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Typhoon Fitow kills 10 in east China province
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
Ten people have died after a typhoon slammed into China's east coast, including a family of three who were all killed by electric shocks, state media reported W...
How one Transportation Business Survived Hurricane Sandy
Oct 09, 2013 (SPX)
In a year-long case study of a major American transportation company, researchers at The Ohio State University have uncovered the strategies that helped the com...
Extrusive volcanism formed the Hawaiian Islands
Oct 09, 2013 (SPX)
A recent study by researchers at the University of Hawaii - Manoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) and the University of Rhode Isl...
11 dead as rains lash central, southern Philippines
Oct 08, 2013 (AFP)
Heavy rain and floods have left 11 dead in the central and southern Philippine islands, including in a city still reeling from deadly guerrilla attacks, civil d...
Typhoon Fitow slams into China, kills five
Oct 07, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoon Fitow, which barrelled into China's east coast early Monday packing winds of more than 200 kilometres (124 miles) an hour, killed at least five people a...
Floods add misery after Philippine Muslim rebel siege
Oct 05, 2013 (AFP)
Heavy rains flooded evacuation centres in the southern Philippines, adding more misery for thousands of people displaced by a bloody Muslim rebel siege, officia...
U.S. seismologist calls for national warning system for earthquakes
Oct 03, 2013 (UPI)
An eminent U.S. seismologist is urging the installation of a national early warning system to alert people to an impending earthquake. Richard Allen, director o...
Disaster officials warn New Orleans, Gulf coast over storm Karen
Oct 03, 2013 (AFP)
Authorities on the Gulf Coast told residents Thursday to brace for a hit from Tropical Storm Karen, set to become the first named system to strike the United St...
Scientists tag Indonesian volcano as source of 13th century eruption
Oct 01, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists say they've identified an Indonesian volcano responsible for a huge 13th century eruption that may have caused climate cooling and failed harvests. T...
Five dead as Typhoon Wutip batters Vietnam
Oct 01, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoon Wutip left a trail of destruction with at least five people dead, dozens of fishermen missing in the South China Sea and thousands of homes damaged in V...
Pakistan quake death toll rises to 376
Oct 01, 2013 (AFP)
The death toll from a strong quake that hit southwest Pakistan last week rose to 376 on Tuesday as relief work in the shattered area continued, the national dis...
Dozens missing as boats sink in South China Sea typhoon: Xinhua
Sep 30, 2013 (AFP)
More than 70 people were missing after three Chinese boats sank in a powerful typhoon in the South China Sea, state media said on Monday, as Vietnam undertook m...
Typhoon hits Vietnam after leaving dozens missing
Sep 30, 2013 (AFP)
Vietnam evacuated tens of thousands of people from high-risk coastal areas Monday as a powerful typhoon that left dozens of fishermen missing in the South China...
Tropical Storm Jerry forms in Atlantic
Sep 30, 2013 (AFP)
A powerful tropical storm formed in the Atlantic southeast of Bermuda on Monday, US forecasters said. Tropical Storm Jerry was situated approximately 1,200 mile...
Pakistan buries victims of new quake
Sep 29, 2013 (AFP)
The victims of a new earthquake to hit southwest Pakistan, days after a massive tremor, were buried Sunday as officials distributed a fresh consignment of relie...
Life among the ruins of Pakistan's earthquake
Sep 27, 2013 (AFP)
Once a town of 7,000 inhabitants, Gajjar is now little more than a moonscape of dusty ruins, its mud houses reduced to rubble by the huge earthquake that hit so...
Pakistan quake survivors face long wait for aid
Sep 26, 2013 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of survivors of Pakistan's earthquake waited for help in soaring temperatures Thursday, as the death toll rose past 350 and anger grew at the ...
Pakistan quake island unlikely to last: experts
Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)
A small island of mud and rock created by the huge earthquake that hit southwest Pakistan has fascinated locals but experts -- who found methane gas rising from...
Big blast, then quiet, from Nicaraguan volcano
Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)
A volcano in Nicaragua erupted Wednesday with a mighty blast and a column of ash, then quieted down again, the government said. No one was hurt but villagers ne...
Mexico storms: 139 dead, 53 still missing
Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)
The death toll from twin storms that battered Mexico has risen to 139 from 130 while 53 people remain missing after a mudslide buried their village, officials s...
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