#Cyclone #Tino intensifies to category 3, approaching #Tonga with ‘very destructive’ winds up to 160km/h
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Tropical Cyclone Tino is now category three, classed as “severe”. Image / Fiji MetService
A “severe” tropical cyclone bearing down on Tonga has intensified to category 3 with “very destructive” winds up to 160km/h.
Two people are reported missing and dozens more forced to seek shelter in evacuation centres after Tropical Cyclone Tino passed over Fiji overnight.
Flooding has been reported in parts of Vanua Levu and Taveuni.
The storm was upgraded to category 2 overnight but since further intensified to category three this morning with mean winds up to 160km/h, described as “very destructive, according to the Fiji Metservice
Tino was still intensifying and moving southeast in the direction of Tonga.
The Fiji Disaster Management Office says it’s pre-positioned some relief supplies that can be used as soon as the cyclone passes over Vanua Levu.
Director Vaisiti Soko told RNZ already more than 100 people are being looked after in evacuation centres across the country.
Courtesy of nzherald.co.nz
#EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 3.3 #SPAIN
Distances: 172 km NE of Gibraltar, Gibraltar / pop: 26,600 / local time: 23:01:10.0 2020-01-17
23 km SW of Granada, Spain / pop: 235,000 / local time: 23:01:10.0 2020-01-17
16 km SW of Cúllar-Vega, Spain / pop: 5,500 / local time: 23:01:10.0 2020-01-17
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#EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 5.5 SOUTHERN #XINJIANG, #CHINA
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 381 km S of Almaty, Kazakhstan / pop: 2,001,000 / local time: 22:05:50.8 2020-01-17
202 km SE of Naryn, Kyrgyzstan / pop: 52,300 / local time: 22:05:50.8 2020-01-17
186 km SE of At-Bashi, Kyrgyzstan / pop: 15,300 / local time: 22:05:50.8 2020-01-17
105 km NE of Kashi, China / pop: 275,000 / local time: 22:05:50.8 2020-01-17
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#Tornado Causes Mayhem in #BartonOnSea, Hampshire, UK
A “tornado” left a trail of destruction when it struck coastal villages in Hampshire.
People in Barton-on-Sea and Ashley were woken by howling winds and lashing rain in the early hours of Friday.
Homes were damaged, fencing was flattened and a 6ft-high (1.8m) wall was brought down.
Dave Thorne, from Barton, described the noise as “really, scarily loud”. BBC Weather presenter Simon King said radar images supported the tornado claims.
Mr Thorne said he heard an “almighty crash” and his window frames broke inward at about 04:00 GMT.
“The wind noise increased dramatically and there was rain and debris lashing,” he said.
“It’s like the tornado has gone up the road – there is a clear line of destruction from the direction of the sea heading inland.”
He said fence panels in Seaward Avenue were brought down, with one appearing to have been blown 40ft (12m) before crashing through a window.
“I’ve never seen or heard anything like it,” said Mr Thorne. “It felt cataclysmic.”
Another resident, David Sullivan, said there was damage to the roof of his flat, with many tiles torn off.
“We’re used to bad weather here, but we’ve never had the like of this before,” he said.
Martin Young, who also lives in the cliff-top village, said he could feel his house shaking and it was “frightening” for up to 30 seconds.
“It’s taken out walls that have been stood for 50 years,” he said.
“It’s lifted complete sections of heavy fencing and thrown them probably 30-40 metres into a block of flats.”
A resident of nearby Ashley said: “It made a sound like a train passing followed by a bang on the roof.
“Three of my neighbour’s fence panels have blown out. One has travelled about 20ft (6m) into my garden.”
BBC Weather presenter Simon King said radar images showing conditions at about 04:00 would support residents’ claims of a tornado.
A Met Office spokeswoman concurred that the overnight weather conditions in the area were conducive to tornadoes forming, but could not confirm if it was without video evidence.
There are thought to be about 30 tornadoes in the UK each year, according to the Met Office.
Courtesy of BBC News
#EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 4.1 SOUTHERN #ITALY
Depth: 2 km
Distances: 369 km SW of Tirana, Albania / pop: 375,000 / local time: 00:37:10.0 2020-01-17
19 km N of Catanzaro, Italy / pop: 95,300 / local time: 00:37:10.0 2020-01-17
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#EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 5.9 ASCENSION ISLAND REGION
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 2023 km S of Monrovia, Liberia / pop: 940,000 / local time: 06:37:52.6 2020-01-17
2238 km S of Freetown, Sierra Leone / pop: 803,000 / local time: 06:37:52.6 2020-01-17
2259 km SW of Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire / pop: 195,000 / local time: 06:37:52.6 2020-01-17
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#EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 4.5 EASTERN #IRAN
Depth: 8 km
Distances: 267 km S of Mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of / pop: 2,308,000 / local time: 07:23:50.2 2020-01-17
164 km NE of Bīrjand, Iran, Islamic Republic of / pop: 197,000 / local time: 07:23:50.2 2020-01-17
106 km SW of Kōhistān, Afghanistan / pop: 12,100 / local time: 08:23:50.2 2020-01-17
92 km SW of Tāybād, Iran, Islamic Republic of / pop: 37,600 / local time: 07:23:50.2 2020-01-17
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#EARTHQUAKE #YELLOWSTONE MAGNITUDE 4.0 #UTAH, #USA
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 542 km N of Phoenix, United States / pop: 1,446,000 / local time: 19:31:11.9 2020-01-16
287 km S of Salt Lake City, United States / pop: 187,000 / local time: 19:31:11.9 2020-01-16
20 km W of Beaver, United States / pop: 3,200 / local time: 19:31:11.9 2020-01-16
17 km SE of Milford, United States / pop: 1,500 / local time: 19:31:11.9 2020-01-16
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#EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 5.3 #OAXACA, #MEXICO
Depth: 40 km
Distances: 431 km SE of Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico / pop: 1,591,000 / local time: 20:07:24.3 2020-01-16
190 km E of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico / pop: 263,000 / local time: 20:07:24.3 2020-01-16
19 km NE of San Jerónimo Ixtepec, Mexico / pop: 23,200 / local time: 20:07:24.3 2020-01-16
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