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Butterfly effect on steroids
Admittedly disillusioned social scientist Brian Klaas credits his dog Zorro for happy moments walking, playing frisbee and incubating the startling theories he presents in his latest book Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters.
Cape Storm update: 16,000 people affected across the City of Cape Town
To date, about 16,000 people have been impacted, with around 7,100 informal structures affected.
School learners and adults stranded at Cango Mountain Resort by Cape storm rescued
Greater Oudtshoorn Municipality has confirmed that a group 72 of learners, as well as adults, who were trapped at Cango Mountain Resort due to heavy rains have finally been rescued.
SANDF engineers called to assist as Cape storm mop up operations continue
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been requested to allow engineers and experts from South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to assist on the roads after a storm battered Cape regions at the long weekend.
Cape Storm: SA needs ongoing investment in infrastructure, and it will cost billions
The repairs caused by the storm that battered the Cape regions, specifically Western and Eastern Cape will cost billions and South Africa will need ongoing investment in infrastructure.
Cape Storm: South Africans urged to stop spreading old videos and misinformation on storm chaos
Eagle-eyed social media users said a video being circulated was not shot in South Africa, and definitely wasn’t shot during the Cape Storm.
SANParks conducts floods damage assessment at Table Mountain National Park
Table Mountain National Park Ranger teams conducted flood assessments in response to the recent severe weather conditions experienced over the past two days in Cape Town.
Cape Storm: Emergency helicopter dispatched to rescue school group stranded at Cango Mountain Resort
The Greater Oudtshoorn Municipality disaster management has provided emergency helicopter aid to 72 Aliwal North Primary School students and 10 adults who are stranded at Cango Mountain Resort due to heavy rains.
LOOK: Aftermath of the Cape storm in pictures
The Cape provinces in South Africa was at this weekend hit by severe torrential rain and gale winds, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
Warming oceans fuel catastrophic cyclone in Libya, leaves thousands dead
This disaster highlights the devastating impact of climate change on extreme weather events, particularly cyclonic storms, and the urgent need for global climate action.
2. 7 magnitude earthquake rocks Gauteng’s West Rand region
The seismic event was located by means of the CGS's automatic locator system through the South African National Seismograph Network, registering a preliminary local magnitude of approximately 2. 7.
Rescuers find more survivors, but Türkiye-Syria earthquake death toll hits over 11,200
Searchers were still pulling survivors Wednesday from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 11,200 people in Türkiye and Syria, even as the window for rescues narrowed.
How a Dutch researcher predicted Türkiye earthquake 3 days before it happened
The head of Syria’s National Earthquake Centre, Raed Ahmed, told a pro-government radio station that it was ‘historically, the biggest earthquake recorded in the history of the centre’.
Over 2700 dead in Turkey, Syria quake as world powers rush to offer aid
The combined death toll rose to more than 2,700 for Turkey and Syria on Monday after the region's strongest earthquake in nearly a century. Offers of assistance came from countries across the world.
Syrian resident shares first-hand experience after earthquake
Elia Atiyeh who lives in Syria’s capital Damascus, told IOL on Monday that he and his wife were abruptly awoken by the tremors at around 4. 15am.
‘Very high probability’ Mauna Loa lava will reach roads – authorities
The US Geological Survey says there’s a ‘very high probability’ that lava from the Mauna Loa eruption will reach main highway.
At least 14 killed, 17 injured in 5. 6 magnitude quake in Indonesia
At least 14 people were killed and 17 injured after a 5. 6 magnitude quake hit Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, officials said.
Watch: Over 62 000 without power in Florida from storm Nicole
More than 62 000 homes and businesses in Florida were without power on Friday after storm Nicole crashed into the state's east coast. Nicole continues to bring heavy rains and fierce winds that downed power lines, flooded homes and left at least two people dead in the state.