100 Houses Destroyed

Lava flowing from Spain's Canary Islands' first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced the evacuation of 5,500 people and destroyed around 100 houses but the streams were advancing slower than originally predicted, authorities said on Monday.

Firefighters were gaining ground on Friday against a wildfire burning in a Southern California mountain pass that has forced tens of thousands of residents to flee their homes and destroyed about 100 houses, officials said.

Thousands of houses have been destroyed and several villages submerged after flooding triggered by torrential rainfall killed 100 people across Sudan, officials and an AFP photographer said on Sunday.

More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia, forcing thousands to flee their homes, officials said today.

A strong earthquake that shook Colombia over the weekend destroyed 100 houses and damaged nearly 2,000 others, said authorities on Monday. Only 15 people were injured, none seriously, they said.

As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. The UN confirmed one other death and said houses were destroyed across five districts.

Researchers used more than 100 giant fans to create hurricane-force winds in an experiment on Tuesday that crumpled an ordinary home within minutes but left a better-built home standing at its side. Authorities said the experiment conducted in the cavernous Insurance Center for Building Safety illustrated the superiority of fortified building mater...

Lava flowing from Spain's Canary Islands' first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced the evacuation of 5,500 people and destroyed around 100 houses but the streams were advancing slower than originally predicted, authorities said on Monday.

Firefighters were gaining ground on Friday against a wildfire burning in a Southern California mountain pass that has forced tens of thousands of residents to flee their homes and destroyed about 100 houses, officials said.

Thousands of houses have been destroyed and several villages submerged after flooding triggered by torrential rainfall killed 100 people across Sudan, officials and an AFP photographer said on Sunday.

More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia, forcing thousands to flee their homes, officials said today.

A strong earthquake that shook Colombia over the weekend destroyed 100 houses and damaged nearly 2,000 others, said authorities on Monday. Only 15 people were injured, none seriously, they said.

As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. The UN confirmed one other death and said houses were destroyed across five districts.

Researchers used more than 100 giant fans to create hurricane-force winds in an experiment on Tuesday that crumpled an ordinary home within minutes but left a better-built home standing at its side. Authorities said the experiment conducted in the cavernous Insurance Center for Building Safety illustrated the superiority of fortified building mater...