SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Lions, tigers on the loose in deadly Tbilisi floods
Jun 14, 2015 (AFP)
Lions, tigers and even a hippopotamus escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi Sunday, adding to chaos caused by severe flooding that killed at least ...
Tropical Storm Carlos forms off Mexico Pacific coast
Jun 11, 2015 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Carlos formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday, threatening to lash the region with heavy rain and grow into a hurricane over the weekend....
Japan orders 5,000 to evacuate after heavy rain
Jun 11, 2015 (AFP)
Almost 5,000 people have been told to evacuate after torrential rain triggered landslides and flooding in Southern Japan. A further 380,000 people were advised ...
16 dead after Malaysia quake loosed 'rocks as big as cars'
Jun 07, 2015 (AFP)
Boulders "the size of cars" roared down the crowded slopes of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu after its earthquake, a witness said, as authorities on Sunday raised th...
Hurricane Blanca churns toward Mexico
Jun 06, 2015 (AFP)
Hurricane Blanca barreled toward Mexico and its Los Cabos tourist area on the Pacific Saturday as a weakening but still powerful Category Three storm, packing h...
Aftershock assessment
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
Earthquakes kill, but their aftershocks can cause the rapid collapse of buildings left standing in the aftermath of the initial quake. Research published in the...
Highly explosive volcanism at Galapagos
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
Understanding the volcanic activity on Earth is not only important in order to limit the impact of natural disasters, volcanic eruptions also have a large impac...
Flash floods kill 16 in SW Pakistan: officials
Jun 05, 2015 (AFP)
Flash floods caused by torrential rains in southwest Pakistan killed at least 16 people including 14 women, officials said on Friday. The floodwaters swept away...
Little-known quake, tsunami hazards lurk offshore of Southern California
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
While their attention may be inland on the San Andreas Fault, residents of coastal Southern California could be surprised by very large earthquakes - and even t...
New UK LiDAR network to detect volcanic ash
Jun 04, 2015 (SPX)
A network of particle-sensing Light Detection and Ranging Systems (LiDARs) has been installed across the UK to improve detection and aid forecasting of volcanic...
3,000 evacuated as Indonesia upgrades alert over volcano
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after Indonesia upgraded the threat posed by a volcano on Sumatra to the highest possible level, an off...
Japan mulls emergency toilets in elevators
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
Japan is looking at installing toilets in elevators and providing an emergency supply of drinking water for people trapped by the nation's frequent powerful ear...
Blanca grows into major hurricane off Mexican coast
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
Blanca mushroomed into a major hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday but could weaken before making landfall in the tourist-friendly Baja California...
Hurricane Blanca forms, heads toward Mexico resorts
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
Hurricane Blanca formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday and was on track to strike the Los Cabos resorts during weekend elections, a year after major stor...
Hurricane Andres a Category Four storm far off Mexico's Pacific coast: forecasters
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
Andres, the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific, strengthened to a category four storm Monday but was headed away from Mexico's west coast. Mexico's Na...
Hurricane Andres tracks far off Mexico's Pacific coast: forecasters
May 31, 2015 (AFP)
Andres, the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific, tracked far from Mexico's west coast Sunday, packing 169 kilometer (105 mile) an hour winds but posing...
Seismic box office debut for 'San Andreas'
May 31, 2015 (AFP)
Mega-disaster epic "San Andreas" lived up to its earth-shaking hype -- at least at the box office -- earning $53.2 million in ticket sales in its debut weekend ...
Japan vigilant for 'Big One' after powerful quake
May 31, 2015 (AFP)
Seismologists Sunday warned Japan to stay vigilant for the next "Big One" after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the quake-prone nati...
Hurricane Andres strengthens off Mexican coast
May 30, 2015 (AFP)
Andres, the first storm of the Pacific season, strengthened Saturday to a Category Two hurricane as it churned hundreds of kilometers off the coast of Mexico, t...
Powerful 7.8 quake shakes Japan
May 30, 2015 (AFP)
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast Saturday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms, an AFP correspondent ...
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