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Heavy rains, flooding leave two dead in Cuba
Nov 30, 2013 (AFP)
Two days of heavy rains caused extensive flooding and the collapse of part of a building in Havana, killing two people, the official newspaper Granma reported S...
Weaker than expected Atlantic hurricane season ends
Nov 30, 2013 (AFP)
The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on Saturday as the quietest since 1982 and the sixth least active since 1950, the US National Oceanographic ...
Somalis struggle after devastating cyclone: aid agencies
Nov 29, 2013 (AFP)
More than 100,000 people are struggling in Somalia's cyclone-hit northeastern Puntland region, aid agencies warned Friday, saying floodwaters had wiped out the ...
Indian cyclone weakens, 'no danger,' says weather office
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
A "very severe" cyclone that was threatening to wreak havoc on India's southeast coast has weakened significantly overnight and now poses "no danger," India's w...
2013 hurricane season said quietest since 1950
Nov 28, 2013 (UPI)
No major hurricanes formed in the Atlantic basin in the 2013 hurricane season, something that hasn't happened since 1994, U.S. weather scientists said. The seas...
Quake near Iran nuclear plant kills 8
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake on the Gulf coast near Iran's sole nuclear power plant killed eight people and injured 190 on Thursday, emergency response chief Hass...
Thousands evacuated as Cyclone Lehar nears southeast India
Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)
A "very severe" cyclone barrelled towards southeast India on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of thousands of villagers, just a month after a killer storm trig...
Early-career investigator discovers current volcanic activity under West Antarctica
Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have observed "swarms" of seismic activity--thousands of events in the same locations, sometimes doze...
18,000 Indonesians flee erupting volcano
Nov 25, 2013 (AFP)
Almost 18,000 people have now fled their homes as a volcano violently erupts in western Indonesia, an official said, as it spewed more red-hot gas and rocks Mon...
Thousands flee as Indonesia volcano erupts eight times
Nov 24, 2013 (AFP)
A volcano in western Indonesia has erupted eight times in just a few hours, "raining down rocks" over a large area and forcing thousands to flee their homes, of...
Prosecutors probe Sardinia flash flood deaths
Nov 24, 2013 (AFP)
Prosecutors in Sardinia have opened five investigations into the deaths of 16 people killed during flash floods which swept away bridges and flooded homes, Ital...
Philippines typhoon death toll feared to hit 7,000
Nov 23, 2013 (AFP)
The number of people dead or missing after one of the world's strongest typhoons struck the Philippines climbed towards 7,000 on Saturday, as the United Nations...
Volcano discovered smoldering under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica
Nov 22, 2013 (SPX)
It wasn't what they were looking for but that only made the discovery all the more exciting. In January 2010 a team of scientists had set up two crossing lines ...
Heavy rains force closure of Dubai Airshow, UAE schools
Nov 21, 2013 (AFP)
Heavy rains and flooding forced the annual airshow in Dubai to close early on its last day Thursday while schools in the desert Gulf state were ordered shut. "T...
China hospital ship heads for typhoon-hit Philippines
Nov 21, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese hospital ship set sail for the typhoon-ravaged Philippines Thursday, with foreign media given unprecedented access to a navy base as Beijing seeks to ...
Philippines counts the cost of Typhoon Haiyan
Nov 20, 2013 (AFP)
Super Typhoon Haiyan's devastating assault on the central Philippines exerted a catastrophic human cost, but analysts say its impact on one of Asia's fastest gr...
Search for victims as Sardinia floods leave 18 dead
Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)
Italian emergency workers searched house by house on the island of Sardinia on Tuesday after a Mediterranean cyclone triggered flash floods, leaving 18 people d...
Sardinia flash floods leave nine dead
Nov 18, 2013 (AFP)
Flash floods on the Italian holiday island of Sardinia Monday left nine people dead as rivers broke their banks and a cyclone smashed cars, flooded homes and br...
Powerful quake strikes far south Atlantic: USGS
Nov 17, 2013 (AFP)
A powerful 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake struck in the Scotia Sea, a remote region in the far south Atlantic near Antarctica, US earthquake monitors reporte...
Rare downpours and floods hit Saudi capital
Nov 17, 2013 (AFP)
Rare heavy downpours triggered flash floods in the Saudi capital on Sunday forcing schools and universities to close and prompting calls by the authorities for ...
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