Rwanda was shaken by an earthquake, measuring 5 on the Richter scale. As a result, 21 people were killed, many when a church collapsed. The country lies on a faultline in the earth's crust, which has spawned a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west. Many millions of years from now, east Africa as we know it will drift away east, much like India did before. Its collision with the Asian continent gave rise to the Himalayan mountains.
After a week with 3 tropical cyclones, two of these have died away and number 3 is on the way out. I am now watching two new ones, which may form in the Indian Ocean, far away from land. One is located far east of the island of Diego Garcia, in the middle of the basin, and the other south of Indonesia. The latter, if it develops further, might pose a threat to Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology there is keeping an eye on this - atmospheric conditions are becoming less than favourable for a cyclone to form.
Wow the wind sounds scary! Be careful!
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Strange, I never had you on alerts! Linda
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good day to stay inside. We are in the 80's today. Nice and warm.
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its never a dull moment at your place with the weather; I can imagine with that wind it is wild!
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Congrats on the Nice Matter award. I don't know you well but if my friends in j-land say you are nice then I know it is true. They are all nice here. I see you have the rice game on your side bar. I love to play that and its for such a good cause. Take Care, Paula
ReplyDeleteWild weather is everywhere right now it seems. Stay grounded, LOL.
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