Vaibhav Vernekar
@twisterbilly96.bsky.social
Here to dive into the amazing world of weather, volcanoes and earthquakes.
Cover picture: Global temperature change (1850-2024) via showyourstripes.info
Cover picture: Global temperature change (1850-2024) via showyourstripes.info
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Stuff of nightmares: Mr Soodthoop said he asked for the coffin to be opened and saw the woman "opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin". "She must have been knocking for quite some time," he added.
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Thai woman's cremation stopped as knocking on coffin heard, temple staff say
The general manager of a Buddhist temple was startled to see her "opening her eyes" as the coffin opened, AP news agency says.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Stuff of nightmares: Mr Soodthoop said he asked for the coffin to be opened and saw the woman "opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin". "She must have been knocking for quite some time," he added.
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Haunting video from Sibolga in Sumatra, Indonesia.
People stranded on roofs of flooded homes with lightning above.
People stranded on roofs of flooded homes with lightning above.
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Haunting video from Sibolga in Sumatra, Indonesia.
People stranded on roofs of flooded homes with lightning above.
People stranded on roofs of flooded homes with lightning above.
Not often the first advisory for a potential cyclone comes from the Straits of Malacca!
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Not often the first advisory for a potential cyclone comes from the Straits of Malacca!
A rare headline:
Several Flights Cancelled As Ethiopian Volcanic Ash Drifts Towards India
Several Flights Cancelled As Ethiopian Volcanic Ash Drifts Towards India
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November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A rare headline:
Several Flights Cancelled As Ethiopian Volcanic Ash Drifts Towards India
Several Flights Cancelled As Ethiopian Volcanic Ash Drifts Towards India
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My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
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November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
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A volcano with no record of eruption in ~12,000 years has gone off in Ethiopia.
An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A volcano with no record of eruption in ~12,000 years has gone off in Ethiopia.
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An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
Without the overhaul of the process , each of the future COP will be failures.
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Without the overhaul of the process , each of the future COP will be failures.
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Good. I'm glad this is the headline. This is the real story. Thank you to the BBC.
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Good. I'm glad this is the headline. This is the real story. Thank you to the BBC.
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I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
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Hello! 🍜
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hello! 🍜
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
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A M5.5 earthquake killed at least ten people in Bangladesh today. What made this moderate event so deadly? And what do we know about seismic hazards in the country?
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Bangladesh shaken by deadly M5.5 earthquake
A moderate magnitude earthquake near a dense, vulnerable megacity
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November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A M5.5 earthquake killed at least ten people in Bangladesh today. What made this moderate event so deadly? And what do we know about seismic hazards in the country?
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earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/bangladesh...
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earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/bangladesh...
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That’s a lot of intense hurricanes over the past 5 years 😵💫
We added 4 more to the list this year, #Erin, #Gabrielle, #Humberto, & #Melissa.
We added 4 more to the list this year, #Erin, #Gabrielle, #Humberto, & #Melissa.
Every Category 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricane since 2020, all together, in one group photo.
H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
That’s a lot of intense hurricanes over the past 5 years 😵💫
We added 4 more to the list this year, #Erin, #Gabrielle, #Humberto, & #Melissa.
We added 4 more to the list this year, #Erin, #Gabrielle, #Humberto, & #Melissa.
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Two years ago, we did a study on a devastating drought in the Fertil Crescent. Due to climate change and water governance disputes the drought is still ongoing. Teheran might be running out of water, if it doesn't start raining soon. Our update: www.worldweatherattribution.org/human-induce...
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Two years ago, we did a study on a devastating drought in the Fertil Crescent. Due to climate change and water governance disputes the drought is still ongoing. Teheran might be running out of water, if it doesn't start raining soon. Our update: www.worldweatherattribution.org/human-induce...
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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In further news of India's linguistic lynchings, a Marathi Mumbaikar was beaten up just because he spoke in Hindi on a local train. And he ended up killing himself because of the trauma. Demands for assimilation always end up policing their own.
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Thrashed for not speaking in Marathi, teen student ends life | English Bombay Samachar
In a tragic incident highlighting rising linguistic tensions in Maharashtra, a 19-year-old college freshman took his own li
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November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
In further news of India's linguistic lynchings, a Marathi Mumbaikar was beaten up just because he spoke in Hindi on a local train. And he ended up killing himself because of the trauma. Demands for assimilation always end up policing their own.
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
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It is miraculous this wasn't worse - look at the size of this fire
More footage posted to a Whatsapp group shows the flames getting bigger as people flee, some attempting to fight the fire.
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It is miraculous this wasn't worse - look at the size of this fire
Seven countries, one winner: The best Christmas market in Europe
Catherine Boucher for BBC
Catherine Boucher for BBC
Seven countries, one winner: The best Christmas market in Europe
After years of sweating through summer festivities in Australia, one family swapped sunscreen for snow – and found festive bliss in an unexpected European capital.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Seven countries, one winner: The best Christmas market in Europe
Catherine Boucher for BBC
Catherine Boucher for BBC
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The unbearable ineffectiveness of India’s environment minister, Bhupendra Yadav
The unbearable uselessness of India’s Environment Minister
www.newslaundry.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The unbearable ineffectiveness of India’s environment minister, Bhupendra Yadav
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Hurricane Melissa produced the fastest hurricane winds to be recorded by a dropsonde, verified by reviewing data at NSF NCAR! Hurricane Melissa’s 252 mph wind gust surpassed the previous record from Typhoon Megi over the Western Pacific in 2010, where a dropsonde measured wind gusts of 248 mph.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hurricane Melissa produced the fastest hurricane winds to be recorded by a dropsonde, verified by reviewing data at NSF NCAR! Hurricane Melissa’s 252 mph wind gust surpassed the previous record from Typhoon Megi over the Western Pacific in 2010, where a dropsonde measured wind gusts of 248 mph.
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Anna Possi has been brewing espressos and serving coffees in northern Italy for more than 80 years.
Possi turned 101 on Sunday. She has no intention to retire.
"I have customers who are now grandparents and come in with their grandchildren," Possi said.
Possi turned 101 on Sunday. She has no intention to retire.
"I have customers who are now grandparents and come in with their grandchildren," Possi said.
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Anna Possi has been brewing espressos and serving coffees in northern Italy for more than 80 years.
Possi turned 101 on Sunday. She has no intention to retire.
"I have customers who are now grandparents and come in with their grandchildren," Possi said.
Possi turned 101 on Sunday. She has no intention to retire.
"I have customers who are now grandparents and come in with their grandchildren," Possi said.
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The current #water crisis in Iran is the most severe on the planet at the moment, threatening not just the people but the legitimacy of the government.
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Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up
As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle
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November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The current #water crisis in Iran is the most severe on the planet at the moment, threatening not just the people but the legitimacy of the government.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Bird’s-eye view of Amazon deforestation.
AFP’s Mauro Pimentel photographs deforested areas and logging trucks carrying wood in the rainforest close to Belem, Para State, Brazil, the Amazon town hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference
AFP’s Mauro Pimentel photographs deforested areas and logging trucks carrying wood in the rainforest close to Belem, Para State, Brazil, the Amazon town hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Bird’s-eye view of Amazon deforestation.
AFP’s Mauro Pimentel photographs deforested areas and logging trucks carrying wood in the rainforest close to Belem, Para State, Brazil, the Amazon town hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference
AFP’s Mauro Pimentel photographs deforested areas and logging trucks carrying wood in the rainforest close to Belem, Para State, Brazil, the Amazon town hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference