Spring and summer are a great time to relax near the lake. Travel and Leisure has compiled a list of the most beautiful lakes in America. 1. Lake Powell (Utah, Arizona) It's not often that people manage to create something as beautiful as this artificial lake. The mystical charm of this...
The US National Hurricane Center estimates a 90% chance of tropical storm Bonnie hitting Georgia this coming Memorial Day weekend. Although hurricane season typically runs from June 1st to November 30th,...
In South Carolina, people filmed a unique natural phenomenon - a rainbow in the shape of a flame. Hundreds of photographs of this natural wonder have been posted online. They show multi-colored “flames” above the beach. Vacationers watched the unusual rainbow for about two hours. According to meteorologists,...
Florida means “blooming” in Spanish; it is also called the Sunshine State, that is, “the state of sunshine.” Florida's climate is its most valuable natural resource, attracting beach and palm lovers year-round. Last year, the state was visited by 97 million tourists, which is already...
Boston broke a record that the locals did not even think of breaking in one season - another 7,3 cm of snow fell in the city, turning this winter into the snowiest winter since recording meteorological observations - since 1872. Officially general level ...
Residents of Belarus on March 20, 2015 will be able to see the solar eclipse, which will be the largest since August 1999. The sun will be hidden by a maximum of 70%. The rare astronomical event is expected to last about 2 minutes 50 seconds. But the inhabitants of a number of Scandinavian ...
International Polar Bear Day is held annually on February 27 at the initiative of the American non-profit organization Polar Bears International (founded in 1992, until 2002 was called Polar Bears Alive), which fights to preserve the polar bear population. Polar Bears International ...
A storm in the Jerusalem area caused weddings to be shifted from evening to afternoon. According to a number of event halls, weddings will begin at 14:00 pm to finish by 18:00 pm, peak weather. A similar situation is possible in the Beitar Ilit area and, it seems, in ...
In Russia, the Sheremetyevo airport, a Boeing-737 plane was struck by lightning. The incident took place while the aircraft was approaching landing. Despite being hit by an electric discharge, the plane landed successfully; none of the passengers and crew were injured. Already during the post-flight inspection ...