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Tropical Cyclone 16P, soon to be named Cook, is wreaking havoc on Vanuatu today, April 8, 2017. The cyclone is expected to intensify over the coming days on its way to New Caledonia. It comes at the end of the official cyclone season, which runs from November to…
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.9 hit Mindoro, Philippines at 07:09 UTC on April 8, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth of 42.7 km (26.5 miles). EMSC is reporting M5.9 at a depth of 60 km (37.3 miles). According to the USGS, the…
Planet Jupiter is at opposition on April 7, 2017, meaning that the Sun, Earth and Jupiter will form a straight line. At around the same time that Jupiter passes opposition (21:28 UTC), it also makes its closest approach to the Earth in 2017. By midnight (local…
After 8 months without any significant solar flare, the Sun awakened on April 1, 2017, and unleashed 7 M-class solar flares over the next 2 days. The source of all of them was departing Region 2644. The series started with M4.4 on April 1 and was followed by M5.3,…
Comodoro Rivadavia, a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, is estimated to have experienced an "80% destruction" after it suffered a week of historic torrential rains and strong winds. Within just a few days the city experienced…
Tropical Cyclone "Ernie" has rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to Category 5 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone wind scale within just 24 hours. High clouds are streaming over Australia, but there is no threat to the land as Ernie…
A large asteroid designated 2014 JO25 will safely flyby Earth at a distance of 4.6 LD (1.76 million km / 1.09 million miles) on April 19, 2017. This is the closest approach by any known asteroid of this size, or larger, since asteroid Toutatis in September 2004….
A very elusive transient luminous event called ELVES appeared on April 2, 2017, high above a thunderstorm in the Chech Republic and was captured by one very lucky amateur astronomer. Martin Popek photographed the 300 km (186 miles) wide red ring of light hovering…
New activity/unrest was observed at 4 volcanoes between March 29 and April 4, 2017. During the same period, ongoing activity was observed at 19 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Aira, Kyushu (Japan) | Ibu, Halmahera (Indonesia) | Kambalny, Southern Kamchatka (Russia)…
The number of earthquakes under Indonesian Banda Api volcano has sharply increased over the past couple of days prompting authorities to raise the volcanic alert level to 2. Preparations are currently underway to evacuate some 1 000 people living near the volcano….
