- 2021-01-14 18:28:18 (UTC)
- 3.005°S 118.924°E
- 18.4 km depth
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Indonesia quake kills at least 35, injures hundreds!
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia's island of Sulawesi.
People were trapped under rubble and unleashing dozens of aftershocks as authorities warned of more quakes that could trigger a tsunami.
Thous
Read more…Earthquake M 6.2 - Indonesia!
M 6.2 - 36 km S of Mamuju, Indonesia
Blizzard warnings in effect as big storm barrels eastward!
A big storm that already lashed parts of the Northwest, Rockies and High Plains with fierce winds was barreling eastward and intensifying on Thursday, threatening all manner of winter weather. Winds as high as 125 mph were reported in the high countr
Read more…Winter storm brings heaviest snowfall in decades to areas of Texas!!
A winter storm unloaded more snow in Texas than some areas have received in decades at the end of the weekend, with wintry scenes reaching Louisiana and Mississippi by Sunday night.
The snow, which AccuWeather meteorologists had correctly forecast si
Read more…Central Spain records temperatures of -25C after snowstorm
People in central Spain are struggling as a deep freeze follows the weekend's heavy snow, leading to treacherous conditions.
Officials have warned the elderly to stay at home.
At least seven people have died due to the weather - the two latest vi
"The other virus that worries Asia"
The death rate for Nipah virus is up to 75% and it has no vaccine. While the world focuses on Covid-19, scientists are working hard to ensure it doesn't cause the next pandemic.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210106-nipah-virus-how-bats-could-
Read more…(Covid vaccine differences? Pfizer v Oxford v Moderna)
The three Covid-19 vaccines are from Pfizer-BioNTech, the University of Oxford and Astra-Zeneca and Moderna.
The Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna vaccines each require two doses and you are not fully vaccinated until a week after your second shot.
But ther
Read more…Sir David Attenborough receives Covid-19 vaccine!
Sir David Attenborough has become the latest well-known name to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, his representative has confirmed.
The news about the 94-year-old natural historian comes a few days after it was revealed the Queen had been vaccinated.
[Japan working to isolate, analyse new virus variant]
Japan is working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from Brazil, a health ministry official said.
Japan announced the detection of the new variant on Sunday, but officials have been at pains to
Read more…Ireland's[Europe] daily Covid-19 rate highest in the world
Ireland now has the highest daily number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world for every million people, according to figures published by the Our World in Data organisation.
The seven day rolling average is 1,394 cases per million - ahead of
Read more…Gorilla tests positive for Covid-19 in California zoo!
A gorilla has tested positive for Covid-19 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California with as many as eight members of the troop presumed to have contracted the disease from a human handler.
This would mark the first known transmission of the virus t
Read more…Earthquake M 6.7 Mongolia
M 6.7 - 33 km SSW of Turt, Mongolia
- 2021-01-11 21:32:58 (UTC)
- 51.240°N 100.437°E
- 10.0 km depth
In pictures: Storm Filomena hits Spain as Greeks bask in heatwave!
The country(Greece) is basking in an unusual spell of warm weather, with temperatures in Athens expected to reach 23C (73.4F) on Monday.
For context, the average temperature in the city in January is around 10C.
Earthquake M 6.1 Argentina
M 6.1 - 37 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
- 2021-01-10 03:54:14 (UTC)
- 24.035°S 66.630°W
- 217.0 km depth
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000d74p/executive
Earthquake M 6.1 Vanuatu
M 6.1 - 47 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
- 2021-01-10 06:48:20 (UTC)
- 16.037°S 167.855°E
- 160.0 km depth
[Unusual drought in 2020 shocks AccuWeather meteorologist: ‘I was a little surprised’]
One of the bigger factors was the monsoon season across the southwestern U.S. or lack thereof. Some have even nicknamed the 2020 monsoon season across the Southwest a "nonsoon" due to the scarcity of rain, ultimately causing drought conditions to inc
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