Japan's latest earthquake could've been much worse, but the country spends money to 'keep people safe'
On the first day of 2024, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, killing at least 57 people and destroying thousands of homes.
On the first day of 2024, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, killing at least 57 people and destroying thousands of homes.
Earth Sciences
Jan 3, 2024
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More than two million people across the Horn of Africa have been forced from their homes by torrential rains and floods, according to an AFP tally compiled Thursday from government and UN figures.
Environment
Nov 30, 2023
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Tropical Storm Pilar loomed ominously off the Pacific Coast of Central America on Wednesday, provoking heavy rains that washed away crops and displaced hundreds of people as the death toll rose to four.
Environment
Nov 1, 2023
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Acapulco was struggling Sunday to recover from the extraordinarily powerful Hurricane Otis, which claimed 43 lives and provoked widespread power, water and telephone outages.
Environment
Oct 30, 2023
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For the last few days, one of the only ways people have been able to see the Israeli siege of Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas' attack on Saturday has been on TikTok.
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2023
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Battered by heat, washed out to a bleached, white hue and ravaged by disease, corals offshore of Key Largo, Florida, used what little energy they had left to spawn the next generation that could save their populations.
Ecology
Oct 9, 2023
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At least 27 people have been killed after heavy rains caused a section of a hillside covered in precariously built houses to collapse in Cameroon's capital Yaounde.
Environment
Oct 9, 2023
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A century ago, the coastal city of Derna was well known for picture-perfect beaches, palm trees and whitewashed villas mainly inhabited by Libya's Italian colonial occupiers. Today, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, which ...
Political science
Sep 18, 2023
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Torrential rain and winds caused by an extratropical cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil, officials said Tuesday, warning more flooding may be coming.
Environment
Sep 6, 2023
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Wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui killed at least 96 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
Environment
Aug 14, 2023
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