Phenomena

An explosion of oranges, yellows, purples and whites has covered California's hillsides, as a rare "super bloom" bursts into life in the wake of a very wet winter.

Vast stretches of countryside that spend months of the year as a muted, dry brown have been transformed into a carpet of color that can be seen from space.

Researchers have connected this optical illusion to potential effects on a person’s mind

One person died in Iraq and more than 5,000 were treated in hospitals on May 5 for respiratory ailments due to a sandstorm, the seventh in a month, the Health Ministry said.

Locals in a village in the Yukarı Kavun highland in the Black Sea province of Rize have appealed to officials to take measures against dangers from the heliskiing sport in their area, claiming that helicopters were triggering avalanches.

The phenomena will start from Monday evening

Turkish authorities have fined a company that operates the Northern Marmara Highway, where hundreds of vehicles were stranded for long hours during the massive snowstorm last week.

No one doubts that the management of last week's snowstorm that hit the country hard and for many days disorganised life in the capital was disheartening, to say the least.

Despite the fact that meteorologists had announced the coming storm well in advance, those involved in handling it did not perform effectively.

The phenomena will start on Monday

The phenomena will start from the west

The phenomena will start from Sunday afternoon