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Tropical storm Henri forms in the Atlantic: forecasters
Sep 10, 2015 (AFP)
Tropical storm Henri has formed in the Atlantic east of Bermuda but poses no danger to populated areas, US weather forecasters said Thursday. The storm, which w...
Typhoon Etau slams into Japanese mainland
Sep 09, 2015 (AFP)
Typhoon Etau slammed into Japan on Wednesday causing injuries as torrential rain sparked landslides and flooding with more than half a million people advised to...
Typhoon Etau barrelling toward Japanese mainland
Sep 08, 2015 (AFP)
Typhoon Etau barrelled toward the Japanese mainland Tuesday, packing strong winds and heavy rains as authorities advised more than 120,000 people to evacuate du...
Hurricane Linda strengthens off Mexico's Pacific coast
Sep 07, 2015 (AFP)
Hurricane Linda strengthened to a Category 2 storm off the northwest Mexican coast Monday as it packed winds of up to 155 kilometers per hour, forecasters said....
Indian Kashmir shuts down on anniversary of deadly floods
Sep 07, 2015 (AFP)
Indian Kashmir largely shut down Monday to protest at government delays in rebuilding the region hit by devastating floods a year ago, as hundreds of police and...
Seven fishermen killed by Hurricane Fred: maritime officials
Sep 04, 2015 (AFP)
Seven fishermen were killed as their boat was sunk by powerful winds in a rare hurricane strike off Guinea-Bissau at the start of the week, local officials said...
Dominica pleads for help as storm death toll tops 30
Sep 01, 2015 (AFP)
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is pleading with world leaders to come to the rescue of his Caribbean island nation after it was battered by a tropica...
West African archipelago hit in rare hurricane strike
Aug 31, 2015 (AFP)
The West African archipelago of Cape Verde was pounded by powerful winds and heavy rain on Monday in a rare hurricane strike, local officials said. Named Fred, ...
What would a tsunami in the Mediterranean look like
Aug 31, 2015 (SPX)
A team of European researchers have developed a model to simulate the impact of tsunamis generated by earthquakes and applied it to the Eastern Mediterranean. T...
Tropical storm kills at least 12 in 'badly beaten' Dominica
Aug 28, 2015 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Erika killed at least 12 people as it swept over the small island of Dominica, its prime minister said Friday, noting his country had been "badly...
Tropical storm Erika takes aim at Caribbean
Aug 27, 2015 (AFP)
Tropical storm Erika took aim at the Caribbean and storm warnings went up in Puerto Rico and in several other islands in anticipation of heavy rains, US forecas...
Self-healing landscape: Landslides after earthquakes
Aug 25, 2015 (SPX)
In mountainous regions earthquakes often cause strong landslides, which can be exacerbated by heavy rain. However, after an initial increase, the frequency of t...
NASA and university researchers find link between Amazon fires and devastating hurricanes
Aug 25, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and NASA have uncovered a remarkably strong link between high wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and the de...
Typhoon Goni slams into Japanese mainland
Aug 25, 2015 (AFP)
Typhoon Goni slammed into the Japanese mainland Tuesday, leaving at least one person missing, more than 70 others injured and disrupting rail and flight service...
Typhoon Goni threatens Japan after killing 26 in Philippines
Aug 24, 2015 (AFP)
Typhoon Goni killed at least 26 people in landslides and floods in the Philippines, officials said Monday, as the storm bore down on Japan. Rescue teams clawed ...
At least eight dead in Turkey floods: official
Aug 24, 2015 (AFP)
At least eight people were killed and two more missing on Monday in flooding in Turkey's northeastern Black Sea province of Artvin, officials said. Artvin gover...
Typhoon Goni ravages Philippines, heads towards Japan
Aug 23, 2015 (AFP)
A weakened Typhoon Goni was headed towards Japan on Sunday, after leaving at least 10 dead in the northern Philippines and causing thousands of people to be eva...
Volcanic ash rains on central Ecuador, blanketing farms
Aug 22, 2015 (AFP)
Ash from Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano rained down on a dozen villages in the country's central Andean region Saturday, where agricultural output has been marred b...
Gold, silver found in abundance underneath volcanoes
Aug 22, 2015 (UPI)
Water located in deep reservoirs located in the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand is rich with gold and silver, geoscientists say. High grade deposits of preci...
Computer models show significant tsunami strength for Ventura and Oxnard
Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)
Few can forget the photos and videos of apocalyptic destruction a tsunami caused in 2011 in Sendai, Japan. Could Ventura and Oxnard in California be vulnerable ...
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