Magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck south of the Kermadec Islands today at 10:10:08 UTC with epicenter located 130 km (80 miles) South of L’Esperance Rock, 386 km (239 miles) SouthWest of Raoul Island and 734 km (456 miles) NorthEast of Auckland, New Zealand (32.604°S,
Tropical storm “Sendong” could set sights on the southern Philippines by Friday if the latest Pacific tropical cyclone develops according to forecasts. The likely path and strength of this weather system would make for damaging wind and flooding rain reaching
The National Meteorological Service (SMN) reports that September was one of the driest months in some 70 years. All the signs suggest this is the worst year for drought since 1941. The worst drought in 70 years has left thousands of cattle dead and destroyed more than
Thailand has been experiencing one of its worst flood crises in recent history, with 64 of 77 provinces and more than five million people, about 8 per cent of the population, affected since July 2011. Worsening sanitation conditions, related to stagnating water and few
Strong magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Papua New Guinea today at 05:04:56 UTC and was located 89 km (55 miles) SSW of Lae, New Guinea, 123 km (76 miles) ENE of Kerema, New Guinea and 221 km (137 miles) NNW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (7.518°S, 146.767°E).
Two new tropical depressions form in West pacific area. Tropical depression 26W formed off coast of Vietnam in South China Sea and heading toward Malaysia and Indonesia and tropical depresion 27 W is formed near Guam in Philippine Sea and heading toward
A small dust plume blew from Saudi Arabia over the Red Sea on December 12, 2011. Arising near the coast, north of the city of Jiddah (Jeddah), the plume arcs toward the southwest. The dust is thick enough to completely hide the water below, but the plume stops short of
A very rare 150 million years old prehistoric giant green sea turtles appear for third time in just two weeks on B.C. shores. It was spotted on Combers Beach in pacific Rim National park and was transported to local aquarium in very bad condition. TheProvince
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Gorontalo Minahasa, Sulawesi in Indonesia today at 07:52:11 UTC (15:52:12 Local time). Epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) South of TenggaraGorontalo, Sulawesi and 260 km (161 miles) Southwest of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia (0.010°N,
Things are suddenly heating up again with Fukushima. As we reported yesterday, the southern wall of Fukushima reactor #4 apparently collapsed over the past few days, calling into question the structural integrity of the remainder of the containment building
