The Watchers - News Update (4 new articles)

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• Strong and shallow M7.5 earthquake hits south of Alaska, tsunami warning issued
• Conditions at Nyiragongo volcano suggest another disaster is brewing, DR Congo
• Tropical Storm "Epsilon" forms, expected to be at or near hurricane strength near Bermuda
• At least 90 dead, 32 missing and 5 million affected as more floods and landslides hit central Vietnam

Strong and shallow M7.5 earthquake hits south of Alaska, tsunami warning issued Posted: 19 Oct 2020 02:27 PM PDT A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.5 hit south of Alaska at 20:54 UTC (12:54 LT) on October 19, 2020. The agency is reporting a depth of 40 km (25 miles). The epicenter was located 91.7 km (56.9 miles) SE of Sand Point (population 1 064) and 929.9 km...... Read more »

Conditions at Nyiragongo volcano suggest another disaster is brewing, DR Congo Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:39 PM PDT A scientific campaign set to assess the status of Nyiragongo's crater found that current conditions at the volcano suggest that peak hazard will arrive in 4 years, or earlier if an earthquake were to hit the volcano. Nyiragongo's current eruptive phase...... Read more »

Tropical Storm "Epsilon" forms, expected to be at or near hurricane strength near Bermuda Posted: 19 Oct 2020 09:50 AM PDT Tropical Storm "Epsilon" formed at 15:00 UTC on October 19, 2020, breaking the record for the earliest 26th named Atlantic storm. Epsilon formed 34 days before Tropical Storm "Delta" in 2005. Epsilon is the 3rd named storm in the Atlantic since...... Read more »

At least 90 dead, 32 missing and 5 million affected as more floods and landslides hit central Vietnam Posted: 19 Oct 2020 03:48 AM PDT Floods and landslides triggered by severe weather have claimed at least 90 lives, left 32 missing, and affected up to five million people in central Vietnam over the last two weeks, the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported...... Read more »

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