Category: Weather
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Space Weather and Earth Hazard Report: Rare Auroral Displays, Campi Flegrei Unrest, and Pan-African Earthquake Watch
Skywatchers were recently treated to a rare celestial spectacle as intensified solar activity around October 20-22, 2025, produced vivid auroral lights visible even at lower latitudes than usual. This was driven by a moderate G2 geomagnetic storm fueled by solar flares and charged particles from the sun reaching Earth’s magnetic field. The event coincided with…
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Space Weather Report for Pan-Africa – April 2024
Increased Solar Activity and Lunar Phases Influence Earth’s Space Environment 1. Solar Flare & Geomagnetic Activity The Sun has entered a period of heightened activity, with multiple moderate (M-class) solar flares detected in the past week. The most significant eruption occurred on April 2, 2024, from sunspot region AR3663, releasing an M5.6 flare. This event…
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🇿🇲🇿🇼 Zambia, Zimbabwe: Lake Kariba water levels hit record low
Water levels in Lake Kariba have reached a record low, which could force the closure of a dam that supplies electricity to Zambia and Zimbabwe , where the lake sits. Due to the severe drought that central and southern Africa faced as a result of the El Niño climate anomaly, the amount of water in…
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🇸🇳 Senegal calls for justice ahead of UN climate summit
Around 50 Senegalese women activists took to the streets of Dakar to demand climate justice for developing countries. The march took place ahead of the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29). The women marched through the historic Medina district carrying banners and signs calling for the protection of Senegal’s resources and the reduction of greenhouse…
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Snowfall Transforms Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Desert into a Winter Wonderland
A rare weather event brought snowfall to the deserts in Saudi Arabia recently, leaving local residents in awe as snow blanketed regions that typically experience extremely hot and arid conditions. The northern Tabuk region, located near Jordan, was particularly affected by this unexpected snowfall, which surprised residents unaccustomed to winter-like weather. This occurrence is unusual…
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Huge Solar Prominence Eruption
A CME will graze Earth on Nov. 1st, sparking G1 to G2-class geomagnetic storms. The CME was hurled into space by an erupting prominence on Oct. 29th. The prominence eruption produced a fairly bright coronal mass ejection (CME). There is currently a gap in available SOHO coronagraph imagery, however latest images show a noteworthy plasma…
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Zambians struggle with electricity shortages driven by drought
Zambia’s worst electricity blackouts in memory have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam, the source of Lake Musonda’s woes, with insufficient water to run its hydroelectric turbines. Less than half of Zambia’s 20 million people had access to electricity before Kariba’s problems. Kariba was built…
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X-Class Flare Hurled a Significant CME into Space
Active sunspot AR3842 erupted again on Oct. 7th (1913 UTC), producing an X2-class solar flare (movie). The explosion hurled a significant CME into space. SOHO coronagraph images show the CME and Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which is passing between Earth and the sun today. The CME is going to hit both the comet and Earth, in that…
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Floods in Nelabatu, Nimba County, Liberia: Creek Overflow Causes Devastation
In the town of Nelabatu, Nimba County, Liberia, a disastrous flood has swept through the region, leaving destruction in its wake. The flooding began when a local creek, known to residents as a lifeline for water and fishing, overflowed due to heavy, continuous rainfall that began early this week. The relentless downpour caused the creek…
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Floods threaten Niger’s historic ‘gateway to the desert’
Agadez, Niger: Its winding allies, ancient mosque and ochre earthen houses helped bestow on Agadez its UNESCO World Heritage status, but the town in Niger is now under threat from flooding. Overflowing rivers are no longer a rarity in the vast arid nation on the edge of the Sahara Desert. But the rainy season this…
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