July was Earth's hottest month on record, NOAA says

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July was the hottest month on Earth since records began, averaging 16.6 C (61.9 F), according to US scientists.
That is 0.08 degrees higher than the previous record, set in July 1998 - a significant margin in weather records.
Scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a report that they expect 2015 to be the hottest year on record.
Nine of the 10 hottest months since records began in 1880 have occurred since 2005, they NOAA report said.
Scientists say global climate change and the impacts of the El Nino weather phenomenon are behind the record temperatures.
The first seven months of 2015 have already set an all-time temperature record for the period.
"The world is warming. It is continuing to warm. That is being shown time and time again in our data," said Jake Crouch, physical scientist at NOAA's National Centres for Environmental Information.
"Now that we are fairly certain that 2015 will be the warmest year on record, it is time to start looking at what are the impacts of that? What does that mean for people on the ground?" Mr Crouch said.

NOAA: July 2015 the hottest month EVER recorded on planet earth! Oceans mostly record warmth but they fail to mention much cooler than average Gulf Stream

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July 2015 was the warmest month ever recorded for the globe.
Global oceans record warm for July; January-July 2015 also record warm, however once again they fail to mention a much cooler than average Gulf Stream which caused a much cooler than average northern Europe.
Insane hot temperatures have been recorded around the world in July with many old records broken

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.
Cars have been filmed melting and bursting into flames from record heat, car steering wheels melting,  record wildfires have all added to a horrendous summer for many.

Here are the highlighs from NOAA's report.

• The July average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.46°F (0.81°C) above the 20th century average. As July is climatologically the warmest month for the year, this was also the all-time highest monthly temperature in the 1880–2015 record, at 61.86°F (16.61°C), surpassing the previous record set in 1998 by 0.14°F (0.08°C).
• Separately, the July globally-averaged land surface temperature was 1.73°F (0.96°C) above the 20thcentury average. This was the sixth highest for July in the 1880–2015 record.
• The July globally-averaged sea surface temperature was 1.35°F (0.75°C) above the 20th century average. This was the highest temperature for any month in the 1880–2015 record, surpassing the previous record set in July 2014 by 0.13°F (0.07°C). The global value was driven by record warmth across large expanses of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
• The average Arctic sea ice extent for July was 350,000 square miles (9.5 percent) below the 1981–2010 average. This was the eighth smallest July extent since records began in 1979 and largest since 2009, according to analysis by the National Snow and Ice Data Center using data from NOAA and NASA.
• Antarctic sea ice during July was 240,000 square miles (3.8 percent) above the 1981–2010 average. This was the fourth largest July Antarctic sea ice extent on record and 140,000 square miles smaller than the record-large July extent of 2014.

Global highlights: Year-to-date (January–July 2015)

• The year-to-date temperature combined across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.53°F (0.85°C) above the 20th century average. This was the highest for January–July in the 1880–2015 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2010 by 0.16°F (0.09°C).
• The year-to-date globally-averaged land surface temperature was 2.41°F (1.34°C) above the 20thcentury average. This was the highest for January–July in the 1880–2015 record, surpassing the previous record of 2007 by 0.27°F (0.15°C).
• The year-to-date globally-averaged sea surface temperature was 1.21°F (0.67°C) above the 20thcentury average. This was also the highest for January–July in the 1880–2015 record, surpassing the previous record of 2010 by 0.11°F (0.06°C). Every major ocean basin observed record warmth in some areas.

For extended analysis of global temperature and precipitation patterns, please see our full July report.

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A large 'firenado' kicked up ahead of a soda fire in Boise, Idaho Saturday. Video of the event has gone viral, racking up thousands of views.

The photographer who took the video says the firenado shot flames 100 feet into the air and sent dirt and ash raining down to the ground.

"Although the source of energy for a fire whirl is very different than for a tornado - the tornado gets it from storm cloud above, while the fire whirl's energy comes from the fire below - they form in roughly the same way," says Weather Network 

Summer Snowfall West of Calgary (Aug 21)

Snow falling west of Calgary at Camp Cadicasu on Friday afternoon.

Snow has blanketed the ground in areas west of Calgary.

Around noon on Friday, the snow began in western Alberta from Kananaskis Valley to the British Columbia boundary.

“It’s pretty heavy, wet snow,” said Tom Graham, a weather watcher in the Kananaskis Valley.

A special weather statement has also been issued for Calgary and surrounding areas.

Local ski hills proudly posted their snow-filled photos on social media.

It’s a winter wonderland,” proclaimed Sunshine Village.

Frost is possible in Calgary on Friday night, as a ridge of high pressure moves in and skies clear. The overnight low is expected to be only 3°C.

Sources

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/summer-snow-hits-the-groun...

http://globalnews.ca/news/2178122/calgary-weather-heavy-rainfall-on...

Deadly Typhoon Goni aiming for Taiwan, South Korea and Japan: Hurricane Danny to bring much needed rain to parched Caribbean! Typhoon Astani weakening

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Typhoon Goni which claimed four lives on Friday in the Philippines will begin to head northeast this weekend heading directly for Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. 


Meanwhile Typhoon Astani appears to be heading northeast and should just miss Japan
and will begin to weaken Sunday
Hurricane Danny became the first hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season and is now a category 2 hurricane.
It is heading north west directly towards the Caribbean and should bring much needed rain to the drought stricken islands. 

NASA Sees Diminutive Hurricane Danny from Space

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly took this picture of Hurricane Danny on August 20 at 6 a.m. EDT from aboard the International Space Station.

Credits: NASA

Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/08/deadly-typhoon-goni-aiming-for-...

Unusual local weather: Day's highest and lowest temperatures at the same spot

The coldest and the warmest places in Finland on Friday were one in the same spot in the southeastern city of Lappeenranta.

Residents of the Konnunsuo area of Lappeenranta experienced an unusual weather phenomenon on Friday when they had both the coldest and the warmest temperatures recorded in the country.

The Finnish Meteorological Institute measuring station at Konnunsuo recorded a temperature of 3.1 degrees Celcius just before 6 AM, the lowest anywhere in the country.

By afternoon, the thermometer had climbed to 25.6 degrees, the highest official temperature of the day.

Sources Yle

Source: http://yle.fi/uutiset/unusual_local_weather_days_highest_and_lowest...

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U.S. fires could jump border, Canadian communities warned

Saturday, August 22, 2015, 6:04 PM - Residents living along the Canadian border east of Osoyoos, B.C. are concerned as strong winds could push a massive wildfire in northeastern Washington over the border.

Osoyoos is located in the southern part of the Okanagan Valley in B.C. where several massive wildfires continue to burn. Rock Creek, which is 50 per cent contained, has burned over 4,000 hectares to date and has torched 30 homes and 15 other structures. Other wildfires of note include Oliver and Testalinden Creek, which according to B.C. Wildfire Centre's latest report, is 50 per cent contained.

Special air quality statements remain in effect for many communities due to smoky skies.

Evacuation alerts could be issued for the people of Grand Forks and Christina Lake due to the 175-square kilometre Stickpin fire in northeastern Washington State. As a result, the BC Wildfire Service is doubling up on efforts to contain the Paulson Pass blaze which is burning just north of Christina Lake.

With the amount of wildfires that are currently burning in Western Canada and the US, I think this would be a great opportunity to share a few links and some information about wildfires....especially considering this will be an issue leading up to and during the shift (as pointed out be the Zeta's):

http://www.zetatalk.com/info/tinfx080.htm

West Coast: forest fires caused by exploding volcanoes, sparks, and lightning storms or perhaps the firestorms that can occur anywhere during the shift, will eliminate the forests as a shelter.

Its important that people are aware of the dangers and safety precautions during a wildfire. Unlike a housefire that may be contained to a specific area, forest fires are highly unpredictable and create different scenarios.

http://www.ready.gov/wildfires

http://bcwildfire.ca/fightingwildfire/behaviour.htm

http://www.smokeybear.com/index.asp

What I found interesting in reading the information was the significant role that the 'terrain' plays, things like 'chimney effects', 'fire-tornados' etc... are created by high winds and the slopes of the mountains. Also, people need to stay away from the natural drainage ditches along steep terrain that create the 'chimney effects / saddles' that funnel wind and move the fires quickly.

These sites offer a lot of help and information for prevention etc... but if you are caught in a wildfire / forest fire please remember these three things:

- If you are going to be stuck in your car: stay put, shut the engine off, close all air flow to the interior cabin and lie on the floor away from the windows. Stay until the fire blows over

- if you are going to be stuck in your house: close all windows, unlock all doors, place a ladder outside by a window (tie down if possible), stay away from the outside walls and gather family together in the middle of the house. Stay until it blows over and/or it is safer to evacuate.

- If you are going to be stuck outside without shelter:

• The best temporary shelter is in a sparse fuel area. On a steep mountainside, the back side is safer. Avoid canyons, natural "chimneys" and saddles.
• If a road is nearby, lie face down along the road cut or in the ditch on the uphill side. Cover yourself with anything that will shield you from the fire's heat.
• If hiking in the back country, seek a depression with sparse fuel. Clear fuel away from the area while the fire is approaching and then lie face down in the depression and cover yourself. Stay down until after the fire passes!

Please also note that even though a fire may look like it is 'out', when looking at 'wildfires' keep in mind that the ground may still be smouldering and hot enough to 'flare up' and start a fire days or even a week after the initial start of the fire. Keep wary when looking at any forest fire.

Montpellier: storms and floods victims - FRANCE

News - Published Sunday, August 23, 2015 by The Weather Channel- LA CHAINE METEO

The Hérault undergoes violent storms. 200mm rain fell on the Cevennes in the space of 12 hours. The Montpellier area is impacted: the Lez entered in flood and flood the city center on Sunday afternoon.

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As provided in the CONSULT WEATHER weather warning in place since Saturday night, the city of Montpellier was hit hard; 1 h, it fell 108 mm, setting a new record for rainfall rate schedule after those of 29 September 2014. And in two hours, it fell 126 mm of rain, ie the equivalent of 2 month precipitation. These storms recall the episode of severe thunderstorms that hit the city on Sept. 29, 2014, where he fell the equivalent of five months of rain in three hours (it was then the absolute record).

These storms are very electric, with over 2000 lightning strikes in Montpellier, and nearly 10,000 impacts on the department in the afternoon.

Therefore the territory has just undergone a particularly powerful stormy wave with more than 85,000 lightning strikes since Saturday night.

At the time of writing this article, two flood victims would be regrettable as traffic conditions were sometimes impossible between the Hérault and Gard (between Montpellier, Nimes and Vigan).

Additional thunderstorms are expected tonight and Monday in the department of Herault, why a special release is maintained by us for these elements.

The heatwave that lasted for just one day: From sizzling to sodden, how Bournemouth beach went from packed to deserted in 24 hours as temperatures fall by nearly 10C and Britain is hit by heavy rain

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Heavy showers have swept across Britain with some parts of the country experiencing nearly an inch of rain in just 12 hours.
Temperatures plummeted by around 10C yesterday as parts of the UK were battered by wind and rainfall.
The wet weather came just a day after a 'Spanish plume' saw temperatures in London and the South East rise to a scorching 31C on Saturday.
The poor conditions are set to continue until tonight and forced drivers to battle through huge puddles yesterday as they made their way around.
And the crowds that had crammed on to Bournemouth beach on Saturday to enjoy the soaring temperatures were nowhere to be seen yesterday.
Photographs showed brave walkers in Southsea, Hampshire, wrapping up in huge coats as they wrestled with their umbrellas in the wind.
Tourists in London were caught out by one particularly heavy downpour, with hundreds at the Tower of London forced to hide under umbrellas.
Meanwhile, revellers at V Festival in Essex were forced to put on ponchos as they braved the heavy rain to see their favourite bands.
Hundreds of music fans made their way to the main stage to see Calvin Harris and The Script as the ground became muddy and waterlogged.
It came after temperatures reached 30.9C in Gravesend, Kent, on Saturday as parts of England enjoyed the hottest summer day since early July.

Bad weather in Algeria: violent sandstorm and hail in Djelfa [PHOTOS and VIDEO]

Yesterday afternoon storms have hit northern Algeria, causing heavy rains but also a series of sandstorms

August 23, 2015 14:38

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Yesterday afternoon the storm hit Algeria with intense thunderstorms heat who downloaded rains and hailstorms in many places. In the town of Djelfa, who with more than 160,000 residents s one of the main centers of the Algerian (located in the mountains at 1,140 meters above sea level), along with rain and hail are "falls" to the ground even thousands of tons of sand from from the nearby Sahara desert, driven by winds up to 60km / h in a real storm. Eloquent images:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/waikiki-beaches-closed-af...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/25/us-weather-elnino-papua-i...

London flooding: Parts of the capital deluged with heavy rainfall - worst in 60 years

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Fire crews have been called out more than one hundred times in just three hours this afternoon after heavy rainfall led to flooding across the capital.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) received a total of 400 calls between 1.30pm and 4.30pm - and 110 of these related to flooding.

The volume of calls in the three hour period was more than LFB would expect to receive during an average day, a spokesman said.

Most of the calls have come from north London, where flooding is particularly bad, and people have become trapped in cars and underpasses.
In Harrow, firefighters were called out to deal with several flooded properties on one road, in Dalston an elderly person became trapped in a basement flat, and a person was also trapped with a newborn baby in a home in Harrow.

Flooding is also particularly bad in Edgware, where roads have been flooded and power lines have been brought down, in Colindale, where vehicles in car parks have been completely submerged, and in Kenton, where whole streets of parked cars have also been swamped in flood water.

In Oak Hill Park in Barnet flood waters were knee deep, and a road was completely blocked after Pymmes Brook burst its banks.

Today's flooding was reportedly the worst the area has seen in sixty years.

Tropical Storm Kilo Central Pacific: Hurricane Ignacio and Tropical Storm Jimena southwestern Mexico and tropical depression Erika Atlantic makes August a busy month in the tropics

The animation below shows visible and infrared imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite from Aug. 25 to 27 which shows Tropical Storm Kilo in the Central Pacific followed by Hurricane Ignacio and Tropical Storm Jimena near southwestern Mexico. Imagery. Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project
If you look at the image above, I have managed to squeeze in tropical depression Erika which has brought much needed rain to the West Indies and Cuba and is now skimming past Florida.
Meanwhile the tropics have been quite active around Hawaii recently and the pattern is not expected to change anytime soon with Hurricane Ignacio churning in the eastern Pacific and looks to be heading directly for Hawaii

Tropical Storm Erika has brought deadly flooding and mudslides to parts of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles, washing out roadways and collapsing at least one building.
4 people have been killed in the flooding and mudslides created by Erika's torrential rain.
A blind elderly man and two children were killed in southeastern Dominica, and another man was killed in the country's capital of Roseau, the report said.
Several others remain missing and at least 20 homes have been destroyed in the storm, the AP also reported.
"The situation is grim.
It is dangerous," Ian Pinard, Dominica's communications minister, told the AP.
Social media users posted images and video of a raging Roseau River Thursday morning as several bands of heavy rain pounded the small island nation.

Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/08/tropical-storm-kilo-central-pac...

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Haboob dust storm strong enough to knock over a TRUCK sweeps Phoenix

• Wall of dust and sand advanced over Arizona city on Tuesday afternoon
• Storms kicked up particles and pushed them north in dramatic formation
• Tractor-trailer driving just outside the city was knocked over by winds 

A powerful haboob dust storm strong enough to upend a tractor-trailer swept across Phoenix, Arizona this week, practically blotting out the sun.

The weather phenomenon overwhelmed southern Arizona on Tuesday afternoon, bringing fierce winds and storms across the desert region.

Footage from the air showed the huge wall of dust and sand being pushed north by the fierce storms which threw the particles into the air.

High winds: The tractor-trailer was knocked over by a strong gusts inside a dust storm which overwhelmed parts of southern Arizona on Tuesday afternoon

Phenomenon: Twitter user @_MarieCourtney posted footage of the trailer being knocked over, as those following in a car behind screamed

Weather Alert USA for the arrival of the storm Erika Florida: briefing with Obama at the White House

28 August 2015 19:19

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The US president, Barack Obama, and 'been informed of the measures to counter the arrival of Tropical Storm Erika, waiting on the south-western United States between Sunday and Monday'. He said on the White House.

The spokesman, Josh Earnest, said Obama calls on the population that might be interested to check the local media for updates on the storm and follow the instructions of the authorities' In Florida,

Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency, on the basis of weather branched from the National Center for hurricanes. Erika should take the peninsula that forms the US state in its entire length, with wind gusts up to a hundred kilometers an hour. For the moment, after leaving the Lesser Antilles, which has left at least 25 dead and many missing only on the island of Dominica, moves through the Caribbean

State of Emergency Declared in Florida as Tropical Storm Erika Approaches

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This morning, Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in every county in Florida to better prepare families for Tropical Storm Erika. The Governor urged Floridians to remain prepared for any potential impacts from the storm.

Governor Rick Scott said, “This morning, I declared a state of emergency in Florida for the threat of Tropical Storm Erika, and the National Guard is now partially activated and they have more than 8,000 personnel ready to mobilize. As of now, much of Florida is projected to be in the path of this storm. Everyone in our state, from South Florida to North Florida, should be closely watching this storm.

The weekend is coming and that means families sometimes travel or are away from the news. We cannot afford to be complacent. Every Floridian must have a game plan if they need to evacuate or help a family member evacuate the path of this storm.

Tropical Storm Erika will begin to affect Florida as early as late Sunday night or Monday morning. Local leaders and our Florida National Guard are already preparing their plans for possible evacuations or sheltering needs for our vulnerable populations.

I have spoken to Florida Power and Light and other Florida utilities to make sure they are prepared to help families who may lose power over the weekend and early next week and many of them are pre-positioning their teams now. This is the time to get prepared.

We continue to hope for the best, even as we prepare for the worst. Working with the National Guard, local leaders and emergency management officials – Florida is preparing for the worst case scenario from Tropical Storm Erika. But, we need every family to prepare their own game plan as well. Watch the news. Pay attention to updates from your local elected officials throughout the weekend.”

The exact path of the storm is uncertain, but State Emergency Response Team officials continue to carefully watch this storm as it progresses. This storm could affect Florida as early as Sunday night or Monday morning.

The Coast Guard urges mariners to heed warnings as Tropical Storm Erika is expected to affect South Florida this weekend.

As Tropical Storm Erika approaches, the Coast Guard urges people to be mindful of the following:

- Anticipate bridge closures. Mariners are advised that during strong storms drawbridges along the coast may deviate from the normal operating procedures. Drawbridges are authorized to remain closed upon the approach of gale force winds or higher as stated in the Code of Federal Regulations 117.35, which applies to “natural disasters or civil disorders.” Mariners should anticipate bridge closures by listening to the National Weather Service and Coast Guard broadcasts on the storm conditions.

- Stay off the water. The Coast Guard’s search and rescue capabilities are degraded as storm conditions strengthen. This means help could be delayed. Boaters are urged to heed weather watches, warnings and small craft advisories. People should not go out on their boats 48 hours prior to and at least 72-96 hours after a hurricane has passed as debris may be in the water and navigational aids may have shifted.

- Evacuate as necessary. If evacuations are set for an area, the public is urged to heed to those orders. Coast Guard personnel and other emergency responders may not be able to evacuate those in danger during the storm.

- Secure your belongings. Owners of larger boats are urged to move their boats to inland marinas where they will be less vulnerable to breaking free of their moorings or damage. Trailerable boats should be pulled from the water and stored in a place that is not prone to flooding. Those who are leaving their boats in the water are reminded to secure life rings, life jackets, emergency position indicating radio beacons and small boats. These items, if not secured properly, can break free and require valuable search and rescue resources to be diverted to ensure people are not in distress.

- Be cautious of hazardous materials. If you have hazardous materials on or near the water, you are responsible for any spills that may occur. Take the necessary precautions to secure them prior to any foul weather.

- Stay clear of beaches. Even the best swimmers can fall victim to the strong waves and rip currents caused by hurricanes. Swimmers are urged to wait until local officials say the water is safe.

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Vancouver-Area Storm Cuts Power, Closes Stanley Park

More on today's windstorm in southwestern BC...

Sudden Windstorm Wreaks Havoc Across Southwest British Columbia (Aug 29)

Unexpected heavy winds snapped power poles, up-ending untold numbers of large trees, forced the closure of roads, the closure of Stanley Park, stalled SkyTrain service, stalled BC Ferry service, forced the Vancouver Zoo to be evacuated, and generally wrecked havoc across the region on Saturday.

The unusually heavy winds left up to 400,000 B.C. Hydro customers without power, the highest wind gust recorded at nearly 110 km per hour on Vancouver Island.

E-Comm, which handles 911 calls, was swamped by people calling about the outages and warned not to dial 911 unless you’re in a real emergency situation.

Early in the day, Environment Canada issued a rainfall and heavy wind warning.

Even Vancouver Zoo was evacuated after winds broke open the grizzly bear enclosure.

“It felt like Jurassic Park.”

That's what Will Cutt said after a harrowing few hours stuck in the world class zoological preserve.

“We were confined to the room we were in. Shortly thereafter they came and locked all the doors and closed the windows and told us we weren’t allowed to leave, we were on lockdown, because the wind has blown trees down that took out a bunch of fences for enclosures for animals,” said Cutt.

“They really didn’t get into what animals were out, we sort of heard talking and we know for sure the grizzlies were roaming around. We couldn’t go anywhere, we were trapped in there for hours. We had to pee in buckets. It was quite the ordeal.”

Eventually, zoo officials decided it would be better for those inside to be let out.

“They said they can’t let us out without a green light…They then ushered us four at a time, out of the building, straight into a van, took us quickly out of the the park into the parking lot, closed the gates behind us, got us in our car, got us out of there, and basically said ‘go’.” said Cutt.

The extreme weather conditions also prompted city officials, police, and first responders to urge the public to stay off roads and remain indoors during the storm.

In Vancouver, park board authorities closed the entrance to Stanley Park, amid reports of falling trees and branches.

B.C. Ferries was also forced to cancel several sailings due to the extreme wind, while other sailings were delayed.

Highway 19A between Parksville and Campbell River was closed in both directions one kilometre north of Cook Creek Road because of downed lines.

SkyTrain service in Metro Vancouver was limited, with trains running from Waterfront to Metrotown and New Westminster to King George.

South of the border, western Washington was one of the hardest-hit areas with wind gusts up to 87 mph (140 kph), strong enough bringing down entire trees and leading to widespread power outages.

Nearly 224,000 electric customers were left without power in western Washington on Saturday afternoon, many of which being located around Seattle and Tacoma, according to Puget Sound Energy.

A local news station, KING5, reported that the winds have lead to two fatalities, one being caused by a falling tree limb and the other caused by a falling tree.

Sources

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/08/vancouver-wind-storm-power-outages/

http://globalnews.ca/news/2192832/vancouver-zoo-evacuated-after-win...

http://www.theprovince.com/Powerful+wind+storm+wreaks+havoc+Metro+V...

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/thousands-without-power-after-windstor...

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Thousands still in the dark after windstorm tears through southwestern B.C.

Emergency crews and hydro workers are rushing to clean up the aftermath of a violent windstorm that tore through southwestern British Columbia on Saturday, causing extensive property damage and leaving approximately half a million people without power.

Officials say Metro Vancouver’s 911 line was overwhelmed as the windstorm uprooted countless trees and sent them crashing down onto power lines, cars, fences and homes.

The bulk of the damage and outages occurred in Burnaby, Surrey, Coquitlam, and Vancouver.

As of Sunday afternoon, about 180,000 BC Hydro customers are still without power, said Simi Heer, a spokesperson for the utility.

Heer said officials had hoped to restore power to most homes by Sunday night, however some neighbourhoods may experience outages until Monday.

“We’re continuing to make great progress,” Heer said Sunday afternoon. “We’re getting thousands of customers’ (power) restored each hour. Crews are out there and they’re working as hard and quickly and safely as they can.”

She said damage caused by the windstorm is “varied and extensive.”

“This is one of the worst storms we’ve seen for this region in years,” Heer said. “It’s unprecedented damage.”

In addition to the property and infrastructure damage, a woman in her 40s is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a tree fell on her as she was walking with her daughter in Surrey, B.C.—one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. So far, no other cases of serious injury have been reported as a result of the windstorm.

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America sinks into the sea: New properties - and even graves - are banned on vanishing island in Alaska as authorities tell residents it's not a case of if their home will disappear but when

• Kivalina, a coastal village located on an island that separates the Chukchi Sea, is getting smaller with every storm
• The town of 403 residents, located 83 miles above the Arctic Circle, could be underwater by 2025, according to engineers
• This is a result of climate-change caused erosion -  the island is six to ten feet above sea level, which continues rising
• Since, the town's days are numbered, money has not been invested into it to improve residents' lives
• Most residents want the town relocated but there is uncertainty surrounding where to, when and who would pay for it

An Alaskan town where there is no room left for new properties or even graves has its days numbered as a result of climate change.

The barrier reef surrounding Kivalina, a coastal village located on an island that separates the Chukchi Sea, is getting smaller with every storm, The Los Angeles Times reported.

The town of 403 residents, located 83 miles above the Arctic Circle, where beaches are disappearing and ice is melting, could be underwater by 2025, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.  

One of Kivalina 's main drags shown above. The tiny village on the Chukchi Sea suffers from climate-change-caused erosion. It is in such dire straits that no one will invest to improve the quality of life there

This is not due to rising sea levels but because the island has eroded - it is six to ten feet above sea level, which continues rising. The island used to be more than 400 feet above sea level.

Once protected from early winter storms by a natural barrier of sea ice, Kivalina has been ravaged in recent decades by erosion because climate warming prevents ice from forming until later in the winter.

A defensive wall was built along the beach in 2008, however, it could not prevent an emergency evacuation in 2011 following an enormous storm.

Since Kivalina's days are numbered, money has not been invested in it to improve residents' lives, according to The Los Angeles Times.

Kivalina residents have moved bodies from the village graveyard to prevent them from washing away. 

Currently, 80 per cent of residents do not have toilets and rely on homemade ones, they have to carry water from tanks in town, costing 25 cents for five gallons, and the school of 154 students is overcrowded. 

Most residents want the town relocated but there is uncertainty surrounding where to and who would pay for it.

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Three major hurricanes pictured over the Pacific for the first time EVER and it could be thanks to this year's mega-El Nino

• Storms Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena all passing over Pacific simultaneously
• It is the first time three major hurricanes have been over the Pacific
• All three hit Category 4, the second most severe category, this weekend
• None of the storms are expected to make landfall, forecasters say

Three major hurricanes are simultaneously making their way across the Pacific Ocean for the first time in history.

Hurricanes Ignacio, Kilo and Jimena were pictured together by NASA and astronauts from the International Space Station this weekend as they straddled the Pacific from Mexico to Hawaii.

It is the first time that three storms classed as Category 3 or higher, meaning they have the potential to cause major damage, have been pictured together at the same time. 

For a time overnight Saturday and into Sunday, all of the storms reached Category 4, before Ignacio, which is sitting just to the west of Hawaii, weakened back to Category 3.

Three major hurricanes have been pictured simutaneously pass over the Pacific Ocean for the first time in history, meteorologists said

The storms, named Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena, all reached Category 4 overnight Saturday, the second-highest hurricane category, before Kilo and Ignacio weakened

Ignacio is (center) expected to cause waves of up to 20ft and heavy rainfall as it moves to the north of Hawaii today, but is not expected to make landfall

Hurricanes Kilo (far left, just out of shot) Ignacio (center left) and Jimena (center) are pictured over the Pacific this weekend

Meteorologists said the presence of all the storms at the same time was likely down to this year's El Nino event, which is expected to be much stronger than usual. 

Ignacio is now expected to weaken further and could become a tropical storm by tomorrow as it moves to the north of Hawaii, threatening a six meter swell and winds of up to 40mph.

Fierce monsoons knock out power to nearly 40,000 Phoenix-area residents

• Tens of thousands of Phoenix-area residents and businesses, including a food bank, were without power more than 15 hours
• The fierce storm knocked down trees, damaged buildings and toppled a tractor-trailer on a freeway
• The area's two major utilities reported 37,800 customers had no electricity late Tuesday morning - down from 70,000 after Monday evening's storm

Tens of thousands of Phoenix-area residents and businesses, including a food bank, were without power more than 15 hours after a monsoon storm knocked down trees, damaged buildings and toppled a tractor-trailer on a freeway.

The area's two major utilities reported that 37,800 customers still had no electricity late Tuesday morning - down from 70,000 immediately after Monday evening's storm.

The severe weather began moving through the area around sundown and swept across central Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe with lightning, winds of up to 65 mph and up to 1.5 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. 

Flooding temporarily closed some roads and freeway ramps, while high winds knocked over a tractor-trailer on Interstate 10, sending it crashing onto the hood of a car. Dozens of traffic signals remained dark during Tuesday morning's rush hour.

'Last night Mother Nature did a number on our city,' Mayor Greg Stanton said.

Fire officials said that in a two-hour period, they received more than 400 calls for help - the number they normally receive in an entire day. Rescuers responded to a house fire started by lightning, motorists stranded in flooded streets, car crashes and other problems, but there were no reports of deaths or serious injuries. 

Salt River Project said it expected to restore power to most of its affected customers by Tuesday afternoon. Arizona Public Service Co. said it would be gradually restoring power to many customers through Tuesday but small pockets of customers may take longer.

'We don't want people making plans based on restoration today,' APS spokesman Damon Gross said. 'It's a lot of work, and it's in multiple locations.'

Several schools were closed Tuesday because they had no electricity.

The main warehouse of St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance lost power, and the nonprofit borrowed refrigerated trucks to move Thanksgiving turkeys and other perishables to a smaller warehouse and to recipient agencies. 

As dripping water began to puddle on the floor of freezers Tuesday morning, workers used forklifts to move pallets of chilled and frozen food into trucks backed up to a loading dock. Some dairy products were being left behind, partly because of expiration dates.

'We're going to lose stuff because it's too hot, but we're going to save as much as we can,' said spokesman Jerry Brown. 'This is a race against time.'

At the Phoenix Zoo, workers used chain saws and cranes to cut up and haul away dozens of trees toppled by wind. Some fell into exhibits for camels, flamingos and other animals, but none was injured, officials said.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport suspended takeoffs and landings for more than an hour and temporarily halted part of a shuttle train's operation Monday night. One gate at Terminal 3 was closed for cleanup and repairs after the top layer of part of a concourse's roof was blown off, resulting in water damage, airport spokeswoman Julie Rodriguez said.

The Federal Aviation Administration's website showed there were no significant delays Tuesday morning.

Strong rain and wind storms are common in Arizona during the state's monsoon, a regular season that usually runs from June 15 to Sept. 30. They typically strike in the late afternoon or early evening and often are accompanied by giant walls of blowing dust. 

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A NASA computer model simulates the astonishing track and forceful winds of Hurricane Sandy. On Saffir-Simpson scale, this wasn't a "major" storm at landfall. (William Putnam/NASA/GSFC)

Excellent Science Word of the Day: "Paleotempestology."

It's the study of prehistoric storms. The word pops up near the end of the new paper in Nature describing "Grey swan tropical cyclones" (Nature, as always, favors the British spelling of "gray"). My colleague Chris Mooney describes this new research on the E&E blog.

The paper has some jaw-dropping calculations, most notably that it is not inconceivable that in the hotter climate at the end of this century, a mega-storm could ride up along the shallow waters of Florida's Gulf Coast, take a sharp turn into Tampa Bay and (boosted by something called "Kelvin Waves"*) produce as much as a 36-foot storm surge at the head of the bay.

That would be, to say the least, a sub-optimal situation. Put it in 72-point type: Megastorm Threatens Bern's Steak House.

Of course, such a Tampa-blasting mega-storm isn't likely to happen. Nor is it likely that a monster storm will careen into the Persian Gulf and clobber Dubai -- another scenario entertained by the authors of the new paper. They are using computer models and the historical record to try to get an estimate of how frequently three vulnerable cities (the third is Cairns, Australia) could be hit by anomalously huge storms in the coming decades. These are places where the geography and bathymetry (lots of shallow water in particular) could amplify the devastation. In the case of Tampa, the authors can envision a low-probability, high-consequence event in which the bay essentially dumps its contents on the city and surrounding areas like a tipping bathtub.

Climate change is factored in, and that obviously amplifies the uncertainty. But there's a deeper point here: The future might include events with which we are totally unfamiliar.

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Monsoonal floods are wreaking havok on northeastern India’s Assam state between Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Up to now, this biblical flooding has killed at least 21 people and 800,000 others had to flee.

The apocalyptic floods, triggered by rivers that overflowed their banks, have ravaged about 2,200 villages in northern India.

About 168 relief camps have been contructed for 50,000 evacuated residents. The others are staying at relatives or friends.

21 persons have been killed by the biblical floods but this number could increase substantially.

In some cases, people are living with one meal a day and struggle to find dry places for cooking or harvesting firewood.

People are being forced to drink turbid floodwaters.

Almost all inhabitants of Majuli Island had to leave. That makes about 120,000 people, plus cattle and poultry.

Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 30 people in the region.

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Flooding in Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai. - RUSSIA
This is after the typhoon Goni

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Baseball-Sized Hail Pummels Parts of Italy

Baseball-sized hail came smashing down near Naples, Italy on Saturday in a storm that injured several people and animals in addition to causing damage to vehicles, crops and more.
The storm hit the city of Pozzuoli just outside the popular coastal destination of Naples.
According to Jonathan Erdman, senior meteorologist for weather.com, the storm was brought on by a vigorous southward plunge of the jet stream that carved into western Europe sending a potent upper disturbance into the Italian peninsula Saturday.
That instability then charged up thunderstorms over the Mediterranean Sea, which swept into Italy. "The satellite signature was classic for a severe thunderstorm, or cluster of storms." Social media posts recorded hail near Lake Como in Northern Italy as well as the in the Naples area.

"Baseball size hailstones fall from thunderstorms at speeds of at least 75 mph, so it's no wonder you can see the magnitude of smashed windshields and structural damage," said Erdman.
Weather Underground Weather Historian Christopher Burt writes that Europe's most destructive hailstorm struck Munich, Germany, on July 12, 1984.
An estimated $2 billion in damage resulted from the baseball-size hail, including damage to 70,000 homes.
NOAA estimates hail causes about $1 billion in damage to crops and property each year in the U.S. Some individual hailstorms striking cities can inflict over $1 billion in damage alone, such as one that hit St. Louis on April 10, 2001.

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Streets were flooded in Estevan and surrounding areas Saturday. 

Thunder showers in Estevan Saturday brought rainwater that flooded streets and backed up sewers.

According to Environment Canada, 137 millimetres of rain fell on the city in 24 hours.

The agency issued thunderstorm warnings around 11 a.m. CST. The warning lasted about three hours.

It said the storm began in the Lampman area and was moving southwest through Estevan towards the Canada-U.S. border.

Estevan's Emergency Measures Coordinator Helen Fornwald said no one in the community had been forced to evacuate their homes.

However, Fornwald said she had heard that a number of people had sewers back-ups. City crews were out Sunday repairing dig sites, she said.

Woodlawn Avenue S. and the road leading to the Humane Society have been closed for repairs due to damage caused by the flash flood. They are set to reopen later this week.

Sand storm sweeps through Akkar, north Bekaa - LEBANON MIDDLE EAST

Sep. 07, 2015

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Described unprecedented

A sand storm hit the northern district of Akkar and areas in the north Bekaa, causing residents to call on the authorities to collect garbage dispersed by the strong winds

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reports these crazy dust storm in Nicosia, Cyprus this afternoon - thank you!

Israel blanketed in haze: Dangerous pollutants in the air

Published: 09.08.15

Israelis woke up to a morning of yellow skies and exhausting heat, with the country being covered by a massive Middle Eastern sand storm; Environmental Protection Ministry warns against physical activities outdoors.

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The sand storm in Tel Aviv

Thick haze

Sand storm in Syria

Heavy haze hung in the air throughout Israel on Tuesday morning, as the Environmental Protection Ministry warned the public of the high levels of pollution as a result of a dust storm, which has swept through the Middle East.

High concentrations of breathable particles were measured in the early morning hours in areas ranging from the Golan Heights to Jerusalem. The haze will continue to spread across Israel throughout the afternoon hours, leading the ministry to issue a warning against conducting physical activities outdoors.

The Environmental Protection Ministry has cautioned anyone suffering from heart or lung conditions, as well as senior citizens, children, and pregnant women, from conducting strenuous physical activity outdoors. The warning additionally stated that students should avoid conducting physical activities outside of the classroom, cautioning that in severe cases, the pollution could lead to death.

Dr. Levana Kordova, scientific manager at the Environment Ministry's Air Monitoring Center, explained that, "In the next few hours, the haze will cover all of Israel. We will continue to track and monitor developments. For sensitive populations, short term exposure to such dense clusters of particulates can cause a stroke, heart attacks, and even death. The storm comes in addition the existing high heat and high humidity."

According to Dr. Kordova, "Schools should avoid exerting the students, and sports classes should be held in indoor halls."

The ministry explained that the tiny particulates make their way into our lungs, to the area in our bloodstream where our body conducts the oxygen to carbon dioxide exchange, leading to various possible medical conditions.

We aren’t alone; several of our neighboring countries were already hit with the system on Monday. Different areas of Syria suffered the effects of the sand storm, which was severe in its scope and intensity, and caused decreased visibility across the country. Syrian official state media outlet Sana managed to break away from its reporting on the civil war to cover the storm.

Pictures published in local media showed people wearing masks and pieces of cloth on their faces in an attempt to prevent the particles from entering their lungs.

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LEBANON- Sandstorm affect the area of ​​Tyre

The sandstorm hit the area of ​​Tyre carrying red dust not seen in the region before, leading to the high temperatures and poor visibility, prompting citizens to lighting lamps while driving their cars.

September 8, 2015 Almeria Spain Flash Flood:

The small town of Adra, in the Almeria province of southern Spain, has been the worst affected by the rains. Its streets have been turned into fast-flowing currents of water that swept away cars and trucks.

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Deadly sandstorm: "Unprecedented" in Lebanon's modern history kills 8 in middle east

Downtown Jerusalem as the deadly sandstorm engulfed swathes of the Middle East

A monster sandstorm engulfed the Middle East killing eight people today and causing hundreds to be hospitalised with breathing problems
Large parts of Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Cyprus were shrouded in a thick cloud of dust from the sandstorm
Eight people were killed, including six in Syria, and hundreds have been hospitalised for respiratory problems
In Israel a few hundred patients, mostly sufferers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caused by smoking and asthma -- were hospitalized on Tuesday after suffering from inhalation of particles during the unusually heavy dust storm around the country.
At Ziv Medical Center in Safed, chronically ill patients suffered shortness of breath and needed oxygen inhalation.
Emergency room director Dr. Yosef Nevia said that such unusual weather -- in which the dust was so intense that it was hard to see anything from a distance -- was very dangerous to people with respiratory problems, heart conditions, pregnant women and children.
He urged such individuals not to go outdoors and not to exert themselves physically when such a thing happens.
Dust particles in the air may cause high blood pressure, difficulty breathing and the allergy-related production of phlegm.
There may also be cough, headache, asthma attacks and a burning sensation in the eyes,
On Tuesday, more than 255 people suffered from serious side effects from the dust storm, Magen David reported.
The first-aid and ambulance organization said it treated 145 people with shortness of breath and asthma attacks, 30 people who fainted and more than 80 people whose hearts were overburdened by the particles.

Earthwind map showing the the sandstorm today

In Lebanon a sandstorm lashed several regions in the Bekaa, North and South on Monday and Tuesday, landing scores of people in hospitals and bringing visibility to extremely low levels.
The Meteorological Department at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport described the storm as "unprecedented" in Lebanon's modern history, OTV said.
The National News Agency said the Red Cross transferred at least 35 people suffering respiratory distress to hospitals in the northern region of Akkar.
In northern Bekaa, a woman identified as Jumana Ali al-Laqqis died of a severe asthma attack at the Baalbek state-run hospital, NNA said.
"Dust encircled homes in the regions of al-Bireh, al-Qobaiyat, Jabal Akroum, Wadi Khaled, Khirbet Daoud all the way to Akkar's coast," the agency said.
In the Bekaa, the sandstorm hit the city of Hermel and the area adjacent to Akkar and Dinniyeh, causing low visibility and an accumulation of garbage on streets and in irrigation canals.
Dozens of residents were transferred to hospitals in the region.
The storm also lashed Baalbek and the neighboring areas, reducing visibility to near zero and causing a surge in temperature.

Grave danger imminent! Nearly 200,000 asked to evacuate as Japan is sandwiched between a hurricane and a typhoon

Authorities in central Japan Thursday (Sep 9) ordered tens of thousands to flee their homes after torrential rains flooded rivers and triggered landslides, with one person missing after a mudslide buried houses.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued special downpour warnings for Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures, north of Tokyo, urging vigilance against mudslides and flooding.
"This is a scale of downpour that we have not experienced before.
Grave danger could be imminent," meteorologist Takuya Deshimaru said at an emergency press conference.
Parts of central Tochigi have been deluged with almost 60cm of rain since Monday evening. Authorities in Tochigi ordered more than 90,000 residents to evacuate, while another 80,000 were advised to leave their homes, public broadcaster NHK said.
The meteorological observatory in Tochigi said the Kinugawa river, which also runs through Ibaraki, overflowed early Thursday. In Tochigi's Kanuma city, a local official said rescuers were searching for a missing person believed to be buried in mudslides.
"We don't know details of the person yet," he said. NHK reported it was a woman in her 60s buried after mudslides destroyed houses.
Her husband was rescued soon after, it said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning to Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures on Thursday due to extremely high risks of sediment disasters in the Kanto region.
The emergency warning for heavy rain was issued to Tochigi Prefecture at 12:20 a.m. and to Ibaraki Prefecture at 7:45 a.m. Typhoon No. 18 changed to an extratropical cyclone, triggering torrential rain that brought 405.5 millimeters of rainfall in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, and 325.5 millimeters in Kanuma in the prefecture during a 24-hour period until midnight Wednesday.
Evacuation directives were issued to more than 2,600 people in Tochigi, Sakura and other cities in Tochigi Prefecture late Wednesday as water levels rose in rivers with an increased risk of landslides.

170,000 flee homes after floods hit Japan, Fukushima nuclear plant safety at risk

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Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to leave homes across Japan after Tropical Typhoon Etau ripped through the country. Military helicopters plucked residents from the roofs of their homes.

Lashing rain pounded the country for a second day, and the Kinugawa River has burst through a flood barrier, sending a tsunami-like wall of water into Joso, about 50 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, AP reported.

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 California wildfire expands to nearly 15,000 acres 0:20

Driven by high winds and soaring temperatures, a wildfire in California more than tripled in size Thursday, swelling to more than 14,000 acres, fire officials said.

The so-called Butte Fire, located east of the town of Jackson southeast of Sacramento, was a little more than 100 acres shortly after it broke out at around 2:26 p.m. Wednesday, and grew to around 4,000 acres by Thursday.

The Butte Fire burns in wooded areas east of Jackson, California. The fire swelled from 4,000 acres to more than 14,000 acres Thursday. NBC News

Over the day, and as temperatures soared, the fire grew to 14,700 acres, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire, said.

The fire had been 20 percent contained earlier Thursday, but by the evening it was only 10 percent contained, Cal Fire said.

The fire was "extremely active" Thursday, making substantial runs up a canyon and fueled by hot winds and high temperatures, a Cal Fire spokesman said.

At least six homes have been destroyed. There were mandatory evacuation orders for part of a subdivision and part of the town of Pine Grove, the department said. It was not immediately clear how many people were ordered to leave their homes.

A reporter for KCRA captured dramatic video of the fire as they drove near the blaze after it jumped a road and scorched a hillside Thursday, sending clouds of ash and smoke over the highway.

French Riviera: lightning, flood and storm-

Côte d'Azur - FRANCE

News - Published Sunday, September 13, 2015 by The Weather Channel- LA CHAINE METEO

Very strong thunderstorms broke out this morning in Provence French Riviera. Floods were reported. The winds exceeded 100 km / h. It's in the Nice region as the weather was most violent.

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The Var and Alpes-Maritimes have been a deluge in the early morning. As expected, violent storms erupted on these two departments placed special release by us. These storms are linked to violent air mass conflict between the hot air rising from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic cooler air. The violence of the current weather is increased by water still warm sea (abnormality of + 3 ° C).

One month and a half of rain in four hours

Between Le Luc en Provence, Fréjus, Cannes and Nice, torrential rain fell in a short period of time. He fell from 90 to 135mm of water between 5 and 9:00 this morning, the equivalent of a month and a half of rain in the space of just four hours.

Stormy winds

The passage of storms, the wind is unleashed. It is located in Sospel on the heights of Menton, the wind blew stronger with a flurry 117 km / h. A Nice Rimiez, a gust to 112 km / h was measured. In Menton, the strongest gust reached 98 km / h.

Very intense electrical activity, some flooding

Under these storms, electrical activity was very intense, with a flash every 2 to 3 seconds in the Nice region. According Keraunos the French Observatory of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, more than 25,000 lightning strikes were recorded in the PACA region between 2:30 ET 8:30 on Sunday, after the lightning 110,000 already recorded yesterday in France. Significant runoff are reported and some flooding in the Var and Alpes-Maritimes. The floor of the A8 is flooded in places. Nice Nord exit was even temporarily closed. On the secondary network, many runoff are observed.

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Japan flooding: 2.8 million advised to evacuate

At least 27 people have been injured across 10 prefectures since floods inundated parts of eastern Japan after a tropical storm, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.

Rescue operations continued in the city of Joso, one of the worst-hit areas, although floodwaters are receding, it added.

A total of 2.8 million have been advised to evacuate, the agency said.

Flood Emilia: in Farini (PC) flood wave 15 meters! Gutted houses [SHOCK PHOTOS] - ITALY

Flood in Emilia: the hill town of Farini literally ravaged by the flood of the river Nure
14 September 201

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A height of three meters is the highest level of criticality for the country, but tonight the flood wave - according to official data of the hydrometer of Farini that henceforth no longer working and can not transmit data - is almost 15 meters (14.5) at 06:00 am. You could think of a calculation error, were it not for the pictures of entire buildings gutted even the upper floors with the obvious signs of the flood wave that has invaded the homes up to the third floor.

If Farini today had been inhabited as a century ago, we would be talking of a disaster with hundreds of victims. Fortunately there was no one in those houses. Here are the pictures:

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16 Dead After Southern Utah Flash Floods; Four Still Missing

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Flash flooding in southern Utah has killed at least 16 people since Monday night; four others remain missing. 

Twelve of those deaths are in the small Utah border community of Hildale after a flash flood swept through the town.

Forty miles to the north, the Associated Press reports that four people were killed by flash flooding in Zion National Park and three remain missing.

The situation in Hildale has shocked the community. Flooding started overnight and "obviously caught these people off guard," Hildale assistant fire chief Kevin Barlow told The Associated Press. "Witnesses say they were backing out of it trying to get away from it and it still swept them in."

According to the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City, the deadliest single flash flood on record in Utah prior to Monday'... 1923 flood near Farmington, claiming seven lives.

Incredible Alps: Glacier breaks suddenly, gigantic avalanche [VIDEO]

Alps a frightening phenomenon: the glacier breaks and causes an enormous avalanche recovery from some hikers Swiss

15 September 2015

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Swiss Alps in recent hours has happened a rare and frightening: a piece of the glacier of the Wetterhorn, at almost 3,700 meters above sea level, was split probably because of great heat and caused an enormous avalanche valley of Grindelwald in Switzerland, near the border with Piedmont. The images were collected by two escursionistii Swiss, Hans Buhler and his wife Marianne, who reported having "heard a roar: we thought in a plane, then we saw the white mass that swooped down. We shoot, then I got away. "

The event, according to the explanation given by glaciologists of Bern, has been caused by the particular shape of the glacier, in constant motion, he pushes his butt on a ledge from which then precipitate fragments . But this time the phenomenon has been enormous, as evidenced by the images.

Updates in CA as the fires are still ongoing.

California wildfires burn hundreds of homes, change lives

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(CNN)It's a painful sight, even for a veteran firefighter.

Bob Cummensky peered over a devastated section of Middletown, California, where home after home was gobbled up by the Valley Fire.

"It's such a beautiful area and it's changed forever," he told CNN affiliate KOVR, pointing to the scorched landscape.

Nearly 600 homes have gone up in flames since the blaze roared to life over the weekend. Another 9,000 are threatened, according to Cal Fire.

One person has died in the Valley Fire: a 72-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis who couldn't get out of her house, fire officials said.

Now at 67,000 acres, fire crews are gaining ground, but slowly. Containment is at 15%.

'I didn't expect to see everything gone'

Tammy Moore was at work when the Valley Fire tore through Cobb, California, leveling the home she's owned for 15 years.

"(It is) so much worse than I thought it would be," Moore said. "Even though I expected it to be bad, I didn't expect to see everything gone."

Many others in Northern California had similar horror stories.

Official: 'We don't see an end in fire season'

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2015 US fire season numbers to date

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/california-wildfires/index.html

Making progress

Even without the help of the weather, firefighters have been gaining ground.

The 67,220-acre Valley Fire is 30% contained.

The Butte Fire at 71,780 acres is 40% contained.

Just In - The #ButteFire in Amador & Calaveras counties is now 71,780 acres & 40% contained.

— CAL FIRE PIO Berlant (@CALFIRE_PIO) September 16, 2015

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Firefighters gain ground on California wildfire that destroyed 585 homes

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Property losses from a deadly Northern California wildfire, the most destructive this year in the western United States, climbed on Tuesday to at least 585 homes and hundreds of other structures that have gone up in flames.

Lake County sheriff's deputies began escorting some evacuees back to their properties to briefly tend to pets or livestock that were left behind.

But authorities said conditions in fire-ravaged areas remained unsafe, with downed power lines and other hazards. Residents whose homes remained intact would not be able to reoccupy their houses for at least another couple of days.

An estimated 13,000 residents remained displaced by evacuations, while the blaze, dubbed the Valley Fire, still posed a potential threat to some 9,000 buildings in the fire zone, roughly 50 miles (80 km) west of Sacramento, the state capital.

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Doug Pittman said Monday night that the fire's latest advance was mostly toward hillsides and mountains away from heavily populated areas. But the fire was reported especially active on Tuesday near the small mountain town of Loch Lomond and the Aetna Springs resort.

By Tuesday evening, the blaze had devoured more than 67,000 acres (27,0000 hectares)of timber, brush and grass left parched by four years of drought and weeks of extreme summer heat.

MAKING HEADWAY

As darkness fell across Northern California containment of the fire, a measure of how much of its perimeter has been enclosed within buffer lines carved through vegetation by ground crews, stood at 30 percent, up from 15 percent earlier in the day, Cal Fire said.

Water-dropping helicopters and airplane tankers grounded by thick smoke during the first days of the fire returned to the skies as visibility improved on Monday and Tuesday.

Temperatures have also cooled and winds have eased since the fire's peak on Saturday and early Sunday, when flames raced unchecked over 40,000 acres in just 12 hours.

The speed of the blaze caught area residents off-guard, forcing many to flee in chaotic evacuations through gauntlets of fire as surrounding houses and trees went up in flames.

Roughly half of Middletown, a town of about 1,500 residents, was left in ruin, with twisted, blackened debris strewn over charred foundations of buildings reduced to ash. A row of burned-out cars stood next to what remained of a flattened apartment house, and the charred hulks of more vehicles filled a lot where an auto mechanic shop once stood.

Four firefighters were hospitalized with burns they suffered in the early hours of the blaze. More than 2,300 personnel were on the fire lines as of Tuesday, Cal Fire said.

The 585 homes known destroyed represents the greatest property loss from a single wildfire among the scores of conflagrations that have raged across the drought-stricken U.S. West so far this year, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.

Although the damage has yet to be quantified, the Valley Fire could become the largest insurance loss for a Northern California wildfire since a 1991 Oakland firestorm, said Mark Bove, a senior research meteorologist for New Jersey-based Munich Reinsurance America.

By comparison that calamity destroyed 3,200 buildings, with an industry-wide insured loss of about $3 billion, he said.

A separate blaze raging since Wednesday in the western Sierras near the former gold mining town of Jackson has destroyed 233 homes and 175 outbuildings, with some 10,000 people displaced by evacuations there, officials said. The so-called Butte Fire was 40 percent contained.

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Incredible in Malta: violent storm, car swallowed by the raging sea [VIDEO SHOCK]

20 September 2015

Bad weather, the mistral wind up to 90km / h in the Sicilian Channel: strong storms lash Malta and the stormy sea drag some drive from the quay

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The bad weather that is hitting hard the South Italy, does not spare the island of Malta whipped by strong winds from the north / west.

The mistral wind reached 90km / h causing real storms on the coasts. The sea has engulfed several cars, swallowing them off, as we can see in the images of the video sent to MeteoWeb The mistral wind will intensify further in the night and tomorrow morning.

2015-09-20 08:23:24 3.7 Central Mediterranean Sea [Sea: Malta] depth 10 EARTHQUAKE

http://cnt.rm.ingv.it/event/6093111

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Turkey’s touristic Bodrum hotspot floods under heavy rains, 8 injured

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An amazing video showing the moment a river in southern India came back to life after 20 years of drought has gone viral. The video clip uploaded to YouTube on September 16 is already approaching 100,000 views. According to to the Mirror, the amazing incident happened in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. The river shown in the video is the little known Kalavapalli River which according to locals last saw water over 20 years ago. The area through which this river flows has been facing a severe drought for the past 20 years. However, thanks to a bout of rainfall near the source of the river, the river has started flowing again.

This video was captured during the moment the river started flowing again.

The excitement of the people who came to watch the river flow again is evident in the video as they are seen shouting and rejoicing the arrival of water. An entire generation has seen the river bed perennially dry and for several children in the area, the Kalavapalli river never existed as a river. In fact, for many children in the region, the dry riverbed served as playgrounds.

The Anantapur district is located in the semi-arid region of Andhra Pradesh where the annual rainfall rarely exceeds 300mm. The drought that the area has been facing for the past two decades only added to the misery of the people living in the area. Lack of governmental help and infrastructure meant that the district earned the dubious distinction of being one of the least developed districts in India. While the fortunes of the people living here may not change in the foreseeable future, the arrival of water in the Kalavapalli river has given a new lease of life for the people of the region who had given up all hopes of seeing the river flow again. Pertinent to note here is the fact that the river started flowing even as the annual monsoons started retreating across the rest of India.

Elsewhere in India, the retreating monsoon showers caused havoc in western India after landslides and floods caused traffic disruptions and accidents. Rail traffic on the busy Mumbai -Pune rail route had to be stopped when a section of the railway track was washed away by flash floods that hit the area. Strangely, several other areas in India are still facing a drought situation and have received little or no rainfall this monsoon.

Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/2432635/watch-the-amazing-moment-when-a-ri... 

Skopelos devastated by biblical flooding – updated photos

The central Aegean island of Skopelos was swamped by torrential rains on Tuesday and Wednesday morning resulting in unprecedented flooding.

As shown in this updated series of pictures… Cars piled on top of each other, like fallen dominos, and others washed into the sea. As if a tsunami had hit this Greek island. Prayers.

And as you know Greece is in a bad economical situation. Hopefully will they get the help they need to reconstruct.

For other pictures read: Skopelos smashed by massive storm, flooding and my first post about this biblical nature disaster.

Source: http://strangesounds.org/2015/09/skopelos-floods-pictures.html

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This year no hurricanes have been yet recorded in the Western Atlantic.

And that has never been seen since 1914.

Hurricane drought in the western Atlantic. First time since 1914. What is going on?

According to scientists, two factors working against hurricane development, wind shear and dry air. And these have been quite prevalent from the Gulf of Mexico into much of the Caribbean all summer long.

In contrast, nine hurricanes have swept through the eastern Pacific… Is El Niño to blame?

Meanwhile zero hurricanes have been recorded in the adjacent western Atlantic.

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California Lake Mysteriously Runs Dry Overnight, Thousands Of Fish Dead

As CBS reports, the Mountain Meadows reservoir also known as Walker Lake, a popular fishing hole just west of Susanville, ran dry literally overnight, killing thousands of fish and leaving residents looking for answers.

The unprecedented emptying of the lake has stunned locals: residents say people were fishing on the lake last Saturday, but it drained like a bathtub overnight.

The reservoir before:

and after: