AVO reported on June 8, 2013 that over the past two days, they have detected gradually increasing seismic tremor beneath Veniaminof volcano, Alaska. Similar seismic activity has been associated with ash emissions at Veniaminof in the past, most recently in
Shallow earthquake registered as M 5.8 (USGS/EMSC) occurred in the desert region near Yulara at the border of South Australia and Northern Territory on June 9, 2013 at 14:22 UTC. The epicenter was located 316 km (196 miles) SW of Alice Springs, Australia
Current eruptive episode at Pavlof volcano, Alaska began on May 13, 2013 with ash emissions continuing through May 28, 2013 at which time the volcano remain calm. Activity renewed on June 4, 2013. Such pauses are common during eruptive episodes of Pavlof, which
According to latest report by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Tropical Depression 03W (Yagi) is located approximately 548 nm south-southeastward of Kadena AB. The system is moving northeastward at 03 knots over the past six hours. TD 03w is currently
Persistent heavy rains brought devastating floods to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary at the start of June 2013. While the water levels dropped in some areas, other locals are still under threat as flood waves
Hurricane Sandy pummeled the East Coast late in 2012’s Atlantic hurricane season, causing 159 deaths and $70 billion in damages. Days before landfall, forecasts of its trajectory were still being made. Some computer models showed that a trough in the jet stream
NOAA's GOES East satellite has captured imagery of the storms development in Gulf of Mexico in period from June 4-6, 2013.
Source: VFS
Featured image: Visible satellite image of TS Andrea by GOES East at 13:15 UTC on June 5,
This week, 7 volcanoes were noticed to have new activity, whereas ongoing activity was reported for 13 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from May 29 – June 4, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.
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The first tropical storm of 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is named Andrea. Low pressure System (91L) in the Gulf of Mexico became better organized and strengthened into tropical storm on June 5, 2013.
Andrea has been lingering in the northwestern
NASA has released a new product called Bedmap2 with clear picture of Antarctica from the ice surface down to the bedrock below. Up until now, researchers used 10 years old collection of Antarctic data.
The product was a result of work led by the British
