Gravitas: Floods inundate China’s southern provinces
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2022 floods among Australia’s costliest ever disasters: ICA
ew data from the Insurance Council of Australia shows that flooding in South-East Queensland and Northern New South Wales in late February and early March has caused $4.8 billion in insured damages, meaning it ranks as the third costliest extreme weather event in Australia’s history. Only Cyclone Tracy (1974) and the Sydney hailstorm (1999) caused…
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Afghanistan earthquake: No food, no shelter and fears of cholera
Survivors of Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in two decades say they have nothing to eat, no shelter, and fear a possible cholera outbreak. The BBC’s Secunder Kermani reports from Paktika province, the hardest hit by the disaster. Searching through the debris, in what is left of his family home, Agha Jan’s eyes well up with tears….
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Significant magnitude 5.4 quake hits 81 km southeast of Antofagasta, Chile early morning
An intermediate magnitude 5.4 earthquake was reported early morning near Antofagasta, Chile. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Thursday, June 9th, 2022, at 4:32 am local time at an intermediate depth of 79 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the…
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Russia-induced global food crisis pushes 49M to ‘brink’ of famine, starvation: expert warns
Experts warn that mass hunger has previously led to significant political turmoil. EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a global crisis, and experts warn that hunger poses the greatest worldwide security threat as millions face famine and starvation. “The conflict in Ukraine isn’t just increasing hunger conditions within the country or even within the…
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6.1 Magnitude Quake Strikes Off East Timor
DILI, EAST TIMOR — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with tremors felt as far as the Australian city of Darwin, although there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The USGS said the quake hit at a depth of 51 kilometers off…
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7.4 magnitude earthquake in Australia today earthquake
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