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Throughout history and into modern times humans have had to contend with and try to survive disasters both natural and man-made. And the aftermath of

Most waves form due to winds or tides, but tsunamis have a different cause altogether.

The biggest recorded earthquake tipped 9.5. Here are the ten earthquakes with the largest magnitudes ever recorded

December 26, 2021, marks 17 years since the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 2004 which struck the coasts of multiple countries in south and Southeast Asia and took a fatal toll on the population there. Listed among the worst calamities in this part of the world, more than 230,000 people across India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, and Indonesia were and the

STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 9 2021 (IPS) - In February the killing of the Italian ambassador, Luca Attanasio, in the vicinity of the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, did for a short while put the global spotlight on this troubled area, where warfare, poverty and general insecurity generate immense human suffering. On the 22nd of May, the same area was afflicted by one more disaster – Mount Nyiragongo erupted. This huge volcano is located 20 kilometres north of the...