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News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Ghana floods displace thousands of people
Oct 17, 2023 (AFP)
Crops have been destroyed and schools shut after two hydro-electric dams overflowed at Akosombo and Kpong. "We have moved most of the affected people to a safe ...
Five killed in Thai floods with more heavy rain expected
Oct 17, 2023 (AFP)
Since the beginning of the monsoon season in September, a total of 23 Thai citizens have died in floods and 33 have been injured, the public health ministry sai...
Afghans flee western region after fresh earthquake kills two
Oct 15, 2023 (AFP)
Since October 7, a series of potent quakes have jolted Herat province, levelling whole villages, burying families and leaving thousands homeless as winter appro...
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Philippine capital: USGS
Oct 13, 2023 (AFP)
The shallow quake struck about 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of Manila at 8:24 am (0024 GMT) and sent students and office workers fleeing from their buildings...
Lidia leaves at least one dead in Mexico, weakens to storm
Oct 11, 2023 (AFP)
Hours after slamming into the coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, Lidia had weakened to a tropical storm as it headed northeast across the c...
Vast majority of dead in Afghan quakes women and children
Oct 11, 2023 (AFP)
The magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit at dawn around 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Herat city -- the latest in a series of quakes that have left thousands homele...
Hurricane Lidia leaves two dead in Mexico
Oct 11, 2023 (AFP)
Strong winds shattered storefront glass and toppled trees and utility poles in the popular Pacific coast beach resort of Puerto Vallarta. One person died trying...
Hurricane Lidia leaves at least one dead in Mexico
Oct 11, 2023 (AFP)
Ahead of its arrival, the government deployed around 6,000 members of the armed forces to help residents, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. "Y...
One dead as new quake shakes west Afghanistan
Oct 11, 2023 (AFP)
The dawn quake hit around 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of the provincial capital of Herat, where thousands were spending a fourth night in the open after Satu...
14,000 displaced in Myanmar after record rain sparks floods
Oct 10, 2023 (AFP)
The rainy season typically brings months of heavy downpours to the Southeast Asian country, but scientists say man-made climate change is making weather pattern...
Mayor seeks to raze flood-hit Slovenia village as climate change bites
Oct 10, 2023 (AFP)
"My role is to ensure people have a safe life," Tomaz Zohar told AFP, and living in Letus "is definitely not safe". Knowing worse was to come with climate chang...
Volunteers dig for Afghan quake survivors as aid trickles in
Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)
Volunteers in trucks packed with food, tents and blankets flocked to hard-to-reach areas 30 kilometres (19 miles) northwest of Herat city, capital of the same-n...
Hong Kong halts trading, closes schools post-typhoon
Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)
Koinu -- which caused one death in Taiwan last week -- had weakened into a severe tropical storm by Monday, said the Hong Kong Observatory, as it moved toward t...
Mass funeral held for Afghan quake victims, families still missing
Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)
In Siah Ab village, near the epicentre of Saturday's magnitude 6.3 quake followed by eight aftershocks, white-shrouded bodies were unloaded from a fleet of ambu...
Dust and despair in Afghan village wiped out by quakes
Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)
The village was flattened by a magnitude 6.3 quake followed by a series of eight powerful aftershocks that buried many of its inhabitants Saturday morning. "We ...
Floods, landslides kill three in northern Vietnam
Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)
Dozens of houses and crops were also damaged as heavy rain lashed the provinces of Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang, the Hanoi-based disaster control author...
Death toll from 'unprecedented' Afghan quakes doubles to 2,000
Oct 08, 2023 (AFP)
More than 1,300 homes were toppled when Saturday's magnitude 6.3 quake -- followed by eight strong aftershocks -- jolted hard-to-reach areas 30 kilometres (19 m...
Indian flood toll up to 77 as waters recede
Oct 08, 2023 (AFP)
Violent torrents struck Sikkim state on Wednesday after a high-altitude glacial lake suddenly burst. Scientists warn that similar disasters will become an incre...
Typhoon Koinu skirts Hong Kong, heads for southern China's Hainan island
Oct 08, 2023 (AFP)
Koinu comes just a month after Hong Kong was lashed by Typhoon Saola, which triggered its highest "T10" storm alert. A week after that, the city experienced its...
Hong Kong closes schools, raises warning for Typhoon Koinu
Oct 08, 2023 (AFP)
Koinu comes just a month after the financial hub was lashed by Typhoon Saola, which triggered Hong Kong's highest "T10" storm alert. A week after that, the city...
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