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radmerdauw · 2 juli 2011, 01:46

Overzichtje gebeurtenisen in Juni,

For the first time in three years, seven tornadoes touch down in Massachusetts. Four people are killed and 200 more are injured. Three twisters hit Springfield, Mass., and destroy several buildings.

BATANGAS, Philippines – Another 200 tons of fish have died in Talisay, Batangas Tuesday night after a sharp decrease in oxygen levels in Taal Lake, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said.

SAUDI ARABIA – A Saudi farmer who went into his barn to take his 300 sheep on their daily pasturing was shocked when he found them all dead,

PARIS – France is now on heat-wave alert after the hottest spring since 1900 has left water tables down and farmers struggling to feed their livestock.

Chile — U.S. monitors say a magnitude-6.4 (6.1) earthquake has struck just off the shore of central Chile

AUSTRALIA – An earthquake has hit the Grampians National Park, near Ararat, in western Victoria. Geoscience Australia says the earthquake measured approximately 3.8 on the Richter scale.

On Bittersweet Farm in Stratham, New Hampshire, Mitt Romney announces his presidential run. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, does not mention any potential Republican rivals, focusing instead on casting himself as the right candidate to face Obama and fix the country's still troubled economy. This is Romney's second run at the presidency. He has emerged as an early front runner in a weak field.

KAMCHATKA – An active volcano on Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia is currently spewing plumes of ash at a height of up to 9 km, local media reported on Wednesday.

BOSTON, Ma – Several tornadoes touched down in Massachusetts Wednesday afternoon, killing at least four people and damaging property across more than a dozen communities.

Saleh agrees to leave Yemen only after his condition gets worse. Saleh arrives in Saudi Arabia to receive urgent medical treatment for injuries sustained in the attack. Saleh's quick departure surprises Yemenis and concerns the United States. Al Qaeda and other jihadists appear to already be exploiting the unrest to solidify their base in Yemen.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles into the sky and prompting the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said.

ARGENTINA – An earthquake swarm has erupted around Neuquen, Argentina. 8 moderate magnitude earthquakes have struck the region in rapid succession: three 4.7 earthquakes, two 4.6 quakes, and two 4.8 earthquakes, and the strongest a 4.9 quake

WASHINGTON – Honeybee colonies in the United States reduced in number by 30 percent over the 2010-2011 winter

Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh barely survives an attack when a mortar shell or rocket hits the mosque at the presidential compound where he and other government officials are praying. Saleh and a half dozen other officials are wounded. Saleh claims he's fine in a two-minute audio message, but his words are slurred as if he is under sedation. The Ahmar family, opposition leaders whose militia has been fighting Saleh's troops for nearly two weeks, is blamed for the attack.

Syrians pour into streets, creating some of the largest antigovernment protests despite a brutal government crackdown that has killed more than 1,000 people. The protests are fueled by anger over the torture and killing of Hamza al-Khateeb, a 13-year-old boy. Marches are dedicated to him and other children who have been killed during the uprising. The protests continue even though Syria's internet has been shut down. As with other uprisings in the region, the internet has been a critical tool in organizing protests.

MEXICO CITY — The Popocatepetl volcano that towers over Mexico City is rumbling again. The 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) mountain shot a blast of ash about 2 miles (3 kilometers) above its crater at dawn Friday.

TOKYO – A 6.3 earthquake has struck just off the coast of Sendai, north of Tokyo.

MAD WORLD- Suddenly, the world is a very scary place and is becoming more like the broken, decaying, dystopian world in science-fiction films none of us ever imagined would become a reality.

MEXICO -The offshore 5.4 quake struck at a depth of 97.1 km.
Over the past few days, amateur astronomers have recorded some of the most photogenic solar activity in years.

SULLIVAN Mo – A minor earthquake shook southeast Missouri early today (Tuesday), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake, which occurred at 3:10 a.m., measured at a magnitude of 4.2.

CHILE – Flames reach up to the heavens as lightning flashes criss-cross the sky. These extraordinary images show the full force of Mother Nature as a Chilean volcano erupts for the first time in 50 years.

LIMA, Peru— An earthquake that Peruvian authorities initially put at a magnitude of 5.0 has shaken the southern Peruvian city of Tacna.

What is happening to our Sun? NASA scientist explains unprecedented eruptive solar event on the Sun

WASHINGTON – In the event of nuclear war, a powerful meteor strike or even a zombie apocalypse, the thoroughly protected doomsday plane is ready to keep the president, secretary of defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff and other key personnel in the air and out of danger.

Uruguay — As many as 600 Magallan penguins have been found dead on Uruguayan coasts; scientists are investigating why so many penguins have died on their way to Brazilian waters.

WICHITA, Kansas — Last night Wichita experienced a very rare weather phenomenon known as a “Heat Burst.” At 12:22 a.m. the temperature at Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport was 85 degrees. At 12:44 the temperature spiked to 102

WASHINGTON – The U.S. is approaching a financial crisis worse than 2008, Jim Rogers, chief executive, Rogers Holdings, warned CNBC Wednesday.

CHILE – Chileans can’t seem to catch a break these days. Less than a week after Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupted, forcing thousands to evacuate, a freak storm hit another part of the Andean nation

NAMIBIA – Reports and photographs of the snowfall circulated rapidly and widely across the Internet and inboxes bulged with rare images depicting snow in areas usually associated with heat and dust, not biting cold

Due to record snow and rainfall earlier this year, flooding continues to be a problem in the Midwest. The Missouri River breaches a levee on the Missouri state border causing flooding. Six hundred people who live on the south side of Hamburg, Iowa are ordered to evacuate their homes within 24 hours.

CHRISTCHURCH, Nz – A 5.0 (5.5) earthquake has struck outside the city of Christchurch on the south island of New Zealand once again.

A deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany has been linked to domestic sprouts. The farm, in northern Germany, where the sprouts are grown has been shut down. This rare strain of toxic E. coli causes bloody diarrhea and in extreme cases acute kidney failure and death. Twenty-two people so far have died from the outbreak, with 2,153 people ill and more than 600 of them in intensive care.

ANTARCTICA – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has been recorded near MacQuarie Island just north of Antarctica.

Somali Soldiers kill Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the leader of Al Qaeda in East Africa and the mastermind behind the American Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Mohammed and another militant are killed in a shootout after mistakenly driving up to a security checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital.

Two fires in Arizona merge into one runaway 600-square-mile blaze that continues to elude over 3,000 firefighters. Investigators believe that the fires may have been started by two unattended campfires. Thousands of residents leave their homes for evacuation centers. The Wallow Fire, named after the Bear Wallow Wilderness in the Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests, continues to burn despite the number of firefighters and an estimated $15 million spent so far.

HELENA, Montana (Reuters) – A harsh winter has stranded more than 2,500 pronghorn antelope at Montana’s Fort Peck Reservoir and nearly all are expected to die this summer,

GUANGZHOU, China (UPI) — At least 23 people are dead from flooding and landslides as Sarika, the year’s third tropical storm, lashed China, officials said.

KUWAIT CITY – Contrary to the claims of the Environment Public Authority (EPA), the Kuwait Society for Protection of Environment says fish are continuing to die in large numbers in the Arabian Gulf waters,

Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic eruption heats Nilahue River-leads to death of 4.3 million fish

PACIFIC - A powerful earthquake has shaken the seafloor under the Molucca Sea. The USGS registered the earthquake as a 6.4 magnitude with a corresponding depth of 13.7 km

CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – A 6.0, a 5.5 and a 4.6 magnitude quake has been reported right outside Christchurch.

Eritrea – The Anabro (Nabro) volcano in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea in Africa has erupted sending an ash plume more than 15 kilometers into the sky.

MOSCOW (UPI) — Locust swarms are devouring crops in the Astrakhan region in Russia, causing officials to declare a state of emergency for the area. The locusts have already affected about 19,768 acres or cropland,

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake was reported in the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea.

VANCOUVER — Roving bands of anarchists and troublemakers bent on havoc set fires, broke windows and whipped up booze-fuelled mobs to create the worst riot in Vancouver’s history,

A 5.5 magitude earthquake has occurred in the Eritrea region of Ethiopia where the Nabro volcano is presently erupting.

“Lately, the Sun has been behaving a bit strangely,” declare Lika Guhathakurtha (NASA) and Dan Baker (U. Colorado) on the opinions page of yesterday’s New York Times.

A 12 km deep, 4.9 magnitude earthquake (the third in a week) has been reported just south of the Lake Toba caldera

CHILE – Normally, this region would raise many eyebrows particularly if Chile wasn’t already experiencing a volcanic eruption with the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex. However, our gaze turns to northern Chile with today’s 5.1 magnitude earthquake

MOSCOW (UPI) — The Kizimen and Karymsky volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula spewed ash and gas, accompanied by earth tremors, a Russian science agency said Friday.

The Wallow Fire still burns through east Arizona and neighboring New Mexico, becoming the largest fire in Arizona's history.

Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is released from the hospital after being shot point-blank in the head outside a local grocery store in Tucson on Jan. 8. Since the shooting Giffords has been relearning how to walk and talk in a Houston rehabilitation hospital. The rehab will continue on a daily outpatient basis. Her discharge from the hospital is a major milestone in her recovery.

ASTANA — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday joined the Chinese and Russian leaders in a rare encounter at a summit in Kazakhstan, where he launched a new attack on the “slavers and colonizers”

Syrian forces regained control over Jisr al-Shoughour, crushing a mutinous alliance of armed civilians and soliders there. The seize on the norther Syrian town caused thousands of residents to leave, most of htem fleeing to Turkey.

SOLOMON ISLANDS - People of central Marovo lagoon in the Western have baffled over the sightings of dead fish floating in the lagoon since the weekend.

Eritrea - Two5.7, a 5.4, 5.1 and a 5.0 magnitude earthquake by a swarm of nine other quakes has struck the Eritrea region near Ethiopia along the Great Rift Valley at a depth of 10 km.

MOSCOW – Russia is voicing concern about a U.S. warship now just off its shores in the Black Sea. The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey, which is taking part in annual joint military exercises conducted by NATO

ARIZONA – The devastating wildfire sweeping through Arizona has become the worst ever in the state’s history.

Severe hailstorm leaves many Kansas wheat fields in ruins: Spring storms are wreaking havoc on farmers’ fields in Sedgwick county.

KANSAS CITY, MO – The swollen Missouri River washed over and punched through levees in northwestern Missouri early Sunday, spurring authorities to urge about 250 nearby residents to leave their homes.

ARIZONA – Firefighters across the southwestern United States on Sunday could face some of the worst weather conditions of the season for battling blazes currently raging across the region.

BEIJING – More than 5 million people have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in eastern China that is also pushing up food prices, state media reported Sunday.

Jerusalem's municipal council has approved the expansion of 2,000 homes in the settlement district of Ramat Shlomo, allowing each home to add a room, the interior ministry says.
The Ramat Shlomo neighbourhood lies in an area of Arab east Jerusalem, which Israel captured during the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed in a move not recognised by the international community.
Israel considers Jerusalem to be its undivided capital, but the Palestinians, with the support of much of the international community, want to make east Jerusalem the capital of their future state.
The Palestinians have refused to hold talks while Israel builds on land they want for their future state, and negotiations have remained on hold since late September 2010 because of the issue.

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radmerdauw Vreemdeling Geregistreerd: 21 mei 2011 Berichten: 44	Overzichtje gebeurtenisen in Juni, For the first time in three years, seven tornadoes touch down in Massachusetts. Four people are killed and 200 more are injured. Three twisters hit Springfield, Mass., and destroy several buildings. BATANGAS, Philippines – Another 200 tons of fish have died in Talisay, Batangas Tuesday night after a sharp decrease in oxygen levels in Taal Lake, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. SAUDI ARABIA – A Saudi farmer who went into his barn to take his 300 sheep on their daily pasturing was shocked when he found them all dead, PARIS – France is now on heat-wave alert after the hottest spring since 1900 has left water tables down and farmers struggling to feed their livestock. Chile — U.S. monitors say a magnitude-6.4 (6.1) earthquake has struck just off the shore of central Chile AUSTRALIA – An earthquake has hit the Grampians National Park, near Ararat, in western Victoria. Geoscience Australia says the earthquake measured approximately 3.8 on the Richter scale. On Bittersweet Farm in Stratham, New Hampshire, Mitt Romney announces his presidential run. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, does not mention any potential Republican rivals, focusing instead on casting himself as the right candidate to face Obama and fix the country's still troubled economy. This is Romney's second run at the presidency. He has emerged as an early front runner in a weak field. KAMCHATKA – An active volcano on Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia is currently spewing plumes of ash at a height of up to 9 km, local media reported on Wednesday. BOSTON, Ma – Several tornadoes touched down in Massachusetts Wednesday afternoon, killing at least four people and damaging property across more than a dozen communities. Saleh agrees to leave Yemen only after his condition gets worse. Saleh arrives in Saudi Arabia to receive urgent medical treatment for injuries sustained in the attack. Saleh's quick departure surprises Yemenis and concerns the United States. Al Qaeda and other jihadists appear to already be exploiting the unrest to solidify their base in Yemen. SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles into the sky and prompting the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. ARGENTINA – An earthquake swarm has erupted around Neuquen, Argentina. 8 moderate magnitude earthquakes have struck the region in rapid succession: three 4.7 earthquakes, two 4.6 quakes, and two 4.8 earthquakes, and the strongest a 4.9 quake WASHINGTON – Honeybee colonies in the United States reduced in number by 30 percent over the 2010-2011 winter Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh barely survives an attack when a mortar shell or rocket hits the mosque at the presidential compound where he and other government officials are praying. Saleh and a half dozen other officials are wounded. Saleh claims he's fine in a two-minute audio message, but his words are slurred as if he is under sedation. The Ahmar family, opposition leaders whose militia has been fighting Saleh's troops for nearly two weeks, is blamed for the attack. Syrians pour into streets, creating some of the largest antigovernment protests despite a brutal government crackdown that has killed more than 1,000 people. The protests are fueled by anger over the torture and killing of Hamza al-Khateeb, a 13-year-old boy. Marches are dedicated to him and other children who have been killed during the uprising. The protests continue even though Syria's internet has been shut down. As with other uprisings in the region, the internet has been a critical tool in organizing protests. MEXICO CITY — The Popocatepetl volcano that towers over Mexico City is rumbling again. The 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) mountain shot a blast of ash about 2 miles (3 kilometers) above its crater at dawn Friday. TOKYO – A 6.3 earthquake has struck just off the coast of Sendai, north of Tokyo. MAD WORLD- Suddenly, the world is a very scary place and is becoming more like the broken, decaying, dystopian world in science-fiction films none of us ever imagined would become a reality. MEXICO -The offshore 5.4 quake struck at a depth of 97.1 km. Over the past few days, amateur astronomers have recorded some of the most photogenic solar activity in years. SULLIVAN Mo – A minor earthquake shook southeast Missouri early today (Tuesday), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake, which occurred at 3:10 a.m., measured at a magnitude of 4.2. CHILE – Flames reach up to the heavens as lightning flashes criss-cross the sky. These extraordinary images show the full force of Mother Nature as a Chilean volcano erupts for the first time in 50 years. LIMA, Peru— An earthquake that Peruvian authorities initially put at a magnitude of 5.0 has shaken the southern Peruvian city of Tacna. What is happening to our Sun? NASA scientist explains unprecedented eruptive solar event on the Sun WASHINGTON – In the event of nuclear war, a powerful meteor strike or even a zombie apocalypse, the thoroughly protected doomsday plane is ready to keep the president, secretary of defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff and other key personnel in the air and out of danger. Uruguay — As many as 600 Magallan penguins have been found dead on Uruguayan coasts; scientists are investigating why so many penguins have died on their way to Brazilian waters. WICHITA, Kansas — Last night Wichita experienced a very rare weather phenomenon known as a “Heat Burst.” At 12:22 a.m. the temperature at Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport was 85 degrees. At 12:44 the temperature spiked to 102 WASHINGTON – The U.S. is approaching a financial crisis worse than 2008, Jim Rogers, chief executive, Rogers Holdings, warned CNBC Wednesday. CHILE – Chileans can’t seem to catch a break these days. Less than a week after Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupted, forcing thousands to evacuate, a freak storm hit another part of the Andean nation NAMIBIA – Reports and photographs of the snowfall circulated rapidly and widely across the Internet and inboxes bulged with rare images depicting snow in areas usually associated with heat and dust, not biting cold Due to record snow and rainfall earlier this year, flooding continues to be a problem in the Midwest. The Missouri River breaches a levee on the Missouri state border causing flooding. Six hundred people who live on the south side of Hamburg, Iowa are ordered to evacuate their homes within 24 hours. CHRISTCHURCH, Nz – A 5.0 (5.5) earthquake has struck outside the city of Christchurch on the south island of New Zealand once again. A deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany has been linked to domestic sprouts. The farm, in northern Germany, where the sprouts are grown has been shut down. This rare strain of toxic E. coli causes bloody diarrhea and in extreme cases acute kidney failure and death. Twenty-two people so far have died from the outbreak, with 2,153 people ill and more than 600 of them in intensive care. ANTARCTICA – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has been recorded near MacQuarie Island just north of Antarctica. Somali Soldiers kill Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the leader of Al Qaeda in East Africa and the mastermind behind the American Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Mohammed and another militant are killed in a shootout after mistakenly driving up to a security checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. Two fires in Arizona merge into one runaway 600-square-mile blaze that continues to elude over 3,000 firefighters. Investigators believe that the fires may have been started by two unattended campfires. Thousands of residents leave their homes for evacuation centers. The Wallow Fire, named after the Bear Wallow Wilderness in the Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests, continues to burn despite the number of firefighters and an estimated $15 million spent so far. HELENA, Montana (Reuters) – A harsh winter has stranded more than 2,500 pronghorn antelope at Montana’s Fort Peck Reservoir and nearly all are expected to die this summer, GUANGZHOU, China (UPI) — At least 23 people are dead from flooding and landslides as Sarika, the year’s third tropical storm, lashed China, officials said. KUWAIT CITY – Contrary to the claims of the Environment Public Authority (EPA), the Kuwait Society for Protection of Environment says fish are continuing to die in large numbers in the Arabian Gulf waters, Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic eruption heats Nilahue River-leads to death of 4.3 million fish PACIFIC - A powerful earthquake has shaken the seafloor under the Molucca Sea. The USGS registered the earthquake as a 6.4 magnitude with a corresponding depth of 13.7 km CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – A 6.0, a 5.5 and a 4.6 magnitude quake has been reported right outside Christchurch. Eritrea – The Anabro (Nabro) volcano in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea in Africa has erupted sending an ash plume more than 15 kilometers into the sky. MOSCOW (UPI) — Locust swarms are devouring crops in the Astrakhan region in Russia, causing officials to declare a state of emergency for the area. The locusts have already affected about 19,768 acres or cropland, A 6.6 magnitude earthquake was reported in the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea. VANCOUVER — Roving bands of anarchists and troublemakers bent on havoc set fires, broke windows and whipped up booze-fuelled mobs to create the worst riot in Vancouver’s history, A 5.5 magitude earthquake has occurred in the Eritrea region of Ethiopia where the Nabro volcano is presently erupting. “Lately, the Sun has been behaving a bit strangely,” declare Lika Guhathakurtha (NASA) and Dan Baker (U. Colorado) on the opinions page of yesterday’s New York Times. A 12 km deep, 4.9 magnitude earthquake (the third in a week) has been reported just south of the Lake Toba caldera CHILE – Normally, this region would raise many eyebrows particularly if Chile wasn’t already experiencing a volcanic eruption with the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex. However, our gaze turns to northern Chile with today’s 5.1 magnitude earthquake MOSCOW (UPI) — The Kizimen and Karymsky volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula spewed ash and gas, accompanied by earth tremors, a Russian science agency said Friday. The Wallow Fire still burns through east Arizona and neighboring New Mexico, becoming the largest fire in Arizona's history. Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is released from the hospital after being shot point-blank in the head outside a local grocery store in Tucson on Jan. 8. Since the shooting Giffords has been relearning how to walk and talk in a Houston rehabilitation hospital. The rehab will continue on a daily outpatient basis. Her discharge from the hospital is a major milestone in her recovery. ASTANA — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday joined the Chinese and Russian leaders in a rare encounter at a summit in Kazakhstan, where he launched a new attack on the “slavers and colonizers” Syrian forces regained control over Jisr al-Shoughour, crushing a mutinous alliance of armed civilians and soliders there. The seize on the norther Syrian town caused thousands of residents to leave, most of htem fleeing to Turkey. SOLOMON ISLANDS - People of central Marovo lagoon in the Western have baffled over the sightings of dead fish floating in the lagoon since the weekend. Eritrea - Two5.7, a 5.4, 5.1 and a 5.0 magnitude earthquake by a swarm of nine other quakes has struck the Eritrea region near Ethiopia along the Great Rift Valley at a depth of 10 km. MOSCOW – Russia is voicing concern about a U.S. warship now just off its shores in the Black Sea. The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey, which is taking part in annual joint military exercises conducted by NATO ARIZONA – The devastating wildfire sweeping through Arizona has become the worst ever in the state’s history. Severe hailstorm leaves many Kansas wheat fields in ruins: Spring storms are wreaking havoc on farmers’ fields in Sedgwick county. KANSAS CITY, MO – The swollen Missouri River washed over and punched through levees in northwestern Missouri early Sunday, spurring authorities to urge about 250 nearby residents to leave their homes. ARIZONA – Firefighters across the southwestern United States on Sunday could face some of the worst weather conditions of the season for battling blazes currently raging across the region. BEIJING – More than 5 million people have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in eastern China that is also pushing up food prices, state media reported Sunday. Jerusalem's municipal council has approved the expansion of 2,000 homes in the settlement district of Ramat Shlomo, allowing each home to add a room, the interior ministry says. The Ramat Shlomo neighbourhood lies in an area of Arab east Jerusalem, which Israel captured during the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed in a move not recognised by the international community. Israel considers Jerusalem to be its undivided capital, but the Palestinians, with the support of much of the international community, want to make east Jerusalem the capital of their future state. The Palestinians have refused to hold talks while Israel builds on land they want for their future state, and negotiations have remained on hold since late September 2010 because of the issue.