SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Volcanic ash disrupts Costa Rica flights
May 18, 2015 (AFP)
Ash spewing from Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano Monday forced the country's main airport to close for more than three hours, officials said. Four flights to Jua...
New Japan volcano island 'natural lab' for life
May 17, 2015 (AFP)
A brand new island emerging off the coast of Japan offers scientists a rare opportunity to study how life begins to colonise barren land -- helped by rotting bi...
Guatemala's Fuego volcano becoming more active: officials
May 15, 2015 (AFP)
Guatemala's Fuego volcano is becoming become more active, belching out increasing amounts of smoke and ash, officials said on Friday. Fearing a full-blown erupt...
NASA satellite captures Typhoon Dolphin passing over Guam
May 15, 2015 (UPI)
NASA's MODIS camera recently captured Typhoon Dolphin hovering just north of Guam. The storm passed across the Northern Marianas on Friday, sustaining winds of ...
Noise produces volcanic seismicity, akin to a drumbeat
May 14, 2015 (SPX)
Volcanoes are considered chaotic systems. They are difficult to model because the geophysical and chemical parameters in volcanic eruptions exhibit high levels ...
Nepal unprepared for second quake, says PM
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
Nepal's prime minister on Thursday said his government was unprepared for the strong earthquake that hit two days ago, as he visited one of the areas worst hit ...
Explosive volcanoes fueled by water
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
University of Oregon geologists have tapped water in surface rocks to show how magma forms deep underground and produces explosive volcanoes in the Cascade Rang...
Dozens dead as new quake hits shattered Nepal
May 12, 2015 (AFP)
A new earthquake and powerful aftershocks killed dozens of people and brought fresh terror to a traumatised Nepal on Tuesday as buildings already damaged in a m...
Strong 6.8-magnitude quake hits northeastern Japan
May 12, 2015 (AFP)
A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan early Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but authorities did not ...
Typhoon Noul in Japan after deadly Philippines hit
May 12, 2015 (AFP)
Typhoon Noul crashed into the southern Japanese island chain of Okinawa Tuesday, after killing two people in the Philippines, bringing surging waves and howling...
Nicaragua's Telica volcano spews fiery rock and ash into night sky
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
Nicaragua's Telica volcano, the country's most active, spewed fiery rocks and gases Sunday, dusting nearby towns with ash and awing residents as incandescent ma...
Two dead as powerful typhoon clips north Philippines
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
Two people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that grazed the Philippines' northeastern tip, according to authorities who said Monday that the evacuation of...
Tropical Storm Ana heads toward US southeast
May 10, 2015 (AFP)
Tropical storm Ana barreled toward the US southeastern coast Saturday, threatening flooding, high winds and life-threatening tides in the region, forecasters wa...
Over 1,000 flee as typhoon threatens northern Philippines
May 10, 2015 (AFP)
More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-lik...
Forecasters warn of tropical storm as Ana nears US southeast
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
It's not even hurricane season yet but forecasters on Friday issued the year's first tropical storm warning for Ana, which threatens to rain on Mother's Day in ...
Hundreds flee rumbling Philippines volcano, typhoon
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
Hundreds of people fled their homes on the slopes of a rumbling Philippine volcano on Friday as authorities warned of rain-driven mudflows from an approaching t...
Subtropical storm Ana forms off US East Coast
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
US weather forecasters warned Thursday of a subtropical storm in the Atlantic that is expected to bring unseasonably heavy rains to the southeastern United Stat...
World's biggest hurricane simulator aims to improve forecasts
May 06, 2015 (AFP)
The world's largest hurricane simulator is now complete and experts hope it will improve forecasters' ability to predict how strong a storm will get, which has ...
Nepal devastation a 'wake-up call' for vulnerable region
May 06, 2015 (AFP)
Nepal's earthquake should act as a wake-up call to neighbouring countries which have failed to learn lessons from their own disasters and where shoddy construct...
Volcanic warning at Japanese hot springs resort
May 05, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's meteorological agency on Tuesday issued a warning to limit access to the popular hot springs resort of Hakone after a nearby volcano became active and b...
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