SHAKE AND BLOW - AFRICA DAILY

Volcanoes helped offset man-made warming

Feb 23, 2014 (AFP)

Volcanoes spewing Sun-reflecting particles into the atmosphere have partly offset the effects of Man's carbon emissions over a 15-year period that has become a ...

Mount Hood study suggests volcano eruptibility is rare

Feb 20, 2014 (SPX)

Forecasts of when a volcano is ready to erupt could be a little closer thanks to work by geologists at the University of California, Davis, and Oregon State Uni...

Up to 9,000 people threatened by Mozambique flooding

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

Rising floodwaters threaten some 9,000 people in Mozambique's central Zambezia province and those living near swollen rivers have evacuated their homes, emergen...

Volcanoes, including Mt. Hood, can go from dormant to active quickly

Feb 18, 2014 (SPX)

A new study suggests that the magma sitting 4-5 kilometers beneath the surface of Oregon's Mount Hood has been stored in near-solid conditions for thousands of ...

Quake measuring 6.5 hits Caribbean near Barbados: USGS

Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Tuesday in the Caribbean near the island of Barbados, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 0927 GMT about 170 kilom...

Britain gets respite from flooding crisis

Feb 16, 2014 (AFP)

Britain's flooding crisis eased on Sunday with the arrival of drier weather following a series of fierce storms, while the government pledged to have the army c...

Three dead, flights disrupted as Indonesia volcano erupts

Feb 14, 2014 (AFP)

A spectacular volcanic eruption in Indonesia has killed three people and forced mass evacuations, disrupting long-haul flights and closing international airport...

Indonesia orders 200,000 to evacuate as volcano erupts

Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)

Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians were ordered to evacuate Friday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted spectacularly, hurling red hot ash and r...

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes China's Xinjiang: USGS

Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)

A strong and shallow 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck China's far western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, but in a sparsely populated area, the US Geological Su...

Not yet tame: River Thames shows its power

Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)

Its waters tamed by locks and barriers, the River Thames embodies a particular image of English life: of village greens, picturesque houses, riverside pubs and ...

Despair stalks Burundi's flood survivors

Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)

Esperance Niyonzima, a young mother, was curled up asleep with her newborn baby, rain pounding on the tin roof of her house, when she heard a terrible thudding ...

Storms, high winds batter flooded parts of Britain

Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)

Flooded communities in Britain faced a fresh battering from storms and high winds on Wednesday, with hundreds more homes threatened by the advancing waters. Gus...

Flood-hit Zimbabwe seeks $20 million in relief aid

Feb 11, 2014 (AFP)

Zimbabwean authorities on Tuesday launched an international appeal for $20 million to help some 20,000 people displaced by flooding in the south of the country ...

British PM warns of worsening floods crisis

Feb 11, 2014 (AFP)

Prime Minister David Cameron warned Tuesday the British floods were likely going to get worse before they got better, pledging money was now no object to battli...

Swamped villagers summon wartime spirit as Thames floods

Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)

Residents of a village west of London evoked the wartime spirit that got the British capital through the Blitz as they faced freak floods after the Thames burst...

60 dead in Burundi flood disaster

Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)

At least 60 people perished in flooding and landslides in a night of torrential rain in the Burundi capital that swept away hundreds of homes and cut off roads ...

Britain's River Thames on flood alert as blame game rages

Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)

Flooding in Britain spread along the River Thames and began to threaten London on Monday, as a political row over the handling of devastating winter storms erup...

UK should divert foreign aid to flood victims, anti-EU leader says

Feb 09, 2014 (AFP)

The leader of Britain's eurosceptic UK Independence Party Nigel Farage urged the government Sunday to redirect part of its foreign aid budget towards flood vict...

Penguins given 'happy pills' in soaking Britain

Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)

After weeks of rain and wind in England, miserable penguins at a marine centre are being fed anti-depressants to cheer them up. The 12 Humboldt penguins at the ...

Britain deploys Royal Marines to help with floods

Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)

Britain deployed Royal Marines on Thursday to help with devastating floods after what officials said was likely the worst winter rainfall in 250 years. Around 4...