Meteorite slams into Central Russia injuring 1100 – as it happened A meteor streaked across the sky above the Ural Mountains in Russia this morning, injuring more than 400 people, many hurt by broken glass, and causing explosions. Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Russian Emergency Ministry said in a statement. Reports conflicted on what exactly happened in the clear skies. A spokeswoman for the Emergency Ministry, Irina Rossius, told the Associated Press that there was a meteor shower, but another … Continue reading →

U.S. Northeast Counts Cost of Deadly Storm Nemo Snow covered vehicles sit on Commonwealth Avenue on Feb. 9, 2013 in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The powerful storm has knocked out power to 650,000 and dumped more than two feet of snow in parts of New England. The northeast of the United States crawled out from under a mammoth blizzard Sunday that caused at least nine deaths and paralyzed the region with high winds and heaps of snow. More than 300,000 customers were still without power in the wake … Continue reading →

Hurricane Sandy a Warning in Bible Codes by Rabbi Glazerson

Synagogues Batten Down Hatches As Sandy Closes In As Hurricane Sandy inches ever closer to the Eastern Seaboard, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Eli and Beila Goodman are among the millions of people, stretching from Boston to Washington, D.C., preparing for the arrival of what meteorologists say could be one of the biggest storms on record. Based in Long Beach, N.Y., they spent Sunday closely following news of the tropical system’s large water surge and high winds, as well as the damage said to be on the way. With a mandatory evacuation order … Continue reading →

Tropical Storm Isaac heads to Florida People in Florida have been feeling the first effects of Tropical Storm Isaac as it nears the US coastline. After lashing the Florida Keys overnight, Isaac is now heading towards the northern Gulf Coast. Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama have followed Florida in declaring states of emergency. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and oil and gas production is affected by a storm that has already killed at least nine, including eight in Haiti. The Republican Party has delayed by a day the start of … Continue reading →

Priest dies in church collapse while trying to rescue statue as second major earthquake to hit Italy in days kills at least 15 others – 5.8 magnitude quake hits Emilia Romagna region, causing buildings to topple – Four powerful aftershocks also hit area within 90 minutes of initial tremor – Priest Ivo Martini died while being escorted by fireman into his church – Religious buildings weakened by last quake are among the worst hit – Factory workers also killed as rescuers claw through rubble to find victims – Woman, 65, … Continue reading →

A solar flare is a sudden brightening observed over the Sun surface or the solar limb, which is interpreted as a large energy release of up to 6 × 1025 joules of energy. The flare ejects clouds of electrons, ions, and atoms through the corona into space. These clouds typically reach Earth a day or two after the event. Solar flares affect all layers of the solar atmosphere (photosphere, chromosphere, and corona), when the medium plasma is heated to tens of millions of kelvins and electrons, protons, and heavier ions … Continue reading →

The Van earthquake was a destructive magnitude 7.1 Mw earthquake that struck eastern Turkey near the city of Van on Sunday, 23 October 2011 at 13.41 local time. It occurred at a shallow depth of 20 kilometres (12 miles), causing heavy shaking across much of eastern Turkey and lighter tremors across neighboring parts of the South Caucasus and Levant. According to Disasters and Emergency Situations Directorate of Turkey AFAD on October 30, the earthquake killed 604 and injured are 4,152. At least 11,232 buildings sustained damage in the region, 6,017 … Continue reading →

Hurricane Irene was one of the costliest hurricanes on record in the Northeastern United States.  Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles. Due to development of atmospheric convection and a closed center of circulation, the system was designated as Tropical Storm Irene on August 20, 2011. After intensifying, Irene made landfall in St. Croix as a strong tropical storm later that day. Early on August 21, the storm made a second landfall in Puerto Rico. While crossing the … Continue reading →

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday, 11 March 2011,with the epicenter approximately 70 kilometres (43 miles) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 32 km (20 miles). It was the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan, and one of the … Continue reading →