Thousands od homes have been flooded in four provinces of northern Afghanistan after three days of heavy rain that started on April 24, 2014. Initial reports International Office for Migration (IOM) obtained from provincial authorities indicated that 95 people have
Government officials said a severe storm that swept through parts of Bangladesh on Sunday, April 28th, destroyed 1 000 homes and left 16 people dead. The storm swept through scores of villages, uprooting trees and electricity poles.The worst hit
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes was reported in the Central and Southern U.S. on Sunday, April 27. The severe weather is expected to continue into the new week as a potent storm system slowly pushes east. Damaging wind gusts, l
Strong and shallow earthquake measuring M6.5 struck Tonga on April 26, 2014 at 06:02 UTC. Epicenter was located 71 km (44 miles) NE of Nuku`alofa, Tonga and 777 km (483 miles) ESE of Suva, Fiji. USGS reported depth of 10 km. EMSC is reporting M6.4 at dept
Although North America is now a full month into astronomical spring, the Great Lakes are still almost half frozen. As of April 22, 2014, the Great Lakes were 33.9 percent ice covered. Some scientists say that the amount of ice that still remains could have a big im
A new phase of intense activity, with new lava flows, started at Ecuadorian Reventator volcano. The volcano had been in a state of intermittent strombolian explosions for the past few weeks but experienced a rapid increase in activity around 20:00 UTC on April 23, 2014.
Massive sandstorm in northwest China is transporting large sand deposits from Taklimakan Desert in western China and the Gobi desert in the east, through Gansu Province and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. A very large front is moving eastward across Asia,…
A very strong earthquake measuring M6.6 on the Richter scale struck near the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada at 03:10 UTC on April 24, 2014. USGS reported depth of 11.4 km, EMSC reported M6.5 and depth of 10 km.Epicenter was located 94 km (58 miles) S of
New activity/unrest was observed at 4 volcanoes from April 16 – April 22, 2014. Ongoing activity was reported for 10 volcanoes.New activity/unrest: Merapi, Central Java (Indonesia) | Popocatépetl, Mexico | Shishaldin, Fox Islands (USA)&n
A new analysis of NASA satellite data shows Africa's Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, has undergone a large-scale decline in greenness over the past decade.The study, led by Liming Zhou of University at Albany, State Univers
