• Tropical Storm Guchol formed in western North Pacific Ocean

    Tropical Depression 05W developed into Tropical Storm Guchol as it tracks through the western North Pacific Ocean. According to JTWC, on June 12 at 21:00 UTC, Guchol was located about 175 nm east of Yap (9.7 N  141.7 E). It is moving to the west at speed of 8 knots

  • Violent tornado hit Venice, Italy

    A violent tornado hit off Venice, in particular the islands of St. Helena, Charterhouse and St. Erasmus, the garden of the lagoon. The Municipal Civil Protection, after an initial survey, reports that there is substantial damage to the island of Certosa with hundreds

  • Minor G1 Geomagnetic storm in progress

    The Bz continues to tilt south and a minor G1 Geomagnetic Storm (Kp=5) is now in progress. Be on the lookout for Aurora at very high latitudes. The Bz Component of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) is currently tipped south and this may help trigger Aurora at

  • 2 strong earthquakes hit Afghanistan and caused massive landslides

    Two strong earthquakes hit highly populated region of Baghlan in Afghanistan on June 11, 2012. First earthquake measuring magnitude 5.4 happened at 05:02:17 UTC and it was located 169km north from Kabul (36.048°N, 69.302°E) at depth of 15 km (9.3 miles). Only 27