SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Death toll rises to 84 in Pakistan floods
Aug 07, 2013 (AFP)
Monsoon rains triggering floods have killed 84 people across Pakistan in the last week and affected more than 80,000 others, officials said Wednesday, warning o...
New Doppler Radar Takes Flight on This Summer's HS3 Mission
Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)
Most aircraft carrying Doppler radar look like they've grown a tail, developed a dorsal fin, or sprouted a giant pancake on their backs. But when the unmanned G...
'Highway from Hell' Fueled Costa Rican Volcano
Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)
If some volcanoes operate on geologic timescales, Costa Rica's Irazu had something of a short fuse. In a new study in the journal Nature, scientists suggest tha...
Henriette becomes hurricane but moves away from Mexico
Aug 06, 2013 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Henriette strengthened into a category one hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday but is moving away from the coast of Mexico, officials said....
Sudan floods kill 11, affect almost 100,000: UN
Aug 06, 2013 (AFP)
Heavy rains and flash floods in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan have killed 11 people and affected almost 100,000 in the past week, the United Nations said on...
Planned skyscrapers in Hollywood may have earthquake fault beneath
Aug 05, 2013 (UPI)
A skyscraper project approved by the Los Angeles City Council last week may have an active earthquake fault directly beneath it, state officials say. The Hollyw...
Pakistan warns of more rain after flood deaths hit 45
Aug 04, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistani disaster relief officials issued fresh flood warnings Sunday after the death toll from heavy monsoon rains rose to 45 and waters paralysed parts of th...
Myanmar floods leave 33,000 in camps, three dead
Aug 02, 2013 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people were sheltering in relief camps in eastern Myanmar after flash floods swept the region leaving three dead, state media said Friday, ...
Simulations aiding study of earthquake dampers for structures
Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have demonstrated the reliability and efficiency of "real-time hybrid simulation" for testing a type of powerful damping system that might be instal...
Atmospheric rivers set to increase UK winter flooding
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
The prolonged heat wave that has bathed the UK in sunshine over the past month has given the country an unexpected taste of summer that has seemed to be missing...
Study suggests Costa Rica volcano powered by 'highway from hell'
Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)
A Costa Rica volcano may have been fast-tracked for eruption triggered by magma rising over a few short months rather than thousands of years, researchers say. ...
Myanmar floods force 25,000 into relief camps
Jul 31, 2013 (AFP)
Nearly 25,000 people have been evacuated to makeshift camps after floods ravaged eastern Myanmar, an official said Wednesday, as relief teams struggled to reach...
Online tools accelerating earthquake-engineering progress
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
A new study has found that online tools, access to experimental data and other services provided through "cyberinfrastructure" are helping to accelerate progres...
Eight killed in Indonesian floods, landslides
Jul 30, 2013 (AFP)
At least eight people are dead and five are missing after flooding and landslides hit eastern Indonesia, an official said on Tuesday. A search and rescue operat...
Tropical storm Flossie threatens Hawaii
Jul 30, 2013 (AFP)
Residents and tourists on Hawaii were preparing Monday for Tropical Storm Flossie, which, though weakened, was expected to bring strong winds and rains, meteoro...
Devastating long-distance impact of earthquakes
Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)
In 2006 the island of Java, Indonesia was struck by a devastating earthquake followed by the onset of a mud eruption to the east, flooding villages over several...
Earthquakes trigger undersea methane reservoirs: study
Jul 28, 2013 (AFP)
Earthquakes can rip open sub-sea pockets of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, according to a study by German and Swiss scientists published on Sunday. Qu...
New Notre Dame study proposes changes in New Orleans area levee systems
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Less may mean more when it comes to the levee systems designed to protect New Orleans from hurricanes. That's the conclusion of a new study by a team of Univers...
Tropical Storm Dorian forms in Atlantic
Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)
The Atlantic season's fourth tropical storm, dubbed Dorian, formed Wednesday, but did not present any danger on land, the National Hurricane Center in Miami sai...
Quake shatters migrants' dream of better life for son
Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)
Less than six months after Dong Kong's parents finally made the long journey to Shanghai to try to give him a better life, the boy was dead -- killed in China's...
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