Evacuations are in place in Teller and El Paso counties, pre-evacuation in Pueblo. At least three wildfires forced evacuations across Colorado Sunday afternoon amid dry and windy conditions. El Paso County fire Residents in the area of Curtis Road and Patton Drive in Peyton in El Paso County were ordered to evacuate just after 5…
Yesterday afternoon an earthquake started in Sýlingafell, near Grindavík, RÚV reports. In about 24 hours, a total of 180 earthquakes have been detected. The strongest earthquake was 3.3 in magnitude. Earthquakes have been frequent in this area recently, but the latest reports happened in mid-March. The quake that began yesterday originated west of the Blue…
A cold snap has replaced last week’s sunshine and highs of 20C, with top temperatures predicted to be around 10C heading into the weekend. More snow, hail, and ice is expected in parts of England and Scotland in a sharp change of weather from last week. A cold snap has replaced last week’s sunshine and…
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck off the coast of Taiwan early on Wednesday rattled buildings and roused people from their sleep, leaving one injured and causing a half-constructed bridge in the island’s east to collapse. Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes as it lies near the junction of two tectonic plates. It does not…
TOKYO – Japan’s weather agency raised its alert level for a volcano near the center of the country that erupted in 2014 leaving 63 people dead or missing. Mount Ontake, a 10,062-foot volcano about 175 miles west of Tokyo on the border between Nagano and Gifu prefectures, has been at a Level 2 alert since…
TOKYO — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. The region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years…
The latest reports from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) suggest that insured costs from flooding in Australia’s Queensland and New South Wales areas have continued to creep higher, with industry losses now estimated at $1.89 billion. According to ICA data, the number of insurance claims linked to the floods rose by 7.2% overnight to…