Comments - Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect - Earth Changes and the Pole Shift2024-03-19T10:47:00Zhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3863141%3ABlogPost%3A814050&xn_auth=noKashmir's rare snowless winte…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2024-01-19:3863141:Comment:11614302024-01-19T08:59:34.599ZYvonne Lawsonhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/YvonneLawson
<h1 class="ssrcss-15xko80-StyledHeading e10rt3ze0" id="main-heading">Kashmir's rare snowless winter sets off alarm bells</h1>
<p><img alt="n this photograph taken on January 17, 2024, visitors walk along ski slopes usually covered in snow at this time of the year at a ski station in Gulmarg, some 55 km from Indian-administered Kashmir's capital Srinagar." height="422" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/E20A/production/_132366875_gettyimages-1933440310-594x594.jpg" width="634"></img></p>
<p><span>Visitors walk along ski slopes usually covered in snow at this time of the year in Gulmarg</span></p>
<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><b class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3">In his 17 years of managing a hotel in…</b></p>
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<h1 id="main-heading" class="ssrcss-15xko80-StyledHeading e10rt3ze0">Kashmir's rare snowless winter sets off alarm bells</h1>
<p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/E20A/production/_132366875_gettyimages-1933440310-594x594.jpg" alt="n this photograph taken on January 17, 2024, visitors walk along ski slopes usually covered in snow at this time of the year at a ski station in Gulmarg, some 55 km from Indian-administered Kashmir's capital Srinagar." width="634" height="422"/></p>
<p><span>Visitors walk along ski slopes usually covered in snow at this time of the year in Gulmarg</span></p>
<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><b class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3">In his 17 years of managing a hotel in Gulmarg, a picturesque town in Indian-administered Kashmir, Manzoor Ahmad has never seen a season without snow.</b></p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">But this year, things are different: the snow-clad mountains in the region are oddly brown and barren.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">"This is unprecedented," Mr Ahmad, 50, says, and adds that tourists have stopped making reservations at his hotel.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Every year, thousands of tourists visit Kashmir in winter to enjoy skiing and sightseeing. But the absence of snowfall this year has bought the region's tourism industry to its knees.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Close to 100,000 tourists visited Kashmir last January, but this year that number has reduced by more than half, officials say.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Experts say the snowless winter will have a disastrous impact on the territory's economy as the tourism sector accounts for about<span> </span><a href="https://www.greaterkashmir.com/opinion/tourism-uplifting-local-economy/#:~:text=Tourism%20industry%20in%20the%20state,taxi%20drivers%2C%20and%20souvenir%20vendors." class="ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">7% of Jammu and Kashmir's</a><span> </span>GDP. It will also impact farming and water supply as scanty snowfall will not replenish groundwater reserves adequately.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Environmentalists say that climate change has been impacting the region, causing extreme weather events and prolonged dry spells in both winter and summer. Jammu and Kashmir's weather department recorded a 79% rainfall deficit in December and a 100% deficit in January.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The valley is also experiencing warmer weather, with most stations in Kashmir recording a 6-8C (43-48F) rise in temperature this winter.</p>
<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1743/production/_132355950_img_1698.jpg" alt="Kashmir snow" width="620" height="349"/></p>
<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><span>Otherwise covered with a white carpet of snow, the mountains are brown this winter</span></p>
<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Showkat Ahmad Rather, who heads the Ski Association of Gulmarg, echoes this sentiment.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">"I have been working as a ski instructor for the past 27 years, I can't switch to doing something else," he says.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Apart from tourism, experts say that the absence of snowfall will also impact generation of hydroelectricity, fisheries and farming.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The neighbouring territory of Ladakh - another popular tourist destination - is also experiencing a snowless winter.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">"The farming here is dependent on glaciers. The glaciers are melting at a fast rate. No snowfall in the peak [winter] season means early that spring water will be a big problem," environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk says.</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">"This is one of the driest spells in the Himalayan region," Sonam Lotus, director of the Meteorological Centre in Leh, says. Irfan Rashid, an assistant professor at University of Kashmir, adds that a drought like situation "can't be ruled out".</p>
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<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The region normally receives heavy snowfall during peak winter - a 40-day period that lasts from 21 December to 29 January. During this time, mountains and glaciers get covered with snow and this ensures water supply throughout the year.</p>
<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Read more: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68015106" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68015106</a></p>
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</div> Storm Gerrit 'tornado' tears…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2023-12-28:3863141:Comment:11601812023-12-28T09:09:50.689ZYvonne Lawsonhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/YvonneLawson
<h1>Storm Gerrit 'tornado' tears through Manchester wrecking around 100 homes overnight - as Brits trying to get back home after Xmas prepare to endure MORE travel chaos today after 80mph gales, rain and snow sparked road, rail and plane mayhem</h1>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Storm Gerrit has wrecked more than 100 homes after a tornado swept through a town - tearing apart roofs, blowing large trees onto roads and evacuating residents.</p>
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<h1>Storm Gerrit 'tornado' tears through Manchester wrecking around 100 homes overnight - as Brits trying to get back home after Xmas prepare to endure MORE travel chaos today after 80mph gales, rain and snow sparked road, rail and plane mayhem</h1>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Storm Gerrit has wrecked more than 100 homes after a tornado swept through a town - tearing apart roofs, blowing large trees onto roads and evacuating residents.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A supercell thunderstorm barrelled across Greater Manchester overnight causing major structural damage to houses in Stalybridge, Tameside, just before midnight.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Homeowners were told to attend a town hall for help, and the<span> </span><span><a target="_self" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/met_office/index.html" id="mol-c652ea70-a555-11ee-9480-d5d82f3047e3" name="mol-c652ea70-a555-11ee-9480-d5d82f3047e3">Met Office</a></span><span> </span>revealed there had been a strong rotating updraft and it was a 'likely' that a tornado had hit.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Greater<span> </span><span><a target="_self" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-police/index.html" id="mol-c6529c50-a555-11ee-9480-d5d82f3047e3" name="mol-c6529c50-a555-11ee-9480-d5d82f3047e3">Manchester Police</a></span><span> </span>confirmed officers were called to 'numerous reports of significant damage' at about 11.45pm last night and declared a 'major incident'. Photographs showed walls blown over, roofs torn apart and windows blown out.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">It comes as travel chaos continued today across the UK after the<span> </span><span><a target="_self" class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12903093/uk-storm-gerrit-2023-met-office-weather-warnings-map-scotland.html">storm struck with blizzards</a></span>, 106mph gales and three inches of rain. Some 25,000 homes in Scotland lost power and<span> </span><span><a target="_self" class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12904029/storm-gerrit-uk-weather-warnings-met-office-map.html">drivers were trapped in snow on the A9 in the Highlands for hours</a></span>.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Avanti West Coast said a tree falling on overhead wires between Rugby and Lichfield meant some rail lines were blocked again today. Journey times from<span> </span><span><a target="_self" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/london/index.html" id="mol-c65a8b90-a555-11ee-9480-d5d82f3047e3" name="mol-c65a8b90-a555-11ee-9480-d5d82f3047e3">London</a></span> Euston towards the North West are being extended as trains are diverted via the Midlands.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Separately, Great Western Railway services at London Paddington were suspended today after a person was hit by a train near Slough. This also impacted the Elizabeth line, with no service between Hayes and Harlington and Reading. It comes as:</p>
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<li class="class">ScotRail, Transport for Wales and other operators reported major storm disruption;</li>
<li class="class">Power was restored to 31,000 houses but 14,000 further homes were still cut off;</li>
<li class="class">Ferry crossings between Southampton and the Isle of Wight were cancelled today;</li>
<li class="class">Heathrow Airport axed 18 flights yesterday due to air traffic control restrictions. </li>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Flights were cancelled, rail lines were blocked and bridges closed, bringing lengthy delays as families returned home and commuters struggled back into workplaces.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The Environment Agency had 156 flood alerts and 23 warnings in place for England today after the deluge. Strong winds and heavy rain is forecast into the weekend, improving slightly with showers and sunny spells predicted for New Year's Eve.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/28/07/79394397-12906083-image-a-2_1703749580148.jpg" alt="The roof of a property damaged last night by high winds in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester"/></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/28/07/79394399-12906083-image-a-5_1703749587987.jpg" alt="Debris lying on the road outside a property damaged by a tornado in Stalybridge last night"/></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Read more: <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12906083/Storm-Gerrit-tornado-Manchester-Scotland-power-cuts-train-flight-cancellations.html" target="_blank">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12906083/Storm-Gerrit-tornado-Manchester-Scotland-power-cuts-train-flight-cancellations.html</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-67674135" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-67674135</a></p>
<h1 class="sc-596253d5-2 eFfjCJ">Explosion and fireball seen as storm sweeps through Tennessee</h1>
<div class="sc-596253d5-3 dkOGcF"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 fuOouF">A funnel cloud moving over Madison, a suburb in Tennessee, caused electrical flashes and a small explosion seen in a video shared on social media.…</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-67674135" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-67674135</a></p>
<h1 class="sc-596253d5-2 eFfjCJ">Explosion and fireball seen as storm sweeps through Tennessee</h1>
<div class="sc-596253d5-3 dkOGcF"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 fuOouF">A funnel cloud moving over Madison, a suburb in Tennessee, caused electrical flashes and a small explosion seen in a video shared on social media.</p>
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<div class="sc-596253d5-3 dkOGcF"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 fuOouF">Parts of Tennessee were hit by tornadoes and severe storms on Saturday, and at least six people died as a result.</p>
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<div class="sc-596253d5-3 dkOGcF"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 fuOouF">Buildings were reduced to rubble and communities were plunged into blackouts in the southern US state.</p>
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<div class="sc-596253d5-3 dkOGcF"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 fuOouF">A funnel cloud differs from a tornado in that it doesn't touch the ground. The weather phenomenon has also been described as a "baby tornado beginning to form but never quite getting there", according to BBC meteorologist David Braine.</p>
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<div class="sc-596253d5-3 dkOGcF"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 fuOouF">Read more details of the storm impact<span> </span><a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67673627" class="sc-8fed6dee-0 kzvMIe">here.</a></p>
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<p><span class="sc-596253d5-4 YIYqK">9th December 2023, 10:16 MST</span></p>
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<p><span class="sc-596253d5-4 YIYqK"><a href="https://www.foxweather.com/watch/play-6d04569890007e6" target="_blank">https://www.foxweather.com/watch/play-6d04569890007e6</a></span></p> Cork flooding: Floods in Co C…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2023-10-19:3863141:Comment:11595892023-10-19T09:49:34.994ZYvonne Lawsonhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/YvonneLawson
<h1 class="primary-font__PrimaryFontStyles-ybxuz7-0 jGeesm custom-headline">Cork flooding: Floods in Co Cork ‘absolutely devastating’ as safety warning issued to motorists</h1>
<h2 class="secondary-font__SecondaryFontStyles-nwz1jt-0 ftfvHJ custom-subheadline font_normal font_md margin-md-bottom color_themes_primary-font-color">‘Significant difficulties’ on some of the county’s roads after Storm Babet brings more than a month’s worth of rain fell in 24 hours…</h2>
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<h1 class="primary-font__PrimaryFontStyles-ybxuz7-0 jGeesm custom-headline">Cork flooding: Floods in Co Cork ‘absolutely devastating’ as safety warning issued to motorists</h1>
<h2 class="secondary-font__SecondaryFontStyles-nwz1jt-0 ftfvHJ custom-subheadline font_normal font_md margin-md-bottom color_themes_primary-font-color">‘Significant difficulties’ on some of the county’s roads after Storm Babet brings more than a month’s worth of rain fell in 24 hours</h2>
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<p><span>Flooding in Midleton, Co Cork, caused by Storm Babet after more than a month's worth of rain fell in 24 hours. Photograph: Damien Rytel/PA Wire</span></p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph">Motorists have been urged to drive with care in Cork and other parts of the country affected by<span> </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/18/storm-babet-weather-warning-updates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floods from Storm Babet</a><span> </span>after more than a month’s worth of rain fell in just 24 hours.</p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall">Several roads in the south and southeast were impassible on Thursday morning as local authorities and emergency services continued to assess the flood damage.</p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall">The damage to Midleton was “absolutely devastating”, fire station officer in the town Mark Sinclair said. “I’m born and bred in the town, I’ve seen many a flood, but none of this capacity. This came so quick. We helped as much as we could and tried to get as many people to safety as possible.</p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall">“We’re still going around checking on people to see if they need help,” he said on Thursday morning.</p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall">“Numerous calls came in during the day [Wednesday]. I think it was 11am that the river burst its banks – then by 2pm there was pure devastation. The main street was like a river.</p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall">Mr Sinclair explained recent heavy rain had led to saturated ground and then there was high tide along with torrential rain, which led to the river bursting its banks.</p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall"><strong>“A lot of the shops have no insurance because it’s a flood zone, the town hasn’t seen anything like this in 400 years,” he told RTÉ's Morning Ireland.</strong></p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall"><strong><img src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/o8Ym6tyJTkcgjRIfTxYaap4fD8k=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZALTB4GZCQKG5PWKFBKM3VSMQE.jpg" width="591" height="333"/></strong></p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall">The mayor of<b><span> </span></b>Cork County, Frank O’Flynn, called for an investigation into why the weather warning for Cork during Storm Babet was not upgraded to red status.</p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall">“It should have been red,” he told Newstalk Breakfast. “There was a torrential downpour ... Had there been a red status warning, schools and businesses would have been more prepared, cars would not have been out on the roads and not as much damage would have been caused.”</p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall">Read more: <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/19/cork-flooding-floods-in-co-cork-absolutely-devastating-as-safety-warning-issued-to-motorists/" target="_blank">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/19/cork-flooding-floods-in-co-cork-absolutely-devastating-as-safety-warning-issued-to-motorists/</a></p>
<p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall"></p> NYC is hit by sudden storm th…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2023-09-09:3863141:Comment:11590732023-09-09T05:14:41.656ZYvonne Lawsonhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/YvonneLawson
<h2>NYC is hit by sudden storm that's cancelled over 200 flights across NY and NJ as locals share concerns over 'creepy clouds' and forecasters warn East Coast could soon be hit by Cat-5, 165mph Hurricane Lee</h2>
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<li class="class"><span class="mol-style-bold">Severe thunderstorms have rolled in over the East Coast</span></li>
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<h2>NYC is hit by sudden storm that's cancelled over 200 flights across NY and NJ as locals share concerns over 'creepy clouds' and forecasters warn East Coast could soon be hit by Cat-5, 165mph Hurricane Lee</h2>
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<li class="class"><span class="mol-style-bold">Severe thunderstorms have rolled in over the East Coast</span></li>
<li class="class"><span class="mol-style-bold">The weather front precludes Cat-5 Hurricane Lee forecast to make landfall </span></li>
<li class="class"><span class="mol-style-bold">Travel chaos struck the region as over 200 flights have been cancelled</span></li>
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<p><span class="mol-style-bold"><img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/08/22/75231647-12497753-image-a-2_1694208796348.jpg" alt="Hurricane Lee is thundering towards the East Coast and is forecast to make landfall next week, after severe weather begun battering the region Friday evening"/></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span><a target="_self" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/new_york/index.html" id="mol-f1122430-4e8c-11ee-9c13-9b14f17581cb" name="mol-f1122430-4e8c-11ee-9c13-9b14f17581cb">New York City</a></span><span> and Boston are bracing for Category 5 Hurricane Lee to make landfall, but the </span><span><a target="_self" class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12494853/hurricane-lee-category-5-path-Boston-new-york.html">East Coast is already experiencing severe thunderstorms</a></span><span> set to last through the weekend. </span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The region has sweltered under high temperatures and humidity in recent weeks, but both major metros are expected to be washed out Friday evening. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The weather front has brought travel chaos to the skies as over 200 flights have already been cancelled out of JFK, Newark and LaGuardia airports, according to<span> </span><a class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today/new+york">FlightAware</a>. </p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The storms have come following blistering temperatures across the eastern seaboard, where the mercury topped 90 degrees for three consecutive days for the first time all year in New York City on Friday. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Summer in the Big Apple was grayer and cooler than usual, with the metropolis repeatedly blanketed by smoke and haze from Canadian wildfires. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A heat advisory warning is still in effect in New York City and parts of New Jersey, as the torrential front barreling in resembles a tropical storm. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Officials are bracing for damage as high winds, heavy rainfall and potential hail could cause flash flooding and structural damage in some areas. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Reports indicate trees and power lines have been downed in New Jersey, and a severe thunderstorm watch was issued for almost the entire tri-state area until 11pm Friday. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Flash flood warning have also been issued for large swathes of the Hudson Valley following a period of dry and hot conditions. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Much of Massachusetts also remains under a severe thunderstorm watch, covering Middlesex, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire counties. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">In Hoopsick Falls, New York, the town's mayor urged residents to remain indoors as a powerful thunderstorm struck the community of 3,000 people on Thursday. </p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span>Storm damage was also seen in Boxborough, Massachusetts, where multiple tree limbs were torn down by the high winds </span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span>Crews worked through Friday to clear the roads after the storm surge swept through, which also tore down power lines </span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The storms on Friday are forecast to be the start of several weather bombs to strike the region into Monday, while heavy rainfall is expected to continue through the week as temperatures plummet. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The severe weather comes amid growing <span><a target="_self" class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12494853/hurricane-lee-category-5-path-Boston-new-york.html">fears over Hurricane Lee</a></span>, which was registered as a Category 1 hurricane on Thursday, before it escalated to a Category 5 overnight. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Lee has been picking up steam as it thunders towards the coastline, with wind speeds in excess of 130mph. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">It is expected to make landfall late next week, however forecasters have struggled to nail down the exact path of Hurricane Lee, leading to varying estimates over the extent of the damage it could bring to the East Coast.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span>Forecasters have struggled to nail down the exact path of Hurricane Lee, leading to varying estimates over its the extent of the damage it could bring</span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span>Read more: <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12497753/NYC-storm-cancelled-200-flights-NY-NJ-East-Coast-Cat-5-Hurricane-Lee.html" target="_blank">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12497753/NYC-storm-cancelled-200-flights-NY-NJ-East-Coast-Cat-5-Hurricane-Lee.html</a></span></p> GREECE REGION SEPTEMBER 5 202…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2023-09-06:3863141:Comment:11593472023-09-06T00:35:29.162Zjorge namourhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/jorgenamour
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<p><strong>2 people killed in Istanbul flash floods</strong> <strong>TURKEY</strong></p>
<p>SEP 05, 2023 <br/> <a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/istanbul/2-people-killed-in-istanbul-flash-floods" target="_blank">https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/istanbul/2-people-killed-in-istanbul-flash-floods</a></p>
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<p>Two people were killed after flash floods devastated some districts in Türkiye’s largest metropolis Istanbul late Tuesday.</p>
<p>Heavy downpours started in the northern part of the city and intensified in the Arnavutköy and Başakşehir districts, turning roads into rivers.</p>
<p>FROM LINK <strong>Western Istanbul</strong>, Tuesday evening, September 5, 2023, torrential rains and floods flooded the city, a state of terror and panic</p> GREECE REGION SEPTEMBER 4 20…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2023-09-05:3863141:Comment:11592412023-09-05T00:42:18.991Zjorge namourhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/jorgenamour
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<p>🚨 Urgent: A catastrophe will hit #<strong>Greece</strong> in the coming hours: the total rainfall that falls on <strong>#Istanbul</strong> within two years can fall on #<strong>Greece</strong> within 48 hours..<br/> It may fall <strong>2 tons of precipitation per square metre</strong>. There is a very serious and extreme flood risk that will take <strong>the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea almost sea water and pour it on Greece.</strong><br/> estimates in this direction.</p> https://globalnews.ca/news/99…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2023-08-18:3863141:Comment:11591382023-08-18T14:15:19.521ZKMhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/KarenMartel
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<h1 class="l-article__title">Structures lost in West Kelowna as thousands remain under evacuation order due to wildfires</h1>
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<p>Structures have been lost in West Kelowna due to the<span> …</span></p>
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<h1 class="l-article__title">Structures lost in West Kelowna as thousands remain under evacuation order due to wildfires</h1>
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<p>Structures have been lost in West Kelowna due to the<span> </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/mcdougall-creek" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McDougall Creek</a><span> </span>wildfire, officials confirmed early Friday morning.</p>
<p>It is not known exactly how many buildings have burned due to the fire but the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre said a full assessment of the area will be undertaken Friday morning.</p>
<p>At around 3 a.m. Friday, officials said the fire remains very active and unpredictable.</p>
<p>Currently, 2,462 properties are under evacuation order and 4,801 properties are under evacuation alert due to the McDougall Creek wildfire.</p>
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<p><span>A state of emergency has been declared in </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/kelowna">Kelowna</a><span>, and evacuations are underway in two neighbourhoods, as two wildfires flared to life late Thursday evening.</span></p>
<p>It’s thought that embers from the nearby <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/mcdougall-creek-wildfire">McDougall Creek wildfire</a> sparked the new fires, with embers, aided by gusting winds, crossing Okanagan Lake.</p> https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/1…tag:poleshift.ning.com,2023-08-18:3863141:Comment:11592322023-08-18T00:05:31.949ZKMhttps://poleshift.ning.com/profile/KarenMartel
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<div class="headline headline--has-lowertext"><div class="headline__wrapper"><h1 class="headline__text inline-placeholder" id="maincontent">The entire capital city of Canada’s Northwest Territories has been ordered to evacuate as hundreds of wildfires scorch the region,…</h1>
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<div class="headline headline--has-lowertext"><div class="headline__wrapper"><h1 class="headline__text inline-placeholder" id="maincontent">The entire capital city of Canada’s Northwest Territories has been ordered to evacuate as hundreds of wildfires scorch the region, officials say</h1>
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<div class="headline__footer"><div class="headline__sub-container"><div class="headline__sub-text"><div class="byline"><div class="byline__images">Hundreds of wildfires burning in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2023/08/14/weather/heat-warning-washington-oregon-british-columbia-climate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canada’s Northwest Territories</a> have prompted emergency declarations and the evacuation of the capital city of Yellowknife by road and air.</div>
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<p><br/>About <a href="https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00056106023&SearchText=yellowknife" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20,000 residents</a> in Yellowknife are being urged to get out of the way of fast-moving flames as more than <a href="https://www.gov.nt.ca/ecc/en/services/wildfire-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">230 fires</a> char the territory and smoke creeps south, impacting air quality in the United States. Yellowknife accounts for about half of the <a href="https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Northwest%20Territories&DGUIDlist=2021A000261&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">total population</a> of the remote territory, which sits north of Alberta and east of Yukon.</p>
<div class="article__content-container"><div class="article__content"><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">One of the wildfires burning west of Yellowknife is approximately 165,000 hectares, more than 600 square miles, and inching closer to the community and main highway, according to Mike Gibbins, who manages communications for Municipal Affairs Minister Shane Thompson’s office.</p>
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<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“We’re all tired of the word unprecedented, yet there is no other way to describe this situation in the Northwest Territories,” Premier Caroline Cochrane said in a<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CCochrane_NWT/status/1692036028691808498" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a><span> </span>Wednesday night.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“Residents living along the Ingraham Trail, in Dettah, Kam Lake, Grace Lake and Engle Business District are currently at highest risk and should evacuate as soon as possible. Other residents have until noon on Friday, August 18, 2023 to evacuate,” Northwest Territories officials said in a<span> </span><a href="https://www.gov.nt.ca/en/notices-alerts-and-orders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a><span> </span>Wednesday.</p>
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<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">The community of N’dilo is also under an evacuation order, officials said in the release. Those unable to leave by vehicle can register for an air evacuation, officials said.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“If you are able to evacuate by road, obey all warning signs, emergency management officials, traffic control devices and posted speed limits,” Cochrane added. “Do not make any rash decisions that can put other people in danger.”</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Those driving out of the Yellowknife area face a potentially perilous journey through heavy smoke and fire. “There were patches of flames on each side as we drove through,” Nadia Byrne told CNN, calling her evacuation the most terrifying experience she’s had.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Byrne, along with four friends and their dogs, left Yellowknife Tuesday evening and struggled to see – and breathe – while driving.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“We hit a patch where we couldn’t see any of the lines on the road. That lasted 45 minutes,” she said. “We had our N95s on and could barely breathe and our chest and lungs hurt.”</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">The group made it to their destination safely the next morning, she said.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“We find ourselves in a crisis situation and our government is using every tool available to assist,” Thompson said.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Thompson declared an emergency for the entire territory on Tuesday, which will allow officials “to access and deploy resources so that we can continue our work to protect residents and communities in a more efficient manner,” he said.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">The mayor of Yellowknife also issued a local state of emergency as the fires approached. The flames were less than 10 miles from the town Wednesday evening,<span> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NWTFireinfo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officials</a><span> </span>said.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">The new evacuation orders come as much of the South Slave region – including the town of Hay River – was placed under an evacuation order over the weekend. Roads out of Hay River to the Alberta border and west to Yellowknife were also closed, town officials said in a Facebook post.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“The situation has changed quickly. Strong winds have blown the fire within 10 km (6 miles) of the community. It is anticipated the fire will reach Hay River this evening,” Northwest Territories Fire said in a<span> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NWTFireinfo/posts/pfbid02dC7UkYLvauM9FKNhijjd5jEC3VVgtj5BiXYyv9N6Tw2cBA2XRFSeMWESdjQr1z1el" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook update</a><span> </span>Wednesday evening. “Crews that were in the path of the fire are pulling off for their own safety and are re-positioning to assist in other areas.”</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">A team from Alberta has been deployed to the Hay River area to lay fire retardant to help stop the fire from spreading, according to Northwest Territories Fire, a Canadian government agency.</p>
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<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“Sprinklers and structure protections are in place and turned on, other operations will continue work when conditions allow,” the agency added.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Evacuees from South Slave were<a href="https://www.gov.nt.ca/en/public-safety" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span> </span>initially advised<span> </span></a>to go to a reception center in Grande Prairie, but the government of the Northwest Territories has since rerouted them to a new center in St. Albert, Alberta.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">In terms of the fires’ impact on communities in the Northwest Territories, “this has been the worst wildfire season in NWT history,” said Gibbins, adding that approximately 65% of the NWT population has been impacted by evacuations as a result of wildfires this season.</p>
<h2 class="subheader" id="british-columbia-prepares-for-potentially-catastrophic-days-ahead"><strong>British Columbia prepares for potentially catastrophic days ahead</strong></h2>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">There are over 360 active fires burning in neighboring British Columbia, where officials expect fire conditions to worsen as heat and lightning are forecast to combine over the next few days.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“This weather event has the potential to be the most challenging 24 to 48 hours of the summer from a fire perspective,” Cliff Chapman, of the British Columbia Fire Wildfire Service, said in a Thursday news conference. “We are expecting significant growth, and we are expecting our resources to be challenged.”</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Chapman warned that high pressure has led to record-breaking heat and that lightning is being forecast, which he said has been the “primary ignition source for new fires.”</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">The high-pressure air also causes dry winds, which contribute to extreme fire behavior, according to<a href="https://twitter.com/BCGovFireInfo/status/1691882800146952573" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span> </span>the BC Wildfire Service.</a><span> </span>These weather conditions exacerbate low fuel moisture in dead vegetation, which allows fires to start easily and spread rapidly.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">These weather conditions also result in live vegetation, including peoples’ lawns and trees, to start yellowing – not because fall is approaching but because the plants are experiencing extreme drought conditions.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">This is dangerous because it results in additional live vegetation becoming available for burning, increasing the risk of the fires getting bigger and spreading further, said<a href="https://twitter.com/BCGovFireInfo/status/1691882800146952573" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span> </span>Neal McLaughlin of the BC Wildfire Service.</a></p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“BC Wildfire Service is concerned about the upcoming ridge breakdown, and what that could mean in terms of fire behavior,” McLaughlin said. “We’d like to alert the public that there could be rapidly evolving fire behavior and fire behavior that could spread very quickly across the landscape.”</p>
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<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">The fires burning in Canada have once again led to<span> </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/us/canada-wildfire-smoke-us-air-quality/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">harmful air quality</a><span> </span>in the US, with the Minnesota Pollution Control issuing an air quality alert for Thursday and Friday.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“Heavy ground-level smoke from wildfires in the Northwest Territories of Canada is moving south across central Canada and towards Minnesota on Wednesday,” the National Weather Service warned. “A strong cold front will bring this smoke across the entire state on Thursday.”</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Smoke could reach the Minnesota-Canadian border around midnight Thursday, and then possibly move over the Twin Cities around noon and southern Minnesota by 3 p.m. Thursday, the weather service said.</p>
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<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Air quality has the potential to reach the Purple or Very Unhealthy category for several hours in eastern Minnesota, the weather service said.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Sensitive groups, such as people with lung or heart disease, the elderly and children are urged to avoid prolonged or heavy exertion and the general public is being told to limit outdoor activity.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“Smoke will linger across the eastern half of the state on Friday and fine particle levels will continue to be high for most of the day,” the weather service said. “Winds will become southerly Friday afternoon and smoke will begin to retreat away from the state and disperse. Air quality should improve below alert levels by the end of the day on Friday.</p>
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<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">In Canada, the Minister of National Defense Bill Blair on Tuesday mobilized the Canadian Armed Forces to provide firefighting personnel, airlift resources, and logistical support to the Northwest Territories.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“We stand with the people of the Northwest Territories as they experience their worst fire season on record, and I am confident that our military personnel will do their utmost to assist their fellow Canadians,” Blair said in a<span> </span><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2023/08/government-of-canada-providing-assistance-to-the-northwest-territories-in-response-to-wildfires.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was in communication with Cochrane on Wednesday.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">“To the people of the Northwest Territories: We’re here for you. We’ve mobilized Canadian Armed Forces members, and we’ll continue to provide whatever resources are needed. I spoke about that with Premier Caroline Cochrane today – and reaffirmed our commitment to assisting however we can,” Trudeau said in a<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1691943267674292391" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a><span> </span>post.</p>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder">Trudeau also met with officials on Thursday to discuss the ongoing wildfires and said that there would be no tolerance for any attempt to escalate prices on things like airfare and essential goods.</p>
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