SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Death toll from Somalia floods nears 100
Nov 23, 2023 (AFP)
Somalia, like other countries in the Horn of Africa, is battling torrential rains and flash floods just as it emerges from a drought that pushed millions to the...
Death toll from Dominican Republic downpour rises to 30
Nov 23, 2023 (AFP)
The Caribbean nation's Emergency Operations Center said in a bulletin that "due to heavy rains, urban and rural flooding, and the collapse of bridges and a viad...
One dead, over 43,000 displaced in Philippine floods
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
Rescuers used inflatable boats and ropes to reach people stranded in their houses in Northern Samar, one of the hardest hit provinces, where villages and towns ...
From drought to deluge: Kenyan villagers reel from floods
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
Flash floods from the Tana river in Garissa, a county on the border with Somalia, forced the 42-year-old fruit vendor to flee at night from her submerged home b...
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Vanuatu
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
The quake had a depth of 22 kilometres (14 miles), hitting about 300 km north of the capital Port Vila at around 3:37 pm (0447 GMT). Centred near a sparsely pop...
Iceland may spray water on lava to save town
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
Authorities would use the water to cool and divert the flow of lava to protect the fishing port of 4,000 people on Iceland's southern Reykjanes peninsula. Resid...
Somalia flood toll climbs to 50: disaster agency
Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)
The Horn of Africa region is experiencing torrential rainfall and floods linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon, claiming dozens of lives and causing large-sc...
Philippine quake death toll rises to nine
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
People fled into the streets or hid under tables when the 6.7-magnitude quake struck the Mindanao region on Friday, causing buildings to shake and part of a cei...
At least 21 dead in torrential Dominican Republic rains
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
Torrential storms over the past 48 hours have caused flooding, damaged infrastructure and brought down houses in the Caribbean nation, in what President Luis Ab...
Heavy rain in Kenya affects tens of thousands, disrupts cargo
Nov 19, 2023 (AFP)
The Horn of Africa has experienced intense rainfall linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon in recent weeks that has claimed dozens of lives, including at leas...
Torrential rains in Brazil leave at least six dead
Nov 19, 2023 (AFP)
The fatalities occurred in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, and major property damage in the latter was reported as thousands of people shelt...
Iceland PM says no country more prepared for volcano threat
Nov 18, 2023 (AFP)
The roughly 4,000 residents of Grindavik, a fishing port around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the capital, were evacuated on November 11 after magma shifting un...
Philippine quake death toll rises to seven
Nov 18, 2023 (AFP)
The 6.7-magnitude quake that struck the Mindanao region mid-afternoon on Friday caused part of a shopping mall ceiling to collapse, triggered power cuts and sen...
Years of uncertainty ahead for Iceland volcano town
Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)
"There are going to be a lot of people who don't want to go there. My mother said 'I never want to go there again'," Eythor Reynisson, who was born and raised i...
Flash floods kill 100 in Horn of Africa: charity
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
The region, particularly Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, has been lashed by unrelenting downpours since the beginning of the month due to the El Nino weather pheno...
Two dead, three missing in central Vietnam floods
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
Among the hardest hit cities was Hue, Vietnam's old imperial capital, where 16,000 homes have been partially submerged, according to the National Steering Commi...
How much damage could possible Iceland volcano eruption cause?
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
While experts fear the town could be badly damaged by a potential eruption, they do not expect a repeat of the global travel chaos caused by ash from the Eyjafj...
Thousands of homes underwater after floods hit Vietnam
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
Pictures on state media showed residents navigating flooded streets in boats, while homes and cars were partially submerged. "The city is flooded everywhere, wi...
Some of today's earthquakes may be aftershocks from quakes in the 1800s
Nov 14, 2023 (SPX)
When an earthquake strikes, smaller quakes known as aftershocks can continue to shake the area for days to years after the original earthquake occurred. These s...
250 flood-hit northern France communities in state of disaster
Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)
Communities in the Pas-de-Calais and Nord departments have suffered days of heavy rain, rivers breaking their banks and floods, and the water may rise further i...
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