Natural Disasters

A massive body of magma surged upward beneath São Jorge Island in Portugal's Azores archipelago in March 2022, triggering thousands of earthquakes before stalling underground. The event, detailed in a new study, represented a failed eruption that raised but ultimately eased fears of volcanic activity.

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A huge landslide in Alaska's Tracy Arm fjord on 10 August 2025 generated the second-largest tsunami ever recorded, with waves reaching 481 metres high. The event displaced 64 million cubic metres of rock and created a 5.4 magnitude seismic signal.

Storm Marta swept across the Iberian Peninsula on Saturday, February 7, 2026, bringing heavy rains and strong winds, especially in Andalusia and Portugal. A volunteer firefighter died during an operation in a Portuguese river, following the depression Leonardo that had already claimed three lives. A lull is expected on Sunday.

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Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo has cancelled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week due to severe floods that have damaged infrastructure and affected hundreds of thousands of people in the Southern African country. Chapo stressed in a Facebook post that saving lives is the absolute priority amid this crisis. Heavy rains since mid-December have caused widespread flooding in Gaza, Maputo, and Sofala provinces.

Researchers warn that warming ocean hot spots are fueling more intense hurricanes and typhoons beyond Category 5. These deep-heat regions, expanding due to climate change, have led to over half of the strongest storms occurring in the past decade. Experts call for a new classification to better inform public preparedness.

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President Prabowo Subianto has extended Christmas and New Year 2026 greetings to all Indonesians, particularly Christians. He highlighted Christmas as a time for love, hope, and care for others, while calling for communal solidarity in facing natural disasters in Sumatra. The message was delivered in Jakarta on the night of December 24, 2025.