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Post-Sandy, Long Island barrier systems appear surprisingly sound
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
As coastal communities continue to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scientists at this week's annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union offer some...
Runaway process drives intermediate-depth earthquakes
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
Stanford scientists may have solved the mystery of what drives a type of earthquake that occurs deep within the Earth and accounts for one in four quakes worldw...
Assessing the tsunami risk from very large volcanic island landslides
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
The risk posed by tsunami waves generated by Canary Island landslides may need to be re-evaluated, according to researchers at the National Oceanography Centre....
Sicily airport stays shut due to volcano eruption
Dec 16, 2013 (AFP)
Catania airport in Sicily stayed shut on Monday due to an ongoing eruption of nearby Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe, airport officials said. C...
Volcanic eruption shuts Italy airport
Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)
The eruption of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily on Sunday forced the closure of nearby Catania airport because of the plumes of ash billowing into the sky, air...
Philippine typhoon death toll rising by eight daily
Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)
Relief teams are still finding eight to 10 dead bodies a day, more than a month after Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the central Philippines, a civil defence offi...
Philippines typhoon death toll tops 6,000
Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)
The number of people dead after one of the world's strongest typhoons struck the Philippines has risen above 6,000, the government said Friday, with nearly 2,00...
Global map to predict giant earthquakes
Dec 13, 2013 (SPX)
A team of international researchers, led by Monash University's Associate Professor Wouter Schellart, have developed a new global map of subduction zones, illus...
'Stunning' tsunami record discovered in Indonesia cave
Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists said Friday they have discovered a cave on the Indonesian island of Sumatra that provides a "stunning" record of Indian Ocean tsunamis over thousands...
Heavy rain sparks Rio state of alert
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
Torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides in the state of Rio de Janeiro Wednesday, leaving one person missing and playing havoc with commutes and air tr...
Evidence of ancient supervolcano found in Utah
Dec 11, 2013 (UPI)
Geologists in Utah report they've had to look no further than their back yard for evidence of some of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth's history. Researc...
New Japan volcanic islet here to stay, for now: official
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
A new island created by a volcanic eruption off Japan's coast is here to stay -- for now at least, scientists said Tuesday, adding the new landmass could withst...
At least 11 dead after heavy rains in northeast Brazil
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
At least 11 people died and six were still missing after torrential rains lashed in Brazil's northeastern Bahia state, a Civil Defense official said Monday. Som...
Slippery clay intensified Japan 2011 tsunami-quake: scientists
Dec 06, 2013 (AFP)
A thin layer of very fine clay with a consistency similar to some cosmetics made Japan's tsunami-causing earthquake of 2011 much more dramatic because it acted ...
Malaysia floods force more evacuations as 1 more dead
Dec 05, 2013 (AFP)
Severe flooding in Malaysia has left a second person dead and two missing, while the number of evacuees has risen to some 56,000, a report and officials said Th...
One dead, 19,000 evacuated in Malaysia floods
Dec 04, 2013 (AFP)
Floods in Malaysia caused by heavy rains have left a teenager dead and forced authorities to evacuate thousands of people, officials said Wednesday. Some 19,000...
What drives aftershocks?
Dec 03, 2013 (SPX)
On 27 February 2010 an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck South-Central Chile near the town of Maule. The main shock displaced the subduction interface by up to...
NASA's HS3 Hurricane Mission Called it a Wrap for 2013
Dec 03, 2013 (SPX)
NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel airborne mission known as HS3 wrapped up for the 2013 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season at the end of September, and h...
Woman dies in Greek floods
Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)
A woman was found dead in a basement flat in the southern city of Argos, in the Peloponnese, which was flooded after heavy rainfall, fire officials said Monday....
Philippine typhoon survivors flee false tsunami alert
Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)
About a thousand traumatised survivors of the Philippines' deadliest typhoon fled their homes in one central province following false rumours of a tsunami, civi...
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