The Watchers - News Update (6 new articles)

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• Kesongo mud volcano erupts, leaving 4 people poisoned and 19 buffaloes missing, Indonesia
• Bread prices to rise after extreme weather causes UK's worst wheat harvest in 40 years
• Violent flooding leaves at least 110 fatalities, 2 000 houses destroyed in Parwan, Afghanistan
• Typhoon "Bavi" makes landfall over North Pyongan Province, North Korea
• Earth moving through radioactive remnants of supernovae for the past 33 000 years
• Category 4 Hurricane "Laura" ties for strongest Louisiana landfalling hurricane on record

Kesongo mud volcano erupts, leaving 4 people poisoned and 19 buffaloes missing, Indonesia Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:59 AM PDT Kesongo mud volcano in Central Java, Indonesia erupted at around 05:00 LT on August 27, 2020, leaving 4 people poisoned and 19 buffaloes missing. The last eruption of this mud volcano took place 3 years ago. Blora BPBD Rapid Reaction Team Coordinator, Agung Tri,...... Read more »

Bread prices to rise after extreme weather causes UK's worst wheat harvest in 40 years Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:56 AM PDT The UK's worst wheat harvest in 40 years is set to cause a price hike in flour and bread, the agricultural industry warned. Due to last autumn's heavy rains, only 40 percent of the usual amount of wheat crop was planted, while this year's wild weather...... Read more »

Violent flooding leaves at least 110 fatalities, 2 000 houses destroyed in Parwan, Afghanistan Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:10 AM PDT At least 110 people died and around 2 000 houses were destroyed after violent flash flooding swept through Parwan, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2020, with authorities noting that the death toll may continue to rise. The disaster management added that dozens were...... Read more »

Typhoon "Bavi" makes landfall over North Pyongan Province, North Korea Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:55 AM PDT Typhoon "Bavi" made landfall over the coast of North Pyongan Province in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on August 27, 2020, with maximum sustained winds up to 120 km/h (75 mph). Bavi is the strongest storm to hit the Korean Peninsula...... Read more »

Earth moving through radioactive remnants of supernovae for the past 33 000 years Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:53 AM PDT A new study suggests that the Earth has been moving through the remnants of an ancient exploded star for at least the past 33 000 years. The research team extracted a special isotope of iron called iron-60 from sea sediment samples and found that the isotope is...... Read more »

Category 4 Hurricane "Laura" ties for strongest Louisiana landfalling hurricane on record Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:03 AM PDT Category 4 Hurricane "Laura" made landfall near Cameron in southwestern Louisiana at 06:00 UTC (01:00 CDT) on August 27, 2020, with maximum sustained winds of 241 km/h (150 mph) and minimum central pressure of 938 hPa. Catastrophic storm surge, extreme...... Read more »

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