WOW! Incredible footage of a condensed waterspout moving across the James River near Newport News, Virginia moments ago!
Thank you to Lan for sending this video in!
Line thickness here is average annual flow rather than length, running from a hairline at 1,000 cubic feet per second up to the swollen trunk of the lower Mississippi at the top of the scale, and drawn this way the map rearranges the country's mental geography, since the Ohio
⚠️Imagine you live in a house near a forest.
-A wildfire starts across the valley!
📏 Distance: about 2 km
🌬️ Wind: blowing hard towards you
Question: Once you see the flames on the opposite ridge, how many minutes do you really have to escape?
-The answer is much worse than most people think. 👇
🇪🇸 This is exactly what happened in the Navas del Rey wildfire near Madrid. Camera footage shows that between the moment flames appeared on the ridge and the house being completely engulfed, there were only 8 minutes. (Video sped up 10x)
So what actually happens in those 8 minutes? 🧵
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#HeatDome #ClimateCrisis #Wildfires
🟠In corso ingrossamento dei corsi d'acqua nel Perugino a causa della linea temporalesca stazionaria tra Toscana meridionale, Umbria e Marche.
Video di Perugia Meteo dell'ingrossamento del Torrente Genna.
When you're told to evacuate, evacuate! The speed of this forest fire in Navas del Rey, near Madrid, Spain is terrifying.
It took 8 minutest to reach the camera.
❗In corso grave incendio a Castronovo di Sicilia (PA).
In fase di evacuazione di alcune zone del comune siciliano. Video dal Gruppo segnalazioni incendi sicilia. «Siamo in piena emergenza». Lo dice il sindaco di Castronovo di Sicilia Vitale Gattuso
The Niger River has one of the most bizarre courses of any major river on Earth. It starts just 150 miles (240 km) from the Atlantic Ocean in Guinea. But instead of flowing west to the sea, it heads inland, northeast toward the Sahara Desert.
Why?
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🚨 #BREAKING: An apocalyptic scene unfolded on Highway 11 in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, yesterday evening as the sky turned deep red and nearly black amid the raging wildfires.
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