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A plane being evacuated from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL due to Hurricane
#Idalia
recorded St. Elmo's Fire, a lightning-like weather phenomenon which is a coronal discharge of plasma.
Intense footage captured when a 25-year-old driver was caught inside a deadly tornado with 150 mph winds in Clarksville, Tennessee.
His dash-cam captured lightning, poles bending, and debris flying as his windshield cracked. He survived, but the storm "totally totaled" his car.
Remarkable. 😧 AccuWeather's
@TonyLaubach
captured this incredible video of side-by-side tornadoes forming in Washington County, Colorado, this afternoon.
#COwx
🌀💨 A Mexico weather station recorded a 205 mph wind gust during Category 5 Hurricane Otis, which is among the strongest wind gusts ever recorded on Earth.
Two bald eagles in a nest in Big Bear, California, are working hard to ensure their eggs stay warm as a
#winterstorm
brings cold weather and snow to the area.
#CAwx
On the summit of the volcanic Mount Zao in Japan, about 220 miles north of Tokyo, an unusual natural phenomenon gives birth to snowy, monster-like figures every year.
One hundred fifty years ago, on Oct. 8, 1871, a fire engulfed the small town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, killing some 800 people in an hour. The words that begin that Biblical passage are haunting, given the fate so many met that terrible night.
Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah was transformed into a spectacular winter wonderland as 15.5 inches of snow fell from Tue - Wed, with even more snow in the forecast. ☃️
Fairbanks, Alaska, witnessed a 'watermelon aurora' on Sunday. 🍉✨
High-energy nitrogen emissions painted the sky in beautiful pink and green hues during a substorm.
Hurricane Hilary from space:
The International Space Station captured this footage of
#HurricaneHilary
heading toward Southern California yesterday afternoon. At the time of recording, Hilary was a Category 2 storm.
The outer bands of Hurricane
#Idalia
are bringing rough surf and flooding to Florida's Gulf Coast. Footage captured in Fort Myers Beach this afternoon:
Alarming video captures a group of people snatching bear cubs from a tree in North Carolina for photos. One cub was later transported to a local rehab facility.
At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980, the walls of Mount St. Helens’ top collapsed, setting off the largest landslide in recorded history. The entire north flank quivered before appearing to almost liquify.
Have you ever seen this before? 😲
A Colorado resident captured a rare meteorological phenomenon this week as a blanket of snow slowly melted off a car, creating a fascinating folding pattern.
“Acapulco has been destroyed” - A survivor of Hurricane Otis shows the damage of the category 5 hurricane from the 21st floor of a beachfront hotel.
#Otis
is the strongest storm ever to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast.
Buffalo Bills fans had a little fun while shoveling snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday!
Locals who could walk to the stadium were paid $20/hour to help clear the snow.
#BillsMafia
Fire on the ground & fireball in the sky 🔥☄️
An Australian resident was recording a close-by brush blaze when they turned and saw a spectacular meteor streaking across the sky.
Everyone has heard of a meteor shower, but what about a meteor storm? The chance to see one of these rare celestial storms is possible at the end of Memorial Day weekend:
An Australian man recorded this incredible video as a fire whirl, often called a "firenado" or fire tornado, tore across farmland in the Australian outback. 🔥🌪
Why you should never trust puddles in Florida! 🐊
Parts of Florida have been inundated with over a foot of rain this week leading to dangerous flash flooding and lots of puddles for gators to lurk in.
🚨 San Diego declared a state of emergency as extreme rainfall and flash flooding hit the city on Monday evening.
This marked the wettest January day on record at the airport, and over 4 inches of rain was recorded to the NE of downtown.
Terrifying video gives an up-close look at the wildfire burning in West Kelowna.
British Columbia is currently under a state of emergency amid blazing wildfires.
#BCWildfires
😰 A hiker recorded this terrifying encounter with a brown bear and two cubs on a narrow hiking trail near Sierra Madre, California.
The bears charged and followed the runner as she backed away, roaring in an attempt to scare them off.
(11) Just miles from the rapidly-deteriorating summit of Mount St. Helens on that fateful day May 18, 1980, he would transmit his famous last words: “Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!” Johnston transmitted over the radio before the line was cut short.
Hurricane
#Otis
made a historic landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, on Wednesday after rapidly intensifying from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane just hours before reaching the coast.
🌋 Newly released footage captures a volcanic eruption on a new island formed off the coast of Iwo Jima.
The island was first spotted on November 10, and the eruption occurred on November 23.
4. “I told my friend, ‘I think I just took the best picture of my life.’” Kokh has photographed and filmed many wildlife species over the years. But he was immediately taken aback by the sheer magnitude and behavior of the polar bears. 🐻❄️
A police officer rescued a pit bull terrier found tied to a fence “inches from drowning” in Greenville, North Carolina, as Tropical Storm
#Ophelia
made landfall this morning.
#NCwx
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A rare fire whirl, a combination of high fire intensity, strong winds and air mass instability, was captured spinning over a lake amid the raging wildfires in British Columbia.
During live television coverage on
#HurricaneIan
, this cameraman dropped his camera to help people wading through the storm’s dangerous flooding get to safety in Naples, Florida.
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2. Russian photographer Dmitry Kokh, on a personal mission to chronicle polar bears in the wild, was able to capture stunning images of not one, not two, but 20 polar bears — as we’ve never seen them before! 😍🐻❄️
2. The strange occurrence, which the Japanese call "Juhyo," leads to the creation of thousands of "snow monsters" that rest on the mountain during the winter.