Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect

[Sevan Makaracı]

Massive flooding in Da Nang, Vietnam. 30.10.2025.

Giant waves crash over seawalls during a storm

in the suburbs of Taipei, Taiwan. 21.10.2025

"We warned at the start of ZetaTalk, in 1995, that unpredictable weather extremes, switching about from drought to deluge, would occur and increase on a lineal basis up until the pole shift. Where this occurred steadily, it has only recently become undeniable. ZetaTalk, and only ZetaTalk, warned of these weather changes, at that early date. Our early warnings spoke to the issue of global heating from the core outward, hardly Global Warming, a surface or atmospheric issue, but caused by consternation in the core. Affected by the approach of Planet X, which was by then starting to zoom rapidly toward the inner solar system for its periodic passage, the core was churning, melting the permafrost and glaciers and riling up volcanoes. When the passage did not occur as expected in 2003 because Planet X had stalled in the inner solar system, we explained the increasing weather irregularities in the context of the global wobble that had ensued - weather wobbles where the Earth is suddenly forced under air masses, churning them. This evolved by 2005 into a looping jet stream, loops breaking away and turning like a tornado to affect the air masses underneath. Meanwhile, on Planet Earth, droughts had become more intractable and deluges positively frightening, temperature swings bringing snow in summer in the tropics and searing heat in Arctic regions, with the violence of storms increasing in number and ferocity."

ZETATALK

Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect - Earth Changes and the Pole Shift

[Gerard Zwaan]

Unseasonal ice storm hits central Russia, key systems collapse in the Far East

Posted by Teo Blašković on November 19, 2020 at 16:31 UTC (6 hours ago)
Categories: Earth changes, Featured articles, Severe weather

Unseasonal ice storms hit many parts of Russia on November 18 and 19, 2020, causing power outages, traffic chaos, and the collapse of key infrastructure systems in the Far East.

An overnight storm accompanied by strong northerly winds and ice rain -- described by The Siberian Times as 'weather apocalypse' -- caused the collapse of key systems in the Russian Far East on November 19, 2020, leaving at least 120 000 people without electricity. 

Vladivostok and most of the Primorye region were turned into frozen land, the paper reported, adding that hundreds of power lines were cut by wet snow and ice.

The weather caused flight delays and traffic chaos after many roads and several bridges were shut down. Schools and kindergartens were also closed.

A huge concrete slab fell on a car in Vladivostok, with the car owner evading it by a miracle. ​

Unseasonal freezing rain started in the central parts of the country late November 18, affecting capital Moscow and its region, as well as Kaluga, Smolensk, and Tula.

Moscow airport reportedly canceled about 30 flights due to freezing rain.

The ice zone will move to the east tomorrow, November 20, so the freezing rains will reach the Volga-Vyatka region by the evening, Oreanda reports.

Authorities are urging residents to take extra care and stay home if possible.

Featured image credit: VKontakte

Source: https://watchers.news/2020/11/19/unseasonal-ice-storm-russia-collap...

[Juan F Martinez]

This is unreal. Cat. 4 #Iota made landfall just 12 miles south of where Cat. 4 #Eta did less than 2 weeks ago. This is just devastating for Nicaragua. — Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum

https://www.facebook.com/MeteorologistDaveNussbaum/photos/a.1552681...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://weather.com/news/news/2020-11-16-high-winds-power-outages-m...

Hundreds of Thousands Still Without Power From Midwest to Northeast After Deadly Windstorm

• A strong cold front whipped up howling wind as it drives through the Midwest and Northeast.
• A falling tree killed a woman in Ohio.
• New York City had a rare tornado warning.

Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses still had no electricity Monday morning after howling winds toppled trees and downed power lines from the Midwest to the Northeast.

At least one person was killed as the strong cold front moved across the country on Sunday and early Monday. The front also prompted a rare tornado warning for parts of New York City.

The National Weather Service recorded 299 reports of wind damage.

More than 475,000 customers had no electricity as of 8 a.m. Monday, according to poweroutage.us. That was down from nearly 800,000 homes and businesses late Sunday. Michigan reported the most outages Monday with more than 200,000. Ohio had more than 108,000.

The wind was blamed for one death in Ohio. A falling tree hit a 63-year-old woman Sunday in Harrison Township, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said. The woman was pronounced dead at Miami Valley Hospital, the Springfield News-Sun reported. Wind gusts up to 66 mph were measured at Dayton International Airport, about 6 miles away.

In nearby Jefferson Township, Shawn Ramey and her husband were without power for nearly 10 hours.

“All of a sudden you can hear like a rumble and then it was like, wait a minute. This wind is really really up," Ramey told WHIO-TV. “The lights started flickering and then the power went out, so we have been waiting."

Utility crews in lower Michigan, where more than 340,000 homes lost power, were hoping diminished winds Monday would help them get a handle on the outages.

“Today’s weather will be breezy, but much better than Sunday, which will assist in restoration,” Guy Packard, Consumers Energy vice president of electric operations, told the Detroit News.

Monday was the first day of open season for deer hunting in Michigan, and officials warned hunters to be aware that trees could still fall and power lines might be down.

Across Lake Erie, downed trees and power lines blocked roadways in Pennsylvania. Trees fell on Interstate 90 and Interstate 79, according to Erie News Now.

The prolonged high wind drove water out of Lake Erie into homes along Kelso Beach in Millcreek Township. Water rescue teams helped 15 residents and five dogs to safety, Erie News Now reported.

The cold front led to a rare tornado warning for the New York City area. The NWS issued the warning at 8:40 p.m. for the Bronx, Yonkers and New Rochelle.

The New York City region gets only about one tornado warning a year on average, according to weather.com meteorologist Ari Sarsalari. There have been two warnings this year. The other was in April. The last observed tornado in NYC was in 2012.

High winds caused scaffolding to collapse in Manhattan.

Tornado warnings also were issued for Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Bergen, Fairfield and New York County, WNBC-TV reported.

Wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph were reported across New Jersey, according to WNBC.

The wind toppled power poles across Route 120 in Carlstadt, New Jersey, the Police Department reported. The road was expected to be closed in both directions for 24 hours.

A gust of 75 mph was reported in Greenwich, Connecticut, WNBC reported

In New Haven, the high winds knocked over the city's holiday tree. Many of the branches were cracked and some of the lights were damaged, WVIT-TV reported.

Downed power lines trapped a person in a car in Avon, WVIT reported. Firefighters and a utility crew were able to free the person.

[Tracie Crespo]

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North Carolina Flooding Blamed for Seven Deaths; Roads and Bridges Washed Out; Dozens Rescued

By Ron Brackett

Flash Flooding Forces Rescues in North Carolina

Moisture from Tropical Storm Eta met up with a cold front to dump rain on the Tarheel State.

Floodwaters forced more than 140 people to evacuate a school Thursday morning in Charlotte as torrential rains lashed much of North Carolina washing out roads and bridges and flooding homes and businesses.

At least seven deaths have been blamed on the flooding.

An 11-year-old child was found drowned after going missing near a creek in Rolesville, about 16 miles northeast of Raleigh, the Wake County Sheriff's Office reported.

Three people were found dead and two people were unaccounted for after floodwaters inundated a North Carolina campground, according to a news release from officials in Alexander County, North Carolina.

Crews saved 31 people when the South Yadkin River flooded the Hiddenite Family Campground, the Mooresville Fire chief told WBTV. The campground is in the Alexander County community of Hiddenite, about 60 miles northwest of Charlotte.

The body of one person was found inside a camper, Alexander County Sheriff Chris Bowman said at a briefing Thursday afternoon. Rescuers later reported finding the body of two other victims.

Bowman said another person died in the storm when their car ran off the road into floodwaters. Overall in Alexander County, 50 roads were damaged and four bridges washed away.

Trooper C.B. Saunders of the North Carolina Highway Patrol said two people died in a crash on Wilkesboro Highway outside of Statesville Thursday morning, the Statesville Record & Landmark reported. The Highway Patrol said the pickup was going too fast “for the wet conditions of the roadway and hydroplaned,” according to the Charlotte Observer.

In Charlotte, flooding forced a school to evacuate near David Taylor Drive, according to the city's Fire Department. More than 140 people were rescued. No injuries were reported.

Video tweeted by the Fire Department showed cars in the school's parking lot submerged up to their windows. Students and faculty were being sheltered under tents set up nearby, WBTV reported.

Flooding also closed city streets and shut down Interstate 85 at Little Rock Road, the Charlotte Observer reported. The Fire Department said crews were responding to multiple reports of flooding across the city.

First responders rescued at least 35 people throughout Mecklenburg County, according to Charlotte Agenda.

Extensive damage also was reported across Iredell County, which surrounds Statesville, North Carolina.

Several roads and bridges washed out, according to social media posts from the area. Three people had to be rescued from a flooded home.

Numerous accidents were reported, including a jack-knifed semitractor-trailer on southbound Interstate 77.

Floodwaters washed out a large section of Liberty Hill Road in Iredell County on Thursday, November 12, 2020, near Statesville, North Carolina.

(Twitter/@IredellFirewire)

Neighboring Catawba County declared a state of emergency, County Commission Chairman Randy Isenhower said, “due to excessive rain causing flooding, power outages, road closures and hazardous conditions.”

Dozens of schools delayed the start of classes or shifted to online only classes because of the flooding. Schools in the eastern part of the state closed early after the rains reached them.

A number of roads were blocked by high water or debris in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, WFMY reported.

Trees were down across several streets in Winston-Salem, according to WXII, which also reported that a retaining wall had collapse on Meadowlark Drive.

The Winston-Salem Fire Department evacuated 38 people from the Colonial Estates apartments when floodwater rose around the building, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. Firefighters also used inflatable boats to move people from the Creekwood Apartments.

Firefighters with the Winston-Salem Fire Department evacuate residents at Creekwood Apartments as flood waters rise on Thursday, November 12, 2020, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

(Andrew Dye/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

Across the state, more than 16,400 homes and businesses lost electricity, according to poweroutage.us.

The weather was blamed for multiple car crashes in Raleigh, where Walnut Creek also overflowed, flooding neighborhood streets, WRAL reported.

In Wilson County, east of Raleigh, first responders have conducted at least 20 water rescues since Wednesday, Gordon Deno, the county's emergency management director, told the Wilson Times. Deno said no injuries were reported.

A four-mile stretch of southbound Interstate 95 was closed near U.S. 264 in Wilson, according to the state Department of Transportation.

U.S. 301 was closed in both directions near W. Tarboro Road in Nash County.

Across the state line in South Carolina, several people had to be rescued from flooded homes in York County.

From 9 a.m Wednesday to 9 a.m. Thursday, more than 8 inches of rain fell in some locations, the National Weather Service reported, including 8.78 inches in Fayetteville in Cumberland County and 8.6 inches in Rocky Mount in Nash County. In Wilson County, 7.66 inches fell in Wilson.

Tropical moisture from Eta has surged northward at the same time a cold front is moving through the Eastern states, according to weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce. This collision has resulted in a widespread area of rainfall across the East since Wednesday. Some of the most intense rainfall and worst flooding has occurred from Virginia into North Carolina, especially Thursday morning.

[KM]

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All-time November snow records broken for parts of the Canadian Prairies

A strong low-pressure system brought blizzard conditions, heavy snow and freezing rain to parts of the Canadian Prairies on November 7 and 8, 2020, shutting down roads in Saskatchewan and Alberta and setting new all-time November snow records. While heavy snow fell in western parts of Saskatchewan, its eastern regions experienced freezing rain. Several more cm of snow is expected through the end of the week.

The town of Kindersley in Saskatchewan recorded 47.6 cm (18.7 inches) of snow on Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, setting a new 48-hour snowfall record. 

Kindersley recorded 11.6 cm (4.5 inches) on Saturday; and 35.8 cm (14 inches) on Sunday, breaking the previous 24-hour snowfall record of 21.3 cm (8.3 inches) set on March 17, 1974. 

"To put the weekend's snowfall in perspective, the nearly 48 cm that recently accumulated is more than Kindersley saw in November, December, January and February 2019," Brittany Warner of West Central Online reports.

"Those four months totaled 43.8 cm (17.2 inches) combined, approximately 4 cm (1.5 inches) less than what fell this weekend."

Bigger and Leader have also broken November 2019 snow totals with 21.1 cm (8.3 inches) in Bigger in 48 hours -- which is 6 cm (2.3 inches) more than the entire November 2019 -- and 23.1 cm (9 inches) in Leader. In November 2019, Leader recorded a total of 12.8 cm (5 inches).

Image credit: NOAA/GOES-East. Acquired: 18:30 UTC on November 8, 2020

Between 15 and 20 cm (5.9 - 7.8 inches) was recorded in the city of Regina, and nearly 30 cm (11.8 inches) in Saskatoon. Saskatoon's current 24-hour snow record is 36 cm (14.1 inches) set on January 7, 2007.

Pamela Goulden-McLeod - Saskatoon director of emergency management

Prince Albert recorded 37 cm (14.5 inches) of snow, Codette 33 cm (12.9 inches) and Limerick 31 cm (12 inches).

Rosetown reported 16.8 cm (6.6 inches) over the weekend, just a bit more than it recorded during the entire November 2019.

Winter storm and blizzard warnings have all been dropped by Monday, but travel is still not recommended, the Weather Network reports.

Bitter wind chills will span much of the Prairies on Monday afternoon in the wake of the departing system.

"So a good reminder that if you are traveling today with those bitter wind chills, make sure you have an emergency kit with you because some roads could still be closed or very treacherous," says Weather Network meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal.

On January 14, 2020, Kindersley broke its daily all-time coldest temperature record with -37 °C (-34.6 °F). The previous record was -34 °C (-29.2 °F) set in 2005. Interestingly, the town's warmest January 14 was set in 2008 with +5.7 °C (42.2 °F).

[KM]

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Rain causes flooding and tree falls in SP

Rain causes flooding and tree falls in SP

The city of São Paulo suffered from heavy rains this afternoon. Firefighters answered 44 calls for floods, 40 for falling trees and 4 for landslides, according to information updated at 18h02. One of the trees hit a person on the street Aratangi, in Cachoeirinha, but there is still no information on the victim’s health status.

The capital of São Paulo entered into a state of attention for flooding from 2:12 pm, according to data from the CGE (Center for Management of Climate Emergencies). In the North Zone, heavy rain dragged cars that were inside a car wash and piled vehicles, according to information from Globo News.

Another large tree fell on top of a residence in the Santana neighborhood. “The north zone was very affected by the rains, especially the area of ​​Avenida Engenheiro Caetano Álvares, close to the Marginal Tietê”, said the Fire Department Captain, André Elias, in an interview for Globo News. “But there is no person at risk of life, injured or missing. We are only helping those who are stranded.”

Also according to the CGE, the Casa Verde and Sé neighborhoods went on alert due to the overflow of the streams Mandaqui e Saracunarespectively, but the status it was closed at 16:30. The Ipiranga Stream left the alert at 5:10 pm.

At 5:20 pm, the CGE decreed the end of the state of attention in all regions. Heavy rains also hindered traffic in the late afternoon: according to information from CET (Companhia de Engenharia de Trafico), the northern part of São Paulo, where the Marginal Tietê is located, registered 18km slow at 5:40 pm. In the city center, 13km of slowness.

The dark sky was registered by some residents and the click was shared on social networks.

Flooding points

According to information from the CGE, there were 20 active flooding points in the city of São Paulo. In the north, the Freguesia do Ó neighborhood had a flooded street. At Casa Verde, two of the three floods recorded by the CGE were classified as “impassable”. The points are on Quirinópolis Street and Praça Delegado Amoroso Neto.

In Santana, the CGE recorded two other points with the flow of cars interrupted by the rains: on the avenues Cruzeiro do Sul and Zaki Narchi. In the Cathedral, Praça da Bandeira was impassable.

Flooding in the neighborhoods of Lapa and Vila Mariana also prevented the circulation of cars in the region: on Rua Barão do Bananal and on Avenida Vinte and Três de Maio, respectively. Butantã, Pinheiros and Ipiranga also suffered flooding because of the rains.

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[KM]

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East Troublesome Fire Explodes To 170,000 Acres: ‘Really Unheard Of’

The East Troublesome Fire grew almost another 50,000 acres on Thursday, after growing about 100,000 acres Wednesday night. As of Thursday evening, the fire was estimated at 170,000 acres — making it the second largest fire in Colorado history.

East Troublesome Fire 

“We prepare for the worst. This is the worst of the worst of the worst,” Grand County Sheriff Brett Schroetlin said.

There are concerns the fire could merge with the Cameron Peak Fire, which has burned over 200,000 acres.

“It is a potential, and certainly this year has been one of those years where those low potential events seem to be happening with high frequency,” Noel Livingston, incident commander, said Thursday night. “And, you know, a fire of this size, moving this far in October is a very low potential event in terms of what we would expect, and it’s occurred.”

“I don’t want to say you can’t happen right now. It doesn’t appear that it’s going to,” Livington said.

RELATED: Two Of Colorado’s Major Wildfires — East Troublesome Fire And Camer...

Livingston called it “an amazing amount of fire spread” in a Thursday morning briefing.

“Obviously yesterday was a significant fire day,” said the fire manager. “We saw about 20 miles of fire growth through the afternoon and into the night, which equates to about 100,000 acres of additional fire activity.”

“That’s really unheard of for a fire in this part of the world, in timber,” Livingston said Thursday evening.

Livingston said the East Troublesome Fire’s growth on Wednesday can be explained by several factors: strong winds, excessively dry conditions, low relatively humidity and beetle-kill trees among the fuels in the high elevations the wildfire spread through.

Colorado’s largest wildfires:

1. Cameron Peak – 2020 – 206,667 acres
2. East Troublesome Fire – 2020 – 170,000 acres
3. Pine Gulch – 2020 – 139,007
4. Hayman – 2002 – 137,760
5. Spring Creek – 2018 – 108,045
6. High Park – 2012 – 87,284

[KM]

www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/10/at-least-two-killed-as-forest-fir...

Two killed as massive forest fires rage in Syria

Wildfires across parts of the country have so far killed two people and forced many to flee; Lebanon and Israel also hit by blazes.

Massive forest fires in war-torn Syria this week have killed at least two people and burned swaths of land, state media and officials said, as blazes also hit neighbouring Lebanon.

Syrian state television on Saturday morning broadcast scenes from the affected areas, where firefighters were working to extinguish the blazes.It said hundreds of hectares had burned in the countryside of Syria’s coastal Latakia and Tartus provinces, and in the central Homs province.

The health ministry said two people died in Latakia province on Friday as a result of the fires, and that 70 people in the area were taken to hospital suffering from breathing difficulties.

Dozens of fires were burning, including “45 in Latakia and 33 in Tartus”, Syria’s Agriculture Minister Mohammed Hassan Qatana told a radio station on Friday.

“For the first time in its history, Syria is witnessing this [large] number of fires in a single day,” Qatana said.

The Latakia fire brigade said they were “facing the largest series of fires seen in Latakia province in years”.

Official news agency Sana said fires burned homes in the coastal city of Banias in Tartus province, as well as in Qardahah, President Bashar al-Assad’s hometown in Latakia.

Fires heavily damaged a building in Qardahah used as a storage for the state-owned tobacco company, part of which collapsed. The town’s local hospital was also surrounded by flames, according to local media reports.

State news agency SANA quoted Bassem Douba, director of the forestry department in Latakia’s agricultural department, as saying that dozens of people were evacuated from their homes in several villages. Those people sought refuge in central Latakia and Tartus, he said.

At least four firefighting teams were dispatched from the capital, Damascus, to assist in putting out the blazes. Some residents helped them by carrying water in buckets and pouring them on the flames.

The fires raging across Syria’s north, for the second time in months, were triggered by a heatwave that is unusual for this time of the year. They will likely cause considerable financial damage amid a deep economic crisis crippling the country.

Syria is currently suffering from an acute shortage in fuel ahead of the winter months, while power cuts have become more frequent across a country ravaged by more than nine years of war.

Among those affected by the devastating fires are landowners and farmers who rely on the agriculture sector to get by.

Images circulated on social media portrayed citrus and olive trees engulfed in flames in villages on the outskirts of Latakia.

Fires in Lebanon, Israel

Next door in Lebanon, meanwhile, there have been more than 100 fires across the country since Thursday, according to George Abu Musa, head of operations for the country’s civil defence.

“The situation is crazy, there are fires everywhere,” Abu Musa told the AFP news agency. “We have mobilised 80 percent of our personnel and almost all our centres in Lebanon,” he said.

There have been no reports of casualties in Lebanon.

Abu Musa said most of the blazes had been extinguished but some were still burning in the mountainous Chouf region in the south, and in Akkar in the north.

Military helicopters were assisting firefighters in “hard-to-reach” areas, he added. He was unable to identify the cause of the blazes but said wind and high temperatures were helping them spread.

Dozens of fires hit Lebanon in mid-October last year, amid unusually high temperatures and strong winds.

The government faced heavy criticism and accusations of ill-preparedness over its response to the 2019 blazes.

Days after Lebanon’s 2019 fires, mass protests broke out, triggered by proposed tax hikes but quickly transforming into months-long demonstrations against the ruling class, deemed by protesters as inept and corrupt.

Separately on Friday, authorities reported several fires across northern and central Israel and the occupied West Bank as temperatures soared, forcing thousands to evacuate.

Israeli police said in a statement firefighters and police forces evacuated 5,000 people as the fires spread for a second day on Saturday.

[Juan F Martinez]

Hurricane Delta 'rapidly intensifies' to Category 4 storm, takes aim at Cancun before US Gulf Coast — Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle may be impacted by the storm

https://www.foxnews.com/us/hurricane-delta-category-storm-cancun-gu...

[Juan F Martinez]

Delta has rapidly strengthened into a Hurricane. It'll continue to get stronger with even a Major Hurricane (Category 3+) possible Tuesday into Wednesday. The northern Gulf coast, especially Louisiana, needs to monitor for landfall on Friday.

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