Tropical Cyclone Heidi made landfall in Western Australia’s Pilbara region about 4:30 a.m. local time on January 12, 2012 as a Category 2 cyclone, bringing wind gusts up to 131 kilometers/hour (81 miles/hour) and dumping 128 mm of rain on Port Headland, a coastal
This winter in Russia started unusually warm. 9.5 degrees Celsius (49.1 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded in the north-western city of Kaliningrad which is a new record for the period. The start of winter in Kaliningrad was unusually warm. On January 2, the
Tropical Cyclone Heidi has been upgraded to a category two and is expected to reach the Pilbara coast of Western Australia late tonight. This morning Tropical Cyclone Heidi was located roughly 45 nautical miles (85 kilometers) from Port Hedland, Australia. The U.S.
Tropical Cyclone Heidi targets the northwestern Australia with potentially damaging winds and flooding rain. The landfall is expected in area near Port Hedland and Karratha at Pilbara coast. The storm will disrupt shipping and port activity through the
Very strong 7.3 earthquake hit Sumatra at 18:37:01 UTC. According to USGS, an epicenter was located 423 km (262 miles) SW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, 537 km (333 miles) SW of Lhokseumawe, Sumatra and 951 km (590 miles) W of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2.396°N, 93.175°E)
A new island is forming in the Red Sea about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the coast of Yemen, on the northern edge of the Zubair Islands. An undersea eruption began in mid-December 2011. Local fishermen reported an eruption near the island of Saba.
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near Santa Cruz Islands at 04:07:16 UTC. Epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) WNW of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, 355 km (220 miles) E of Kira Kira, San Cristobal, Solomon Isl. and 584 km (362 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon
Scientists have identified what appear to be terrestrial versions of tranquillityite in billion-year-old rocksin Western Australia. Tranquillityite is a mineral consisting of iron, zirconium, yttrium, titanium, silicon and oxygen. It is named after the moon’s Sea of
The rough sea and waves as 7 meters (23feet) high caused the cargo ship Rena to broke in two Saturday off the coast of New Zealand. This has allowed more oil to leak. There is now a yawning 20 to 30 metre gap between the ship’s bow and stern section, which is listing
The emerald green islands of Vanuatu were marked by volcanic activity December 27, 2011. Large thermal anomalies were created by the expulsion of lava and hot volcanic gas from erupting volcanos. A wide volcanic plume can be seen blowing from the Ambrym volcano
