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Maracaibon lake, which is the most hit by lightning in the world
Maracaibo lake in Venezuela is where lightning appears with the highest frequency in the world, averaging 140 to 160 nights / year, 10 hours / day and 28 times / minute.
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12 volcanoes make the world wary
Large volcanoes with powerful eruptions always threaten to rob people of their lives and bury their surroundings.
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Can 2015 El Nino cause more natural disasters?
The eastern Pacific Ocean is heating up, making the El Nino phenomenon likely to hit its peak in 1997 and causing unexpected disasters.
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4,000 Chinese people die every day because of pollution
A new study shows that air pollution kills about 4,000 people a day in China, accounting for one-sixth of the total deaths in the world's most populous country.
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Sakurajima volcano is about to erupt threatening 600,000 Japanese
The Sakurajima volcano, Japan, will probably erupt violently, threatening to affect 600,000 people in the surrounding area.
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Books remove more than 99% of bacteria in dirty water
A book with pages that could be torn off to filter drinking water has yielded positive results in preliminary tests.
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Goni storm level 17 is approaching the Philippines
According to the Central Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting, at present, a very strong storm is operating in the waters off the Eastern Philippines a…
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July 2015 is the hottest month in 200 years
Recently, reports from NASA showed that July 2015 became the hottest month in the past 2 centuries. Research on signs of striated gravel, ice cores and coral reefs also…
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Twin-minded storms on the Pacific Ocean from the universe
Astronauts on the ISS space station and weather satellite have taken many photos of two parallel storms in the Pacific Northwest.
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Bill Gates brought the device of manure to clean water to Africa
Earlier this year, Bill Gates surprised everyone by drinking water treated from ... feces in just 5 minutes.
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Appeared to be a virtual fantasy 'fire rainbow' in the sky of America
The people of South Carolina (USA) were very fortunate to admire the phenomenon of clouds with full rainbow colors appearing in the sky earlier this week.
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A clear picture of red heterosexual lightning was taken from the International Space Station
Red heterogeneous lightning is an optical activity associated with strong lightning, which takes place in a very short time.
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Typhoon Goni and Atsani headed straight for East Asia
Tropical storm Goni moved through the region near the northern Philippines on the afternoon of August 21, causing heavy rain for the area while Typhoon Atsani was approa…
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Flooding in Quang Ninh left 8 people dead, 6 missing
After a heavy rain of up to 700 mm, many roads in Quang Ninh were eroded and flooded. The two most severely affected cities are Ha Long and Cam Pha, where there are near…
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Quang Ninh: The number of deaths increased in historical floods
Heavy rain caused many roads in Quang Ninh to turn into rivers, many hillside residential areas were eroded, causing 15 deaths, 8 missing people. Military zone 3, the Na…