Japan: Toll in Hokkaido earthquake goes up to 42, power supply restored to the island

While there were no plans to implement rolling blackouts, the government asked residents and businesses to use 20% less power to help save energy.

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· Sep 10, 2018 · 02:53 pm

Japan: Toll in Hokkaido earthquake rises to 16, transport services resume in parts of the island

Almost 22,000 rescue workers worked through the night to search for survivors, said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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· Sep 07, 2018 · 03:18 pm

North Korea: 76 people killed, 75 missing in floods

Flooding and landslides have also destroyed over 800 homes, clinics and schools in North and South Hwanghae provinces.

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· Sep 06, 2018 · 07:19 pm

Eleven months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico raises toll from 64 to nearly 3,000

The revised toll is also an approximation, and not a concrete list of names, Governor Ricardo Rossello said.

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· Aug 29, 2018 · 01:12 pm

Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes Peru-Brazil border areas

The quake hit at a depth of 609 kilometres. The epicentre was 138 km west of the Peruvian town of Inapari and 226 km west of Bolivia’s Cobija.

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· Aug 24, 2018 · 05:11 pm

Indonesia: At least 14 dead as 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Lombok island

About 162 people are injured and more than 1,000 houses were damaged in the quake.

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· Jul 29, 2018 · 09:45 am

Taiwan earthquake toll rises to 10, at least 58 people still missing

Rescue workers continued searching for people and bodies in badly damaged buildings on Thursday.

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· Feb 08, 2018 · 03:44 pm

Two dead, 65 injured after earthquake of 7.3 magnitude jolts Peru

The country’s navy as well as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii ruled out a tsunami threat.

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· Jan 15, 2018 · 11:48 am

Vietnam evacuates 74,000 people as it braces for Typhoon Tembin; Philippines toll rises to 230

Thousands are missing in the Philippines even as rescue workers struggle to reach remote areas hit by floods and landslides.

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· Dec 25, 2017 · 09:50 pm

Philippines: Toll in tropical storm Tembin rises to 200, dozens missing

Mudslides completely wiped out Dalama, a mountain village of about 2,000 people.

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· Dec 24, 2017 · 07:53 am

Philippines: Nearly 90 dead in mudslides and floods triggered by tropical storm Tembin

Some reports said the mudslides completely wiped out a farming village of about 2,000 people, but officials have not confirmed this yet.

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· Dec 23, 2017 · 12:36 pm

2018 will be a year of several devastating earthquakes, say scientists

A change in the speed of the Earth’s rotation could lead to the release of vast amounts of underground energy, according to a new study.

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· Nov 20, 2017 · 06:11 pm