SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Study ranks cities' flood vulnerability
Aug 21, 2012 (UPI)
Of the world's cities, Shanghai is the most vulnerable to serious flooding, a study by European researchers suggests. Researchers from the Netherlands and the U...
Indonesian quake death toll rises to six
Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)
The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck central Indonesia at the weekend has risen to six, an official said Tuesday, after rescuers reached villages...
Tropical Storm Isaac could hit Republican convention
Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)
A tropical storm swirling in the eastern Caribbean has raised the remote possibility that this year's Republican National Convention could be more blustery than...
Typhoon kills 17 in Vietnam
Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)
Strong wind and rain in northern Vietnam unleashed by Typhoon Kai-Tak have killed at least 17 people, damaged thousands of houses and submerged valuable crops, ...
New storm brings flashfloods, landslides to Philippines
Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Tembin brought heavy rains, triggering landslides and flashfloods in the northern Philippines, just weeks after a series of deadly storms and mon...
Typhoon Kai-Tak kills nine in Vietnam
Aug 19, 2012 (AFP)
At least nine people were killed, thousands of homes damaged and swathes of farmland flooded as Typhoon Kai-Tak swept across northern Vietnam, authorities said ...
6.3-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sulawesi
Aug 18, 2012 (AFP)
A powerful 6.3-magnitude quake shook Indonesia's central Sulawesi province on Saturday, damaging buildings and injuring at least three people. Panicked resident...
Nearly 1,000 earthquakes recorded in Arizona over three years
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
Earthquakes are among the most destructive and common of geologic phenomena. Several million earthquakes are estimated to occur worldwide each year (the vast ma...
Tropical storm Gordon forms over Atlantic: US monitors
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
A tropical storm named Gordon has formed over the Atlantic Ocean and could strengthen into a hurricane at the weekend, US monitors said Thursday, though no coas...
Relief as storm leaves Philippines
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Kai-tak blew out of the Philippines on Thursday, offering some relief for millions of people struggling to recover from a brutal few weeks of mon...
Fresh water breathes fresh life into hurricanes
Aug 16, 2012 (SPX)
An analysis of a decade's worth of tropical cyclones shows that when hurricanes blow over ocean regions swamped by fresh water, the conditions can unexpectedly ...
Seeds of hope amidst Philippine floods
Aug 16, 2012 (SPX)
Amidst horrendous flooding around Manila and major rice-growing across Luzon in the Philippines, some good news has emerged for rice farmers - Submarino rice - ...
Hurricanes can be 50 percent stronger if passing over fresh water
Aug 16, 2012 (SPX)
If a hurricane's path carries it over large areas of fresh water, it will potentially intensify 50 percent faster than those that do not pass over such regions,...
NASA Global Hawk Pilots Face Challenges Flying Hurricane Missions
Aug 14, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, or HS3, mission will be a complex one for the pilots flying NASA's Global Hawk aircraft from the ground. The mission...
Philippines storm brings more floods, landslides
Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)
Four people were killed as another tropical storm swept across the Philippines on Wednesday, triggering landslides in the mountainous north and dumping more hea...
Iran pair rescued from quakes after three days: reports
Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)
Two people were pulled out alive from the rubble on Tuesday three days after weekend quakes levelled villages in northwestern Iran, state media reported, and we...
Flooding in central Nigeria kills at least 28 people
Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)
Flooding caused by heavy rains in central Nigeria has killed at least 28 people, with many others still missing, while also destroying homes, bridges and farmla...
The earthquake risk and Europe
Aug 14, 2012 (SPX)
How strong can earthquakes in Germany be? Where in Europa are the earthquake activities concentrated? These questions are the basis for risk assessments and bec...
Defining limits of microbial life in an undersea volcano
Aug 13, 2012 (SPX)
By some estimates, a third of the Earth's organisms by mass live in our planet's rocks and sediments, yet their lives and ecology are almost a complete mystery....
Tropical Storm Hector churns far off Mexico
Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Hector weakened in the eastern Pacific far off the coast of Mexico Monday, and posed no threat to land as it slowly churned westward away from th...
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