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Researchers achieve high accuracy with innovative dropsonde for typhoon observation
Dec 18, 2024 (SPX)
The dropsonde, known as iMDS-17, is a lightweight, 130-gram instrument constructed primarily from biodegradable materials. Equipped with a fin, the device desce...
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: what to know 20 years on
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge waves that swept into coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India...
Cyclone death toll in Mozambique rises to 45
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
Initial figures released on Tuesday said the cyclone had claimed 34 lives after making landfall in Mozambique on Sunday at the northern Cabo Delgado province. I...
Rescuers hunt for survivors in Vanuatu quake, 14 dead
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
People called out from beneath the remains of a flattened three-storey shop in the capital Port Vila, where scores of rescuers worked through the night to find ...
Indian Ocean nations to mark 20 years since devastating tsunami
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
Beachside memorials and religious ceremonies will be held across Asia in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, which were the worst hit by one of the deadli...
Bodies seen in Vanuatu capital after major quake
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
The 7.3-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 57 kilometres (35 miles), some 30 kilometres off the coast of Efate, Vanuatu's main island, at 12:47 pm (0147 GMT),...
Major quake crushes buildings in Vanuatu capital, bodies seen
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
The 7.3-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 57 kilometres (35 miles), some 30 kilometres off the coast of Efate, Vanuatu's main island, at 12:47 pm (0147 GMT),...
Cyclone Chido toll at 34 dead in Mozambique; as France enacts nighttime curfew on Mayotte
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
The cyclone first hit the country on Sunday at the Cabo Delgado province, where 28 people were killed, the centre said, releasing its latest information as of M...
Red Cross fears more than 200 volunteers missing in France's cyclone-hit Mayotte
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
"Winds of up to 220 km/h caused by Cyclone Chido have devastated the French overseas territory of Mayotte. It's feared that more than 200... volunteers are miss...
One in 5 properties in England now at risk of flooding
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
Around 6.3 million homes and businesses are located in areas at risk of flooding from one or a combination of rivers, the sea and surface water, up from 5.5 mil...
Spain central bank raises 2024 growth forecast despite floods
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
The Bank of Spain predicted in a report that gross domestic product in the European Union's fourth-largest economy would grow by 3.1 percent this year, an incre...
Rescuers race to France's Mayotte as hundreds feared dead in cyclone
Dec 16, 2024 (AFP)
Images from Mayotte, which like other French overseas territories is an integral part of France and ruled from Paris, showed scenes of devastation, with homes r...
The economic risks of tsunamis on global trade
Dec 16, 2024 (SPX)
Shipping drives over 80% of global trade, and interruptions to port networks can reverberate through global supply chains. However, despite their potential impa...
France fears heavy toll as Cyclone Chido batters Mayotte
Dec 14, 2024 (AFP)
Acting Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the storm had left a "dramatic" trail of destruction on the impoverished islands, warning that the territory's nu...
Climate change intensified back-to-back Philippines storms: study
Dec 12, 2024 (AFP)
Five typhoons and a tropical storm hit the Philippines in a 23-day period across October and November, killing more than 170 people and causing at least $235 mi...
Evacuations underway as Philippine volcano erupts
Dec 09, 2024 (AFP)
Rising more than 2,400 metres (8,000 feet) above sea level on the central island of Negros, Kanlaon is one of 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines. A nearly f...
Spain royals join memorial mass for flood victims
Dec 09, 2024 (AFP)
Felipe and his wife Queen Letizia returned to the Valencia region, where in the aftermath of the disaster they had been pelted with mud by locals angry at a lac...
Evacuation as Philippine volcano erupts; Shallow 5.6 quake hits El Salvador
Dec 09, 2024 (AFP)
Rising more than 2,400 metres (8,000 feet) above sea level on the central island of Negros, Kanlaon is one of 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines. "An explos...
Five dead, seven missing in Indonesia floods, landslides; Storm Darragh batters UK
Dec 06, 2024 (AFP)
Intense rains triggered flash floods and landslides in the Sukabumi district in West Java province on Tuesday, destroying at least 10 bridges and damaging hundr...
Quake sparks brief tsunami warning in California
Dec 05, 2024 (AFP)
Seismologists at the US Geological Survey said the shallow 7.0 magnitude tremor had hit around 68 kilometers (42 miles) from the coastal town of Ferndale mid-mo...
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