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Thousands evacuated following Indonesia volcano eruption
Jan 02, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Nusa Tenggara province has erupted several times in recent weeks, including an eruption on Monday that spewed volcanic ash 1.5 ...
Major Japan quake kills six, triggers tsunami waves
Jan 02, 2024 (AFP)
The scale of the damage from Monday's quake was still emerging, with news footage showing toppled buildings, sunken boats at a port, countless charred homes, an...
Major Japan quake triggers tsunami waves, residents told to run
Jan 01, 2024 (AFP)
A major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture around 4:10 pm (0710 GMT), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Japan's weather ...
Quake measuring 4.1 hits Los Angeles
Jan 01, 2024 (AFP)
The quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean 19 km (12 miles) off the town of Rancho Palos Verdes, the USGS said. One AFP photographer described the quake as mil...
Scholz visits flood-hit northern Germany
Dec 31, 2023 (AFP)
The German leader arrived by helicopter at Verden an der Aller in Lower Saxony, one of the worst hit states, where he was briefed about the emergency situation ...
Eurostar cancels trains due to flooded UK tunnels
Dec 30, 2023 (AFP)
The tunnels near Ebbsfleet International station in Kent were inundated as the Met Office issued weather warnings for rain, snow and ice across large parts of t...
Tens of thousands affected as floods hit Thai south
Dec 25, 2023 (AFP)
At least a dozen schools in the provinces of Yala and Narathiwat have been forced to close, while footage from the region showed homes and shops inundated with ...
China earthquake death toll rises to 148
Dec 22, 2023 (AFP)
The quake, which struck northwest China just before midnight on Monday, has killed at least 117 people in Gansu province and 31 in neighbouring Qinghai, the off...
Iceland's volcano eruption no longer visible: met office
Dec 22, 2023 (AFP)
The eruption opened a fissure in the ground about four kilometres (2.5 miles) long, spewing glowing fountains of orange lava into the sky only three kilometres ...
Fleeing drought, vulnerable populations face flood risk in most African countries
Dec 22, 2023 (SPX)
"It's a cycle that exacerbates how many people are negatively impacted by drought, and not only in the ways we might normally expect," said Serena Ceola, a hydr...
Residents return to Iceland town as volcano eruption peters out
Dec 21, 2023 (AFP)
The eruption, which began on Monday evening, opened a fissure in the ground about four kilometres (2.5 miles) long, spewing glowing fountains of orange lava int...
China quake survivors recover in hospitals as toll rises to 135
Dec 21, 2023 (AFP)
The toll rose from the previous day's 134, state news agency Xinhua said, as rescuers continued to search for victims buried as the soil liquified in northweste...
Ten dead as heavy rains hit south India
Dec 20, 2023 (AFP)
Hundreds are stranded in the state of Tamil Nadu as water submerged roads, with the airforce dropping 10 tonnes of emergency supplies to those stranded. Footage...
Icelandic volcano eruption eases as evacuated village remains off limits
Dec 20, 2023 (AFP)
The eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula has produced spectacular lava flows, though they were now constrained to two craters, the Icelandic Meteorological Offic...
At least 116 dead in northwest China earthquake
Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)
At least 105 were killed and almost 400 injured in Gansu province, local officials said, after the strong, shallow tremor struck around midnight. According to s...
Iceland volcano eruption calms as lava flow eases
Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)
The eruption, only three kilometres (1.8 miles) from the evacuated fishing port of Grindavik on the Reykjanes peninsula, began Monday at around 10:17 pm (2217 G...
At least 118 dead in northwest China earthquake
Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)
Officials in impoverished Gansu province said the shallow tremor just before midnight had caused the deaths of at least 105 and injured almost 400 as of Tuesday...
Volcano erupts in southwest Iceland after weeks of earthquakes
Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)
The eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula began Monday at around 10:17 pm (2217 GMT) after an earthquake swarm, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said, referrin...
Rescue teams evacuate flood-ravaged Australian town
Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)
Surging floodwaters have cut off the town of Wujal Wujal in Queensland state, engulfing houses, washing away roads and forcing some trapped residents to shelter...
Hundreds evacuated as flood disaster unfolds in northeastern Australia
Dec 18, 2023 (AFP)
Rescue teams evacuated more than 200 people overnight, police said, and military helicopters have been dispatched to help inundated areas cut off by the floods....
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