The Watchers - News Update (5 new articles)

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• Large fireball explodes over Galicia, loud boom reported, Spain
• 15 dead, 24 379 houses inundated as worst floods in 50 years hit South Kalimantan, Indonesia
• Asteroid 2021 BO flew past Earth at 0.06 LD
• Earth is spinning faster than it has in 50 years, scientists reveal
• Tropical Storm "Eloise" forecast to strike Madagascar and Mozambique

Large fireball explodes over Galicia, loud boom reported, Spain Posted: 18 Jan 2021 10:29 AM PST A large fireball streaked across the skies of Galicia in Spain at 00:10 UTC (01:10 LT) on Monday, January 18, 2021. Witnesses reported hearing a loud roar minutes after the meteor exploded. The Spanish Fireball and Meteorite Research Network (SPMN) have started...... Read more »

15 dead, 24 379 houses inundated as worst floods in 50 years hit South Kalimantan, Indonesia Posted: 18 Jan 2021 06:14 AM PST A series of floods struck the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan Province over the past 10 days, leaving at least 15 people dead, 24 379 houses inundated, and 39 549 displaced as of Monday, January 18, 2021. President Joko Widodo described the massive flooding...... Read more »

Asteroid 2021 BO flew past Earth at 0.06 LD Posted: 18 Jan 2021 04:23 AM PST A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2021 BO flew past Earth at 0.06 LD / 0.00016 AU (23 935 km / 14 900 miles) at 08:19 UTC on January 18, 2021. On the same day, at 01:16 UTC, another asteroid -- designated 2021 BK -- flew past us at a distance of 0.59 LD...... Read more »

Earth is spinning faster than it has in 50 years, scientists reveal Posted: 18 Jan 2021 02:44 AM PST The Earth has been spinning on its axis faster than it has in five decades, scientists around the world have revealed. 2020 already saw some of the shortest days recorded in history, with 2021 predicted to be even shorter. "It is certainly correct that the...... Read more »

Tropical Storm "Eloise" forecast to strike Madagascar and Mozambique Posted: 18 Jan 2021 01:26 AM PST Tropical Storm "Eloise" formed on January 15, 2021, as the 5th named storm of the 2020/21 Southwest Indian Ocean cyclone season. The cyclone is moving toward Madagascar. A landfall at tropical cyclone intensity on January 19 remains a real possibility,...... Read more »

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