Another small eruption took place at Japan's Asamayama volcano at 10:28 UTC (19:28 LT) on August 25, 2019. The alert level remains unchanged at 2 of 5. The volcano is located about 140 km (87 miles) NW of capital Tokyo. This volcano has had several major plinian…
Tropical Storm "Dorian" formed August 24, 2019, as the 4th named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. The system is strengthening on its way toward the Lesser Antilles. A Tropical Storm Watch is currently in effect for Barbados. It is too soon to…
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit near the coast of Vanuatu at 15:51 UTC on August 24, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 114.7 km (71.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.0 at a depth of 123 km (76.4 miles). The epicenter was located 63.8 km…
Tropical Storm "Bailu" made landfall over southern Taiwan early morning (UTC) August 24, 2019, bringing significant rainfall to most of the country, in places extremely heavy, and 108 km/h (67 mph) winds with gusts up to 137 km/h (85 mph). Bailu made…
Four people have been killed and more than 150 were injured after a severe thunderstorm hit Poland's Tatra mountains on August 22, 2019, Reuters reports. The deaths took place on a 1 984-m (6 509 feet) high Giewont mountain after a group of tourists was hit by…
Tropical Storm "Bailu," known as Ineng in the Philippines, formed August 21, 2019, as the 11th named storm of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season. Bailu is expected to pass extremely close to the southern tip of Taiwan or make landfall somewhere near Hengchun…
Tropical Storm "Ivo" formed on August 21, 2019, as the 9th named storm of the 2019 Pacific hurricane season. The system is now approaching Clarion Island, Mexico. At 09:00 UTC on August 22 (03:00 MDT), Tropical Storm "Ivo" was located about 735…
A rare weather phenomenon for the southern hemisphere – Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) – is amassing in the polar stratosphere. This may lead to unusual or extreme weather in parts of the southern hemisphere (potentially New Zealand) during September and October…
Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said the country's Amazon rainforest has seen 72 843 wildfires so far this year. The number represents an 83% increase over the same period of 2018 and a record since 2013 when their record-keeping began….
New activity/unrest was reported for 6 volcanoes from August 14 to 20, 2019. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 16 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Asamayama, Honshu (Japan) | Semisopochnoi, United States | Shishaldin, Fox Islands (USA) |…
