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Tibet Earthquake

Tibetan leaders respond to Biden, Modi's remarks on China at Quad Summit

Earlier on Saturday, the Wilmington declaration of the Quad grouping expressed serious concern about the coercive and intimidating manoeuvres in the South China Sea

Tibetan leaders respond to Biden, Modi's remarks on China at Quad Summit
Updated On : 23 Sep 2024 | 6:51 PM IST

Hurricanes, temblors grab headlines, inland areas in US most affected: Data

Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. In July 2022, at least 40 people died and 300 homes were damaged when the eastern Kentucky county flooded. It was the 13th time in 12 years that the rural county was declared a federal disaster. These are disasters so costly that local governments feel they can't pay for it all, so the governor asks the president to declare a disaster freeing up federal funds. After that flood I had 500 homeless people looking at me, Judge what are we going to do'? recalled Judge Robbie Williams, administrator for the county of a bit more than 35,000 people. It's overwhelming and it's just a matter of time before it happens again. It did. In 2023, Floyd County was declared a disaster again for 14th time, starting in 2011. And Floyd County isn't even the nation's most disaster-prone county. Neighboring Johnson County has 15 disasters declared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency since 2011. When it comes to ext

Hurricanes, temblors grab headlines, inland areas in US most affected: Data
Updated On : 23 Jul 2024 | 1:22 PM IST

Morocco quake kills over 2K; here are the deadliest earthquakes in history

The epicentre of the quake was high in the Atlas Mountains, around 70 kilometres away from Marrakech

Morocco quake kills over 2K; here are the deadliest earthquakes in history
Updated On : 10 Sep 2023 | 6:32 AM IST

Strong 6.9-magnitude quake jolts Nyingchi in Tibet

The quake struck at 6:34 am (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) at Nyingchi prefecture, located close to Arunachal Pradesh border

Strong 6.9-magnitude quake jolts Nyingchi in Tibet
Updated On : 18 Nov 2017 | 9:21 AM IST