 2015 (AFP)
Another cyclone made landfall in war-ravaged Yemen's Socotra island Sunday, causing panic as a minister posted an "urgent appeal" to save residents from the sec...
Over 90,000 hit by Somalia floods: UN
Nov 07, 2015 (AFP)
Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their homes, the United Nations has w...
Philippine couple find love, hope among typhoon misery
Nov 07, 2015 (AFP)
After losing her husband and six children to the fury of Typhoon Haiyan, Juvelyn Luana has found fresh hope among the misery and crushing poverty as she rebuild...
Supervolcanoes likely triggered externally, study finds
Nov 06, 2015 (SPX)
Supervolcanoes, massive eruptions with potential global consequences, appear not to follow the conventional volcano mechanics of internal pressure building unti...
Indonesia shuts Bali airport for second day running
Nov 05, 2015 (AFP)
Bali's international airport will remain closed until Friday due to ash erupting from a nearby volcano, Indonesian officials said, grounding hundreds of flights...
Cyclone killed eight in southeastern Yemen: official
Nov 05, 2015 (AFP)
Eight people were killed in southeastern Yemen by a rare tropical cyclone that wreaked havoc in parts of the war-torn country this week, a local official said T...
Indonesia extends closure of Bali airport
Nov 04, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia will extend the closure of Bali's international airport to Thursday due to ash from a nearby erupting volcano, officials said Wednesday, grounding hun...
Bali flights grounded after ash cloud closes airport
Nov 03, 2015 (AFP)
Ash spewing from a volcano forced Indonesian authorities to close the international airport on Bali on Tuesday, an official said, temporarily grounding all flig...
Rare cyclone batters war-torn Yemen
Nov 03, 2015 (AFP)
A rare tropical cyclone has slammed into Yemen, triggering heavy flooding and causing "enormous" damage in a region of the war-racked country dominated by Al-Qa...
Cyclone heads for Yemen after injuring 200 islanders
Nov 02, 2015 (AFP)
Cyclone Chapala was approaching war-torn Yemen on Monday after wreaking havoc on Socotra island and injuring hundreds of people there, as fears of its impact on...
Yemeni island lashed as cyclone heads for mainland
Nov 01, 2015 (AFP)
The Yemeni island of Socotra near the entrance to the Gulf of Aden was lashed on Sunday by strong winds and rain, damaging dozens of homes, an official said. Th...
Iraq PM declares emergency in areas hit by heavy rain
Nov 01, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared an emergency in areas overwhelmed by heavy rain that has caused widespread flooding and multiple deaths, his offic...
Oman, Yemen warn coastal areas as severe cyclone approaches
Oct 31, 2015 (AFP)
Authorities in war-hit Yemen and in Oman on Saturday urged residents to evacuate coastal areas as a severe cyclone brewing in the Arabian Sea approached the sho...
'Extremely severe' cyclone heading for Yemen, Oman: UN
Oct 30, 2015 (AFP)
The UN's weather agency warned Friday a "super cyclonic storm" was heading towards Oman and war-ravaged Yemen, where it could strike with hurricane force and du...
Japanese sea defense guidelines could assist other tsunami-prone nations
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Japan's lead in implementing sea defence improvements to guard against future disasters is an important reference point for other tsunami-prone nations, a study...
Going Dutch to help conquer the rising seas
Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)
Had nature been left to take its course much of the Netherlands would be a muddy swamp and the tiny coastal nation would never have risen to be the eurozone's f...
Pakistan earthquake survivors relive trauma of 2005 disaster
Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)
The massive earthquake that hit Pakistan and Afghanistan Monday caused panic among survivors of a 2005 quake disaster, with parents describing frantic efforts t...
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