News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms 18-JUL-08 en-us Taipei (AFP) July 17, 2008 - Powerful wind and torrential rain disrupted air traffic and forced offices and schools to close in Taiwan Thursday as Typhoon Kalmaegi approached the island.]]> ]]> Keesler AFB MS (AFNS) Jul 18, 2008 - As the Hurricane Hunters prepared to fly their first storm of the 2008 hurricane season July 11, Hurricane Bertha lumbered on a wide path toward Bermuda.]]> Palisades NY (SPX) Jul 17, 2008 - A group of scientists has used deep ocean-floor drilling and experiments to show that volcanic rocks off the West Coast and elsewhere might be used to securely imprison huge amounts of globe-warming carbon dioxide captured from power plants or other sources.]]> Taipei (AFP) July 16, 2008 - Storm Kalmaegi has gained momentum as it approaches Taiwan, threatening the island's east, the Central Weather Bureau said Wednesday.]]> ]]> Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 17, 2008 - For the first time, researchers have taken a detailed look at what lies beneath all of Iceland's volcanoes - and found a world far more complex than they ever imagined.]]> Athens (AFP) July 15, 2008 - One woman died on the Greek island of Rhodes on Tuesday as a result of a strong undersea earthquake measuring 6.3 points on the Richter scale, officials said.]]> Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 15, 2008 - After completing their simulation component in the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS), the team for tsunami modelling of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association has presented the currently leading software system for tsunami events with the potential for catastrophe.]]> ]]> Santiago (AFP) July 10, 2008 - Chile's imposing southern Llaima volcano roared into action Thursday, spewing rocks, lava and clouds of ash and putting six nearby communities under a red alert, the National Emergency office said.]]> Miami (AFP) July 13, 2008 - Hurricane Bertha weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday as it lost steam near the British Atlantic islands of Bermuda, the US National Hurricane Center said.]]> Miami (AFP) July 10, 2008 - Hurricane Bertha barreled steadily northwest towards the British islands of Bermuda Thursday, and could sweep over them in the next few days, the US National Hurricane Center said.]]> ]]> ]]> Universoty Park PA (SPX) Jul 10, 2008 - The May 12 earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province in China was the first there in recorded history and unexpected in its magnitude. Now a team of geoscientists is looking at the potential for future earthquakes due to earthquake-induced changes in stress.]]> Miami (AFP) July 8, 2008 - Hurricane Bertha, the first hurricane of the 2008 season, plowed through the central Atlantic early Tuesday with winds blowing at 195 kilometers (120 miles) per hour but staying far away from land, the US National Hurricane Center said.]]> Washington (AFP) July 8, 2008 - A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale struck southern Peru near Arequipa early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported.]]> Advertise in Terra Daily and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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