SHAKE AND BLOW - AFRICA DAILY

Jul 26, 2012 (UPI)

A long forgotten geothermal spectacle on New Zealand's North Island could be coming back to life after more than 40 years, scientists said. In the first half of...

How pre-eruption collisions affect what exits a volcano

Jul 26, 2012 (SPX)

How much ash will be injected into the atmosphere during Earth's next volcanic eruption? Recent eruptions have demonstrated our continued vulnerability to ash d...

Croscat Volcano may have been the last volcanic eruption in Spain 13,000 years ago

Jul 26, 2012 (SPX)

The volcanic region of La Garrotxa, with some forty volcanic cones and some twenty lava flows, is considered to be the best conserved region in the Iberian Peni...

6.4-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS

Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, sending terrified residents fleeing from homes and buildings. O...

Beijing floods caused 'significant losses': official

Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)

Weekend floods in Beijing caused "significant losses" and casualty numbers are still being tallied, the head of the worst-hit district has said, as residents of...

Scores injured as typhoon lashes Hong Kong

Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)

Scores of people were injured and trees were ripped from the ground as a typhoon lashed Hong Kong packing winds in excess of 140 kilometres (87 miles) an hour, ...

China censors coverage of deadly Beijing floods

Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)

Beijing authorities have reportedly ordered Chinese media to stick to positive news about record weekend floods, after the death of at least 37 people sparked f...

Hong Kong battens down for typhoon

Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong warned residents to stay indoors and halted public transport Monday as Typhoon Vicente skirted the island, packing winds in excess of 140 kilometres (...

An earthquake in a maze

Jul 23, 2012 (SPX)

The powerful magnitude-8.6 earthquake that shook Sumatra on April 11, 2012, was a seismic standout for many reasons, not the least of which is that it was large...

S. Korea arrests Indonesian for Japan tsunami fraud

Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)

South Korean police said Monday they have arrested an Indonesian woman for a scam related to Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster in March last year. Police ...

Anger in Beijing as record rains kill at least 37

Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)

Beijing residents expressed fury on Monday after the worst rains to hit the Chinese capital in more than 60 years left at least 37 people dead, with at least an...

Russia arrests officials after deadly floods

Jul 22, 2012 (AFP)

Russia on Sunday announced the arrest of three local officials for negligence during flooding that killed 172 people and has caused a political headache for Pre...

X-rays illuminate the origin of volcanic hotspots

Jul 19, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have recreated the extreme conditions at the boundary between Earth's core and its mantle, 2,900 km beneath the surface. Using the world's most brill...

Heavy rain fears as typhoon menaces Japan

Jul 18, 2012 (AFP)

A typhoon menacing already sodden southwestern Japan could dump weeks' worth of rain on the area, forecasters warned Wednesday, as communities struggle to recov...

Typhoon dumps rain on flood-weary Japan

Jul 18, 2012 (AFP)

A typhoon skimmed past sodden southwestern Japan on Wednesday dumping rain on an area already struggling to clean up after huge floods. By late afternoon Typhoo...

Japan warily eyes typhoon

Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)

Flood-battered southwestern Japan on Tuesday braced for a typhoon amid fears it could heap further misery on an area where at least 32 people are dead or missin...

Flood-battered Japan warily eyes typhoon

Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)

Flood-battered southwestern Japan on Tuesday braced for a typhoon amid fears it could heap further misery on an area where at least 32 are dead or missing after...

Putin tours Russia flood scene, berates officials

Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid an unannounced visit to the scene of the deadliest flood in the post-Soviet era and berated officials for possibly deceivi...

Japan troops fly supplies to thousands cut off by floods

Jul 15, 2012 (AFP)

Troops Sunday airlifted supplies to thousands of people cut off by landslides and torrential downpours that have killed at least 24 in southwest Japan as meteor...

Over 2,000 evacuated, dozens stranded in South Africa storms

Jul 15, 2012 (AFP)

Rescue workers evacuated over 2,000 people and dozens of trucks were stranded as heavy rains and snow battered southern parts of South Africa over a freezing we...