SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Italy's Etna spews ash, closing Catania airport
May 21, 2023 (AFP)
"Due to the eruptive activity of Etna and copious amounts of volcanic ash on the airport surfaces, flight operations are suspended until safety conditions are r...
Despite rumblings, Colombia volcano survivor skeptical of repeat disaster
May 21, 2023 (AFP)
"I just don't believe that" threat alert, the 73-year-old with a gray mustache scoffed recently when asked about the underlying risk of another eruption. Like h...
Mexico raises alert level as volcano ejects smoke, ash, lava
May 21, 2023 (AFP)
The volcano, located in central Mexico, is considered one of the most dangerous in the world because some 25 million people live within a 100-kilometer (60-mile...
Italy's Meloni visits flood-hit region
May 21, 2023 (AFP)
Meloni, who shook hands with mud-splattered home owners and volunteers, found speaking to those who had lost everything a "moving" experience, she told journali...
The octogenarian architect working to flood-proof Pakistan
May 20, 2023 (AFP)
Lari, Pakistan's first woman architect, has ditched a lifetime of multi-million dollar projects in the megacity of Karachi to develop pioneering flood-proof bam...
Over 36,000 people displaced by Italy floods
May 20, 2023 (AFP)
Violent downpours earlier this week killed 14 people, transforming streets in the cities and towns of the Emilia Romagna region into rivers. And as more rain fe...
Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes east of New Caledonia
May 20, 2023 (AFP)
The epicentre was 35 kilometres (22 miles) deep and located about 300 kilometres (190 miles) east of the New Caledonian archipelago, it said. "It lasted maybe t...
Some 800,000 people affected by Cyclone in Myanmar, Toll over 145
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
Mocha brought lashing rain and winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour to Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh on Sunday, with Myanmar's junta saying ...
New Caledonia lifts tsunami warning after 7.7-magnitude quake
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
The quake was detected at 0257 GMT around 340 kilometres (210 miles) east of Vao city in New Caledonia, a French Pacific territory, according to the US Geologic...
Offers of aid as Italy reels from 'worst flood in a century'
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
As some areas began the clean-up following downpours earlier this week, others were newly evacuated on Thursday and authorities extended a red weather alert in ...
Tsunami alert lifted after 7.7-magnitude Pacific quake
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
The quake hit at 0257 GMT, prompting people on multiple South Pacific islands to race to higher ground as sirens warned of possible hazardous waves. "Based on a...
Italy flood deaths rise to 13 as thousands wait to come home
May 18, 2023 (AFP)
Rescue workers have been searching for anyone trapped by floodwaters in the Emilia Romagna region. Authorities have not confirmed the latest rise from the 11 de...
More villages evacuated as Italy counts cost of deadly floods
May 18, 2023 (AFP)
Buses were being sent to help residents leave Villanova di Ravenna, Filetto and Roncalceci after the river Lamone burst its banks. Nearly two dozen rivers and s...
Italy floods kill at least two
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
"At the moment there are two dead... the emergency is still underway," the region said in a statement, after desperate efforts overnight to save children and th...
Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 81 in Myanmar
May 16, 2023 (AFP)
Mocha made landfall on Sunday with winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, downing power pylons and smashing wooden fishing boats to splinters. At l...
Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 41 in Myanmar's Rakhine state
May 16, 2023 (AFP)
Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, Mocha made landfall on Sunday, downing power pylons and smashing wooden fishing boats to splinters. ...
Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 29 in Myanmar
May 15, 2023 (AFP)
Cyclone Mocha made landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar's Sittwe carrying winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, the biggest stor...
Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar, Bangladesh
May 14, 2023 (AFP)
Mocha made landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar's Sittwe packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, in the biggest storm to h...
22 people killed in Somalia floods: UN
May 14, 2023 (AFP)
Heavy rainfall earlier in the week sent water gushing into homes in Beledweyne town in Hiran region, submerging roads and buildings as residents grabbed their b...
Bangladesh evacuations ahead of 'very severe' Cyclone Mocha
May 13, 2023 (AFP)
Cyclone Mocha was packing winds of up to 175 kilometres per hour (109 miles per hour) and meteorological officials in Dhaka classed it as "very severe", with th...
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