SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Northeastern Australia hit by 'life-threatening' flooding
Dec 17, 2023 (AFP)
Emergency services said major flooding had particularly hit the northeastern city of Cairns, a tourist hub and gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. The region's r...
A hurricane-proof town? Florida community may be a test case
Dec 15, 2023 (AFP)
That's because she and her husband live in Babcock Ranch, a town near the US Gulf Coast that was created with two imperatives: homes have to be built sustainabl...
Cyclone Jasper makes landfall in Australia
Dec 13, 2023 (AFP)
The Category Two storm barrelled in off the Coral Sea, making landfall at around 5:00 pm on Wednesday (0700 GMT), government meteorologists said. Damaging winds...
Magnitude 7.1 quake hits off Vanuatu, tsunami warning lifted
Dec 07, 2023 (AFP)
The offshore quake hit at 1256 GMT at a depth of 48 kilometres (30 miles), around 120 kilometres south of the town of Isangel and 340 kilometres from the capita...
Heavier rains in East Africa due to human activity: study
Dec 07, 2023 (AFP)
Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are grappling with heavy rainfall that has caused flooding in the latest devastating climate disaster to strike the region after a r...
Indonesia volcano search effort focuses on last missing hiker
Dec 06, 2023 (AFP)
Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra spewed an ash tower 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) -- taller than the volcano itself -- into the sky on Sunday as 75 people hik...
Indonesian rescuers race to find 10 missing after eruption
Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)
Thirteen dead hikers were found Monday near the crater of Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra, with rescue officials announcing 11 deaths the same day and two...
Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes Philippine capital
Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)
The strong quake struck off the country's main island of Luzon at 4:23 pm (0823 GMT) at a depth of 77 kilometres (48 miles), about 94 kilometres southwest of Ma...
Eight dead as cyclone batters India's southeast coast
Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)
The cyclone was forecast to hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh state later Tuesday as a "severe cyclonic storm", packing winds up to 100 kilometres (62 miles) per ...
Death toll from Philippine quake rises to three
Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)
At least eight people have also been injured since the magnitude 7.6 quake hit Saturday off the coast of Mindanao island, in an area that has seen a series of a...
Rains pounds India ahead of cyclone
Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)
Cyclone Michaung will hit the Andhra Pradesh state's coast on Tuesday morning as a "severe cyclonic storm", packing winds of 90-100 kilometres (55-62 miles) per...
Indonesia ends search after volcano eruption kills 23
Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)
Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia's west spewed an ash tower 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) -- taller than the volcano itself -- into the sky on Sun...
Two dead, 10 missing after Indonesia floods and landslide
Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)
The landslide and floods caused by torrential rain hit residential areas near Lake Toba on the western island of Sumatra late on Friday, killing a 78-year-old w...
11 hikers dead after Indonesia volcano erupts, dozen still missing
Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)
Rescuers worked through the night to find dozens of hikers stranded on Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra after it spewed an ash tower 3,000 metres (9,340 fe...
Major aftershocks jolt Philippines after magnitude 7.6 quake
Dec 03, 2023 (AFP)
The initial quake struck off the coast of the country at a depth of 32 kilometres (20 miles) at 10:37 pm local time (1437 GMT) about 21 kilometres northeast of ...
More than a million displaced in Somalia floods
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
Somalia and its Horn of Africa neighbours Kenya and Ethiopia are battling flash floods caused by heavy rainfall linked to the El Nino weather pattern. The flood...
Horn of Africa floods displace more than two million
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
Almost 300 people have also lost their lives in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia as the region grapples with its latest devastating climate disaster. The heavy rainf...
Death toll from Kenya floods almost doubles to 120
Nov 28, 2023 (AFP)
More than 89,000 households have also been displaced and are being sheltered in over 112 camps, top interior ministry official Raymond Omollo said in a statemen...
Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes north of Papua New Guinea
Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)
The epicentre was detected at an estimated depth of 12 kilometres (seven miles) at 8:46 am local time (2146 GMT Monday), the USGS said. The quake hit about 20 k...
Kenya's Ruto pledges action to tackle deadly flood emergency
Nov 25, 2023 (AFP)
Kenya and neighbouring Somalia and Ethiopia, countries that are only just emerging from the worst drought in four decades, are now experiencing devastating floo...
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