Quake-prone Philippines worries over the next big one
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It would take just seconds: 147,000 people dead or wounded, entire neighborhoods swallowed up by the ground, and hundreds of fires mopping up what is left of the Philippine capital.
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Typhoon Durian killed 146 people in the Philippines and there were fears the toll could climb after heavy rains and winds triggered landslides from a volcanic mountain, the head of the local Red Cross said on Friday.
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REAL, Philippines  - Philippine rescuers dug deeper through the ruins of a storm-battered building in hopes of finding more survivors after four people trapped for 11 days were pulled alive from the rubble.
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A series of aftershocks in Indonesiaâs remote Papua province today hampered rescue efforts, the day after a major earthquake killed at least 13 people and injured 65.
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MANILA -- Maria Tamares constantly feared that the tiny, pitch-black crevice under tons of mud and logs would be her grave -- and that of her 3-year-old granddaughter and three others trapped for 10 days under storm-loosened rubble.
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DARAGA, Philippines  - The Philippines fears up to 1,000 people were killed in landslides and floods set off by Typhoon Durian but officials said on Monday that many of the bodies might never be found.
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After the tsunami disaster in Asia, some scientists have claimed that an even bigger catastrophe threatens Spain's Canary Islands, where a volcanic eruption could unleash a mega-tsunami which would flatten the ...
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Almost 1,000 people have been killed and many more are missing after very bad storms in the Philippines. And more bad weather is on the way, with Typhoon Nanmadol already making it difficult for rescuers to help people left homeless by earlier storms.
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A massive earthquake that shook Indonesia's Sumatra island last week triggered more activity in three volcanoes in the area, but all have since calmed down, the head of the country's volcanological survey said on Monday.
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A major storm bearing down on the Philippines forced the postponement Friday of the annual Southeast Asian summit scheduled for next week.
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A leading Swiss wave specialist has warned that predicting the effects of giant waves, such as the Indian Ocean tsunami, will remain difficult.
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MANILA, Philippines -- High winds and heavy rain from the approaching Typhoon Namandol are hampering rescue efforts in the northeastern Philippines where emergency services are struggling with the aftermath of two earlier storms.
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In one sense, the catastrophic earthquake off the coast of Sumatra on Sunday morning was no surprise, but scientists still cannot give timely warning to people in harm's way.
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Japan's capital has a 90 percent chance of being devastated by a major earthquake some time in the next 50 years, according to a study by a government panel.    The study, released earlier this week, marked the latest attempt by scientists to address one of this quake-prone country's most pressing concerns: when the next "Big One" would level one of the world's most densely populated cities...
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After a huge earthquake struck San Francisco in 1989, many Californians thought they'd survived the "Big One." But experts say smaller quakes hold greater cause for worry.
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Philippine president Gloria Arroyo warned that her country is in the midst of a fiscal crisis. A report by economists at the University of the Philippines said the country faces economic collapse
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Eastern areas of the Philippines are steeling themselves for another in a series of powerful storms.