Today is first day of spring, but it's cold, wet and very windy in Mallorca with hail and snow forecast in some parts of the island. But there is some good news. The Palma Met Office (Aemet) is forecasting almost record temperatures for next weekend so that should put a spring in your step. As you can see in the graph below temperatures will be on the rise.
A la vista de estos gráficos ¿cuándo pronosticarías que acaba este temporal? ➡️Las temperaturas ascienden ➡️La velocidad del viento disminuye ➡️Baja la probabilidad de precipitaciones -¿Probablemente a partir del martes?- pic.twitter.com/GrH2PyjS4Y
A strong magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan at a depth of 60 km on Saturday evening at 6:09 p.m.
In Miyagi Prefecture, where at least one person was injured, the quake measured up to a strong 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale to 7.
Tsunami waves of up to 1 meter may have reached the Miyagi Prefecture coast shortly after 6:30 p.m., according to NHK. All tsunami warnings were lifted by 7:30 p.m.
Due to the tsunami advisory, the town of Watari in the prefecture issued an evacuation order covering 2,527 homes and 6,911 residents.
Two hundred homes in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture were without power, NHK said. The quake caused the Tohoku Shinkansen to suspend services. Services were expected to resume around 10 p.m.
Sarah Swain & Jorge Branco 9 News Australia Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:14 UTC
A rain bomb is slowly pushing down the NSW coastline, leaving a trail of flash floods and destruction in its wake.
Multiple warnings and evacuation orders are still in place for the NSW mid-north coast amid fears of record flood levels and overflowing levees, with authorities warning the situation could be life-threatening.
Sydney is next in line with some areas predicted to cop more than 150 millimetres of rain on Saturday.
Sydney's waterways are set to become danger zones, with up to four times as much rain from today predicted to fall in the next 24 hours.
Warragamba dam is expected to overflow at the weekend, as the deluge of rain expands from the worst-hit NSW Mid North Coast, to further south including the Hunter Region, Sydney and Illawarra.
Severe flash floods triggered by heavy rain affected areas of Luanda Province, Angola from 16 March 2021.
National Civil Protection and Fire Service quoted by local media said at least 4 people died and 3 people were missing.
Flood waters swept through central parts of the city causing widespread traffic disruption. As many as 554 homes were damaged in districts surrounding the city, including Viana, Cacuaco, Talatona and Belas. Authorities said 1,770 residents have been affected.
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