Earth Wind and Fire

A new volcanic eruption has just started on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, making it the eighth eruption in this area since March 2021. This one comes only 20 days after the last eruption was officially declared over 5-29-2024

Large Tornado at Lake of Egypt, IL

Inside of Valley View Texas shell station as it was hit by tornado 5-25-2024

LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN PILOT POINT TX

Strong tornado from close range south of Kosse Texas debris in the air

Strong tornado near Greenfield Iowa 5-21-2024 Greenfield is a city and county seat of Adair County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,062

Twin tornadoes in Iowa 5-21-2024

Large Tornado south of Massena, IA 5-21-2024

Tornado near Yukon, Oklahoma 5-19-2024 Yukon is a city in eastern Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 23,630 at the 2020 census. Founded in the 1890s, the town was named in reference to a gold rush in Yukon Territory, Canada, at the time. Historically, Yukon served as an urban center for area farmers and the site of a milling operation. Currently, it is primarily a residential community for people who work in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area

Tornado at the Wells Fargo Plaza in downtown Houston 5-16-2014 The Wells Fargo Plaza, formerly the Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza, is a skyscraper located at 1000 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas in the United States This building is currently the 20th-tallest Building in the United States, the second tallest building in Texas and Houston, after Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower, and the tallest all-glass building in the Western Hemisphere. It is the tallest building named for Wells Fargo. From street level, the building is 302.4 meters (992 ft) tall and contains 71 floors. It extends four more stories below street level. Only the Wells Fargo Plaza offers direct access from the street to the Houston tunnel system (a series of underground walkways connecting many of downtown Houston's office towers); otherwise, entry points are from street-level stairs, escalators, and elevators located inside buildings that are connected to the tunnel. Wells Fargo Plaza features a wide variety of fine amenities for its tenants including The Houstonian Lite Health Club located on the 14th floor.

Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spews massive ash tower 5-14-2024 Mount Ibu (Indonesian: Gunung Ibu) is a stratovolcano at the north-west coast of Halmahera island, Indonesia. The summit is truncated and contains nested craters. The inner crater is 1 km (0.62 mi) wide and 400 m (1,312 ft) deep, while the outer is 1.2 km (0.75 mi) wide. A large parasitic cone is at the north-east of the summit and a smaller one at the south-west. The latter feeds a lava flow down the west flank. A group of maars are on the western and northern side of the volcano

Two different satellites capture one of the biggest volcanic eruptions ever seen from space A satellite or artificial satellite[a] is an object in space, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. Satellites have a variety of uses, including communication relay, weather forecasting, navigation (GPS), broadcasting, scientific research, and Earth observation. Additional military uses are reconnaissance, early warning, signals intelligence and, potentially, weapon delivery. Other satellites include the final rocket stages that place satellites in orbit and formerly useful satellites that later become defunct. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs). Most satellites also have a method of communication to ground stations, called transponders. Many satellites use a standardized bus to save cost and work, the most popular of which are small CubeSats. Similar satellites can work together as groups, forming constellations. Volcanic eruptions A volcano is an opening in the earth’s surface that allows magma (hot liquid and semi-liquid rock), volcanic ash and gases to escape. They are generally found where tectonic plates come together or separate, but they can also occur in the middle of plates due to volcanic hotspots. A volcanic eruption is when gas and/or lava are released from a volcano—sometimes explosively. Volcanoes provide a number of environmental benefits, for example: fertile soils, hydrothermal energy, and precious minerals. But they also pose several hazards: volcanic ash, gases, lahars (mud flows), landslides, lava flows, and pyroclastic flows (fast-moving currents of hot gas). Volcanic eruptions can be deadly and often cause population displacement and food shortages. https://www.ifrc.org/our-work/disasters-climate-and-crises/what-disaster/volcanic-eruptions

Tornado passing through Sulphur, LA 5-13-2024 Sulphur, Louisiana Sulphur is a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 21,809 in 2020. Sulphur is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area.

Tornado - Branson MO at Payne’s Valley Branson is an Ozark town in southwest Missouri known as a family vacation destination. Its 76 Country Boulevard is famously lined with theaters, which once hosted mostly country music performers but today present diverse entertainment. Also along the strip are the Marvel Cave, the Wild West-style Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction and Silver Dollar City, an 1800s-themed amusement park with live music. Branson MO, Branson Missouri

Stunning rainbow cloud formation Cloud iridescence or irisation is a colorful optical phenomenon that occurs in a cloud and appears in the general proximity of the Sun or Moon. The colors resemble those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface. It is a type of photometeor. This fairly common phenomenon is most often observed in altocumulus, cirrocumulus, lenticular, and cirrus clouds. They sometimes appear as bands parallel to the edge of the clouds. Iridescence is also seen in the much rarer polar stratospheric clouds, also called nacreous clouds. Iridescent clouds are a diffraction phenomenon caused by small water droplets or small ice crystals individually scattering light. Larger ice crystals do not produce iridescence, but can cause halos, a different phenomenon. Irisation is caused by very uniform water droplets diffracting light (within 10 degrees from the Sun) and by first order interference effect (beyond about 10 degrees from the Sun). It can extend up to 40 degrees from the Sun. Rainbow, rainbow cloud, sky rainbow

Tornado hits rural areas of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil amid the tragedy of the floods that hit the state 5-10-2024 Rio Grande do Sul is Brazil's southernmost state, bordering Argentina and Uruguay. In its northeast, the mountainous Serra Gaucha is home to the Vale dos Vinhedos wine region and includes German-style resort towns like Gramado and Canela, known for picturesque natural settings. Porto Alegre, the capital, is a major port with classic structures like the Public Market and Metropolitan Cathedral in its historic center

Wild weather has ripped through parts of Bunbury, damaging homes and property. Dozens of children are feared injured after it tore through parts of a community youth centre at Withers this afternoon 5-8-2024

Dashcam video catches Westmoreland KS Tornado at full strength This amazing footage is from the 400 block of 4th Street in Westmoreland, Kan., where the Topeka National Weather Service confirmed an EF-3 Tornado On April 30, 2024, an EF3 tornado struck Westmoreland, causing one death and three injuries, destroying 22 homes, and damaging 13 homes that are still livableAre

Huge waves hitting the coast of San Sebastian, Spain What causes ocean waves? Waves are caused by energy passing through the water, causing the water to move in a circular motion. Looking out at the ocean, you often see a seemingly infinite series of waves, transporting water from one place to the next. Though waves do cause the surface water to move, the idea that waves are travelling bodies of water is misleading. Waves are actually energy passing through the water, causing it to move in a circular motion. https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/waves.html

Power flashes as tornado hits Huntsville Alabama

Large tornado near Prospect, Tennessee 5-8-2024

Huge Columbia, TN tornado off 65 and and Bear Creek Pike 5-8-2024

Large Tornado crossing Bear Creek Pike in Columbia, TN

Tornado: Land between the lakes near Cadiz, KY right over the Cumberland river 5-8-24

Tornado on the ground southeast of Carbondale Illinois 5-8-2024