SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Hong Kong hit by strong winds, heavy rain as Typhoon Wipha skirts past
Jul 20, 2025 (AFP)
Wipha was located around 140 kilometres (87 miles) to Hong Kong's southwest as of 5 pm (0900 GMT), according to the city's weather observatory. Hong Kong's high...
Tsunami alert lifted after powerful quakes off Russian coast
Jul 20, 2025 (AFP)
Earlier on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) issued a tsunami alert, forecasting "hazardous waves" after a 7.4-magnitude quake at 0849 GMT, which was the ...
Texas flood missing toll revised down to 3; SKorea flood toll hits 17, with 11 missing
Jul 20, 2025 (AFP)
At least 135 people died in central Texas, including more than three dozen children, after strong downpours sparked flash flooding at the beginning of the July ...
Volcanic eruption ends day's search for bodies of Filipino cockfighters
Jul 17, 2025 (AFP)
The low-level eruption, which sent a plume of steam billowing 2,400 metres (7,900 feet) skyward from Lake Taal volcano, came a week into the search for the rema...
Three dead as South Korean region hit by most rain in 120 years
Jul 17, 2025 (AFP)
South Korea typically experiences monsoon rains in July, but three areas in the country's South Chungcheong province this week saw some of the heaviest hourly d...
Iceland volcano erupts for ninth time since 2023
Jul 16, 2025 (AFP)
Live video feeds showed lava spewing out of a fissure in the ground, with the Icelandic Met Office saying that it began just before 4:00 am (0400 GMT). The weat...
Two dead in New Jersey as soaked US northeast braces for more rain
Jul 15, 2025 (AFP)
A flood warning remained in effect until Tuesday morning for parts of New Jersey, while the slow-moving summer storm was expected to continue showering the Mid-...
Magnitude 6.7 quake hits offshore eastern Indonesia: USGS
Jul 14, 2025 (AFP)
The quake struck at 12:49 pm Western Indonesia time (0549 GMT) and its epicentre was at a depth of 66 kilometres (40 miles) around 177 kilometres west of the ci...
Rescuers on horseback, with dogs search for Texas flood victims
Jul 08, 2025 (AFP)
Rescuers in inflatable motorboats also searched Monday for bodies near Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp, where 27 campers and counselors died after being s...
Death toll in Texas floods climbs to 108, with more rain expected
Jul 08, 2025 (AFP)
As of Tuesday morning, authorities in worst-hit Kerr County had recovered the bodies of 87 victims, Sheriff Larry Leitha told reporters. The deceased include at...
One dead, 28 missing in floods on China-Nepal border
Jul 08, 2025 (AFP)
The wall of water also swept away one of the main bridges linking Nepal and China over the Bhotekoshi river. Deadly floods and landslides are common across Sout...
Typhoon Danas kills two, injures hundreds in Taiwan; Woman killed during storms across northern Italy
Jul 07, 2025 (AFP)
The storm brought "destructive" gusts of up to 222 kilometres (138 miles) per hour to southwest Taiwan, where it made landfall late Sunday, the Central Weather ...
Desperate search for the missing as more than 80 people dead in Texas floods
Jul 07, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said he would "probably" visit the southern state on Friday. Trump brushed off concerns his administration's wide-ranging cuts to weat...
Dozens leave Japan islands after nearly 1,600 quakes
Jul 07, 2025 (AFP)
There has been no major physical damage on hardest-hit Akuseki island, even after a 5.1-magnitude quake that struck overnight, said Genichiro Kubo, who is based...
Indonesia volcano spews 18-kilometre ash tower
Jul 07, 2025 (AFP)
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,584-metre-high volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted at 11:05 am local time (0305 GMT), the volcanology agency said in ...
Rescuers search for missing girls as Texas flood death toll hits 50
Jul 06, 2025 (AFP)
Multiple flash flood warnings remained in place across central Texas after water surged through communities, with the Guadalupe River rise by 26 feet (eight met...
India monsoon season death toll hits 69 after floods, landslides
Jul 04, 2025 (AFP)
Scores of people die each year during the rainy season due to flash floods and landslides across India, a country of 1.4 billion people. Rivers swollen by lashi...
Japan updates 'megaquake' preparedness plan
Jul 02, 2025 (AFP)
Quakes are extremely hard to predict, but in January a government panel marginally increased the probability of a major jolt in the Nankai Trough off Japan in t...
Storm Flossie strengthens into a hurricane near Mexico coast
Jul 01, 2025 (AFP)
Flossie was located 280 kilometers (170 miles) from the port of Manzanillo in the Mexican state of Colima, the meteorological agency said in its latest report. ...
Pakistan flash floods, heavy rain kill 45 in just days
Jun 29, 2025 (AFP)
The highest toll was recorded in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that borders Afghanistan, where 10 children were among 21 killed. The disaster management au...
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