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Extreme Weather
KYIV — A cold snap that killed 30 people in Ukraine over the past five days spread Tuesday to swathes of eastern and central Europe with record lows in Bulgaria and heavy snow in Switzerland and parts of Italy.
Emergency services in Ukraine said mos...
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Newsflash
This morning, Jan. 23rd around 0359 UT, big sunspot 1402 erupted, producing a long-duration M9-class solar flare. The explosion's M9-ranking puts it on the threshold of being an X-flare, the most powerful kind.
The Solar and Heliosphere Observatory (...
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Earthquakes
A strong and shallow series of earthquakes have erupted near the remote South Shetland Islands region of Antarctica on Sunday, experts from the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquakes in the intense tectonically-activated series measured a 6.6 magnit...
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Climate Extremes
2012 has begun where 2011 left off with weird weather in Europe and the Americas, Arctic ice at almost its lowest extent ever recorded in midwinter, disastrous droughts and searing heat in Africa and Latin America, and one of the world's biggest insuranc...
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Earth Changes
Monday morning started off with a bang for residents of the Central Valley when a loud, as yet unidentified, series of booms rattled windows about 30 minutes after midnight. Many did not hear it, but enough people did to cause a firestorm of comment on so...
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Planet in Peril
In a sign of pessimism about humanity's future, scientists today set the hands of the infamous "Doomsday Clock" forward one minute from two years ago.
"It is now five minutes to midnight," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) director Kennette Bened...
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Extreme Weather
The Houston area not only had torrential rain, but some locations also had hail, funnel clouds and flash-flood warnings on Monday. The downpour stranded scores of southeast Texas drivers and left thousands without power, but it's unlikely to ease the drou...
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Comets/Meteors
CULIACAN, Mexico – Mexican authorities are searching for a meteorite that fell to earth in a rural area in the northwestern part of the country, which was sighted in the region but about which there are as yet few details, officials said Friday.
The ...
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Floods
It is a matter of life or death as heavy rains batter Brazil, sending water rushing through the streets and thousands of people fleeing for safety.
An entire town in Rio de Janeiro state had to be evacuated after floodwater burst a nearby dam, unleashi...
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Volcanic Alerts
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency has warned that seven volcanoes located across the archipelago are on alert statuses. The agency said it has prepared measures for the worst-case scenarios and officials met on Saturday to discuss the measures, said...
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Extreme Weather
Many of us may remember the jaw-dropping images of the May 22, 2011, tornado that tore through Joplin, Mo., killing 158 people and leaving an incredible 14-mile path of destruction. But that system was only one of the record-breaking tornado events this ...
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Volcanic Alerts
The Daily Mail stirs up some Euro anxiety with a headline today "Is a super-volcano just 390 miles from London about to erupt?" The story talks about the little known Laacher See volcano in northwestern Germany. It last erupted about 12,000 years ago an...
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Extreme Weather
Winds of up to 106mph battered Britain yesterday, bringing death and destruction as many returned to work after the Christmas holidays.
Barely a single area was spared the onslaught roaring in from the Atlantic, which toppled lorries and brought down ...
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Weird & Unusual
Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row
Ancient Mayan legend says that 2012 will bring the end of the world.
A small Arkansas town might have shown the first example of that as approximately 5...
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Prophecy & Predictions
In the last few years, Lonny Sundvall has developed a peculiar morning ritual.
"The first thing I do when I get up: check the U.S. Geological Survey website for earthquakes and volcanoes. Then I check the observatories. Then I check the space weather,...
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Environment
A thick white blanket settled gently on the seaside town of Cleveleys near Blackpool on Wednesday, but this was no seasonal dusting of snow from above.
The Environment Agency dispatched officers to Princess Promenade to gather evidence as gobs of foam...
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Paranormal & UFO's
A cloud emitting UFO has brought an entire Russian city to a standstill, overshadowing Christmas and New Year celebrations and leaving residents perplexed and seeking answers from local politicians (see video below). The event took place yesterday in the ...
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Environment
A large number of ring seals have washed up dead on Alaska’s Arctic coastline since July from a mystery disease that has scientists baffled. Scientists initially thought the deaths were a result of a virus, but testing has failed to indicate the presenc...
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Earth Changes
Giant waves measuring at least five meters high hit part of Southern Thailand Sunday, forcing residents in the affected areas to flee as their houses were swept away by the storm-induced waves from the sea.
Among the areas hardly-hit were Hua Lame villag...
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Earthquakes
WELLINGTON (AFP) - Aftershocks continued to rattle the earthquake-shattered New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday overshadowing Christmas preparations for weary residents in a 'hellish year'.
The unrelenting series of tremors, several stronger t...