SHAKE AND BLOW

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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 ...
Climate change made historic Brazil floods twice as likely: scientists
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
Three months' worth of rain was dumped on the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul over two weeks in an "extremely rare event, expected to occur only once every ...
Strong earthquake hits central Japan
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
Three houses collapsed but there were no reports of deaths or injuries, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said after the shallow quake struck the Noto Pen...
Alert level raised for Philippine volcano after 'explosive eruption'
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Kanlaon on the central island of Negros erupted for six minutes shortly before 7:00 pm (1100 GMT), prompting warnings for nearby residents to wear facemas...
Rescue worker dies in southern Germany flooding
Jun 02, 2024 (AFP)
Four emergency workers were attempting to reach people trapped by the flood waters near Pfaffenhofen in the region of Bavaria when their boat capsized. Three of...
Rescue worker dies amid flooding in southern Germany
Jun 02, 2024 (AFP)
The 42-year-old died after his rescue ship capsized near Pfaffenhofen in the region of Bavaria. Four emergency workers were attempting to reach people trapped b...
Indonesia volcano erupts, spews ash 7 km into the sky
Jun 02, 2024 (AFP)
It is the latest of around 100 eruptions from the volcano since early this year. Mount Ibu, located on Halmahera island in North Maluku province, erupted at 12....
Sri Lanka monsoon floods kill 14, schools shut
Jun 02, 2024 (AFP)
Some drowned, including three members of the same family swept away near the capital Colombo on Sunday. Others were buried alive in mudslides, including an 11-y...
Flood-hit Brazil businesses count losses, look to future
May 31, 2024 (AFP)
Even as businesses tally the full extent of the damages, they are clamoring for aid to help them bounce back, and measures to deal with future extreme climate e...
Volcanic eruption in Iceland losing intensity: expert
May 30, 2024 (AFP)
The eruption around midday on Wednesday prompted the evacuation of the nearby fishing town of Grindavik as well as the Blue Lagoon thermal spa tourist attractio...
Floating walkways a lifeline for Brazilians after floods
May 30, 2024 (AFP)
"Everything is more difficult now, but we must keep going," said the 54-year-old father-of-three, his calf bandaged after a recent operation. Brazil's army has ...
Indonesia volcano belches ash tower 2 km into the sky
May 30, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province erupted at 1:04 pm (0604 GMT), spewing thick grey clouds of ash two kilometres (1.2 miles) above its peak, the national di...
Lava spews again from volcanic eruption in Iceland
May 29, 2024 (AFP)
A large white cloud of smoke could be seen billowing up against the blue sky, with orange lava fountains bubbling out of a crack in the ground near Sundhnukagig...
Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
Cyclone Remal, which made landfall in low-lying Bangladesh and neighbouring India on Sunday evening with fierce gales and crashing waves, left at least 23 peopl...
12 Indians killed in quarry collapse after cyclone rains
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
"So far 12 bodies have been found, we are looking for more," deputy commissioner of Aizawl district Nazuk Kumar told AFP. Rescue efforts in the quarry were bein...
'We're leaving': Brazilians pack up after repeat floods
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
After three floods in eight months, the couple has had enough and is leaving the Brazilian riverside town of Roca Sales for good. "We're leaving because ... I'm...
Two dead as cyclone batters Bangladesh and India
May 27, 2024 (AFP)
Two people have been killed since Cyclone Remal made landfall on Sunday night, Kamrul Hasan, secretary of Bangladesh's disaster management ministry, told AFP. C...
Scores dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India
May 27, 2024 (AFP)
Winds and torrential rain still hammered residents as they tried to salvage what remained of their belongings, a day after Cyclone Remal made landfall with fier...
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts again, spews hot ash and sand
May 27, 2024 (AFP)
The fresh eruption at Mount Ibu on Halmahera island in North Maluku province occurred at 03:30 am local time (1830 GMT Sunday), and sent sand falling onto surro...
Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuated
May 26, 2024 (AFP)
Floods caused by heavy rain in the northern Lori region have left one person dead and another missing, the interior ministry said, while 232 people were evacuat...
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