• M6.1 earthquake hits Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan border claiming lives

    An extremely dangerous, shallow earthquake occurred in the border region of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan at 19:35 UTC on July 19, 2011. At least 14 people have been killed. SUMMARY 21/07-08:30 UTC :13 killed in Uzbekistan with 86 injured (35 hospitalized).0…

  • One of the world’s roughest stretches of water

    Runoff from heavy rains, combined with wave action along the coast, increased the turbidity of New Zealand’s waters when this image was acquired on April 29, 2011, according to a NASA statement. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on

  • Powerful hurricane Dora could impact Baja California

    Dora, expected to strengthen to a major hurricane, will impact parts of western Mexico over the next few days with heavy surf and locally strong, gusty winds. Churning about 250 miles southwest of Acapulco over the eastern Pacific, Dora will continue to strengthen,

  • Tropical storm Cindy forms over Atlantic Ocean

    Tropical Storm Cindy has formed in the Atlantic Ocean. This storm will remain out in the middle of the water, and is not expected to come near shore. It will remain a tropical storm over the next few days and most likely dissipate on Friday.Cindy is the third

  • Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Solomon Islands

    Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit 28 km (17 miles) ENE of Kira Kira, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands at 09:04 UTC on July 21, 2011, at a depth of 22.5 km (14.0 miles). The alert level does not include impacts from earthquake-related hazards such as tsunamis, landslides,…

  • Fires in Russian Federation continues to burn

    57 hotbeds of wildfires with the total area 4 819.77 hectares have been registered in the Russian Federation within twenty four hours. 64 hotbeds with the area of  15 193.08 ha have been extinguished. 104 hotbeds, including those emerged earlier

  • Category 1 Ma-on strikes Japan

    On July 19, 2100 UTC, Ma-on was approximately 260 nautical miles west-southwest of Yokosuka, Japan (near latitude 33.6N and longitude 134.8E) and moving east-northeast at 6 knots. In the next 12-24 hours, Ma-on is expected to steer away from Honshu and eventually

  • Tropical storm Dora becomes 4th Pacific hurricane of the season

    Tropical storm Dora, the fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, strengthened off the coast of Central America on Monday. The storm, with winds of about 95 kph, could reach hurricane strength on Tuesday but is not forecast to make a direct hit on land and

  • Tropical storm Bret stirs bigger waves

       The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center has the latest stats on Tropical Storm Bret.Strong northeasterly winds over the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. will steer Bret even farther to the northeast away from the northern Bahamas, protecting the