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Madagascar cyclone toll hits 94 as rescuers advance
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
"Right now, the toll is 94 dead," said Faly Aritiana Fabien of the national disaster management agency, BNGRC. "We've made great efforts to reach all of the are...
Madagascar cyclone toll rises to 92 amid calls for aid
Feb 09, 2022 (AFP)
The National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) released data from the hardest-hit regions revealing that 71 of the dead were in Ikongo district, n...
Madagascar cyclone toll rises to 30
Feb 09, 2022 (AFP)
On Wednesday morning, Madagascar's disaster management agency (BNGRC) announced that the number of dead on the Indian Ocean island had risen from 21 to 30 the p...
Hidden magnitude-8.2 earthquake source of mysterious 2021 global tsunami
Feb 09, 2022 (SPX)
In August 2021, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit near the South Sandwich Islands, creating a tsunami that rippled around the globe. The epicenter was 47 kilometer...
Big data imaging shows rock's big role in channeling earthquakes in Japan
Feb 08, 2022 (SPX)
Scientists have known about the pluton for years but were aware of only small portions of it. Thanks to new research by an international team of scientists led ...
Humanitarian crisis feared as cyclone kills 21 in Madagascar
Feb 07, 2022 (AFP)
Madagascar was already reeling from a tropical storm which killed 55 people late last month, and the latest extreme weather event came as South African Presiden...
Ecuador capital flooding toll raised to 28
Feb 07, 2022 (AFP)
The floods inundated homes, carried off cars and swept away volleyball players and spectators on a sports field. Rescuers are still searching for a missing 38-y...
Cyclone Batsirai kills 10, displaces nearly 48,000 in Madagascar
Feb 06, 2022 (AFP)
The cyclone later weakened but not before wreaking havoc in the poor Indian Ocean island nation which is still reeling from a deadly tropical storm earlier this...
'Widespread damage' feared as Cyclone Batsirai hits Madagascar
Feb 05, 2022 (AFP)
Batsirai made landfall in Mananjary district, more than 530 kilometres (310 miles) southeast of the capital Antananarivo, amid warnings of "widespread damage". ...
New analysis of tsunami deposits paints a clearer picture of Sanriku's past
Feb 04, 2022 (SPX)
Tsunami deposits offer scientists important information on tsunamis that struck before records began. They reveal the frequency and size of tsunamis. But someti...
Quito flooding toll raised to 27
Feb 04, 2022 (AFP)
The floods inundated homes, carried off cars, and swept away volleyball players and spectators on a sports field. Two people remain missing, Quito security offi...
Toxic ash from DR Congo volcano falling on Goma
Feb 04, 2022 (AFP)
Thirty-two people died from burns or asphyxiation when Nyiragongo roared back into life on May 22-23, 2021, sending torrents of lava into the outskirts of Goma,...
24 dead, dozens injured as flooding hits Ecuador capital
Feb 02, 2022 (AFP)
A dozen people are missing and 48 injured, Ecuador's SNGRE emergency service said on Twitter. Video footage showed torrents of water carrying stones, mud and de...
UN seeks $169 million in aid for Philippine typhoon victims
Feb 02, 2022 (AFP)
More than 400 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless after Rai hit the archipelago as a super typhoon in December, ripping off roofs, shredd...
Flooding kills at least 11 people in Ecuador capital
Feb 01, 2022 (AFP)
Torrents of water carrying stones and mud swept down an avenue in the Ecuadorian city, washing away cars and flooding houses and streets, according to images re...
Rescuers dig desperately in mud for Brazil flood survivors
Jan 31, 2022 (AFP)
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 24 people, including eight children, since Friday in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil's i...
Torrential rains leave at least 18 dead in Brazil
Jan 30, 2022 (AFP)
"Since last Friday, the turmoil caused by the bad weather caused 18 deaths, including seven children and left around 500 people without homes or displaced," sai...
Tropical Storm Ana leaves trail of destruction in southern Africa
Jan 29, 2022 (AFP)
Flooding has killed 51 people on the large Indian Ocean island off southeastern Africa since 10 days of intense rain began on January 17. The storm formed to th...
Malaysian floods caused $1.4 bn in losses: government
Jan 28, 2022 (AFP)
Heavy monsoon rains triggered the country's worst flooding in years from mid-December to early January, with about 50 people killed and 125,000 forced from thei...
Deadly storm Ana strands tens of thousands in southern Africa
Jan 28, 2022 (AFP)
The death toll stood at 86 across Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi, as rescue crews battled on to access regions where roads and bridges had washed away. In Ma...
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