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Greek PM insists no danger from Santorini quake swarm![]() ![]() Athens (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted Friday there was no "immediate danger" from an unprecedented wave of quakes on the tourist island of Santorini that has forced thousands of residents to leave. The state was "fully deployed not because we believe... that something disastrous is going to happen, but because we must be ready for any eventuality," Mitsotakis said during a meeting on the island with local officials. Santorini - which is part of a spectacular volcanic caldera - and ... read more |
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![]() Athens (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 A fresh series of quakes hit the Aegean island of Santorini early on Thursday, part of an unprecedented seismic wave that has baffled scientists and led to a mass exodus of residents. ... more ![]() ![]() Antakya, Turkey (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Thousands of survivors held torchlit vigils across southern Turkey at 4:17 am Thursday, expressing pain and anger as they marked the exact moment two years ago when a devastating earthquake struck that led to the deaths of over 53,000 people in Turkey and some 6,000 in Syria. ... more ![]() ![]() Santorini, Greece (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 From her balcony overlooking one of the world's most stunning sea views, Santorini resident Chantal Metakides insisted she would not join the scores fleeing the earthquakes shaking the popular Greek tourist island. ... more ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Early earthquake detection could be markedly improved by using the planet's sprawling fibre optic infrastructure, thanks to a newly presented algorithm. Researchers propose that existing communicati ... more |
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![]() Sydney (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 Fast-moving floodwaters rose Monday in northeastern Australia after forcing many to flee, blacking out homes, and sweeping away a chunk of a critical bridge. ... more ![]() ![]() Rome (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 Firefighters rescued residents from flooded streets and cars were washed away in the Sicilian region of Messina on Sunday after a month's worth of rain fell in just four hours. ... more ![]() ![]() Athens (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 Greece's tourist island of Santorini on Sunday braced for the prospect of more tremors after more than 200 small earthquakes shook the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, prompting authorities to order school closures. ... more ![]() ![]() Redon, France (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 Residents of a flooded French town on Thursday waited for the water to drain away from its streets, after a nearby river did not rise out of its bed quite as high as expected. ... more ![]() ![]() Rennes, France (AFP) Jan 27, 2025 France placed swathes of Brittany in the west of the country on red weather alert Monday as a violent storm brought flood levels not seen in decades. ... more |
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Spain govt to cover full cost of repairing flood-damaged buildings![]() ![]() Valencia, Spain (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Spain's central government will cover the full cost of rebuilding schools, libraries and other municipal buildings damaged in last year's deadly floods, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday. The central government had initially said it would cover 50 percent of the estimated cost of 1.7 billion euros ($1.8 billion). But it will now pay 100 percent, Sanchez said after meeting mayors from the hardest-hit municipalities in the eastern region of Valencia. "We are talking about 100 administ ... read more ![]() ![]() Ternate, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 19, 2025 A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted at least a thousand times this month, according to an official report Sunday as efforts were underway to evacuate thousands of villagers living near the rumbling mountain. ... more |
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![]() Kobe, Japan (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe. ... more ![]() ![]() Madrid (AFP) Jan 18, 2025 A staircase collapsed Saturday in a building damaged by last year's floods in Spain - the deadliest in decades - killing one person and injuring another, emergency services said. ... more ![]() ![]() Ternate, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 Thousands of people declined on Thursday a government-led evacuation in eastern Indonesia where a volcano has been spewing smoke and ash, arguing that they are accustomed to the eruptions. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 The probability of a "megaquake" in Japan in the next 30 years has marginally increased, a government panel said Thursday, with a 75-82 percent chance of it happening. ... more ![]() ![]() Ternate, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 Hundreds of islanders have been evacuated, with thousands more awaiting their turn following increased volcanic eruptions in eastern Indonesia, officials said on Thursday. ... more |
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