Authorities order the ‘immediate evacuation’ of people to refuge areas, saying tsunami waves could reach up to three metres The quake struck at a shallow 10km deep Photograph: Theo Rouby/AP A tsunami warning has been issued for the Pacific island … Read More
A nurse checks a boy at a cholera treatment centre at the al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah SANAA (Reuters) – Authorities in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa are sterilizing water supplies at wells, distribution networks … Read More
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the state of Alaska on Friday morning, churning up roads and sending office workers running to the streets in scenes locals described as pure “anarchy.” The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered about … Read More
As I write this from San Diego, the rain is pouring outside my window, a rare winter rain brought on by an offshore tropical storm blowing in from the west. It’s heavy, dripping, dropping rain, and it’s getting the entire region good. Normally, … Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning about a new tick species in the U.S. that it says is capable of spreading diseases dangerous to humans and other animals. A CDC weekly report released Thursday states that the Asian longhorned … Read More
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile east is now the second largest in recorded history, with 426 confirmed and probable cases thus far, resulting in 245 deaths since Aug. 1, according to the country’s health ministry. … Read More
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck western Taiwan at 7:57 a.m. Monday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). The earthquake’s epicenter was located at sea about 101.9 kilometers west of Penghu County Hall, at a depth … Read More
The most destructive and deadly wildland inferno in California history has been fully wrangled into submission by firefighters, who have been battling the ferocious blaze for 18 days, authorities announced on Sunday. The catastrophic Camp Fire in Northern California’s Butte County that … Read More