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Three fatalities in an apartment building collapse in Egypt

One more collapse in just two months occurred on Wednesday in Egypt, in the city of Shoubra el-Khaima in Qalyubia province. It was a four­-storey building that was used as the headquarter of a law fi...

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M7.0 earthquake in southwest Mexico

An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck southwest Mexico. According to the United States Geological Survey the quake hit 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) east-northeast of Los Órganos de San Agustín, about eig...

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Category 4 hurricane Ida hit Louisiana: neighborhoods left underwater

Category 4 hurricane Ida hit southeastern Louisiana's Port Fourchon at a around 1 p.m. August 29th and slowly scraped across the state, delivering catastrophic winds and torrential rain to the same...

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Concrete roof collapse of industrial building in Singapore

On Sunday 22th of August at about 9:20 am, a concrete roof of an industrial building at 3013 Bedok Park E Bedok, partially collapsed. After the collapse, a team from the Singapore Civil Defence Force...

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Seismometers providing crucial data on Haiti’s earthquake

After the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010 which cost the lives of thousands of people, scientists develop a network of low cost seismometers. These seismometers are installed in places where...

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Haiti update: Tropical Storm Grace following the M7.2 earthquake

After the 7.2 earthquake of Haiti the death toll rise to 1,419 while more than 6,900 people injured. The authorities can not estimate how many are still missing. The real challenge that rescue has...

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7.2 magnitude quake struck Haiti - at least 1,297 people killed, thousands injured, hundreds missing

A massive earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday August 14th, at 12:29 p.m. GMT, with 7.2 magnitude. The earthquake was about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis-du-Sud and 10 kilometers...

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7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Philippines - no major damage reported

The Philippines is on the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire and experiences frequent earthquakes. The latest strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Thursday, the U.S....

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Earthquake strucks Alaska with 8.2 magnitude, The US National Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings for Tsunami

A huge magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Alaska, on Wednesday July 28th 8:15 p.m., 91 kilometers (56 miles) east southeast of Perryville. The quake hypocenter was about 46 kilometers (29 miles) below t...

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Catastrophic flooding in Germany

Weather experts said rain in the regions of West Germany over a 24-hour period on July 14th has been unprecedented. More specifically, the weather system brought down 148 liters of rain per square m...

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