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Powerful typhoon on course to hit Japan's Okinawa
Sep 15, 2012 (AFP)
A powerful typhoon packing winds of up to 270 kilometres (170 miles) per hour was churning towards Okinawa in southern Japan on Saturday, grounding nearly 80 fl...
India landslide death toll jumps to 45: minister
Sep 15, 2012 (AFP)
The death toll from a series of landslides and floods reached 45 in northern India on Saturday as rescuers pulled 17 more bodies from the debris, a state govern...
Nicaragua ups volcano response as San Cristobal rumbles
Sep 15, 2012 (AFP)
Nicaragua boosted its responses to volcanic activity in the northwestern region Saturday, as the San Cristobal volcano acted up for the second time in a week. A...
Eruptions weaken at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire
Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)
Eruptions at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire weakened Friday, one day after powerful blasts sent columns of smoke and ash high into the sky and forced authorities t...
Santorini sees growth spurt
Sep 14, 2012 (ESA)
In the south Aegean Sea, the islands of Santorini have been showing signs of unrest for the first time in over half a century. Satellite data confirm that the i...
Researchers Devise More Accurate Method for Predicting Hurricane Activity
Sep 14, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for forecasting seasonal hurricane activity that is 15 percent more accurate than p...
Giant 'balloon of magma' inflates under Santorini
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
A new survey suggests that the chamber of molten rock beneath Santorini's volcano expanded 10-20 million cubic metres - up to 15 times the size of London's Olym...
Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts, thousands evacuated
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
Guatemala's Volcano of Fire had its strongest eruption in a decade Thursday, prompting the evacuation of around 1,500 families, officials announced. The eruptio...
Niger floods and cholera claim 162 lives: UN
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
Floods in Niger have killed 81 people since July, the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs announced Thursday, adding cholera outbreaks have killed a further 81 p...
Storm Nadine shifts course, no threat to land: NHC
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Nadine shifted course to the northwest Thursday, still packing powerful winds near hurricane strength but posing no threat to land, the US Nation...
Japan tsunami 'miracle pine' cut down, preserved
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
A lone pine tree that stood as a symbol of hope in Japan, after surviving the huge tsunami that swept away a forest of 70,000, was being cut down Wednesday in a...
N. Korea refuses S. Korea's flood aid
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
North Korea has refused to receive flood relief supplies from South Korea after checking details of the aid on offer, a government official in Seoul said Wednes...
Istanbul and the earthquake risk of a megacity
Sep 12, 2012 (SPX)
Today the drilling starts for a seismic monitoring network on the Marmara Sea near Istanbul. Specially designed seismic sensors in eight boreholes on the outski...
NASA's Global Hawk Hurricane Mission Kicks Off
Sep 12, 2012 (JPL)
NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-l...
18 months on 2,800 still missing in Japan disaster
Sep 11, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of police and coastguard officers were Tuesday searching for the remains of around 2,800 people still missing 18 months to the day after a massive eart...
Rain, flash floods kill 78 in Pakistan: officials
Sep 10, 2012 (AFP)
At least 78 people have died and dozens more injured in torrential rains and flash floods that have wreaked havoc in Pakistan over the past three days, a govern...
China quakes kill at least 80
Sep 08, 2012 (AFP)
At least 80 people were killed in earthquakes that hit southwest China, state media said Saturday, as crippled infrastructure in the remote area complicated eff...
Nicaragua eruption forces 3,000 to evacuate
Sep 08, 2012 (AFP)
The San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua rumbled to life Saturday with three explosions, forcing the evacuation of 3,000 residents, authorities said. Television f...
Hurricane Michael weakens in Atlantic: forecasters
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
Hurricane Michael weakened on Thursday as it churned far from land in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with no expected threat to land, US forecasters said. Mic...
Mount Fuji 'under more pressure than last eruption'
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
Pressure in the magma chamber of Japan's Mount Fuji is now higher than it was the last time the volcano erupted more than 300 years ago, scientists say, accordi...
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