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The average typhoon could last around five hours longer, with average wind speed at landfall increased by 6 percent, and it would travel 50 percent further inland, according to the projections of ...
A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving more than 100 people dead, was made significantly worse by human-induced ...
US news site focused on disaster-related news. "EM-DAT International Disaster Database". Archived from the original on 2008-08-11 Includes country profiles, disaster profiles and a disaster list. "Natural Hazard Information from the Coastal Ocean Institute". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the ...
Also known as the Kobe earthquake. 5,098: Typhoon Vera: Typhoon and tidal surge 26 Sep 1959: mainly, Ise Bay, Aichi Prefecture and Mie Prefecture: Also known as the Ise Bay Typhoon. 3,769: 1948 Fukui earthquake: Earthquake 28 Jun 1948: Fukui Prefecture: The earthquake occurred on a strike-slip fault that was previously unknown until this event ...
The “destructive power” of tropical storms in the Pacific Ocean, known locally as typhoons, could double by the end of the century, according to a new study.
A particularly dangerous form of slow earthquake is the ... Most earthquakes form part of a sequence, related to each ... "Slow earthquakes triggered by typhoons".
The approaching typhoon had already brought cities across Hainan (population 10 million) to a standstill, with schools, businesses, restaurants and beaches closed and public transport, including ...