Another Storm Headed for UK..

Another Storm Headed for UK..

Cyclone Ula heading for northern Tonga

Tropical Cyclone Ula is expected to pass through the kingdom of Tonga early in the weekend.

The category one system developed on Wednesday night and has caused stormy weather across much of the south west Pacific.

Ula, which is currently compact and producing winds of 85 kilometres an hour, is about 420 kilometres east-south-east of Pago Pago heading in a southwesterly direction at just over 30 kilometres an hour.

Eli Funaki from the Fiji Meteorological Service says Ula will cross through the northern part of Tonga late Friday night at the earliest.

"The current projection is that it will pass just due south of the Niuas and between the Niuas and Vava'u. We're looking at late tomorrow because in turning it slows down and the models show that it will be tomorrow or even in the early hours of Saturday."

Cyclone Ula heading for northern Tonga

Tropical Cyclone Ula is expected to pass through the kingdom of Tonga early in the weekend.

The category one system developed on Wednesday night and has caused stormy weather across much of the south west Pacific.

Ula, which is currently compact and producing winds of 85 kilometres an hour, is about 420 kilometres east-south-east of Pago Pago heading in a southwesterly direction at just over 30 kilometres an hour.

Eli Funaki from the Fiji Meteorological Service says Ula will cross through the northern part of Tonga late Friday night at the earliest.

"The current projection is that it will pass just due south of the Niuas and between the Niuas and Vava'u. We're looking at late tomorrow because in turning it slows down and the models show that it will be tomorrow or even in the early hours of Saturday."

Fuego volcano (Guatemala): increase of activity, strombolian explosions, pyroclastic flow

The activity at Fuego might be picking up towards a new paroxysm (eruptive phase with strongly increased effusion rate, resulting in lava fountaining and lava flows). 
We camped on the SW side of the volcano last night, and observed mild to strong strombolian explosions that occurred at intervals between 1 and 10 minutes. The strongest explosions sent incandescent material to heights of up to approx. 500 m and similar distances. One particularly intense explosion was accompanied by a very strong shock wave. 
Although not seen directly from our location, a pyroclastic flow occurred around 10:15 (local time): we observed the co-ignimbrite ash plume rising from what was likely a collapse of a new lava flow on the southern slope. According to staff at the Panimache volcano observatory, who confirmed our observation, the pyroclastic flow could have reached a length of 7 km and seems to herald the start of the 14th paroxysm of Fuego in 2015... Following the initial sighting of the brownish ash plume, it gradually spread around the whole southern slopes and caused fine ash fall in the area lasting about 2 hours, graying all vegetation...

Credit - http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fuego/news/55910/Fuego-volcano-Guatemala-increase-of-activity-strombolian-explosions-pyroclastic-flow.html

Fuego volcano (Guatemala): increase of activity, strombolian explosions, pyroclastic flow

The activity at Fuego might be picking up towards a new paroxysm (eruptive phase with strongly increased effusion rate, resulting in lava fountaining and lava flows). 
We camped on the SW side of the volcano last night, and observed mild to strong strombolian explosions that occurred at intervals between 1 and 10 minutes. The strongest explosions sent incandescent material to heights of up to approx. 500 m and similar distances. One particularly intense explosion was accompanied by a very strong shock wave. 
Although not seen directly from our location, a pyroclastic flow occurred around 10:15 (local time): we observed the co-ignimbrite ash plume rising from what was likely a collapse of a new lava flow on the southern slope. According to staff at the Panimache volcano observatory, who confirmed our observation, the pyroclastic flow could have reached a length of 7 km and seems to herald the start of the 14th paroxysm of Fuego in 2015... Following the initial sighting of the brownish ash plume, it gradually spread around the whole southern slopes and caused fine ash fall in the area lasting about 2 hours, graying all vegetation...

Credit - http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fuego/news/55910/Fuego-volcano-Guatemala-increase-of-activity-strombolian-explosions-pyroclastic-flow.html

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rumbles deep under waters north of Nelson

The magnitude-5.1 quake was centred under the seabed north of Nelson.

A magnitude 5.1 quake has struck deep under the seabed north of Nelson.

Geonet said the 8.50am Thursday quake was centred 50km north west of French Pass at a depth of 110km.

It received more than 1,000 reports from people who felt the quake, mostly light or weak shaking in the lower North Island and upper South Island.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/75547834/magnitude-51-earthquake-rumbles-deep-under-waters-north-of-nelson

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rumbles deep under waters north of Nelson

The magnitude-5.1 quake was centred under the seabed north of Nelson.

A magnitude 5.1 quake has struck deep under the seabed north of Nelson.

Geonet said the 8.50am Thursday quake was centred 50km north west of French Pass at a depth of 110km.

It received more than 1,000 reports from people who felt the quake, mostly light or weak shaking in the lower North Island and upper South Island.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/75547834/magnitude-51-earthquake-rumbles-deep-under-waters-north-of-nelson

Large Sinkhole closes Phillips Lane near Fairgrounds

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Traffic being diverted for the next four to five days while MSD responds to a giant sink hole on Phillips Lane.

A stretch of the road is partially closed between Freedom Way and Preston Highway because of the massive hole caused by a four foot leaking pipe underground.

Only the left lane of the road is blocked, so you cannot turn right when you're getting off the Watterson at the exit to the fairgrounds.

"We have a 48 inch line there and it had a leak in it and it undermines the ground, and then over time the ground gives way and that's where sink holes often come from,” Dennis Thomasson with MSD said.

The bigger the pipe, the bigger the hole.  This one is about 30 feet long, 19 feet wide and 18 feet deep.  Thomasson says it will take between four and five days to repair the pipe, fill the hole, and have Phillips lane operating normally.

"We have crews that do this all the time, the folks that were on scene there this morning, that's their primary job."

Read more at - http://www.whas11.com/story/news/2015/12/28/large-hole-closes-phillips-lane-near-fairgrounds/77972874/

Large Sinkhole closes Phillips Lane near Fairgrounds

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Traffic being diverted for the next four to five days while MSD responds to a giant sink hole on Phillips Lane.

A stretch of the road is partially closed between Freedom Way and Preston Highway because of the massive hole caused by a four foot leaking pipe underground.

Only the left lane of the road is blocked, so you cannot turn right when you're getting off the Watterson at the exit to the fairgrounds.

"We have a 48 inch line there and it had a leak in it and it undermines the ground, and then over time the ground gives way and that's where sink holes often come from,” Dennis Thomasson with MSD said.

The bigger the pipe, the bigger the hole.  This one is about 30 feet long, 19 feet wide and 18 feet deep.  Thomasson says it will take between four and five days to repair the pipe, fill the hole, and have Phillips lane operating normally.

"We have crews that do this all the time, the folks that were on scene there this morning, that's their primary job."

Read more at - http://www.whas11.com/story/news/2015/12/28/large-hole-closes-phillips-lane-near-fairgrounds/77972874/