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Indonesia's volcano spews massive ash cloud
The Indian Express   27 March 2020   Indonesia  
(Photo | AFP/BNPB)
<p>JAKARTA: Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted on Friday, shooting a column of ash some 5,000 metres (16,000 feet) into the air in its second major eruption this month.<br />Ash and sand-covered areas several kilometres (miles) away from ...
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Mumbai: Civil work on 2 Metro lines to end by November
The Indian Express   21 June 2019   India   Mumbai  
As per the information provided by MMRDA, the tracks were laid in the early hours of Sunday near National Park station.
<p>The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Sunday began laying tracks on the elevated corridor of Metro line 7 that will connect Andheri (E) to Dahisar (E). An MMRDA official said that civil work on two Metro lines 7 and 2A (DN Nagar ...
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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits off New Caledonia: US Geological Survey
The Indian Express   31 October 2017   New Caledonia  
New Caledonia is part of the “Ring of Fire” (Photo: Google Maps)
<p>A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New Caledonia today in the tectonically active Pacific region, but there was no tsunami threat, seismologists said. The tremor hit at a depth of 29 kilometres some 253 kilometres from the capital Noumea ...
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Uttarakhand: Thousands feared stranded after landslide near Badrinath route
The Indian Express   19 May 2017   India   Uttarakhand  
Uttarakhand: A landslide took place near Vishnuprayag along the Badrinath route.(Source: Google Maps)
<p>At least 15,000 tourists are feared stranded after a landslide near Vishnuprayag on the Badrinath route, according to reports in ANI. District Collector Ashish Joshi said that BRO (Border Roads Organisation) personnel are engaged in clearing the roads and ...
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Landslide engulfs construction site of hydropower station in China, 10 killed
The Indian Express   09 May 2016   China   Taining County  
Rescuers search for potential survivors at the site following a landslide in Taining county in southeast China’s Fujian province. (Photo: AP)
<p>At least 10 people have been killed while 31 others remain missing in a massive landslide that engulfed the construction site of a hydropower station in China&rsquo;s southeastern Fujian Province.<br /><br />Thirteen people who were rescued have been admitted ...
Kolkata flyover collapse: Construction firm was on Railway Ministry’s watchlist
The Indian Express   01 April 2016   India   Kolkata  
A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, with tons of concrete and steel slamming into midday traffic, killing over 20 and injuring many. (Source:AP)
<p>Senior Officials of the infrastructure firm IVRCL, which was constructing the flyover that collapsed in Kolkata, may have used the legal term “act of God” to suggest that natural causes were behind the accident. But the Hyderabad-based firm has previously ...
Rare eruption of isolated Antarctic volcano Big Ben shot by Australian scientists
The Indian Express   03 February 2016   Antarctic   Antarctic  
A picture of one of the Big Ben volcano’s rare eruptions, captured by the scientific crew aboard the research vessel — the Investigator. (Source: Pete Harmsen via Blog.csiro.au)
<p>Australian scientists have witnessed the rare eruption of an Antarctic volcano off the coast of the frozen continent. The scientists from Australia&rsquo;s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) filmed the volcanic event by ...
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Strong undersea earthquake hits eastern Indonesia; no tsunami warning issued
The Indian Express   18 March 2015   Indonesia   Ternate  
Indonesia earthquake / US Geological Survey information
<p>A strong undersea earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, but there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.</p> <p>The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck early Wednesday with a magnitude ...
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