The province’s Coroner’s Service said it had received reports of two deaths related to the fire, but had not been able to send coroners in to confirm because “the area is still unsafe to attend.” It said it planned to send them in on Saturday.
Natural Disasters
If you don’t know what a ‘hook’ is…
A *massive* supercell is tracking into the San Antonio metro area. A tornado warning has been issued for the southern half of the metro as this storm has produced a tornado before. Due the rain/hail, the tornado is NOT visible. pic.twitter.com/zsdK8XdH9h
— U.S. Tornadoes (@USTornadoes) April 29, 2021
This is happening right now, about 9:15 EST. Incredibly strong storm.
Tsunami Warning
The March 4, 2021 M 8.1 earthquake near Kermadec Islands, New Zealand occurred as the result of reverse faulting in the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone at a depth of ~22 km. The Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone extends north-northeast from the North Island of New Zealand for more than 2,500 km through Tonga to within 100 km of Samoa. Focal mechanism solutions for the event indicate rupture occurred as a result of reverse faulting, either by low angle thrust motion on a west-dipping fault or by high angle reverse motion on an east-dipping fault. The location, depth, and style of faulting are consistent with the earthquake having occurred on or near the west-dipping subducting plate interface between the Pacific and Australia plates.
NOAA / National Weather Service U.S. Tsunami Warning
TL;DR Not too bad, a meter or less rise expected.
