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Rainbow

Bizarre, iridescent cumulonimbus cloud seen over Singapore

Iridescent cloud over Singapore
© Via Instagram/taka_fla
The top of this giant cumulonimbus cloud suddenly became iridescent as individual water droplets refracted sun light at high altitude. Crazy pictures shot today over Singapore.

Iridescent cloud over Singapore
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Attention

Volcano erupts on Manam Island, Papua New Guinea

volcano on Manam Island
Volcano on Manam Island
The volcano on Manam Island in Bogia, Madang in Papua New Guinea has erupted on Sunday evening, forcing many who had moved back there fleeing for safety, the local newspaper reports.

Paul Maburau, the ward councillor for Dugulava village on the island, said they saw flames coming out at around 7pm when many villagers were preparing to have dinner.

He said fire was coming out of both craters of the volcano - the one between Bokure village and Kualang village, and the one between Dugulava and Warisi villages.

Maburau said more blasts came during the night and continued through yesterday.

Snowflake

6 photos that show just how cold it was in Germany over Easter weekend

Snow flowers
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Easter for many across Germany meant either snow, rain, or even both over the weekend. And the chilly weather is set to continue.

From Berlin down to Munich, snow fell across the country over the Easter weekend, making the springtime holiday feel more wintry than perhaps many had hoped.

Flowers were already blooming for the season, but in some places, icy blankets hid them from sight, like below in Feldafing, Bavaria.

Snow ploughs even had to be deployed in some places, like below in Taunus, Hesse, to clear away the fields of white powder.

Seismograph

Shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Peru

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6.0 magnitude earthquake 254 km from Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

2017-04-18 17:49:55 UTC

UTC time: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 17:49 PM
Your time: 2017-04-18T17:49:55Z
Magnitude Type: mww
USGS page: M 6.0 - 255km WNW of Iquitos, Peru
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 40 people

2017-04-18 17:49:55 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

Seismograph

6.0 magnitude earthquake off Fiji

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6.0 magnitude earthquake 242 km from Levuka, Eastern, Fiji

2017-04-18 17:11:47 UTC

UTC time: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 17:11 PM
Your time: 2017-04-18T17:11:47Z
Magnitude Type: mww
USGS page: M 6.0 - 289km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 0 people

2017-04-18 17:11:47 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 626 km depth
Levuka, Eastern, Fiji

Sun

Stunning sun halo filmed over the North Sea in The Netherlands

Sun halo in The Netherlands
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A beautiful video has emerged of a sun halo appearing over the North Sea in Wervershoof, Netherlands on April 17.


Question

Strange sounds in the sky of Roswell, New Mexico

Strange sky sounds in Roswell, NM
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Strange sky sounds.


Seismograph

St Kitts rocked by shallow 5.8 earthquake

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rocked St Kitts and Nevis early Monday, but there are no reports of injuries or damage.

The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit says the tremor was recorded at 1:23 am (local time) at a latitude of 17.48 N, longitude of 61.20 W at depth of 10 km.

"It's the strongest I ever felt. I thought it was my dogs under the bed. It was strong," said former Miss St Kitts, Sudeakka Francis, in a post on her Facebook page.

The centre of the quake was located 83 km north-east of St John's, Antigua; 141 km north-north-east of Point-Pitre, Guadeloupe and 171 km east of Basseterre.

Snowflake Cold

Anomalous cold in St. Petersburg, Russia leaves migrating birds without food

Birds suffer in St Petersburg snowfall
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A reader in Russia sent this link about unusual cold in St Petersburg.

St. Petersburg authorities have asked lay people to support migrating birds suffering a lack of food, writes Alexey Parkhomenko. The temperature anomaly there is -5-7 degrees C (9 to 12.5F) below normal.

"In the Moscow Region, where I live, the temperature this morning has been below freezing, with some snow and strong NW wind."

The Smolny Committee on Nature Management, which asked residents and city visitors for help, said the unexpected snow that came to replace the spring heat caught the birds unawares.

Arrow Down

Landslide destroys residential building in China, 6 missing

Shaanzi landslide
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Rescue workers have saved one person and are searching for another six in a collapsed residential building hit by a landslide in northwestern province of Shaanxi.

The seven-story building in mountainous Maoping Township of Baihe County collapsed in the landslide at 11:58 a.m. Monday, according to the local government. Rainstorms pounded the area over the weekend.

The building was home to 39 people in 11 households. An initial investigation estimated that eight people were missing.

Late Monday, a 60-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble. The woman, whose condition is stable, was taken to a local hospital.

The local government later confirmed that another resident was actually not in the building when the accident happened.

More than 250 police officers, fire fighters, medical workers and volunteers are continuing the search, overseen by Vice Governor Zhuang Changxing at the site.