Category: Weather
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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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Liberian Authorities Struggle To Cope With Severe Flooding
Months of heavy rains in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, are causing severe flooding in the city, displacing tens of thousands of people, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA). The city is prone to flood due to overpopulation, poor sewage system, and the lack of building regulations. The NDMA Executive Director, Ansu Dulleh, said the…
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Equinox Cracks Are Opening In Earth’s Magnetic Field
The northern autumnal equinox is only two days away. That means one thing. Cracks are opening in Earth’s magnetic field. Researchers have long known that during weeks around equinoxes fissures form in Earth’s magnetosphere. Solar wind can pour through the gaps to fuel bright displays of Arctic lights. One such episode occurred on September 19.…
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Devastating floods in Cameroon: Thousands Displaced, Infrastructure destroyed
In recent weeks, relentless heavy rains have battered Mayo Danay in the Far North region of Cameroon, with the city of Yagoua bearing the brunt of the unprecedented downpour. The damage is extensive, with reports indicating at least ten fatalities, entire neighborhoods submerged, 185 primary schools and 13 high schools flooded, and the loss of…
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X-Flare Alert: Major X4.5- Class Solar Flare & CME
Large and complex sunspot 3825 erupted, producing a major X4.5-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash. A huge plasma plume is hurled out from the sun during the powerful eruption. Coronagraph images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME emerging from the blast site. NOAA forecasters…
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Solar Activity at High Levels- A Pair of Coronal Holes facing Earth
Solar activity remained at high levels following multiple M-class flares, the largest of which was a M6.8 flare at 12/14:43 UTC from AR 3811 as it exited the western limb. Region 3814 produced an M2.9 flare at 13/08:37 UTC. Region 3825 was numbered this period as it rotated onto the visible disk and was responsible…
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Floods in West Africa displace nearly 1 million people
Recent heavy rains and floods across Mali, Nigeria and Niger have forced nearly 950,000 people from their homes. NGO Save the children alerted Friday (Sep. 06) about the risk of disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption to education that the situation incurs to the hundreds of thousands of children now displaced. While this is…
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What’s Happening on the Farside of the Sun?
A magnificent halo CME billowed away from the farside of the sun yesterday,the second time this week this has happened. A hidden sunspot group transiting the farside is crackling with activity. If it were facing Earth, we would now be bracing for geomagnetic storms. New Update:New data courtesy of the ESA Solar Orbiter shows that…
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Zinder Mosque, one of the oldest in Niger, collapses after torrential rains
The mosque was built around 1852 by Sultan Tanimoune Dan Souleymane. It is listed among the most visited mosques in the country, after the one in Agadez built in 1515. The Zinder region, located in the southeast, is one of the most affected by the intense rainy season that has been hitting Niger since June.
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