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Japan 'worst case tsunami' could reach 35-metres
Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)
A 35-metre (115-foot) tsunami could hit the Japanese coast in the wake of a massive earthquake, an expert panel has said after revising its worst case scenario ...
Flood-hit Fiji declares state of emergency
Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)
Flood-ravaged Fiji declared a state of emergency Sunday and warned tourists to stay away for the time being, as heavy rain and high winds continued to pound the...
At least six dead in rain-ravaged Haiti
Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)
At least six people, including a child, were killed in Haiti when their homes collapsed during heavy rains that have ravaged Haiti for several days, the Civil P...
Flash floods cause havoc in Fiji
Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)
Flash flooding cut highways and forced evacuations in Fiji Friday, with residents sheltering from rising waters on rooftops as authorities scrambled to find res...
Owner wants Japan tsunami boat scrapped
Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)
The owner of a fishing boat in Japan that drifted across the Pacific after getting washed away from its moorings by last year's huge tsunami does not want it ba...
California declares tsunami awareness week
Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)
California governor Jerry Brown proclaimed an annual "tsunami preparedness week" on Tuesday, just over a year after Japan was devastated by a killer earthquake ...
No deaths, few injuries in latest Chile quake
Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Chile, prompting an short-lived evacuation order for coastal areas and causing scenes of panic in a region devastated ...
Fishing boat lost in Japan tsunami reaches Canada
Mar 24, 2012 (AFP)
A fishing boat lost in the massive Japanese tsunami a year ago has turned up off Canada's west coast, authorities said Saturday. An aerial inspection suggested ...
Australia hit by biggest quake in 15 years
Mar 24, 2012 (AFP)
Australia has been hit by its biggest earthquake in 15 years, seismologists said Saturday, rattling a remote part of the desert with local Aboriginals reporting...
6.7-magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea: USGS
Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported, but seismologists said while it was widely felt it was too deep ...
At least 32,000 homes damaged in Mexico quake
Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)
At least 32,000 homes were damaged by an earthquake in southern Mexico, but no one was killed and just 13 people were injured, authorities said. Angel Aguirre, ...
Poweeful quake in Mexico, 11 injured
Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Mexico, ijnjuring 11 people, damaging hundreds of homes and sending panicked residents out onto the streets...
'Calmer' 2012 hurricane season forecast
Mar 21, 2012 (UPI)
The first forecast for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season calls for a calmer-than-average period for the sometimes destructive storms, U.S. meteorologists say. ...
Powerful quake shakes southern Mexico, capital
Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)
A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Mexico Tuesday, causing residents in the capital several hundred miles away to rush out onto the streets bu...
Santorini: The Ground is Moving Again in Paradise
Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)
Do a Google image search for "Greece." Before you find pictures of the Parthenon or Acropolis, you'll see several beautiful photos of Santorini, the picturesque...
Panic leaves 45 injured in Philippine quake
Mar 17, 2012 (AFP)
An earthquake that struck the southern Philippines left at least 45 people injured, most of them shoppers who panicked and rushed in a stampede for the exits, t...
Australia floods report may pave way for class action
Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)
A report into last year's devastating Australian floods found Friday that dam engineers breached their operating manual as the crisis deepened by delaying the i...
Small tsunami hits Japan after 6.9 quake
Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)
A small tsunami hit Japan's northeastern coastline on Wednesday, officials said, after a strong earthquake rocked the region almost exactly a year on from the c...
Effects of flooding on Cairo
Mar 13, 2012 (SPX)
When faced with a choice between a deluge or a controlled deluge in May 2011 that would protect the city of Cairo, Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ch...
Greek volcanic island shows activity
Mar 13, 2012 (UPI)
The Greek island of Santorini is showing increasing signs of volcanic activity, a U.S. researcher says. Monitoring stations on the island indicate the Santorini...
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