Four days after the huge delta collapse at the lava ocean entry at Kamokuna in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, visitors are enjoying a new volcanic show.
National Park Service video taken by rangers on Tuesday, January 3, shows a "lava hose" streaming out of a severed tube and into the ocean. The active lava tube was exposed when 26-acres of new land suddenly broke off and fell into the sea on New Years Eve.
The lava viewing area inside the park had to be closed and relocated a short distance away.
Local lava photographer Tom Kualii captured the lava stream during the overnight hours in this remarkable video.
We've known that the USA is in for a bi-coastal blast of cold air, snow, and heavy rains, but this map by Jesse Farrell shows just how much of the contiguous USA has below freezing temperatures this morning.
Here is a summary of temperatures seen this morning by states:
All States except Florida (80% of US Land) are less than 32°F
Of course, though not seen in the map above, Alaska has subfreezing temperatures, and Hawaii has subfreezing temperatures on the mountain peaks of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea -not unusual for this time of year, but it is important not to exclude the 49th, and 50th states from any discussion about the USA.
One of Mexico's most active volcanoes has erupted, yet again.
Colima — known locally as the volcano of fire — spewed gas and ash into the air on Wednesday. An ongoing volcanic ash advisory, issued by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in Washington, remains in effect Thursday.
The volcano is in western Mexico, about 160 kilometres south of Guadalajara. Its eruptions date back to the 16th century, but have been steady since 1994.
The activity has intensified since last October, when nearby residents were evacuated as the volcano spewed lava. It is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, the 40,000-kilometre volcanically volatile area home to about 75 per cent of the world's active volcanoes.
Colima's recent eruptions have created some lava domes, made from lava that has built up around the volcano's opening.
You can see multiple different views of the volcano in real-time here.
The National Emergency Commission (CNE) declared a Green Alert for the Central Valley on Thursday afternoon as Turrialba Volcano continued to pump ash intothe skies in the latest of the constant eruptions that have lasted throughout the past two weeks.
A statement from Casa Presidencial indicated that a combination of continued eruptions, a dry air system over Central America that has reduced the chance of rain, and strong winds have all contributed to the increase of ashfall in the area.
The CNE asks municipal emergency commissions to be vigilant, keep their communities informed and monitor ash levels. If people have to leave their houses in areas where significant ash is present, the government recommends that they cover their mouths and noses with towels or dust masks. The CNE also suggests not consuming food outdoors and to even avoid driving in areas with high ash levels.
On Thursday morning, the National University's Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) reported more ashfall being carried by southwest winds towards the San José metro area. Ash was seen covering cars and buildings Wednesday throughout the capital and the broader Central Valley, including as far north as Heredia and as far west as Escazú.
Two hours after lowering the aviation code for an Eastern Aleutian volcano, it's back at the highest alert level.
The reasoning? According to the Alaska Volcano Observatory, there was a significant explosion at Bogoslof volcano Thursday afternoon.
The observatory detected a raised level of seismicity around 1:30 p.m. as well as reports from the World Wide Lightning Detection Network of lightning strikes. A pilot reported seeing a volcanic cloud at 35,000 ft.
Flooding has affected at least 8 provinces in the south of Thailand. Thousands have been affected and at least 6 people have died.
The rains - unusually heavy for this time of year - have been falling since around 31 December, 2016. Nakhon Si Thammarat recorded more than 300 mm in one day.Forecasts say that more rain is expected over the coming 48 hours.
This is the second deadly flood event within a month in south Thailand. At least 11 people died and 350,000 were affected after flooding struck southern provinces in December 2016.
Thailand's The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) is preparing to provide assistance to the thousands of victims currently affected by flooding in the southern provinces.
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to heavy snowfall.
In Kashmir Valley, snowfall continued for the fourth consecutive day and Met office predicted more wet weather over the next few days.
Most of the flights were cancelled at Srinagar International Airport due to poor visibility. The snowfall also hit operations on the runway, an airport official said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmir valley receives snowfall pic.twitter.com/XAcTJgyBPA
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 6, 2017
The depth of snow in Gulmarg, a star attraction for tourists during the winter, was two feet. The health resort of Pahalgam, which serves as a base camp for the Amarnath Yatra, received 3.5 cm of snow and was chilling at minus 1.6C.
People in Central New Zealand woke up to a severe earthquake of magnitude 5.3. The quake which rattled the country once again within a span of ten days was felt by thousands of citizens.
As per Geonet, the quake struck 20km southwest of Seddon in Marlborough at around 12:17 am early Friday. The earthquake was just 13km deep and was widely felt.
So far reports of any injuries or damages have not been reported though the quake was felt by more than 6300 people from Auckland to Invercargill. The lower half of the North Island and top of the South Island is said to have felt more aftershocks.The quake has been described as a short, fierce quake and it trembled homes overnight and set hearts battling.
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Khonj city in southern Iranian province of Fars leaving four people dead.
Managing Director of Crisis Management Center at Provincial Governor's Office of Fars Province Hassan Fayazpour said the earthquake had struck four villages in Khonj region at 06:30 local time.
The official, while noting that the epicenter of the quake was in an area at longitude of 53.18 and latitude of 28.11, said the earth tremor was first believed to have only left financial losses though deployment of rescue teams reveled that four people had been killed.
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