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Iceland: Airspace over volcano closed after sub-glacial eruption (+VIDEO)
Iceland closed the airspace near the Bardarbunga volcano on Saturday, warning that significant emission of ash into the atmosphere is…
Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week
Another very busy week around the weather world, with landslides, earthquakes, snowstorms and droughts dominating our headlines here on WeatherWatch.com….
Iceland: Volcano shows signs of life; could threaten air travel (+VIDEO)
In 2010, an Icelandic volcano with an unpronounceable name spewed an ash cloud into the skies that disrupted travel for…
Australia: East Coast prepares for ‘floodgates to open’
After months of very dry conditions over eastern Australia, the weather gods took notice and opened the gates of heaven…
18 dead in Japan landslides as over 200mm falls in 3 hours
Rescue efforts sprang into high gear in Hiroshima, Japan, today after a series of landslides buried people in their homes…
Australia: Drought impedes QLD flood recovery
Ongoing dry conditions are impeding the rehabilitation of farming land badly damaged by widespread flooding last year. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald…
IRAN: Earthquake injures 250 in 8 villages
A powerful earthquake struck early Monday in western Iran, injuring at least 250 people in a region near the border…
NEPAL: Search continues for missing landslide victims (VIDEO)
As we published earlier in the day, the death toll from landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains in…
NASA gets rare view of black hole (+VIDEO)
NASA’s black-hole hunting telescope has captured a cosmic battle between dark and light. NuSTAR, formally known as the Nuclear Spectroscopic…
Nepal: 109 confirmed dead after flooding; thousands more homeless
The death toll from landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Nepal and northern India has climbed to…
