Tornado at the Wells Fargo Plaza in downtown Houston
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.
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Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spews massive ash tower
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
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Two different satellites capture one of the biggest volcanic eruptions ever seen from space
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
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Tornado passing through Sulphur, LA 5-13-2024
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.
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Tornado - Near Branson MO at Payne’s Valley 5-13-2024
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
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Stunning rainbow cloud formation - Cloud iridescence
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
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Tornado hits rural areas of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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
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Tornado hitting Bunbury, Australia
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
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Dashcam video catches Westmoreland KS EF3 Tornado at full strength
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
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Huge waves hitting the coast of San Sebastian, Spain sends people scattering
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
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Power flashes as tornado hits Huntsville Alabama
Power flashes as tornado hits Huntsville Alabama
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Large tornado near Prospect, Tennessee 5-8-2024
Large tornado near Prospect, Tennessee 5-8-2024
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Huge Columbia, TN tornado off 65 and and Bear Creek Pike 5-8-2024
Huge Columbia, TN tornado off 65 and and Bear Creek Pike
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Large Tornado crossing Bear Creek Pike in Columbia, TN
Large Tornado crossing Bear Creek Pike in Columbia, TN
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Tornado: Land between the lakes near Cadiz, KY right over the Cumberland river
Tornado: Land between the lakes near Cadiz, KY right over the Cumberland river
5-8-24
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Tornado on the ground southeast of Carbondale Illinois 5-8-2024
Tornado on the ground southeast of Carbondale Illinois 5-8-2024
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Nocturnal Tornado Near Hot Springs , AR 5-7-2014
Nocturnal Tornado Near Hot springs, AR 5-7-2014
nocturnal tornado
What is a nocturnal tornado? Weather experts say it’s twice as deadly
Nocturnal tornadoes, as the name suggests, are tornadoes that occur overnight. Generally, tornadoes that occur during these hours are less common or less severe than their evening or daytime counterparts — but they’re twice as likely to kill, the NOAA has found.
“Nocturnal tornadoes are difficult to forecast, difficult to see (and therefore confirm), and difficult to respond to because much of the population is asleep when they occur,” reads the report
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/what-is-a-nocturnal-tornado-weather-experts-say-its-twice-as-deadly/amp/
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Large tornado of Highway 131 just South of Kalamazoo, Michigan 5-7-2024
Large tornado of Highway 131 just South of Kalamazoo, Michigan 5-7-2024
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Moment Large Tornado hits hotel in Bartlesville, Oklahoma 5-6-2024
Watch as new footage shows the terrifying moment captured by people inside Hampton Inn as it was being annihilated by a massive tornado as The National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency for Bartlesville, Oklahoma, due to a large confirmed violent tornado passing through the town, resulting major damages to mutiple buildings and home along with one fatality. The tornado then caused the Hampton Inn roof to fly off and the tornado hit a nursing home; fortunately, no injuries have been reported
Bartlesville is a city mostly in Washington County and Osage County, Oklahoma. The population was 37,290 at the 2020 census. Bartlesville is 47 miles (76 km) north of Tulsa and 18 miles (29 km) south of the Kansas border. It is the county seat of Washington County. The Caney River runs through Bartlesville
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Dashcam video of Tornado destroying a warehouse in NE 4-26-2024
New dashcam footage recorded from the parking lot capturing the moment when a powerful and destructive EF-3 tornado tore through the Garner Industries warehouse located in Waverly, Nebraska, where 70 workers were inside, causing significant damage and resulting in the building's collapse. Fortunately, there were only minor injuries. The incident occurred on Friday evening on April 26th during a tornado outbreak, which had spawned numerous tornadoes, inflicted significant damage to multiple homes and structures, and tragically resulted in three fatalities
Tornado , tornado outbreak , tornado damage
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Before and after a river in the city of Lajeado, Brazil reaches a level of 30 meters
Before and after a river in the city of Lajeado, Brazil reaches a level of 30 meters, flooding the entire region, this week 5-4-2024
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and in Latin America. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the only country in the Americas to have Portuguese as an official language. Brazil is one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world.
Lajeado is an important city in the valley of the Taquari River, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 97,432 (2022 est.) in an area of 90.09 km2. Some of the largest distributors of food and fuel of the state are found in Lajeado. The city is mostly urban. Its current mayor is Marcelo Caumo. It was founded on January 26, 1891, when it was separated from the municipality of Estrela. It was colonized by German and Italian people
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Cargo ship gets hit by a huge sandstorm in the Suez Canal
Cargo ship gets hit by a huge sandstorm in the Suez Canal
A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. Sandstorms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Fine particles are transported by saltation and suspension, a process that moves soil from one place and deposits it in another
The arid regions of North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and China are the main terrestrial sources of airborne dust. It has been argued that poor management of Earth's drylands, such as neglecting the fallow system, are increasing the size and frequency of sandstorms from desert margins and changing both the local and global climate, as well as impacting local economies
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An amazing capture of volcanic Eruption and Lightning together in Guatemala
An amazing capture of volcanic Eruption and Lightning together in Guatemala
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VIDEO shows moment big rig is swept away by flood waters on fwy in Livingston, TX
VIDEO shows moment big rig is swept away by flood waters on fwy in Livingston, TX
A big rig or semi-trailer truck is an articulated vehicle that consists of a towing engine
Livingston is a town in and the county seat of Polk County, Texas, United States. With a population of 5,640 at the 2020 census, it is the largest city in Polk County. It is located approximately 46 miles (74 km) south of Lufkin and roughly 74 miles (119 km) northeast of Houston and was originally settled in 1835 as Springfield. Its name was changed in 1846 to Livingston, when it was designated as the county seat of Polk County.
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Hailstorms turns the Saudi desert white
Hailstorms turns the Saudi desert white
Hail is a form of solid precipitation.[1] It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Ice pellets generally fall in cold weather, while hail growth is greatly inhibited during low surface temperatures.
Estimating Hail Size
Hail size is often estimated by comparing it to a known object. Most hailstorms are made up of a mix of different sizes, and only the very largest hail stones pose serious risk to people caught in the open. When reporting hail, estimates comparing the hail to a known object with definite size are good, but measurements using a ruler, calipers, or a tape measure are best.
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