Union City, CA Weather

Updated:  Thu, 06-Mar-2025 6:10pm EST 
  mostly clear Temperature: 55.0°F   /hr Humidity: 66% Dew Point: 43.8 Wind: W  5.4 mph Gust: 10.0 mph Pressure: 29.879 inHg  Rising slowly Rain Today: 0.07 in UV-index: 0.0  None

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NASA Earth Observatory Natural Hazards - Image of the Day


• Storm Brings a Potpourri of Hazards to the U.S.
  
  
  

  A powerful mid-latitude storm fueled dust storms, tornadoes, blizzards, and downpours across the country.  

Disaster Preparedness

• Citizen Corps
• Comparitech - Business Disaster Recovery
• Disaster Preparedness - Wiki
• Disaster Resistant Communities Group
• FloridaDisaster.org
• NWS - Weather Safety
• Raging California Wildfires May Spread Toxic Asbestos
• Ready.gov - Prepare for Emergencies
• SF72.org
• StaySafe.org - How To Prepare Yourself And Your Community For Natural Disasters
• Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness (TCEP)
• Wildfires and Asbestos Exposure

Emergency/Disaster Communications

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• RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service)
• REACT Internatonal, Inc.
• SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network)
• VoIP Hurricane Net

Current Emergency and Disaster Event Information

• Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
• Copernicus EMS (Emergency Management Service)
• ERCC (Emergency Response Coordination Centre) - Echo Daily Flash
• Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
• International Charter on Space and Major Disasters
• Pacific Disaster Center
• ReliefWeb
• RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information Service

The Watchers

• The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report: February 26–March 4, 2025
  Mar 6 2025 at 16:29:00 UTC
  New activity/unrest was reported for 9 volcanoes from February 26 to March 4, 2025. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 23 volcanoes.

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• Bright fireball seen over Lake Huron and Michigan
  Mar 6 2025 at 14:43:00 UTC
  A bright fireball was seen over the skies of the U.S. Midwest and Canada at around 00:38 UTC on March 4, 2025 (19:38 EST on March 3), with 85 people reporting sightings.

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• Cloud seeding prevents rainfall in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia
  Mar 6 2025 at 14:05:01 UTC
  Data from monitoring stations indicate that no rainfall occurred in the Jabodetabek area after the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) began cloud seeding operations on March 4, 2025.

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• 6 fatalities and over 500 crashes reported as winter storm sweeps through the U.S.
  Mar 6 2025 at 13:12:56 UTC
  A powerful winter storm swept through much of the Midwest and southern United States starting Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The storm claimed 6 lives, spawned over 20 tornadoes, caused hundreds of crashes, and delivered over 46 cm (18 inches) of snow in some areas.

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• Strong M6.1 earthquake hits Antofagasta, Chile
  Mar 6 2025 at 12:43:13 UTC
  A strong earthquake registered by the CSN as M6.0 struck 54 km (33.5 miles) south of Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile, at 16:21 UTC (13:21 LT) on March 6, 2025. The agency reported a depth of 96 km (59.6 miles). The USGS and EMSC reported a slightly higher magnitude of M6.1, and depth at 94 km (58 miles).

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• Meteorite falls in Beed village, Maharashtra, India
  Mar 6 2025 at 10:10:05 UTC
  Two dense rocks that fell from the sky in the remote village of Khalwat-Nimgaon, located in Beed's Wadwani taluka, Maharashtra, at around 14:00 LT (08:30 UTC) on March 3, 2025, have been confirmed as meteorites by scientists from MGM APJ Abdul Kalam Astro and Space Science Centre. 

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• Multi-vehicle pileups shut down Interstates 35 and 80 in Iowa
  Mar 6 2025 at 07:45:21 UTC
  A winter storm triggered multiple-vehicle crashes on major Iowa highways on March 5, 2025, resulting in the closure of sections of Interstates 35 and 80.

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• Tropical Cyclone Alfred stalls ahead of landfall over southeast Queensland
  Mar 6 2025 at 06:02:35 UTC
  Tropical Cyclone Alfred stalled off the coast of southeast Queensland on Wednesday night into Thursday morning, March 5--6, 2025. The system is now forecast to make landfall between Noosa and Coolangatta late on Friday or early Saturday, March 7--8.

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• Storms claim 3 lives and injure 6 in Mississippi
  Mar 6 2025 at 03:08:00 UTC
  Severe storms swept through southern United States claiming at least 3 lives in Mississippi leaving 6 injured on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

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• LuGRE becomes first system to acquire GNSS signals on the Moon
  Mar 5 2025 at 12:46:02 UTC
  LuGRE successfully acquired and tracked Earth-based GNSS signal on March 3, 2025, becoming the first technology demonstration to achieve this feat on the Moon's surface.

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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
Tropical Cyclone Alerts

Near real-time alerts about natural disaster with a potential humanitarian impact

Orange alert for tropical cyclone HONDE-25. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.234 million .

From 25/02/2025 to 05/03/2025, a Post-tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 137 km/h) HONDE-25 was active in SWIndian. The cyclone affects these countries: Madagascar (vulnerability High). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.234 million .

Green alert for tropical cyclone ALFRED-25. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).

From 22/02/2025 to 07/03/2025, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h) ALFRED-25 was active in SWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Australia (vulnerability Low). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in tropical storm).

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
Earthquake Alerts >M5

Near real-time alerts about natural disaster with a potential humanitarian impact

Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 6.1M, Depth:93.525km) in Chile 06/03/2025 16:21 UTC, 9 thousand in 100km.

Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.5M, Depth:47.242km) in Mexico 05/03/2025 09:43 UTC, 520 thousand in 100km.