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.

  • Tropical Cyclone “Mocha” makes landfall in Myanmar, locals report up to 90% of Sittwe destroyed

    ByTeo Blašković

    Extremely dangerous Tropical Cyclone “Mocha” made landfall near Sittwe, the capital city of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, south of the Bangladesh border, at about 07:00 UTC (13:30 LT) on Sunday, May 14, 2023, with maximum sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph), and wind gusts up to 305 km/h (190 mph). Mocha damaged and destroyed homes, uprooted trees, downed pylons and cables, and created a 3.5 m (11.5 feet) tidal surge that inundated streets in the low-lying region.

  • Asteroid 2023 JO flew past Earth at 0.24 LD

    ByTeo Blašković

    A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2023 JO flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.24 LD / 0.00062 AU (92 277 km / 57 339 miles) at 20:14 UTC on May 8, 2023. This is the 32nd known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and the second so far this month.

  • Very strong M7.6 earthquake hits Tonga

    ByTeo Blašković

    A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.4 hit Tonga region at 16:02 UTC on May 10, 2023. The agency is reporting a depth of 213 km (132 miles). EMSC is reporting M7.3 at a depth of 211 km (131 miles).