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Medical teams rushed Sunday to flood-devastated southern India where five days of torrential rain have left at least 205 people dead and 750,000 displaced, authorities said.
The floods have submerged entire villages, snapped transport and...
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Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 535.
Earlier U.N. figures that put the death toll at 1,100 were just estimates, said...
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Across this coastal provincial capital, hardest hit by the latest earthquake to devastate Indonesia, mourners, survivors and rescue workers alike clawed through heaps...
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A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s quake, which killed more than 500...
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A court has ordered Bolivian preacher, Jose Mar Flores, kept in jail during the investigation into sabotage and kidnapping charges in the hijacking of a jetliner from...
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The government is handing over dozens of new homes to victims of the April 6 earthquake that devastated parts of central Italy.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi will preside...
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A major earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday — initially categorized as magnitude 7.4 before being downgraded to 7.0 by geological officials.
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‘A high-intensity earthquake measuring over 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean early this morning,” reported the...
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A destructive earthquake shocked eastern Afghanistan claiming over 120 lives. The earthquake, which according to local officials, shook western Afghanistan in the early...
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When one considers California and the earthquakes risks within the state it may initially be hard to understand why so many people would settle in the state. The...
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At least 50 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that struck central Italy, Italian officials say.
Five children are said to be among the dead and many...
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck northern Italy on Tuesday near the city of Parma and was followed hours later by a smaller quake, but no one was injured,...
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Rescuers raced to reach a remote village in Kyrgyzstan on Monday after a strong earthquake killed at least 72 people in a mountainous area near the border with China....
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It’s a classic case of American news outlets making disproportionate news out of almost everything that comes out of Japan. On one hand, CNN headlines the story about...
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 hit the border between China and Myanmar early on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Tuesday, killing at least one person and seriously injuring five others, a local emergency official...
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A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook the Los Angeles metropolitan area Tuesday, startling residents but causing no serious damage or injuries.
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The earthquake that rattled Southern California on Tuesday might have caused devastation if it had taken place in some parts of the world, but relatively strict...
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A 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The quake struck at 11:42 am (1842 GMT) and was...
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Scientists in the United States have devised a method for measuring changes in the speed of seismic waves that could one day help predict earthquakes, a study said...
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A 300-km aftershock zone has been created following the devastating earthquake that hit southwestern China May 12, killing more than 80,000 people, an earthquake expert...
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Some 350,000 people in West Africa have been affected by serious flooding, the United Nations said Friday, noting that “significant” rainfall has lashed the...
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A major earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday — initially categorized as magnitude 7.4 before being downgraded to 7.0 by geological officials.
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‘A high-intensity earthquake measuring over 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean early this morning,” reported the...
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Severe floods have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in the north and north-east of Brazil and at least 15 have been killed.
President Luiz Inacio...
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Emergency airlifts of food, clothing and medicines from Mexico, Venezuela and Russia reveal a humanitarian crisis in Cuba that is unprecedented in scope.Five weeks...
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The death toll from the cyclone that hit Myanmar over the weekend has reached 3,969, state television said Monday, warning that thousands more could be dead.
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