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Myanmar death toll rises above 34,000: state radio Yangon (AFP) May 13, 2008 
The death toll from Myanmar's devastating Cyclone Nargis has risen to 34,273, with 27,836 people missing, state radio said Tuesday. "According to to the latest information at 6pm today, 34,273 were killed, 1,403 were injured and 27,836 missing," it said in a report. The new official toll raises the number of those killed when the storm hit on May 3 from 31,938 dead and 29,770 missing ... read more |
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Tens of thousands dead or missing in China quake
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 14, 2008China's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of broken communities Tuesday, unleashing a desperate nationwide relief effort. Troops and rescue teams struggled by air, land and water to reach areas of southwestern China hardest hit by Monday's massive 7.9-magnitude quake which demolished schools, homes and factories. ... more Death toll in single China quake city hits 3,000: state media 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) May 14, 2008The powerful earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province has killed 3,000 people in the city of Mianzhu alone, state media reported early Wednesday, significantly raising earlier figures. The local disaster relief headquarters said rescuers had been able to pull 500 people alive out of the debris of collapsed buildings. More than 10,000 people were injured in Monday's quake and ... more Tens of thousands dead or missing in China quake 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 13, 2008China's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of crushed communities Tuesday, plunging the nation into an all-out aid effort. Troops and rescue teams struggled by air, land and water to reach areas of southwestern China stricken by the huge quake that demolished schools, homes and factories. Monday's 7.8-magnitude quake in ... more Strong China quake aftershock sends workers fleeing 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008A strong aftershock on Tuesday rocked the southwest Chinese province struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake, sparking fear among office workers who ran onto the street, state media said. The tremor, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, shook Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, at around 3:10 pm (0710 GMT), the Xinhua news agency said. The US Geological Survey measured the ... more Etna volcano rumbles back to life in Sicily 
Rome (AFP) May 13, 2008Sicily's volcano Mountain Etna volcano rumbled back to life on Tuesday with "seismic events" measuring up to 3.9 on the Richter scale, a vulcanologist said three days after minor eruptions shook the cone. "For now there is no danger to inhabited areas because this activity is mainly at the top of the crater at about 3,000 meters (10,000 feet)," an official at the National Geophysics and ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008More than 8,600 people died in the powerful earthquake that struck southwestern China on Monday, according to state media reports. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, struck close to densely populated areas in Sichuan province, including the capital Chengdu, shortly before 2:30 pm (0630 GMT). Xinhua news agency said 8,533 people had died in Sichuan on Monday, citing the local government. ... more Desperate hunt for survivors at China school 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2008Students fought to escape from rubble and frantic rescuers dug out others buried in a school that collapsed following a Chinese earthquake that left thousands dead, state press reported Monday. At least 50 people were confirmed killed and hundreds of others were buried alive in the collapse at the Juyuan Middle School in Sichuan province after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Chin ... more China quake terror: 'I ran so fast' 
Shanghai (AFP) May 12, 2008When his office building started to shake, Richard Morgan-Sanjurjo had only one thought in his head: get out. As the powerful 7.8 magnitude quake rocked the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, he and others in the tower block raced for the stairs. "I heard the vents ruffling and then started to feel the building shake and a couple of bits of the ceiling fell," he told AFP by telephone. ... more Powerful quake kills thousands in southwest China 
Chongqing, China (AFP) May 13, 2008A huge earthquake rocked southwest China on Monday, killing nearly 8,700 people and flattening schools, homes and factories in a powerful tremor felt across a swathe of southeast Asia. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, struck close to densely populated areas of Sichuan province in what Premier Wen Jiabao called a "major disaster." China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported 8,533 con ... more Chilean Volcano Captured Blasting Ash 
Paris, France (ESA) May 09, 2008Chile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008. The 1000 m-high volcano had been dormant for thousands of years before erupting on 2 May, causing the evacuation of thousands. Chaiten Volcano is located in southern Chile 10 km northeast of the town ... more |
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Paris (AFP) May 6, 2008In 2005, Hurricane Katrina laid waste to parts of the US Gulf Coast. Last year, the Arabian peninsula was hit by a super-cyclone, Gonu. Now, an unusual early-season storm, Nargis, has slammed into Myanmar, brutally changing gear from a Category One to a Category Four cyclone just before it made landfall. Are these events -- massively costly in lives and treasure -- all linked? ... more Chile volcano erupts; evacuation ordered 
Puerto Montt, Chile (AFP) May 6, 2008A volcano in southern Chile erupted with renewed vigor Tuesday, raining ash and lava over its surroundings and forcing a total evacuation in a 30-kilometer (19-mile) radius, the National Emergency Office said. Emergency sirens sounded in the coastal region 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) south of Santiago, after the Chaiten volcano blasted out ash and cinders and generated lava and pyroclastic ... more Myanmar says cyclone death toll tops 22,000 
Yangon (AFP) May 7, 2008More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone and 41,000 are still missing four days after the storm slammed into the country's southern coast, the government said Tuesday. Aid workers were racing to deliver food and water to the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta region, which was submerged by floodwaters, leaving scenes of utter devastation with homeless survivors running low ... more Tropical Cyclone Nargis Proves Deadly To Myanmar 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 06, 2008Tropical Cyclone made landfall over the weekend of May 3 and 4 and killed nearly 4,000 people, according to Reuters news service. Thousands more were reported missing. Cyclone Nargis was a Category three storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane strength, packing sustained winds of 120 mph when it made landfall. In the former capital city of Yangon, sturdy buildings suffered damage ... more Myanmar cyclone kills at least 351 
Yangon (AFP) May 4, 2008At least 351 people were killed and nearly 100,000 left homeless when tropical cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar, razing thousands of buildings and knocking out power lines, state media said Sunday. Residents awoke Sunday to scenes of devastation after the cyclone bore through swathes of southern Myanmar late Friday and Saturday, uprooting trees, cutting phone lines and water pipes ... more
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