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Shake truck helps Californians prepare for massive quake
Fullerton, United States (AFP) Oct 16, 2025 Randy Baxter holds on for dear life as a simulator shows him just how powerful a magnitude 7 earthquake can be. "It was much stronger than I thought," the 62-year-old academic tells AFP as he steps out of the machine on the campus of the University of California, Fullerton. Once a year, this specially designed trailer goes on a week-long tour to educate Californians about what to do when the earth begins to move in one of the most seismically active parts of the world. The state lives with t ... read more |
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Indonesia volcano erupts, belching ash into night skyJakarta (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 A volcano erupted overnight on an Indonesian island, authorities said Wednesday, spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared. ... more 
At least 64 dead, 65 missing in Mexico floods; Spain's Valencia region on red alert for torrential rainTenango De Doria, Mexico (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Rescuers scrambled Monday to reach people cut off by devastating floods that have claimed 64 lives in central and eastern Mexico, with another 65 reported missing. ... more 
14 injured in Philippines aftershock, weeks after deadly quake: rescuersManila (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 A moderately strong earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Cebu Monday, injuring at least 14 people and damaging infrastructure already weakened by a deadly tremor two weeks earlier, officials said. ... more
Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakesManay, Philippines (AFP) Oct 11, 2025 Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight. ... more |
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Eastern Spain braces for heavy rainMadrid (AFP) Oct 9, 2025 Spain's Mediterranean coast on Thursday braced for more torrential rain after an alert warning of "extraordinary danger" was issued for Alicante in the Valencia region, where deadly floods struck last year. ... more 
Thousands stranded as record floods submerge Vietnam streetsHanoi (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 Record floods submerged streets and inundated homes in Vietnam on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded, with at least eight killed this week. ... more 
Wildlife flee as floods swamp Indian parksKolkata (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 A herd of elephants, along with tigers and leopards, have escaped after raging floods in India submerged two of West Bengal's famed wildlife sanctuaries, state officials said Wednesday. ... more 
Record flooding hits Vietnam with 8 killed; Stranded hikers rescued near EverestHanoi (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam on Wednesday, with at least eight people killed this week, the government said. ... more 
Year after northern Nigeria floods, survivors left high and dryMaiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 A year after the floodwaters crashed through the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the place where Maryam Jidda's house used to stand is still an empty patch of mud. ... more |
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Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals
Bogo, Philippines (AFP) Oct 1, 2025 The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose above 50 on Wednesday, with injured patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu. Injured children cried and adults screamed while being treated on beds beneath blue tents outside the Cebu Provincial Hospital, having been wheeled out as a precaution against waves of aftershocks overnight. They are survivors of the shallow magnitude 6.9 quake that struck late Tuesday off Cebu island's northern end near Bogo, a city ... read more 
Torrential downpours kill nine in Ukraine's Odesa; Flash floods shut beaches on Spain's IbizaKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 1, 2025 A severe rainstorm killed at least nine people in Ukraine's Odesa, emergency services said early on Wednesday. ... more |
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Santorini and Kolumbo Magma Link Raises Concerns for east Mediterranean Eruptions Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Santorini's volcanic system, long known for the catastrophic Minoan eruption around 1600 BCE, may be more dangerous than previously understood. A new study in Nature shows that the island's volcano ... more
Typhoon Bualoi inflicts death, lasting floods on VietnamHanoi (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 Lingering flooding from Typhoon Bualoi devastated homes, infrastructure and farmland across swaths of Vietnam on Tuesday, with the death toll rising to 26 and dozens more missing. ... more 
South China cleans up after powerful Typhoon RagasaYangjiang, China (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were clearing up Thursday after powerful Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences and blasting signs off buildings. ... more
Schools shut, flights cancelled as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Hong Kong shut schools and cancelled flights on Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa neared the financial centre with a force that officials warned would be among the most destructive in the city's recent history. ... more
Typhoon Ragasa hits south China after killing 15 in TaiwanYangjiang, China (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Fierce winds, pounding rain and rough seas battered southern China and Hong Kong on Wednesday as powerful Typhoon Ragasa churned toward millions of people in Guangdong Province after killing at least 15 in Taiwan. ... more |
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