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.
Gerard Zwaan
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.
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.
Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/09/baseball-sized-hail-pummels-par...
Sep 6, 2015
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rain-showers-flood-estev...
Rain showers flood Estevan streets over weekend
137 millimetres of rain fell in the span of 24 hours
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.
Sep 7, 2015
jorge namour
Sand storm sweeps through Akkar, north Bekaa - LEBANON MIDDLE EAST
Sep. 07, 2015
https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Sep-07/314272-s...
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
https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/posts/1722142704675490
Severe Weather Europe added 2 new photos.
reports these crazy dust storm in Nicosia, Cyprus this afternoon - thank you!
Sep 7, 2015
jorge namour
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.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4698683,00.html
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.
Sep 8, 2015
Recall 15
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.
From:
http://www.rt.com/news/314686-spain-rains-flooding-cars/
Sep 8, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
Deadly sandstorm: "Unprecedented" in Lebanon's modern history kills 8 in 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.
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.
Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/09/deadly-sandstorm-unprecedented-...
Sep 9, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
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.
Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/09/grave-danger-imminent-nearly-20...
Sep 10, 2015
lonne rey
170,000 flee homes after floods hit Japan, Fukushima nuclear plant safety at risk
http://www.rt.com/news/314891-floods-japan-evacuation-thousands/
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.
Sep 10, 2015
KM
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/evacuations-orde...
California Wildfire Explodes to Nearly 15,000 Acres, Evacuations Ordered
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.
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.
Sep 11, 2015
jorge namour
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.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-09-13-14h29...
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http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2015/09/11/01016-20150911AR... PHOTO
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.
Sep 13, 2015
KM
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/12/asia/japan-floods/index.html
Japan flooding: 2.8 million advised to evacuate
Joso, Japan (CNN)Japan advised almost 3 million people to evacuate after heavy flooding killed seven people and left at least 15 missing in the eastern region of the country.
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.
Sep 14, 2015
jorge namour
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
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/09/alluvione-emilia-a-farini-pc-unonda-...
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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:
MAP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Piacenza
Sep 15, 2015
lonne rey
16 Dead After Southern Utah Flash Floods; Four Still Missing
http://www.weather.com/news/news/utah-flash-floods
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.
Sep 16, 2015
jorge namour
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
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/09/incredibile-sulle-alpi-ghiacciaio-si...
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VIDEO: http://www.meteoweb.eu/video-gallery/sulle-alpi-il-ghiacciaio-di-gr...
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.
Sep 16, 2015
SongStar101
Updates in CA as the fires are still ongoing.
California wildfires burn hundreds of homes, change lives
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/us/california-wildfires/
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.
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Firefighters gain ground on California wildfire that destroyed 585 homes
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/16/us-usa-wildfires-idUSKCN0...
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.
Sep 16, 2015
KM
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/09/19/429800/Iran-Tehran-Hormozga...
Flash floods kill 11 across Iran
The photo, taken on July 20, 2015, shows a view of buildings damaged by heavy flooding in Sijan Village in Iran’s Alborz Province.
At least eleven people have lost their lives in flash flooding across Iran including the capital Tehran.
Head of Relief and Rescue Organization of Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Naser Charkhsaz, said on Saturday the fatalities have occurred during the past 48 hours in the provinces of Tehran, Hormozgan in southern Iran, North Khorasan and East Azarbaijan in the country's north, IRIB reported.
Meanwhile, floods triggered by torrential rain killed five people in Pakdasht town in southeast Tehran on Friday, said Hadi Rahmati, the director general of crisis management for Tehran Province.
He added that rescue teams were immediately dispatched to the flood-hit areas and are conducting relief operations.
Spokesman for IRCS Mostafa Mortazavi also said that eight people, including five members of a family, were missing following heavy rain in eastern parts of Tehran Province.
Relief operations are underway in the flood-affected areas, he added.
A top official in Hormozgan also said the bodies of four members of a family were identified in the flooding in western parts of the province Friday night.
Earlier in late July, at least 11 people were killed in flash flooding and a summer storm in the provinces of Tehran and neighboring Alborz.
The incident happened when an unexpected summer storm and heavy rain struck the Iranian capital and its suburbs. Combined with heavy rain and lightning, the strong winds battered the northern, northwestern and western parts of the Iranian capital.
Sep 19, 2015
jorge namour
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
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/09/incredibile-a-malta-mareggiata-viole...
http://www.meteoweb.eu/video-gallery/violenta-mareggiata-a-malta-au...
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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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Sep 20, 2015
lonne rey
Turkey’s touristic Bodrum hotspot floods under heavy rains, 8 injured
http://national.bgnnews.com/turkeys-touristic-bodrum-hotspot-floods...
Waters reached over two meters along Üçkuyular Avenue, Atatürk Avenue, Dere Street, Hamam Street and Cevat Şahit Street, lifting and carrying dozens of vehicles as far as 300 meters (1000 feet) away, to the Azmakbaşı Bridge. Some motorcycles continued on and plunged into the sea
Sep 23, 2015
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/environment-canada-saska...
Environment Canada: Saskatchewan summer was bone dry
Mild weather expected into November
David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, says Saskatchewan went through one of the driest summers ever recorded.
As the season officially moved from summer to fall, Phillips reviewed statistics for southern Saskatchewan and found it was a difficult season for many farmers.
"If you look at the records — the statistics from March 1st to July 26 — it was, in parts of Saskatchewan, the driest in over a hundred years of records,":Phillips said. "[It was] not even close [to] the previous driest."
Mild stretch ahead, forecast shows
Phillips noted the forecast for October and into November calls for milder temperatures than average for the time of year.
"Our models for October and October - November are showing milder than normal," he said. "And that may very well be a kind of a dress rehearsal: With El Nino, we think the winter will, in fact, be milder than normal."
Sep 24, 2015
Derrick Johnson
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...
Sep 25, 2015
Gerard Zwaan
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
Sep 25, 2015
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2015/09/first-time-in-over-100-years-that-...
First time in over 100 years that no hurricanes engulf the Western Atlantic
This year no hurricanes have been yet recorded in the Western Atlantic.
And that has never been seen since 1914.
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.
Sep 26, 2015
Shaun Kazuck
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-25/california-lake-mysterious...
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:
Sep 26, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/massive-ocean-found-...
Massive 'ocean' found under Chinese desert
Thursday, September 17, 2015, 6:24 PM - Researchers have found a body of water containing ten times the amount of water in all five of the Great Lakes in an ocean hidden under northwestern China's Tarim basin, one of the driest places on Earth.
The basin in Xinjiang, China is approximately the size of Venezuela and is home to the largest desert in the country.
While the water in the basin is too salty to drink, it's believed the reservoir may be helping to slow climate change. Still, there is a downside to the discovery.
Professor and lead author in the study Li Yan told the South China Morning Post that if all the carbon in the reserve was released into the atmosphere it could be catastrophic.
“It’s like a can of coke. If it is opened all the greenhouse gas will escape into the atmosphere," Li told the Post.
“This is a terrifying amount of water. Our estimate is a conservative figure — the actual amount could be larger."
Li had been searching for missing carbon around the Tarim basin, a phenomenon that has eluded researchers for years. It was those efforts that led them to a giant aquafier housing the water.
Calculations suggest there could be as much as a trillion tonnes of missing carbon on the planet, leading researchers to speculate their could be more water reserves hidden under other deserts around the planet.
Sep 28, 2015
jorge namour
Rare cyclone wreaks havoc across Mediterranean
OCTOBER 2 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3iEzDWn1nI
Corsica: photos from weather
News - Published Friday, October 2, 2015 by The Weather Channel - LA CHAINE METEO
The Mediterranean hurricane, the "médicane" currently affecting Corsica causing mudslides and flooding.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-10-02-17h46...
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The sectors of Ajaccio, Aleria and Corte are strongly affected by the effects of Hurricane Mediterranean that is present on theisland since Thursday evening. The Tour of Corsica is also disturbed by the torrential rains that covered the mountain roads in recent hours.
Oct 3, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3258624/East-coast-storms-l...
Rains not seen for 200 YEARS: Two dead, 22 million on flood watch and New Jersey homes already consumed by high tides in bombardment of weekend storms dubbed a 'slow-motion disaster'
A record-setting 'once-in-200-years rainfall event' left 22 million Americans on the East Coast on flood watch as rains have closed down roads, waterlogged crops and showed little sign of stopping.
Meteorologist Ryan Maue of Weather Bell Analytics told NBC New York: 'It's going to be a slow-motion disaster'.
North and South Carolina have been hit the worst, with up to 12 inches of rain falling in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Friday night alone, and two deaths have been reported so far in the states.
President Barack Obama issued a state of emergency in South Carolina on Saturday and state emergency officials said flash flood warnings were issued for numerous counties and that some homes had already been evacuated, including in the coastal county that includes Myrtle Beach.
More than 15 inches of rain have fallen over the popular beach area since Friday, with more expected, the National Weather Service in Wilmington, North Carolina, reported.
South Carolina could get more rain in three days than it normally gets during the entire fall.
A few hours before high tide, wind-driven waves crash into a fishing pier in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Friday
Tony and Sandy Mathena, from Raleigh, North Carolina, make a quick retreat up the steps to The Isles Restaurant & Beach Club as high tide come in at the west end of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
A man walks his bicycle through high water at the City Market in downtown Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday
Oct 4, 2015
jorge namour
Climate catastrophe in Cannes - FRANCE
News - Published Sunday, October 4, 2015 by The Weather Channel - LA CHAINE METEO
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-10-04-19h47...
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The storms of the October 3, 2015 are the most violent ever seen. Located between Cannes and Nice, they have maintained several hours, spilling impressive amounts of water. The violence of the rains (200 mm within hours) partly explains the terrible human toll and material.
We note an increase in thunderstorm waves since the early 2000s on the French Riviera, and particularly since 2005. But the 3 October 2015 pulverized the other episodes of storms that have already occurred in the past in Cannes.
This episode of bad weather is the third since 12 September 2015
Cannes flooded . Torrential rain hits Cannes
Oct 4, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3260313/Terrif...
Terrifying moment massive tornadoes tear through Chinese cities as Typhoon Mujigae batters the country's southern coast killing at least six
Huge tornadoes prompted by Typhoon Mujigae yesterday ripped through several cities in the province of Guangdong, southern China.
Videos taken by local residents show swirling columns of wind more than 330 feet high sweeping through residential areas and farmlands in the cities of Foshan, Panyu and Shanwei, picking up houses and cars like toys.
The tornadoes were brought by Typhoon Mujigae, which made landfall at around 2pm on Sunday on China's southern coast, reported People's Daily Online. At least six were killed and more than 200 were injured in howling winds of up to 112 miles per hour.
Mobile phone footage shot by local residents captures the moment of a massive tornado lashing the farms in Leliu district in Shunde city. In one of the videos, a flash lightning bolt can be seen while the tornado was ravaging a factory.
In another video, believed to be shot by a motorist from inside a car in Shunde city, a powerful tornado is seen moving quickly about 400 feet away, picking up a large amount of garbage.
In other parts of the footage, cars and constructions cranes were pushed down and tossed around like small toys.
These terrifying moments have been described by Chinese media as 'scenes from Hollywood disaster films'.
Shocking: Video shot by a local resident shows a tornado lashing suburban Shunde city, China, on Sunday
Battered: Coastal cities in Guangdong province were heavily flooded after Typhoon Mujigae struck on Sunday
Oct 5, 2015
Mark
High waters cause parts of Hwy. 12 to collapse into ocean
http://www.wcti12.com/news/high-waters-cause-parts-of-hwy-12-to-col...
Highway 12, locally known as Beach Road, is the main road for access to the beachfront on the Outer Banks. Over the last few days, Eastern North Carolina has seen high tides and severe rainfall which has caused damage to the area.
"We had a dune that was constructed right along the road, but unfortunately with this system, the waves just washed the dune out," Department of Transportation representative for Dare County Jennifer Heiss said.
After the high levels of water knocked out the dunes, the road collapsed because the water eroded the sand underneath.
Monte Adams has owned his home in Kitty Hawk for the last 24 years. He says the beachfront area is completely changed.
“See those waves, they used to be beach at least 100 to 75 yards and in the last two to three years it’s kind of turned into this," Adams said.
Oct 7, 2015
jorge namour
Cold settled on the north-east of Europe
News - Published Thursday, October 8, 2015 by The Weather Channel- LA CHAINE METEO
The cold settled fairly early this year on the north-east of Europe and Russia. This cold arctic air flows between origin a powerful anticyclone installed in Scandinavia and a deepening depression over Russia.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-10-08-06h00...
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To -13 ° C in Finland
On Tuesday morning, there was almost widespread and sometimes severe frosts in Sweden and Finland with -5 ° C on the Helsinki Airport and up to -13 ° C in northern Lapland. Frosts earned more regions in the south with the first frosts observed in Vilnius in Lithuania but also to nord'est Poland. Moscow has also experienced its first frost under cover
n the coming days this cold air will plunge a little more south to Ukraine and Romania. The Western Europe will remain spared with temperatures that remain close to the seasonal normal for this weekend.
First snow in Moscow planned.
First snow in Moscow planned.
Under the influence of a depression centered on the Ural cold, moist air will concern the Moscow region in the coming days. The temperatures should be low enough to see it snow by the weekend. It could even temporarily hold the ground early in the day. Note that this weather situation is not exceptional even if the snow is most common at the end of October or beginning of November in Moscow.
Spectacular first snowfall of the season underway in
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The cold advancing from the north / east to Europe: first spectacular seasonal snowfall in Moscow
October 7, 2015 22:07
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/10/prima-spettacolare-nevicata-della-st...
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http://www.meteoweb.eu/video-gallery/spettacolare-nevicata-a-mosca/...
Spectacular snow in Moscow VIDEO
In Moscow with snow 0 ° C and at night the temperature will drop below zero: begin the first great wave of cold winter in Eastern Europe, will last at least five days and bring temperatures up to -7 / -8 ° C in the lowland plains of Russia European. In Moscow it will snow for at least 6 consecutive days, so intense especially weekend and early next week. Tonight the city has run whitewashed the first thin white veil of the season 2015/2016.
Oct 8, 2015
KM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Unusual-weather-cond...
Unusual weather conditions prevail in city
According to the Met department, no change is expected in the present weather pattern in the coming days because days will remain hot and humid while night hours will be chilly. A weather expert said, "This is a strange weather condition, which is usually not witnessed in the October month as in this period the day temperature slips below 30 degree Celsius, but at present the days are extremely hot.
While the day temperature on Saturday and Friday was 34.8 and 36.6 degree Celsius respectively, it was recorded at 36 degrees on Thursday. The normal day temperature in the first week of October is usually 33 degrees. In the minimum temperature category, normal temperature is 22 degrees, but any value below this mark is considered as low. In the past three nights, the night temperature recorded was 15.7, 19.6 and 20.8 degrees Celsius respectively.
CB Singh, met expert at CSA University informed that both the day and the night temperatures are not normal. He said that the month of September had remained very hot with mercury hovering between 36 to 38 degrees. Even with the start of the month of October, no change has been noticed in the weather conditions. The difference in the day and the night temperatures is making denizens fall ill, he added.
He said that the total rainfall recorded between June and September (rainy season) was 405 mm which was much below the average rainfall whereas the normal rainfall in this period is normally 700-800 mm. No rains are expected in the coming days and the existing weather conditions will continue, he added.
Oct 8, 2015
KM
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/10/punch-drunk-japan-awaits-devast...
A powerful typhoon bearing down on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has forced authorities to order the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Thousands of residents in northern Japan have been ordered to evacuate as a powerful typhoon bears down on the island of Hokkaido.
Local authorities issued evacuation orders for Nemuro city on the coast and neighbouring areas, as Typhoon Choi-Wan approached from the east, the Hokkaido daily reports.
About 170 flights have been cancelled and scores of train services suspended, the paper says.
The season's 23rd typhoon, still several hundred kilometres east of Japan, had maximum sustained winds of 108kph and gusts of 162kph, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.
Oct 8, 2015
jorge namour
https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/photos/a.1423656947857402....
Severe Weather Europe
First E Europe arctic blast of the fall: Cheboksary, Russia yesterday. Source: vk.com/clubmeteo
Oct 11, 2015
KM
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/10/insane-torential-rain-floods-ta...
Insane: Torential rain floods Tacoma stadium in minutes
Insane Flooding at Tacoma, Washington High School Stadium
A round of rain that swept through Tacoma created a massive waterfall down the steps of Stadium High School and flowed right into Stadium Bowl below.
Heavy rainfall flowed through the steps of Tacoma’s Stadium High School and into the nearby Stadium Bowl, ABC affiliate KOMO-TV in Seattle reports.
Video posted on YouTube showed the football field almost entirely covered in water.
"I looked out my window and it was almost like a river coming down 2nd Street,” Angela Rapada told KOMO-TV.
“I was like 'Oh my God! I bet you the Stadium Bowl is just crazy right now.'"
Oct 14, 2015
jorge namour
Bad weather in Rome: the Aniene overflows in Tivoli, 4 people locked in a shed - ITALY
The Aniene is overflows due to persistent rains
14 October 2015
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/10/maltempo-roma-laniene-esonda-a-tivol...
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Four people are locked in a shed near Tivoli, near Rome, because dell'esondazione dell'Aniene due to the rains. Firefighters are on site to help people get out of the structure now isolated.
Weather alert, dramatic situation: first victim in Lazio, others missing, is a disaster [LIVE]
Weather alert: disastrous floods in the regions of the center, between Lazio and Abruzzo. Arrive dramatic news
14 October 2015
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/10/allerta-meteo-situazione-drammatica-...
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The bad weather is to argue against very violent on Italy: are moments of anxiety and apprehension in Northern Tuscany but especially between Lazio and Abruzzo, where heavy rains are causing serious consequences. Continues to pour in Pisa (178mm daily at the time) and the situation of the city, already on the edge it gets worse by the minute. But, as we said, the most critical situation is in central Italy, in the area of Marsica, the provinces of L'Aquila and Frosinone, on the border between Lazio and Abruzzo. Have fallen well 199mm of rain in Guarcino, 114mm in Ferentino, 107mm in Avezzano, 97mm in Olevano Romano, 91mm Alatri, 63mm in Genazzano, 62mm in Sora, 50mm in Isola del Liri. CONTINUE...
Oct 14, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3275328/Flash-floods-cause-...
Flash floods cause chaos in California as 5ft-deep mud engulfs cars and traps people inside homes north of Los Angeles
Flash floods in California have caused mud and rocks to sweep across major roads outside of Los Angeles, stranding hundreds of vehicles and trapping people in their homes.
Violent storms brought huge downpours at Fort Tejon - 75 miles north of LA - bringing the freeway to a halt as 5ft deep mud engulfed cars.
Firefighters rescued people who clambered on top of their car to escape the sudden flow of water, but there are no reports of injuries or deaths.
Flash floods in California have caused mud and rocks to sweep across major roads outside of Los Angeles, stranding hundreds of vehicles and trapping people in their homes
Violent storms brought huge downpours at Fort Tejon - 75 miles north of LA - bringing the freeway (Interstate 5 pictured) to a halt as 5ft deep mud engulfed cars
Up to 1.5ins of rain fell in just hours, with the storms expected to shift slowly eastward through Friday. Pictured, flooding at Lake Hughes
Interstate 5 came to a standstill while a number of other roads have also been closed because of the floods.
Robert Rocha, 37, said he was driving home from work when the storm arrived at Lake Hughes. He said: 'It was getting pretty hairy out there.'
'I've never seen it rain that hard in such a short period of time, the hail and wind — it was coming down hard. The debris was just intense — chunks of wood and rock flowing everywhere.
Oct 16, 2015
jorge namour
WHITE RAINBOW: rare appearance in Scotland
News - Published Friday, October 16, 2015 by The Weather Channel - LA CHAINE METEO
A Scots captured image a weather phenomenon uncommon in early October: WHITE RAINBOW
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-10-16-10h32...
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Richard Toulson walking her dog one morning when he saw an amazing celestial phenomenon in the Scottish companion near Dumfries, in Collochan Valley: an arc reminiscent of a white rainbow sky.
A fog bow is similar to a rainbow, except it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3272266/The-rainbow-lost-co...
The rainbow that lost its colours: Dog walker spots amazing rare FOG BOW on his morning hike through Scottish countryside
Oct 16, 2015
KM
http://floodlist.com/america/deadly-floods-honduras-7-killed-comayagua
Deadly Floods in Honduras – 7 Killed in Comayagua
At least 7 people have died in floods in Honduras since heavy rain began to fall on 17 October.
Elsewhere in Central America, flooding has also been reported in Guatemala, Belize and Nicaragua.
Honduras
Heavy rain has been affecting parts of Honduras since 17 October 2015, triggering floods, landslides and rivers to overflow.
COPECO, (Comisión Permanente de Contingencias), the disaster management agency in Honduras, issued red alerts for several areas along the Ulúa river, including Potrerillos, Pimienta, San Manuel and Villanueva in Cortés; El Progreso, Negrito and Santa Rita in Yoro; and also some areas in Atlántida.
Yellow alerts were issued for for the town of El Rosario, in the department of Comayagua, and lower level green alerts for some areas of the departments of Choluteca, Valle and Francisco Morazán.
Local media report that at least 7 people have died in floods in Comayagua department. As many as 2,000 people have been left homeless in Siguatepeque and the local authorities there have declared a state of emergency.
Rainfall
Amapala in Valle department saw 119 mm of rain fall in 24 hours on 17 October. La Esperanza, Intibuca department, recorded 61 mm, during the same period, according to WMO figures. Further rainfall has been forecast for the next 24 hours, although this should be less intense.
Oct 19, 2015
KM
http://floodlist.com/america/uruguay-floods-yaguaron-uruguay-rivers...
Uruguay Floods Worsen as Yaguarón and Uruguay Rivers Overflow
Levels of the Uruguay and Yaguarón rivers have continued to rise in northern parts of Uruguay, forcing more people from their homes.
Heavy rainfall from 14 October 2015 had increased river levels. Yesterday, areas of Uruguay and neighbouring parts of Argentina and Brazil saw yet more heavy rainfall and increased flooding could be on the way.
Thousands remain homeless in Porto Alegre and surrounding areas in the Brazilian state of Rio Gr.... More rain has since fallen in the area and could prolong the floods in the state. Bagé municipality in the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul saw 108 mm of rain in 24 hours between 19 and 20 October, according to WMO figures.
Over 600 Displaced in Uruguay
Last week, SINAE, the disaster management agency in Uruguay, reported that 183 people had been displaced by flooding in the northern departments of Artigas, Salto, Rivera and Tacuarembó.
In their latest assessment, SINAE report that the number of displaced and staying in shelters has now increased to 649 in total after river levels increased further.
Rivers have overflowed in the departments of Paysandu, Artigas, Cerro Largo, Rivera and Salto, which is thought to be the worst affected area and where 416 people have been displaced.
Three highways – routes 24, 29 and 44 – have been blocked or damaged.
Rainfall Levels
According to WMO figures for a 24 hour period between 19 and 20 October 2015.
Tacuarembó – 95 mm
Salto – 58 mm
Paso de los Toros – 76 mm
Uruguay’s meteorological department (INUMET) figures show at least 10 locations have seen over 50 mm of rain in a 24 hour period to 07:00 on 20 October 2015.
Oct 21, 2015
KM
https://www.rt.com/usa/319237-california-forests-could-die/
‘Tinderbox’: 20% of California’s forests might die – research
The Carnegie team used a special plane outfitted with two special instruments with which they could map millions of trees a day – a LiDAR and an image spectrometer. The LiDAR fires two lasers out of the bottom of the plane that capture 3D images of the forest, and the image spectrometer measures the chemical makeup of trees. The instruments allowed Carnegie’s Greg Asner to rapidly measure trees in bulk – about 8 million per hour – rather than having to measure individual trees by hand.
A unique set of sensors were employed to reveal the trees’ water content, an indicator of whether they are stressed by drought or likely to die.
“We’ve been all over the state…And we’ve seen everything from forests that are doing just fine to other forests that are in real trouble where we’re seeing lots of mortality, extreme drought stress, scary stuff in different parts of the state,” Asner told Al Jazeera America.
Asner was able to assess the health of each individual tree and generate three-dimensional snapshots. He discovered that 120 million trees are dying across the state. Healthy trees are depicted as blue, and drought stressed trees run from mild yellow to severe red.
A spectrometer shows how much water is in the trees’ leaves – less reflected light shows that the leaves contain more water, while more reflected light indicates they are dry. When compiled, the data provides a topographic image illustrating the condition of a forest.
“At what point will the forest change into something else? We don’t know,” Asner told the Los Angeles Times. “We don’t know when the lack of rain will lead to runaway conditions where the forests are beyond repair.”
Asner estimates there are 585 million to 1.6 billion trees in the state’s forests. An accurate census, he told the Times, has never been conducted, but 120 million trees represents anywhere from 7 percent to 20 percent of the state’s forests.
Oct 22, 2015
KM
https://www.rt.com/news/319351-siberia-snowfall-omsk-record/
Too much even for Siberia: Worst blizzard in 10yrs turns Omsk into huge snowball (PHOTOS)
You might say it’s nothing special for Siberia, but those who know – namely weather forecasters – believe it could be the most significant snowfall in 10 years.
Imagine parking your car safely outside your house in the evening only to find it gone the next morning. The streets and vehicles have nearly disappeared under the blanket of snow, with over 40cm falling overnight. All one can currently see in Omsk is snow, snow and nothing else.
Oct 22, 2015
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2015/10/sahara-floods-torrential-rains-des...
Sahara floods: Torrential rains destroy 1200 homes and tents in a refugee camp in the Sahara desert
Sahara floods? This is just insane…
Torrential rains have destroyed tents, 1,200 homes and flooded the Sahrawi refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria… right in the middle of the Sahara desert.
Can you imagine that? A spot of the giant Sahara Desert was flooded by heavy downpours.
This sudden and extreme rains accompanied by strong sandstorms lasted about five days.
As the Sahara desert almost never gets rain, such a crazy weather anomaly has produced chaos, According to witnesses, clay houses were diluting like sugar cubes.
Many families have lost all their belongings, including small reserve of food that they possessed. Moreover, flour and sugar have been spoiled by rain. And this weather anomaly is stationary as heavy rains are forecast for the next days. Schools have been closed until Sunday to assess the situation and prevent buildings from collapsing on the children. People are now moving to the nearby mountains as the river could overflow. These people have already lost everything during a political conflict and now they have to fear for their lives due to a strange weather phenomenon. Sad.
Oct 23, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3287675/Two-conductors-esca...
Two conductors escape from derailed train after it submerges in Texas floods... and state's residents brace for MORE RAIN from remnants of Hurricane Patricia
A train was submerged under floodwaters in Texas as the state was battered by rain ahead of the first effects of Hurricane Patricia.
No injuries were reported in the derailment, where two conductors were able to escape from their downed train before being picked up by emergency workers in Navarro County, south of Dallas.
Some areas of the state have already seen more than 20 inches of rain as precipitation from one storm system, with much of central and southern Texas under flash flood watch until Monday.
Rain has been worst so far in Navarro County, where a Union Pacific train locomotive and several of its cars derailed around 3.30am after water from a nearby washed over the tracks.
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A freight train derailed on Saturday near Corsicana, Texas, about 50 miles south of Dallas, after a creek overflowed and washed away the tracks
The Union Pacific train locomotive and several of its cars derailed around 3.30am on Saturday as floods took over many areas of Texas
Two train conductors were able to swim to safety after they derailed because water had washed over the tracks during widespread flooding in Texas
The train, carrying gravel, derailed when traveling near the town of Corsicana, Texas, which has received more than 18 inches of rain
Torrential rains are battering Texas as a recent storm system mixes with remnants of Hurricane Patricia that are moving up from Mexico
'A Navarro County rescue team was able to get in and pull them to safety, they are back safe on dry ground'.
The cars were carrying gravel, which is not believed to pose any threat, though officials are monitoring concerns about leaked fuel.
The recent flooding comes as remnants of Hurricane Patricia work their way east and north towards Texas to join a storm already in the region as it moves east toward Louisiana.
Patricia has since been downgraded to a tropical storm and tropical depression after making landfall on the western coast of Mexico, but the storm is causing torrential rains and flooding in Mexico as it moves north.
Oct 25, 2015
KM
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The Amazon drained forest: Incredible pictures show devastating effect of drought ravishing Brazil in area’s worst dry spell for 100 years
The Amazon river has long been crucial part of the daily lives of thousands of Brazilians living in the remote stretches of the rainforest but now communities have been left devastated after the country suffered its worst drought in 100 years.
A vital water source for numerous lakes and streams, the Amazonian drought has been revealed with photos showing miles of dry, cracked riverbeds from where the water used to flow.
Boats have been left stranded in the Puaquequarauna lake, due the low levels of the Rio Negro, near the Amazonian city of Manaus. There, houses sit isolated in the middle of the large deserted landscape, with only small pools of water remaining for locals to live off.
The crisis has left the Rio Negro, a crucial tributary of the Amazon River, in ruin. Now, whole communities face a battle to rebuild their lives.
The shocking drought comes just a few months after the same region suffered bad flooding after a deluge of rain left several cities in states of emergency.
Not going far: Several young men try to steer their canoe down a small strip of water in the middle of the barren landscape
Docked in the dry: One large boat lies stranded on the dry Puraquequarauna lake, due the low levels of the Rio Negro
Oct 25, 2015
jorge namour
Five dead as Egypt's Alexandria drowns in Sunday’s flash floods
Ahram Online , Sunday 25 Oct 2015
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Five were killed in accidents caused by heavy rain that paralysed Egypt's second largest city; residents vent anger on social media; governor says long history of neglect to blame
ive people were killed in accidents in Alexandria caused by rain storms that struck the coastal governorate on Sunday, the health ministry said.
The city of Alexandria, the second largest in Egypt, was flooded due to heavy rain that hit the city Sunday morning.
Heavy rains paralysed traffic and electricity, causing power outages in many districts across the city, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
Pictures of cars, taxis, microbuses, and even people partly submerged in water in Alexandria went viral on social media, with many residents expressing anger at the authorities, including Governor Hani El-Mesery, for not preparing for the rainy season in advance.
Many pictures showed taxi and microbus drivers struggling to salvage their vehicles out of the drowning streets.
A video, which was posted on Facebook under the title "The Human Ferry", showed a man helping other residents cross from one sidewalk to the other amid flooded streets. CONTINUE...
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Egypt, the government ordered an urgent plan to prevent new floods
The government is trying at this time to restore drinking water and health services needed for the emergency exit, the Egyptian armed forces are managing the distribution of humanitarian aid and blankets to residents of areas affected by bad weather
26 October 2015
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has ordered the maintenance of the state of alert in the area of Alexandria and the Egyptian coast hit in recent days by heavy rains that have caused flooding and landslides that killed four people, including two children.
The exceptional wave of bad weather that has seen in coastal rainfall six times higher than the average
Dozens of trucks of Egyptian armed forces have been heading for Alexandria to distribute food and blankets to local people.
Oct 26, 2015
jorge namour
Israel, devastating storms in the Middle East
News - Updated Wednesday, October 28, 2015 by The Weather Channel- LA CHAINE METEO
Very violent storms ravaged the Near East last weekend. Strong winds, hail and heavy rains caused countless damage.
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A very unstable situation has affected the entire Mediterranean last week. Blame it on a stormy low that crossed the whole Mediterranean basin.
Everything began with the Maghreb and southern Italy, where violent storms caused major flooding and a rise waterspouts. Mid week it was the turn of the Balkans, including Greece to be affected by extremely violent storms. Widespread mudslides took place into the city of Athens where a tornado was filmed. The cumulative rainfall reached 250 mm in 48 hours in some areas.
Outburst of violence this weekend
Apocalyptic storms have hit Turkey and the Middle East this weekend. The depression strengthened suddenly arriving in a warm air mass and violent storms have formed causing particularly violent winds and torrential rains.
The island of Cyprus has experienced stormy winds up to 117 km / h gusting to Paphos. In Lebanon, the passage of the storm, a gust to 133 km / h was raised in Beirut, the capital. Rain accumulations of 25 to 70 mm in 2 hours were recorded inducing flash floods and hailstones 9cm caused panic among the population.
Development of the situation
Monday, thunderstorms are widespread in the Middle East, they have particularly struck regions stretching from Saudi Arabia to Syria via Jordan. Thunderstorms raised dust and triggered a Haboob (a sand storm). Severe floods were caused by torrential rains that have given up to 141 mm in 24 hours in my Year 'in Jordan. Strong winds This intense thunderstorm activity will continue throughout the week on the region bringing 1 to 3 months of rain over the period. The lull could set up this weekend.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4716356,00.html
38,000 Israeli homes remain without power
Netanya and Ra'anana hardest hit cities; more than 300 high power lines downed; 20-year-old worker killed in Pardes Hanna
Ynet
Latest Update: 10.26.15,
A day after a powerful rainstorm hit Israel Sunday morning, downing trees and hundreds of power lines, 38,000 households remain without electricity on Monday night.
Downed power lines
Oct 28, 2015
KM
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A "crime against humanity": NASA warns of worst ever forest fires, environmental disaster, as smoke blankets six countries! 'Godzilla' El Nino responsible...
It's the biggest environmental disaster in our region and Australia cannot avoid being affected by its enormous reach.
A sickening haze that has spread across southeast Asia is being described as a "crime against humanity" and has NASA warning of a disaster of its kind never before seen.
For more than two months, raging forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have released vast plumes of smoke that has spread across neighbouring countries including Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.
The toxic yellow cloud is disrupting transport, schools and business and caused hundreds of thousands of people to fall ill.
At least 230 principal fires and hundreds of hot spots being battled by a 22,000-strong army of fire fighters, including Australian specialists.
But the blazes, some fuelled by ancient peat deposits, are defying them all and the most realistic hope is that monsoonal rains will douse them.
Australian Gaye Thavisin, who has lived in Kaimantan for 13 years, said putting out a blaze in Indonesia was not like battling an Aussie bushfire.
"These fires burn long, low and underground and need to be utterly soaked and flooded to be put out," she told news.com.au.
While many locals hope monsoon rains will eventually drown them, Ms Thavisin said there was also a chance the weather could also remain dry until February.
"It's unbelievably bad ... we've been without sunshine now for two and a half months," she said. During this time Ms Thavisin has been unable to operate her small cruise business because it was only possible to see for about 50 to 200m.
"We're looking at bankruptcy now because we continue to pay our staff," she said.
"Others have just sacked people."
Fires in Indonesia have been a near annual occurrence since the 1980s, but this is different.
They have been made worse by a prolonged dry season and a 'Godzilla' El Nino weather pattern whose devastating effects are only now starting to be seen.
The massive weather event is expected to have terrible consequences for Australia this summer, including predictions of a devastating fire season here, too.
El Niños typically reduce rainfall, cause droughts and increase temperatures.
Oct 28, 2015
KM
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Brazil Floods – Over 200,000 Affected in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul
The flood situation in southern Brazil continues and is now affecting over 200,000 people across the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.
Rio Grande do Sul
The Civil Defense of Rio Grande do Sul reported that 132 towns and cities have been affected by flooding and rainstorms since the beginning of the month. About 177,000 people have been affected in total across the state, where over 7,500 families are currently displaced or homeless.
One of the worst hit areas in the state is Porto Alegre, where the mayor declared a state of emergency on Sunday 18 October, following the heavy rain and flooding on Wednesday 14 October.
The rain forced the Guaíba River to break its banks, causing its second worst-ever overflow, according to Agência Brasil. Some of the worst hit parts of the city are the poorer areas, such as bairro Guarujá, where the mayor, José Fortunati, visited last week.
Santa Catarina
In Santa Catarina, nearly 30,000 people are affected by the floods across 97 towns or cities since the beginning of October, according to the local Civil Defense report. 1,790 people were displaced and 2,933 are homeless. Seventeen municipalities have declared state of emergency, which is the condition imposed to receive federal aid.
Visit of President Dilma Rousseff
On 24 October President Dilma Rousseff flew over the affected areas in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina to observe the extent of the damage.
The president announced that officials from the federal government will visit Rio Grande do Sul to help municipalities that need to submit documents to receive federal funds.
“In addition to the 66 municipalities we had already declared a state of emergency, we will come with a team formed by state government officials and mayors to take the necessary measures so that they [municipalities] meet the requirements to be declared state of emergency.” stated Rousseff.
Oct 28, 2015
KM
http://floodlist.com/africa/somalia-floods-affect-60000
Somalia – Floods Affect Over 60,000
Parts of northern Somalia and areas along the Juba and Shabelle River basins in Somalia and in the Ethiopian Highlands have experienced heavy rains following the start of the Deyr rains earlier this month. The Deyr is a season of short rains that usually runs from October to December.
Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) say that “heavy rains are expected to continue in the Ethiopian highlands, Hiraan, Middle Shabelle, Galgaduud and Mudug regions over the coming days. Other areas that may record moderate rains include parts of Lower Shabelle, Bakool and Bay regions”.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report that initial assessments suggest around 60,000 people have been affected by flooding across 6 regions of the country; Banadir region (5,000), Bay region (12,000), Lower Juba region (6,000), Middle Shabelle region (28,000), Gedo region (1,800) and Mudug region (10,000).
El Niño Expected to Increase Flood Risk
OCHA say that, while flooding is recurrent during this time of the year in low-lying areas of Somalia, El Niño conditions have intensified in 2015 and are likely to lead to a wetter than normal Deyr season in parts of the country.
SWALIM suggest that floods triggered by El Niño could affect up to 900,000 people along Somalia’s rivers.
Oct 31, 2015
Howard
Rare Cyclone in the Arabian Sea (Oct 31)
Chapala remained a Category 4 cyclone Saturday evening after rapidly intensifying to a high-end Category 4 early Friday.
There is no record of a cyclone of Category 4 strength or stronger tracking as far south as Chapala in the Arabian Sea.
Satellite imagery Saturday showed an impressive eyewall with a tiny eye only about nine miles wide, roughly the size of Hurricane Patricia, which became the most intense hurricane of record in the western hemisphere roughly a week ago.
While direct measurements from reconnaissance aircraft are not available over the Arabian Sea, Chapala's rate of intensification from a high-end tropical storm to a high-end Category 4 cyclone in 24 hours was quite impressive for this part of the world.
Chapala has the potential to dump at least 3-4 times the average yearly rain in just a day or two over parts of eastern Yemen and southwest Oman. Average yearly rainfall along the southern Yemeni coast is 2 inches...
The south coasts of Yemen and southwest Oman are fronted by hills and mountains. Moist air from Chapala slamming into those mountains may wring out rainfall totals in excess of 20 inches in those locations.
Rivers running from these mountains that are normally dry or feature very low flow would see rapid rises with rainfall of this magnitude. Destructive and deadly mudslides, debris flows, and flash flooding is likely immediately before, and sometime after landfall of Chapala in central and eastern Yemen.
In short, Chapala may be one of Yemen's costliest natural disasters on record.
Source
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/cyclone-chapala-yemen-...
Nov 1, 2015