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Posted: 11:40:56 PM  

World Airline Traffic (24-Hour Time Lapse) AMAZING!!!

Posted: 11:35:40 PM  

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Posted: 11:19:36 PM  

Egypt's detested leader Hosni Mubarak tonight stood down. After a momentous day of mass protests, which saw up to a million people pour out onto the streets of Egypt[base ']s main cities, the ageing leader went on television to say he would not stand again for election.

Posted: 11:17:00 PM  

MANDATORY evacuations begin this morning as the Bureau of Meteorology warns the storm is "likely to be more life threatening than any experienced during recent generations" and predict winds of up to 320km/h.

Weather experts say Cyclone Yasi will now hit Queensland at 10pm and warn of tsunami-like surge.
Live updates.

Residents must evacuate now: Bligh

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says north Queenslanders at risk of tidal storm surges have very limited time to evacuate as Cyclone Yasi nears the coast as a category five.

Posted: 11:13:47 PM  

THOUSANDS of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in Machans Beach, Holloways Beach, Yorkeys Knob, Port Douglas, Bramston Beach and the CBD.

Posted: 8:35:58 AM  

Blizzard, winter storm and freezing rain warnings were issued for more than 25 states, from North Dakota and Colorado down to New Mexico, then up through Texas, Kansas and Missouri to the Great Lakes region and across Pennsylvania to New England.

Posted: 8:28:03 AM  

The cyclone was tracking towards Cairns and due to impact early on Thursday morning, when it's forecast to generate a storm surge of up to 2.5m above the high water mark.

Townsville Weather - satellite

Forced to leave homes:

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said this afternoon councils from Cook to Hinchinbrook had given the go-ahead for forced evacuations to be carried out, as the category-three cyclone approaches the Queensland coast.

Live coverage: Cyclone Yasi bears down on Queensland coast

6.04pm: The weather bureau has released an updated forecast for Cyclone Yasi, warning of gusts above 170km/h between Port Douglasand Cardwell tomorrow evening.

Posted: 8:05:05 AM  

According to the official forecast, the odds of geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31st were less than 10%.

That was good enough for Kjetil Skogli of Troms, Norway.

"We went out to look in spite of the low expectaions--and there it was!" An aurora-burst was in progress directly overhead:

"We didnt have to wait at all," says Skogli. "The show started right away and lasted for more than an hour with a lot of moving green curtains and rays."

The unexpected display was caused by a disturbance in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth. The IMF tilted south, opening a hole in Earth's magnetosphere. Solar wind poured in and ignited the auroras.

More auroras are in the offing. A solar wind stream is heading for Earth, due to arrive on Feb. 2nd and 3rd.

Posted: 7:14:20 AM  

A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak, the clearest sign yet that a unified leadership was trying to emerge for Egypt's powerful but disparate protest movement.

Posted: 7:08:11 AM  

Residents in waterfront and low-lying areas around Cairns and Townsville are leaving their homes as Yasi advances, but so far there have been no mandatory evacuations.

Posted: 7:04:17 AM