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As Ian barrels toward Florida, residents brace for hurricane hell
Sep 27, 2022 (AFP)
Authorities have issued evacuation orders for more than two million Floridians, including those in the most vulnerable areas around the Tampa Bay, where inlets,...
Canada counts damage after Fiona; Cuba and Florida brace for storm Ian
Sep 26, 2022 (AFP)
Canadian authorities have now confirmed two deaths caused when Fiona, then a post-tropical cyclone, tore into Nova Scotia and Newfoundland early Saturday. Fiona...
Six people killed in Philippine typhoon
Sep 26, 2022 (AFP)
Typhoon Noru toppled trees, knocked out power and flooded low-lying communities as it swept across Luzon on Sunday and Monday. There have so far been no reports...
Blinken urges Pakistan to seek China debt relief after floods
Sep 26, 2022 (AFP)
Blinken promised strong US support for Pakistan as it dries out from the floods, which have submerged one-third of the country, an area the size of the United K...
Two dead, thousands without power after Typhoon Talas slams Japan
Sep 25, 2022 (AFP)
The body of a man in Kakegawa city, Shizuoka region, was pulled from what remained of his house on Saturday after a landslide destroyed it, a regional disaster ...
Super Typhoon Noru slams into the Philippines
Sep 25, 2022 (AFP)
The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometres (121 miles) an hour as it charged towards the archipelago nation after an unprecedented "explosi...
Pakistan's dire floods signal global climate crisis, PM tells UN
Sep 23, 2022 (AFP)
Unprecedented monsoon downpours flooded a third of the country -- an area the size of the United Kingdom -- killing nearly 1,600 people and displacing more than...
The Earth's newest secret
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
While sampling magma from the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, Jackson and his collaborators uncovered a process far more dynamic than anyone had assumed in t...
Strengthening Hurricane Fiona heads north toward Bermuda
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Wednesday morning that the storm had grown stronger, registering maximum wind speeds of 130 miles per hour (210 kilo...
Tonga volcano erupts eight times in two days
Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)
The Home Reef volcano has been erupting for the past 10 days, oozing molten lava and shooting steam and ash at least three kilometres (almost two miles) into th...
Two dead, more than 3,000 buildings damaged in Mexico earthquake
Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)
A woman died of injuries caused by a falling wall in Manzanillo in the western state of Colima, civil defense national coordinator Laura Velazquez told reporter...
Hurricane Fiona leaves one dead in Dominican Republic after ravaging Puerto Rico
Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)
The storm strengthened to a Category Two hurricane late Monday, said the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), which forecast continuing rains and possible new ca...
Rattled Taiwan hit by more aftershocks
Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)
The latest quake hit around 10 am (0200 GMT), 66 kilometres (41 miles) south-southwest of the coastal city of Hualien at a depth of 13 kilometres, the United St...
Power out in Puerto Rico, 'catastrophic' damage in several areas from Fiona
Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)
Landslides, blocked roads, fallen trees and power lines, as well as a collapsed bridge in the town of Utuado in the central mountainous region, were part of the...
More than 150 dead in Niger rainy season floods
Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)
The landlocked Sahel state's annual rainy season typically runs between June and August or September. But in recent years, rainfall has become more intensive, a...
Major quake hits Mexico on anniversary of deadly tremors
Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)
The quake -- magnitude 7.7 according to the national seismological agency -- shook buildings and sent people rushing out into the streets of the capital. "I tho...
Strong quake strikes eastern Taiwan, tsunami threat lifted
Sep 18, 2022 (AFP)
The quake hit at 2:44 pm (0644 GMT) about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the city of Taitung at a depth of 10 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey...
'Dangerous' Typhoon Nanmadol slams into Japan
Sep 18, 2022 (AFP)
The storm officially made landfall around 7 pm local time (1000 GMT) as its eyewall arrived near Kagoshima city, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. It ...
Rain and landslides kill 48 in Nepal and India
Sep 18, 2022 (AFP)
In western Nepal at least 22 people died after landslides buried more than 100 houses on Friday, police official Narayan Dangi told AFP. Eleven people were inju...
Air strikes, floods displace Nigeria jihadists
Sep 16, 2022 (AFP)
Northeast Nigeria is facing a 13-year armed insurgency by jihadist groups which has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced around two million from their h...
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