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Villagers evacuate after Indonesia's Mount Marapi eruption
Jan 14, 2024 (AFP)
Authorities reported the volcano first erupted at 6:21 am local time (1121 GMT), sending thick volcanic ash 1,300 metres (4,265 feet) above the crater and towar...
Torrential rains leave at least 11 dead in Brazil
Jan 14, 2024 (AFP)
The rainstorm hit northern parts of Rio particularly hard, where people died in a landslide, drownings, and electrocutions. Firefighters were still searching fo...
Volcano erupts on isle in southwest Japan
Jan 14, 2024 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of injuries and damage as of late Sunday morning, according to the Toshima Village website on the island. The Japan Meteorologic...
Volcano erupts on isle in Japan's southwest
Jan 13, 2024 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of injuries, and evacuations were not ordered. But the Japan Meteorological Agency urged those in the area to "refrain from ente...
Reunion Island braces for storm with 'very dangerous' potential
Jan 13, 2024 (AFP)
"What's happening must be taken seriously, very seriously even," the Indian Ocean department's central government representative Jerome Filippini told a press c...
DR Congo capital in tumult as river bursts banks
Jan 12, 2024 (AFP)
The impoverished metropolis of some 15 million people sits on the Congo River -- the second largest in Africa after the Nile -- which has swollen to near-record...
Iceland monitors most active volcano over glacial flow
Jan 11, 2024 (AFP)
The Grimsvotn volcano, which is located in an uninhabited and remote area of central Iceland, is situated under the Vatnajokull glacier, which is the largest in...
Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano erupts, on highest alert level
Jan 10, 2024 (AFP)
The eruption follows weeks of heightened volcanic activity on the mountain, located on eastern Indonesia's Flores Island, and prompted the local government to i...
Diverse coastal forests better at mitigating tsunami damage
Jan 10, 2024 (SPX)
Historically, Japan's coastal areas have been afforested predominantly with black pine, a species known for its endurance in dry, harsh coastal environments. Th...
Death toll from New Year's Day quake in Japan rises above 200
Jan 09, 2024 (AFP)
The 7.5 magnitude quake destroyed and toppled buildings, caused fires and knocked out infrastructure on the Noto Peninsula on Japan's main island Honshu just as...
Death toll from Japan quake rises above 200
Jan 09, 2024 (AFP)
The 7.5 magnitude quake destroyed and toppled buildings, caused fires and knocked out infrastructure on the Noto Peninsula on Japan's main island Honshu just as...
Japan sharply revises down quake missing; 6.7 quake rocks southern Philippines
Jan 09, 2024 (AFP)
The 7.5-magnitude quake flattened buildings, caused fires and knocked out infrastructure on the Noto Peninsula on Japan's main island Honshu just as families we...
Still standing: unique houses survive quake in Japan village
Jan 08, 2024 (AFP)
A few roof tiles came loose but not one of around 100 structures in windswept Akasaki, on the stick of land's western coast, collapsed in the magnitude 7.5 quak...
Rescuers evacuate five from flooded Slovenian cave
Jan 08, 2024 (AFP)
After water levels dropped in the eight-kilometre-long (five-mile-long-) cave in central Slovenia, rescuers managed to evacuate the trapped family of three and ...
Japan quake death toll jumps to 161, 103 missing: authorities
Jan 08, 2024 (AFP)
The number of people unaccounted for fell to 103 from 195, according to authorities in the central Ishikawa region hit by the 7.5-magnitude quake. The shock wav...
Death toll hits 126 in Japan quake
Jan 06, 2024 (AFP)
The death toll from the New Year's Day 7.5 magnitude quake in the Ishikawa region of Japan's main Honshu island was certain to rise, with 210 people still unacc...
Search dog finds elderly woman trapped after Japan quake, but hope fading fast
Jan 04, 2024 (AFP)
The dog, named Jennifer, is one of the specially trained canines deployed to the regions hardest hit by the magnitude-7.5 quake that struck on New Year's Day. T...
Turkey opens first major trial into earthquake deaths
Jan 03, 2024 (AFP)
The hearing in the southeastern city of Adiyaman involves 11 defendants accused of "conscious negligence" while overseeing the construction of the Isias Hotel. ...
Japan quake toll rises to 73 as weather hampers rescuers
Jan 03, 2024 (AFP)
Throughout the Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu sirens blared as emergency vehicles tried to navigate roads blocked by rocks and fallen trees. T...
Japan quake toll rises to 62 as weather hampers rescuers
Jan 03, 2024 (AFP)
The 7.5-magnitude quake on January 1 that rattled Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, sparked a maj...
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