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Icelandic volcano sits on massive magma hot spot
Oct 28, 2014 (SPX)
Spectacular eruptions at Baroarbunga volcano in central Iceland have been spewing lava continuously since Aug. 31. Massive amounts of erupting lava are connecte...
Scores feared dead in DR Congo flood disaster
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
Scores of people were feared dead Tuesday in terrible floods that hit the strife-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 700 homes, a school an...
Hawaii lava flow reaches home, threatens town
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
Red-hot lava from a slow-erupting volcano has reached a home on Hawaii's Big Island and is threatening an entire town, emergency officials said Tuesday. The lav...
Hawaii volcano lava wave nears homes
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
Smoldering lava from a slow-erupting volcano has reached within yards (several meters) of homes on Hawaii's Big Island, emergency officials said Monday as villa...
Cyclone Nilofar due to slam into India, Pakistan
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
Indian officials were preparing Monday to evacuate residents and stockpile food as they braced for another "very severe cyclonic storm" due to slam into the cou...
Greece hit by heavy flooding
Oct 25, 2014 (AFP)
Greek authorities Saturday assessed the damage from severe flooding in the southern Attica region, which includes Athens, in the after-effects of a Caribbean hu...
Rising above the risk: America's first tsunami refuge
Oct 23, 2014 (SPX)
Washington's coast is so close to the seismically active Cascadia Subduction Zone that if a megathrust earthquake were to occur, a tsunami would hit the Washing...
Colossal volcanic eruption could destroy Japan: study
Oct 23, 2014 (AFP)
Japan could be nearly destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption over the next century, putting almost all of the country's 127 million-strong population at risk,...
Global surge of big earthquakes and implications for Cascadia
Oct 22, 2014 (SPX)
The last ten years have been a remarkable time for great earthquakes. Since December 2004 there have been no less than 18 quakes of Mw8.0 or greater - a rate of...
Massive debris pile reveals risk of huge tsunamis in Hawaii
Oct 22, 2014 (SPX)
A mass of marine debris discovered in a giant sinkhole in the Hawaiian islands provides evidence that at least one mammoth tsunami, larger than any in Hawaii's ...
Australian volcanic mystery explained
Oct 22, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding Australia's only active volcanic area, in the country's southeast. The research explains a volcanic r...
Scientists say Hawaii could be hit by massive tsunami
Oct 21, 2014 (UPI)
The most destructive tsunami in modern Hawaiian history occurred in 1946. That year, a swelling wall of water, rising ten feet in height, swept across Hawaii's ...
New method helps predict extreme floods in Andes
Oct 17, 2014 (SPX)
This might allow for improved disaster preparedness. As the complex systems technique builds upon a mathematical comparison that can be utilised for any time se...
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Oct 17, 2014 (SPX)
A UC Santa Barbara geochemist studying Samoan volcanoes has found evidence of the planet's early formation still trapped inside the Earth. Known as hotspots, vo...
Search for missing on Japan volcano called off until next year
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
Japan on Thursday called off the search until next year for seven hikers still missing on a volcano that violently erupted last month, saying freezing condition...
Bermuda braces for 'dangerous hurricane' Gonzalo
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
Hurricane Gonzalo gained strength in the Atlantic Thursday as it barreled toward Bermuda, which was bracing for a hit from the powerful Category Four storm. Gon...
Gonzalo gathers strength as major hurricane
Oct 15, 2014 (AFP)
Gonzalo gained strength as a major Category Four hurricane Wednesday, packing strong winds as it headed over the Atlantic toward Bermuda, US forecasters said. A...
'Great wall of Jakarta' plan to combat floods
Oct 15, 2014 (AFP)
Jakarta has launched a multi-billion-dollar scheme to build a huge sea wall to combat flooding as the Indonesian capital sinks, but there is scepticism about it...
Gonzalo gains strength in Atlantic: US forecasters
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Hurricane Gonzalo continued to gain strength east of the Caribbean basin Monday, and forecasters said it could become a "major hurricane" in the coming days. Th...
Death toll hits 22 from deadly India cyclone
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Powerful Cyclone Hudhud which battered India's east coast at the weekend has killed at least 22 people, damaged thousands of homes, blacked out villages and lef...
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