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Three missing as Gonzalo strengthens over Atlantic
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Hurricane Gonzalo gained greater strength as it moved over the open Atlantic Tuesday, leaving several people missing in the Caribbean, forecasters said. Packing...
One dead in Central America quake
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Aftershocks rattled Central America on Tuesday after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck offshore, killing one person, damaging homes and scaring people ...
Two dead, one missing as Typhoon Vongfong pounds Japan
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Two men were killed and another remains missing, officials said Tuesday, after Typhoon Vongfong smashed through Japan leaving the country counting the cost of t...
Typhoon Vongfong slams into Japan
Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)
Powerful typhoon Vongfong barrelled into Japan's main islands Monday, with at least one person missing and scores injured while more than 550 flights were groun...
Workers clean up as deadly Indian cyclone toll hits 17
Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)
Workers rushed Monday to restore communication and power links and clear roads after a cyclone battered India's east coast, killing at least 17 people and leavi...
Fresh lava spews out of Philippine volcano, stoking eruption fears
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
Lava is again flowing out of Mayon, the Philippines' most active volcano, raising fears an eruption could be imminent, authorities said Sunday. The government h...
Three killed as Cyclone Hudhud slams into India's east coast
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
Three people were killed Sunday despite a mass evacuation when Cyclone Hudhud slammed into India's east coast with winds of almost 200 kilometres (125 miles) pe...
Cyclone Hudhud due to slam into India's east coast
Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)
Indian authorities were setting up relief camps and stockpiling food Friday as they braced for a "severe cyclone" due to slam into the country's east coast this...
Parts of Easter Island evacuated after Chile quake
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
A 6.8-magnitude quake struck off Chile's Pacific coast overnight, followed by a large aftershock, prompting the evacuation of parts of Easter Island but causing...
US tidal floods will be 'chronic' in 15 yrs: study
Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)
Many US coastal communities already struggle with flooding at high tides, a problem that will become "chronic" in the coming 15 years due to global warming, sci...
Major new fault found in New Zealand capital
Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)
A new geological fault capable of generating a 7.1-magnitude earthquake has been found in Wellington, confirming the New Zealand capital's status as one of the ...
Supertyphoon rivalling Haiyan on course for Japan
Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)
A supertyphoon on course to hit Japan over the weekend is as powerful as the deadly storm that ripped through the Philippines in 2013 killing thousands of peopl...
China earthquake leaves 300 injured, one dead
Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of rescuers were deployed in southwest China Wednesday after a strong earthquake left one person dead and more than 300 injured, with over 100,000 dis...
Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits China's Yunnan province
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province late Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at the ...
Two more dead found on Japan volcano
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
Rescue workers on Tuesday found two bodies in the ash on a volcano in central Japan, where at least 12 hikers are still unaccounted for following an eruption kn...
Japan typhoon death toll rises to six: reports
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
The death toll from a typhoon that pounded Japan this week has risen to six, while five other people including two US serviceman remain missing, reports said Tu...
US military officials feared dead as typhoon slams into Japan
Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)
Strong typhoon Phanfone slammed into Japan Monday, packing gusting winds and huge waves that swept three US military officials out to sea and brought travel cha...
Philippines evacuates farm animals as volcano simmers
Oct 05, 2014 (AFP)
After evacuating about 55,000 people, Philippine authorities said Sunday they were labouring to move thousands of farm animals from areas threatened by the coun...
Drone with GoPro camera films closeup of Iceland volcano
Oct 03, 2014 (UPI)
A team of videographers recently sent a drone armed with a GoPro camera to visit the currently erupting Holuhraun fissure atop Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano. Th...
16 still missing on Japan volcano, typhoon threatens recovery
Oct 03, 2014 (AFP)
Sixteen people remain unaccounted for on a still-smouldering Japanese volcano that erupted at the weekend, officials said Friday, as a typhoon looming off the c...
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