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Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakes
Aug 30, 2023 (AFP)
A century after Tokyo was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Japanese capital today bears no resemblance to the city levelled by that 7.9 trem...
Hurricane Idalia intensifies as nears Florida
Aug 30, 2023 (AFP)
Authorities in the southern US state described Idalia and its potentially deadly storm surge as a once-in-a-lifetime event for Florida's northwest coast, as the...
Tropical Storm Idalia strengthens off Cuba, barrels toward Florida
Aug 29, 2023 (AFP)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned the storm -- likely to make landfall there as a major hurricane by Wednesday -- could have major impacts along the Gulf of ...
Storm Idalia strengthens near Cuba, heads to Florida
Aug 28, 2023 (AFP)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned the storm could have "major impact" along the Gulf coast, telling a news conference that evacuations would take place and r...
Heavy rains leave 13 dead in Tajikistan
Aug 28, 2023 (AFP)
The deaths occurred in areas just south and east of the capital Dushanbe, where storms on Sunday had caused "mudslides, falling rocks and landslides" in around ...
Hundreds flee floods as super typhoon brushes past Philippines
Aug 27, 2023 (AFP)
Saola brushed past the northeast of the main island of Luzon overnight Saturday and continued south just off the Pacific coast packing winds of up to 185 kilome...
Tropical Storm Idalia forms near Mexico, heads to Florida
Aug 27, 2023 (AFP)
The storm, which is not forecast to make landfall in Mexico, will travel across the Gulf of Mexico before reaching northwest Florida, the US National Hurricane ...
Listening to nanoscale earthquakes
Aug 24, 2023 (SPX)
The nanoscale movement of atoms when materials deform leads to sound emission. This so-called crackling noise is a scale-invariant phenomenon found in various m...
Around 100,000 people evacuated due to floods in Pakistan
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
Several hundred villages and thousands of acres of cropland in the central province were inundated when the Sutlej river burst its banks on Sunday. The head of ...
North Korea's Kim slams 'irresponsible' premier over flood damage
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Khanun made landfall earlier this month in the North, a country where natural disasters can be devastating due to weak infrastructure and widespr...
Hurricane Hilary Barrels Toward Baja California
Aug 21, 2023 (SPX)
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-20 satellite acquired this image of Hilary in the predawn hours of August 18 (09:25 Universal ...
California cleans up after record rainfall from Hilary
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
Up to 11 inches (28 centimeters) of rain were recorded in some areas as the tail end of what was once Hurricane Hilary belted through the region. In Oak Glen, a...
Tropical Storm Hilary brings record rain to California
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
California Governor Gavin Newsom had declared a state of emergency over much of the typically dry area, where flash flood warnings remained in effect until Mond...
Four dead after 'tour' of Moscow sewer hit by rain
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
According to the TASS news agency, water levels in the sewer rose quickly following a downpour and the victims were unable to escape to the surface. The body of...
Five dead after Moscow sewers flooded during tour
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
The TASS news agency said water levels in the sewers rose rapidly after a downpour and the victims were unable to escape to the surface. "The death of five part...
US southwest on high alert as Hurricane Hilary climbs Mexico coast
Aug 20, 2023 (AFP)
A Saturday night bulletin from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Hilary's winds had significantly weakened but were still sustained at a hazardous 90 ...
Major hurricane heads toward northwest Mexico, California
Aug 19, 2023 (AFP)
Hurricane Hilary threatened to bring strong winds, flash floods and "life-threatening" surf and rip current conditions, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) s...
Niger floods kill 27, affect thousands since July
Aug 19, 2023 (AFP)
The rainy season between June and September often triggers deadly flooding in the mostly desert West African nation, including in the arid northern regions. As ...
Major hurricane heads towards Mexico's Baja California
Aug 18, 2023 (AFP)
Heavy rainfall was also expected in the southwestern United States as the storm moves north, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Hilary was packing max...
Strong quake rattles Colombian capital
Aug 18, 2023 (AFP)
No major damage was reported, but one woman died after jumping from a building, and Bogota's mayor noted "reports of people trapped in elevators and other minor...
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