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Thousands flee to shelters as cyclone threatens India; 7 dead as tropical storm batters Philippines
Oct 23, 2024 (AFP)
Cyclone Dana is likely to hit the coasts of West Bengal and Odisha states -- together home to around 150 million people -- as a "severe cyclonic storm", India's...
Epic voyage to study earthquake triggers beneath the ocean
Oct 23, 2024 (SPX)
The researchers will be aboard the world's most advanced drilling-equipped science vessel, Chikyu, which will drill into the Tohoku-oki earthquake fault zone-wh...
Thousands flee homes as fierce tropical storm batters Philippines
Oct 23, 2024 (AFP)
Torrential rains driven by the storm have turned streets into rivers, submerged entire villages and buried some vehicles up to their door handles in volcanic se...
Hurricane leaves six dead in Cuba as power blackout eases
Oct 22, 2024 (AFP)
The lights went out for the Communist-run country's 10 million people on Friday after the collapse of the nation's largest power plant crippled the whole grid. ...
Trump heads to hurricane-hit N. Carolina, Harris in swing state push
Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)
Emergency services are still distributing food and water in the worst-affected parts of the state almost a month after Helene slammed into the southeastern Unit...
Shallow 5.8-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia island: USGS
Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)
The onshore quake hit the island of Tapat in the Molucca sea at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) at 10:24 local time (0324 GMT), USGS said. There were no im...
One dead as flooding hits Italy's northeast flatlands
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
Heavy overnight rain and flooding swept through the flatland already battered by extreme weather as recently as last month. Regional authorities said the deluge...
Hurricane set to hit Cuba amid national blackout
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
The expected arrival of Hurricane Oscar, just days after the failure of Cuba's largest power plant crippled the national grid, piles more pressure on a country ...
Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid huge power outage
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
The arrival of Oscar, after the Friday collapse of Cuba's largest power plant crippled the whole national grid, piles pressure on a country already battling sky...
Cuba girds for Hurricane Oscar with electricity supply still down
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
The arrival of Oscar, after the Friday collapse of Cuba's largest power plant crippled the whole national grid, will pile more pressure on a country already bat...
Echoes from ancient Earth: Zircon clues reveal Easter Island's hidden volcanic history
Oct 17, 2024 (SPX)
The volcanic history of Easter Island, known for its extinct volcanoes, dates back about 2.5 million years. However, recent zircon dating by a team led by Cuban...
Climate change worsened deadly Nepal floods, scientists say
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
Nepal suffered its worst flooding in decades in late September after ferocious monsoon rains swelled rivers, swamping entire neighbourhoods in the capital Kathm...
India issues flood warnings as rain pounds south
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
India's Meteorological Department warned of "heavy to very heavy" rainfall expected in parts of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and ...
Eastern Turkey rattled by magnitude 5.9 quake
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
The tremor happened at 10:46 am (0746 GMT) in Kale in Malatya, a province that was badly hit by the violent 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck on February 6,...
West, central Africa flooding keeps millions from school: charity
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
The charity said floods in Nigeria, Mali, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo had driven nearly one million people from their homes. "The unprecedented r...
Hundreds attend mass funeral of Bosnia floods victims
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
Men wept for their loved ones over the coffins clad in green cloth at a cemetery in the town of Jablanica, about 70 kilometres (43 miles) southwest of the capit...
Tens of thousands flee Nigeria floods
Oct 13, 2024 (AFP)
Rescue workers in Kogi State have been helping residents move away from the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers to displacement camps or nearby villages. U...
Eight dead as heavy rain thrashes Brazil after long drought
Oct 12, 2024 (AFP)
Central and southeastern Brazil have been pounded since Friday by winds reaching 62 miles (100 kilometers) per hour and up to four inches (10 cm) of daily rainf...
Losing everything: hurricane hits retirement complex in Florida
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
Hours later, after the powerful storm hit Wednesday evening, they watched as the same emergency crews who rescued them at their residence -- a series of two-sto...
At least 10 dead in Florida but Hurricane Milton not as bad as feared
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
The hurricane blasted across the state late Wednesday before roaring into the Atlantic, leaving behind roads blocked by downed trees and power lines. It shredde...
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