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Spain flood death toll soars to 158, 'dozens' missing
Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)
An exceptionally powerful Mediterranean storm from Tuesday unleashed heavy rains and torrents of mud-filled water that swept away people and wrecked homes, with...
Rescuers race to find those washed away by Spain's floods
Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)
Since the floods ravaged the southeastern Spanish village on Tuesday evening, the Castilla-La Mancha region's rescuers have been working round the clock to loca...
Volcanoes 'hidden source' of CO2 in past climate change: study
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
Humans are emitting far more planet-heating carbon-dioxide (C02) than all the world's volcanoes put together. But scientists hope that by studying climate chang...
Taiwan battens down for Super Typhoon Kong-rey
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
Strong winds and heavy rains were expected to pound swathes of the island of 23 million people ahead of Kong-rey making landfall in the southeast on Thursday af...
Bodies found as torrential rains slam Spain; Flood strands 600 in French holiday village
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
"We can confirm that some bodies have already been found," Carlos Mazon told reporters, without saying how many. Authorities could not give further details unti...
Strong quake hits off US West Coast: USGS
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
The 6.0 magnitude quake was located on a fault line underneath the Pacific Ocean, 173 miles (279 kilometers) from the city of Bandon in the state of Oregon, the...
Taiwan warns Typhoon Kong-rey 'rapidly' intensifying
Oct 29, 2024 (AFP)
Packing maximum wind speeds of 155 kilometres (96 miles) per hour, the storm could make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, the Central Weather Administr...
New storm bears down on Philippines after deadly Trami tolls rises to 110
Oct 28, 2024 (AFP)
Nearly a million people are still sheltering at evacuation centres or with relatives after losing their homes or being driven out by floodwaters brought by Seve...
Flood strands 600 in French holiday village
Oct 28, 2024 (AFP)
"The sun is shining today and there's water, electricity, nobody's panicking," said Liliane Boyer, mayor of Le Muy -- around halfway between Marseille and Nice ...
Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa
Oct 28, 2024 (AFP)
It is always the same story -- the Niger River bursts its banks and the waters claim his home for weeks on end, until he can return and take stock of the damage...
Death toll in Philippine storm rises to 100
Oct 27, 2024 (AFP)
Trami, which rammed into the Philippines on October 24, was among the deadliest storms to hit the Southeast Asian country this year. According to the national d...
Rare Sahara floods bring Morocco's dried-up south back to life
Oct 27, 2024 (AFP)
In Merzouga, an attractive tourist town some 600 kilometres (370 miles) southeast of the capital Rabat, the once-parched golden dunes are now dotted with replen...
Floods hit Saint-Tropez as rains lash south of France; EU pledges 20M euros for Bosnia
Oct 26, 2024 (AFP)
Firefighters were called out at least 10 times to help people trapped in their homes and cars by rising waters in the Var region that includes the town that whe...
Philippine rescuers battle floodwaters to reach stranded
Oct 26, 2024 (AFP)
Trami battered the main island of Luzon and forced nearly half a million people to flee their homes as heavy rain caused widespread floods and landslides. In th...
World more prepared than ever for tsunamis: ocean experts
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
As the 20th anniversary of the December 2004 Asian tsunami that killed more than 170,000 people nears, United Nations-backed specialists have reiterated message...
At Turkey quake trial, families to seek justice 'until last breath'
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
With the city devastated by the February 2023 quake that killed 55,000 people, the luxury Ronesans Residence apartment bloc quickly became a high-profile symbol...
EU chief visits Bosnia flood-hit areas, pledges help
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
Twenty-seven people died in floods and landslides that washed away roads, railway tracks and bridges, cutting off many populated areas in central and southern B...
Millions flee as cyclone approaches India, Philippines races to reach stranded as toll rises
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
Cyclone Dana is likely to hit the coasts of West Bengal and Odisha states -- home to around 150 million people -- as a "severe cyclonic storm" late on Thursday,...
Epic voyage to study earthquake triggers beneath the ocean
Oct 23, 2024 (SPX)
The researchers will be aboard the world's most advanced drilling-equipped science vessel, Chikyu, which will drill into the Tohoku-oki earthquake fault zone-wh...
Seven dead, thousands evacuated as tropical storm batters Philippines
Oct 23, 2024 (AFP)
Torrential rain driven by the storm has turned streets into rivers, submerged entire villages and buried some vehicles in volcanic sediment set loose by the dow...
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