SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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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...
Armenia floods kill two, hundreds evacuated
May 26, 2024 (AFP)
Floods caused by heavy rain in the northern Lori region have left two people dead and two more missing, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastru...
Thousands flee as cyclone heads towards Bangladesh
May 26, 2024 (AFP)
Cyclone Remal is set to hit the southern coast and parts of neighbouring India on Sunday evening, with Bangladesh's weather department predicting crashing waves...
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes near Tonga: USGS
May 26, 2024 (AFP)
The quake struck at 9:47 am local time from a depth of about 112 kilometres (69 miles), according to the USGS, and was centred in a patch of ocean about 198 kil...
Life in water and mud: Colombians fed up with constant flooding
May 25, 2024 (AFP)
For the fourth year in a row, Colombia's northern La Mojana region has been flooded, drowning crops and animals in a worsening crisis exacerbated by deforestati...
El Nino not responsible for East Africa floods: scientists
May 24, 2024 (AFP)
Torrential rainfall in Kenya, Tanzania and neighbouring nations killed more than 500 people, displacing hundreds of thousands as the deluge swept away homes and...
Atlantic faces 'extraordinary' hurricane season: US agency
May 23, 2024 (AFP)
Category 3 hurricanes pack wind speeds over 111 miles (178 kilometers) an hour and wreak devastating damage on houses, uproot trees and often cut off electricit...
'River of mud' prompts evacuations in northern France
May 22, 2024 (AFP)
The 20 minute "deluge" hit villages in the east of the Somme department, not far from the border with Belgium, late Tuesday, local government chief Stephane Hau...
Fear but no injuries after quake 'swarm' near Naples
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
One 4.4-magnitude quake was registered shortly after 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Monday evening at a depth of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles), according to the National In...
Schools, factories closed after quake 'swarm' near Naples
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
There were no injuries or major structural damage reported but the "seismic swarm" -- which included a 4.4-magnitude quake on Monday evening -- sparked widespre...
Uncertain future for thousands after deadly Brazil floods
May 20, 2024 (AFP)
The 35-year-old suffered two broken ribs but couldn't return home from hospital as water had filled the property he shares with his wife. "We don't know what to...
Fresh floods kill 66 in northern Afghanistan
May 19, 2024 (AFP)
Hundreds of people have died in flash floods this month that have also swamped agricultural lands in a country where 80 percent of the population depends on far...
Flash floods kill 50 in western Afghanistan
May 18, 2024 (AFP)
The floods on Friday also destroyed about 2,000 houses, and damaged thousands more homes and businesses, Ghor police spokesman Abdul Rahman Badri said in a stat...
Germany cleans up after massive floods
May 18, 2024 (AFP)
A huge downpour Friday in the German state of Saarland deluged buildings, left streets deep underwater and sparked evacuations, with rescuers carrying stranded ...
Parts of northern Europe clean up after floods
May 18, 2024 (AFP)
The southwestern German state of Saarland was the worst-hit region after a long downpour on Friday flooded buildings, left streets deep underwater and sparked e...
Indonesia evacuates hundreds near erupting volcano
May 17, 2024 (AFP)
Authorities raised the alert status for Mount Ibu, located on remote Halmahera island, to the highest level of a four-tiered system on Thursday after recording ...
Brazil's Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen
May 16, 2024 (AFP)
Leomar Teichmann said a network of dikes, levees and a massive wall was meant to protect about 40 percent of the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul state in sout...
Indonesia raises volcano alert level to highest after huge eruption
May 16, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Ibu, located on remote Halmahera island in eastern Indonesia, erupted on Thursday morning, belching a tower of volcanic ash 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) abo...
Indonesia floods kill 58 as rescuers race to find missing
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
Hours of torrential rain on Saturday caused mud and rocks to flow into districts near one of Indonesia's most active volcanos, sweeping away dozens of houses an...
Brazil announces aid to families as Lula visits flooded south
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the stricken Rio Grande do Sul region for a third time since the flooding began almost two weeks ago, killing 149 pe...
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