• Tropical Storm “Colin” makes Florida landfall, the first since 2013

    A quick moving Tropical Storm "Colin" has made landfall in Florida, US during the early UTC hours of June 7, 2016. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rain over Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida, knocking out power and causing localized flooding….

  • Recurrent CH HSS causing geomagnetic storms

    A recurrent, negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) has hit Earth's magnetic field causing geomagnetic storms on June 5, 2016. A G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm watch is currently in effect. This same CH HSS has affected Earth on May 8 with…

  • Severe windstorm kills 36, injures hundreds in Pakistan

    A major thunderstorm accompanied with torrential downpours and intense wind gusts swept parts of Pakistan on June 1 and 2, 2016, leaving a widespread trail of destruction. At least 36 people were killed, and more than 100 injured. According to media reports, the…

  • Large, complex and dangerous weather system developing over Australia

    The Australian Bureau of Meteorology warned residents in Australia's eastern states to pay close attention to local weather forecasts and warnings over the coming days as a large and complex weather system and developing East Coast Low will bring potentially…

  • Another deadly flood wave hits southern Germany

    More deadly floods hit the state of Bavaria in Germany on June 1, 2016. The region was reportedly devastated, at least 5 people died, and several others went missing. A state of emergency has been declared in the Rottal-Inn, the worst affected district, by Michael…

  • The one-in-a-hundred years flooding wreaks havoc in France

    Torrential downpours have been reported across portions of France over the last couple of days. The Seine-et-Marne and Loiret departments saw 20 days worth of rain over the last 72 hours, and red flood alerts were put in effect on June 1, 2016. Meteo France issued…

  • Organic molecules crucial for life found in Rosetta’s comet

    Scientists analyzing data acquired by ESA's comet chaser Rosetta while orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko have discovered organic molecules regarded as crucial for the origin of life on Earth. The ingredients include the amino acid glycine (C2H5NO2),…