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Disasters - SERIES 51 {25 articles}

Quake off New Caledonia triggers small tsunami waves, no damage...


A powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck on Wednesday near New Caledonia in the South Pacific, creating small tsunami waves, but there were no reports of damage, regional officials said. ✔ There was some movement of the sea but no damage to buildings, no injuries to people and it’s over now ✔ We’re still monitoring it and on standby but there’s nothing on the tide gauges for the time being, Laisenia Rawace, an official in Fiji’s seismology monitoring department, said by telephone from Suva ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Tropical storm Miriam and Norman form in Pacific: Tropical storms heading towards Hawaii


TROPICAL storms, Miriam and Norman, which are predicted to strengthen to hurricanes are heading towards Hawaii days after Hurricane Lane drenched the US islands. ✔ Hawaiians are already reeling from the impact of Lane, which battered the islands with torrential rain over the weekend ✔ Weather forecasters have predicted Miriam will become a Category-2 hurricane with 100mph (160kph) winds before the end of the week ✔ Located about 480 miles (770km) south of Baja, California, Norman registered 60mph winds


Earthquake hits TODAY MAP: California, New Caledonia, Fiji and Iran struck by HUGE quakes


POWERFUL earthquakes have struck across the globe today, rattling the regions of California, New Caledonia, Fiji and Iran - here are the maps of the latest quakes to hit. ✔ Several large aftershocks have been felt in the region and in Fiji, the most recent one measuring 4.9 magnitude, hitting 32 km (18 miles) south of Ndoi Island at 7.10am BST (6.17pm local time Tuesday) ✔ The Ring of Fire, along with the South Pacific and California reside, is home to 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes


Despair for Australian farmers as drought kills livestock


In better times, the dam on farmer Kevin Tongue's property is three meters (yards) deep with water. It's now been empty for three months. ✔ A sustained break of the big dry is required to enable grazing to resume ✔ Slideshow (2 Images) NSW is the country’s most-populous state and produces a quarter of Australia’s agriculture by value ✔ Australia recorded its fifth-driest July on record last month ✔ ($1=1.3669 Australian dollars) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


France's 100,000 lightning strikes MAPPED: Brutal weather hits nation in 12 hours


FRANCE has been hit by a brutal thunderstorm with more than 100,000 lightning strikes recorded over a 12-hour period. ✔ Storm warnings have been issued for nine regions in the south west of France, including the Dordogne, with national weather agency Meteo France advisising people to stay at home and ensure their shutters are down ✔ The public has been informed that cellars may flood and property could be damaged


Earthquake SURGE: 25 quakes and tremors rattle globe in 24 HOURS – Ring of Fire on ALERT


AN undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has rocked the South Pacific island of New Caledonia – the latest in a series of 25 large tremors to shake the so-called Ring of Fire in the last 24 hours. ✔ Laisenia Rawace, technical officer at Fiji's seismology monitoring department, said: We're still monitoring it and on standby but there's nothing on the tide gauges for the time being ✔ Kasey Aderhold, a seismologist with the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, added: The bottom line is that a large and potentially damaging earthquake will occur in California and other locations in the world, and communities should continue to review and improve their preparations and plans


Korea braces for strong downpour


undefined ✔ Over 60 people were evacuated and 764 residences and stores were damaged nationwide ✔ The authorities advised against visiting submerged and low-lying areas _ especially by children and the elderly ✔ Jebi was heading towards the Northern Mariana Islands in the western North Pacific Ocean as of Wednesday


What is the Ring of Fire? 30 HUGE earthquakes hit Ring of Fire in 24 HOURS TODAY


THE US Geological Survey recorded 30 earthquakes along the Pacific Ring of Fire in the past 24 hours alone. So what is the Ring of Fire? ✔ Over the past 24 hours, 30 earthquakes have been recorded along the Ring of Fire, as you can see in the map below ✔ The locations and maximum recorded magnitude by the USGS are as follows: Fiji: Four quakes, magnitude-5.7 maximum New Caledonia: Five quakes, magnitude-7.1 maximum Indonesia: Five quakes, magnitude-5.5 maximum Guam: Two quakes, magnitude-6.4 maximum Japan: One quake, magnitude-3.8 maximum Alaska: Four quakes, magnitude-3.6 maximum California: Four quakes, magnitude-4.4 maximum Mexico: One quake, magnitude-4.3 maximum Bolivia: One quake, magnitude-5.0 maximum Chile: Two quakes, magnitude-4.5 maximum Argentina: One quake, magnitude-4.3 maximum Ring of Fire: This shows how tectonic plates shift at subduction zones (Image: USGS) Of course, by far the most powerful on that list occurred in New Caledonia ✔ It could be tomorrow or it could be 10 years or more from now


Global warming is intensifying El Niño weather | John Abraham


John Abraham: A new study finds that weather associated with El Niño events is becoming more severe ✔ As humans put more and more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, the Earth warms ✔ In addition, from 2010 to 2011, severe drought and heat waves hit the southern USA, coinciding with a La Niña event ✔ Other extreme weather in the US, Australia, Central and Southern America, and Asia stronger than would be expected from El Niño’s historical behavior have raised concerns that our El Niño weather may be becoming supercharged


Ring of Fire map: Countries in the Ring of Fire - why so many earthquakes RIGHT NOW?


A SERIES of earthquakes have sparked fears of greater tremors around the Ring of Fire - the world’s most active fault line. What countries are in the Ring of Fire and why are so many earthquakes happening right now? ✔ The USGS said in a report issued last year: According to long-term records (since about 1900), we expect about 16 major earthquakes in any given year ✔ The report said: We do not understand earthquakes well enough to know exactly where the next earthquake will occur, what the magnitude will be, or exactly when it will happen


Myanmar dam breach MAP: Entire villages flooded as thousands forced to flee homes


MORE than 5,000 people have been forced from their homes in central Myanmar after a breached dam flooded a town and two villages on Wednesday. ✔ Min Min, a journalist based in Naypyitaw who was on the scene said: The water is not over the bridge but the flow under the bridge is very strong ✔ Hundreds of rescuers from charity organisations have attempted to access the most remote areas, but some communities are still blocked off


Former Royal Marine becomes first BLIND person to row across the Pacific


A FORMER Royal Marine survived a hurricane to become the first BLIND person to successfully row across the Pacific. Steve Sparkes, 57, crossed the finish line of his epic journey last night to enter the record books. ✔ On their approach the finish they even came face to face with the wrath of Category 5 Hurricane Lane ✔ The race set off from Monterey in California back in July ✔ (Image: ELLEN HOKE/SWNS) It did not go as predicted and we started by looking at 55 days but in the end it took us 82 ✔ Visit www.cockleshell-pacific.com to make a donation


Eye Opener: Former Texas police officer found guilty of murder


A former Texas police officer could spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murder for the killing an unarmed black teenager. Also, a new report shows Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico, is officially the most deadly U.S. natural disaster in the last century. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Get the Eye Opener delivered straight to your inbox.


Pressure builds on Iran's Rouhani as parliament targets two more...


Iranian lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against the education minister on Wednesday, ramping up pressure on the president who is under unprecedented attack from parliament over his handling of the economy in the face of new U.S. sanctions. ✔ A group of 20 lawmakers signed a motion on Wednesday accusing Education Minister Mohammad Bathaei of failing to reform the education system and rejuvenate schools, state news agency IRNA reported ✔ That is enough votes to force Bathaei to come to parliament to answer questions on his record in the next 10 days ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Iran's Khamenei tells Rouhani, ministers, to solve economic problems


Iranian lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against the education minister on Wednesday, stepping up pressure on President Hassan Rouhani who is under attack from parliament over his handling of the economy following new U.S. sanctions. ✔ Washington has imposed sanctions on the acquisition of U.S. dollars by Iran and it will reimpose sanctions on Tehran’s oil exports and banking sector in November ✔ The rial has lost more than two-thirds of its value in a year ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


'Ghetto President' shakes up Ugandan politics


The arrest this month of a 35-year-old legislator who calls himself "Ghetto President" has sparked fierce street protests in Uganda. Musician-turned-MP Robert Kyagulanyi represents a new challenge to President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986. ✔ Protesters demonstrate against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni outside Uganda House in London, Britain ✔ Street protests against government policies have broken out repeatedly in recent years ✔ Rights groups say Museveni has reacted with a mix of force and cash handouts ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Golf: Two biggest tours might partner for events, says agent Chandler


The U.S. based PGA Tour might partner with the European Tour for some co-sanctioned events in the near future, according to well-connected English sports agent Andrew "Chubby" Chandler. ✔ You’ve got to test these things out to see what way forward and what happens ✔ It’s an inexact science trying to put together a field of golfers ✔ Such is the not-unpleasant fate of someone who knows everyone who’s anyone in the golf world ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Puerto Rico's governor acknowledges he made mistakes, after new Maria death toll report


An independent review found hurricane killed an estimated 2,975 people​ – more than 46 times the original official death toll of 64 ✔ A new report nearly one year after Hurricane Maria shows the storm is officially the most deadly U.S. natural disaster in the last century ✔ But previously healthy young people, like 29-year-old Rom-zee Romero, also died ✔ President Trump has not commented on the new numbers directly


How cities can better prevent fires


Special predictive software points inspectors to the buildings most at risk ✔ In the first five weeks after Pittsburgh began using the software earlier this year, fire incidents had occurred in 58% of them ✔ In the seven years since New York City switched on a predictive model called FireCast, which was developed for about $1m with help from IBM, inspectors have quintupled the number of pyrogenic conditions identified, says Mike Flowers, New York’s chief analytics officer at the time ✔ He now lobbies officials to reduce Portland’s pockets of blight


As Wildfires Burn Miles Away, Smog Blankets the Northwest


The Pacific Northwest, sandwiched between Canada’s smoldering British Columbia to the north and six fire-wracked Western U.S. states, is feeling the side effects of one of the worst fire seasons on record. ✔ Experts say it is unclear when the smoke will lift for good ✔ An unusually stubborn ridge of high pressure has blocked most of the cleansing onshore winds from the Pacific, said Ranil Dhammapala, an atmospheric scientist at the Washington State Department of Ecology ✔ 6) Boise, Idaho, Feels the Growing Pains of a Surging Population (April 15) Tech Wealth Turns Attention to Affordable Housing in Seattle (Feb


Myanmar dam breach floods communities in central region, blocks...


More than 5,000 people have evacuated their homes after water from a breached dam flooded communities in central Myanmar on Wednesday and blocked part of a highway linking the main cities of Yangon, Mandalay and the capital Naypyitaw, officials said. ✔ Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay said there were no casualties reported as of early afternoon ✔ Authorities were working on relocation and prevention and using old roads to allow travel in the area, Zaw Htay said in a text message ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


EastEnders' Stuart Highway makes devastating return to Albert Square


And a gunshot rings around Walford... but who is responsible? ✔ A restless Mick has trouble sleeping so he takes Lady Di out for a walk, but he has no idea Stuart is lying in wait at The Vic ✔ But is the main suspect truly responsible for the crime and does Keanu's sighting play into the arrest ✔ EastEnders airs Mondays and Fridays at 8pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC1


Hawaii volcano eruption: STUNNING new pictures reveal Kilauea destruction


AS the lull in activity raises hopes that the ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is petering out, dramatic new pictures taken by an intrepid photojournalist over the course of the last four months have reminded Big Islanders of the destructive power on their doorstep. ✔ We residents of Hawaii are always cognisant that our island was created by volcanoes, and even destructive eruptions like this one are creating new land that will later become a natural paradise ✔ People displaced by the eruption are being aided by numerous charities including Hawaii Salvation Army, American Red Cross, and others


Perspective | The Democratic Party nominating process just got more democratic. Don’t celebrate yet.


Rank and file voters don't always know what's best for a party. ✔ Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez pauses after a session during the DNC's summer meeting on Friday in Chicago ✔ Taken to an extreme, primaries should be open to anyone, regardless of whether they identify with the party or how loyal they are to it


In Chilean desert, global thirst for lithium is fueling a 'water war'


On Chilean water regulator Oscar Cristi's desk, a small white espresso cup teeters atop piles of documents and loose folders that appear on the point of collapse, perhaps an apt metaphor for the growing water crisis in parts of the Andean country. ✔ ‘WATER WAR’ A global boom in demand for lithium has set off a scramble in Chile, which is home to nearly 50 percent of the world’s reserves of the metal ✔ Local indigenous groups, SQM and Albemarle, regional copper miners and newcomers to the region are all competing for water ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


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