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An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...

Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern ...

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of ...

Intense rainfall from Wednesday night into Thursday morning brought widespread flooding and major disruptions to the municipalities of Balneário Camboriú, Itajaí, and Camboriú in the southern ...

Murakami’s training in disaster response had taught him that after a major earthquake, Rikuzentakata could be hit with a tsunami high enough to flood the first floor of city hall. Even when a ...

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It is understood that the flooding was caused by a partial ceiling collapse. As a result, many patients have had their blood tests delayed for several days while essential works are undertaken.

Staff clean up shattered and scattered glass caused by the earthquake at JR Miyazaki Airport Station, in Miyazaki, in southwestern Japan, Monday Jan. 13, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) ...

This catastrophe, often called the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, caused widespread destruction, leading to over 18,000 deaths and significant global impacts. The event also exposed the ...

This quake, known as a subduction megathrust earthquake, can cause massive tsunamis and is associated with seismic activity in the Nankai Trough, an undersea fault line off Japan's Pacific coast.