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The Australian government is sending troops in to enforce a coronavirus lockdown in New South Wales. As soldiers will be joining police to enforce a coronavirus lockdown in and around Sydney as authorities try to tamp down the latest outbreak of cases linked to the more infectious delta variant. The soldiers will begin patrols in Sydney, a city of 6 million people, … Read More

Fierce cold with ice and snow have hit Brazil with snow accumulating on streets of cities and ice accumulating on trees where such winter phenomenon is not usually seen. At least 43 Brazilian cities registered either snow or freezing rain according to information from Climatempo, a weather service. And temperatures are expected to keep dropping, with more snow possible. According … Read More

A massive earthquake of rare magnitude, coming in at 8.2-M, has hit Alaska spawning initial tsunami alerts from Hawaii to New Zealand. Authorities as far away as Hawaii, Japan and New Zealand confirmed they were on alert for potential tsunami waves. The U.S. tsunami alert system also sent notifications to residents along the southern coast of Alaska as residents evacuated … Read More

The Great Salt Lake, also known as America’s Dead Sea, is drying up as it approaches historic lows and its dry soil which is high in chemical compounds could become a source of toxic dust across America. Human water consumption and diversion have long depleted the Utah lake and now record drought conditions have exacerbated the situation. A local commercial … Read More

A sandstorm rose up from high winds in Utah where it engulfed a highway reducing visibility to zero as vehicles began to collide resulting in a horrific pileup. The sandstorm caused as many as 22 vehicles to be involved in the pileup as it significantly reduced visibility on the Utah roadway. The accident occurred on Interstate 15, near milepost 152. … Read More

Lake Powell, a crucial US reservoir on the Colorado River, has now hit its lowest level on record since the reservoir was first filled. The country’s second-largest reservoir had dropped to 3,555.09 feet (1083.6 meters), according to the Bureau of Reclamation. The reservoir is now at just 33% of its capacity and is more than 110 feet (33.5 meters) below the … Read More

Another swarm of more than 140 earthquakes has rattled Yellowstone National Park according to geologists. The U.S. Geological Survey said that an ongoing earthquake swarm occurred this past weekend beginning Thursday evening that was centered beneath Yellowstone Lake. In the swarm, there have been 40 earthquakes bigger than a magnitude 2.0, and two have been above a 3.0 magnitude, according … Read More

More than 1,600 Jews just visited the Temple Mount to mark Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning over their loss of the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The increasing large Jewish presence on the Temple Mount comes after Israel has recently been softening its long held position on preventing Jewish prayers at the contested site, the holiest … Read More

Iran increased the level of conflict with the U.S. in Iraq with a new rocket strike on a U.S. military base in Iraq – at least the fourth attack on U.S. facilities in the region in just a few days. The U.S. headquarters overseeing military operations in Iraq said 14 rockets landed on the base housing U.S. and allied troops … Read More

A leader of Iran-backed militia in Iraq has vowed revenge on America in military operations of what they say is an “open war” on the U.S. Abu Alaa al-Walae, commander of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada militia in Iraq said in an interview with the Associated Press in Baghdad that they will launch operations to take revenge on the Americans in Iraq … Read More