News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms 20-NOV-09 en-us 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.]]> Moscow (AFP) Nov 13, 2009 - Russia, 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.]]> Istanbul (AFP) Nov 14, 2009 - A 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.]]> San Salvador (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 - Rescue 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.]]> Manila (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 - One 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.]]> Dar Es Salaam (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 - Floods 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.]]> Miami (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 - Hurricane Ida was not directly responsible for the weekend floods and landslides that killed at least 140 people in El Salvador, even though it lashed parts of Central America with rain, meteorologists said Tuesday.]]> Jakarta (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 - Two people were killed and dozens injured after a strong quake with a magnitude of 6.7 rocked the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Monday, officials and the state news agency Antara said.]]> San Salvador (AFP) Nov 8, 2009 - A late-season hurricane ravaged parts of Central America Sunday as floods and landslides killed at least 91 in El Salvador and thousands were left homeless in Nicaragua.]]> Sydney (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast Saturday as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.]]>