Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect
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"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 Artic regions, with the violence of storms increasing in number and ferocity."
From the ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for February 4, 2012:
The wobble seems to have changed, as the temperature in Europe suddenly plunged after being like an early Spring, Alaska has its coldest temps ever while the US and much of Canada is having an extremely mild winter. India went from fatal cold spell to balmy again. Has the Earth changed position vs a vs Planet X to cause this? [and from another] Bitter cold records broken in Alaska - all time coldest record nearly broken, but Murphy's Law intervenes [Jan 30] http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/30/bitter-cold-records-broken-in-alaska Jim River, AK closed in on the all time record coldest temperature of -80°F set in 1971, which is not only the Alaska all-time record, but the record for the entire United States. Unfortunately, it seems the battery died in the weather station just at the critical moment. While the continental USA has a mild winter and has set a number of high temperature records in the last week and pundits ponder whether they will be blaming the dreaded "global warming" for those temperatures, Alaska and Canada have been suffering through some of the coldest temperatures on record during the last week.
There has been no change in the wobble pattern, the wobble has merely become more severe. Nancy noted a Figure 8 format when the Earth wobble first became noticeable, in early 2005, after Planet X moved into the inner solar system at the end of 2003. The Figure 8 shifted along to the east a bit on the globe between 2005 and 2009, (the last time Nancy took its measure) as Planet X came closer to the Earth, encountering the magnetic N Pole with a violent push earlier in the day. But the pattern of the Figure 8 remained essentially the same. So what changed recently that the weather patterns became noticeably different in late January, 2012?
The N Pole is pushed away when it comes over the horizon, when the noon Sun is centered over the Pacific. This regularly puts Alaska under colder air, with less sunlight, and thus the historically low temps there this January, 2012 as the wobble has gotten stronger. But by the time the Sun is positioned over India, the N Pole has swung during the Figure 8 so the globe tilts, and this tilt is visible in the weather maps from Asia. The tilt has forced the globe under the hot air closer to the Equator, warming the land along a discernable tilt demarcation line.
The next loop of the Figure 8 swings the globe so that the N Pole moves in the other direction, putting the globe again at a tilt but this time in the other direction. This tilt is discernable in weather maps of Europe, again along a diagonal line. Depending upon air pressure and temperature differences, the weather on either side of this diagonal line may be suddenly warm or suddenly cold. The tilt and diagonal line lingers to affect much of the US and Canada, but the Figure 8 changes at this point to be an up and down motion, pulling the geographic N Pole south so the US is experiencing a warmer than expected winter under a stronger Sun. Then the cycle repeats, with the magnetic N Pole of Earth pushed violently away again as the Sun is positioned over the Pacific.
From the ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for April 6, 2013:
Would the Zetas be able to let us know what is causing the early break-up of the Arctic Ice, the ice seems to have taken on a swirling pattern at the same time, would this be wobble related? [and from another] http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Canada+Arctic+cracks+spectacular+event/8185609/story.html The ice in Canada’s western Arctic ripped open in a massive “fracturing event” this spring that spread like a wave across 1,000 kilometres of the Beaufort Sea. Huge leads of water – some more than 500 kilometres long and as much as 70 kilometres across – opened up from Alaska to Canada’s Arctic islands as the massive ice sheet cracked as it was pushed around by strong winds and currents. It took just seven days for the fractures to progress across the entire area from west to east. [and from another] http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80752&src=iotdrss A high-pressure weather system was parked over the region, producing warmer temperatures and winds that flowed in a southwesterly direction. That fueled the Beaufort Gyre, a wind-driven ocean current that flows clockwise. The gyre was the key force pulling pieces of ice west past Point Barrow, the northern nub of Alaska that protrudes into the Beaufort Sea.
The Figure 8 formed by the N Pole during the daily Earth wobble has shifted somewhat to the East, due to Planet X positioned more to the right of the Earth during its approach. This was anticipated, and well described in ZetaTalk, the Earth crowding to the left in the cup to escape the approach of Planet X, so the angle between these two planets would change slightly. This shift of the Figure 8 to the East is due to the push against the Earth’s magnetic N Pole occurring sooner each day than prior. Thus instead of occurring when the Sun is high over the Pacific, over New Zealand, it is now occurring when the Sun is high over Alaska. All the wobble points have shifted eastward accordingly.
This has brought a lingering Winter to the western US, and a changed sloshing pattern to the Arctic waters. Instead of Pacific waters being pushed through the Bering Straits into the Arctic when the polar push occurs, the wobble is swinging the Arctic to the right, and then later to the left, creating a circular motion in the waters trapped in the Arctic. Since the Earth rotates counterclockwise, the motion also takes this path. This is yet another piece of evidence that the establishment is hard pressed to explain. They are attempting to ascribe this to high pressure and wind, all of which are not new to the Arctic, but this circular early breakup of ice in the Arctic is new.
jorge namour
Thunderstorm in Firminy: the "mini-tornado" does not exist- FRANCE
News - Published Sunday, July 19, 2015 by The Weather Channel
The term "mini-tornado" has been used by several media to talk about the phenomenon windy yesterday in Firminy. The Weather Channel explains why the "mini-tornado" does not exist and sheds light on the phenomena that actually occurred.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-07-19-16h02...
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Firminy The violent storms caused extensive damage. Witnesses and media then spoke of "mini-tornado" generated by thunderstorms. This term mistakenly used when a strong wind occurs, does not exist in meteorology. Similarly we do not speak of "mini-rain", "mini-storm", or "mini-flash", the "mini-tornado" is meaningless. This is either a proven tornado (either low or high intensity), or gusts substorms.
At first glance, the phenomenon yesterday in Firminy akin to downbursts, or more generally, gusts in thunderstorms. Everyone has noticed that the arrival of a storm, or simply a heavy downpour, accompanied by a more or less strong wind. Under the most severe storms (supercell, such as Firminy), a powerful wind corridor can be in a storm. Among this generic term downburst, extremely violent and sudden that can reach over 100 km / h almost instantaneously, there are several subcategories of the phenomenon: the dry burst (the air is so dry that the rain the storm evaporates descenfant), and the wet burst (the wind accompanied by rain crashing violently to the ground). For downbursts, the damage is flattened and thrown in the same direction, on a wider area.
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Hot: the Orbetello lagoon water at 32 ° C, fish deaths - ITALY
The situation in the lagoon of Orbetello (Grosseto), in the heat of these days, brought the City to adopt emergency measures
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A water temperature reached almost 32 degrees Celsius, with "resulting in high stress for marine life that is turning into a die-off of fish.
This is the situation in the lagoon of Orbetello (Grosseto), in the heat of these days, which led the City to adopt emergency measures to deal with an event defined as "rarity 'exceptional'.
In particular, in addition to activating the Scientific Committee to monitor the situation, they have been installed in the water pool of the east winds oxygenators and it 'was raised the level of pumping sea water into the lagoon. "These interventions - the mayor of Orbetello Monica Paffetti - aimed at the protection of the fish, so that 'despite the exceptional temperatures of these days the situation will return to normal as soon as possible'.
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Jul 19, 2015
Derrick Johnson
And the Gods finally answer! Heavens open in California as freak July rainfall pounds the drought-stricken state, extinguishing wildfires and boosting water levels
For years, Californians have been praying for rain - and now this.
The Golden State's widespread drought led to a state emergency being declared in 2014 by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The drought hit the grim milestone of its fourth straight year in January - and in April, Brown ordered mandatory water restrictions.
But when it rains, it pours.
New rainfall records were set over the weekend in southern and central California. The two areas experienced a second day of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday -- in what is usually a dry month.
In an unusual turn of events, the Los Angeles Angels were rained out at home for the first time in 20 years Sunday.
Heavy downpours forced the postponement of their game against the Boston Red Sox. The team will host its first doubleheader since 2003 on Monday.
The Angels were rained out at home for just the 16th time in their 55-year franchise history. They hadn't even had a rain delay in a stretch of 359 regular-season home games since April 24, 2011.
The rare summer storm also allowed firefighters to contain 60 percent of a wildfire that swept across a California interstate highway, torched vehicles and sent people running for their lives.
Amid heavy rains in a remote desert area, an elevated section of Interstate 10 collapsed Sunday. It cut off traffic between California and Arizona and left a driver injured.
A bridge that carries the eastbound interstate about 15 feet above a normally dry wash about 50 miles west of the Arizona state snapped and ended up in the flooding water below, the California Highway Patrol said, blocking all traffic headed toward Arizona.
The westbound section of the freeway remained intact, but traffic was being stopped while it was inspected for safety, and a pair of small nearby highways that could possibly serve as detours were also closed.
One driver had to be rescued from a pickup truck that crashed in the collapse and was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, the Riverside County Fire Department said. A passenger from the truck was able to get out without help and wasn't hurt.
'The 10 is a dire situation,' California transportation spokeswoman Terri Kasinga told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Pamala Browne, 53, and her daughter were driving from Flagstaff, Arizona to Palm Desert, California when they got stranded when the westbound lanes were shutdown.
'Oh my God, we are so stuck out here,' Browne told the Desert Sun newspaper.
She said 'we're talking miles' of cars waiting for a route to open.
The San Diego Padres were also affected by the rain. The team's game against Colorado also was rained out in Southern California, which is normally drenched only in sun. It was the Padres' first rainout since 2006.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Dolores provided slight drought relief and caused minor inconveniences for Angels fans, who hadn't lost a game to rain since June 16, 1995.
Rain fell Sunday afternoon in parts of Los Angeles County's mountains, the valley north and inland urban areas to the east. The city also was expected to get a late repeat of Saturday's scattered showers and occasional downpours as remnants of tropical storm Dolores brought warm, muggy conditions northward.
'We have a chance of some more heavy rain in LA County this evening, thunderstorms, lightning, possibly some localized street flooding,' said National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Sirard.
Saturday's rainfall broke records in at least 11 locations, including five places that had the most rain ever recorded on any day in July, Sirard said.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3167698/The-Gods-answered-F...
Jul 20, 2015
jorge namour
Warm, Italy "thirsty": drought in the north, to the alarm level of the Po
Heat and drought, worrying situation throughout Italy. The lakes, but also the River Po and the rural South are asking water
July 20, 2015
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n this hot summer, Italy is thirsty. In our country, it is not yet an emergency drought, however, is alert to the water, where land reclamation consortia are coping with appropriate maneuvers and hydraulic irrigation shifts. The levels of the big fields of the North, especially Lake Como and Lake Iseo, reports the Anbi, are below the seasonal average and are decreasing rapidly. Similarly it must be said for the flow of the river Po, from which derives the bulk of irrigation service to the 'made in Italy' agribusiness (84% depends on the availability of water). CONTINUE...
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Record heat in Switzerland: army mobilized for watering cows
Heat emergency for the famous swiss cows: set up water points in the canton of Vaud
July 20, 2015
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And 'the army had to intervene to give water to the thirsty swiss cows remained almost empty-handed, as the weather in Africa that have affected the Alpine country in recent weeks.
The Swiss soldiers have been ordered to fill the troughs or to plant new pastures in the canton of Vaud (West), informed the Department of Defense in Bern.
The army "helps the canton of Vaud to fight the consequences of the heat wave" and has supplied two drinking in the region of Lake Joux. Six more water points will be set up tomorrow, powered helicopters with water coming from the lakes of Neuchâtel and Joux, to supply the cattle grazing in the mountains of Jura.
On 7 July the record temperatures were recorded in most Swiss cities, especially in Geneva where the column has registered 39.7 degrees, the highest value ever recorded in the northern Alps.
Jul 21, 2015
Mark
Soaring global temperatures sees hottest June across the world since records began
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/11752237/Soaring-gl...
Latest figures show that 2015 likely to be the earth's hottest year on record with temperatures rising at an unprecedented rate
According to a new report compiled by the US Government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration June was the hottest since 1880, as were March and May, while January and February were the second hottest.
From heavy rains in Turkey and the Ohio Valley to soaring temperatures in Alaska and Spain, the world has faced some of the most extreme weather since records began.
“We are on an escalator and there is no sign of it slowing down.” a spokesman for the NOAA said.
Over the past month record temperatures were recorded in Britain and in the United States searing heat has led to a wave of forest fires.
Not only have temperatures been rising but they have been doing so at an unprecedented rate, said Jessica Blunden, a climate scientist with the agency.
The world's average temperature in June hit 61.48F (16.33C) breaking the old record set last year by 0.22F (0.12C).
“This is a huge margin.”
Jul 21, 2015
jorge namour
North Korea, too hot: the government imposes the start of work and school at 5
July 23, 2015
The heat has also hit North Korea, which runs for cover to safeguard the health of citizens: working activities and schools will start at 5 am to be terminated earlier and avoid exposure during the hottest hours
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The government of North Korea to address the 'sambok' ie the period according to the lunar calendar is the hottest of the year, imposed to anticipate the start of the working day at 5 am.
This was announced by the South Korean newspaper Daily NK quoted a source in the government of Pyongyang, adding that "now the working day and the school officially begins at 5 instead of at 8 am and ends at 13". This year the sambok began on July 13 and will end on August 12.
The source of the North Korean government, however, has explained to the Daily NK that, in general, people are failing to meet the new time and arrive late at work and in schools, which reduced the number of hours of production in the country.
In recent days, North Korean media have talked about the intense heat that is going through some parts of the country, but they never mentioned the change of times quoted by Daily NK. Pyongyang is located on the 39th parallel, approximately the same latitude as New York, and the average high temperature in July and August is about 29 degrees. Although it is rare for the thermometer exceeds 35 degrees on hot days, the humidity is above 80% by increasing the feeling of heat.
Jul 23, 2015
KM
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PHOTOS: Kerrobert declares state of emergency after storm shreds through town
The thunderstorm that rolled through Wednesday afternoon didn't last long, but it was intense with strong wind, lightning, heavy rain and small hail.
In Kerrobert, north of Kindersley, large hail and strong wind tore down trees and ripped siding off homes and businesses. The damage was severe enough for the town to declare a state of emergency Thursday morning.
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Patsy Kiss, manager of the Wild Goose Motel in Kerrobert, watched the clouds roll in.
"I said to my husband and the girl working the office, 'Oh, hoho! are we in for one wicked hail storm,'" she said.
“It was coming from the west and I seen it coming. The clouds were just white and I thought, ‘Oh, are we gonna get it’ and we did."
Golf-ball sized hail fell from the sky for 15 minutes combined with wind and rain. Kiss said nearly all the homes in Kerrobert have siding ripped off. She guessed that two thirds of the homes have broken windows.
Shredded siding in Kerrobert on July 23, 2015. Brent Bosker/CKOM News
“Driving downtown, it was almost like you were driving on a bed of trees, like of leaves, because it stripped the leaves something terrible.”
Kiss said the storm also smashed the mirror on her husband’s car and damaged one fo the power poles near the motel.
“It pulled the light off of the pole, put it down on our lawn, and the light was still working. The wire was still attached,” she described.
State of emergency
Kerrobert has declared a state of emergency after the storm.
On Facebook the town says council will meet today to talk about the damage, but there is cleanup and restoration ahead.
"We have a big job ahead of us but I think Kerrobert can do it," acting administrator Harold Trew in a Facebook message said.
Damage from the Kerrobert storm. Photo submitted by Theodore Halter.
Several insurance claims
A long line of people waited to make insurance claims Thursday morning. Resident Shane Molnar said the storm left some buildings looking like they were disintegrated with a machine gun.
"It sounded like there was about 40 people working on my roof, banging with hammers on my roof," he said, adding there isn't a house in town that wasn't somehow damaged.
Jason Moro said the wind and hail shredded his house.
"The back of my house siding is smashed, roof is smashed, air conditioner smashed. No trees left in my yard."
He said he heard that wind gusts got up to 115 kilometres an hour.
Three power poles came down in Regina on Wiinipeg Street, just south of 5th Avenue with two landing on a chain link fence and the other across the CN tracks. Large hail was also reported north of Prince Albert.
Jul 24, 2015
KM
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Enormous cloud attempts to swallow Moscow skyline
With Muscovites already having complained about the weather in the Russian capital for most of July, on Wednesday the constant change of sunny and rainy weather several times in one day resulted in spectacular scenes in the skies above the city.
People took to social media to share their pictures of the stunning Moscow sky.
The past couple of weeks have not been especially enjoyable in the city, with cold air having been brought to Moscow from the north-eastern Atlantic, weather website Gismeteo reported. This month has seen temperatures several degrees colder than usual July averages.
But meteorologists have promised for the weather to get better by the weekend, with a warm cyclone from southern Europe to clear off the clouds and heat the city up to 30 degrees Celcius (86 F) by Sunday. In general, this summer is "one of the most comfortable" over the past years, experts said.
Jul 24, 2015
Mark
More rain for Britain after a month’s rain fell in a single day
http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/26/more-rain-for-britain-after-a-months-...
Britain is set to endure more downpours today after a month’s worth of rain fell in a single day.
The country had a brief respite yesterday but more wet weather will sweep in from the Atlantic overnight and most areas will have some rain today.
The great summer getaway had a soggy start on Friday, with travellers and holidaymakers facing wet roads.
Gareth Harvey, senior forecaster with MeteoGroup, said the rain did not clear East Anglia and Kent until mid-morning on Saturday – by which time Norwich, for example, had received 48mm (1.89 inches) in 24 hours. The average rainfall for the whole month of July in some East Anglian locations is only 52mm.
Mr Harvey said: ‘The next depression is coming in from the Atlantic. There will be rain in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and south west England by morning, and pretty much everywhere will see some rain through the course of Sunday, with only the very far north of Scotland escaping. There will be some strong winds as well.’
Jul 27, 2015
Mark
It’s the windiest year for two decades: Britain has not experienced a 'calm' day for three months
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3176874/Blow-s-windiest-yea...
Britain could be facing its windiest year for two decades as crisp Arctic air sweeps the country.
The UK has experienced no ‘calm’ days for the last three months, leaving it on track for the windiest year since 1995.
Unseasonably strong gales of more than 50mph have battered coastal areas in south-west England this week, forcing summer campers to flee indoors.
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for strong winds across the coast and holidaymakers are warned to expect disruption.
So far this year only eight days have been described as ‘calm’ by weather stations - with no calm days recorded in May, June or so far in July.
If fewer than 22 days in the year are ‘calm’ - meaning at least 20 weather stations record gusts of 11mph or less - 2015 will be the windiest in two decades.
The Needles on the Isle of Wight has seen the strongest winds this week, with gales of up to 54mph.
Meanwhile North Wyke in Devon registered gale force winds of 46 mph, followed by Mumbles Head in Glamorgan with 44 mph.
Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said: ‘It’s been pretty windy with quite widespread gale force winds in the south-west and the Bristol channel, as we expected.
Jul 28, 2015
KM
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/extraordinary-tornado-tore-through-south...
'Extraordinary' tornado tore through southwestern Manitoba for more than 2.5 hours
Environment Canada meteorologists are calling this tornado “extraordinary,” not only because of the trail of damage it left behind, but also because it was on the ground for more than two and a half hours, and they say that kind of endurance in a tornado is rare.
Storm chasers from across the continent gathered in Manitoba for a chance to see a large wedge tornado.
People who saw the storm bearing down on their homes only watched briefly before seeking shelter in their basements.
“A lot of wind, a lot of noise, dark green skies,” said Ken Derkach.
Derkach went out to survey the damage in the morning and found about 15 trees down around his home near Virden, including one right across the roof. Other farms were hit worse.
A pair of farms near Tilston bore the brunt of the storm damage.
The tornado flipped a semi-trailer on its side and destroyed this family's chicken coop, drawing a few hundred birds into the air never to be seen again.
"Why it couldn't of gone just a half mile north and it could've missed both our place and Rick's place. But it didn't. It came where it came. Nothing we can do about it,” said Fred Raynor.
Down the street from the farm, crews work to repair downed lines and replace two and a half kilometres of poles that simply disappeared in the wind.
Manitoba Hydro said they don’t know where those poles ended up.
Gord Allison lost dozens of trees, some uprooted, others snapped like twigs.
"We'd already seen on the Internet that Tilston had some damage. We were just wondering if that was our path by radar. You just didn't know if it was going to hit you or not. Hopefully it doesn't...but we got it,” said Gord Allison.
Despite this twister being on the ground for two and a half hours and covering a lot of ground , it didn’t hit populated areas.
Fortunately, there were no serious injuries reported, just frayed nerves as people rode it out in the safety of their basements.
Manitoba Hydro hopes to have the lights back on for all remaining customers sometime tonight or tomorrow.
Jul 29, 2015
Mark
Britain 'hot as Ibiza' this weekend - but frosty snap will hit country first
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-britain-hot-ibiza-6...
Britain could see a return to summer with temperatures as hot as Ibiza on Sunday - but not before the country is hit by frost as far south as Devon.
After a wet and dreary weekend and a chilly and windy start to the week, forecasters say temperatures are set to return to the summer norm.
On Sunday, temperatures in London could soar up to 30C (86F) on Sunday, the same as Ibiza.
But before the country can return to balmy summer temperatures, it will be blasted by icy arctic winds, leading temperatures to drop as low as single figures.
While large parts of the country could see nightly grass frosts this week as temperatures drop to single figures, daytime temperatures will remain in the late teens widespread across the country.
Wednesday night will be particularly chilly with temperatures in Aberdeen dropping to between 3C and 4C, while areas as far South as Devon could see some frost, as temperatures drop to the single figures.
Jul 29, 2015
SongStar101
Flood, torrential rain kill 15 in Quang Ninh, Northern Vietnam
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/137318/flood--torrential-r...
The rain, the heaviest down-pour in 40 years, was measured at 828mm in places. It started in the northeastern part of the province on July 26 and caused over one trillion VND (US$45.8 million) in damage by 21pm on July 28.
The provincial People’s Committee said that more than 2,800 houses collapsed in the deluge and 143 ha of crops and about 880 fishing pens were swamped with water. Many local roads were blocked due to landslide.
The Quang Ninh Water Supply Company has also been forced to stop supplying tap water to homes in Ha Long and Cam Pha cities for up to a fortnight because falling trees and landslides broke the main water-pipe system.
The rain also left about 1,600 tourists stranded on Co To and Quan Lan islands. Most of them were on Co To.
Hoang Ba Nam, chairman of the People’s Committee on Co To, asked hotels and guest houses to give stranded tourists 30 to 50 percent discounts to help them.
About 1,000 families in Cam Pha city were evacuated to safe places on the afternoon of July 28.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 28 ordered the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Public Security to mobilise all available manpower and resources in the province to help local residents flight off adversities caused by the historic torrential rain.
Other ministries and Government agencies were ordered to step up their efforts to restore the province’s transport, power and communication infrastructure. They were also charged with the task of cleaning up the environment to prevent disease outbreaks and helping local residents return to normal life.
The same day, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai ordered the provincial People’s Committee to evacuate people living in areas of high alert for flash floods and landslides. The committee was also told to provide food and water for households in inundated areas, Hai said.
The National Central for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said more torrential rains are expected in the next two days.
Heavy rains are also expected to blanket other provinces and cities in the northern region up until August 2.
Jul 29, 2015
KM
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-23/lamb-mortality-after-the-s...
Never seen before weather conditions culminate in abnormal livestock losses
Extreme cold weather conditions in southern New South Wales last week created a perfect storm of unfortunate events for some sheep producers, culminating in some significant livestock losses.
The Department of Primary Industries, at the Cowra Research Station, is conducting autopsies on an abnormally high number of lambs from its commercial lambing flock.
The national average for lambing mortality is 10 per cent in ewes with single lambs and 20 per cent for twins.
But researcher, Dr Gordon Refshauge, said the mortality rate in this instance is almost 40 per cent.
He said he had never seen a situation like it.
Jul 29, 2015
lonne rey
July 2015: from heat wave to summer storm
http://nieuws.weeronline.nl/29-7-2015-juli-2015-van-hittegolf-tot-z...
The month of July extreme weather. As the month began with a heat wave, locally there has been frost and we had the worst storm ever recorded in July! Strong rainfall gave some relief to the drought. Especially in Groningen and Drenthe was a very wet month. In several places fell more than 150 mm of rain. Dwingeloo (Drenthe) the monthly installment comes from rainfall on nearly 200 mm. That is 2.5 times the normal monthly rainfall.
Jul 29, 2015
SongStar101
Parts Of Black Hills & Custer South Dakota Covered In 6in of Hail
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RAPID CITY, SD -
A lot of hail fell in Custer Monday evening, this photo was sent to us showing the 1 inch in diameter hail. Except the 1 inch hail ended up being 6 inches deep.
This sort of thing has happened before. Just earlier this month, another hail storm caused the plows to come out.
The Black Hills are notorious for hail. This is because the freezing level is closer to the ground than in the plains of central and eastern KELOLAND. While most of the hail remains small at an inch or under, enough can fall in a short amount of time to give the appearance of snow. But we know we can get our fair share of large hail too.
Yesterday's storm reports had hail of just under two inches for parts of the northern Hills. While three and a half inch hail fell in Hill City. We should get a break from the hail as dry skies are forecasted for the rest of the week.
Jul 30, 2015
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/torrential-saskatchewan-...
Torrential Saskatchewan rain was 1-in-100-year event
Some areas received more than 100 millimetres over 2 days
The light and dark green areas are locations where 80-110 millimetres of rain fell on July 27-28. (Saskatchewan Water Security Agency)Related Stories
That two-day rainstorm that dumped 100 millimetres or more on some communities in southern Saskatchewan was a once-in-a-century event, the Water Security Agency says.
Most places in south-central and east-central Saskatchewan received at least 50 millimetres on July 27 and July 28.
But some places got 110 or even more, which would make it a 1/100-year event, the agency responsible for monitoring flooding says.
Although people in many cities and towns had to contend with giant puddles and flooded basements, the impact on various basins was deemed "fairly moderate," and the rivers didn't flood.
That's because due to the extended period of hot and dry weather that preceded the rain, much of the water soaked in.
On the other hand, another two days like Monday and Tuesday could spell trouble.
"While streamflow and lake level impact from this event have been limited, these basins are now quite wet and vulnerable to a second event over the coming days," the agency said in a report Wednesday.
Fortunately, current forecasts are calling for a return to sunny and warm conditions over the coming days.
This was the scene near Maple Ridge Drive in the northwest corner of the city on Tuesday morn
Jul 30, 2015
Ryan X
Jul 31, 2015
KM
in addition to the comment by Ryan X
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3181600/Iran-temperature-hi...
Now that's a scorcher! Temperature in Iran hits 165F due to 'heat dome' over Middle East... while Iraq declares national holiday because it's too hot for people to go to work
If the mercury heads north of 70F in Britain, the nation tends to go 'summer crazy' and breaks out the budgie smugglers, sandals and shorts.
But spare a thought for residents in the city of Bandar Mahshahr, south-west Iran, where 'hot' has taken on a whole new meaning.
Today, it reached a super-sweltering 165F (74C) on the heat index (or 'feel-like' temperature), taking into account humidity - making it one of the highest temperatures ever recorded.
Bandar Mahshahr's air temperature registered 115F (46C) coupled with a dew point temperature of 90F (32C) at 4.30pm local time.
Spare a thought for the residents of Bandar Mahshahr (above) in south-west Iran, where it reached a super-sweltering 165F (74C) on the heat index (or 'feel-like' temperature), taking into account humidity. This makes it one of the highest temperatures ever recorded
The heat index combines the air temperature with the relative humidity in an attempt to determine a human-perceived equivalent temperature - or how hot it actually feels
'That was one of the most incredible temperature observations I have ever seen and it is one of the most extreme readings ever in the world,' said AccuWeather meteorologist Anthony Sagliani.
The city, which has a population of more than 200,000, is the capital of Iran's Mahshahr County in the Khuzestan Province.
Residents had to endure a similarly stifling heat yesterday too, as the heat index climbed to 159f (70C) - and the forecast for the next few days gives little hope of respite.
The extreme weather has been triggered by a high pressure ridge - or 'heat dome' - over not just the Persian Gulf but the Middle East generally.
The highest known heat index ever attained was 178F (81C) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on July 8, 2003.
WHAT IS HEAT INDEX?
The heat index combines the air temperature with the relative humidity in an attempt to determine a human-perceived equivalent temperature - or how hot it actually feels.
For example, very high levels of humidity can make a 90 degree temperature feel like it's well over 100.
Usually, the body cools itself by perspiring, which in turn evaporates and carries heat away from the body.
However, when the relative humidity is high, the evaporation rate can be significantly reduced - and this process is compromised.
As a result, the body has a harder time removing heat from itself, which makes it feel hotter than it actually is.
And neighbouring countries are feeling the strain as well.
In Iraq yesterday, authorities declared a mandatory four-day holiday, to begin with immediate effect.
The government has urged residents to stay out of the sun and drink plenty of water.
But chronic electricity and water cuts in Iraq and other conflict-ridden countries make heatwaves like the present one even more unbearable - particularly for the more than 14 million people displaced by violence across the region.
In the southern Iraqi city of Basra earlier this month, protesters clashed with police as they demonstrated for better power services, leaving one person dead.
Unlike other countries in the region, Iraq lacks beaches, and travel restrictions make it difficult for people to escape the sweltering heat, leaving many - even those fortunate enough to live in their homes - with limited options for cooling off.
Some swim in rivers and irrigation canals, while others spend these days in air-conditioned shopping malls.
To the south, in the similarly sweltering Gulf, residents cranked up their air conditioners, and elsewhere in the Middle East, those who could headed to the beach to escape Thursday's soaring temperatures, high even by the standards of the region.
It is not uncommon for well-off Gulf citizens to decamp with their luxury cars and servants to cooler spots such as Britain or Switzerland as temperatures rise.
The extreme weather has been triggered by a high pressure ridge - or 'heat dome' - over the Middle East
Saudi Arabia's King Salman, joined by a delegation numbering in the hundreds, is currently cooling off in the south of France.
Several Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, mandate midday breaks when temperatures are at their highest for low-paid migrant labourers during the summer months.
But that only provides some relief as many still spend long hours working in the heat and travel to job sites on buses without air conditioning.
A Filipino migrant rights activist collapsed and later died of apparent heat stroke during a visit to his country's consulate in Dubai this week.
One of the hottest spots in the Gulf was Kuwait City, where Thursday temperatures were expected to reach 118F (48C).
Aug 1, 2015
Howard
Massive Sand Storm Swallows Amman Jordan (Aug 2)
The extreme heat felt throughout Israel on Sunday is affecting the entire region as a whole, with one of the weather's hardest hit victims being Israel's neighbor to the east, Jordan.
Strong winds whipping across the kingdom's desert plains caused massive sand storms, forcing changes in the country's air traffic patterns.
If the weather does not change in the next few hours, several Jordan-bound flights are expected to land at Ben-Gurion Airport.
The heavy heat wave hitting the region has spurred calls for a national holiday in Jordan. Concurrently, several areas in the country reportedly experienced rain.
In Israel, the National Electric Company's website showed that at 12pm Sunday, Israel passed 12 thousand mega-watt usages for the first time ever. The peak of electric usage after 3pm stood at 12,525 mega-watts. The previous record was marked in January 2015, at 11,930 mega-watts.
Source
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4686726,00.html
Aug 3, 2015
Howard
Wild Weather in Ontario Produces Dramatic Images (Aug 2)
Police said there were unconfirmed reports of funnel clouds swirling in at least one rural area about an hour northwest of Toronto, and that multiple people were injured when high winds caused a party tent to collapse. Tens of thousands were left without power and flights were delayed at Toronto's Pearson airport.
The storm hit an area of the province that's was in the grip of a heat wave that took hold last week, ushering in temperatures consistently over 30 C and days that felt as though it was approaching 40 C.
Hundreds of people took to Twitter to post photos and videos of the ominous wall of thunderclouds.
Sources
http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/ontario-storm-captured-in-wild-weat...
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/ontarios-storm-damag...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tornado-damage-in-sout...
Aug 3, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3183228/Northern-California...
Thousands flee their homes in Northern California as wildfire DOUBLES in size just days after a separate blaze claimed the life of a forest ranger
A wildfire raging through Northern California's coastal mountains has more than doubled in size forcing thousands from their homes.
The blaze, now in its fifth day, has ripped through 54,000 acres of canyons and foothills east of Lower Lake, 110 miles north of San Francisco leaving dozens of buildings in charred ruins.
More than 12,000 people have either been ordered to evacuate or urged to leave their homes as 9,000 firefighters battle to contain 20 fierce wildfires across California.
Raging: Fire crews battle to hold back flames as they rip through a canyon near Clear Lake, California. The fire has doubled in size
Blazing: The blaze, now in its fifth day, has ripped through 54,000 acres of canyons and foothills east of Lower Lake, 110 miles north of San Francisco
Exhaustion: More than 9,000 firefighters have been battling to contain 20 fierce wildfires across California. Crew members are pictured taking a rest near Clear Lake
A separate blaze that killed a U.S. forest ranger on Thursday near the Oregon border has also expanded, but remains a fraction of the size of the so-called Rocky Fire that erupted in Lake County on Wednesday and has proved the most destructive.
'This is a very fast-moving wildfire,' said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, or Cal Fire.
Aug 3, 2015
SongStar101
Monsoonal rains have caused severe flooding across Myanmar, killing at least 27 people.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3183003/Monsoon-leaves-thou...
The death toll of 27 has not been updated since Thursday due to disrupted communications, and this figure is expected to increase.
Rescue efforts are underway, but Myanmar authorities and aid groups are ‘struggling to access flood-hit areas’ a director at the social welfare ministry said, the ABC reported.
Over 156,000 people have been affected by the floods, strong winds and resulting landslides.
Aug 4, 2015
SongStar101
Floods, Landslides in Myanmar, Bangladesh and India Leave At Least 126 Dead, Thousands Homeless
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/tropical-cyclone-komen... At least
At least 126 people are reported dead in three Asian countries in the wake of a monsoon depression that briefly became a tropical cyclone last week, unleashing over 1 meter (3 feet) of rain in parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
The heavy rain developed as a slow-moving monsoon depression developed over Bangladesh, then formed into a tropical cyclone over the northern Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, July 29. The cyclonic storm named Komen reached tropical storm strength and moved inland Thursday, July 30. The remnant area of low pressure was centered near the border between India and Bangladesh as of Sat..., then drifted west into central India.
India is the latest country to see deadly impacts from the persistent rainfall. According to India's National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), at least 20 people died when a landslide hit the village of Joumol in the Manipur state of northeast India.
The India Meteorological Department issued heavy rainfall warnings. The states of Manipur, West Bengal and Odisha have been impacted, with roads and highways cut off. The NIDM said 39 people had died in West Bengal due to the flooding, and over 500,000 people were in shelters Sunday.
More of Bengal Floods!
https://youtu.be/MQmOJlh60A4
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Worst Flood In 200 Years Hits India’s Troubled State Manipur
By Madhu Chandra
01 August, 2015
http://www.countercurrents.org/chandra010815.htm
Kakching, Manipur, August 1, 2015: Neither the national media nor state media reported the worst flood that affected in one of India’s most troubled states, Manipur. Entire Thoubal district and parts of Chandel district are submerged. The state’s print media and television news channels, mostly based in the state capital Imphal,ignored the floods, while covering the a month long public strike demanding the Inner Land Permit law. This is said to be the worst flood in 200 years. The state government is in total chaos and unprepared to tackle the situation. Imphal the capital city is not affected by the flood.
The water level is still rising and people are moved to safer places by volunteers, leaving their houses and their properties unattended. The rain continued to pour for last two weeks and heavy rain is forecast for the coming four days as well.
Total unpreparedness is the situation in regard to the government’s response to the situation. Civil society bodies and clubs came forward to set up limited relief camps for women and children and affected families for survival. Military forces have extended whatever help they could provide.
The Asian Highway No 1, the connecting Imphal and Moreh has been cut off. Asian Highway No 1 starting from Wangjing, 26 km from Imphal toward Indo-Myanmar board up to Pallel, has been affected. The old bridge at Pallel is damaged and the lone and newly constructed Pallel Bridge, yet to open has been affected. Newly constructed Heirok bridge of the newly proposed highway to Indo-Myanmar boarder is destroyed. Chakpi River in southern Chandel district washed away the lone Chapikarong bridge. The Chakpi River flooded the entire Serou region in southern part of Thoubal district. The longest and newly constructed Serou Bridge is under threat of destruction.
Aug 4, 2015
SongStar101
‘We woke up to disaster’: Torrential rain swamps Tampa, worst flooding in 65 years (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/usa/311498-tampa-flooding-rainfall-disaster/
In fact, there has been so much flooding that the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said that it is supposed to be the worst situation in more than 65 years.
The Tampa area has seen significant amounts of rainfall every day since July 20, the Washington Post reported. On several days, between two and three inches of rain have fallen, while this past Saturday and Sunday some four inches of rain were reported.
Another two inches had fallen by the point of publication on Monday, pushing the Pasco sheriff’s office to urge drivers to be off the roads by 3:00pm A flood warning was also in effect until 4:30pm local time.
The Busch Gardens Tampa theme park also closed for the day, as did an opportunity for the public to sit in on a training day for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
On YouTube, multiple videos were uploaded depicting the situation in Tampa. One showed a man intercept a burglar who was trying to steal his car, even as a police officer was slowly trudging through the water to get to the scene.
Resident video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL_8vJ8pqaA
Local news video:
Aug 4, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Exodus on a Biblical scale! 180 dead and more than 1 million people evacuated as heavy monsoon rains wreak havoc in India.
Floods from days of torrential rain have now claimed at least 180 lives in India with one million people sheltering in relief camps after fleeing surging waters, officials said.
Rivers have burst their banks, hitting thousands of villages in parts of West Bengal as well as northeastern Manipur state, where roads and bridges have been cut and communications were patchy. Most of those 180 died from drowning, while at least four people have been killed in a landslide that buried a remote village in Manipur bordering Myanmar, where heavy monsoon rains have also wreaked havoc.
The death toll jumped from around 120 on Monday, after the discovery of more bodies in West Bengal and the western state of Gujarat where water levels have receded, allowing families to return home.
"The death toll due to flooding in West Bengal rose to 70, with roads and farms in 13,200 villages remaining under water," disaster management minister Javed Ahmad Khan told AFP.
"Nearly 1.2 million people are now staying in around 1,600 relief camps opened in schools and government offices," he said.
The release of water from brimming dams has exacerbated the flooding in West Bengal after Cyclone Komen struck the east coast on Friday, Khan said.
"Rivers in 13 districts are flowing over their danger marks.
The situation is grim."
Another five people have died in Orissa and 35 in northern Rajasthan state, officials there said.
The worst is over.
Now we are focusing on relief and rehabilitation of affected people," Rajasthan's disaster minister, Gulab Singh Kataria, told AFP.
In Manipur, television footage showed villagers erecting a bamboo bridge over a muddy river after flood waters left them stranded, and a child trying to cross by floating in a rubber tyre.
Rescuers were still searching for villagers feared buried in a landslide that struck their hamlet on Saturday, with four bodies found, Jason Shimray, an official overseeing the rescue operation, said. Shimray said 10 people feared killed in the landslide have been found alive, although details were sketchy.
In the western state of Gujarat, flooding has eased in recent days, but the death toll has reached 72 after the discovery of more bodies, director of relief operations Bipin Bhatt told AFP. India, which receives nearly 80 percent of its annual rainfall from June to September, sees tragedy strike every monsoon season.
Aug 5, 2015
Howard
Strange Cloud Formations Over Kentucky and Ohio (Aug 3)
These formerly rarely observed clouds were proposed as a new category of cloud in 2009 and are likely to become the first cloud formation added since 1951 to the International Cloud Atlas of the World Meteorological Organization.
Such ominous looking clouds can now sometimes be observed ahead of a thunderstorm, after the thunderstorm's gust front has blown through.
What these clouds really depict is turbulent wave motion in the atmosphere.
Source
http://www.weather.com/science/weather-explainers/news/undulatus-as...
Aug 6, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Temperatures you usually associate with places like Iraq: Car stearing wheels, roads and road cones melted: Europe on fire!
Car stearing wheels have reported to have melted and road cones have also melted!
This week, one car thermometer in Cyprus recorded temperatures of 63C, while street thermometers reached 57C, and the official forecast said the mercury would rise to 37C in the coming days.
The holiday island's Department of Meteorology issued an orange warning, which means dangerous weather.
Officials in the Turkish north of Cyprus have also banned public employees from working between midday and 4pm in a bid to save lives.
And public health workers are urging the elderly, children, and individuals who suffer from asthma, diabetes and heart illnesses to avoid going outside between 10am and 4pm.
Record temperatures in Italy left 140 pensioners dead in just the first ten days of July this year, and experts are drawing parallels with the 2003 heatwave that killed around 20,000 people.
A spokesperson for the ABTA Travel Association told the Daily Mirror:
"These are the temperatures you usually associate with places like Iraq.
"We would advise people to avoid the beaches at midday when the sun is at it hottest.
Watch what the locals do and spend lunchtime in the shade."
Forecasters say the sweltering heat will affect holiday hotspots from Spain to Poland.
They blame a slow-moving storm over the UK and high pressure over eastern Europe, which has combined to push winds from northern Africa across the continent.
"Cities such as Milan, Florence, Budapest and Prague will all experience several days of extreme heat," said Eric Leister, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com.
"A reinforcing shot of heat will surge northeastward from Spain through much of Europe again next week leading to additional days of extreme heat for areas from France to Poland and Italy into the Balkans."
Aug 7, 2015
jorge namour
Incredible Alps:ZERO TERMIC at 5300 meters, glaciers collapsing. Dramatic situation
August 6, 2015
Incredible heat Alps: ZERO TERMIC to 5,300 meters in Piedmont, glaciers collapse
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/08/incredibile-sulle-alpi-zero-termico-...
https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
Tropical, hot on the mountain peaks: touched the + 10 ° C to 4,554 meters of Rifugio Capanna Regina Margherita, on top of the tip Gnifetti of Monte Rosa, who yesterday reached a maximum temperature of + 9.3 ° C and this morning was already + 8.3 ° C at 11:16, in the day could exceed the peak yesterday.
Meanwhile, the expert points out Serena Giacomin on facebook like last night Freezing has more than 5,000 meters above sea level on the column of air in Milan, while even came to 5,300 meters on Cuneo (see charts in tail all ' article). And 'incredibly hot what is literally collapsing alpine glaciers in the tropical summer, and the hottest day it will not be today but tomorrow, Friday, August 7, in which we expect the higher peaks of the story
Aug 7, 2015
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2015/08/freak-hailstorm-and-flash-floods-e...
The weather is getting more and more intense in Calgary with everything from drought to apocalyptic storms, floods as the planet’s weather is changing fast.
A freak hailstorm slammed Calgary and knocked out power to 20k customers on August 4, 2015, flash flooding many major routes throughout city and delaying C-Trains.
Now listen to the sound of this freak storm:
Aug 7, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Heavy flooding across West Africa: 8 people dead and 19 779 affected in Burkina Faso
Posted by Elena Ugrin on August 08, 2015 in categories Featured articles, Floods
Severe rainstorm accompanied with strong winds has affected several regions across Burkina Faso in West Africa, as of August 2, 2015. At least 8 people died, 54 have been reported injured and 19 779 people have been affected by the floods.
The regions of Ouahadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso in the Burkina Faso state were strongest affected by severe weather conditions. 1 240 houses were devastated leaving 3 699 people homeless.
72-hr rainfall accumulation until August 7, 2015 at 15:00 UTC. Image credit: Google / NASA/JAXA GPM.
Gaoua measured 72 mm (2.8 inches) of rainfall from August 5 to August 6, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported. According to the official government statement, the month of August will be prone to heavy rainfall, and local residents should avoid areas identified as high risk flood zones, especially the parts near rivers and drainage channels.
The CONASUR (Conseil National de Secours d'Urgence et de Rehabilitation) provided relief across the flood affected areas, however it appears some gaps have been identified in relation to food security, health, rehabilitation and protection issues.
A statement issued by the Burkina Faso government said that August is expected to be a particularly rainy period and that residents should avoid high risk flood-zones, in particular those near rivers and drainage channels.
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center’s Africa Hazards Outlook warned that heavy rainfall is still expected for the period between August 6 to August 12, across the already affected areas in West Africa.
This poses more danger for already devastated areas, including Guinea, which was already severely affected by the floods in late July. NOAA's officials stated: “Heavy rain is expected from southern Mali, Burkina Faso, southern Niger, to central Nigeria”.
Featured image credit: IRIN.
Source: http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2015/08/08/heavy-flooding-across-w...
Aug 8, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3190165/Powerful-storm-hits...
At least six killed and nearly four million more left without power after Typhoon Soudelor hits Taiwan with 124mph winds - with mainland China next in its sights
Powerful Typhoon Soudelor has battered Taiwan with strong wind and torrential rain today, killing six people and cutting power to 3.62million households - with mainland China next in its sights.
By midday local time, as the eye of the storm passed over the island nation 110 miles east of China, four people were missing and 101 injured while all 279 domestic flights were cancelled, authorities said. More than 9,900 people have been evacuated.
The storm made landfall early in the morning in the east coast counties of Yilan and Hualien, bringing up to 1,000 mm (39 inches) of rain in mountainous northeastern areas and wind gusting up to 200 kph (124 mph).
A wave crashes ashore behind a group of people in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China, as Typhoon Soudelor approaches the mainland
Emergency rescue personnel dig a man from a flash mudslide caused by Typhoon Soudelor in Xindian, New Taipei City, northern Taiwan
Television footage trees uprooted and power poles toppled over, a moped being swept into the air by wind and shipping containers piled on top of each other at a port.
'This is one of the worst typhoons I have ever seen,' said a sewage station engineer surnamed Jiang, who was inspecting pumping stations early on Saturday.
'My car was shaking when I was driving. There are too many trees down and I even saw six downed power poles.'
A rescue worker was killed by a passing car as he tried to clear downed branches from a road and a foreign worker died when he was hit by a falling sign, authorities said.
As the storm approached over the Pacific Ocean on Friday, a child and an adult were killed in rough seas off the coast of Yilan.
In the capital, Taipei, large steel sheets and rods were blown off a half-constructed stadium and city authorities shut down a growing number of bus and subway services.
Authorities issued flood and mudslide alerts and television showed a fallen wind turbine, mudslides trapping people, and flood nearly covering the roofs of cars in some areas.
A plane had its front wheels lifted off the runway by the force of the winds, while mudslides swept through homes in terrifying footage.
'The metal roof of the house next door to mine was completely blown away,' said resident Jack Lin. 'I saw a car crushed to bits.'
Authorities issued flood and mudslide alerts and television showed mud trapping people and murky water nearly covering the roofs of cars in some areas.
Among the dead was one person who drowned in his flooded home and another who was killed by a falling tree.
Earlier, authorities said one adult and one child had drowned at sea, while a foreign worker was killed by a falling sign and a rescue worker was hit by a car and killed while clearing downed branches from a road.
Taiwan Power, the island's main power company, said 3.62million households had lost power. While some supplies had been restored, 1.5 million households were still without power on Saturday afternoon, it said.
Aug 8, 2015
jorge namour
Devastating tornadoes in the heart of Malta: numerous injuries, serious damage [PHOTOS and VIDEO]
August 8, 2015
Bad weather this morning in the heart of Malta has formed a violent tornado that caused several injuries and extensive damage
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/08/devastante-tornado-nel-cuore-di-malt...
https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
A devastating tornado. It 'too early to estimate the category on the Fujita Scale, but certainly the phenomenon that hit Malta this morning with winds exceeding 130km / h approaching for entities episode F4 last July 8 on the Riviera del Brenta. Eloquent images accompanying the article. The tornado caused extensive damage during heavy storms that hit the island in the morning of the Knights bringing down the temperature from + 30 ° C to + 20 ° C and discharging to the ground more than 50mm of rain or hail.
VIDEO: http://www.meteoweb.eu/video-gallery/violentissimo-tornado-a-malta/...
MAP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta
MALTA is a Southern European island country comprising an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
Aug 8, 2015
KM
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/-snow-bombs-force-wides...
'Snow bombs' force widespread road closures as South Island battered
Heavy snow overnight has led to "snow bombs" building up on the Lewis Pass and people being rescued from snowed-in cars.
The New Zealand Transport Agency said extreme care was advised on South Island highways after a heavy dumping of snow overnight.
Spokesperson Lee Wright said police had assisted motorists on state highways and some had been taken to safety.
A considerable amount of snow had fallen on the Lewis Pass especially, and it would be some time before it dissipated.
"The Lewis Pass has 400mm of snow and a very heavy snow burden on the trees," Wright said.
"It is estimated that some of the 'snow bombs' are up to 3/4 tonne so no work can be done in these areas until they fall."
More bad weather is predicted today with forecasts showing snow down to 200 metres.
Police are warning motorists to use snow chains on most routes and many highways are down to 60km/h in many places.
Aug 9, 2015
KM
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/08/08/hail_in_beijing.php
Gods officially crazy, freak hailstorm ravishes Beijing
What a totally insane week to be a weatherperson in China. Just as we prepare to be hit by a super typhoonfollowing a week of egg-melting heat, not-so-tiny balls of ice start falling from the sky onto Beijing.
Yesterday evening, a large number of local residents whipped out their smart phones and captured the scenes as a sudden hailstorm struck the nation's capital and managed to do a good bit of damage.
Helpful local news reports give the size of the hail stones as around "as big as a dove egg". Sounds about right
According to Xinhua, the hailstorms and subsequent torrential rain that followed have once again managed to overwhelm the city's drainage system, leaving excess water sloshing around above ground and submerging roads.
Water halted traffic in parts of downtown Beijing. Cars were stalled on the road while others plowed through the flood waters with difficultly.
Aug 9, 2015
KM
http://phys.org/news/2015-08-hong-kong-swelters-hottest-day.html
Hong Kong swelters on hottest day in history
August 8, 2015
Hong Kong on Saturday recorded its hottest day since authorities began taking temperature readings 130 years ago, due to the influence of a nearby typhoon.
The daily maximum temperature hit 36.3 degrees Celsius, the Hong Kong Observatory said, with higher temperatures recorded in some parts of the city earlier in the day.
A layer of haze hung over the metropolis of seven million, as people wielding electric fans and umbrellas tried in vain to beat the boiling heat.
"This is a new record," a Hong Kong Observatory spokesman told AFP.
"Today, the recorded daily maximum... was 36.3 degrees Celsius," he said, adding that the previous hottest days on record occurred in 1900 and 1990, when a temperature of 36.1 degrees Celsius was recorded.
The former British colony began officially recording temperatures in 1885.
"Under the influence of the outer subsiding air of Typhoon Soudelor, it was very hot over the territory," the observatory said on its website, urging people outdoors to "drink plenty of water".
Typhoon Soudelor ripped up trees and triggered landslides in Taiwan, and knocked out power to 1.5 million homes, before churning towards China.
Taiwanese authorities said four people had died in the storm, including a firefighter in southern Pintung county and a man in the coastal town of Suao who was hit by a falling billboard.
Aug 9, 2015
Derrick Johnson
Hero Delta pilots make a BLIND emergency landing after baseball-sized hail storm cracked their windshield and damaged nose
By CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
'So that is my airplane. Glad to be alive,' Instagram user Beau Sorenson said, posting a picture of the plane.
The flight had been delayed in Boston 'and the pilot warned us of a little chop as he was routed between 2 storms. The next thing we know, we are bouncing around in some very big turbulence,' he told The Weather Channel.
'We heard loud banging sounds and saw lightning arcing on the right wing. We banked abruptly and descended sharply, by then kids were crying and people were upset.'
Passenger Rob Wessman told ABC that 'people were kind of holding hands and others were crying'.
It is not known how many people were on the plane, but Airbus 320s can hold up to 180.
Hail was reportedly entering the plane's engines and exiting out the other side like a snow-cone machine.
Passenger Robin Jones told Fox 13 she was thinking: 'Have I told everybody that I love that I love them?'
The pilots decided to make the emergency landing when the windshield cracked.
They had to use the plane's automatic guiding system because they had limited visibility. But they were able to successfully land the plane at 8.40pm with help from the control tower.
Passengers said they did not realize how bad the situation was until they landed and saw the emergency vehicles at Denver International Airport.
When they disembarked, they saw the horrifying condition of the plane's front.
'Delta should give the pilot of my flight a sizable bonus for saving our butts,' Sorenson posted on Twitter after leaving the aircraft.
One passenger was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The remainder were flown to Salt Lake City on a replacement plane, and landed at 1.43am - five hours after the originally scheduled arrival.
Sorenson said that some children refused to get on the new plane and their families rented cars to drive the roughly eight hours to Salt Lake.
One passenger, Jack Thompson, later posted a photo of the plane mid-air and tweeted: 'I really want to see how the turbines held up. Scrap it all 4 parts.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
Delta spokeswoman Liz Savadelis told the Denver Post, 'The safety of our customers and crew is always our top priority.'
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3190510/Delta-flight-make-b...
Aug 9, 2015
KM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/09/us-china-typhoon-idUSKCN0...
Typhoon lashes China's east coast, eight dead: media
A typhoon battered China's east coast on Sunday, killing eight people and forcing authorities to cancel hundreds of flights and evacuate more than 163,000 people.
Typhoon Soudelor killed six people in Taiwan earlier on the weekend then moved across the Taiwan Strait and slammed into the mainland's Fujian province late on Saturday.
It churned towards the neighboring provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi on Sunday, the Xinhua state news agency said. The Tropical Storm Risk website downgraded Soudelor to a tropical storm as it moved inland.
Eight people were killed in Hangzhou city, CCTV state television reported, as heavy rain and wind toppled trees and triggered flash floods and mudslides.
Television showed partially submerged vehicles abandoned on flooded roads as soldiers waded through water, searching for victims.
More than 163,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Fujian and more than two million households suffered power outages, Xinhua said. More than 530 flights were canceled and 190 high-speed trains were suspended.
In Taiwan, the rain and wind eased on Sunday although the Central Weather Bureau warned that conditions remained unstable as crews began clearing fallen trees, mud flows and other debris from blocked roads.
The storm killed six people on Taiwan with four missing and nearly 400 injured, authorities said.
Typhoons are common at this time of year in the South China Sea and Pacific, picking up strength from warm waters but losing it over land.
Aug 9, 2015
jorge namour
Unusual heat in Egypt: at least 25 dead
10 August 2015
The exceptional heat affected much of the most populated areas of Egypt and especially areas of the Red Sea
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'25 Death toll of high temperatures, above 40 degrees, recorded in recent days in Egypt. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health ', 15 people died in the city' of Cairo, while 110 people would be hospitalized in serious condition due to the effects of the heat
The ministry has issued a notice to all Egyptian citizens inviting them to avoid exits in the afternoon because of the risks from exposure to the sun and high temperatures. The exceptional heat affected much of the most populated areas of the country and especially areas of the Red Sea. The city 'more' hot were Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada, respectively, with peaks of 43 degrees and 44 degrees.
Aug 10, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
A world on fire! Record heatwaves continue to be registered around the globe
Roads melt in India as a heatwave in June caused nearly 3,000 deaths
Austria
According to earlier reports, the month of July has also been the hottest in Austria in the 248 years since temperatures have been recorded, the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said.
Two heavy heat waves that took maximum temperatures up to 38 degrees Celsius are largely responsible, according to ZAMG climatologist Robert Klonner, who said the temperatures across the country were three degrees hotter than the long-term average for the month.
Klonner said in some parts of the country it was not only the hottest July on record, but the hottest month ever recorded.
The number of hours of sunshine for the month was also a significant 20 percent higher than the long-term average across the country, while 20 percent less rain than average was recorded.
Slovakia
Paramedics went out on a call to rescue people in Slovakia collapsing from heat 729 times total between Monday morning and Friday evening, confirmed Jozef Minar of the Slovak Emergency Medical Service Operational Center on Saturday.
Statistics were ratcheted up significantly by Friday, when paramedics had to treat 110 heat-induced collapses.
Heat warnings in Slovakia are still in place, as peak temperatures ranged between 35-37 degrees Celsius.
According to the Slovak Hydrometeorological Office, temperature peaks are forecast to reach up to 38 degrees Celsius at some locations on Sunday and Monday.
Germany
The heat is set to last well into next week as slow moving storms to the north-west of the British Isles and high pressure over eastern Europe combine to create the sweltering conditions.
Temperatures in Berlin, Germany soared to 35C yesterday, while forecasters at AccuWeather have predicted that today will be the city's hottest day of the week with possible highs of 38C, close to the highest temperature ever recorded in Berlin of 38.1C in 1959.
Egypt
At least 21 people have died and 66 others suffered exhaustion in Egypt due to a severe heat wave that is sweeping across the Arab country.
Fifteen people have died in the capital Cairo, four in Matrouh city and two in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena, the Ministry of Health said in a statement yesterday.
The temperature reached 39 degrees celsius in Cairo and 45 degrees celsius in the Upper Egypt governorates on Saturday, according to the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA).
The people have been advised to keep away from the direct sunlight.
The heat wave is expected to continue until August 25.
Poland
Warsaw set a new all-time August high temperature record on Saturday when the temperature peaked at 36.6 C (97.9 F)
The previous record was 36.4 C (97.5 F) from August 1994, according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Tyler Roys.
Following six straight days of temperatures 32 C (90 F) or higher, the heat will back off slightly on Monday with a high of 30.6 C (87 F).
Temperatures soar again on Tuesday as another streak of 32 C (90 F) or greater high temperatures begins.
This stretch of heat is expected to continue into next week
US
Dangerous heat will continue from portions of northern Kansas and Missouri southward to the Gulf Coast where widespread heat indices will be over 100F.
Locations through the Lower Mississippi Valley could see heat indices as high as 110F
Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/08/a-world-on-fire-record-heatwave...
Aug 10, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Thousands of people dead, Billions of fish and marine life dead, millions of cattle dead, agriculture failing and record droughts worldwide: Welcome to summer 2015
A car in Italy melts in the afternoon sun....
A summer like never before, another weather extreme to go along with all the other weather extremes.......
The first half of 2015 was the hottest on record.
June 2015 was warmest June on record for the globe.
Global land areas and oceans each recorded record warm for June.
July will be confirmed by NOAA as the hottest July ever recorded on land and oceans and August doesn't look like it will cool down any time soon!
This summer has been the hottest ever since records began.....
Thousands of people have died in India, Pakistan, Asia, Europe and the US with old people being mostly affected.
Billions of fish and marine life have died along with millions of cattle, agriculture has failed and record droughts are being recorded world wide, it is a terrifying glimpse into an apocalyptic future as each month will become more extreme.
Cars melting and bursting into flames from record heat, car steering wheels melting, roads melting road cones melting, sheep's wool burning on their backs, record wildfires are just a glimpse of things to come, the toothpaste is out of the tube and cannot be put back...
From: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/08/thousands-of-people-dead-billio...
Aug 11, 2015
KM
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Fishing areas closed by province as heat, low water threaten species
Numerous southern Alberta rivers and streams off limits until further notice
The province has ordered several fishing spots off limits as heat and low water levels threaten many species.
The province is taking the unusual step of closing several fishing spots to protect fish populations as temperatures soar.
Alberta Environment and Parks says the heat and low water levels are a threat to many species.
The water is low on the Elbow River at Sandy Beach park in southwest Calgary. (
These areas are closed to all fishing until further notice:
"Angling in these areas presents a high risk to fish populations and may result in mortalities, even when using catch and release practices," the province said in a release.
All fisheries research licenses for these areas have also been temporarily suspended.
The province is also extending its July 30 advisory to fish with extra caution in these areas:
Aug 12, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Scorched Earth Update: 42 dead from heat in Egypt! New record highs for Poland Hungary and Czech Republic: Devastating wild fires Spain and Portugal
Much of central and eastern Europe is in the grip of a heatwave, with several countries breaking record temperatures, that may persist for at least another week to ten days.
Third degree heat alert - the highest level - is issued for the entire territory of Hungary.
The heat has been a problem for the fourth time this year.
The temperature and power consumption is breaking all records.
Poland reached a new high yesterday when the mercury tipped 38 degrees Celsius, with some rivers reported almost dried up around Warsaw.
Electricity supplies were cut to homes and businesses just when it was needed the most.
The Czech Republic recorded a new high of 40 degree Celsius near Prague.
Portugal and Spain reached 40 degree Celsius with wildfires out of control devastating the countryside
A scorching heatwave gripped Egypt this week, killing at least 42 people, including a German resident, patients in a psychiatric hospital and detainees, officials said Tuesday.
Egyptian summers are usually hot, but this week's temperatures in the south soared to 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit).
The Health Ministry said 21 people died from the heat on Sunday, when temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the country's north.
Nineteen more died on Monday, authorities said, mostly elderly citizens.
A German national living in the southern city of Luxor died on Tuesday from heatstroke, according to security official Essam el-Desouki. Egypt's official MENA news agency said he was in his sixties. A 62-year old Egyptian in the southern city of Assiut also died Tuesday, health official Ahmed Anwar said.
Most of the fatalities - at least 26 - were in Cairo, a crowded, sprawling city of at least 18 million. Three patients at a psychiatric hospital north of Cairo were also among the dead.
Three detainees in a jail north of Cairo died because of the heat, said a security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
Egyptian prisons and detention facilities are notoriously overcrowded.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters. Compounding the woes from the heatwave was a widespread power outage Tuesday in several Cairo neighbourhood's that lasted a few hours and briefly brought the city's subway to a halt.
The Ministry of Electricity blamed the outage on increased consumption that briefly knocked out a power transformer in western Cairo.
In rural and southern Egypt, power cuts are usual
Aug 12, 2015
jorge namour
Flood Rossano, the PHOTOS of the Day After: City still on his knees, all at work
13 August 2015
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Photos published by Lenin Montesanto on facebook tell us about the Day After the flood yesterday in Rossano: the city is completely on his knees, the army helps the local population to free cars and homes from mud, but probably will need days, weeks, to restore - only partially - a normalcy lost.
Here are the pictures:
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Extreme Weather in Argentina on Wednesday, 12 August, 2015 at 03:32
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South-easterly winds that will hit the centre of the country from tomorrow threaten to affect coastal regions of the Rio de la Plata and could cause further flooding to affected areas, as 2000 people continued evacuated due to the effect of heavy rains. At least three people have died and many more are unable to return to homes due to the floods. Salto, in the north of Buenos Aires province, was one of the hardest hit as waters reached 9.30 metres in height, and around 700 were forced to leave. Santa Fe province, with 300 evacuees, has also been affected by the disaster.
National Meteorological Service (SMN) announcer Silvia Gomez explained to Telam that "tomorrow the win will be blowing from the eastern sector early, but from 9am it will begin to rotate towards the south east, principally affecting the Rio de la Plata, the Parana delta and the east of Buenos Aires province with speeds between 45 and 70 kilometres per hour, with heavy gusts." "The most intense winds will fall upon the coastal zones," she added. Alongside the fierce gusts, more rain is forecast throughout tomorrow and for Thursday morning.
"In this case it is not just the amount of rainfall which is important, but also the intensity of river level rises for the persistence of winds, as it could affect City neighbourhoods like Palermo as well as coastal Buenos Aires cities like Quilmes.
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Aug 13, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Scorched earth: 76 dead in Egypt 17 in Sudan as insane temperatures continue around the globe
Slovakia
The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) has issued a country-wide extreme heat alert, with meteorologists estimating that this will remain in place until the end of the week, reported by local news agency TASR on Thursday.
"It happens sometimes that we issue the highest degree alert for dangerous phenomena, such as gales and storms, but an alert that is issued for the whole of Slovakia is very rare and most probably has never been done before," said Pavol Zaujec of SHMU's meteorological forecasts and alerts department.
The high temperatures can be expected to continue. In northern parts of the country temperatures have reached 34 degree Celsius, while in southern districts they've even touched 38 degree.
In Northern Slovakia people aren't used to temperatures of around 35 degree.
"If such dry and extremely hot weather goes on for a number of consecutive days, it is reflected immediately in an increased incidence of heat strokes and even in a quickly growing number of deaths," stressed climatologist Jozef Pecho.
US
The National Weather Service has declared an excessive heat warning over Havasu this Sunday, as temperatures of 114 degrees are expected.
High temperatures throughout Lake Havasu City are expected exceed 110 degrees today through Tuesday, when temperatures will descend to 108 degrees.
According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will remain at dangerous levels throughout the Western and Southern U.S., where excessive heat watches and warnings are in effect.
The Weather Service advises that residents take extra precautions when working or venturing outside.
Sudan
Nine people reportedly died of heatstroke over the past three days in the hospital of Wadi Halfa, Sudan, owing to a heat wave that is sweeping the country.
Mohamed Hassan Shanan, medical director of the Wadi Halfa hospital told reporters on Wednesday, that the authorities have increased electricity supplies to the hospital in order to cover the growing number of patients because of the heatwave.
"Nevertheless nine of them died."
A staff member of the hospital told Radio Dabanga this afternoon that four new cases were brought in today, "in a very bad condition".
The daily temperature has risen to above 46 degrees Celsius for a week, which makes August the hottest month in the area for years.
Egypt
Egypt's health minister says 17 more people have died due to an "unprecedented" heat wave, raising this week's death toll to 76.
Health Minister Adel el-Adawy said Thursday that the deaths are mostly among the elderly, and include eight patients of a psychiatric hospital.
El-Adawy says 1,205 people are in hospitals being treated for heat exhaustion.
El-Adawy dismissed rumors of a meningitis epidemic when pressed on the escalating death toll.
The Mideast has been in the grip of a heat wave since late July.
Egyptian summers are usually hot, but temperatures this week soared to 46 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) in the south.
Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/08/scorched-earth-76-dead-in-egypt...
Aug 14, 2015
jorge namour
Pacific: Goni and Atsani Two new typhoons
News - Updated Sunday, August 16, 2015 by The Weather Channel- LA CHAINE METEO
After a pause, hurricane activity is growing again in the North Pacific. Two tropical storms (named Goni and Atsnai) developed Friday. They are past the stage of typhoon on Sunday.
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These two typhoons reinforce very quickly. Remarkably, they follow to a few hundred kilometers, one behind the other.
Goni was born off the island Guam. Its trajectory is monitored. Indeed, it is expected that the typhoon is getting stronger, reaching category 4/5 typhoon stage, heading to Asia. The northern Philippines and Taiwan are on course. He could hit both islands Friday and Saturday. We closely monitor the evolution of the typhoon, the intensity could be comparable to that of Soudelor typhoon that ravaged the island of Taiwan in early August.
Atsani closely Goni but it is safer. Although Goni strengthens and reach the level 4/5 Wednesday he will pass wide of inhabited land, before heading to Japan, while losing its activity.
Aug 16, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Scorched Earth Update! Record busting temperatures for Phoenix: 92 dead in one week in Egypt
US Phoenix
Area pools were certainly the place to be this past weekend while air conditioning units were working overtime as the Valley continued to bake in record heat.
Friday's high of 117 shattered the previous record for Aug. 14 by four degrees and tied the all-time mark for the month of August.
It was the hottest day in the Valley since the mercury reached 119 in 2013.
Saturday didn't fare much better as Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport set a new record of 115, breaking the old one of 112 set in 1992.
The record heat has also put a strain on the electrical grid. According to APS, power usage was high with 7,060 megawatts being used which was close to setting a record. However, SRP did set a record Saturday with 6,806 megawatts being used which is an all-time record according to the utility.
In Glendale, 11 people had to be transported from University of Phoenix Stadium where the Arizona Cardinals were hosting the Kansas City Chiefs with heat related illnesses.
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for much of southwestern and central Arizona for the entire weekend as temperatures are expected to be in excess of 110.
Meanwhile For New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and others in the surrounding areas, Monday's highs will make a heat wave official.
A heat wave is declared in the Northeast when temperatures reach or exceed 90 F on three consecutive days.
San Diego
A heat wave that began Friday with triple-digit temperatures in parts of San Diego County, and prompted the county of San Diego to extend weekend hours at its library branch in Borrego Springs. A National Weather Service excessive heat warning for the deserts took effect at 1 p.m. Friday, with temperatures topping 110 degrees in some areas during the afternoon.
A less severe heat advisory for the mountains and valleys also took effect, with both scheduled to expire at 9 p.m. Monday.
Because the toasty temperatures are expected to increase in the next few days, the county encouraged San Diegans to take advantage of "cool zones," designated public places with air conditioning that are scattered around the region.
The NWS forecast a high temperature of 116 degrees Saturday and Sunday for Borrego Springs. Highs could even reach 120 degrees in some low desert areas, according to forecasters.
Canada
A heat warning has been issued for the City of Toronto and parts of the GTA as scorching weather arrives in the region.
According to the national weather agency, at the height of the heat Saturday, the temperature is expected to feel like 35 C. (95 degrees F)
The temperature will continue to climb on Sunday and Monday. "Sunday and Monday are expected to be hot and humid.
Daytime high temperatures are expected to be in the low thirties with maximum humidex values near forty," Environment Canada's weather advisory read.
Egypt
Five people who died in Egypt of sunstroke brought the number of deaths in a week from a heatwave to 92, the Health Ministry says.
The latest deaths occurred on Friday in Cairo and three provinces in southern Egypt.
Most of the 92 victims were elderly.
The heatwave is Egypt's worst in nearly four decades, according to the state-run Meteorology Office. August is usually a hot month in Egypt, but this year temperatures have been higher than average, reaching 40 degrees in Cairo and 46 in southern Egypt.
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Aug 17, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Denver ties the record low temperature on Tuesday for Aug 18th with a very chilly 47F or 8C
While we have been reporting insane temperatures recently spare a thought for people living in Denver who also endured an insane temperature yesterday....Equalling a record low.
The previous record temperature of 47 degrees was set in 1960.
The average low for Aug. 18 is 58 degrees.
The record high for Aug. 18 was most recently set in 2013 when temperatures hit 98 degrees.
The average high for Aug. 18 is 87 degrees.
Coincidentally, Denver tied the record high this past Saturday at 98 degrees.
That record was also last set in 1960 also.
A weather system is moving across the US pulling cold air down from the north and hitting warm air from the south bringing hot weather on the east side, storms in the middle and record lows for the west.
Aug 19, 2015
SongStar101
With a stunning 7 million acres burned so far, the U.S. wildfire situation is looking dire
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/18...
Wildfires are exploding across the western United States, overstretching resources and, in some states, resulting in tragic consequences.
Some 30,000 firefighters and additional support staff are now fighting fires across the United States — the biggest number mobilized in 15 years, according to the U.S. Forest Service. And it’s still not enough.
Two hundred members of the military are being called up to help further — they will be trained and deployed within just a few days — as are Canadian firefighting forces. There’s even some talk of potentially needing to draw on resources from Australia and New Zealand, which has been done before in a pinch.
And no wonder: Five states are now battling more than 1o large wildfires — California is contending with 16, Idaho 21, Montana 14, Oregon 11 and Washington 17. Most terrifying, perhaps, is the Soda Fire, which has scorched 283,686 acres in Idaho, burning up ranches, killing wild horses, even generating an alarming fire whirl recently.
The total acres burned so far in 2015 is now a staggering 7.1 million, with currently burning fires accounting for over 1 million of that total. “This is the earliest the number of national acres burned has been more than 7 million in the past 20 years,” notes the National Interagency Coordination Center — although the center acknowledges that 5 million of those acres burned in Alaska earlier this year.
There is no year, in the past 10, in which year-to-date wildfire acres burned were as high as they are now. In fact, based on records provided by the National Interagency Fire Center, only nine years since 1960 have seen more acres burned in total than 2015 has as of August 18. The most acres burned in any year on record is 9,873,745, in 2006.
The United States is at wildfire preparedness Level 5 — the highest — and has been since Aug. 13.
What has been particularly alarming in the past day or so is developments in Montana and Idaho, battling 35 large fires between them, including the gargantuan Soda Fire. In these states and in the Pacific Northwest, fires are being started by thunderstorms that are delivering lightning strikes without much rain.
A weekend video showing deputy incident commander Rob Allen discussing fires in the Chelan area of Washington State gives a sense of what firefighting planners are currently facing. As Allen put it:
And that was several days ago — the situation appeared to have heightened even further Tuesday.
The gigantic convulsion of fire activity makes a report released two weeks ago, by the U.S. Forest Service, seem prescient. The agency sounded the alarm about rising wildfire costs, saying that fighting fires will consume more than 50 percent of its budget this year and could be up to two thirds of it by the year 2025, based on current trends.
According to the Forest Service, the U.S. spends $ 100 million per week when it is at wildfire preparedness level 5, as it is now.
Aug 19, 2015
jorge namour
Antilles: Danny storm threatens Guadeloupe
News - Updated Thursday, August 20, 2015 by The Weather Channel - LA CHAINE METEO
The fourth tropical depression of the year on the Atlantic will ultimately be one that will create the first hurricane of the season 2015. The system is currently heading the Caribbean.
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Become a tropical depression on Tuesday, the storm is called Danny and currently stands midway between Cape Verde and the Caribbean. This is the 4th tropical system in the Atlantic area, while no hurricane has yet developed. Danny could be the first of 2015.
This is particularly the strong wind shear in the Caribbean area which is why no hurricane had yet developed over the Atlantic this year.
Currently located in an area of weak wind shear, the tropical system will continue to strengthen going towards the Caribbean including Martinique and Guadeloupe, becoming a Category 1 hurricane with winds at 130 km / h. However, to meet a stronger shear zone, the storm system could ultimately decrease quickly.
The evolution of Danny is to monitor, since it could in the coming days involve the Caribbean, which would not necessarily be "a bad thing", this area is currently affected by a severe drought, provided that the Hurricane is not devastating ..
Aug 20, 2015
Howard
Another Hail-Hammered Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing (Aug 19)
Alitalia flight AZ2016 destined for Milan, Italy, flew into "an extraordinary and violent hailstorm" just minutes after takeoff from Rome's Fiumicino Airport Wednesday morning, according to an Alitalia statement.
Hailstones as large as tennis balls pelted the aircraft as it attempted to climb to cruising altitude.
The pilots then turned abruptly south and made an emergency landing at Naples International Airport just over an hour after takeoff.
The aircraft's nose was crushed and torn in several spots, one cockpit window was shattered, and some paint on the aircraft's wing was chipped away.
There were no injuries reported among the 110 passengers on board.
Passengers Stefano Olgiati and Mariagrazia Lacanea told La Repubblica, "We felt a strong jolt, a bit like there was a void, a hail on the roof."
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Aug 21, 2015