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Severe flash floods hit Western Attica, Greece: 15 killed, several missing (video)

Flash floods turned roads into torrents of mud and debris on the Western outskirts of Athens on Wednesday, November 15, killing at least 15 people, inundating homes and blocking a section of a major h...

Iran-Iraq border earthquake is the deadliest of 2017 (video)

The death toll from the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit Iran's mountainous border with Iraq on Sunday, has now been raised to at least 530 people, according to Iranian officials. The quake hit at...

Mudslide in Colombia results in 3 dead and 32 injured (video)

The mudslide swept through the mountainous town of Corinto, in Colombia's south-west Cauca province, on Tuesday, November 7. The mudflow occurred at about 17:30 local time last Tuesday, after the n...

Typhoon "Damrey" hits Vietnam, leaving at least 61 dead

"Damrey" made landfall at southern Vietnam on Saturday, November 4, with winds of up to 90 km/h, killing at least 61 people and leaving another 28 missing. The typhoon made landfall near the coasta...

Typhoon Lan causes flooding and landslides in Japan (video)

The typhoon struck Japan early Monday, October 23, causing widespread flooding and mudslides and leaving at least four people dead. Lan made landfall at around 3 a.m. local time on Monday, on the P...

Mexico City Earthquake GEER Report Ver. 1

An intraslab subduction zone earthquake of moment magnitude 7.1 occurred on September 19, 2017 approximately 60 km southwest of Puebla, Mexico, and 120 km southeast of Mexico City, Mexico. This ear...

Floods and landslides leave many dead in Vietnam

At least 46 people have died and another 33 remain missing as a tropical depression dumps heavy rains across central and northern Vietnam. The northern Yen Bai and Hoa Binh provinces were the most...

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano erupts again (video)

Following the eruption triggered by the M7.1 earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano exploded again in the early hours of Thursday, October 5th, 2017. The emission took place at 07...

Failing Dam forces mass evacuation in Puerto Rico (video)

About 70,000 people in northwestern Puerto Rico were ordered to evacuate on Friday, September 21, after Hurricane Maria caused damage to the Guajataca Dam, putting it in the imminent danger of collaps...

Mexico gets hit again by deadly M7.1 earthquake (video)

The earthquake struck central Mexico on Tuesday, September 19, killing at least 250 people. The 7.1- magnitude quake occurred around 1pm local time last Tuesday, causing a heavy, prolonged shaking...

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