I'm a dedicated researcher, journalist, and editor at The Watchers. With over 20 years of experience in the media industry, I specialize in hard science news, focusing on extreme weather, seismic and volcanic activity, space weather, and astronomy, including near-Earth objects and planetary defense strategies. You can reach me at teo /at/ watchers.news.
A massive wildfire that broke out in South Korea's eastern coastal county of Uljin forced President Moon Jae-in to order all-out efforts to protect the nearby Hanul Nuclear Power Plant on Friday, March 4, 2022. The government issued a natural disaster alert…
"The rain bomb that threatened to smash Sydney has missed its target, coming ashore to our north. But the downpour has been heavy enough to leave a major flood emergency in Western Sydney," 7News reports. The outflow from Warragamba Dam, which fortunately…
Widespread flooding, described by authorities as unprecedented, continues affecting parts of eastern Australia. After more than a year's worth of rain fell in just a couple of days, more heavy rain is in the forecast, as well as giant hail and destructive winds….
Multiple counties and cities across Taiwan are experiencing unexplained power outages on March 3, 2022. At 09:00 LT (01:00 UTC) on Thursday, March 3, widespread power outages were affecting Taipei City, Kaohsiung City, Keelung City, New Taipei City, Hualien City,…
New activity/unrest was reported for 3 volcanoes from February 23 to March 1, 2022. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 19 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Asosan, Kyushu (Japan) | Ontakesan, Honshu (Japan) | Telica, Sierra de los Marrabios….
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at 12:52 UTC on March 2, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 36.2 km (22.3 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.6 at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). The epicenter was…
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 DM4 will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.68 LD / 0.00173 AU (258 800 km / 160 800 miles) at 03:10 UTC on March 2, 2022. This is the 28th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the…
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued numerous major flood warnings across southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW) with a severe weather warning remaining current for several parts of the region. Multiple major flood warnings remain…
Tropical Cyclone "Anika" made landfall on the north Kimberley coast near Faraway Bay, Western Australia as a category 2 system on the Australian cyclone scale at 12:00 UTC (20:00 WST) on Saturday, February 26, 2022. Anika has been downgraded below…
Tropical Cyclone "Anika" formed on February 25, 2022, in the Timor Sea as the 7th named storm of the 2021/22 Australian region cyclone season. The cyclone is slowly moving toward the northern Kimberley coast, Western Australia. It's expected to reach…
