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Vietnam flooding kills at least 90
Nov 23, 2025 (AFP)
Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several rounds of flooding, with economic ...
Aftershocks rock Bangladesh as quake death toll rises to 10
Nov 22, 2025 (AFP)
A 3.3-magnitude jolt was recorded in Narshingdi district, east of Dhaka, in the morning, followed by a 4.3-magnitude quake that struck the capital around 6:00 p...
Floods hit Albania, leave one dead
Nov 22, 2025 (AFP)
The body of a 75-year-old woman was found on Saturday in Devoll, a municipality in the country's southeast, after a several-hour search, a police statement said...
Santorini earthquake swarm in 2025 linked to deep magma intrusions under Aegean Sea
Nov 21, 2025 (SPX)
It was initially unclear whether the seismic activity signaled an impending volcanic eruption or tectonic fault movement. Researchers used advanced machine lear...
Three killed as 5.5-magnitude quake hits Bangladesh
Nov 21, 2025 (AFP)
The 5.5-magnitude quake struck at 10:38 am (0438 GMT) near the city of Narsingdi, about 33 kilometres (16 miles) from Dhaka, according to the US Geological Surv...
Indonesians flee homes after volcano erupts; Death toll from landslides rises to 30
Nov 20, 2025 (AFP)
Mount Semeru in eastern Java erupted on Wednesday afternoon, throwing ash and gas more than 13 kilometres (eight miles) away and forcing officials to raise the ...
Seismic data can identify aircraft by type
Nov 19, 2025 (SPX)
That's because aircraft sound waves also shake the ground, though to a much lesser extent. An aircraft's type - a Cessna 185 Skywagon, for example - can be dete...
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
Nov 16, 2025 (AFP)
Sakurajima, one of Japan's most active volcanoes, erupted before dawn, sending ash and smoke up to 4,400 metres (14,400 feet) into the sky, the Japan Meteorolog...
Thais navigate flooded homes and ancient temples by boat
Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)
Relentless rains have plunged Thailand's Ayutthaya province, home to a UNESCO-listed ancient city, into what residents say is its worst flooding in years. Murky...
Deadly impact of climate change on India's floods; Philippines vows arrests over bogus flood projects
Nov 12, 2025 (AFP)
The case study analysed extensive data to estimate the population-wide impact of rainfall and floods on mortality in Mumbai, a city of 22 million people. It pro...
Philippines digs out from Typhoon Fung-wong as death toll climbs
Nov 11, 2025 (AFP)
Fung-wong, which displaced 1.4 million people, had weakened into a severe tropical storm even as it began dumping rain on neighbouring Taiwan ahead of an expect...
Typhoon Fung-wong leaves flooded Philippine towns in its wake
Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)
Fung-wong, with a footprint that spanned nearly the entire archipelago, slammed into the eastern seaboard as a "super typhoon" on Sunday evening, uprooting tree...
3 survive 40 hours lost at sea after typhoon; 2nd storm leaves 5 dead in Philippine
Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)
They were rescued over several hours on Saturday in an operation involving three vessels scouring the waters off Vietnam's central coast, according to a sailor ...
Japan observes tiny tsunami following 6.7 magnitude quake
Nov 09, 2025 (AFP)
The first tsunami hit Miyako, Iwate, at 5:37 pm (0837 GMT), but it was so small that the Japan Meteorological Agency said it could not measure its size. Two min...
Winds, rain lash Philippines as super typhoon nears
Nov 09, 2025 (AFP)
Catanduanes, a small island the state weather service said could take a "direct hit", was already being lashed by wind and rain in the early morning, with storm...
Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi ravages Vietnam, Philippines
Nov 07, 2025 (AFP)
Kalmaegi unleashed record rainfall and flooding in the central Philippines this week -- sweeping away cars, trucks and shipping containers before lashing Vietna...
EU launches LAND project to transform landscapes for sustainable Earth living
Nov 07, 2025 (SPX)
LAND's core innovation moves past traditional land reform toward landscape reform, pursuing liveable and justice-based change for more-than-human life. The proj...
Operation Cloudburst: Dutch train for 'water bomb' floods
Nov 07, 2025 (AFP)
The five-day exercise simulates catastrophic floods from a "water bomb", an ever-present fear in a country where 60 percent of people live below sea level and c...
Vietnam flood death toll hits 40 as Typhoon Kalmaegi looms; Indonesia floods kill 15
Nov 04, 2025 (AFP)
Vietnam's central belt has been deluged by torrential rain turning streets into canals, bursting riverbanks and inundating some of the country's most-visited hi...
Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter
Nov 04, 2025 (AFP)
Others who made it through an even deadlier quake two months ago share their anxiety. This week's 6.3-magnitude tremor that rattled the northern provinces of Sa...
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