A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has hit central Japan, triggering a tsunami warning and advisories for residents to evacuate and prepare for possible aftershocks. A tsunami about one metre high struck parts of the west coast along the Sea of Japan on Monday, with a larger wave expected, public broadcaster NHK … Read more
A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides. The woman in Suzu city, Ishikawa Prefecture, had survived for more than five days after the 7.6 magnitude quake … Read more
A girl sits on a cot as she crosses a flooded street in Pakistan on October 4, 2022. A record 32.6 million internal displacements were associated with disasters in 2022 — more than the 28.3 million with conflict and violence, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Fida Hussain | Afp | Getty Images As … Read more
A powerful earthquake that hit Japan on New Year’s Day killed at least 55 people, with rescue teams struggling in freezing temperatures to reach coastal areas where many are feared trapped under possibly thousands of destroyed homes. In Suzu, a town of about 5000 households near the quake’s epicentre, 90 per cent of houses may … Read more
A powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year’s Day has killed at least six people, as police and local authorities report cases of bodies being pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck in the middle of the afternoon on Monday, destroying buildings, knocking out … Read more
TOPSHOT – This image taken in Hong Kong on January 1, 2024 shows a warning message on a screen from a live feed on NHK World asking people to evacuate from the area after a series of major earthquakes hit central Japan. A powerful 7.5 earthquake hit central Japan on January 1, the USGS said, … Read more
A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has hit central Japan, triggering a tsunami warning and advisories for residents to evacuate and prepare for possible aftershocks. A tsunami about one metre high struck parts of the west coast along the Sea of Japan on Monday, with a larger wave expected, public broadcaster NHK … Read more
Passengers gather at the departure gates of the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras International Station after the services are cancelled due to a flooded tunnel, in London, Britain, on Dec. 30, 2023. Belinda Jiao | Reuters The holiday travel plans of hundreds of people were upended Saturday after Eurostar canceled train services to and from … Read more
The year 2023 saw its fair share of disastrous events. In 2023, the world experienced a notable surge in both the occurrence and severity of natural disasters, ranging from the Turkey-Syria earthquake to flooding in South Africa and wildfires in Algeria. This year was characterized by a series of impactful events, including devastating earthquakes, floods, … Read more
Up and down the California coast, monster waves battered beach towns Thursday churned up by a powerful storm in the Pacific Ocean. From San Diego to Los Angeles and beyond San Francisco, the National Weather Service issued Coastal Flood Warnings and High Surf Warnings for breaking waves between 28 and 33 feet. Some locations were forecast to see waves as high as 40 feet. … Read more
