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Storm Octave on Mexico Pacific coast weakens
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Octave pummelling Mexico's Baja California peninsula fizzled overnight into a tropical depression, US weather forecasters said Tuesday. Octave ho...
3D model reveals new information about iconic volcano
Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)
The volcano on the Scottish peninsula Ardnamurchan is a popular place for the study of rocks and structures in the core of a volcano. Geology students read abou...
Typhoon Nari kills five, causes major damage in Vietnam
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoon Nari slammed into central Vietnam early Tuesday, killing five people and causing widespread damage which residents said left a popular tourist city look...
Floods kill five in India after cyclone: official
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
Cyclone-induced flooding has killed five people in eastern India, a government official told AFP Tuesday. Heavy rains caused by the strongest cyclone to hit Ind...
India's poor face grim rebuilding task after cyclone
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
Sitting on a wall of his collapsed one-room house in eastern India, B. Chinnaya reflects on the devastation that Cyclone Phailin wrought on his once vibrant fis...
India cyclone survivors return home to destruction
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands of people who fled India's strongest cyclone in 14 years returned home to scenes of devastation Monday, as a massive relief operation kick...
Water and lava, but - curiously - no explosion
Oct 14, 2013 (SPX)
Rocky pillars dotting Iceland's Skaelingar valley were projectiles tossed into the fields by warring trolls. That, at least, is the tale that University at Buff...
Mexico issues warning ahead of Tropical Storm Octave
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
The Mexican government issued a tropical storm warning Monday as Octave took aim at an already disaster-weary Mexico, while a second storm, Priscilla, strengthe...
Mass evacuations in Vietnam for typhoon Nari
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Vietnam is evacuating tens of thousands of people in the path of Typhoon Nari, state media said Monday, after the powerful storm left 13 dead in the Philippines...
Killer Indian cyclone wreaks havoc, 1 million evacuated
Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)
A massive relief operation kicked into gear in eastern India Sunday after a terrifying cyclone killed at least 18 people, forced one million from their homes an...
Tropical Storm Octave forms off Mexico's Pacific coast
Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Octave formed off Mexico's Pacific Coast south of the Baja California peninsula on Sunday, US and Mexican weather services said. Located about 56...
Indian MET wins forecasting battle as cyclone ravages east coast
Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)
India's weather office stood vindicated Sunday morning over its predictions for Cyclone Phailin which were consistently below those from foreign meteorologists ...
First test of Venice's 5.4 billion euro flood barriers
Oct 12, 2013 (AFP)
Flood-prone Venice on Saturday carried out the first test of its 5.4 billion euro ($7.3 billion) barrier system known as "Moses", designed to protect the Renais...
Red alert issued as massive cyclone bears down on India
Oct 12, 2013 (AFP)
India issued a red alert as a massive cyclone bore down on the east coast Saturday, threatening widespread destruction and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of...
12 dead, millions without power as typhoon hits Philippines
Oct 12, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoon Nari pummelled the northern Philippines early Saturday, ripping roofs off buildings, killing 12 people and leaving more than two million without power. ...
Strong quake strikes near Crete, material damage reported
Oct 12, 2013 (AFP)
An earthquake with a magnitude of more than six degrees struck near the island of Crete in southern Greece on Saturday, with initial reports of damage to houses...
Quake hits southwest Pakistan: officials
Oct 12, 2013 (AFP)
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck southwest Pakistan Saturday, meteorological officials said, with tremors felt in some of the areas ravaged by a deadly quake l...
13 dead, millions without power as typhoon hits Philippines
Oct 12, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoon Nari pounded the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing 13 people, ripping roofs off thousands of buildings, and leaving more than two million wit...
Strong quake strikes remote Pacific islands
Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the remote Kermadec Islands in the South Pacific on Saturday, US geologists said, but no tsunami warning was issue...
Industry alarm over worsening Thai floods
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
Soldiers plucked stranded homeowners from chest-deep water and floods threatened major manufacturing plants in central Thailand as international firms raised al...
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