Category: Weather
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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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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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