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News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Record floods threaten major city in Russian Far East
Aug 23, 2013 (AFP)
Russians in the Far East on Friday scrambled to contain record floods which have affected more than 50,000 people and threatened to paralyse one of the region's...
More than 300,000 affected by Sudan floods: WHO
Aug 22, 2013 (AFP)
More than 300,000 people across Sudan have been affected by floods which killed almost 50 people this month, the UN's World Health Organisation said in a statem...
More rain adds to misery in flooded Philippine capital
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Heavy rain pounded the Philippine capital and surrounding areas for a third day Wednesday, adding to the misery of nearly 300,0000 exhausted people displaced fr...
New rains kill 21 more in flood-hit China: Xinhua
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Heavy rains killed 21 construction workers as flooding spread to northwest China, state media said Wednesday, after severe weather in other parts of the country...
Tropical Storm Trami lashes Taiwan
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Trami battered Taiwan with strong winds and torrential rains on Wednesday, forcing authorities to close offices and call off nearly 200 internati...
Taiwan braces for Tropical Storm Trami
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan closed offices and suspended flights on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Trami churned towards the island, with meteorologists cautioning against torrential r...
Japan says Fukushima leak worst since tsunami
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Japan on Wednesday issued its highest-level warning over the crippled Fukushima plant since a tsunami triggered the nuclear crisis two years ago, saying there w...
Taiwan battens down after warning about tropical storm
Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan evacuated more than 1,000 tourists from an island and deployed troops Tuesday in preparation for the possible arrival of Tropical Storm Trami. The Centra...
Russia scrambles to contain record floods
Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)
Russians in the Far East on Tuesday battled rising floodwaters as authorities evacuated more than 23,000 people and scrambled to prevent the outbreak of disease...
Slow earthquakes may foretell larger events
Aug 20, 2013 (SPX)
Monitoring slow earthquakes may provide a basis for reliable prediction in areas where slow quakes trigger normal earthquakes, according to Penn State geoscient...
Philippine floods kill three, paralyse capital
Aug 19, 2013 (AFP)
At least three people have died in the Philippines after torrential rain engulfed parts of the main island of Luzon including Manila where neck-deep water swept...
China floods death toll passes 100
Aug 19, 2013 (AFP)
Devastating floods at opposite ends of China have left 105 people dead and another 115 missing in recent days, state media said Monday. Flooding in the northeas...
Clean-up begins after Japan volcano eruption
Aug 19, 2013 (AFP)
Clean-up workers Monday started removing a layer of grey ash that spread across a city in southern Japan after a volcano erupted at the weekend, spewing a plume...
Coastal cities face rising risk of flood losses: study
Aug 18, 2013 (AFP)
The world's 136 largest coastal cities could risk combined annual losses of $1 trillion (750 billion euros) from floods by 2050 unless they drastically raise th...
Powerful quake jolts major New Zealand cities
Aug 16, 2013 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake rattled major cities across New Zealand on Friday, sending terrified office workers fleeing as central Wellington shook "like jelly", but ...
Russian rescued after days lost on Indonesia volcano
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
A Russian hiker was found safe and well on Thursday five days after going missing while trekking on Indonesia's most active volcano, an official said. The man s...
Russian floods close Trans-Siberian railway
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
Russian Railways on Thursday closed a section of the legendary Trans-Siberian railway because if serious flooding, potentially delaying a train en route from Mo...
Scientists plan to probe 'plumbing' of Mount St. Helens volcano
Aug 15, 2013 (UPI)
A study in Washington is intended to develop a better understanding of how the state's Mount St. Helens gets its supply of volcanic magma, researchers say. The ...
New Zealand quake city opens cardboard cathedral
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
Christchurch's cardboard cathedral officially opens on Thursday, replacing the neo-Gothic structure destroyed in a 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people in New...
Khartoum's roadside refugees call for help after floods
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
It looks as if an earthquake, not a flood, hit the Khartoum district of Sharq ElNeel. Heavy roofs have collapsed in on themselves, crushing what was below, whil...
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