SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Death toll from south China rains rises to 9
Jun 20, 2024 (AFP)
Downpours in Guangdong province this week sparked floods and landslides, with the spate of extreme weather impacting nationwide. In Jiaoling county near the cit...
Niger reports 21 dead in rains and floods; Death toll from south China rains rises to 9
Jun 20, 2024 (AFP)
The ministry said eight people had drowned and 13 had died in houses that collapsed in storms. Another 26 people have been injured and around 4,000 cattle have ...
Landslides kill nine as Bangladesh lashed by rain
Jun 19, 2024 (AFP)
Schools have been turned into shelters for those abandoning their homes to rising river waters, while more than a million people have been stranded in northern ...
Quake kills four, injures 120 in northeastern Iran: state media
Jun 18, 2024 (AFP)
The quake struck at 1:24 pm (0954 GMT), Kashmar's governor, Hajatollah Shariatmadari, who gave the casualty toll, said on state television. Thirty-five people w...
Over a dozen people missing as extreme weather hits China
Jun 18, 2024 (AFP)
State news agency Xinhua reported that four people were unaccounted for after a flash flood in Changji, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where torrential...
13 killed as heavy rains pound Central America
Jun 17, 2024 (AFP)
In El Salvador, the hardest hit country so far, five people died Monday in a landslide in the western district of Tacuba, in the department of Ahuachapan, Civil...
Heavy rain in southern China leaves 5 dead, 15 missing
Jun 17, 2024 (AFP)
Torrential downpours have struck parts of densely populated Guangdong province since Sunday, following weeks of extreme weather across China. "Five people have ...
Eight dead after heavy rains hit Ivory Coast
Jun 15, 2024 (AFP)
Roads were cut off as rain fell on Thursday afternoon in most areas of the city with a population of six million. In its latest statement, the fire brigade said...
'Catastrophe' as downpours hit Chile; Floods, landslides in India's northeast kill 6
Jun 14, 2024 (AFP)
A person died in the southern city of Linares when a street lamp post fell after hours-long downpours and strong winds, the Senapred disaster response service s...
'Hurricane hunters:' calm science pilots in eye of the storm
Jun 13, 2024 (AFP)
Once back on land, he learned how the disaster literally hit home. "Our house got destroyed," his mother told him in a phone call from the battered state. For t...
Flooding and landslides kill three in Vietnam's north
Jun 10, 2024 (AFP)
Images on state media showed water gushing down the steep roads of mountainous Ha Giang province, a popular spot for motorcycle tours, with vehicles overturned ...
Volcano rumblings prompt air traffic alert in Guatemala
Jun 09, 2024 (AFP)
The volcano named Fuego -- located 35 kilometers (22 miles) from capital Guatemala City -- saw "weak and moderate explosions occurring at a rate of four to seve...
Geometric Analysis Offers New Insights into Earthquake Causes
Jun 07, 2024 (SPX)
The study, published in the journal Nature, indicates that the alignment of fault networks plays a crucial role in determining earthquake locations and strength...
Indonesia volcano erupts three times, spews 5 km ash tower
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Ibu, located on the island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted Thursday morning shortly after 1:00 am (1600 GMT Wednesday) and then again at 7:...
Torrent of volcanic mudflow hits Philippine village
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Kanlaon on Negros island exploded Monday evening, sending a plume of ash, rocks and gases five kilometres (three miles) into the sky. Images posted on Fac...
Five dead as southern Germany struggles with far-reaching floods
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
Several people were still missing but police on Tuesday reported the rescue of a woman after she spent 52 hours in a tree she had climbed to escape the flood wa...
Hundreds in emergency shelters after Philippine volcano erupts
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Kanlaon on Negros island exploded for six minutes on Monday night, sending a plume of ash, rocks and gases five kilometres (three miles) into the sky. The...
Sri Lanka deploys army after 26 killed in monsoon storms
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
Another 42 people were injured, junior defence minister Premitha Tennakoon told parliament, with 130,000 people forced from their homes by the floods in 23 out ...
South African floods kill at least 22 people
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
Flooding hit several locations in two eastern provinces, two rare tornados were spotted, temperatures plunged and snow fell in some central regions. At least 11...
12 dead in South African flooding
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
In Eastern Cape province, "the death toll is currently sitting at seven," a spokesperson from Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, at the heart of the floods, told ...
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