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Bahamas PM laments 'generational devastation' as Dorian toll mountsNassau, Bahamas (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis on Wednesday lamented the "generational devastation" wrought by Hurricane Dorian, as he confirmed the storm's death toll had risen to at least 20. The US Coast Guard and Britain's Royal Navy airlifted survivors and ferried in emergency supplies as flood waters receded in the Bahamas, while the weakened but still dangerous storm was "lashing" the coasts of the American states of Georgia and South Carolina. The United Nations said 70,000 people on Grand Bahama ... read more |
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N. Carolina faces 'long night' as Dorian's Bahamas toll rises
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 Earthquake study casts doubt on early warnings but hints at improved forecasting A recent study investigated around 100,000 localized seismic events to search for patterns in the data. University of Tokyo Professor Satoshi Ide discovered that earthquakes of differing magnitudes ... more | .. |
 Niger battles deadly floods as city streets swamped "That's it, time to go!" As a rising swell of muddy water creeps towards his house in Niger's capital Niamey, Mamoudou Barkire is finally leaving. ... more | .. |
 Florida is ready, but where is the hurricane? Houses and businesses are boarded up, bridges to barrier islands are blocked and many residents of Florida's beachside communities are long gone. ... more | .. |
 Slow-crawling Dorian a new kind of threat After devastating the Bahamas, Dorian is continuing its long crawl toward the southeast US with slightly weakened winds. ... more |
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 Bahamas minister says more deaths expected from Hurricane Dorian Hurricane Dorian weakened slightly as it crawled towards the southeast coast of the United States on Tuesday after leaving at least five people dead and a swathe of destruction in the Bahamas. ... more | .. |
Dorian kills five in Bahamas, US evacuates coast Monster storm Dorian stalled over the Bahamas Monday as surging seawaters and ferocious winds sowed chaos in low-lying island communities, claiming at least five lives and spurring mass evacuations on the US east coast. ... more | .. |
 7 dead after 'out of nowhere' flood in Kenya; 8 Dead in Morocco football flood A tourist who lost his wife and four other family members in a flash flood in Kenya told AFP Monday the wall of water surged "out of nowhere" as they hiked to a popular gorge. ... more | .. |
Trump cancels Poland visit as hurricane heads for Florida US President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled a trip to Poland as Hurricane Dorian bore down on Florida, where it could make landfall as a dangerous Category 4 storm. ... more |
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 Italy's Stromboli volcano erupts, sparking huge ash cloud Italy's Stromboli volcano off the coast of Sicily erupted Wednesday, according to fire fighters who rushed to put out wildfires sparked by lava flows. ... more | .. |
 Morocco flood kills seven at football match: officials At least seven people were killed Wednesday when a river burst its banks and flooded a village football pitch where a game was being played in south Morocco, local authorities said. ... more | .. |
 Two dead as Japan orders 870,000 to flee heavy rains Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings and orders for 870,000 people to seek safety. ... more | .. |
Hurricane Dorian appears to spare Puerto Rico, heads for Florida A strengthening Hurricane Dorian appeared to have largely spared Puerto Rico Wednesday, barreling past the US territory that is still recovering from a powerful storm two years ago. ... more |
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 Tropical Storm Dorian gains steam, heads for Caribbean Tropical Storm Dorian intensified Monday as it approached the Caribbean on a track that will take it near Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic by mid-week, possibly at hurricane strength, US forecasters said. ... more | .. |
 Sudan villagers reel from Nile water floods Days after a devastating flood swallowed up his village, Alsediq Abdelqader bulled his truck through the waters in a desperate attempt to locate his small house north of the Sudanese capital. ... more | .. |
 Puerto Rico mobilizes as potential hurricane approaches Puerto Rico has mobilized thousands of federal agents ahead of what threatens to be the first hurricane to lash the US territory since it was ravaged by Maria in 2017, authorities said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 NASA Helps California Get Ahead of Coastal Flooding NASA in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey is helping emergency planners in Southern California get a more complete picture of the increasing risk of coastal flooding by looking at the high ... more |
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 Sudan flood death toll reaches 62: state media Heavy rainfall and flash floods have killed 62 people in Sudan and left 98 others injured, the official SUNA news agency reported on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Stanford researchers explain earthquakes we can't feel The Earth's subsurface is an extremely active place, where the movements and friction of plates deep underground shape our landscape and govern the intensity of hazards above. While the Earth's move ... more | .. |
 Detecting hydrothermal vents in volcanic lakes Geothermal manifestations at Earth's surface can be mapped and characterized by a variety of well-established exploration methods. However, mapping hydrothermal vents in aquatic environments is more ... more | .. |
 Powerful Japan storm turns deadly, snarls holiday travel A powerful tropical storm lashed Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain that claimed at least one life, prompted warnings of landslides and flooding, and sparked evacuation advisories and travel chaos at a peak holiday period. ... more |
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 Downpour paralyses Istanbul, historic Grand Bazaar, kills one Turkey's mega city Istanbul was lashed by a heavy rainstorm on Saturday, killing a homeless man and leaving parts of the historic Grand Bazaar flooded. ... more | .. |
 Jurassic world of volcanoes found in central Australia An international team of subsurface explorers from the University of Adelaide in Australia and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland have uncovered a previously undescribed 'Jurassic World' of arou ... more | .. |
 20 years after deadly quake, Istanbul ill-prepared for 'Big One' Twenty years after a devastating earthquake ravaged the northwest of Turkey, Istanbulites live with the knowledge that another "Big One" is unavoidable, and that their city of 16 million is not prepared. ... more | .. |
 Powerful Japan storm turns deadly, snarls holiday travel A powerful tropical storm lashed Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain that claimed at least one life, prompted warnings of landslides and flooding, and sparked evacuation advisories and travel chaos at a peak holiday period. ... more |
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