On April 29, the MODIS image on the Terra satellite captured a wide-view natural-color image of the oil slick (outlined in white) just off the Louisiana coast. The oil slick appears as dull gray interlocking comma shapes, one opaque and the other nearly transparent. Sunglint -- the mirror-like reflection of the sun off the water -- enhances the oil slick’s visibility. The northwestern tip of the oil slick almost touches the Mississippi Delta.
System 90W on April 29 at 05:11 UTC (1:11 a.m. EDT) and noticed that the storm's center of circulation is now undefined. Forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center estimate that storm's "center" is located near 10.9 North and 116.3 East, about 355 nautical miles southwest of Manila, Philippines.
System 90W is already bringing rains to the cities of Narra (a municipality) and Brooke's Point (a first class municipality) in the province of Palawan, Philippines. Even Puerto Princesa City, a first class city and the capital of Palawan, is reporting rainfall from System 90W today.
On Friday, April 23 at 1500 UTC (11 a.m. EDT) Tropical Storm Sean had maximum sustained winds near 45 knots (52 mph). It was about 475 nautical miles north of Learmonth, Australia, near 14.4 South and 113.3 East. It was moving southeast at 4 knots (5 mph).
System 91S has shown increasing organization of its low-level circulation center over the last 12 hours, and favorable conditions for development. The vertical wind shear (winds that can tear a storm apart if strong enough) has decreased, so the potential for 91S to develop into a tropical cyclone is good in the next 24 hours.
the ash plume from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano this morning, April 20, as it flew overhead from its vantage point in space.
The ash plume (consisting of fine particles of pulverized rock) at 11:55 UTC (7:55 a.m. EDT). The plume appeared to be lighter in color than the previous few days, and it was drifting south and east over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.
The continuing eruption of Iceland'sEyjafjallajökull volcano was observed Mon., April 19, 2010, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument onboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. The new image shows a white eruption column being carried toward the south by prevailing winds.
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the volcano at 1:30 p.m. local time (13:29:24 UTC, or 6:29:24 a.m. PDT) on April 15, capturing this false-color infrared image, as well as a visible image of the ash plume.
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland erupted Wednesday, April 14, for the second time this month. The volcano is still spewing ash into the air and the ash clouds are impacting air travel in Northern Europe.
The earthquake that jolted Mexico's Baja California peninsula has killed one man whose home collapsed, a civil protection official says. Baja California state Civil Protection Director Alfredo Escobedo said the man's home collapsed just outside of Mexicali, close to the epicentre of the 7.2-magnitude quake. Esobedo says there were reports of more people trapped in homes in Mexicali and rescue teams with dogs and digging equipment are rushing to the city from nearby Tijuana.
The quake, which struck at 2240 GMT (8.40am), was at a depth of 32.3 kilometres and was located 26 kilometres south-south-west of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, and 64 kilometres south-west of San Luis, in the US state of Arizona, the USGS added.
A number of San Diego residents said the quake was the worst they had felt in decades.
Jess Ponting, an Australian working at San Diego State University, said he was at home when the quake struck. "The main earthquake shook our apartment block and caused a panic up and down the street,"
"I cowered under my kitchen table on the third floor for about 45 seconds as the apartment shook violently and glassware rattled and ornaments and pictures fell off the walls. "After the tremor finished, everyone spilled out on to the streets and started calling loved ones and figuring out what was going on."
Tropical Storm 23S was born today, April 2 about 260 nautical miles west of Cocos Island, Australia, near 11.5 South and 92.5 East. It has maximum sustained winds of 39 mph (35 knots) and is moving southward at around 6 mph (5 knots). Although Cocos Island is not in the direct path of the storm, it was being affected with by thunderstorms in the storm's outer bands.
