SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Cyclone leaves 11 dead, 20 missing in southern Brazil
Jun 18, 2023 (AFP)
"According to the state branch of Protection and Civil Defense, 11 people died from the effects of the cyclone," the government of Rio Grande do Sul state, whic...
France counts cost after rare earthquake hits west
Jun 17, 2023 (AFP)
Cracks appeared in several homes in the Charente-Maritime department just north of the major city of Bordeaux, while churches were damaged and inhabitants left ...
Cyclone Biparjoy leaves destructive trail on Indian coast
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
More than 180,000 people in the Indian state of Gujarat and Pakistan's neighbouring Sindh province fled the path of Biparjoy -- which means "disaster" in Bengal...
Cyclone Biparjoy eases over Indian coast
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
More than 180,000 people in the Indian state of Gujarat and Pakistan's neighbouring Sindh province fled the path of Biparjoy -- which means "disaster" in Bengal...
Intriguing correlation between earthquakes and cosmic radiation
Jun 16, 2023 (SPX)
Strong earthquakes usually result in many human casualties and huge material losses. The scale of the tragedy could be significantly reduced if we had the abili...
'Very strong' quake shakes western France
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
Ecology transition minister Christophe Bechu said it was "one of the strongest quakes registered on the mainland". AFP records show the last earthquakes of simi...
Gales lash India and Pakistan coast as cyclone approaches
Jun 15, 2023 (AFP)
Nearly 150,000 people have fled the predicted path of Cyclone Biparjoy, which means "disaster" in Bengali, with meteorologists warning it could devastate homes ...
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Philippines
Jun 15, 2023 (AFP)
The earthquake struck at a depth of 112 kilometres (77 miles) at around 10:00 am (0200 GMT) in waters off Calatagan town, about three hours' drive from the capi...
100,000 evacuated as cyclone threatens India and Pakistan
Jun 14, 2023 (AFP)
Biparjoy, meaning "disaster" in Bengali, is making its way across the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall as a "very severe cyclonic storm" on Thursday...
Six dead in Cuba flooding, hundreds of houses damaged
Jun 13, 2023 (AFP)
Heavy rains that began last Thursday have weakened and water levels were now subsiding, the Granma government mouthpiece said. Four people have died in the east...
Pakistan orders mass evacuations ahead of cyclone landfall
Jun 12, 2023 (AFP)
The cyclone is making its way across the Arabian Sea towards the coastlines of Pakistan and India, forecast to make landfall later this week. Swathes of coastal...
Vegetation Gradually Recovering in Quake-hit Jiuzhaigou
Jun 12, 2023 (SPX)
Stretching over 72,000 hectares in the northern part of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou Valley is known for its spectacular waterfalls, lush forest, serene plateau...
Thousands evacuated as Philippine volcano spews ash, rocks
Jun 11, 2023 (AFP)
Seismology researchers said they had recorded at least one volcanic earthquake in the past 24 hours and red-hot rocks were falling from Mount Mayon in the centr...
Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano near 'breaking point'
Jun 09, 2023 (AFP)
The Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) volcano may be less well-known than Vesuvius, but is "extremely dangerous", study co-author Stefano Carlino told AFP. Vesu...
Indonesia's Anak Krakatoa volcano erupts, spews huge ash column
Jun 09, 2023 (AFP)
The volcanic island emerged from the sea at the beginning of the last century from the crater formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa -- one of the dea...
Philippines on alert as volcano spews ash
Jun 08, 2023 (AFP)
Hundreds of families living around Mount Mayon in central Albay province are expected to be moved to safer areas after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology a...
Four dead, several dozen injured in Haiti quake, floods and landslides
Jun 07, 2023 (AFP)
The magnitude 4.9 quake occurred just after 5:00 am (0900 GMT) around 5.5 miles (9 kilometers) off the coast of the isolated Grand'Anse department, some 185 mil...
Flood-hit Pakistanis still waiting on promised rebuild
Jun 06, 2023 (AFP)
One year later she remains homeless, living with the remnants of her family in spartan tents marking where the village of Sohbat Khosa was gutted by the deluge ...
At least 42 dead in Haiti floods, landslides
Jun 05, 2023 (AFP)
The bad weather hit seven of the 10 departments in the country which is already plunged into a protracted humanitarian crisis fueled by gang violence, political...
More than 500 people evacuated after Ecuador floods
Jun 05, 2023 (AFP)
No one had been reported dead or missing, he said. Dozens of residents climbed onto the roofs or balconies of their homes to protect themselves from the rising ...
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