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Bonnie becomes first major hurricane of Pacific season
Jul 05, 2022 (AFP)
Bonnie was expected to move parallel to Mexico's southern coast before heading farther away from land, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). The ...
Tropical Storm Bonnie becomes hurricane, kills 3 in Central America
Jul 04, 2022 (AFP)
The hurricane, the third of the season off Mexico's coast, is carrying maximum sustained winds of 80 miles (125 kilometers) per hour "with higher gusts," the NH...
Thousands told to evacuate before 'life-threatening' Sydney flood
Jul 03, 2022 (AFP)
Roads across the city were cut off and authorities said at least 18 evacuation orders were in place in western Sydney, an area that was inundated with severe fl...
Strong quakes kill five in southern Iran
Jul 02, 2022 (AFP)
The quakes, including two of magnitude 6.0, struck west of the major port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province, the US Geological Survey said. The first r...
Dozens missing in shipwreck during South China Sea typhoon
Jul 02, 2022 (AFP)
An engineering vessel that was 160 nautical miles southwest of Hong Kong "suffered substantial damage and broke into two pieces" and the 30-member crew abandone...
Tonga volcano eruption trigged atmospheric gravity waves that reached the edge of space
Jul 01, 2022 (SPX)
Led by researchers from the University of Bath and published in Nature, the study combines extensive satellite data with ground-level observations to show that ...
Iceland volcano eruption opens a rare window into the Earth beneath our feet
Jun 30, 2022 (SPX)
A research team from University of Oregon, Uppsala University, University of Iceland, and Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) took this exceptional opportunity...
7 million in 'desperate need' after Bangladesh floods
Jun 28, 2022 (AFP)
At least 101 people were killed in the country's northeast when rivers swelled to record levels and inundated rural villages, after some of the heaviest rains i...
Nearly 1 in 4 globally at risk from severe flooding: study
Jun 28, 2022 (AFP)
Inundations from heavy rainfall and storm surges affect millions of people every year and cause billions of dollars of damage to homes, infrastructure and econo...
Afghan quake relief focus shifts to long term
Jun 27, 2022 (AFP)
The 5.9-magnitude quake early last Wednesday hit hardest in impoverished Paktika province in the east, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving tens of thousa...
Village life left in ruins after deadly Afghan quake
Jun 26, 2022 (AFP)
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rumbled through the area last Wednesday, killing more than 1,000 people, injuring three times that many, and leaving tens of thousand...
Quake-hit Afghan village struggles back to life as aid trickles in
Jun 25, 2022 (AFP)
Wuchkai, three hours away from the nearest town of any substance, can only be reached by a narrow, rutted dirt road -- with space for just one vehicle in places...
Dozens of Suriname villages await aid following unprecedented floods
Jun 24, 2022 (AFP)
Heavy rainfall since January led rivers to burst their banks in the small South American nation, forcing the state energy firm, Staatsolie Power Company Surinam...
Rescuers scramble to reach Afghan quake survivors as foreign aid arrives
Jun 23, 2022 (AFP)
Wednesday's 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east, downing mobile phone towers and power lines while triggering rock and mudslides which blocked...
Record floods threaten southern China
Jun 23, 2022 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from the worst-hit parts of the region, which includes Guangdong province, a manufacturing and logistics hub...
At least 1,000 killed in Afghan quake as rescuers scramble for survivors
Jun 22, 2022 (AFP)
The 5.9 magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east, where people already lead hardscrabble lives in a country in the grip of a humanitarian disaster made...
Hundreds of thousands evacuated in China after heaviest rains in decades
Jun 21, 2022 (AFP)
The downpours have dangerously swelled waterways in the low-lying Pearl River basin in recent days, threatening manufacturing, shipping and logistics operations...
26 more dead in India monsoon fury, waters recede in Bangladesh
Jun 20, 2022 (AFP)
Floods are a regular menace in India and Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability for the two cou...
Strong quake hits eastern Taiwan: USGS
Jun 20, 2022 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake had an estimated depth of 10 kilometres, according to USGS, and struck at 09:05 local time (010...
59 dead, millions stranded as floods hit Bangladesh, India
Jun 18, 2022 (AFP)
Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredicta...
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