Bangkok may dodge flood disaster: PM
BANGKOK: Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the PM said on Saturday , but high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city’s flood...
Category: Earth
Ash Cloud Rises Above Restive Chilean Volcano
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chile’s Hudson Volcano released three huge columns of steam and ash that combined in a cloud more than 3 miles high on Friday, threatening a much larger eruption that had authorities...
Obama Has Declared Record-Breaking 89 Disasters So Far in 2011
And as America’s hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and wildfires set records this year, so too has President Obama in his response to them.
Geologists closely monitoring surge in central Arkansas quakes
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Geological Survey says it is stepping up its monitoring of seismic activity in central Arkansas after dozens of small earthquakes in the region.
Volcanic Activity
Among its findings, the team reported that Icelandic eruptions like the 2010 eruption Eyjafjall kull in Iceland which brought European air travel to a week-long standstill have sent volcanic ash plumes drifting over Europe...
