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A major Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event is currently underway in the stratosphere above the Arctic. While not every SSW event is the same and it takes some time for it to show its effects in the troposphere, meteorologists say we can expect colder air move…
Tons of mud crashed onto a village located in mountains of Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, December 31, 2018, killing at least 15 people and leaving more than 20 missing. The landslide took place early Monday in Sirnaresmi village of West Java's…
A strong tornado swept through West Java, Indonesia on December 30, 2018, killing one person and damaging 165 homes. The tornado touched down in Panguragan Kulon village in Panguragan, Cirebon around 15:30 local time, Sunday. According to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho,…
January 1 – Conjunction of the Moon and Venus – 21:49 UTC. The Moon and Venus will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 1°16' to the north of Venus. The Moon will be 25 days old. The Moon will be at mag -10.7, and Venus at mag -4.5, both in…
Tropical Cyclone "Penny" formed at 21:00 UTC, December 31, 2018 (08:00 AEST, Tuesday, January 1, 2019) over the warm tropical waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia and made landfall around 05:00 UTC, January 1 (16:00 LT) just south of Weipa. It is…
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit off the coast of Cold Bay, Alaska at 02:35 UTC on December 31, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 26.9 km (18.4 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles). This earthquake…
A strong explosion took place at Sheveluch, one of the biggest volcanic structures in Kamchatka, Russia, late December 29 (UTC), 2018, forcing authorities to temporarily raise the Aviation Color Code to Red. According to video data, explosions sent ash up to 10 km…
A new eruption took place at Indonesian Mount Agung, Bali at 20:09 UTC on December 29, 2018 (04:09 WITA, December 30). Thin ashfall was reported in nearby communities. Alert Level remains at 3 (on a scale of 1 – 4) and the exclusion zone is currently stable at a…
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 YL2 flew past Earth at a very close distance of 0.15 LD / 0.00040 AU (59 839 km / 37 182 miles) on December 27, 2018. This object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at ATLAS-MLO, Mauna Loa,…
Tropical Depression "Usman" dropped heavy rain over parts of the Philippines over the weekend, causing floods and landslides in which at least 122 people were killed. Usman made landfall in Borongan, Eastern Samar on December 29 and has since weakened…
