Sinkholes swallowing cars and people, meteor fireballs raining down, and volcanoes erupting all over the place – for the shortest month of the year, February 2016 sure was eventful…

Last month, there were many spectacular volcanic eruptions in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Indonesia and Japan. Elsewhere, the Earth literally opened up to kill a man in Arizona, while a giant fissure swallowed a river in southern Mexico. Major earthquakes included a 6.4 magnitude tremor in Taiwan that toppled buildings and killed 33 people, while another strong quake (5.9M) struck Christchurch, New Zealand, which is still rebuilding after a devastating earthquake struck the South Island city in February 2011.

A LOT of spectacular meteor fireballs were caught on camera last month. On just one day, February 6th, there were 3 notable meteor events. NASA reported that a massive overhead explosion occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean, while a second meteor shook homes when it exploded over Denmark and sent meteorites to the ground, and a third meteor did likewise in southern India, killing a man who had the misfortune of becoming the first official case of ‘death-by-meteor’. The bolide that exploded over the South Atlantic was the largest to hit the planet since the Chelyabinsk event, almost three years to the day.

Strange sky sounds were again heard around the world last month, notably in the US Northeast and Quebec. Deluges brought flash-flooding to Mauritius, Fiji was flattened by its strongest ever storm, Peru was hit by devastating mudslides, and there were heavy snowfalls in parts of the US and Pakistan. Ottawa, Canada received its biggest single-day snowfall in over 100 years.

An increasingly erratic Jet Stream coupled with a record-strong El Nino brought weather extremes to the US, with the US Southwest experiencing a record heatwave for this time of year, the US Northeast experiencing record cold temperatures mid-month, and the US South experiencing both unseasonal tornado outbreaks and blizzards. In what appears to be an increasing trend, sea life continues washing ashore in droves on beaches around the world. We also have several clips of animals going on the rampage, including the rather symbolic sight of a bear attacking people in Turkey.

These were the signs of the times in February 2016…

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