SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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NASA chooses University professors for $151.7 million mission
Jun 27, 2012 (SPX)
In 1971, NASA sent three astronauts who were University alumni to the moon as part of the Apollo 15 lunar mission. Now, three University professors have been ch...
Debby hits land as Florida braces for more floods
Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)
Tropical storm Debby hit land as it arrived on Florida's Gulf Coast on Tuesday, threatening to dump another round of heavy rains on areas already reeling from f...
China quake kills at least four, injures 100
Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)
An earthquake hit a mountainous area of southwest China on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 100, state media reported. The US Geologi...
Florida declares storm emergency
Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)
Florida declared a state of emergency on Monday as Tropical Storm Debby barreled in from the Gulf of Mexico with torrential rain and strong winds causing power ...
Strong 6.6 quake hits Russia's Far East coast
Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)
A strong 6.6 magnitude quake struck Russia's Far East on Sunday off the eastern coastline of the Kamchatka peninsula, causing no damage or injuries, news report...
Dalai Lama visits scene of Italy quakes
Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)
The Dalai Lama visited emergency camps in northeast Italy housing thousands of people who were hit by two deadly earthquakes in May, Italian media reported on S...
US Gulf Coast braces for Tropical Storm Debby
Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)
The US Gulf Coast braced Sunday for a hit from Tropical Storm Debby, as it pounded parts of the coast with strong winds and heavy rain, forecasters said. The Fe...
Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 30
Jun 23, 2012 (AFP)
Flash floods in Afghanistan triggered by days of torrential rain have killed more than 30 people, officials said Saturday, with dozens reported missing. Waters ...
5.9 quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
Jun 23, 2012 (AFP)
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit the north of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage or casual...
Chris becomes season's first Atlantic hurricane
Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)
Chris has strengthened to become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2012, but is way off the coast of Canada's Newfoundland and posing no threat to land, US expert...
Thousands evacuated as storm strikes Taiwan
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwanese authorities evacuated thousands of people, cancelled hundreds of flights and closed schools Wednesday as tropical storm Talim pounded Taiwan, official...
UN says Afghan quakes killed 75
Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)
The United Nations disaster response agency said Tuesday that 75 people had been killed by shallow earthquakes that hit Afghanistan's mountainous Hindu Kush reg...
One dead as powerful typhoon cuts across Japan
Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)
One man was killed as a powerful typhoon bringing heavy rain and strong winds cut across Japan's main island Honshu overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, the weather ...
Hurricane Carlotta kills 2 in Mexico
Jun 16, 2012 (AFP)
Two girls were killed when their house collapsed in southwestern Mexico in a mudslide under heavy rains unleashed by Hurricane Carlotta, local officials said Sa...
Floating dock from Japan carries potential invasive species
Jun 15, 2012 (SPX)
When debris from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan began making its way toward the West Coast of the United States, there were fears of possible radiatio...
Undersea volcano gave off signals before eruption in 2011
Jun 14, 2012 (SPX)
A team of scientists that last year created waves by correctly forecasting the 2011 eruption of Axial Seamount years in advance now says that the undersea volca...
Quake-hit Afghan village could become mass grave
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
An Afghan village where more than 70 people are believed to have been buried in an earthquake-triggered landslide could be declared a mass grave, an official sa...
More than 70 feared dead in Afghan quakes
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
More than 70 people, most women and children, are feared dead after a landslide triggered by a double earthquake engulfed their Afghan village, officials said o...
More than 50 feared dead in Afghan quakes
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
More than 50 people are feared dead after landslides triggered by a double earthquake buried homes in northern Afghanistan, a senior provincial official said on...
Afghan quakes kill at least three: officials
Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)
Two earthquakes destroyed dozens of mud homes in Afghanistan's mountainous Hindu Kush region on Monday, killing at least three people and trapping others under ...
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