Mexico’s Colima volcano erupts, local communities evacuated
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Mexico’s Colima volcano erupts, local communities evacuated
Mexico’s Colima volcano erupted on Friday, spewing a large plume of ash and thick black smoke into the sky and provoking the evacuation of two nearby villages. The volcano is located in western Mexico between the states of Colima and Jalsico and is one of the country’s most active…
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A MAJOR volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea this morning could disrupt flights to and from Australia.
A solar flare bursts off the left limb of the sun in this image
A section of Lake Oroville is seen nearly dry on August 19, 2014 in Oroville, California. As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the State’s lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows. Lake Oroville is currently at 32 percent of its total 3,537,577 acre feet. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
even false tsunami warning can cause death toll in community…
scene from a recent biggest forest fire in Sweden’s modern history.
Photo: Soldiers have deployed huge amphibious vehicles to rescue hundreds of people in Obrenovac. (AFP: Alexa Stankovic)
Great guide for all pets owners; RSPCA Queensland. Source: http://www.rspcaqld.org.au/Information/AnimalCareTips/SummerTips/CyclonePreparedness
Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) has arrived in the Philippines.
Motorists try to move their cars Thursday after being trapped on the flooded southbound Lodge near Dexter after a water main broke near the freeway about 2:30 p.m. Water from a 42-inch main poured down a freeway ramp and rose nearly 4 feet, causing backups. / Photos by William Archie/Detroit Free Press.
Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20120601/NEWS01/206010386/Lodge-reopens-after-flooding-halts-traffic-near-water-main-break
TS Iselle
TC Carolos 2011. Source: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/giovanni_user_images
This image provided by NOAA taken Wednesday shows hurricane Iselle, center, and tropical storm Julio, right. Photograph: AP
this earthquake is believed to be the biggest in the region in 25 years – had destroyed four mobile homes and made 16 buildings “uninhabitable”,
A computer projection from the HWRF model of what the satellite presentation of Tropical Storm Cristobal might look like on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 .
Near-term forecasts of the North Pacific jet stream, showing a stronger, sharper jet stream (red colors indicate stronger winds) across the region on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham.
The global air traffic network may be more vulnerable to natural disasters than you realize.
Recent volcanic activity reminds us of the 2010 disaster. The volcano in southern Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air just prior to sunset ON Friday, April 16, 2010. Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of hotel rooms, train tickets or rental cars. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti) #
Forty homes appeared to have been completely submerged in the mudslide- only one building was left above ground level Photo: Getty
Sea surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean (above). El Niño is characterised by unusually warm temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. source: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/el-nino-likely-to-develop-2014-7
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