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News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Ceremony bids farewell to tilting symbol of Taiwan quake
Apr 05, 2024 (AFP)
The glass-fronted Uranus building, located in Hualien, the city nearest the quake's epicentre, is a 10-storey mix of shops and apartments that has stood for nea...
'I am still fine': New York rattled by small earthquake, aftershock
Apr 05, 2024 (AFP)
No one was hurt, though, and New York's iconic skyline remained intact. "I AM FINE," reported the Empire State Building on its X account. The tremor had a 4.8 m...
'Like a mountain collapsed': Taiwan reels from biggest quake in 25 years
Apr 03, 2024 (AFP)
Propping ladders against the debris, the rescue workers managed to pluck more than 50 survivors from the destroyed building in New Taipei City, just outside the...
Major Taiwan earthquake triggers tsunami warnings across region
Apr 03, 2024 (AFP)
The quake hit just before 8:00am local time (0000 GMT), with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) putting the epicentre 18 kilometres (11 miles) south of ...
Tsunami threat 'largely passed' after Taiwan quake
Apr 03, 2024 (AFP)
The quake hit just before 8:00 am local time (0000 GMT) and had a magnitude of 7.4 according to the US Geological Survey, triggering tsunami warnings in Taiwan,...
Nine dead, over 1,000 injured in Taiwan's strongest quake in decades
Apr 03, 2024 (AFP)
Dozens of people were believed safe but unreachable in areas cut off by massive landslides triggered by the quake -- many in tunnels that cut through the mounta...
Kazakhstan evacuates 16,000 amid heavy floods
Apr 02, 2024 (AFP)
Waters are set to rise further as snow melts across the vast Kazakh steppe, the country's meteorological agency has warned. "Rescue operations are continuing an...
Five dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in PNG earthquake: regional governor
Mar 25, 2024 (AFP)
"So far, around 1,000 homes have been lost," said East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, adding that emergency crews were "still assessing the impact" from a tremor th...
Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, at least a dozen killed
Mar 24, 2024 (AFP)
The deluge came as Brazil, South America's largest country, suffers through a recent string of extreme weather events, which experts say are more likely to occu...
Magnitude 6.9 quake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS
Mar 23, 2024 (AFP)
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was "no tsunami threat" from the inland quake, which struck at 6:22 am local time (2022 GMT Saturday) at a depth o...
Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, over a dozen killed
Mar 23, 2024 (AFP)
The deluge came as Brazil, South America's largest country, suffers through a string of extreme weather events, which experts say become more likely due to clim...
Volcanic eruptions over 2000 years and global cooling events
Mar 22, 2024 (SPX)
The study uncovers that significant volcanic eruptions corresponded with global cooling periods at 530-700 AD, 1200-1460 AD, and 1600-1840 AD, while periods of ...
Tokyo rattled by quake, no tsunami warning
Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake in southern Ibaraki, east of Tokyo, had a depth of 50 kilometres (30 miles). No damage or injuries were immediate...
Military evacuates more than 100 Australians as flood looms
Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)
More than 100 residents of the small town of Borroloola were airlifted by the Australian Defence Force to Darwin, more than 970 kilometres (600 miles) away. The...
Dora, Otis retired from list of Pacific hurricane names
Mar 20, 2024 (AFP)
Otilio and Debora will replace the disused names in the rotating list, overseen by the WMO and set up to facilitate public communication about the potentially f...
700 people stranded by Australia cyclone
Mar 19, 2024 (AFP)
The Australian Defence Force tried to evacuate residents of the small Northern Territory community of Borroloola, but attempts to land aircraft Monday were hamp...
Lava from Iceland volcano continues to advance
Mar 17, 2024 (AFP)
Icelandic police declared a state of emergency shortly after the eruption at 8:23pm (2023 GMT) on Saturday evening. The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) said that res...
Volcano erupts again on Iceland peninsula
Mar 17, 2024 (AFP)
A "volcanic eruption has started between stora Skogfell and Hagafell on the Reykjanes Peninsula," said a statement from the Icelandic Met Office (IMO). Live vid...
At least 60 Afghans killed by weeks of intense snow, rain
Mar 13, 2024 (AFP)
Afghanistan has been parched by an unusually dry winter, but the end of the season is normally a time when deadly bad weather -- particularly floods -- batter c...
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea: USGS
Mar 13, 2024 (AFP)
The quake had a depth of approximately 50 kilometres (31 miles), and struck outside Kimbe, in the West New Britain region, at about 1:13 am (1513 GMT Wednesday)...
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