The Government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm warning for the coast of Mexico from Barra de Nautla to La Cruz.At 21:30 UTC on August 17, the center of Tropical Storm Helene was located by an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft near latitude 20.6N and
The second M-class solar flare occurred today off the northeast limb at 17:20 UTC. It was measured as low-level M1.0 flare. The M1 flare was accompanied by a short duration Tenflare (10 cm Radio Burst) at levels of 140 sfu. It is a second M-class solar flare
Impulsive M2.4 solar flare peaked at 13:19 UTC on August 17, 2012. The event started at 13:12 (B2.8) and ended at 13:23 (M1.0). The flare was centered around a new active region off the northeastern limb. This region is turning into view
Typhoon Kai-tak is the fourth storm to make landfall in eastern China in just over two weeks, following Typhoons Saola, Damrey, and Haikui.The system made landfall as a typhoon earlier this morning, August 17, along the coast of Leizhou Peninsula. Kai-Tak is now
Tropical Storm Gordon formed on Thursday, August 16, 2012 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the 7th named storm of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Gordon is moving to the northeast at 16 mph, farther away from US and is not expected to pose any
Solar activity was low for the last several days. Sunspot Region 1543 produced a long-duration C3 flare at 13:16 UTC on August 16. This flare was accompanied by Type II (704 km/s) and Type IV radio emissions and a coronal mass ejection (CME). Type II emissions occur
Salt water is threatening drinking water in the New Orleans area. Due to low water levels in the Mississippi River, salt water has been moving far upriver and was at the outskirts of New Orleans by August 15, reaching about 145 km (89 miles) north of the mouth of
Boiling bubbles in the waters of Bayou Corne, in Assumption Parish, about 50 miles south of Baton Rouge in Louisiana, US, concerned residents in mid-May. Then, suddenly a massive sinkhole appeared on August 3. It forced the closure of nearby highway 70 after a gas
New unrest has been noticed around 4 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 13 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from August 8 – August 14, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a
A new study published in Scientific Reports – Nature last week said that genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies near Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Researchers concluded that artificial radionuclides from the Fukushima
