of Brown University. “Virginia is not on an active earthquake fault and is roughly in the middle of the North American continental crustal plate. But it has residual fault scars left over from 200 million to 300 million years ago, when it was an earthquake zone, at the time when the Atlantic Ocean rifted apart from Europe. An earthquake that registered 3.9 hit in 2003 was followed by a 4.5…
…Hudson Valley, still has 650,000 customers without power – and said many of them won’t have electricity restored for another ten days. Two of New Jersey’s largest utility companies reported more than 2million customers still in the dark. What is a nor’easter? The nor’easter is a winter storm conceived by the meeting of cold arctic air with the warmer ocean air from the Gulf Stream. The stor…
e going to see the biggest impacts.” National Guard and local authorities are underway for East Coast residents who had failed to heed the mandatory evacuation issued ahead of Hurricane Sandy Between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on Monday, winds increased by 10 mph to a maximum of 85 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. Landfall is expected between late Monday and early Tuesday, with Google provid…
Hurricane Sandy, which left 21 people dead as it barreled through the Caribbean, could likely metamorphose into frightening storm that could cause $1 billion in damages. Experts say the tempest – dubbed Frankenstorm – has a 90% chance of hitting the East Coast of the U.S., having the potential to wreak havoc with heavy winds, rain, flooding, and downed trees and power lines. In fact, longtime wea…
The crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami has been sunk by the US Coast Guard. The coast guard earlier said they would hold off scuttling the Ryou-Un Maru after a Canadian fishing boat claimed salvage rights. But a Canadian official later said that the Bernice C had been unable to tow the 200 ft (61 m) Japanese “ghost ship”. The US Coast Guard has used c…
An unseasonable snowstorm warning has been issued for US East Coast on Halloween weekend, with forecasts of up to 10 inches (25 cm) of early snowfall. A winter storm warning has been issued by the US National Weather Service (NWS) starting with Saturday morning until Sunday. The NWS also says travel conditions may be hazardous. About 10,000 people in Pennsylvania, as well as in Maryland and West…
…w York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington and a coastal county in North Carolina. The US Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia was reportedly sending a whole fleet of ships out to sea to avoid the storm. At 23:00 EDT, the hurricane was moving north over the Bahamas at about 7 mph, some 400 miles (630 km) south-east of Charleston in South Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Hurric…
…eported, but not on such a huge scale. There is long-standing enmity between the communities, who get caught up in a cycle of revenge killings over the theft of cattle and grazing and water rights. In 2001, a series of clashes between the Orma and Pokomo left at least 130 dead in the same region. The semi-arid region is one of the poorest in Kenya, with very little infrastructure or industry. The…
…e added. Though there are no forced evacuations, he said New York police will be patrolling at risk areas to encourage the elderly and families with children to evacuate. “We can expect winds of up to 25 to 35 mph and gusts rising to 45 to 55 mph, with the highest winds occurring late Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night,” he continued, adding that the strong winds will make it feel around 10 d…
The unseasonable snowstorm which hit the US East Coast, with some areas of Massachusetts seeing more than 27 inches (68 cm) of snow, killed at least nine people and left three million houses without power. Tv footages show snow in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vermont while in New York, Occupy Wall Street protesters said they were not deterred by the weather. According to authorities, at least nine…
urned a few cars around. In addition to the ferry line to Hatteras, there were two other ferry lines that went to and from the island. Ocracoke is part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a roughly 200-mile stretch of fragile barrier islands off the state’s coast. Pristine beaches and wild mustangs attract thousands of tourists each year. Aside from Ocracoke, the other islands are accessi…
…o minimize damage to infrastructure. Superstorm Sandy knocked out power to at least 6.2 million people across the US East, and large sections of Manhattan were plunged into darkness by the storm, with 250,000 customers without power as water pressed into the island from three sides, flooding rail yards, subway tracks, tunnels and roads. New York City’s 911 dispatchers were receiving 20,000 c…
Japan’s coast guard has detained a Chinese fishing boat for allegedly fishing inside Japanese waters, Chinese officials say. The boat was seized on Saturday near Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Chinese consulate in Fukuoka, Japan. The captain had admitted entering Japanese waters, Xinhua said. Japan’s coast guard has detained…
Jack Osbourne has married Lisa Stelly in an “emotional and fun-filled” Hawaiian ceremony. TV star Jack Osbourne, 26, wed the model-and-actress Lisa Stelly on the Kona-Kohala coast of West Hawaii yesterday. The nuptials were witnessed by 48 guests, including the couple’s six-month-old daughter Pearl, Jack’s famous parents Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, sister Kelly Osbourne – who was…
Japan has issued a tsunami warning after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s eastern coast. The quake was felt in the capital Tokyo, media report. The tsunami warning was issued for the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The wave hit the city of Ishinomaki, while the quake was also felt strongly in the capital, To…
Cyclone Mahasen has stricken Bangladesh’s southern coast, as people packed into evacuation shelters. The storm hit Patuakhali district on Thursday with winds of up to 100 km/h (60 mph), and was heading for the ports of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar. Some two people have been killed, Bangladeshi officials say. Around one million people have been ordered to evacuate low-lying areas in Bang…
…st snow falls are expected between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Saturday night, although the temperatures could bring light snow throughout the night. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s and wind chills in the 20s will make it feel like winter has truly arrived. Forecasters at weather.com say the heaviest amounts of snow will fall in parts of Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, upstate New York, Connecticut…
…ce, and fell out with his partner Nikolai Shamalov. “I hadn’t worked 15 hours a day for 10 years to build a palace,” he says. “That didn’t interest me.” In December 2010, Sergei Kolesnikov wrote an open letter to President Dmitry Medvedev detailing the involvement of himself and others in the project and outlining his allegations against Vladimir Putin, then pri…
Three people died and more than 2.3 million homes have lost power as the US East Coast has been hit by an unusual early period snowstorm. New York City has been hit by more than one inch of snowfall before Halloween for the first time ever – with experts predicting much more on the way. It was reported that an 84-year-old man from Pennsylvania died when a tree crashed into his house in Temp…
Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground killing three person and injuring more than 20 more was arrested late Saturday and is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship, said a local prosecutor in Grosetto, Italy. Francesco Schettino, had been earlier interviewed by investigators in Porto Santo Stefano about what happened when the 4,20…
…that a Chinese entity has made a move against North Korean interests following the recent tension, according to reports. North Korea unveiled medium-range Musudan missiles during a military parade in 2010 but had not yet tested them. Last month, South Korea raised its alert level to “vital threat” amid indications that Pyongyang was preparing for a launch. At least one ballistic missi…
…ls, unification talks failed and separate regimes evolved In 1950, the Korean War saw Mao’s China back communist North Korea, while the US helped South Korea, fearing Asia would turn communist A 1953 armistice created a fragile peace, and border tensions have lasted ever since…
Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced plans to boost missile defences on the United States West Coast to counter the threat from North Korea. Chuck Hagel said the US would add 14 interceptors, which can shoot down missiles in flight, to 30 already in place in California and Alaska by 2017. He cited a “series of irresponsible and reckless provocations” recently by North Korea. Te…
…ds of flights have been grounded by snow and blizzards. More delays are expected as the storm moves towards New York state and Maine, where as much as 18 inches (46 cm) of snow is expected in the next 24 hours. The National Weather Service has warned of near-zero visibility in Buffalo, New York, where heavy snowfall is predicted to combine with high winds. Weather warnings are in place from Florid…
…ace that I’m aware of,” the commodore of the Newport Sailing Association Chuck Iverson told the Associated Press news agency. “We’re all shocked by this whole event.” The 125-mile (202 km) race began at Newport on Friday, with boats arriving in Ensenada on Sunday. In March two sailors were injured off the North California coast in a round-the-world race when a huge wa…
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