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Philippines braces for return of killer typhoon
Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)
A powerful typhoon that has killed hundreds of people and wreaked devastation in the Philippines was set to smash into the country again Sunday, forecasters war...
Killer typhoon turns back towards Philippines
Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)
A typhoon that has killed hundreds of people and left tens of thousands homeless in the southern Philippines has turned back towards the country and will hit it...
Tsunami hits Japan after 7.3-magnitude quake
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
A one-metre-high tsunami hit northeast Japan Friday after a powerful undersea quake struck off the coast, sending thousands fleeing to safety in a region that w...
Quake toll rises to six in eastern Iran
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
A total of six people -- including five members of the same family -- died in an earthquake that struck rural eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan, Ir...
274 dead, hundreds missing in Philippines typhoon
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
The death toll from a typhoon that ravaged the Philippines jumped to 274 Wednesday with hundreds more missing, as rescuers battled to reach areas cut off by flo...
Iran quake kills five in rural area: emergency official
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Five people were killed Wednesday and at least a dozen injured in a moderate earthquake that struck eastern Iran near the Afghan border, a provincial emergency ...
New map highlights hotspots for mega-quakes
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Seismologists on Wednesday unveiled a map highlighting zones most prone to unleashing the world's biggest earthquakes, including the 9.0 monster that struck nor...
NASA's HS3 Hurricane Mission Ends for 2012
Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's 2012 Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel, or HS3, mission came to an end Nov. 6 when a NASA unmanned Global Hawk aircraft flew a final data-collection m...
Six dead as Typhoon Bopha lashes Philippines
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
Typhoon Bopha killed at least six people in the Philippines on Tuesday as the strongest storm to hit the country this year forced more than 50,000 to seek refug...
52 dead as typhoon lashes Philippines
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
A typhoon slammed into the southern Philippines Tuesday, setting off a mudslide that killed 44 people, tearing up trees, causing floods and forcing thousands to...
Thousands in Philippines flee ahead of typhoon
Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)
A powerful typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines Monday, prompting nearly 8,000 people to leave their homes in coastal and low-lying areas, officials said. ...
Deadly 2012 Atlantic storm season officially ends
Nov 30, 2012 (AFP)
The dreaded Atlantic hurricane season drew to a close on Friday, ending an active chapter that included the particularly devastating Hurricane Sandy, which wrou...
Renewed flooding threatens Niger capital
Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)
Renewed flooding of the Niger river threatens Niger's capital Niamey and parts of the west of the country, local and regional authorities warned Thursday. Previ...
NASA Study Could Improve Hurricane Strength Forecasts
Nov 29, 2012 (JPL)
Forecasters could soon be better able to predict how intense tropical cyclones like Hurricane Sandy will be by analyzing relative-humidity levels within their l...
How does a volcanic crater grow? Grab some TNT and find out
Nov 28, 2012 (SPX)
A new University at Buffalo study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters examines maar craters, which resemble the bowl-like cavities formed by meteorites ...
Woman dies as hundreds flee homes in flooded Welsh city
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
An elderly woman was found dead in her flooded home in the tiny Welsh city of St Asaph on Tuesday after the nearby river burst its banks on the seventh day of t...
800 homes flooded as Britain soaked by more heavy rain
Nov 26, 2012 (AFP)
More than 800 homes in England and Wales have been flooded as heavy rain and strong winds battered the country and environmental officials warned of more downpo...
More eruptions tipped as N. Zealand volcano disrupts flights
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
Lingering ash from a volcanic eruption in New Zealand disrupted flights across parts of the North Island on Thursday, as scientists warned the mountain could bl...
Rain-battered Britain braces for floods
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
Swathes of Britain were hit by by heavy rains and strong winds for a second day on Thursday, with authorities warning of worse flooding to come at the weekend. ...
USA's ancient hurricane belt and the US-Canada equator
Nov 22, 2012 (SPX)
The recent storms that have battered settlements on the east coast of America may have been much more frequent in the region 450 million years ago, according to...
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