Phones reconnected in Tonga, internet will have to wait a month
Telephone links between Tonga and the wider world began to be reconnected on Wednesday, though restoring full internet connectivity is likely to take a month or more...
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Volcanoes, tsunamis and risk, how worried should we be?
‘Don’t bother your pretty head about it’ is the prevailing media take on the risk of the volcanic eruption on La Palma in the Canary...
Haitians scramble to rescue survivors from ruins of major quake (Update 2)
Haitians labored overnight to pick through shattered buildings in search of friends and relatives trapped in the rubble after a devastating earthquake struck the Caribbean...
Tsunami from erupting Krakatau kills at least 222 in Indonesia (update 2)
By Johan Purnomo and Adi Kurniawan A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra...
Cyprus at low risk of tsunamis, but still prepared
Cyprus has made arrangements to receive timely warning in cases of tsunamis, authorities said on Monday. Even though they are not as common in...
Indonesia rushes to help quake-hit island, death toll likely to rise past 830
Indonesian authorities scrambled on Monday to get aid and rescue equipment into quake-hit Sulawesi island, and prepared to bury some of the at least 832...
Quake, tsunami kills at least 384 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island (V)
At least 384 people were killed, many swept away as giant waves crashed onto beaches, when a major earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island...
Major quake and tsunami cause deaths in Indonesian city (Update 1)
A tsunami caused deaths when it hit a small city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday after a major quake offshore, collapsing buildings...
Powerful quake hits off New Caledonia, small tsunami waves generated
A powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck near New Caledonia in the South Pacific on Wednesday, creating small tsunami waves, officials in...
Strong quake in Caribbean Sea shakes Honduras, Mexico and Belize, sparks tsunami warning
An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 that struck near remote islands belonging to Honduras on Tuesday was felt across northern Central America but there were no...
