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Floods kill 48 in eastern India: report
Oct 26, 2013 (AFP)
Torrential rains have claimed as many as 48 lives in eastern India, which this month saw the worst cyclone to hit the country in over a decade, the Press Trust ...
Fukushima workers evacuated as small tsunami hits Japan
Oct 26, 2013 (AFP)
Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday, highlighting the continu...
Small tsunami hits Japan after quake
Oct 25, 2013 (AFP)
A small tsunami hit Japan Saturday after a powerful and shallow undersea quake, although there were no immediate signs of serious damage and no reports of injur...
Japan mudslide islanders take shelter as new storm looms
Oct 25, 2013 (AFP)
People on a storm-battered island in Japan took shelter Friday, as another typhoon -- one of two looming in the Pacific -- looked set to sideswipe the coast. "W...
Philippine earthquake creates miles-long rocky wall
Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)
A deadly earthquake that struck the Philippines last week created a spectacular rocky wall that stretches for kilometres (miles) through farmlands, astounded ge...
Over 156,000 hit in South Sudan 'disaster' floods: UN
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
Extreme floods across vast parts of remote and impoverished South Sudan have affected over 156,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday, with many areas no...
Dozens flee Japan mudslide island to beat new typhoon
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
More than 50 people were evacuated from a storm-battered Japanese island Wednesday, where mudslides left 45 dead or missing last week, ahead of another typhoon ...
Hurricane Raymond weakens off Mexico coast
Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)
Hurricane Raymond weakened and barely budged off Mexico's Pacific coast Tuesday, dumping more rain in a region still recovering from a previous deadly storm. Th...
Israel rattled by sixth minor quake in under a week
Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)
Two minor earthquakes rattled northern Israel on Tuesday, bringing to six the number of such incidents in less than a week, a spokeswoman for the Israel Geophys...
The Complicated Birth of a Volcano
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
They are difficult to reach, have hardly been studied scientifically, and their existence does not fit into current geological models: the Marie Byrd Seamounts ...
Hurricane Raymond threatens Mexico coast
Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)
Hurricane Raymond swirled off Mexico's Pacific coast Monday, forcing schools to close and more than 1,000 people to leave homes in a region reeling from recent ...
Hundreds flee homes in typhoon-hit Japan island
Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)
Hundreds fled their homes Sunday on a Japanese island already devastated by a typhoon for fear that torrential rain would trigger fresh mudslides. The town of O...
Death toll in Philippine quake nearing 200
Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)
The death toll from a killer quake in the central Philippines is likely to approach 200 as rescue teams focused on finding dead bodies buried under landslides a...
Tropical storm Raymond heads toward Mexico's west coast
Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)
Tropical storm Raymond homed in Sunday on the southwest coast of Mexico, which is still recovering from devastating tropical storm hit just last month. Raymond,...
Japan rescuers search mudslide for typhoon survivors
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
Rescuers in Japan picked through mud and splintered houses Thursday after a typhoon that killed at least 19 people, as hopes faded for dozens not seen since a l...
Philippines struggles to help victims of killer quake
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
Rescue workers were forced Thursday onto boats and helicopters to help thousands of isolated survivors of a powerful earthquake in the Philippines, as the death...
Hopeless search as Philippine quake death toll hits 151
Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)
Survivors of a huge earthquake that killed more than 150 people in the Philippines rummaged hopelessly Wednesday through ruins for friends and relatives, as res...
Crystals point to 'recycled' super-volcanic magma chambers
Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)
A thorough examination of tiny crystals of zircon, a mineral found in rhyolites, an igneous rock, from the Snake River Plain has solidified evidence for a new w...
93 dead as quake hits Philippine tourist islands
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake killed at least 93 people in the Philippines Tuesday as it generated landslides that buried homes, triggered stampedes of terrified people...
Devotees weep as Philippines loses Church treasures
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
Devotees wept after a deadly earthquake Tuesday rocked the birthplace of Catholicism in the Philippines, badly damaging the country's oldest church and leaving ...
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