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News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Five feared dead after Philippine volcano explosion
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
Five people are feared dead after one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud on Tuesday, with foreign tourists on its slopes during ...
Four dead as Philippine volcano erupts
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
Three German tourists and their Filipino tour guide were crushed to death when one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud and a hail...
Curious incident of China's quake dogs in the night-time
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese city is using dogs to predict earthquakes, an official said Tuesday, after state-run media reported that neighbours were complaining of nightly false ...
Magma in Mount St. Helens rising, but no risk of eruption
May 02, 2013 (UPI)
The magma deep inside Mount St. Helens is rising, but there's no risk of an eruption anytime soon -- that according to seismologists presenting at today's annua...
Saudi floods death toll rises to 20: civil defence
May 02, 2013 (AFP)
Twenty people have died and four people remain missing in Saudi Arabia after heavy downpours triggered flash floods in the desert kingdom for nearly a week, the...
Two dead as quake shakes northern India
May 01, 2013 (AFP)
An earthquake that shook parts of north India on Wednesday left at least two people dead and injured nearly 70 others, including more than 30 students, a report...
Flash floods in Saudi kill 16: civil defence
May 01, 2013 (AFP)
Sixteen people have died and three more are missing in Saudi Arabia after downpours caused flash floods in several areas of the desert kingdom, the civil defenc...
Earthquake rattles buildings in northern India
May 01, 2013 (AFP)
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck parts of northern India on Wednesday, rattling buildings in the capital New Delhi, a government official and witnesses said. T...
Study: Unexpected volcano activity can still be useful prediction tool
Apr 29, 2013 (UPI)
Volcanic eruptions that deviate from normal patterns of pre-event unrest can still help improve forecasts of volcanic activity, U.S. researchers say. A research...
New grass hybrid could help reduce the likelihood of flooding
Apr 29, 2013 (SPX)
A collaboration of plant and soil scientists from across the UK has shown a grass hybrid species could help reduce the impact of flooding. The BBSRC-funded scie...
China's Sichuan mourns quake dead one week later
Apr 27, 2013 (AFP)
China's southwestern Sichuan province stopped Saturday to mourn the victims of a deadly earthquake that struck exactly a week ago, state media reported. The pub...
First Japan tsunami debris confirmed in California
Apr 26, 2013 (AFP)
A Japanese fishing boat washed across the Pacific following the 2011 tsunami has been confirmed as the first piece of debris to reach the coast of California, o...
Afghan quake and floods kill 38: officials
Apr 25, 2013 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake and flash floods which struck Afghanistan this week killed at least 38 people and damaged hundreds of homes, the presidential palace said ...
China migrants rush home to help quake-hit families
Apr 25, 2013 (AFP)
Moments after the start of his daily grind as a construction worker in northern China, Xia Donghai's world came crashing down with news that a terrifying earthq...
Thirteen killed, dozens hurt in Afghan quake
Apr 24, 2013 (AFP)
Thirteen people were killed, dozens injured and scores of mud-brick homes were flattened when a powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, off...
Calculating tsunami risk for the US East Coast
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
The greatest threat of a tsunami for the U.S. east coast from a nearby offshore earthquake stretches from the coast of New England to New Jersey, according to J...
Superstorm Sandy shook the US
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
When superstorm Sandy turned and took aim at New York City and Long Island last October, ocean waves hitting each other and the shore rattled the seafloor and m...
Measuring the hazards of global aftershock
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
The entire world becomes an aftershock zone after a massive magnitude (M) 7 or larger earthquake-but what hazard does this pose around the planet? Researchers a...
A global murmur, then unusual silence
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
In the global aftershock zone that followed the major April 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake, seismologists noticed an unusual pattern. The magnitude (M) 8.6 earthq...
Homeless China quake survivors face fragile future
Apr 23, 2013 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of homeless survivors of China's devastating quake are living in makeshift tents or on the streets, facing shortages of food and supplies as w...
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