Photo: (NASA/SDO) The sun unleashed a colossal Mother’s Day solar flare on Sunday May 12 in what has become the most powerful solar eruption of the year. The giant solar flare, which registered as one of the largest eruptions the sun can unleash, peaked Sunday night at 10:17 p.m. EDT (0217 GMT) and was captured on camera by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory…. Read more →
(GEOFF HORNER/ GEOFF HORNER PHOTOART) On Thursday and Friday, skywatchers in parts of Australia and the Pacific region will be treated to a spectacular “ring of fire” solar eclipse, in which the moon blots out all of the sun except for its outer edge. Here’s what you need to know about this stunning skywatching event, which is also known as… Read more →
Photo: The News Star The Mississippi River is again flooding about 8,500 acres of farmland in East Carroll Parish’s Bunches Bend, which suffered a spectacular levee failure during the Great Flood of 2011 that wiped out $10 million in crops planted there then. Producers have since repaired the original breach on the northern end of the levee through a special… Read more →
A huge wildfire northwest of Los Angeles cuts a ten mile path to the Pacific. Thousands forced to flee the flames. (May 3)
The list containing the number of locations that have received record May snowfall from a storm that brought up to 2 feet of snow over the central Rockies continues to grow. The storm is still going on Thursday and could reach even more unlikely locations over the Plains, Midwest and the South before it is all said and done. Omaha,… Read more →
In just one year, farmers in the American Midwest have had their harvests destroyed, first by drought and then flooding.
Photo: RT / AFP At least seven people died, dozens sustained injuries and many homes were destroyed when a powerful 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, officials said. Six people died in Nangarhar province and 75 were injured, local spokesperson Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said. Forty of the wounded were given first aid, and the rest were admitted to hospital for further… Read more →
(CNN) – A powerful spring cold snap brings more rain and snow to a soggy U.S. heartland Wednesday, putting more pressure on riverside communities from the upper Midwest to the Deep South. The residents of Grafton, Illinois, north of St. Louis, will see the worst of the floodwaters through Friday as the Mississippi River peaks at more than 11 feet above… Read more →
GRAFTON, ILL.The Mississippi River is topping out at some problematic spots, but there is growing concern that spring floods are far from over. The river was at or near crest at several places Sunday between the Quad Cities and near St. Louis. Some towns in the approximate 100-mile stretch of river from Quincy, Ill., to Grafton, Ill., reached 10-12 feet… Read more →
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has hit south-western China, killing at least 203 people and injuring thousands – READ MORE:http://on.rt.com/cs4dys
