• Guatemalan stratovolcano Fuego erupted again

    Guatemalan stratovolcano Fuego erupted again on Sunday, June 10, 2012 and spewed a column of ash up to a kilometer (about 3,300 feet) high.The National Vulcanology Institute said in a communique that the volcano, which rises 3,763 meters (12,230 feet) above sea

  • New low pressure system forming south of Mexico

    The area of low pressure (INVEST 93) is developing south of Mexico and it is showing signs that it is attempting to organize into a tropical depression. It is located about 1037 km south-southwest of Manzanillo. Disruptive wind shear (strong winds above the

  • Dust over the Afar Depression, Ethiopia and Eritrea

    Dust blows across the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, over Eritrea and over Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, it is hemmed in and funneled southwards by the mountains bordering the Afar Region. The name of the funnel-shaped area is the Afar Depression or Afar Triangle, a

  • Footage of Upsala Glacier capsizing

    A tourist traveling on a catamaran in Argentina caught rare footage of the Upsala glacier flipping over.The huge iceberg lost a part of itself and then flipped over with a huge roar according to tourist who witnessed the event from catamaran and recorded it on

  • Magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Taiwan region

    Magnitude 6.0 earthquake with reported depth of 70.9 km (44.1 miles) struck Taiwan on June 9, 2012 at 21:00 UTC according to USGS. Epicenter was located 50 km (31 miles) E of Su’ao, Taiwan (24.522°N, 122.337°E). EMSC is reporting magnitude 5.9 and depth of 74

  • Second M-class solar flare today – M1.8 peaked at 16:53 UTC

    A second moderate solare flare reaching M1.8 peaked at 16:53 UTC (June 9, 2012).  This second one also comes from the new sunspot rotating into view in the southeast qudrant. SWPC is predictiong 25% chance for M-class solar flares and 0.1% chance for X-class