A powerful Nor'easter is expected to develop off the Mid-Atlantic coastline on Friday, January 28, 2022, before impacting eastern parts of the Northeast and New England over the coming weekend. Numerous hazards are likely from heavy snow, with significant...
Tropical Cyclone "Ana" damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of homes and left at least 70 people dead in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi, as of January 27, 2022. Ana is the first named storm of the 2022 Southwest Indian Ocean cyclone season. Another...
This year's winter season in Egypt turned out to be the coldest in a decade, with temperatures as much as 8 °C (14 °F) below the seasonal average. After paralyzing Greece and Turkey at the beginning of the week, a severe winter storm dubbed Elpida...
The same storm that paralyzed Greece and Turkey at the beginning of this week, brought rare snowfall to the city of Jerusalem, Israel on January 27, 2022. According to Israel's meteorological service, between 15 and 25 cm (6 - 10 inches) of snow fell overnight...
A severe winter storm named Elpida affected Greece, including the capital Athens, from Monday, January 24 - Wednesday, January 26, 2022, with very low temperatures and heavy snow. This is the worst snowstorm to hit Greece since 1968. With heavy snow and overnight...
New activity/unrest was reported for 3 volcanoes from January 19 to 25, 2022. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 17 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Ambrym, Vanuatu | Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga Islands | Wolf, Isla Isabela (Ecuador)....
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit the Tonga region at 06:40 UTC on January 27, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 14.5 km (9 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.2 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The epicenter was located about 219 km...
A swarm of earthquakes has occurred in the vicinity of Davidof volcano, Alaska over the past two days. A similar earthquake swarm occurred in December 2021. There is no known eruption of this volcano over the past 10 000 years. The largest earthquake in the...
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 BT flew past Earth at a distance of 0.26 LD / 0.00068 AU (101 726 km / 63 209 miles) at 06:22 UTC on January 24, 2022. This is the 10th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year....
Tropical Cyclone "Ana" made landfall over Mozambique on January 24, 2022, and continued moving west over Malawi while weakening and dissipating, but still dumping very heavy rain. At least 8 people have been killed in Mozambique and 4 in Malawi....
The passage of Tropical Cyclone "Ana" together with the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) caused prolonged heavy rains in Madagascar, leaving at least 34 people dead and more than 64 000 affected. Ana is the first named storm of the 2022 Southwest...
Activity at Ambrym volcano in Vanuatu has increased from the minor unrest state to the major unrest state on January 25, 2022. Consequently, the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) has raised the Volcanic Alert Level from Level 1 to Level 2. New...
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit South Sandwich Islands region at 01:24 UTC on January 25, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. The epicenter was located about 2...
A moderately strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.3 hit southwestern Haiti at 13:16 UTC on January 24, 2022, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). Dozens of aftershocks followed, with magnitudes ranging up to 5.1. The epicenter was located 4.8 km (3 miles) S of...
Widespread flooding is affecting South Australia after parts of the state received more than a year's worth of rain in just three days. Severe thunderstorms with heavy rainfall are expected to continue this week. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) senior...
At least 12 people have died and several were injured after heavy rains and snow hit Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces over the past 4 days. 7 people died after landslides caused by heavy rain in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including 5 children...
Heavy snow and below-freezing temperatures affecting Greece, including capital Athens and many Aegean islands, on Monday, January 24, 2022, forced authorities to close schools and warn the public to limit their movements. The temperatures across the country started...
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