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Minor tsunami hits Japan after undersea quake
Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)
A minor tsunami hit northern Japan Tuesday after a strong undersea earthquake struck off the coast, in the same area that was devastated by a killer tsunami in ...
NASA captures bird's-eye view of two African volcanoes
Feb 13, 2015 (UPI)
Don't look down. NASA's Landsat 8 satellite has captured impressive color imagery of Africa's Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo volcanoes from a nauseating elevation o...
Monster hurricanes hit northeast in past warm ocean periods
Feb 12, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists have released evidence of historically unprecedented hurricane activity along the northeast coast of what would become the United States between abou...
Cholera kills 19 in flood-ravaged Mozambique
Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)
A cholera epidemic has killed 19 people in northern Mozambique following flooding that devastated the region, the government said Wednesday. "We have counted 1,...
Floods created home of Europe's biggest waterfall
Feb 11, 2015 (SPX)
A massive canyon that is home to Europe's most powerful waterfall was created in a matter of days by extreme flooding, new research reveals. The Jokulsargljufur...
Midwest flooding more frequent
Feb 11, 2015 (SPX)
The U.S. Midwest and surrounding states have endured increasingly more frequent flood episodes over the past half-century, according to a study from the Univers...
Understanding the copper heart of volcanoes
Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)
The link between volcanism and the formation of copper ore has been discovered by researchers from the University of Bristol, UK. Their findings, published in N...
Seafloor volcano pulses may alter climate
Feb 09, 2015 (SPX)
Vast ranges of volcanoes hidden under the oceans are presumed by scientists to be the gentle giants of the planet, oozing lava at slow, steady rates along mid-o...
Guatemala 'fire volcano' eruption subsides
Feb 08, 2015 (AFP)
Guatemala's Fuego volcano calmed down Sunday after an eruption blanketed nearby towns in ash, the nation's volcano monitor reported. Guatemala City's La Aurora ...
Role of gravitational instabilities in volcanic ash deposition: Eyjafjallajokull
Feb 06, 2015 (SPX)
Volcanic ash poses a significant hazard for areas close to volcanoes and for aviation. For example, the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, clearly demo...
Study supplies insight into behavior of African monsoon
Feb 04, 2015 (SPX)
Think of the Sahara and you will conjure images of a vast desert landscape, with nothing but sand as far as the eye can see. But for a period of about 10,000 ye...
Death toll in Mozambique floods rises to 159
Feb 02, 2015 (AFP)
Floods that have ravaged northern and central parts of Mozambique have killed 159 people and affected nearly 160,000, a new report showed Monday amid fears that...
Going with the flow
Jan 26, 2015 (SPX)
Millions of Americans live in flood-prone areas. In 2012 alone, the cost of direct flood damage hit nearly half a billion dollars. However, because the factors ...
Fossils that survived volcano give clues to Canary Islands history
Jan 26, 2015 (SPX)
The most recent eruption on the Canary Islands - at El Hierro in 2011 - produced spectacularly enigmatic white "floating rocks" that originated from the layers ...
Death toll in Mozambique floods rises to 117
Jan 26, 2015 (AFP)
The death toll from flooding in parts of Mozambique has risen to 117, with more than 157,000 people affected, official figures showed Monday. The deaths in the ...
Madagascar tropical storm claims 46 lives
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
A tropical storm which battered Madagascar at the weekend left 46 people dead, according to a final toll published by the authorities on Wednesday. More than 12...
Malawi flood survivors cry out for aid
Jan 19, 2015 (AFP)
Frantic scenes greeted a military helicopter as it landed to deliver aid in a village after severe floods left 176 people dead and 200,000 homeless across Malaw...
Floods kill 71 in Mozambique: disaster management
Jan 19, 2015 (AFP)
The death toll from flooding in parts of Mozambique has risen to 71, the country's disaster management services said Monday. "From the data collected up to last...
Rescuing farmland after a flood
Jan 19, 2015 (SPX)
When levees fail, either naturally or as an intentional breach, as was the case on the Mississippi River in 2011, an orchestrated effort is made to remove or re...
Six perish as tropical storm lashes Madagascar
Jan 18, 2015 (AFP)
At least six people perished in a tropical storm that battered Madagascar over the past two days, affecting almost 80,000 residents, according to an official to...
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