Natural disasters 2024, April
30 years ago, on December 7, 1988, the strongest earthquake in the history of Armenia occurred. Powerful tremors in half a minute destroyed almost the entire northern part of the republic, covering an area with a population of about a million people
On October 29, 2017, several countries came under an unexplained and mysterious attack. An apocalyptic storm covered Iraq and Saudi Arabia. About 500 people were injured (mostly by horsemen) and ended up in hospitals
During Hurricane IRMA, as it turned out, the Americans were frightened not only by the natural disaster itself, but also by the face of Putin, which they saw in the formidable clouds
We offer you a live broadcast from the webcam Mallory Square Key West, Florida, where the terrible hurricane Irma is approaching. Thousands of families are currently leaving the state, as is neighboring Georgia
Every year, floods cause material damage, which would be enough to increase the pensions of each pensioner several times. Hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land are flooded with water both in spring and summer
Radar satellites of the European Space Agency Sentinel-1 showed that a skyscraper in the center of San Francisco called the Millennium Tower goes into the ground by several centimeters a year
Berezniki - the second largest city of the Perm region - were built in 1932 to extract potash and magnesium salts for the production of fertilizers
Scientists at the University of New South Wales (Australia) have concluded that global warming will lead to prolonged droughts and shortages of fresh water. This was reported in a press release on Phys.org
In the past few years, our planet has literally been swept by a wave of natural disasters, which is evidence of the entry of the world into an era of climate instability
On November 15, 2018, Aljazeera is pleased to informs that on the evening of November 15, air traffic at Kuwait airport will apparently be restored, because since Thursday only seaplanes could land there: It should be noted that Kuwait is leaving for
Gissar valley in Tajikistan - it is, in fact, one continuous village in which there are adyrs - hills composed of loess loams. Build them up with multi-storey buildings - and the problem of housing construction would be solved
As scientists note, with each subsequent year, certain types of animals will die. This is the conclusion reached by experts from the UN, they presented their forecasts at a conference about the threats to ecosystems in different parts of the world, reports UKROP
Climatologists and geologists, after analyzing the climatic history of the Middle East over the past one hundred and thirty thousand years, suggested that the drought could continue for about ten thousand more years
This will mean big changes in our daily lives, and it is important for us to start planning New research report is full of gloomy predictions about the climate in Europe in the coming decades
Previously, the borders of Europe were completely different. Where the sea splashes today, there were pastures and forests, where people lived and birds hibernated. Global climatic processes threaten the population of Europe today, causing floods and other natural disasters
Heat, wildfires, lack of food production: forecasts are scary A shocking study was published this week: by the end of this century, 150 thousand people will die in Europe every year as a result of climate change
Experts from the European Commission's Joint Research Center said that more than five million people living in Europe could lose their homes as a result of floods that will occur by the end of this century
"Arecibo" - an astronomical observatory located in Puerto Rico at an altitude of 497 meters above sea level. With its help, the National Science Foundation of the USA and Cornell University conduct various studies
Since the end of January 2018, a series of earthquakes have occurred in the so-called "Ring of Fire", including those affecting Alaska, Texas, California and Nebraska, as well as the Philippines in recent days
In 1905, the French geophysicist Bernard Brunes brought to his laboratory several samples of ferrostones, which were raised to the surface when laying a road near the villages of Pont Farin
Humanity is confident that the calendar seasons have reversed, and this trend has swept the whole world
Humanity is most likely to die not from a huge asteroid or comet falling to Earth, but as a result of the eruption of a supervolcano - Officials from the United States National Aerospace Agency say, with dismay
Discovery of scientists: the oceans flow through the Mariana Trench somewhere into the bowels. Drain hole of our planet The results of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Washington (Washington University in St. Louis) shocked themselves
In the fall of 2017, in the midst of unexplained fires in California, a very impressive video of a tree burning from the inside was filmed there: The video was instantly taken away by various large and small editions, after which everyone became him with round eyes
On July 9, 1958, an unusually violent disaster struck Lituya Bay in southeastern Alaska. There was a strong earthquake at the Fairweather Fault, which caused the destruction of buildings, the collapse of the coast, the formation of numerous cracks
A strange, almost dry electrical storm in the US could be a harbinger of devastating events. An erratic storm accompanied by 40,000 lightning strikes in southwestern California
In Indiana, a little two-year-old girl was found in an open field. The child was immediately taken to the hospital. He was badly injured and is now under heavy supervision in the intensive care unit of Louisville, Kentucky
If you believe a lot of data on social media, you would think that the nuclear disaster at Fukushima turned the entire Pacific Ocean into a dead zone
Despite the fact that the CERN leadership is categorically against such a formulation of the question, there is a complete suspicion that after the launch of the Large Hadron Collider on June 28 at maximum power, a real light show began in Switzerland
NASA's plan to prevent the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano could lead to its explosion - trigger a nuclear winter that will destroy humanity reports http://www.dailystar.co.uk
American ufologists accused the aliens of provoking hurricane Irma. UFO hunters believe a secret alien base is located in Houston, Texas
Not having time to recover from the devastating "Harvey" US residents had to prepare for an even more dangerous storm - hurricane "Irma"
A popular science film created by the Walt Disney Company in 1959, tells about the sun and the effect of its activity on the Earth's climate, and also shows how people will control the weather in the future
London is under threat of severe flooding due to global warming. This is stated in the report of the organization "Christian Aid"
The worst drought in a century is raging in South Africa, rivers, streams and lakes have dried up, and the water level in the reservoir has reached a critical level and then dropped further below the lower limit
Scientists said that as a result of a sharp rise in air humidity and a constant rise in temperatures, almost all of India and some countries in South Asia will become uninhabitable
The rapid extinction of many mammalian species could be a sign of the sixth mass extinction in Earth's history, which is approaching at an intense pace and may occur in 3-22 centuries
The world is full of natural disasters: almost every day we are informed about volcanic eruptions, floods, storms … So where is human life in greatest danger? BBC Earth columnist tries to compile a list of the scariest places in the world
In 535 AD, a great natural disaster struck. A huge volcanic explosion in Indonesia, a landmark event today is called Proto-Krakatoa. Until then, the islands of Java and Sumatra were one
The collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet will lead to a rise in sea level by three meters. How much sea level will rise as a result of global warming? There is no clear answer to this question