SHAKE AND BLOW

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Volunteers join grim search for Malawi flood victims
Jan 17, 2015 (AFP)
While helicopters and boats fan out across Malawi's devastated floodlands to search for the living, families and friends of the missing have begun the grim task...
Japan marks 20th anniversary of killer quake in Kobe
Jan 17, 2015 (AFP)
Japan on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake that killed more than 6,400 people with renewed calls for the quake-prone nation to stay vi...
Tongan volcano creates new island: officials
Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)
A Tongan volcano has created a substantial new island since it began erupting last month, spewing out huge volumes of rock and dense ash that has killed nearby ...
Malawi deploys military as floods leave 100,000 homeless
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
Malawi deployed military helicopters and boats Thursday in a bid to rescue desperate flood victims stranded on patches of high ground after raging waters killed...
Death toll in Malawi floods climbs 48
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
At least 48 people have been killed and nearly 70,000 left homeless by severe flooding in Malawi, the country's president announced during an appeal for interna...
Floods kill at least 40 people in Malawi and Mozambique
Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)
Flooding from heavy rains have killed at least 40 people in Mozambique and neighbouring Malawi, where a state of natural disaster was declared Tuesday in nearly...
Small volcanic eruptions partly explain 'warming hiatus'
Jan 13, 2015 (SPX)
The "warming hiatus" that has occurred over the last 15 years has been partly caused by small volcanic eruptions. Scientists have long known that volcanoes cool...
Haiti remembers quake dead amid political crisis
Jan 12, 2015 (AFP)
Haiti marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the massive earthquake that ravaged an already desperately poor nation, even as it sought a way out of its latest d...
Surviving typhoons
Jan 11, 2015 (SPX)
It is no secret that typhoons are capable of churning the seas and wreaking destruction. But it is tough to examine what exactly happens during a typhoon, parti...
Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits New Zealand's South Island
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
New Zealand scientists warned South Island residents to expect a swarm of aftershocks following a strong early morning six-magnitude earthquake Tuesday that cau...
Karachi's mangroves, defence against storms and tsunamis, threatened
Jan 04, 2015 (AFP)
Thick mangroves have long protected Karachi, southern Pakistan's sprawling metropolis, from battering by the Arabian Sea, but pollution, badly managed irrigatio...
NOAA establishes 'tipping points' for sea level rise related flooding
Jan 02, 2015 (SPX)
By 2050, a majority of U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding each year due to dramatically accelerating impacts from sea...
Tropical storm leaves 54 dead as it exits Philippines
Jan 01, 2015 (AFP)
Tropical storm Jiangmi exited the Philippines Thursday, leaving at least 54 dead and 13 missing from floods and landslides as officials admitted that more exten...
5.5-magnitude quake jolts Taiwan
Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)
A 5.5-magnitude undersea earthquake struck Taiwan Wednesday and shook buildings in the capital, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The...
Floods kill 21 in Malaysia, waters recede
Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)
At least 21 people have been killed and eight others are missing after the worst flooding in decades across Malaysia's northeast, police said Wednesday, with al...
53 dead in Philippines flooding and landslides
Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)
The death toll from flooding and landslides in the Philippines wrought by tropical storm Jangmi rose to 53 Wednesday, officials said, with some regions saying t...
Three dead, thousands flee as storm hits southern Philippines
Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)
Three people were killed, one is missing and thousands fled their homes as a tropical storm battered the southern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain, ...
Malaysia pledges more flood aid for stranded thousands
Dec 28, 2014 (AFP)
Malaysia on Sunday pledged more funds to help over 160,000 people hit by the country's worst flooding in decades, as forecasters warned fresh rain could hamper ...
Rescuers struggle to reach flood victims in Malaysia as anger mounts
Dec 27, 2014 (AFP)
Rescuers struggled Saturday to get help to the tens of thousands of people affected by Malaysia's worst flooding in decades as angry victims accused the governm...
A decade on, tourist survivors revisit tsunami-hit Thai beaches
Dec 27, 2014 (AFP)
Ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, foreign tourists who survived the crushing waves still return to the Thai beaches where thousands lost loved ones, see...
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