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Alfred sparks flood warnings in eastern Australia; ADF troops injured

Mar 08, 2025 (AFP)

The former tropical cyclone -- now downgraded to a tropical depression -- has battered the coastline with gale-force winds that toppled trees, brought down powe...

Ten dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods

Mar 08, 2025 (AFP)

Eight hours of nonstop rain left the city of 350,000 people largely underwater, and forced authorities to evacuate the Jose Penna hospital. Television images sh...

6 dead in Argentina floods; 3 dead, 5 missing in Indonesia landslides

Mar 07, 2025 (AFP)

Eight hours of nonstop rain left the city of 350,000 people largely under water, and forced authorities to evacuate the Jose Penna hospital. Television images s...

'Erratic' cyclone creeps towards eastern Australia

Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)

Tropical Cyclone Alfred was 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of busy Brisbane city on Thursday afternoon, but government forecasts warned its slow and "erratic" ...

Australia readies as cyclone veers towards eastern coast

Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)

Tropical Cyclone Alfred would strike Friday morning near bustling Brisbane city, forecasters said, the first typhoon to hit the region in more than 50 years. Fl...

Hundreds evacuated as torrential rains flood Indonesia capital

Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)

There were no immediate reports of casualties after the latest deluge, but parts of the city, home to around 11 million people, ground to a halt as whole neighb...

Rare tropical cyclone swirls off eastern Australia

Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)

Tropical Cyclone Alfred was swirling about 550 kilometres (340 miles) east of major city Brisbane, with models showing it veering towards the mainland later in ...

Schools reopen in Greece's Santorini as quake activity drops

Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)

A scientific committee monitoring the quakes gave the go-ahead last week, noting a fall in tremor intensity and the resilience of local public buildings. "Based...

Cyclone death toll rises to four on La Reunion

Mar 01, 2025 (AFP)

On Friday, Cyclone Garance struck the territory of 900,000 people, uprooting trees, tearing off roofs and flooding homes. Entire streets were inundated and cars...

Niger's 2024 floods killed 400, affected 1.5 mn: toll

Mar 01, 2025 (AFP)

"Floods caused the deaths of 396 people during the course of 2024," said Interior Minister Mohamed Toumba. A further 405 were injured and more than 200,000 hous...

Court overturns New Zealand White Island eruption conviction

Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)

Some 47 people were on White Island -- also known in Maori language as Whakaari -- in December 2019 when a deadly column of burning ash and steam blasted from a...

La Reunion residents ordered indoors as 'purple alert' cyclone nears

Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)

Authorities said a maximum "purple alert" was in effect from 9:00 am (0500 GMT) confining the entire population -- including law enforcement and emergency servi...

Shifting tales renew pressure on Spain flood region leader

Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)

Carlos Mazon has weathered fierce scrutiny since the October 29 catastrophe that killed 232 people in the country's deadliest floods in decades, including 224 i...

How did this man's brain turn to glass? Scientists have a theory

Feb 27, 2025 (AFP)

That is the theory Italian scientists proposed on Thursday to explain the strange case of the ancient Roman's brain, which they said is the only human tissue ev...

Indonesia residents run outside as shallow quake hits

Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)

The tremor hit at 6:55 am local time (2255 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) with the epicentre offshore near North Sulawesi province, according to t...

Magnitude 6.1 offshore quake hits near Indonesian island: USGS

Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)

The tremor hit at 6:55 am local time (2255 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) with the epicentre offshore near North Sulawesi province, according to t...

Santorini seismic activity down but schools stay shuttered: Greece

Feb 23, 2025 (AFP)

Thousands of earthquakes, mainly of a low magnitude, have been recorded between Santorini and Amorgos, islands in the Cyclades group southeast of the Greek main...

Ill-prepared trekkers swarm Mt Etna for high-altitude selfies

Feb 21, 2025 (AFP)

The lava seeping from Sicily's most famous volcano, contrasting with gleaming white snow on the mountainside, has proven irresistible to tourists and others, so...

Islanders keen to return to Santorini even as quakes continue

Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)

"Three of my children were crying, my wife was on edge too," the father of four, 54, told AFP at a summer camp near Athens temporarily housing scores of people ...

India capital shaken by 4.0-magnitude quake

Feb 17, 2025 (AFP)

There were no immediate reports of major damage, but terrified residents rushed outside as buildings shook. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at a ...