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Six dead in Vietnam floods: officials
Nov 16, 2013 (AFP)
Six people have been killed in severe flooding sweeping central Vietnam, local officials said Saturday, amid concerns that the inundations could continue to wor...
More than 5,000 flee erupting Indonesian volcano
Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)
More than 5,000 people have fled their homes in western Indonesia in recent days following a series of violent volcanic eruptions, an official said Tuesday. Mou...
6.6 quake hits off east coast of Russia: USGS
Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of far eastern Russia Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported. It said the quake hit about 170 kilometers (10...
Typhoon kills 10,000 in one Philippine city: UN
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
The United Nations warned Monday of a quickly mounting death toll from the Philippines super typhoon with 10,000 feared killed in the worst-hit city of Tacloban...
Storm-chaser says Philippines typhoon 'off the scale'
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
For professional storm-chaser James Reynolds, whose day job involves capturing typhoons, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions at heart-stoppingly close range, int...
Expect increasingly violent cyclones, weather experts warn
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
Meteorologists have yet to formally link global warming to typhoons like the one that devastated the Philippines, but they expect increasingly extreme weather p...
Weakened Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall in Vietnam
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in Vietnam early Monday, uprooting trees and tearing roofs off hundreds of homes, but sparing the country the widespread devastatio...
Cyclone, hurricane, typhoon: different names, same phenomenon
Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)
They may have different names according to the region they hit, but typhoons, hurricanes and cyclones are all violent tropical storms that can generate 10 times...
More than 10,000 feared dead in typhoon-ravaged Philippines
Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)
The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000, authorities warned Sunday, making it the country...
Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall in Vietnam: US meteorologists
Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in Vietnam early Monday, meteorologists said, days after it left thousands feared dead and widespread devastation in the Philippine...
600,000 were evacuated as typhoon nears Vietnam: officials
Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)
More than 600,000 people were evacuated as super typhoon Haiyan veered towards Vietnam, authorities said Sunday, after the storm smashed through the Philippines...
One of most intense typhoons ever recorded hits Philippines
Nov 08, 2013 (AFP)
One of the most intense typhoons ever recorded tore into the Philippines on Friday, triggering flash floods and ripping down buildings as millions of people hud...
Mass evacuations in Philippines ahead of super typhoon
Nov 07, 2013 (AFP)
Survivors of a deadly earthquake fled their tent shelters Thursday as mass evacuations got under way in the Philippines ahead of a super typhoon that was streng...
Tropical Storm Sonia weakens after hitting Mexico
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Sonia weakened to a tropical depression on Monday after making landfall in northwestern Mexico, but it brought heavy rainfall and some flooding t...
Improving earthquake early warning systems for California and Taiwan
Nov 04, 2013 (SPX)
Earthquake early warning systems may provide the public with crucial seconds to prepare for severe shaking. For California, a new study suggests upgrading curre...
Guatemala warns pilots of ash plume from volcano
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Guatemalan authorities cautioned pilots Monday that increased activity in the country's Fuego volcano had dispersed ash into the atmosphere. The column of volca...
Below-ground gas injection linked to Texas quakes
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
A method of storing harmful greenhouse gases by injecting them below ground has likely triggered a series of earthquakes in Texas, some larger than magnitude 3,...
Hundreds evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Nov 03, 2013 (AFP)
A volcano in western Indonesia erupted twice Sunday, hurling red-hot ash and rocks up to seven kilometres into the air and forcing more than 1,000 people to fle...
Tropical Storm Sonia heads toward Mexico's coast
Nov 03, 2013 (AFP)
A new tropical storm is expected to make landfall Sunday or Monday in Mexico, already reeling from this year's hurricane season. Fast-moving Sonia, spinning in ...
Typhoon weakens off Japanese coast
Oct 26, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoon Francisco weakened Saturday and veered away from Japan's Pacific coast after forcing more than 1,000 people to take shelter on an island where rain-trig...
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