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After the Angelus, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with Madagascar’s people as back-to-back cyclones Gezani and Fytia cause displacement (about 16,000 people) and fatalities (at least 40 dead), with authorities and the UN directing search-and-rescue, evacuation, shelter and food aid while Madagascar appeals for international assistance; the Pope also offered Lunar New Year blessings.
A series of severe storms and floods have swept through South and Southeast Asia, causing at least 1,200 deaths and displacing millions, with the situation expected to worsen.
Human activities and climate change are intensifying floods in Asia, causing widespread destruction, loss of life, and displacement, with scientists linking increased moisture and energy in storms to global warming, while emphasizing the need for better early warning systems and natural solutions to mitigate future disasters.
Severe storms and three tropical cyclones have caused extensive destruction across Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, resulting in nearly 1,000 deaths, widespread flooding, infrastructure damage, and significant economic losses, with rescue efforts hampered by damaged infrastructure.
Iowa State Cyclones narrowly defeated Utah 31-28 in Salt Lake City, improving their record to 9-2 and setting up a crucial matchup against Kansas State in the upcoming Farmageddon game. Despite several self-inflicted errors, the Cyclones showed resilience, with key performances from Jayden Higgins and Gabe Burkle. Iowa State's defense made critical adjustments, particularly against Utah's unexpected quarterback change, to secure the win and maintain their path to the Big 12 championship game.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected extreme weather activities, including massive cyclones, on the uninhabitable exoplanet WASP-121 b, located 880 light-years away. The planet's dynamic atmosphere, reaching temperatures of 3,400 degrees Fahrenheit, exhibits notable changes over time, with massive weather fronts and storms repeatedly created and destroyed due to the large temperature difference between its star-facing and dark sides. This discovery is crucial for studying distant planetary weather and represents an important early step in understanding weather patterns on exoplanets.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has captured images of "massive cyclones" on the exoplanet WASP-121 b, also known as Tylos, using a NASA/ESA telescope. The visuals were created by combining observations from 2016, 2018, and 2019, showcasing the dynamic atmosphere of this hot Jupiter, which has extreme temperatures over 3,000 Kelvins. The cyclones are thought to be caused by the temperature differences between the planet's dark side and its star-facing side.
The Iowa State men's basketball team is set to face No. 11 Oklahoma at 5 p.m. CT on Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and can be streamed on espn.com/espnplus, with radio coverage provided by the Cyclone Radio Network. Iowa State enters the game as underdogs with betting lines favoring Oklahoma. The Cyclones' current record is 11-2 after a recent win over New Hampshire, while Oklahoma stands at 12-1 following their victory against Monmouth.
Iowa State basketball announces their recruiting class for the early signing period, including Nojus Indrusaitis from Brewster Academy and Dwayne Pierce from Christ The King Regional. Indrusaitis, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, was previously ranked the No. 1 player in Illinois and won a gold medal with the Lithuanian National Team. Pierce, a 4-star small forward, helped Christ the King win the 2023 CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan Championship.
A new study conducted by a team of Earth scientists suggests that cyclones in the Arctic have been forming more frequently and growing stronger over the past 70 years. The researchers found a clear association between rising temperatures and cyclone formation in the region, with changes in temperature gradients and the jet stream playing a role in their size and strength. The study also highlights that as more cyclones of larger size strike the Arctic, more sea ice breaks up, accelerating the process of climate change in the area.
NASA's Juno mission captured stunning images of Jupiter's cloud tops during its 49th close flyby of the planet. The images show complex structures in the cloud tops of the planet's atmosphere, including bands of high-altitude haze forming above cyclones in an area known as Jet N7. Another image shows a vortex near Jupiter's north pole with the glow from a bolt of lightning. The raw images from JunoCam are publicly available for image processing enthusiasts.
Rocket Lab is set to launch the final batch of NASA's TROPICS constellation, made up of five 3U cubesats, into orbit on its Electron rocket on May 27. The TROPICS satellites will provide hourly measurements on cyclone activity in the Atlantic and West Pacific regions, improving our understanding of how these storms evolve over time and intensity and direction forecasts for cyclones. The constellation was originally supposed to be made up of 12 satellites but was later reduced to just seven.