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Tropical Storm "Etau" made landfall in Aichi prefecture, central Japan, around 01:00 UTC on September 9, 2015 (10:00 local time). Etau is bringing very heavy rain and causing floods and landslides. Weather officials issued evacuation advisories for several cit
A massive sandstorm engulfed the Middle East on September 8, 2015, severely reducing visibility, killing at least 2 people and sending thousands to hospitals. By September 9, at least 12 peopble have been reported dead throughout Lebanon and Syria.As visible on Septembe
Extremely heavy rain in southern Spain has caused severe flooding on September 7, 2015 turning streets of several towns and villages into rivers. At least one casualty has been reported.Spain's Civil Protection service has issued severe weather alerts for Valencia,
Geoscience Australia is reporting a second strong and shallow earthquake was registered south of Kermadec Islands on September 7, 2015. The first one, registered as M6.0 by GA hit at 09:13 UTC, and was followed by M6.1 at 14:06 UTC. USGS registered the first one as M6.4
Geomagnetic storm reaching G2 Moderate levels is currently in progress due to the influence of a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Geomagnetic K-index of 5 (G1 Minor) threshold was first reached at 15:00 UTC on September 7. K-index of 6 (G2 Mode
Two tropical systems are currently approaching Japan – Typhoon "Kilo" and Tropical Storm "Etau". While long-lived Kilo, which formed in late August, some 1 000 km (620 miles) off the coast of Hawaii, is not expected to make landfall, Tropical Storm
Geoscience Australia registered a shallow M6.0 earthquake (depth 0 km) south of Kermadec Islands at 09:13 UTC on September 7, 2015. USGS is reporting M6.4 at a depth of 35.4 km (22 miles).According to the USGS, epicenter was located 191 km (119 miles) SSE of L'Esper
A very deep earthquake registered as M6.1 by Geoscience Australia hit south of Fiji islands at 08:46 UTC on September 7, 2015. The agency is reporting depth of 573 km (356 miles). USGS is reporting M5.3 at a depth of 547.3 km (340.1 miles).According to the USGS, epicent
A large, bright fireball was observed by hundreds of people over northern Bangkok, Thailand around 01:41 UTC (08:41 local time) on September 7, 2015. Bangkok residents say they didn't hear any sound associated with the fireball, but people from the Sisawat district
Severe thunderstorms accompanied by very large hail hit central Italy on September 5, 2015 prompting officials to declare the highest alert level for the risk of severe weather phenomena.The hardest hit was the city of Puzzuoli, near Naples, where baseball-sized hail re
