SHAKE AND BLOW - AFRICA DAILY

AFP photographer captures then and now of tsunami

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

Nearly a year after he worked in the tsunami wasteland of northeast Japan, AFP photographer Toru Yamanaka returned to capture the progress that has been made. B...

Strong 6.8 quake shakes southwestern Siberia

Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)

A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 shook southwestern Siberia in Russia on Sunday, US researchers reported. The epicenter of the tremor, which occurred at 13:17 ...

Panic after powerful quake rocks Taiwan

Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)

A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake sent panicked people fleeing onto the streets in Taiwan's second-largest city of Kaohsiung on Sunday as rail services were te...

Rescue teams search for 8 missing in Turkey damn flooding

Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)

Eight people were missing on Saturday after a hatch inside a dam burst in southern Turkey and caused flooding, reported the Anatolia news agency. Rescue teams f...

Death toll rises to 31 in Madagascar cyclone

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

At least 31 people were killed and 250,000 left homeless after Tropical Cyclone Giovanna ripped across Madagascar last week, the disaster management agency said...

Japanese art shifts in response to tsunami disaster

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

In the year since Japan's northeast coast was torn apart by a massive quake-tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis, artists have searched for new ways to come to te...

Visualizations help communities plan for sea-level rise

Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have produced computer visualizations of rising sea levels in a low-lying coastal municipality, illustrating w...

Tohoku grim reminder of potential for Pacific Northwest megaquake

Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)

The March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake is a grim reminder of the potential for another strong-motion mega-earthquake along the Pacific Northwest coast, geophysici...

UN says spring melt may cause Europe floods

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Parts of central and Eastern Europe paralysed by heavy snow could face further disruption and death from flooding as the spring thaw begins, the UN's disaster r...

Pakistan, UN launch fresh $440 mln flood appeal

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Pakistan and United Nations on Tuesday launched a fresh appeal for $440 million to help hundreds of thousands of people rebuild their lives after consecutive ye...

Japan clears up only 5% of tsunami rubble

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Japan has cleared up just five percent of the rubble left by last year's earthquake and tsunami, the government said Tuesday, amid fears it has been contaminate...

Quake-weary Christchurch still on edge, one year on

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

Christchurch residents have been living on their nerves for more than 12 months amid constant aftershocks, afraid that next tremor could be another "big one", r...

Aftershocks put N. Zealand quake city rebuild on hold

Feb 19, 2012 (AFP)

Dangerous aftershocks have left the battered city of Christchurch struggling to rebuild 12 months after a devastating earthquake and raised doubts over its econ...

Fukushima at increased earthquake risk

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

Seismic risk at the Fukushima nuclear plant increased after the magnitude 9 earthquake that hit Japan last March, scientists report. The new study, which uses d...

Millions of flood victims still at risk in Pakistan

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

A feeble international response to Pakistan's second major flooding crisis in two years has left millions of people at serious risk of malnutrition and disease,...

Death toll from Madagascar cyclone rises to 16

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

At least 16 people were killed and 10,000 forced from their homes when Cyclone Giovanna pounded Madagascar, the disaster management bureau said Wednesday as it ...

One dead as Cyclone Giovanna rips through Madagascar

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

Cyclone Giovanna hit Madagascar on Tuesday, pounding the Indian Ocean island with strong winds and heavy rain and killing at least one person, according to offi...

Buildings may be 'cloaked' from earthquake

Feb 14, 2012 (UPI)

British mathematicians say a theoretical "cloaking" device that would be "invisible" to movement rather than light could protect buildings from earthquakes Rese...

Quake hits eastern Japan: nuclear plant stable

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

A powerful earthquake rocked eastern Japan Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage was reported at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The US...

Flood-weary suburb keen to vote for change in Senegal polls

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

Rainwater from above, groundwater from below: Constant flooding in sprawling Pikine, much of which sits on an old swamp, has wearied residents keen to vote for ...