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Indian scientists revealed 'cracked' Earth's magnetosphere

Earth and moon
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Earth's magnetosphere, an invisible and highly-charged atmospheric layer that protects life on the planet from external radiation, was briefly cracked, Indian scientists have revealed, after analyzing a powerful geomagnetic storm from last year that was caused by the Sun.

The blast was registered in June 2015 after a huge cloud of plasma released from the Sun struck the Earth at a speed of some 2.5 million kph.

The report in Physical Review Letters states that the impact of the solar storm caused the Earth's magnetic shield to compress, leading to massive geomagnetic atmospheric anomalies. Storm effects included aurora borealis and radio signal interruptions across several continents.

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Squirrel goes on mad rampage in Florida nursing home

angry squirrel
A little squirrel caused a large commotion at a senior-living community in Volusia County Thursday.

The animal attacked someone outside Sterling Court on Alabaster Way in Deltona about 2:30 p.m., according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

The person attacked couldn't break free of the squirrel and went inside with the animal. That's when it went wild and started attacking others inside an activity room.

"It's jumping on people and biting them and scratching them, so we need help," a worker told a 911 dispatcher.

Another person is heard in the background saying, "I feel lightheaded! I don't feel good!"


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Lightning bolt kills man and his 14 goats in Tamil Nadu, India

​Lightning kills man, 14 goats in Tamil Nadu​

​Lightning kills man and his 14 goats in Tamil Nadu​
Lightning killed a man and 14 of his goats near Kovilpatti in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu on Friday evening.

Mariappan of Ganapathypatti village near Kovilpatti was herding his goats when heavy rain lashed the area.

Mariappan and his goats died on the spot when lightning struck them.

This is the second death due to lightning in the region after the northeast monsoon set in a few days ago.

Wolf

Wolf kills child and injures 2 others in Pakistan

Indian wolf

Indian wolf
A child lost his life and two people sustained injuries after an attack by a wild animal in Ghariza area of Sepah tehsil in Khyber Agency.

According to a private news channel, a wolf injured three people including a child who succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital, while two others were under treatment.

Thirty people have been injured in attacks by wild animals in Bara tehsil during the last six months.


The area people said several requests had been made to the political administration to stop these attacks by these wild animals, but no action had been taken as yet.

They have demanded of the administration to start a campaign to save the people from wild animals.

Seismograph

Shallow magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes off Davao Occidental, Philippines

Earthquake graph
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off Davao Occidental before midnight on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

The quake's epicenter was located 63 kilometers southeast of Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental. The quake struck at 11:21 p.m.

The quake, which was tectonic in origin, struck at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The quake is not expected to cause serious damage to properties. No aftershocks are likewise expected.

Earthquake epicentre

Bizarro Earth

6.4 magnitude earthquake rattles Chile

Santiago Earthquake
© USGS
A 6.4 magnitude quake rattled Chile with an epicenter located close to its border with Argentina on Friday, according to earthquake monitors. Witnesses told Reuters that buildings were shaking in the city during the event.

The quake was a "major" event centered in the capital and central Chile, the country's emergency office Onemi is cited by Reuters as saying.

However, Chile's navy said the earthquake doesn't meet the criteria to pose a tsunami threat.

The epicenter of the 6.4 magnitude quake was located 175 kilometers south of Santiago at a depth of 80 kilometers, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

The US Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 6.3, reporting that it hit 41 miles from Santiago at a depth of 116 kilometers.

Tornado2

Stunning waterspout filmed near Amalfi, Italy

Waterspout
Tourists and locals taking in the view near the picturesque town of Positano on Italy's Amalfi Coast got a rare treat on Thursday.

A violent storm swept over the area, according to local media reports, and in its wake came a perfectly-formed waterspout. The term refers to small, weak tornadoes that form over water, according to the National Weather Service.

The weather phenomenon provided a dazzling sight before dissipating as it ran into land, causing no damages, according to local media.



Windsock

Unseasonably late haboob dust storm blows into Phoenix, Arizona

haboob dust storm hits Phoenix
© KTAR Photo/Aaron Farnham
The 2016 Arizona monsoon season may have already come to a close, but that didn't stop Mother Nature from sending a dust storm toward Phoenix on Thursday.

Reports began coming in about 2:30 p.m. of a cloud of rolling dust approaching the southern border of the Phoenix metro area.

The National Weather Service tweeted that the dust was being kicked up by a thunderstorm that could bring dust, heavy rain and small hail to some portions of the Valley. The weather was expected to stick around through rush hour and into the evening.


Arrow Up

Mysterious 'mud volcano' forms after recent earthquakes in Italy

Italy mud volcano in Santa Vittoria
A mysterious mud volcano formed out of nowhere and erupted in Santa Vittoria, Italy after the recent M6.6 earthquake that destroyed parts of Italy.

The rare geological phenomenon has unexpectedly emerged from the deep Earth interior.

The mud crater has suddenly appeared this week in a field in Santa Vittoria, Matenano, Italy, and has been bubbling mud since then.

The crater is spitting clay material out of the ground.

The mud volcano is now being surveyed by officials who study the possible threats of such a weird phenomenon on the nearby residents.


Snowflake Cold

Siberia already being clobbered with snow - portends harsh U.S. winter ahead

snowcover siberia
© The Weather Channel

A look at how snow in Siberia affects the U.S. and why it's looking like the eastern and central United States will have a cold, snowy winter.

Siberia is known to be one of the coldest places on the planet, but exactly how cold and snowy it gets each year has big ramifications elsewhere on the globe.

In North America, a more snow-covered Russia means that colder air will have an easier time harvesting in Siberia and departing for our continent's heartland. Early in the calendar year, the air coming from Siberia can be cold enough to bring snow to even more southern reaches of the United States if the pattern sets up correctly.

The Extent of Snow Cover

Snow is covering the ground across most of Russia, including all of Siberia - likely the greatest extent of snow cover since 1998. Below is the current snow cover in northern Asia as of Oct. 31.

Some locations, including Sakha in east-central Russia, are seeing their snowiest winter on record, with most of the snow season yet to come. Nearly 10 feet of snow fell in some places in Siberia in just three days, according to the Government of Sakha.