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Tropical storm Fung-Wong lashes Taiwan, killing one
Sep 21, 2014 (AFP)
Tropical storm Fung-Wong on Sunday pounded Taiwan with torrential downpours and powerful winds, killing one person and forcing the cancellation of dozens of fli...
A week after devastating storm Odile, Los Cabos struggles
Sep 21, 2014 (AFP)
There is still no water, no electricity and almost nothing to eat in Los Cabos, a small corner of paradise in northwestern Mexico leveled by Hurricane Odile. Ne...
French rescuers save 30 from sudden floodwaters
Sep 20, 2014 (AFP)
Emergency workers using helicopters saved two dozen people in southern France, around the town of Ales, on Saturday after heavy overnight rain caused flash floo...
One dead as tropical storm flooding paralyses Philippine capital
Sep 19, 2014 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people fled roof-high floods and one girl drowned in the Philippine capital on Friday as another vicious storm swept across the disaster-pl...
Hurricane Polo surges off Mexico's Pacific coast
Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)
Hurricane Polo formed off Mexico's southwestern coast late Wednesday, threatening to spark floods and mudslides days after another storm wreaked havoc in popula...
Five die as flash flood sweeps through French camping site
Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)
Five people died when storms turned a peaceful river that bordered their camping site in southern France into a raging torrent that swept them away, rescue work...
Floating bodies, shallow graves in flood-hit Kashmir
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
Parminder Singh carefully lifted one of the bloated bodies from his boat as he described the horrors confronting Indian Kashmir residents after the worst floods...
6.7-magnitude quake strikes off Guam: USGS
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit off the Pacific island of Guam Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but no tsunami warning was issued as the tremor w...
Mexico airlifts tourists stranded by hurricane
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
Mexican military and commercial airplanes began Tuesday to airlift tourists stranded in the Los Cabos resorts after Hurricane Odile left luxury hotels and commu...
Rushed evacuations as Philippine volcano spews lava
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
Lava cascaded down the Philippines' most active volcano on Wednesday as authorities rushed to evacuate thousands ahead of a possible deadly eruption. Mostly wom...
Asian monsoon much older than previously thought
Sep 16, 2014 (SPX)
The Asian monsoon already existed 40 million years ago during a period of high atmospheric carbon dioxide and warmer temperatures, reports an international rese...
M 9.0+ possible for subduction zones along 'Ring of Fire,'
Sep 16, 2014 (SPX)
The magnitude of the 2011 Tohoku quake (M 9.0) caught many seismologists by surprise, prompting some to revisit the question of calculating the maximum magnitud...
Strong quake hits Japan
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
Buildings in Tokyo shook Tuesday as a strong quake hit Japan, AFP reporters in the city said, but there was no immediate risk of a tsunami and no damage was rep...
Typhoon hits China's Hainan after shutting down Hong Kong
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
A powerful typhoon slammed into southern China Tuesday, swamping ships, grounding flights and forcing thousands -- many of them still recovering from a previous...
How a change in slope affects lava flows
Sep 16, 2014 (SPX)
As soon as lava flows from a volcano, exposure to air and wind causes it to start to cool and harden. Rather than hardening evenly, the energy exchange tends to...
Hurricane strands tourists, sparks looting in Mexico
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
Hurricane Odile destroyed homes and shut down airports in Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Monday, sparking looting, marooning thousands of foreign tourist...
Typhoon Kalmaegi sweeps out of Philippines
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
Typhoon Kalmaegi swept out of the Philippines on Monday after causing chest-deep floods in some rural areas but largely leaving the storm-prone country unscathe...
One killed in fresh Serbia, Croatia floods
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
One woman was killed on Monday after heavy rains brought renewed flooding to Serbia, four months after record floods killed almost 80 in the Balkans, local medi...
Looting erupts after hurricane thrashes Mexico resorts
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
Looters took food and water from shops in Mexico's Los Cabos beach resorts Monday after Hurricane Odile blew away wooden homes, flooded streets and damaged hote...
'Dangerous' hurricane eyes Mexico Pacific resorts
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
Hurricane Odile swirled menacingly toward Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate high-risk areas and open shelters as the powerfu...
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