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News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Nearly 60,000 killed in 2023 Turkey, Syria quake: new toll
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
The government in neighbouring Syria has said 1,414 people died in areas under its control in the predawn disaster on February 6, 2023. Turkish-backed officials...
Torrential rain kills at least one on France's Reunion island
Jan 29, 2024 (AFP)
Early Monday, a driver was swept away by floodwater as he drove along a road in the village of Petite-Ile in southern Reunion. He was found dead in his vehicle....
Turkey quake survivors seek justice one year on
Jan 28, 2024 (AFP)
Instead, the 48-year-old decided to pin her hopes on a fight for justice, demanding that those she holds responsible for the collapse of her building near the q...
Japan says New Year quake damage could cost $17 billion
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
The magnitude-7.5 earthquake and its aftershocks devastated parts of Ishikawa prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, toppling buildings, ripping up roads and spa...
Cyclone hits northeast Australia leaving thousands without power
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily packed winds of more than 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour as it hit Townsville, home to 180,000 people, before rapidly weake...
Cyclone Kirrily to make landfall in northeast Australia
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily packed winds of more than 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour winds as it barrelled toward Townsville's 180,000 residents. The s...
Giant waves flood key US military base on Marshall Islands
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Huge breakers pummelled the US garrison at Kwajalein Atoll last weekend on Roi-Namur island, where some of America's most sophisticated space and missile tracki...
Kazakh leader scolds officials over quake response
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Earth tremors are a common occurence in Kazakhstan, whose largest city Almaty sits on multiple active fault lines and is at particular risk of damage. An earthq...
At least 50 injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan border
Jan 23, 2024 (AFP)
The major quake was registered just after 2:00 am (1800 GMT Monday) at a depth of 13 kilometres in China's Xinjiang region, about 140 kilometres (85 miles) west...
3 dead, dozens injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan border
Jan 23, 2024 (AFP)
The major quake was registered just after 2:00 am (1800 GMT Monday) at a depth of 13 kilometres in China's Xinjiang region, about 140 kilometres (85 miles) west...
Major 7.0 earthquake hits China-Kyrgyzstan border
Jan 22, 2024 (AFP)
Local authorities dispatched a team to reach the quake's epicentre, the Xinhua state news agency said, while some 800 people were on stand-by ready for any larg...
Volcanic eruption in Iceland over: officials
Jan 19, 2024 (AFP)
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said that "seismic activity continues to decrease in the area of the magma dyke", with observations showing that groun...
Extreme Congo floods leave 350,000 needing aid: UN
Jan 19, 2024 (AFP)
Extreme rainfall since October has led the banks around the Ubangi River -- a tributary to the Congo river -- to burst, the United Nations Office for the Coordi...
Icelanders see little chance of return after volcano destroys homes
Jan 18, 2024 (AFP)
On Sunday, a volcanic fissure opened up in a field near the fishing town of Grindavik -- which had been hastily evacuated just hours earlier. A second crack ope...
New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US?
Jan 17, 2024 (SPX)
The congressionally requested NSHM update was created as an essential tool to help engineers and others mitigate how earthquakes affect the most vulnerable comm...
Iceland eruption confirms faultline has reawakened
Jan 16, 2024 (AFP)
Glowing lava swallowed several homes on Sunday at the edge of the town of Grindavik, southwest of the capital Reykjavik. The fishing town was mostly evacuated d...
Mauritius mopping up after storm Belal wreaks havoc
Jan 16, 2024 (AFP)
Belal has claimed the life of one person in the remote tourist paradise, left thousands without power, flooded buildings and caused traffic chaos, with cars was...
Mauritius on maximum cyclone alert as storm Belal wreaks havoc
Jan 16, 2024 (AFP)
The government has ordered all inhabitants to stay indoors, but the meteorological service said the storm was now moving eastwards away from the remote paradise...
Iceland volcano eruption eases
Jan 15, 2024 (AFP)
A volcanic eruption began early Sunday near Grindavik, southwest of the capital Reykjavik, and two fissures opened up. Iceland is home to 33 active volcano syst...
One dead as storm hits French Indian Ocean island
Jan 15, 2024 (AFP)
Cyclone Belal hit Reunion, one of France's overseas territories that span the globe from the Caribbean to the Pacific, moving in from the northwest in the morni...
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