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.
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/161807/Egypt/Politics-...
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.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-10-28-05h41... VIDEO
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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
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/10/a-crime-against-humanity-nasa-w...
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
http://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-santa-catarina-rio-grand...
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
jorge namour
Tornado in Texas, 2 dead and 2 missing: lightning striking the radar of the National Weather Service [VIDEO]
Lightning struck a WSR-88D Doppler radar from the National Weather Service in Brownsville
31 October 2015
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/10/tornado-in-texas-2-morti-e-2-dispers... VIDEO
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lightning striking the radar of the National Weather Service
Two tornadoes have hit Texas with the rains and flooding that have killed two people while two others remain missing. Meteorologists have issued a warning for today in the Houston and Austin hit by heavy rains and winds while in eastern Texas are 44 thousand people have so far remained without electricity. Also activated the emergency services in areas affected by floods. The two victims of the bad weather, Austin and San Antonio, were dragged by the wave of water, while a woman and a man are missing. 40 flights also canceled due to bad weather which caused damage to several homes in the east of the state.
In addition, lightning struck a WSR-88D Doppler radar from the National Weather Service in Brownsville, the technician Derek Urch managed to capture the exact moment.
Nov 1, 2015
Mark
UK weather: Britain sees thick fog and hottest ever recorded November temperatures on the same day
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-weather-britain-s...
According to the Met Office, temperatures on Sunday 1 November in Trawsgoed, Wales, were the hottest ever recorded in the UK in November - the temperature peaked at 22.3C, hotter than Barcelona and the Algarve.
The previous November temperature record was set in 1946, when it got up to 21.7C in Prestatyn, Wales.
To put that in perspective, the average maximum temperature in the UK is 10 to 13C.
According to the Met Office, Sunday's new record could be broken again on Monday - meterorologist Nicola Willis said there was a 20 per cent chance that the record could be broken again at some point on 2 November, as southerly winds bring in warm air from Europe.
Despite the record-breaking temperatures, Sunday started off foggy for most the country, and stayed that way in some parts throughout the day.
British Airways cancelled at least 20 flights from Heathrow and more than a dozen arrivals at London City Airport due to fog on Sunday.
With more fog disruption expected on Monday, the UK could be in for a continued spell of bizarre weather.
Nov 2, 2015
lonne rey
Man missing following Algarve floods, many left homeless
http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/man-missing-following-algarve-f...
Several people were left homeless in Albufeira on Sunday evening following flash floods which struck southern Portugal around lunchtime. Commuters were also facing delays of several hours, with delays at Faro airport and train stations of around two hours.
A number of roads were also closed by civil protection authorities after the heavy rains which have now moved north towards Lisbon.
According to the Albufeira Town Hall, the exact number of people who will be provided alternative accommodation overnight had not yet been ascertained on Sunday evening, with the city particularly hard hit by the heavy rains which fell between 10am and 3pm.
Nov 2, 2015
KM
https://www.rt.com/news/320393-australia-storm-tornado-weather/
Severe storms batter Australia (PHOTO, VIDEO)
The aftermath of the multiple storms left a trail of havoc from Queensland, through New South Wales and on to Victoria, emergency services said. As of early Sunday morning, Victoria was still under siege.
According to ABC, citing the Victorian State Emergency Service (SES), the New South Wales-Victorian border saw trees uprooted and houses badly damaged.
"This was a very broad line of storms, that extended basically from Queensland down towards Gippsland," senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology Richard Carolyn told Huffington Post Australia.
"It's rare to see a storm line stretch that far. It can happen, you need a very active low pressure trough to extend right through that distance."
The interesting part was that, while many initially thought they had seen a tornado, places like Strathmerton actually saw “strong down bursts out of the thunderstorm,” Carolyn said. Despite the difference in words, the roofs of 10 houses there were ripped clean off.
There were 120 calls for help to emergency services on Sunday; twenty further calls related to property damage, with another 35 complaining of fallen trees blocking roads and damaging power lines.
"We did record gusts of 90kmp/h in Shepparton and 117kmp/h in the southern NSW town of Hay,”he added.
The situation was different in Nathalia, south of Strathmerton.
Each area saw a different side to the disaster. Sydney, for example, witnessed hail the size of golf balls.
But Australians weren’t thrown off their game completely – it’s the time of the year when storms occur, just before spring. The state of Victoria gets about one to three a year.
Agencies were issuing severe wind, hail and storm warnings all weekend. According to experts speaking to ABC, Monday brings hope of calmer winds and less humidity, but the situation could take several days to really calm down.
Nov 3, 2015
Howard
Cyclone Chapala Hammers Yemen With Several Years Worth of Rain (Nov 3)
Satellite estimates show some areas near the coastline received as much as 8 or 9 inches of rainfall from Chapala. Those areas only get about 4 inches of rain per year, on average.
As Chapala made landfall Tuesday, it dumped enormous amounts of rainfall on the arid coast – as much as a decade's worth, according to some forecasts. This caused major flooding and swamped entire towns.
"The wind knocked out power completely in the city and people were terrified. Some residents had to leave their homes and escape to higher areas where flooding was less," according to Mukalla resident Sabri Saleem.
While numerous tropical systems have formed in the Arabian Sea, it is uncommon for a storm the strength of Chapala to occur so far south and west. Chapala was the equivalent of a low-end Category 4 hurricane as it passed by Socotra.
Reliable records, which only go back about 30 years, show no landfalls by hurricane-strength tropical cyclones in Yemen. Chapala, which was the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday, had at one point been the second strongest storm ever recorded in the Arabian Sea.
At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the data was used to create an image that showed IMERG rainfall estimates from Oct. 28 at 18:00 UTC to Nov. 3 at 08:30 UTC for Yemen, the Gulf of Aden and the surrounding region in association with Cyclone Chapala.
IMERG showed rainfall amounts between 5 to 15 inches over south central Yemen and along the coast to the right of where Chapala made landfall. Areas in eastern Yemen appear to have received at least 3 inches of rain. The highest total over Yemen was 398 mm (~16 inches).
Most of these totals are the equivalent of a year's worth of precipitation or more.
Chapala is likely the strongest cyclone to impact the island in over 100 years. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's tropical database, the last time a hurricane-equivalent cyclone came this close to Socotra was in 1922. The previous occurrence before that was a cyclone in 1885 and both of those storms were only the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in its routine monthly Desert Locust Bulletin issued Tuesday, said heavy rains from Cyclone Chapala "are likely to result in favourable ecological conditions" for the growth of desert locusts in the central part of the country. The bulletin warned those conditions "could last well into next spring."
Before hitting the mainland, Chapala sideswiped the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sunday. At least three people were killed and more than 200 were injured on Socotra, according to Emirates 24/7. There was also a huge loss of property on the island, the report added.
An estimated 20,000 people were reportedly evacuated from coastal areas and close to 400 houses were damaged or destroyed, Relief Web reported.
"The damage is enormous and we fear human losses," Socotra Island Minister of Fisheries Fahd Kafain told Emirates 24/7.
Locals sought shelter in government buildings and schools, as high water levels flooded numerous streets in Hadibo
Sources
http://www.weather.com/slideshows/news/tropical-cyclone-chapala-pho...
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/strengthening-cyclone-ch...
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/middleeast/yemen-tropical-cyclone-cha...
http://www.weather.com/news/weather/news/cyclone-chapala-socotra-yemen
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/nsfc-nmc110415.php
Nov 4, 2015
jorge namour
UPDATE 3: Heavy rain leaves at least 11 dead in Delta villages, disrupts ports in Alexandria: VIDEO EGYPT
Ahram Online , Wednesday 4 Nov 2015
Alexandria governorate announced that Thursday will be an official day off; Egypt's PM delegates governors of North Sinai and Beheira to decide whether to declare Wednesday and Thursday days off as well
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/162641/Egypt/Politics-...
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMohmWzDl8g
Cars battle flooded streets near Burj E-Arab International Airport west of the city of Alexandria (Photo: Nada Ramadan)
Egypt's inclement weather left at least 11 dead on Wednesday in three villages situated west of Nile Delta, with homes flooded and traffic disrupted in different areas across the country for a second time in less than a fortnight.
Eight of the victims died in Wadi El-Natroun city's Afoun, two in Abou Homos and one in El-Rahamnia, according to Ahram Online's correspondent. All three villiages are located in Beheria governorate.
Three of the victims died after being electrocuted by light poles, the same way several people had been killed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria last month when it had been flooded.
High winds and heavy rains in Wadi El-Natroun also led to the injury of 19 people. All the injured were transferred to a hospital in the village.
Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail headed to Wadi El-Natroun to check on rescue and aid efforts in the city.
Meanwhile, Alexandria governorate announced that Thursday will be an official day off after heavy rains on Wednesday once again flooded it.
Rainstorms have pummelled Alexandria since Tuesday, leaving streets flooded and causing traffic disruption.
Tens of Alexandria residents in the Airport area blocked the Agricultural Road to protest the flooding of their houses.
Alexandria and Dekheila ports were closed for the second day to prevent collisions between boats or with the port's docks.
On 25 October, five people were killed in Alexandria when heavy rains flooded the city. Governor Hani El-Mesery handed in his resignation on the same day after facing a wave of criticism.
Rain and thunderstorms also hit North Sinai on Wednesday, flooding many of the governorate's roads.
Ismail delegated the governors North Sinai and Beheira to decide whether to declare Wednesday and Thursday days off for public employees and schools due to harsh weather conditions.
Most parts of Egypt including Cairo will witness rainy weather on Wednesday and a drop of 5-6 degrees Celsius.
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Israel blocked by haze, suspended all flights
November 4, 2015
Israel is invaded by the haze as to be forced to suspend all domestic flights
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All countries, these days, seem in disarray. Yesterday it happened to Israel, which continues to be covered by a blanket of haze due to the excessive heat so that airlines Arkia and Israir have been forced to suspend flights due to poor visibility.
Although there have been no problems at the international airport of Ben Gurion, we were closed airports in Eilat in the far south of the country and to Sde Dov in Tel Aviv. The authorities have also detected high levels of pollution, but the next rain should rectify the situation.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4720384,00.html
Power outages and severe air pollution expected due to freak weather
Hazy weather in Jerusalem
Nov 4, 2015
Scott
Global warming is actually creating more ice in Antarctica
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Nov 5, 2015
jorge namour
Spectacular shelf cloud rolls in over Sydney's Bondi Beach
Updated 1249 GMT (2049 HKT) November 6, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/06/asia/australia-sydney-storm-shelf...
"It was a beautiful morning, and suddenly the ocean turned a very light aqua blue, which contrasted the sky that began turning black," said Nicole Keijzer, who sent CNN this photo.
Mid-afternoon, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning, urging residents to stay indoors and away from windows, unplug appliances and avoid using phones.
By late afternoon, the bureau said conditions had eased though more severe thunderstorms were still possible.
(CNN)A spectacular shelf cloud was seen slowly moving over the ocean toward Sydney's Bondi Beach, before dumping rain on the city.
"Walking towards the beach it looked to me like a huge wave coming from the back of the ocean about to swamp us all!" Hannah Murphy told CNN on Friday.
"People were running from the streets to capture the unbelievable cloud formation."
Documentary maker Will Reid filmed this amazing video of the storm rumbling toward land. "I think Sydney just perfected the shelf cloud," he tweeted.
Nicole Keijzer was on her way to Bondi Beach to swim when she spotted the cloud that she described as "wave in the sky."
Nov 6, 2015
Howard
Cyclone Megh Threatens Yemen in Unprecedented Back-to-Back Cyclones (Nov 7)
There was no record of a cyclone of Category 4 strength or stronger tracking as far south in the Arabian Sea prior to Chapala.
According to the India Meteorological Department, the agency sanctioned by the World Meteorological Organization for issuing official tropical cyclone bulletins for the Arabian Sea, the center of Cyclone Megh is about 350 miles (about 570 kilometers) east of Socotra Island, an island about 150 miles east of the Horn of Africa in the central Arabian Sea.
Cyclone Megh appears to be gaining strength quickly as of early Saturday morning, U.S. time, with an eye becoming apparent in infrared satellite imagery. Megh is another tiny cyclone, with tropical storm-force winds extending only up to 35 miles from its center, according to the 4 a.m. Saturday advisory from the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Megh is expected to move west or west-southwest, tracking near Socotra Island Sunday, as either the equivalent of a Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane.
Back-to-back cyclones affecting Socotra Island within a week's time is unprecedented in the historical record.
Source
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/cyclone-megh-five-yeme...
Nov 7, 2015
Mark
Scotland weather: power cuts and floods as storms hit
http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scotland-weather-power-cut...
Gusts reached up to 112mph in some areas of the Highlands today, accompanied by heavy snow and plunging temperatures on high ground.
Parts of the coast were lashed by 22ft waves.
Households in Skye, Aberdeenshire, Mull, Fintry and Kippen have been hit by power cuts.
Yellow severe weather warnings remain in place for many regions, with gusts predicted to reach 70mph in exposed parts.
The Met Office has issued yellow wind alerts for Central Scotland, Tayside and Fife, Lothian and Borders and south-west Scotland.
Flood warnings have been put in place for the Highland and Western Isles, Strathclyde, central, Tayside and Fife.
Speed restrictions were placed on all traffic crossing the Forth Road Bridge, which was closed to high-sided vehicles.
The Met Office is predicting further strong and gusty southwesterly winds returning to similar areas later this evening.
Rain will become heavy and persistent later this afternoon and will continue through the evening. It will be accompanied by strengthening southwesterly winds, while standing water could bring difficult driving conditions and some localised flooding.
Forecasters had been speculating that the latest storm could become the UK’s first to have an official name, but winds have so far turned out to be too weak.
Nov 10, 2015
KM
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cyclone-megh-makes-landfall-yemen...
Cyclone Megh makes landfall in Yemen, kills 14 on island
This is the second cyclone to hit the war-torn country in a week
Cyclone Megh has killed 14 people on war-ravaged Yemen's Socotra island, the second rare tropical storm to hit the Arabian Peninsula country in a week, officials said.
Two women and two children were among the 14 people who died on the island, around 350 km off Yemen's mainland. Dozens more were injured.
The UN's humanitarian agency OCHA said Megh appeared to be getting weaker as it made landfall on Yemen's coast early onTuesday.
"A thousand houses collapsed and some 2,000 others were damaged" on Socotra, and hundreds of fishing boats were damaged and many livestock animals killed, officials said.
Heavy rain and strong winds also took Socotra's port out of service and caused extensive damage to the island's roads, 80 percent of which became impassable.
Around 800 residents of a small island near Socotra were evacuated to the neighbouring province of Hadramout on the mainland, a rights activist told AFP.
Cyclone Megh caused panic and prompted appeals for help for residents on Socotra, already badly battered by last week's cyclone Chapala.
Fisheries Minister Fahd Kavieen, who is from Socotra, urged the UN and neighbouring Oman on Sunday to "urgently intervene with emergency teams to save residents" on the island "which is now facing a cyclone stronger than Chapala".
World Meteorological Organization spokeswoman Clare Nullis said on Friday that tropical cyclones are extremely rare over the Arabian Peninsula, and two back-to-back was "an absolutely extraordinary event".
Chapala killed eight people in southeastern Hadramout province and left extensive damage. Residents in the province told MEE this week that Yemen's government has not announced a plan to help in the aftermath of the cyclone and has largely left the task to local and regional charities.
OCHA said on Tuesday that Gulf monarchies had sent at least 17 planeloads of humanitarian aide to Socotra in the wake of the storms.
- See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cyclone-megh-makes-landfall-yemen...
Nov 11, 2015
KM
http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/11/10/storm-aftermath-what-we-kn...
Storm aftermath: Quick facts & what we know now
Here’s what we know now:
* Snowfall ranged from 6 to about 18 inches. The deepest Reno-area snow fell in Stead, Panther Valley and Cold Springs.
* 13 Washoe schools are closed, mostly due to heat and power outages. Other were delayed 2 hours.
* Truckee Meadow Community College was delayed till 10 a.m.
* There will be no delays at UNR.
* Many slide-offs were reported on area roads, and injury crashes were reported on eastbound Interstate 80 on Sparks Boulevard and on northbound Pyramid Highway. Another accident was reported on southbound Interstate 580 near South Virginia Street.
* More than 36,700 NV Energy customers were without power as of 9:30 a.m.
* The snow is forecast to clear the area by Tuesday afternoon.
* Temperatures are expected to dip down to the 20s or lower.
* Chains and snow tires are required on many Tahoe-area roads, most notably:
- North U.S. 395
- California 89 from Truckee north
- Mount Rose Highway
- California 267 from Truckee to Incline Village
- Nevada 28 along the north shore of Lake Tahoe
- U.S. 395 from Washoe Valley to Minden and east to the state line
- U.S. 50 from Spooner Lake to Nevada 207 then east to Nevada 206.
* Freezing fog could lower visibility and create icy roads Wednesday morning.
* This is the first major snowfall in the Reno-Sparks area in the past two years.
Nov 11, 2015
jorge namour
Ashkelon submerged in severe flooding, heavy rain - ISRAEL
Latest Update: 11.09.15,
Rising waters seep into emergency room at Brazilai Hospital; Ben Yehuda Street collapses under strain an inch of rain within an hour.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4723003,00.html
Ben Yehuda Street or Ben Yehuda River?
Heavy rain hit Israel Monday morning, but no city was hit harder than the southern city of Ashkelon, where the emergency room at Barzilai Medical Center was flooded and the roofs of parked vehicles could barely be glimpsed above the rising waters.
Even the most veteran doctors at Barzilai said they'd never seen such severe flooding which seeped into the hospital wards through the doors and windows.
Among the wards that were flooded were the emergency room, the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit), an operations room, the cafeteria, the Department for Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Pediatric Department and the hospital's main halls.
The flooding was caused by some 118mm of rain that were measured in the city in the morning hours (7am-12pm), overwhelming drainage systems and putting stress on the streets, even causing the partial collapse of Ben Yehuda Street.
According to the Israel Meteorological Service, 92mm of rain fell in Ashkelon in one hour - a record amount for one hour. The previous record was set in October of 2008 in Haifa, where 88mm of rain fell in one hour.
Ashkelon noted another rainfall record when 67mm of rain were measured in half an hour.
The new floods and heavy rains came just days after the end of a long week of intense weather in Israel that made October one of the wettest in the country's history.
Nov 11, 2015
Howard
Rare November Derecho Produces Wind Damage, Tornadoes Across the Upper Midwest (Nov 11)
Six tornadoes have been confirmed by the National Weather Service in Iowa, including an EF2 tornado and a pair of EF1 tornadoes . One tornado near Avoca, Iowa overturned semis and destroyed outbuildings. Another tornado formed on the Mississippi River before moving into Le Claire, Iowa, removing the roof of one home and damaging several others.
There were also 105 reports of thunderstorm wind damage, mainly in Iowa, northern Missouri and Illinois, meeting the criteria for a derecho, a widespread, convective windstorm, according to senior meteorologist, Stu Ostro.
Peoria, Illinois, clocked a 71-mph wind gust at 7:44 p.m. CST Wednesday, breaking its all-time November wind gust record of 70 mph set during the Nov. 17, 2013, tornado outbreak.
Source
http://www.weather.com/storms/tornado/news/severe-weather-forecast-...
Nov 13, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3316687/It-s-AbiGALE-Britai...
Here comes the snow! Parts of Britain blanketed by the white stuff as storm Abigail rolls in - with one climber saved from 'certain death' trying to climb Ben Nevis in 84mph gusts
Thousands of homes have been left without power and several schools have been forced to close as Storm Abigail causes major disruption to Britain with its Hurricane-force winds, thundery downpours and snow.
Scotland has been worst hit by the UK's first 'named storm', which swept in from across the Atlantic overnight, but the rest of the country can expect adverse weather conditions throughout the day.
The Met Office has warned of heavy, thundery showers widely across the country with the risk of strong wings and surface water causing problems during rush hour. Snow has also started falling across North Yorkshire and in the Scottish Highlands after a drop in temperatures.
It comes after one hillwalker had to be rescued from Ben Nevis last night after he risked 'certain death' by attempting to climb Britain's highest peak in winds of 84mph.
Snow has started falling across the Northern Pennine hills in North Yorkshire (pictured) and in the Scottish Highlands after Storm Abigail sweeped in from the Atlantic overnight, bringing Hurricane-force winds and heavy, thundery downpours to Scotland and much of England
A man is seen walking through Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands during a snow shower this morning as strong winds, snow and heavy rain batters the north of the UK, as Britain's first 'named storm' sweeps in from the Atlantic. Disruption is expected to last throughout today
A van drives through Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands where amber 'be prepared' weather warnings remain in place due to the storm
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team had issued a stark warning against climbing the 4409ft high mountain in the storm, claiming that due to the weather 'this route is certain death'.
But the man went ahead and attempted to ascend the peak via the Observatory Gully route, before he got into difficulty and had to be rescued and treated for chest injuries at about 8.30pm.
A spokesman for the rescue team said: 'Troops have just returned from the eye of hurricane Abigail rescuing a hill walker attempting Ben Nevis via observatory gully.
'On the scale of difficulty this route is certain death. The casualty was found high on a snow slope with chest injuries and lowered down to the CIC hut.
'We are so poor we had to dress the casualty in an EnglishMR jacket. Here he was properly checked over and then taken down the rest of the way by the Polaris bikes.'
The mountain team described the rescue as 'very difficult in atrocious weather but with a very good outcome', although social media users hit out at the walker for risking life by taking to the mountain in the storm.
Victoria Mcwhinnie wrote: 'I totally admire the hard work and sacrifice by our mountain rescue teams and support them.....but honestly, can we not somehow penalise [those] who not only stupidly risk their own lives going up mountains in winter but also indirectly risk others' lives who have to go and rescue them ???'
Another said: 'Give the idiot a slap for putting people's lives in danger....the bad weather has been well forecast,' while Tony Dobbie stormed: 'Get him to pick up the tab.'
And Johanna Graham asked: 'Why are people so stupid and selfish, if they had to pay to be rescued they would think twice, obviously do not take heed of weather warnings?'
Nov 13, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3318600/Red-warnings-issued...
BREAKING NEWS: Red warnings issued of potentially KILLER floods as huge swathes of northern Britain are told to take urgent action with a MONTH'S rain due tonight
Severe floods set to put lives in danger and devastate towns and cities across the north are due to hit Britain over the next 24 hours.
Red weather warnings about weather than can cause 'danger to life' and serious disruption' were today issued by the Met Office as a month's worth of rainfall is expected to strike some areas this evening.
The rain is expected to sweep across the country onto land already saturated in the wake of Storm Abigail, and drainage systems will be unable to cope with the unprecedented downpours.
Stormy: Large swathes of northern Britain have been warned to take urgent action and prepare for potentially deadly flooding over the next 24 hours - with an entire month's rainfall is expected to strike some areas tonight. Above, waves crash against the sea wall in Blackpool today
Potentially deadly: A Volvo car drives through a large puddle in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, today as a new band of rain sweeps in
Widespread: This map by the Environment Agency shows red ('severe') flood warnings in place in the north-west, north-east and Midlands
The Environment Agency (EA) has shipped in two 24-foot long pumps - capable of pumping 120,000 litres of floodwater per minute - to Cumbria, set to see some of the biggest downpours in Britain.
Warnings have been issued for everywhere north of a line across Britain stretching from Lincolnshire in the north east to Bath in the south west as a month's worth of rainfall is expected to strike some areas tonight.
The Met Office urged people to take 'urgent action' to protect themselves and their homes before the rains cause major disruption across northern Britain tomorrow.
This latest band of severe, wet weather to hit the UK comes in the wake of Storm Abigail which left more than 20,000 homes without power and schools closed in Shetland and the Western Isles as it swept across Britain.
The Highlands and Islands were worst hit by gusts of 84mph while the rest of the UK experienced thundery showers as a result of Britain's first named storm.
The bad weather has also had an adverse effect in Glasgow, where the city's annual Christmas lights switch-on event, which was due to take place over the weekend, has been cancelled.
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Nov 14, 2015
KM
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/severe-weather-iraq-floo...
Unusual Severe Weather Risk Eyes Saudi Arabia, Iraq This Week
The risk for severe weather will dip unusually far south into the Middle East early this week.
Residents across northern Saudi Arabia, southwestern Iraq and eastern Jordan are being put on alert for potentially violent thunderstorms.
The danger will shift northwest to southeast across the risk zone from Monday into Tuesday. Tabuk and Medina, Saudi Arabia, and Najaf, Iraq, are among the cities at risk.
"On Tuesday, the severe risk will become more spotty in nature from Medina on south," stated AccuWeather Meteorologist Rob Richards.
"Damaging wind and flooding rain will be the main threats from any severe thunderstorm," Richards said. Hail cannot be ruled out.
Richards added that the impending severe weather danger in this part of the Middle East is rather unusual and will be triggered by a storm system that is diving farther south than normal.
"Typically, [the areas at risk] are dry most of the time and at most, any severe thunderstorm is spotty," he said. "However, we could see a squall line [of damaging thunderstorms] develop early next week."
Periods of rain will develop north of the severe weather from Baghdad to Tehran and will persist into midweek.
"Localized flooding may occur, especially in and around the mountainous terrain," Richards said.
Nov 14, 2015
jorge namour
The large anticyclone over Italy here as the Mediterranean becomes a sea of fog. The PHOTOS from Space
The anticyclone which occupies the Euro-Mediterranean area determines extended fog
November 12, 2015
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/11/il-grande-anticiclone-sullitalia-ecc...
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
The Mediterranean is transformed into a "sea" of fog is happening these days around ItalY
Although the temperatures are absolutely abnormal for the period: up to 12-13 ° C above the average especially in the mountains.
The Alps are completely free of snow at high altitude, as we can see in the images accompanying the article, however, from which emerges just the presence of fog in the seas around Italy
Today the fog has darkened the skies of Sardinia, Campania coast coastlines of Puglia, Molise and Abruzzo, and the upper Adriatic
And 'what is happening these days, which in the mountains is warmer than the coast.
serious repercussions for the human body.
Nov 15, 2015
Mark
It's not Niagara, it's County Durham! Massive rainfall overwhelms UK waterfall as floods sweep Britain and country is hit by a month's worth of rain in one weekend
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3319151/UK-weather-Homes-ev...
Nov 16, 2015
KM
http://www.firstpost.com/india/death-toll-rises-to-59-as-heavy-rain...
Death toll rises to 59 as heavy rains lash Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Tamil Nadu continued to experience monsoon fury on Sunday, with heavy rains pounding various parts of the state under the influence of a well marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal, as the death toll from rain-related incidents climbed to 59.
There seemed to be no respite from the downpour with many parts of the city coming under water even as the weatherman forecast more rains for the next 24 hours, beginning 08:30 am.
The India Meteorological Department said in a bulletin on Sunday that the well-marked low pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal adjoining Sri Lanka persisted and "it is likely to move west-northwestwards towards Tamil Nadu coast and would concentrate into a Depression during next 24 hours."
People help a man carry his two-wheeler on a cycle cart as they wade through a waterlogged subway in Chennai. AP
Under its influence, more rains were expected in the next 24 hours, the Regional Meteorological Department said.
Anaikaracharthiram (Nagapattinam) received the maximum rainfall of 18 cm recorded till 8:30 am, RMC Director SR Ramanan said, adding, Sirkali from the same district registered 17 cm. Chennai received three cm rainfall between 8:30 am and 11:30 am on Sunday.
He said heavy to very heavy rains could be expected in the northern coastal districts of the state in the next 24 hours while there could be rain in the rest of the districts.
Rains were also expected in Puducherry on Monday.
The seas would be rough, he said, warning fishermen against venturing for fishing.
Meanwhile, four persons died due to various rain-related incidents on 13 and 14 November, the government said.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa condoled the death of the four persons, three of whom died due to drowning in Kancheepuram district while one person in Vellore was killed in wall collapse. She announced a sum of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the victims from the Disaster Relief Fund.
The incessant rains severely crippled normal life in the state capital Chennai, where most roads, residential areas and low-lying parts were inundated.
Subways at suburban Chennai connecting the residential areas were inundated, rendering them useless for commutation.
The sparse Sunday crowd of motorists were seen discussing alternative routes to reach their respective destinations.
Water-clogged roads resulted in slow movement of vehicles even as pedestrians were seen wading through waist-deep to knee-deep water in many places. Many residents were forced to stay put inside their homes following the inclement weather. Trains on the suburban Chennai Egmore-Tambaram were running slow.
Nov 16, 2015
KM
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/11/15/tornado-reportedly-touche...
Rare Tornado Hits Stanislaus County Town, Damages Buildings
DENAIR (CBS13) – The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado did indeed touch down in Denair Sunday afternoon.
Authorities say the tornado hit near Zeering Road in Denair just before 2 p.m. and then headed east out of town. The tornado damaged some houses and trees, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department.
A church roof was also damaged, deputies say. No one was inside the church at the time, the pastor says.
No injuries due to the tornado have been reported. The sheriff’s department does not have an official number yet on how many buildings were damaged.
Authorities say it has been at least several years since the last tornado they can remember hitting the area.
“This is absolutely rare for Stanislaus County,” said Sgt. Anthony Bejaran with the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department.
The National Weather Service says eyewitness reports and video evidence confirm that the event was indeed a tornado. However, the tornado’s strength rating will be determined on Monday when a survey team takes a look at the scene.
Power was cut to about 1,700 people in Denair due to the tornado. Most people had their power restored by Sunday evening.
Nov 16, 2015
Derrick Johnson
Alaska is so cold that temperatures have plunged to MINUS 24F - 20 degrees lower than normal - and residents are in 'danger of getting frostbite in just one minute' forecasters warn
By BELINDA ROBINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 10:27 EST, 16 November 2015 | UPDATED: 16:26 EST, 16 November 2015
Alaska is so cold that temperatures have plunged to a chilly -24F (-30C) and residents are in 'danger of getting frostbite in one minute,' forecasters warn.
The state is in the grip of a deep chill that will last until Thursday, despite the fact it is only November.
On Sunday even cities, such as Fairbanks, were subjected to bitter temperatures of -22F.
In the small community of Bettles - with a population of just 12 - the temperature was -24F early on Monday, according to NBC and The National Weather Service.
The temperatures are around 20 degrees lower than average for this time of the year.
Monday night will not be any warmer, forecasters warn, with temperatures likely to stay below zero.
Kevin Roth, lead meteorologist at The Weather Channel told NBC: 'With these sorts of temperatures, people are at risk of frostbite within a minute of stepping outside, if not less time than that.
'You've got to be bundled up from head to toe with no exposed skin.
'With this kind of cold, you walk outside and it really takes your breath away if you're not used to it.'
Wednesday is also going to be very chilly, as the cold snap continues well into the middle of the week.
And, despite the fact that Alaska is known for its cold climate, temperatures are about 20 degrees below average for this time of year, Roth said, adding the state was not expected to go above zero until Thursday.
Ryan Maue, an atmospheric scientist, tweeted: 'Gets even colder over Alaska by Wednesday morning. Keep an eye out for minus 50 below zero °F readings. Bit chilly.'
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320500/Alaska-cold-residen...
Nov 17, 2015
jorge namour
8 die as heavy rains lash Kingdom- Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/836891
• Traffic thrown off gear in Jeddah
• Jeddah schools closed today
• Flights delayed
The Mall of Arabia looks like a ship, with roads around it heavily flooded on Tuesday.
EDDAH: Heavy rains and wind lashed Jeddah and other parts of the country on Tuesday, causing the death of eight people, flooding of streets and underpasses, uprooting of trees, and widespread power cuts.
Two people died in the Faisaliyah district when they were electrocuted while clinging to an electric lamppost in a flooded street, while two others were injured, according to reports.
King Abdul Aziz International Airport issued a statement saying that eight domestic flights were delayed because of the inclement weather. One international flight was diverted to Madinah.
With the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment predicting further bad weather until the end of the week, Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil announced that schools in Jeddah would remain closed on Wednesday.
Many underpasses were flooded prompting the authorities to shut them. A number of Saudis and expatriates were seen in the streets and alleyways pushing their vehicles out of knee-deep water. Some broken down vehicles whose engines had taken water had been left on the roadsides.
According to the information issued for motorists, there was heavy flooding in Palestine Street, Prince Majed Street underpass, Sari Street at the junction of King Fahd Road, Tahliya Street, Naseem district, Kilo 14 and Kilo 11.
Nov 18, 2015