Natural disasters

Minor ground motions detected in Singapore during Sabah earthquake, says Met Service

Although the Feb 23 earthquake in Sabah was thousands of kilometres away, some in Singapore felt tremors because of the large amount of energy released, experts said.

No tsunami threat after 7-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia’s Kalimantan

The German Research Centre for Geosciences initially reported the quake at 7.1 magnitude, but revised the figure.

New York, other states under state of emergency as snow falls amid blizzard warning

A man shovels a pile of snow from the recent snowatorm ahead of a new major winter storm in New York, on Feb 22.

Strong 7.1-magnitude quake hits off Malaysia’s Sabah state; some in S’pore say they felt tremors

The epicentre of the earthquake that struck early on Feb 23 was located less than 100km north-east of Sabah state capital Kota Kinabalu.

Italian alpinist found dead in Swiss avalanche

New Zealand marks 15th anniversary of Christchurch quake that killed 185

Rugby players observe a minute’s silence to remember victims of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Deadly California avalanche search to go over weekend

The US Forest Service said on Feb 19 all lands it manages in the area will be shuttered until March 15 to help in the recovery operation.

Landslide at Indonesia Morowali nickel hub kills one worker

Several excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks were caught in the slide at a waste dumping site belonging to PT QMB New Energy Materials in the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park.

Flood victims in Malaysia face grim Ramadan after deluge

Only one relief centre has been opened up so far to house 11 victims from five families.

Three killed in Austrian Alps avalanches

The entire Alpine range has had one of its deadliest winter seasons in many years amid heavy snowfall and rain.

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