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Volcanic eruption leads to new island!

Watch a video taken by the Japanese Coast Guard, showing how the volcanic activity forms a new island in the Pacific Ocean!  Magma and lava come out of a Japanese volcano as its erruption is c...

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Europe's most powerful waterfall to have formed after three short but violent flooding events

According to a recent study, published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), three fierce flooding events, separated by thousands of years, are responsible for the for...

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Tongan volcano activity forms island in the Pacific [Video]

A new island is being formed in the Pacific Ocean as a result of volcanic eruption. The volcanic activity is caught on video by experts who approached the spot by boat, in an effort to investigate the...

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Satellite nightlight images shed light on human exposure to floods

According to a recent study, the number of people living in flood susceptible regions has increased in the last 20 years, causing a significant rise of deaths and associated financial damage. The stud...

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Photo gallery: The flood damage to Kashmir's cultural heritage

The recently and extensively flooded region of Kashmir is still trying to recover from the disaster and starts evaluating the induced damage particularly to its cultural heritage. Some of the most his...

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The devastating floods in India and a mathematical model for their prediction

Monsoon season, which is currently hitting India, Pakistan and other Asian countries, causes extensive floods and triggers landslides, with detrimental effects for the citizens of the affected countri...

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Turmoil in Sweden & Denmark due to flash floods

 Flash floods in Sweden and Denmark have mainly caused traffic problems, trapping cars and regional buses under water and threatening drivers' lives. Electricity was cut in Swedish residential ar...

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Torrential rain in Japan causes landslides and costs lives of 50

Rains, exceeding all historical records since 1976, have caused massive landslides last week in the outskirts of Hiroshima, urging the evacuation of residential areas and rising the death toll to 50 p...

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Korean scientists define the last eruption date of an active volcano in the country

Jeju, Korea, a universally famous vacation spot with natural resources attracting many tourists, has also recently attracted scientific interest, revealing that the volcano on the island, last erupted...

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Report indicates that sea level rise will make many US coastal areas prone to flooding

Non-profit's organization survey and analyses on climate change, point out that South and North Carolina face the threat of extreme flood events as a result of sea level rise. Climate Centra...

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