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Large quake strikes off Canada's Pacific coast Montreal (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday off Canada's Pacific coast in the remote Queen Charlotte Islands region, experts from the US Geological Survey said, but no casualties were reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was 260 kilometers (160 miles) south-southwest of the port of Prince Rupert, a regional transport hub on the British Columbia mainland with a population of around 12,000. ... read moreRussia gains new land after quake, lava flows: scientist 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 13, 2009Russia, the world's largest country, has grown even larger recently thanks to an earthquake and a volcanic eruption in its seismically active far eastern regions, a scientist said on Friday. Russia gained 4.5 square kilometers (2.8 square miles) from a 2007 quake on Sakhalin Island and from lava flows this summer on uninhabited Matua Island, both of which lie north of Japan, said geologist ... more
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Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues
Istanbul (AFP) Nov 14, 2009A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable. Submersed into the dark waters of the Marmara Sea off Istanbul, BOB is a sophisticated turning sonar device similar to the kind of equipment used to detect shoals of fish. Working at a depth of ... more Floods, landslides kill 152 in El Salvador 
San Salvador (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Rescue workers Tuesday tried to reach survivors of floods and landslides unleashed by late-season storms, as common graves were being dug around the country to handle the growing death toll that now stands at 152. "Why did God take you before me," sobbed Catarino Arevalo looking down at the coffin bearing his five-year-old daughter Besy. Two other daughters are still missing after the rains ... more Philippine volcano spews ash, could erupt: officials 
Manila (AFP) Nov 11, 2009One of the Philippine's most active volcanoes shot plumes of ash into the air early Wednesday, officials said, warning local residents they would have to evacuate in case of an eruption. A pre-dawn explosion at the Mayon volcano covered nine nearby villages, home to about 22,000 people, with a thin carpet of grey ash, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In a sign ... more 20 die in Tanzania floods: officials 
Dar Es Salaam (AFP) Nov 11, 2009Floods and landslides after three days of torrential rains killed at least 20 people and left 10 missing in northern Tanzania's Kilimanjaro region, officials said. Seven schoolchildren were among the dead in the village of Goha, according to local official Ibrahim Marwa. Seven houses in the village were engulfed by mud and water, the official said. Eighteen bodies were retrived from ... more |
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Hurricane Ida downgraded, hits thousands in Nicaragua
Managua (AFP) Nov 5, 2009Hurricane Ida unleashed heavy winds and rain on thousands of residents of eastern Nicaragua Thursday, causing flooding and destroying homes, before being downgraded to a tropical storm. There were no initial reports of casualties. Ida hit the coast as a category one hurricane at around 9 am (1500 GMT), before Nicaraguan authorities downgraded it several hours later, the US National Hurri ... more Vietnam flood toll rises to 98 
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 5, 2009The number of people killed by floods in central Vietnam rose to 98 Thursday, as rescuers ferried emergency aid by helicopter to coastal regions battered by Tropical Storm Mirinae, officials said. A further 20 people were listed as missing after the storm struck on Monday bringing the worst floods in decades to some areas, the national flood and storm control committee said. Most of the ... more At least 90 die in Vietnam floods: officials 
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 4, 2009At least 90 people have been killed in flooding in central Vietnam sparked by Tropical Storm Mirinae, which slammed into the country after pummelling the Philippines, officials said Wednesday. A further 22 people were reported missing after the storm struck on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes, according to regional officials who asked not to be named and local reports. Television ... more Philippines typhoon toll rises to 27: government 
Manila (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Philippine authorities on Wednesday reported eight more deaths from Typhoon Mirinae, which battered the storm-weary nation at the weekend, bringing the total number of those killed here to 27. Seven fatalities were reported in Laguna province near Manila and one in Camarines Norte province southeast of the capital. The two provinces also accounted for 12 out of the 19 deaths previously ... more |
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