Heavy rains affecting southern Thailand over the past 7 days caused severe floods and landslides, leaving at least 3 people dead and more than 58 000 households affected. Heavy rain was influenced by the strong northeastern monsoon and an area of low pressure off…
At least 12 people have been killed and 18 others injured after two landslides caused by heavy rain hit West Java Province, Indonesia on Saturday, January 9, 2021. The death toll is preliminary as of Sunday morning, January 10. The landslides took place in West…
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit Vanuatu at 06:48 UTC on January 10, 2021. The agency is reporting a depth of 160 km (99 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 162 km (100 miles). The epicenter was located 47.4 km (29.5 miles) E of…
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit Salta, Argentina at 03:54 UTC on January 10, 2021. The agency is reporting a depth of 202 km (125 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 210 km (130 miles). The epicenter was located 37.5 km (23.3 miles)…
A powerful winter storm named Filomena by the Spanish Meteorological Agency — AEMET — is affecting the Iberian Peninsula, bringing record cold temperatures, heavy rain, and historic snow. Capital Madrid was one of several Spanish regions on red alert, a historic…
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2021 AS2 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.28 LD / 0.00072 AU (107 710 km / 66 900 miles) at 09:39 UTC on January 9, 2020. This is the 3rd known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year. In…
Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) have returned to the South Pole and made a very rare appearance over Argentina more than one month after the beginning of the southern hemisphere season. Gerd Baumgarten of Germany's Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, whose…
The UWI-SRC Team conducted a successful helicopter reconnaissance of the La Soufriere Volcano on January 6, 2021. The volcano continues to exude magma and the Alert level remains at Orange since December 28, 2020. The volcano continues to exude magma on the surface,…
A powerful winter storm is affecting areas along the Sea of Japan on January 8, 2021, bringing dangerous winds, high waves, heavy snow, and blizzard conditions. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned heavy snow and powerful winds are expected through Sunday,…
A huge sinkhole opened up early Friday morning (LT), January 8, 2021, in the car park of Naples 'del Mare' hospital, Italy. No one was hurt but the hole swallowed several parked cars. According to the local hospital district, the hole is about 20 m (66 feet)…
