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‘Not a Damned Penny.’ Texas Flood Survivors Look for Help

31 juillet 2025 à 12:15
Texas state legislators will be in Kerrville on Thursday for a hearing on the July 4 floods. They may get an earful.

From the early days of the tragedy, officials in Kerr County have faced questions about the weak local government response and lack of alarm systems along the river.

Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Generate Such a Weak Tsunami?

30 juillet 2025 à 16:23
The quake in Russia on Wednesday was among the strongest ever recorded — but in many places, the resulting wave was small.

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People who evacuated to higher ground in Ishinomaki, Japan, watching the sea on Wednesday.

Russia’s Far East Suffers Some Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami

30 juillet 2025 à 06:04
Regional authorities in one region declared an emergency after a tsunami hit the Kuril Islands, and the Kamchatka Peninsula was watching for volcanic activity.

© Governor of Kamchatka, via Reuters

A major earthquake damaged a building housing a kindergarten in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Russia’s Far East Suffers Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami

30 juillet 2025 à 02:09
Regional authorities in Sakhalin Oblast declared an emergency after a tsunami hit the Kuril Islands, and Kamchatka region was watching for volcanic activity.

© Administration of The Governor of Kamchatka Krai, via Reuters

The facade of a kindergarten was among the infrastructure in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky damaged by the quake.

Here is what the different tsunami alerts mean.

30 juillet 2025 à 19:59
Warning, advisory, watch? They’ve got very different meanings.

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Tsunami alerts were issued for Japan after the earthquake on Wednesday.

Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say

12 juillet 2025 à 05:01
Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.

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Flood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.

Strava Fitness App Revealed Locations of Swedish Leaders

11 juillet 2025 à 10:24
Secret meetings and private holidays of the royal family and prime minister were inadvertently made public on Strava, which has raised security concerns in other instances.

© Oscar Olsson, via Tt News Agency

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden with his wife, Birgitta Ed, in 2024. Fitness data from bodyguards gave away the location of his private residence, a newspaper report found.
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