SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Ten killed by floods in Madagascar capital
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
"The floods caused landslides and houses collapsed," Sonia Ray, spokeswoman for the ministry's disaster management office, told AFP. Two people have been injure...
First death in Tonga volcano blast as nation remains cut off
Jan 17, 2022 (AFP)
Tonga remained virtually cut off from the rest of the world, after the eruption crippled communications and stalled emergency relief efforts. It is two days sin...
Shock waves, landslides may have caused 'rare' volcano tsunami: experts
Jan 17, 2022 (AFP)
"A volcanic-source tsunami event is rare but not unprecedented," a post on the website for New Zealand's geological hazard monitoring system GNS said Monday. GN...
At least 26 killed in Afghan earthquake
Jan 17, 2022 (AFP)
The victims died when roofs of their houses collapsed in Qadis district in the western province of Badghis, spokesman for the province Baz Mohammad Sarwary told...
Huge Tonga volcanic eruption caused 'significant damage'
Jan 16, 2022 (AFP)
The eruption on Saturday was so powerful it was recorded around the world and heard as far away as Alaska, triggering a tsunami that flooded Pacific coastlines ...
Huge Tonga volcanic eruption felt around the world
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
The eruption Saturday was so powerful it was recorded around the world, triggering a tsunami that flooded Pacific coastlines from Japan to the United States. Th...
Tongans flee tsunami following powerful volcanic eruption
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
"A 1.2 metre tsunami wave has been observed at Nuku'alofa," Australia's Bureau of Meteorology tweeted. The latest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volc...
Volcano triggers Tonga tsunami, alerts from Japan to US
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
Dramatic satellite images showed the long, rumbling eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai send a huge mushroom of smoke and ash into the air and a shockwave...
Tsunami waves crash ashore in Tonga after powerful eruption
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
"A 1.2 metre tsunami wave has been observed at Nukualofa," Australia's Bureau of Meteorology tweeted. The maximum tsunami wave recorded following Friday's explo...
When water is coming from all sides
Jan 14, 2022 (SPX)
"People don't care as much as to whether flooding is coming from the river or the ocean, especially when both contribute to water levels, as they want to know, ...
6.6-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Java island
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
The quake hit to the island's southwest and at a depth of 37 kilometres (23 miles) at 0905 GMT, the USGS said. No tsunami warning was issued and there were no i...
Spain volcano island residents return home to battle ash
Jan 12, 2022 (AFP)
Now that they are finally trickling back to them, their joy is tempered by finding everything covered in a sea of ash. "It's another world," said Felix Rodrigue...
Ten killed by heavy rains in southeastern Brazil
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
The victims, among them an 11-year-old girl, died on Sunday and Monday due to rains, flooding, and landslides, according to the State Coordinator of Civil Defen...
6.6-magnitude quake hits off west coast of Cyprus: USGS
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
The strong and relatively shallow quake that struck at 0107 GMT was centred 48 kilometres (30 miles) west-northwest of the town of Polis on the Mediterranean is...
6.6-magnitude quake jolts Cyprus
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
The strong and relatively shallow quake at 0107 GMT was centred 48 kilometres (30 miles) west-northwest of the town of Polis on the Mediterranean island, the US...
Six die in South African floods
Jan 09, 2022 (AFP)
"A total of six people died in separate incidents including a member of the... police services," Oscar Mabuyane, the Eastern Cape provincial premier said in a s...
Galapagos volcano, home to endangered lizard, erupts
Jan 07, 2022 (AFP)
The Wolf volcano's slopes host the pink iguana, only 211 of which were reported to be left on Isabela, the largest island in the Galapagos archipelago, as of la...
24,000 evacuated, two dead in Indonesian floods
Jan 04, 2022 (AFP)
Torrential rains have hammered the island for days, causing rivers to burst their banks and sending water levels surging in residential areas, the national disa...
Eight killed in southern Iran floods: state media
Jan 04, 2022 (AFP)
"Following the floods and rains of the past few days in the southern regions of the country, we have seen an increase in casualties and deaths," spokesman for t...
Strong quake hits off Taiwan's eastern coast
Jan 03, 2022 (AFP)
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake measured 6.2 in magnitude and hit at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles). The epicentre was given in t...
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