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Predicting Mega-Floods: A New Approach Using Europe-Wide Hydrological Data
Nov 13, 2023 (SPX)
Historically, flood risk assessments have relied heavily on local historical data, using the worst floods of past decades or centuries as a benchmark for future...
Rain in northern France raises fears of new flooding
Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)
Officials said schools and nurseries in the department's 279 towns will be closed through Tuesday, with a total of 388 establishments affected. The intensity of...
Residents get brief return to volcano-risk Icelandic town
Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)
The southwestern town of Grindavik -- home to around 4,000 people -- was evacuated in the early hours of Saturday after magma shifting under the Earth's crust c...
Icelandic volcano could destroy town of Grindavik: experts
Nov 12, 2023 (AFP)
The town of Grindavik on the southwestern coast was evacuated in the early hours of Saturday after magma shifting under the Earth's crust caused hundreds of ear...
Flooding in Somalia displaces 500,000 people: minister
Nov 12, 2023 (AFP)
The Horn of Africa nation has been lashed by unrelenting downpours since the beginning of the month due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, inundating homes and ...
Icelandic town evacuated over volcano fears
Nov 11, 2023 (AFP)
Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, in what could be a...
New island emerges near Japan after underwater volcanic explosions
Nov 09, 2023 (UPI)
The small, rocky island appeared about a half-mile off the Iwoto Island coast, formerly known as Iwo Jima, Fukashi Maeno, associate professor at the University ...
NASA Analysis Finds Strong El Nino Could Bring Extra Floods This Winter
Nov 09, 2023 (JPL)
El Nino is a periodic climate phenomenon characterized by higher-than-normal sea levels and warmer-than-average ocean temperatures along the equatorial Pacific....
Iceland's iconic Blue Lagoon closes over eruption fears
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
"The Blue Lagoon has made the proactive decision to temporarily close its operations for one week although the current phase of uncertainty has not been elevate...
Two weeks after Hurricane Otis, Acapulco shadow of former self
Nov 08, 2023 (AFP)
A few bathers soak up the sun on Manzanillo beach, near residential buildings whose windows were smashed by winds that reached 165 miles (270 kilometers) per ho...
7.1-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Banda Sea
Nov 08, 2023 (AFP)
No tsunami warning was issued for the quake -- initially reported as a magnitude 6.9 -- which hit at 11:53 am local time (0453 GMT), according to the USGS. The ...
Somalia floods kill 29, displace 300,000 people
Nov 08, 2023 (AFP)
Since the beginning of the month, ferocious rainstorms have hit Somalia and its neighbours Kenya and Ethiopia, triggering landslides and submerging villages and...
Philippine typhoon survivors pray for victims on 10th anniversary
Nov 08, 2023 (AFP)
Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, unleashed winds of up to 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour and whipped up tsunami-like waves that devastated...
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Indonesia's Banda Sea: USGS
Nov 08, 2023 (AFP)
The shallow quake, located far from the coast, hit at 8:02 pm local time (1302 GMT), the USGS said. No tsunami warning has been issued. Daryono, an official at ...
'I try to be strong': Filipino typhoon survivors on starting again
Nov 07, 2023 (AFP)
Many of them lost partners, children, siblings, parents and friends in one of the most powerful storms on record. Ahead of the 10th anniversary of Haiyan, AFP s...
'Exceptional' floods hit northern France: authorities
Nov 07, 2023 (AFP)
Two rivers -- the Aa and the Liane -- were placed on red alert for flooding in the northern Pas-de-Calais department after heavy showers overnight from Monday t...
S.Sudan floods leave 1.6 million children at risk of hunger: UN
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
The world's newest nation has endured deadly conflict, natural disasters, economic malaise and relentless political infighting since it won independence from Su...
15 killed as flooding hits Kenya
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
Heavy rainfall has pounded the country, particularly the bone-dry north, in recent days, and sent water gushing into homes and submerging roads, with similar sc...
Rescue efforts called off after Nepal quake
Nov 05, 2023 (AFP)
At least 157 people were killed in isolated western districts of the Himalayan country when the 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit late Friday. Many survivors spent t...
Floods in Ethiopia kill over 20, displace thousands
Nov 04, 2023 (AFP)
Bridges and roads have been destroyed by the downpour, making it difficult to reach affected households, the Somali Regional State Communication Bureau said in ...
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