SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Early warning saved the day for flood-prone Mozambique
Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)
Engulfed by a raging torrent of water last week, the town of Chokwe in southern Mozambique was all but destroyed for the second time in 13 years, but it emerged...
Powerful 6.9 earthquake shakes northern Japan
Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)
A powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan on Saturday, causing strong tremors across Hokkaido island but no damage to several nuclear facilities...
Six killed, three missing in Madagascar cyclone
Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)
Six people have died and three are missing after tropical cyclone Felleng raged through Madagascar, the national disaster management agency said Saturday. "Fell...
Jordan flood kills elderly man
Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)
A flash flood in southern Jordan killed an elderly man on Saturday as torrential rains and heavy snowfall swept the desert country, trapping 300 people who had ...
6.7 magnitude quake hits northern Chile: USGS
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted northern Chile on Wednesday, killing a woman, knocking out electricity and phone services, and sending panicked residen...
Madagascar cyclone kills five
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
Five people were killed as pounding rain and high winds from tropical cyclone Felleng battered Madagascar on Thursday, officials said. "Four people died after a...
Fresh flooding hits northern Mozambique
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
At least 17,000 more people have fled fresh floods in Mozambique as heavy rains pounded the central and northern parts of the country, killing seven and taking ...
Madagascar braces for cyclone Felleng
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
Heavy rains and gale force winds pelted northeastern Madagascar Wednesday as strengthening tropical cyclone Felleng barrelled toward the island's east coast. Wi...
Clean-up launched after deadly Australia floods
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
A mammoth clean-up was underway in Australia's flood-hit northeast Wednesday after waters began to recede, as the death toll from the storms reached six and tho...
Spurred by Japan, California mulls quake alert system
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
California has long been braced for the Big One, but now a proposed new early warning system seeks to give the US state's residents vital extra seconds before a...
Mozambique military called in to battle floods
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
Mozambique's military has been called in to help tackle severe flooding that has killed 48 people and is likely to spread to the country's central and northern ...
Mozambique floods spur roof births, ruin and diarrhoea
Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)
Now that the water is receding, residents affected by flooding in Mozambique are starting to repair the damage, looking for good news amid reports of rooftop bi...
Three dead, dramatic rescues in Australia floods
Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)
Helicopters plucked dozens of stranded Australians to safety in dramatic rooftop rescues Monday as severe floods swept the northeast, killing three people and i...
Major floods hammer northern Australia
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
Two people were missing and the body of a third person was recovered from raging floodwaters as severe storms pounded northeastern Australia on Sunday, forcing ...
Major floods sweep northern Australia
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
Two people were missing and the body of a third person was recovered from raging floodwaters as severe storms pounded northeastern Australia on Sunday, forcing ...
Mozambique flood toll rises to 40
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
The death toll from flooding in Mozambique climbed to around 40 on Sunday after four more bodies were discovered in the worst-hit southern town of Chokwe, while...
New, younger age determined for the Grand Canyon
Jan 27, 2013 (UPI)
The Grand Canyon, long believed by many to be 70 million years old, is much younger that that -- 5 to 6 million years old -- a U.S. geologist says. The Grand Ca...
Indonesia landslides kill 11, 19 missing: officials
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
Two landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 11 people and left 19 others missing on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said on Sunday. The Nation...
Twenty rescued as floods sweep northeast Australia
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
A teenage boy was dramatically rescued from surging floodwaters as he clung to a tree Friday, while others were plucked from stranded cars and homes as floods s...
Indonesia bid to control rain to avert more floods
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities will use generators and cloud-seeding measures to defuse and push away rain-laden clouds to avoid more flooding that has paralysed Jakart...
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