SHAKE AND BLOW - AFRICA DAILY

Hurricane Edouard strengthens in Atlantic

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

Hurricane Edouard gained strength in the Atlantic Monday but remained too far from land to pose a danger, US weather forecasters said. Edouard has developed int...

Seismic gap may be filled by an earthquake near Istanbul

Sep 15, 2014 (SPX)

When a segment of a major fault line goes quiet, it can mean one of two things: The "seismic gap" may simply be inactive - the result of two tectonic plates pla...

Mexico issues hurricane watch as Odile swirls in Pacific

Sep 13, 2014 (AFP)

Mexico issued a hurricane watch for the western state of Baja California Sur on Saturday as a strengthening Odile swirled nearby in the Pacific Ocean. Powerful ...

Hundreds of thousands still stranded by killer Kashmir floods

Sep 13, 2014 (AFP)

Rescuers struggled to reach more than 200,000 people still stranded Saturday in Indian Kashmir as deadly floodwaters receded, revealing horrific devastation in ...

Indian Kashmir city 'in ruins' after floods

Sep 12, 2014 (AFP)

The main city in Indian Kashmir has "drowned completely" under floodwaters, a senior official said Friday, with the deadly inundation now affecting about two mi...

Istanbul likely to experience major earthquake in the future

Sep 11, 2014 (UPI)

A significant section of the North Anatolian Fault -- the seismic fault line that runs beneath the Sea of Marmara, off the coast of Turkey -- has grown eerily q...

Tropical Storm Odile forms off Mexico Pacific coast

Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)

Tropical Storm Odile formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday and could grow into a hurricane, but it is expected to stay away from land, forecasters said...

Pakistan blows up dyke to protect city from floods

Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)

Authorities in Pakistan have blown up a strategic embankment to divert raging floodwaters away from a city, officials said Wednesday, as the death toll passed 2...

6.2-magnitude quake strikes central Indonesia: USGS

Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), sending panicked res...

India-Pakistan flood toll hits 400, thousands still stranded

Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)

Emergency workers battled Tuesday to reach hundreds of thousands of people marooned by floods in India and Pakistan that have claimed more than 400 lives, as an...

India-Pakistan flood disaster prompts frantic rescue bid

Sep 08, 2014 (AFP)

Authorities in India and Pakistan made frantic efforts Monday to pluck tens of thousands of people to safety from floods which have killed at least 350 as despe...

Mexico evacuates 2,500 as hurricane lashes coast

Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)

More than 2,500 people were evacuated and a fishing village severely flooded as Hurricane Norbert swirled off Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday, officials said...

Tropical storm Norbert weaker, but still lashing Mexico coast

Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)

Tropical storm Norbert weakened quickly over cool waters in the Pacific Ocean, forecasters said Sunday, after the storm left some 2,500 people homeless in Mexic...

Four bodies recovered from Bosnia mine cave-in

Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)

Bosnian rescue workers have recovered the bodies of four miners killed when a gas explosion caused part of a mine to collapse, and were set to resume the search...

Deadly floods hit Indian Kashmir's Srinagar

Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)

Soldiers were battling Sunday to rescue thousands of people trapped in Indian Kashmir's worst flooding for half a century which has left more than 100 people de...

Indian Ocean nations in tsunami test next week: UN

Sep 05, 2014 (AFP)

A decade after the strongest tsunami in living memory, 24 countries spanning from Australia to South Africa will take part in a UN-backed simulation exercise ne...

Hawaii island declares emergency over volcano threat

Sep 05, 2014 (AFP)

Hawaii's Big Island has declared a state of emergency as lava from an active volcano threatens nearby homes, which could be evacuated within days, officials and...

New, Inexpensive Method for Understanding Earthquake Topography

Sep 05, 2014 (SPX)

Using high-resolution topography models not available in the past, geologists can greatly enrich their research. However, current methods of acquisition are cos...

Two miners injured, eight trapped after Bosnia quake

Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)

Two miners were injured and eight others trapped on Thursday inside a Bosnian coal mine after an earthquake triggered a gas explosion and caved in two tunnels. ...

Tropical Storm Dolly weakens over Mexico

Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)

Dolly weakened into a tropical depression over northeastern Mexico on Wednesday after moving ashore but another storm threatened to grow into a hurricane off th...