A powerful Arctic cold front is set to bring hazardous travel conditions across the Great Lakes and northeastern United States, with heavy snow squalls, strong winds, and whiteout conditions expected from Wednesday through Thursday, December 4 through 5, 2024.
Increased seismic activity has been recorded at Kilauea volcano over the past week, with an increase from 10 located events per day to 20 per day.
An atmospheric river is forecast to bring significant precipitation to Washington and Oregon between Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7, 2024, with the Olympic Peninsula and North Cascades expecting up to 127 mm (5 inches) of rainfall and AR2 conditions likely in southern Washington and northern Oregon. While confidence is high regarding the occurrence of the event, uncertainties remain in its duration, intensity, and precise timing due to variability among GEFS ensemble model predictions.
A low-pressure system is set to bring heavy snowfall, freezing rain, and challenging travel conditions across Alaska starting Tuesday, December 3, 2024, prompting the issuance of multiple Winter Weather Advisories.
Heavy rains have unleashed devastating floods across Thailand and Malaysia, leaving over 30 dead, displacing tens of thousands, and causing widespread destruction, officials reported on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.
Taal Volcano experienced a minor phreatomagmatic eruption at 5:58 LT (21:58 UTC on December 2, 2024)on December 3. The eruption, lasting 4 minutes, released a dark plume that rose 2 800 m (9 186 feet) above Taal Volcano Island (TVI) and drifted west-southwest, as confirmed by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).
A strong eruption took place at Bledug Kesongo mud volcano in Gabusan village area, Indonesia’s Central Java on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, ejecting mud up to 20 m (65 feet) into the air. The eruption follows two weaker ones on December 2.
A powerful storm system is set to intensify by Wednesday, December 4, 2024, bringing strong winds to the northern Plains and Midwest before spreading across the Great Lakes and Northeast by the end of the week.
A growing sinkhole measuring over 6 m (20 feet) in diameter and over 15 m (50 feet) deep opened up on Sunday, December 1, 2024, in South Wales, leading to the evacuation of around 30 homes. Officials have blocked off the area and are asking people to stay away to ensure safety.
A wildfire in Chile’s Tiltil Commune, Chacabuco Province, scorched 200 ha (494.2 acres) of land on Saturday afternoon, November 30, 2024, prompting evacuations, injuring three people, and raising suspicions of arson before being controlled by firefighting teams.
