• Intense eruptions at Colima volcano continue, trigger evacuations, Mexico

    Intense eruptions at Mexico's Colima volcano continue after a sharp increase of activity on September 26, 2016. On September 30, ash and thick black smoke rose from the volcano and a lava could be seen pouring down its slopes. The event has forced the…

  • Landslide destroys a village in China’s Yunnan Province

    Heavy rains in China's Yunnan Province have triggered a large landslide in a village in Dayao Country on Thursday, September 22, 2016. The slide has torn down the buildings of the village committee, a village clinic, a primary school and 44 other residences,…

  • Significant landslide on Piz Cengalo, Swiss Alps

    A significant landslide event occurred on the Piz Cengalo, a mountain in the Bregaglia range of the Alps on the border between the Swiss canton of Graubünden and Italy, on September 11, 2016. This is the same mountain where approximately 1.5 million m2 (4.9…

  • Massive fire destroys hundreds of homes in Sao Paulo, Brazil

    A massive fire erupted on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, in Estrada de Alpina slum in the Brazilian most populous city of Sao Paulo. According to media reports, the fire began at 23:30 UTC (20:30 BRT) and rapidly spread taking hundreds of homes. The favela is thought…

  • Destructive tornadoes hit Homer and Sidney, Illinois

    According to weather officials, 4 confirmed tornadoes have touched down in east central Illinois on Friday night local time, September 9, 2016, causing significant damage. The others were in Vermilion and Clark counties, NWS said. Significant damage was reported in…

  • Daylight meteor seen over North Carolina, US

    A rare daylight meteor was seen over North Carolina around 18:03 EDT on September 8, 2016 (22:03 UTC). At around the same time, a bright meteor exploded over Cyprus and parts of it are believed to have fallen north of the island. The American Meteor Society received…

  • The peak of northern hemisphere’s 2016 tropical cyclone season

    As of August 30, 2016, there are six active tropical cyclones across the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. In the Pacific, they are Hurricane "Madeline," Hurricane "Lester," and Tropical Storm "Lionrock." In the Atlantic, they are tropical…

  • Tornado outbreak hits Indiana and Ohio, EF-3 touched down in Kokomo

    A tornado outbreak hit Indiana and Ohio on August 24 on 25, 2016. Between 12:00 UTC on August 24 and 25, at least 35 tornadoes were confirmed in those two states. A state of emergency was declared in Howard County, Indiana after an EF-3 tornado hit the town of…

  • Mysterious lights streak across San Diego sky, California

    Mysterious lights were seen streaking across the sky in San Diego, California on Monday night, August 15, 2016. The prime suspect, at this time, is man-made space debris. The lights were reported between 21:35 to 21:37 local time in the sky over the 3300 block of El…