• Record November rain and snow hit Lower Dir, Pakistan

    Up to 108 mm (4.2 inches) of rain and more than 1 m (3 feet) of snow fell in Lower Dir District as upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, received the season's first snow over the weekend. The numbers were record totals for the month of November, according…

  • Another powerful explosion at Stromboli volcano, Italy

    Another powerful explosion took place at Stromboli volcano in Italy on November 16, 2020, just days after a sequence of powerful explosions on November 10. 2020. According to the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Etneo, an explosion of…

  • Strong and shallow M6.1 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit Mindanao, Philippines at 22:37 UTC on November 15, 2020 (06:37 LT, November 16). The agency is reporting a depth of 42.2 km (26.2 miles). PHIVOLCS is reporting it as M6.0 at a depth of 54 km (33…

  • Iota expected to strike Central America as a major hurricane

    Tropical Storm "Iota" formed in the Central Caribbean at 21:00 UTC on November 13, 2020, as the 30th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Iota is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane before it makes landfall in Central America. The…