Aliana subdivision resident says smell of rotten eggs woke him up

For many residents, owning a home in Richmond's Aliana subdivision is like owning a little slice of heaven.

"Aliana is a great community. I love living here. The residents are fantastic," Paul Keilers said.

But a mysterious odor has some homeowners in a small part of this community on edge.

"The smell is so horrid, that it will wake you from the deepest sleep," Keilers said.

Keilers said last week he was sound asleep until 2 a.m. when the smell of rotten eggs woke him up.

"Rotten eggs that have been festering in a car in the middle of Texas with the windows rolled up in the middle of summer," Keilers said.

But no one can pinpoint the source. According to the homeowners association, the neighboring Municipal Utility District was given the all clear after tests were conducted at its sewage treatment plant.

6.0 magnitude earthquake

UTC time: Monday, January 18, 2016 18:24 PM

Your time: Monday, January 18 2016 6:24 PM

Magnitude Type: mwp

USGS page: M 6.0 - 171km E of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji

USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Reports from the public: 0 people

Weird weather phenomena are currently increasing in the US skies.

Look at these giant roll clouds tumbling across the sky from Texas to Oklahoma on January 16 and 17, 2016.

After the cross in the sky in Michigan and the full circle rainbow in North Carolina, these rare and beautiful roll clouds were spotted sweeping throught the sky of Texas to Oklahoma on January 16 and 17, 2016.

Roll clouds are just one of the weird weather phenomenon that can happen when winds go wild.

An "orange" code of warning for the aviation has been issued, and travel companies have been asked not to organize tours to the areas close to the Zhupanovsky volcano

The Zhupanovsky volcano in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday released ash to the height of 8 kilometers above the sea level after almost two months of relative calm, a member of the local group of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has said. "Today at around 4.30 p.m. local time [3.30 a.m. GMT] the Zhupanovsky volcano spewed ash to the height of up to 8 kilometers [5 miles] above the sea level.

The ash column could be seen with the naked eye from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and some other settlements," the scientist said. Experts said the ash cloud spreads in the eastern direction towards the Pacific Ocean. The populated areas are currently not under threat. "At the moment, the ash cloud has spread to 20 kilometers and it continues moving towards the ocean," the member of the group said. An "orange" code of warning for the aviation has been issued.

This year's unseasonably warm winter weather mixed with waves of bitterly cold air has brought a rare and often frightening natural phenomenon back to Vermont—Cryoseisms. A cryoseism, or frost quake, occurs after a sudden deep freezing of the ground, when the pressure created from water expanding into ice abruptly causes stress fractures in underground soil and rocks. The result of these fractures can produce localized ground shaking and noises similar to an earthquake. While usually alarming, frost quakes typically pose little physical harm beyond occasionally causing a small crack in the ground where the frost quake occurred.

On the night of January 8, 2016 and morning of January 12, 2016, several Shelburne residents in the vicinity of the La Platte River near Falls Road reported hearing mysterious sounds that many equated to an earthquake. One resident, despite not living near a highway, described the event as similar to the rumblings caused by a large semi-truck driving nearby, while another on Front Porch Forum likened her experience to a large boulder rolling towards her house. In each case, the startled residents described the sound as very loud and different from thunder, but no one at the time could explain exactly what caused the earthquake-like tremors.

After speaking with state geologist, Marjorie Gale, and confirming that there was no seismic activity on either of those days, she explained that in 1955, geologists mistakenly reported frost quakes in Burlington as minor earthquakes in the state's earthquake catalog, and that local frost quakes could have caused the mysterious rumblings in Shelburne. However, given their relative infrequency and generally minor effects, the Vermont Geological Survey does not track frost quakes. As a result, there is little historical scientific data regarding the geographic locations, cause, or frequency of frost quakes in the state.

Civil protection authorities issued a fresh weather alert for southern regions on Monday as much of Italy remained in the grips of heavy ice and snow.

"In the next few hours a low-pressure area arriving from the Atlantic will hit Sardinia before extending across southern regions during the day tomorrow, with rain and snowfall at low altitude and stronger winds," the warning said. Rain and snow were forecast in Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily in particular.

The civil protection department also issued a yellow warning for localised hydrogeological and hydraulic risk in Sicily, Calabria, Molise, much of Puglia and parts of Abruzzo. Central and southern regions have born the brunt of the recent cold snap, with temperatures dipping to -18 degrees Celsius in some places. Schools remained closed on Monday in dozens of municipalities in the central Abruzzo region including the coastal city of Pescara due to heavy snowfall.

A sinkhole nearly six feet deep opened up near Craig Hospital in Englewood Monday morning.

Englewood Police got the call of the sinkhole, which is near the 3500 block of south Clarkson Street, around 8:10 a.m.

Police estimate the sinkhole is about ten feet long, five feet wide and six feet deep. They say it opened up after a water main break.

Clarkson Street is closed between East Hampden Avenue and East Girard Avenue.

Nearby Swedish and Craig Hospitals are not affected by the sinkhole.

There is no estimated time on when roads will reopen.

This CCTV captures the moment a truck is completely swallowed up by a huge hole that suddenly appears in the road.

Captured on what appears to be stationary street CCTV cameras , it shows a large truck slowly driving down a small road.

On the back is a skip which is held down by metal chains.

Dated January 13, it is 11.46am and as the truck moves down the road - apparently preparing to join a busier, main road - the back end suddenly begins dropping.

At this point the road completely falls away, leaving a gaping hole - into which the truck plummets.

Heavy snow in eastern and northeastern Japan wreaked havoc with transportation systems and injured about 250 people Monday as central Tokyo was blanketed with 6 cm.

At least 40 people were sent to hospitals in Tokyo alone, and another 30 were reported injured in Saitama Prefecture, police and fire departments across the region said.

Over the 24 hours through 6 p.m. Tuesday, up to 100 cm of snow is forecast to fall in Hokkaido and the Hokuriku region, 70 cm in the Tohoku and Tokai areas, 50 cm in the Chugoku region, and 40 cm in the Kanto and Koshin regions, according to the Meteorological Agency.

The low-pressure system responsible for the snow was predicted to remain through Tuesday, especially along the Sea of Japan coast.

The land ministry urged people to prepare for heavy snow in the affected areas and refrain from going out unless necessary. Snow tires and chains for cars were also recommended.

Heavy snowfall and strong winds closed Romania's Black Sea ports including the main port of Constanta, and shut dozens of roads while snowstorms and torrential rains cut electricity to hundreds of towns in Bulgaria, authorities said on Sunday.

Blizzards dumped up to half a metre of snow in 12 hours in Romania, disrupting trains and forcing authorities to shut down all schools in Bucharest and nearby counties.

There were no reports of victims but emergency services said they were prepared to intervene, with about 6,000 policemen, gendarmes and firefighters currently involved in various missions across the country, the interior ministry said.

Snowfalls are not expected to ease until Monday in Romania and forecasters predict temperatures will fall to below minus 18 degrees Celsius next week.