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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 ...
Hurricane devastates Acapulco's iconic 'Tarzan House'
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
The residence was the last address of the "King of the Jungle" until his death in 1984 at age 79 -- and a hideout for international jet-setters who once flocked...
6.1-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Timor island: USGS
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
The quake struck at a depth of 36.1 kilometres (22.5 miles) on the west of Timor island near the city of Kupang, according to the US Geological Survey. Indonesi...
Four dead as Tropical Storm Pilar dumps heavy rains on C. America
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
Since Sunday, three people have died due to the storm in El Salvador and one in neighboring Honduras, according to civil protection authorities. In both countri...
Armed residents guard streets in Mexico's hurricane-hit Acapulco
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
In the Progreso district, locals have used metal roof panels and other debris left by Hurricane Otis to block the entrances to streets. After night falls, "peop...
Company guilty over New Zealand volcano disaster
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Around 50 people were on White Island -- also known as Whakaari -- in December 2019 when a deadly column of burning ash and steam blasted from a volcanic vent. ...
Central America braces for Tropical Storm Pilar
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Pilar, packing winds of up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour, is expected to make landfall on Tuesday, threatening Pacific coast areas of Guatemala, Honduras...
Flooding, heavy rain kill three in Vietnam
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Access to several communities in central Ha Tinh province has been cut off, while the police and military have been mobilised to rescue people from high-risk ar...
In Mexico, Hurricane Otis death toll climbs to 48
Oct 29, 2023 (AFP)
The picturesque tourist haunt, which once lured Hollywood stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley, had never experienced a Category 5 storm like Otis, whi...
Vast destruction, 39 dead in Mexico after Acapulco hurricane
Oct 28, 2023 (AFP)
The picturesque Mexican tourist haunt, which once lured Hollywood stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley, had never experienced a Category 5 hurricane li...
Why did Hurricane Otis 'explosively' intensify off Mexico?
Oct 27, 2023 (AFP)
The speed with which Otis rapidly intensified took the government and weather forecasters by surprise, leaving little time to issue warnings and prepare for its...
Two killed, nearly 275,000 flee Bangladesh cyclone
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
Hamoon is the latest major storm to batter Bangladesh's coast, with the low-lying South Asian nation witnessing an increasing number of severe weather events as...
Hurricane Otis weakens after making landfall in Mexico
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
The hurricane was packing maximum sustained winds of 130 miles (210 kilometers) per hour, and had made landfall earlier on Wednesday as a "potentially catastrop...
Tropical cyclone kills two, displaces 10,000 in Yemen
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
Tropical cyclone TEJ made a landfall over the coast of Al Mahra governorate, in the country's southeast, late on Monday and continued to churn northwest. Teleco...
'Potentially catastrophic' Hurricane Otis hits Mexico
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
Hurricane Otis was packing maximum sustained winds of 165 miles (265 kilometers) per hour when it came ashore, the NHC said. The storm had rapidly strengthened ...
Four South Korean tourists killed in Vietnam floods
Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)
The accident took place around midday in Dalat, a picturesque city popular with holidaymakers, when the tourists' jeep tried to cross a swollen stream. The wate...
Hurricane Norma hits Mexico coast, then weakens to tropical storm
Oct 22, 2023 (AFP)
The storm came ashore about 25 kilometers (15 miles) northwest of the resort city of Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California coast, gradually weakening as it appr...
Headed for Mexico, Hurricane Norma downgraded to still-dangerous Category 3
Oct 19, 2023 (AFP)
By 2100 GMT on Thursday, the tropical storm was downgraded by one category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale of the US National Hurricane Center (NHC),...
California supervolcano is cooling off but may still cause quakes
Oct 19, 2023 (SPX)
What is behind the increased activity in the last few decades? Could it be that the area is preparing to erupt again? Or could the uptick in activity actually b...
Atlantic hurricanes strengthening faster: study
Oct 19, 2023 (AFP)
Scientists say human-caused climate change is creating the conditions for more powerful storms that intensify more quickly, carry more water and generate bigger...
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