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Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption confirmed as biggest bang since Krakatoa
May 13, 2022 (SPX)
New research published in the journal Science has shown the volcano in the South Pacific created an explosion bigger than anything else ever recorded by modern ...
Massive eruption of Tongan volcano provides an explosion of data
May 13, 2022 (SPX)
UC Santa Barbara's Robin Matoza led a team of 76 scientists, from 17 nations, to characterize the eruption's atmospheric waves, the strongest recorded from a vo...
Lima jolted by a 5.5-magnitude quake
May 12, 2022 (AFP)
The tremor was recorded at 4:55 p.m. local time (2155 GMT), with an epicenter 30 kilometers west of Chilca, a coastal town south of Lima, and 49 kilometers deep...
Unprecedented cyclone activity potentially clouds future forecasts
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
A recent analysis of historical data by City University of Hong Kong researchers revealed that there were more tropical cyclones in the Atlantic than in the WNP...
Tonga volcanic eruption effects reached space
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
"The volcano created one of the largest disturbances in space we've seen in the modern era," said Brian Harding, a physicist at University of California, Berkel...
Ice-capped volcanoes slower to erupt, study finds
May 10, 2022 (SPX)
The study, led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign undergraduate researcher Lilian Lucas, with graduate student Jack Albright, former graduate student Ya...
Flash flooding sweeps away Pakistan bridge
May 10, 2022 (AFP)
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to climate change, ranking eighth in a table of countries most affected by extreme weather, according to a study by environmental ...
Major 2020 Alaska quake triggered neighboring 2021 temblor
May 05, 2022 (SPX)
The research was published by the journal Science Advances in a paper jointly led by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute associate professor Ro...
Flash floods kill at least 18 in Afghanistan: official
May 04, 2022 (AFP)
Scores of Afghans die every year in torrential downpours, particularly in impoverished rural areas where poorly built homes are at risk of collapse. Deputy mini...
NZ emergency agency cleared over deadly volcano eruption
May 04, 2022 (AFP)
Almost 50 people, mostly Australian tourists, were on the island, also known as Whakaari, when burning ash and steam blasted from a volcanic vent. The eruption ...
Researchers home in on Thera volcano eruption date
May 03, 2022 (SPX)
Charlotte Pearson, an associate professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, is lead author of a new paper in PNAS Nexus that combines a mosaic of techniq...
War unleashes flooding in Ukraine town
Apr 30, 2022 (AFP)
In addition to the devastation and death caused by Russian missiles, the invasion has also caused flooding in Demydiv village after a Russian strike on a nearby...
'Ida' removed from UN agency's hurricane roster
Apr 28, 2022 (AFP)
The UN weather agency said late Wednesday that "Ida" would be replaced by "Imani" after meteorologists determined that the future use of the name could be upset...
Indonesia raises alert level for Krakatoa's offspring volcano
Apr 25, 2022 (AFP)
Authorities bumped the threat of Anak Krakatoa, which means Child of Krakatoa, to level three of a four-tier volcanic alert system after witnessing a sharp rise...
'Fresh wound': S.Africa flood survivors bury loved ones
Apr 24, 2022 (AFP)
The wood will be used to burn two sacrificial goats as part of funeral rites for victims of flooding that has devastated the southeastern KwaZulu-Natal province...
Indonesia's Anak Krakatoa volcano erupts, spews huge ash tower
Apr 24, 2022 (AFP)
Mount Anak Krakatoa, which means Child of Krakatoa, belched thick ash over the strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra forcing authorities to warn...
S.Africa's deadly floods shine spotlight on housing crisis
Apr 23, 2022 (AFP)
She found a piece of vacant land in Durban and put up a shack. That was five years ago and much cheaper than paying rent, which had gone up to 200 rand ($12.80)...
Scientists scour 'Mexico's Galapagos' for quake, volcano clues
Apr 23, 2022 (AFP)
Located in the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometers from the Mexican coast, the Revillagigedo Islands are known as "Mexico's Galapagos" due to their isolati...
One killed, several injured as 5.7 quake shakes Bosnia: reports
Apr 23, 2022 (AFP)
A 28-year-old woman who was injured when a rock fell on her house in the town of Stolac, near Mostar, died in hospital, a medical source quoted by media said. S...
Floods heap woes on South Africa trading hub
Apr 22, 2022 (AFP)
Here is factfile on the region: - Economic giant - KZN employs 2.4 million out of 14.5 million workers in South Africa's formal economy and accounts for more th...
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