Maldives Environment Minister arrested for casting black magic on the President

Many news-articles worldwide (this for example) reported that State Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Energy, Fathimath Shamnaz Ali Saleem, was arrested on Sunday along with two others in the capital Male, for (supposedly) casting black magic on President Mohamed Muizzu. She was detained for a week. As Maldives is…

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Rare Tornado hit Haiti

Rare Tornado today hit the northern part of Haiti, injuring at least 50 people (10 of them are seriously injured) and destroying over 200 homes. According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, over 300 families are left homeless because of this disaster. Haiti’s civil protection agency…

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International Earth Day

Earth Day, celebrated on April 22 each year, is a global holiday dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of protecting our planet. It was first celebrated in 1970, and today over a billion people in more than 190 countries participate in it. The aim of Earth Day is to…

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Big wildfires on Maui Island, Hawaii

Hurricane Dora sparkled those wildfires across some Hawaii islands due to heavy winds. One of the most hit is Maui Island. According to here https://n1info.rs/svet/video-na-ostrvu-maui-kao-u-grotlu-vulkana-ljudi-skakali-u-okean-da-se-spasu/  large numbers of farms burned out, and thousands of people got evacuated, even some people fled to the ocean to escape the blaze. Evacuating people is…

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Mauna Loa Volcano erupted

Manua Loa on Big Island in Hawaii, the largest volcano on the planet, recently erupted. Rising gradually to more than 4 km (13,100 ft) above sea level, Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on our planet. The eruption happened on the 27. November, two days ago, and is still…

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Hurricane Ian caused power cuts in Cuba

According to our local news N1 https://rs.n1info.com/svet/cela-kuba-ostala-bez-struje-zbog-udara-uragana/  heavy hurricane Ian damaged electric installations and caused power cuts in the whole country. A Category 3 hurricane with winds of up to 190 kilometers per hour is now heading toward Florida. Cuba's state-owned power company Union Electrica said the country was without electricity…

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Typhoon Nanmadol hit Japan

Super Typhoon, named Nanmadol recently hit Japan. It was formed east of Iwo Jima, and became very powerful. its winds were 235 km per hour! According to N1 here https://rs.n1info.com/svet/devet-miliona-ljudi-trebalo-bi-da-se-evakuise-iz-svojih-domova-posto-je-japan-pogodjen-jednim-od-najjacih-tajfuna-nanmadol-u-kome-je-stradala-jedna-osoba-a-skoro-70-je-povredjeno-javlja-bbc/  currently is evacuation of 9 million people on the works because of danger this typhoon presents. They forecast around 400mm of…

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A strong volcanic eruption hit Tonga, creating big waves and tsunami warnings across the Pacific

On January 15, an underwater volcano near Tonga erupted. A powerful explosion was heard in Fiji, about 800 km away, and even as far as New Zealand in the south, which is 2300 km away. Satellite images showed that the eruption spewed ash up to 20km in height! The sky…

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Nature violators will have to plant trees for damaging vegetation on the island

According to local 10 news https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/12/17/marathon-settles-citation-with-private-island-owners-who-bulldozed-nature-without-permit/  (and several previous their other articles)  a couple, owners of the small island  The West Fanny Key (in Marathon, Florida) will have to plant six trees per each of the trees removed. They did not have permission to clear those native trees, which were home…

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Heavy rains in Malaysia have been going on for three weeks continuously

We already covered the article here https://tropicalislands.net/the-number-of-flood-victims-in-malaysia-is-growing/  on December 22, when heavy rains already caused death and floods in Malaysia (since 16 December). So far, January 10, 2022, the rains are still going on, for three weeks in a row! The number of victims rose to 54 dead and two…

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