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Haiti may have a strong earthquake again
Geologists predict that Haiti may soon experience another strong earthquake after the January 12 earthquake that killed 200,000 people.
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Nepal is about to suffer a Haiti-like earthquake
While Haiti has not yet overcome the aftermath of the earthquake last month, scientists have warned of the risk of a more devastating earthquake in Nepal.
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The Pacific Ring of Fire simultaneously spoke
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that on January 4, two earthquakes of 6.5 and 7.2 magnitude near Solomon Islands in the South Pacific were occurred.
Environment
The earthquake pulled down the presidential palace
An unprecedented large earthquake in Haiti for 200 years rocked the entire nation yesterday, causing many buildings to collapse including the presidential palace.
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'Haiti earthquake as bad as the Asian tsunami'
About 50,000 people are thought to have died in a devastating earthquake on January 12 in Haiti.
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Human catastrophe in Haiti: A couple of explanations
The 7-magnitude earthquake that destroyed Haiti on January 12 has been evaluated by scientists as having 35 times the power to destroy the atomic bomb that destroyed Hir…
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Haiti will suffer many new earthquakes
Scientists warned of a terrible earthquake in Haiti last week could be just the start of a series of strong earthquakes in the Caribbean region.
Environment
Africa's strongest volcano erupted
Africa's most powerful active volcano Nyamuragira in Congo suddenly erupted violently on January 2, threatening the ecology of a national park.
Environment
Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts lava
On December 15, tens of thousands of villagers in the Philippines had to leave their homes when one of the most active volcanoes in the country erupted.
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Taiwan: Strong earthquake injured 14 people
On December 19, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Hualien City, 135km from Taiwan's Chinese capital (China), injuring 14 people.
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Indonesia may have to catch a tsunami again
A strong earthquake will occur beneath Indonesia's Mentawai Islands and may cause tsunamis, a scientist predicts.
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The unknown thing about interactive disaster forecasting map
When the earth's temperature rises by 4 degrees Celsius, food production will decline sharply, the number of forest fires and floods ... increases in many countries.
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'Climate refugees': legal trouble!
The United Nations said in 2008, 38 million people worldwide migrated due to natural disasters ...
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Sea cannons
The peaceful atmosphere of the sea in Singapore is broken by the appearance of a water cannon. It sucked water up and washed the ships on the sea ...
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Early warning of dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena
In the morning of October 28, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment cooperated with the National Meteorological Center to organize a workshop on