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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Little Darby Island

Recently I wrote blog post about Big Darby Island here https://tropicalislands.net/big-darby-island/  and now we will cover its neighbor Little Darby Island. Little Darby Island is an island of 238 acres (96ha), maximum length / width about 2.5kmX840m. The island has vegetation typical of the region, has several internal lakes / lagoons,…

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Blue Island

Blue Island Bahamas or Innocence Island or Hog Caye choose one ... All names denote one island. Or a super island, a very luxurious island, unique in the Bahamas. Blue Island has a length / width of about 5.7kmX1km, and an area of ​​700 acres (283ha) which currently makes it…

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Big Darby Island

Rare islands have castles on them. Even fewer on private islands. One of them is Big Darby Island. This island is interesting according to the legend of the "Nazi Castle". Darby Islands are 5 islands in Exuma Cays (Little Darby, Big Darby, Goat Cay, Guana Cay, and Bette Cay). Interestingly,…

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