Typhoon "Champi" intensified to Category 5 over the Philippine Sea

 

Typhoon "Champi" has intensified into a Category 5 storm over the Philippine Sea. Wind speeds have reached 255 km/h, and the central pressure has dropped to 917 millibars. This was reported by the weather-monitoring group Backpirch Weather.

Warnings issued that El Niño could intensify even further

 The climate phenomenon known as "Super El Niño", which has already triggered historic flooding and prompted maximum-level alerts across Latin America, could intensify even further throughout the remainder of the year, exceeding initial forecasts.

Hurricane Trudy intensifies to Category 3 and threatens Mexican Pacific states

 

Hurricane Trudy intensified into a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale this Friday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN), which operates under the National Water Commission (Conagua).

Hurricane Polo, currently moving across the Pacific Ocean, to reach the highest level, Category 5

 Hurricane Polo, currently moving across the Pacific Ocean, has strengthened to reach the highest level, Category 5, on the Saffir-Simpson scale, Mexico's National Water Commission (Conagua) reported.

Hawaii is preparing for a possible impact from Hurricane Lowell, one of 3 hurricanes currently active in the Pacific

 Hurricane Lowell has regained Category 5 status, with winds exceeding 250 km/h. 

El Niño to bring more heat and disasters in coming months, UN warns

The world must prepare for a surge in weather extremes and heat waves as a potentially exceptional El Niño emerges, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization has warned. 

Tsunami alerts issued for US, Japan, Philippines after massive earthquake, Magnitude of earthquake in Kamchatka reaches 8.7

Tsunami alerts have been issued in dozens of countries after a massive earthquake off the Russian coast.

Tsunami alert after powerful earthquakes hit Russia’s Pacific coast , Kamchatka

A tsunami warning has been issued after fifth earthquakes, including the strongest magnitude 7.4 quake, were recorded off the Pacific coast of Russia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Progress MS-27 fragments that survived re-entry land in Pacific — Roscosmos

 

Fragments of the Progress MS-27 cargo spaceship which did not burn up upon re-entering the atmosphere have fallen into the Pacific Ocean, Russia’s state space corporation said.

Typhoon Bebinca, the strongest storm in 70 years, hit Shanghai, airports and rail lines closed

 

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Typhoon Bebinca, the strongest storm to hit Shanghai in 70 years, made landfall Monday, state media reported.

TEPCO Confirms 25-Tonne Radioactive Water Leak in Japan's Fukushima-1 2nd Reactor - IAEA

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it had discovered a radioactive water leak of about 25 tonnes in the second reactor building of the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant (NPP) in northeastern Japan, the agency said.

Japan Starts 3rd Release of Fukushima Treated Water

The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has launched the third release of treated water, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Thursday.

Discharge of water from Fukushima NPP may begin on August 24

The Japanese government is in the final stages of approving August 24 as the date for discharging treated water from the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, NHK reported citing its sources.

Tsunami warning as magnitude 7.7 quake hits near New Caledonia

 

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean southeast of New Caledonia, triggering a tsunami warning, US monitoring agencies say.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit the coast of Ecuador, local time 12:12, Depth 80 km

Seismologists recorded a large earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 on the coast of Ecuador in the province of Azuay, about 47 km northwest of Cuenca. The incident was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.

Spain briefly closed airspace over risks from Chinese rocket debris, fallen in the Pacific

Spain briefly closed parts of its airspace over the risks posed by a Chinese rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

Hurricane Roslyn strengthens to Category 4 as it heads to Mexico's Pacific coast

Mexican emergency officials were rushing to finish preparations on Saturday as Hurricane Roslyn, a powerful Category 4 storm, churned toward tourist zones along the country's Pacific coast.

Hurricane Orlene hits Mexico's Pacific coast and weakening, had strengthened to a powerful Cat. 4

 

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‘Not a dumping ground’: Pacific condemns Fukushima water plan | Al Jazeera

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands says there is a viable alternative to Japan’s plan to dump more than 1 million tonnes of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean, and it requires urgent consideration.

¿Cómo será la caída del cohete chino a la Tierra?

 

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