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News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Mozambique floods kill 36, displace tens of thousands
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
Flooding in Mozambique has killed at least 36 people and displaced nearly 70,000, the United Nations said Friday, as residents braced for a fresh storm surge. "...
Mozambique floods prompt humanitarian crisis
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of Mozambicans are stranded without food and water after floods swept through the south of the country this week, sparking a large-scale human...
A new type of volcanic eruption
Jan 24, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists based in the UK and New Zealand have described a "new" type of volcanic eruption. Volcanic eruptions are commonly categorised as either explosive or ...
Mozambique floods hit power exports, displace 70,000
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Floods in southern Mozambique have displaced up to 70,000 people and cut power exports to energy-hungry neighbour South Africa in half, officials said Thursday....
Warning raised for New Zealand volcano
Jan 24, 2013 (UPI)
New Zealand scientists say activity at a volcano on an island to the east of the North Island has led them to upgrade a warning to aircraft and to sightseers. T...
Mass evacuations under way in flood-hit Mozambique
Jan 23, 2013 (AFP)
The Mozambican authorities raced to evacuate tens of thousands of residents from the flood-drenched south of the country on Wednesday before a fresh swell of wa...
Massive earthquakes came as surprise
Jan 23, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists say some recent massive earthquakes surprised them because the Pacific locations weren't thought capable of producing earthquakes of their magnitude....
Unrestricted access to the details of deadly eruptions
Jan 22, 2013 (SPX)
Details of around 2,000 major volcanic eruptions which occurred over the last 1.8 million years have been made available in a new open access database, complied...
Mozambique begins evacuating 55,000 people hit by floods
Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)
Mozambique authorities on Tuesday started emergency evacuations in the flood-struck south where 55,000 people are said to be in immediate danger from rising wat...
Eleven dead, two missing as floods swamp central Jakarta
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
Floods in Indonesia's capital Jakarta have left at least 11 people dead and two missing, authorities said Friday as murky brown waters submerged parts of the ci...
Floods ease in Jakarta, at least 11 dead
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
Floods in Indonesia's capital Jakarta which have killed at least 11 people and left two missing eased Friday, authorities said, warning however of more torrenti...
Four children die in Mozambique floods
Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)
Floods in Mozambique have killed four children as the heaviest rains in over a decade battered the capital of the southeast African country, authorities said We...
Mozambique floods kill 2, destroy homes
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Floods in Mozambique have killed two people and left hundreds homeless after heavy rains caused havoc, cutting roads and inundating parts of the capital, author...
Volcano lava flows worry Italian island
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Spectacular lava flows and smoke from an active volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli on Monday sparked fear among inhabitants but geophysicists said the s...
Faulty Behavior
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
In an earthquake, ground motion is the result of waves emitted when the two sides of a fault move-or slip-rapidly past each other, with an average relative spee...
Red-dust sunset as west Australia braces for cyclone
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Western Australians were bracing Friday for a cyclone with residents warned to batten down for storms and destructive winds gusting up to 140 kilometres per hou...
Malawi floods kill three, displace thousands
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Three people have died, and nearly 5,000 households have been ruined as floods swept through parts of Malawi, officials told AFP on Friday. Heavy rains and stro...
Researchers say magnetic fields in oceans can help detect tsunamis
Jan 09, 2013 (UPI)
Japanese researchers said they found a new way to define tsunamis: Observe magnetic fields generated by tsunami-induced movements of seawater. The researchers s...
Texas to hire seismologist to study if quakes, energy production tied
Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)
The Texas Railroad Commission said it will hire a seismologist to explore whether earthquakes and energy production are linked. The decision Tuesday followed a ...
Rains bring flood havoc, drought relief to desert Jordan
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
Torrential rains swept through desert Jordan for a second straight day on Tuesday sparking widespread flooding and traffic chaos but bringing welcome water to r...
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