State-mandated tests at the Albany Bulb, a popular recreational area in the Bay Area, have uncovered elevated levels of gamma radiation, raising concerns about potential health risks from buried radioactive waste.
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.
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.
The Thanksgiving holiday brought record-breaking lake-effect snowstorm to parts of the United States, with areas in New York State, such as Copenhagen, buried under as much as 1.22 m (4 feet) of snow.
Storm Bora continues to affect Greece bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to eastern regions, including Athens, Thessaly, and the Cyclades on Monday, December 2, 2024. The storm resulted in widespread destruction and at least 3 fatalities.
The eruption that started on November 20, 2024, at the Sundhnúks crater row near Grindavik, Reykjanes Penisula, Iceland is now the second largest in the volume of the eruptions that have occurred in the Sundhnúks crater row since December 2023.
New Delhi reached an air quality index (AQI) of 495 at 10:54 LT (05:24 UTC) on Friday, November 22, 2024, the highest recorded so far this season. Earlier this week, Delhi’s AQI reached 493, placing it among the most polluted cities globally on November 18, 2024. PM 2.5 levels hit 401.1 µg/m3 exceeding the safe limits of the World Health Organisation (WHO) over 27 times.
Four typhoons have struck the Philippines in the last 10 days, with the latest Man-Yi having claimed 8 lives as of Monday, November 18, 2024. At least 160 people have died due to storms in the Philippines in the last 3 weeks, with the last three typhoons having caused combined damages worth roughly ₱469.8 million ($ 8 million).
Marriyum Aurangzeb, the Senior Minister of Punjab, instructed an investigation into cloud seeding options in Multan after the air quality index (AQI) reached an extreme 2 175 on November 8, 2024. The rise in air pollution is a year-round epidemic that requires frequent interventions, EPCCD noted.
An eruption at the Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created a temporary island in early February 2023, only 20 km (12.4 miles) off Azerbaijan’s coast and near the capital, Baku. Despite the island’s rapid emergence, measuring approximately 400 m (1 312 feet) in width, the event went largely unreported.
