A small submarine eruption took place off the western coast of Yemen creating new island in the Red Sea. Just like during the Eritrea Nabro eruption, satellite images are the only source in this part of the world considering other problems that the region
Tropical Cyclone Thane slam southeastern India bringing damaging winds, flooding rain and inundating storm tides. The likely landfall will happen early Friday, local time, on the Tamil Nadu coast south of Chennai. Cities near the forecast landfall would be Puducherry
Days of pouring rain created rivers of ash and debris that killed four people and forced thousands to flee their homes for the second time in a month. On Tuesday night, runoff from tropical downpours on the slopes of Mt. Gamalama generated mudflows, known as lahars,…
Meteorologists in the Philippines warn about the possibility of a new storm – just days after a powerful typhoon claimed the lives of more tahn 1,500 people. According to forecasts, on Monday night Mindanao island will have some 20 inches of precipitation. PAGASA
An eruption occurred in the Red Sea in December 2011. According to news reports, fishermen witnessed lava fountains reaching up to 30 meters (90 feet) tall on December 19. The activity in the Red Sea included more than an eruption. By December 23, 2011, what looked
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake (USGS) struck region of Tuva, Siberia at 15:21 UTC on December 27, 2011. USGS reported depth of 6.9 km (4.3 miles). Russian RAS and EMSC reported M6.5 earthquake at depth of 10 km. Chinese CENC reported magnitude 7.0 at a depth of 10 km.Epicen
There are nearly 25,000 hazardous underwater objects containing solid radioactive waste in Russia, an emergencies ministry official said on Monday.The ministry has compiled a register of so-called sea hazards, including underwater objects in the Baltic, Barents,
The Atlantic cyclone Patrick has reached the Russian city of St. Petersburg and the region. South-wester is blowing at 21 metres per second.The dam gates have had to be closed to protect the city against floods. This prevented almost 15 ships from entering the city
At 3:30 am CST a Tropical Low was located over the Top End near 13.2S 133.0E, about 125 nautical miles east southeast of Darwin with central pressure 997 hPa, moving slowly south southeast. The low is expected to turn towards the east and move across the Top End to
Southeastern India may suffer late-week flooding rain and damaging winds whipped up by a tropical cyclone off the Bay of Bengal currently named Tropical Cyclone 06B (Six). Landfall of the storm will be possible on Friday, even late on Thursday, near Chennai in the
