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Indonesian volcano sprayed 8,000 meters of smoke ash
Two Indonesian volcanoes had an eruption on November 18, causing many flights to be canceled or changed, and thousands of evacuated people could not return home.
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Big storms destroy the world
Super typhoon battles with tremendous power always cause great damage to people and people in places where they sweep through.
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Tang love covers Tacloban
Two days after the typhoon Haiyan swept over, the central Tacloban city became a desolate graveyard with most of the houses flattened and dead bodies everywhere.
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Japan studied the origin of earthquakes
A scientific team of top Japanese seismologists has set sail on the Chikyu drill ship with the task of drilling deep into the seabed to study the origin of the earthquak…
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Japan evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to avoid super typhoons
Japan on September 16 evacuated nearly 300,000 households to avoid super typhoon Man-yi landing in the country, while traffic in many areas was stalled.
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Volcanic eruption in Indonesia, 6,000 people evacuated
Nearly 6,000 people had to leave their homes on Indonesia's Sumatra island, after a volcanic eruption erupted over the weekend, and put up a huge column of smoke on Sept…
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Again detected steam at Fukushima power plant
According to AFP, on July 23, for the second time in less than a week, workers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant discovered steam inside a damaged reactor.
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Double earthquakes in China: At least 47 people died
The China Seismological Bureau launched an emergency response plan after the double earthquake disaster on the morning of the same day in the adjacent area between Dan a…
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Leakage of radioactive waste in six US tanks
According to AFP, the Washington state government said on February 22 that at least six radioactive waste tanks are leaking, urging the federal government to help furthe…
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Tongariro volcanic ash spray 2km high
The volcano in New Zealand was used as a backstage for the Lord of the Rings movie today (November 21), which had a massive explosion, firing up a 2-kilometer column of…
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Son Tinh storm swept through the Philippines, 6 people died
Tropical storm Son Tinh has swept across the Philippines, killing at least 6 people and 9 missing.
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The US could suffer losses of more than $ 20 billion due to Hurricane Sandy
According to AFP, fifty million residents of the eastern states of the United States stretch from Virginia, through Washington, to Delaware, New York and Massachusetts,…
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Earthquake shook Indonesia
A strong earthquake just rocked off Indonesia, causing panic-stricken residents to flee the house. AFP reports from the US Geological Survey that the magnitude 6.6 earth…
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Strong earthquake shook the Philippines
AFP quoted the US Geological Survey (USGS) as saying that the 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of 35km at 6h18 am through local time. The epicenter is about…
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Japan can restart the Ohi nuclear reactor
According to AFP and Voice of Russia, for the first time since the incident at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011, reactors of nuclear power plants in Jap…