Hurricane Preparedness PSAs: Safety Tips
(multimedia) NHC Senior Hurricane Specialist Daniel Brown offers some tips of what to do before, during and after the storm.
Category: Geophysical
New Mexico wildfires merge; blazes rage in five states
(Reuters) – Two raging wildfires in southwest New Mexico merged on Thursday to become the biggest blaze among fires that have torched forest and brush in parts of five Southwestern states. Blazes in rugged,...
Hurricane Forecast: 15 Named Storms Expected
(multimedia) The government expects up to 15 named storms this season, but if an “El Nino” develops this year, fewer storms could form. (May 24)
Strong dangerous 5.6 earthquake near Sofia, Bulgaria
Summary Update 24/05 – 22:03 UTC – PM Borisov had a meeting today with the person in charge of the Bulgarian seismological agency, Prof. Nokolay Miloshev. Mr. Miloshev said to the PM that the chance...
Hurricane Bud churns towards Mexico’s Pacific coast
(Reuters) – Hurricane Bud lost some strength as it moved closer to Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and was forecast to hit land south of the popular tourist town of Puerto Vallarta, the U.S....
The 2012 Transit of Venus
(multimedia) On June 5th, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again. Transits of Venus are very rare, coming in...
NASA Images Offer New View of the Sun
(multimedia) NASA has enhanced solar images to make the structures on the sun more visible.
Mexico issues storm watch as Hurricane Bud forms in Pacific
MIAMI – The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Bud has formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico. The Miami-based agency said early Thursday the storm was packing sustained winds of 75 mph and...
Aftershocks rattle Italy, residents sleep outdoors
(Reuters) – Thousands of people in northern Italy slept in tents and cars overnight as more than 100 aftershocks rocked the area hit by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that killed seven people and inflicted...
NASA estimates 4,700 ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids
(CNN) — About 4,700 asteroids are close enough and big enough to pose a risk to Earth, NASA estimated Wednesday after studying data beamed back from an orbiting telescope. The figure — give or take...
