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Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstream
Aug 15, 2025 (SPX)
Over 69,000 people died in the disaster, nearly a third are thought to be from geohazards like the more than 60,000 landslides that rushed down the slopes of th...
Hundreds of houses damaged in northeast Nigeria flood
Aug 15, 2025 (AFP)
Torrential rains sparked intense floods and damaged hundreds of homes in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum, emergency authorities and a local resident tol...
Storm makes landfall in China after raking Taiwan as typhoon
Aug 13, 2025 (AFP)
Typhoon Podul weakened to a severe tropical storm when it roared ashore in southeastern China early Thursday, state media said, after carving a path across Taiw...
Typhoon Podul pummels Taiwan
Aug 13, 2025 (AFP)
Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses in the south, grounding hundreds of flights and knocking out power for tens of thousands of ...
Toll of India Himalayan flood likely to be at least 70
Aug 12, 2025 (AFP)
On top of four people reported to have been killed, it takes the likely overall toll of the August 5 disaster to more than 70 dead. Videos broadcast by survivor...
Japan urges evacuations after rains leave several missing
Aug 11, 2025 (AFP)
Television footage from various communities in Kumamoto prefecture showed houses, stores and vehicles submerged in about a metre (3.3 feet) of water. Surging ri...
Death toll from northwest China floods rises to 13
Aug 09, 2025 (AFP)
Torrents of mud and water began hitting mountainous areas of Gansu province on Thursday, with the death toll listed as 10 on Friday as rescuers searched for at ...
US French satellite SWOT captures Kamchatka tsunami in unprecedented detail
Aug 08, 2025 (SPX)
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite recorded the tsunami generated by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 3...
10 dead, 33 missing in northwest China floods as 'Never seen before' rains lash southern Japan
Aug 08, 2025 (AFP)
Natural disasters are common across China, particularly in the summer, when some regions experience heavy rain while others bake in searing heat. Chinese Presid...
Thai prosecutors indict 23 over quake skyscraper collapse
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
The 30-storey tower crumbled seconds after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28, killing thousands in Thailand's wartorn neighbour. The tower, mea...
Indian army searches for missing after deadly Himalayan flood; Torrential rains drench south China; Floods kill 6 in Myanmar border town
Aug 06, 2025 (AFP)
At least four people were killed and more than 50 are unaccounted for after a wall of muddy water and debris tore down a narrow mountain valley, smashing into t...
Nigeria issues flood alert for over half of its 36 states
Aug 06, 2025 (AFP)
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) said "conditions are highly conducive for intense and prolonged rainfall, which, when combined with already saturated...
Flurry of rainstorms hit Hong Kong; Torrential rain in Taiwan kills 5; Vietnam flood toll at 10
Aug 05, 2025 (AFP)
The financial hub has suspended school classes and opened temporary shelters, and some hospital services have also been affected. The city's weather observatory...
Beijing lifts rain alert after tens of thousands evacuated
Aug 05, 2025 (AFP)
The municipal weather office had imposed a red rainstorm warning -- the highest in a four-tier system -- on Monday, forecasting heavy downpours until Tuesday mo...
Dormant Russia volcano erupts for first time in 450 years
Aug 03, 2025 (AFP)
Pictures released by Russian state media show a towering plume of ash spewing from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which last erupted in 1550, according to the Smit...
Indonesia volcano belches six-mile ash tower
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,584-metre-high volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted at 20:48 pm (1248 GMT), the volcanology agency said in a statement...
Flash floods kill three in Vietnam, nine missing; Heavy rains kill at least 30 in Guinea since late June
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
Heavy rain of up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) triggered the floods in the provinces of Son La, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang and especially Dien Bien, isolating several...
China says cumulative 44 dead, 9 missing in Beijing rains
Jul 31, 2025 (AFP)
"As of midday on July 31, some 44 people have died and nine are still missing as a result of the disasters across the whole of Beijing," top city official Xia L...
Canada project reclaims 'foul' industrial area to contain floods
Jul 30, 2025 (AFP)
The Port Lands project has, in part, reversed a consequence of industrialization by reconnecting Lake Ontario with the Don River, more than a century after they...
Key facts about tsunamis and the damage they cause
Jul 30, 2025 (AFP)
Here are key facts about tsunamis and the damage they can cause: - Shock of water - A tsunami is a shock of water that spreads through the sea, usually triggere...
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