Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect
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"We warned at the start of ZetaTalk, in 1995, that unpredictable weather extremes, switching about from drought to deluge, would occur and increase on a lineal basis up until the pole shift. Where this occurred steadily, it has only recently become undeniable. ZetaTalk, and only ZetaTalk, warned of these weather changes, at that early date. Our early warnings spoke to the issue of global heating from the core outward, hardly Global Warming, a surface or atmospheric issue, but caused by consternation in the core. Affected by the approach of Planet X, which was by then starting to zoom rapidly toward the inner solar system for its periodic passage, the core was churning, melting the permafrost and glaciers and riling up volcanoes. When the passage did not occur as expected in 2003 because Planet X had stalled in the inner solar system, we explained the increasing weather irregularities in the context of the global wobble that had ensued - weather wobbles where the Earth is suddenly forced under air masses, churning them. This evolved by 2005 into a looping jet stream, loops breaking away and turning like a tornado to affect the air masses underneath. Meanwhile, on Planet Earth, droughts had become more intractable and deluges positively frightening, temperature swings bringing snow in summer in the tropics and searing heat in Artic regions, with the violence of storms increasing in number and ferocity."
From the ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for February 4, 2012:
The wobble seems to have changed, as the temperature in Europe suddenly plunged after being like an early Spring, Alaska has its coldest temps ever while the US and much of Canada is having an extremely mild winter. India went from fatal cold spell to balmy again. Has the Earth changed position vs a vs Planet X to cause this? [and from another] Bitter cold records broken in Alaska - all time coldest record nearly broken, but Murphy's Law intervenes [Jan 30] http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/30/bitter-cold-records-broken-in-alaska Jim River, AK closed in on the all time record coldest temperature of -80°F set in 1971, which is not only the Alaska all-time record, but the record for the entire United States. Unfortunately, it seems the battery died in the weather station just at the critical moment. While the continental USA has a mild winter and has set a number of high temperature records in the last week and pundits ponder whether they will be blaming the dreaded "global warming" for those temperatures, Alaska and Canada have been suffering through some of the coldest temperatures on record during the last week.
There has been no change in the wobble pattern, the wobble has merely become more severe. Nancy noted a Figure 8 format when the Earth wobble first became noticeable, in early 2005, after Planet X moved into the inner solar system at the end of 2003. The Figure 8 shifted along to the east a bit on the globe between 2005 and 2009, (the last time Nancy took its measure) as Planet X came closer to the Earth, encountering the magnetic N Pole with a violent push earlier in the day. But the pattern of the Figure 8 remained essentially the same. So what changed recently that the weather patterns became noticeably different in late January, 2012?
The N Pole is pushed away when it comes over the horizon, when the noon Sun is centered over the Pacific. This regularly puts Alaska under colder air, with less sunlight, and thus the historically low temps there this January, 2012 as the wobble has gotten stronger. But by the time the Sun is positioned over India, the N Pole has swung during the Figure 8 so the globe tilts, and this tilt is visible in the weather maps from Asia. The tilt has forced the globe under the hot air closer to the Equator, warming the land along a discernable tilt demarcation line.
The next loop of the Figure 8 swings the globe so that the N Pole moves in the other direction, putting the globe again at a tilt but this time in the other direction. This tilt is discernable in weather maps of Europe, again along a diagonal line. Depending upon air pressure and temperature differences, the weather on either side of this diagonal line may be suddenly warm or suddenly cold. The tilt and diagonal line lingers to affect much of the US and Canada, but the Figure 8 changes at this point to be an up and down motion, pulling the geographic N Pole south so the US is experiencing a warmer than expected winter under a stronger Sun. Then the cycle repeats, with the magnetic N Pole of Earth pushed violently away again as the Sun is positioned over the Pacific.
From the ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for April 6, 2013:
Would the Zetas be able to let us know what is causing the early break-up of the Arctic Ice, the ice seems to have taken on a swirling pattern at the same time, would this be wobble related? [and from another] http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Canada+Arctic+cracks+spectacular+event/8185609/story.html The ice in Canada’s western Arctic ripped open in a massive “fracturing event” this spring that spread like a wave across 1,000 kilometres of the Beaufort Sea. Huge leads of water – some more than 500 kilometres long and as much as 70 kilometres across – opened up from Alaska to Canada’s Arctic islands as the massive ice sheet cracked as it was pushed around by strong winds and currents. It took just seven days for the fractures to progress across the entire area from west to east. [and from another] http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80752&src=iotdrss A high-pressure weather system was parked over the region, producing warmer temperatures and winds that flowed in a southwesterly direction. That fueled the Beaufort Gyre, a wind-driven ocean current that flows clockwise. The gyre was the key force pulling pieces of ice west past Point Barrow, the northern nub of Alaska that protrudes into the Beaufort Sea.
The Figure 8 formed by the N Pole during the daily Earth wobble has shifted somewhat to the East, due to Planet X positioned more to the right of the Earth during its approach. This was anticipated, and well described in ZetaTalk, the Earth crowding to the left in the cup to escape the approach of Planet X, so the angle between these two planets would change slightly. This shift of the Figure 8 to the East is due to the push against the Earth’s magnetic N Pole occurring sooner each day than prior. Thus instead of occurring when the Sun is high over the Pacific, over New Zealand, it is now occurring when the Sun is high over Alaska. All the wobble points have shifted eastward accordingly.
This has brought a lingering Winter to the western US, and a changed sloshing pattern to the Arctic waters. Instead of Pacific waters being pushed through the Bering Straits into the Arctic when the polar push occurs, the wobble is swinging the Arctic to the right, and then later to the left, creating a circular motion in the waters trapped in the Arctic. Since the Earth rotates counterclockwise, the motion also takes this path. This is yet another piece of evidence that the establishment is hard pressed to explain. They are attempting to ascribe this to high pressure and wind, all of which are not new to the Arctic, but this circular early breakup of ice in the Arctic is new.
jorge namour
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
Despite global warming, or perhaps because of it, ice shelves in antarctica are actually expanding.
http://www.natureworldreport.com/2015/10/antarctica-adding-snow-not...
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See ZetaTalk answer archives:
"The wobble is not a static thing..."
http://www.zetatalk.com/ning/17ma2014.htm
"The ice melt in the Arctic and refreeze in Antarctica is due to the Earth wobble..."
http://www.zetatalk.com/ning/17no2012.htm
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
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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
KM
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/deadly-storms-hit-washington-state-...
Deadly storms hit Washington state
Seattle - About 185 000 homes and businesses remained without power in Washington state late on Wednesday, after a storm blew down trees and triggered mudslides, killing at least three people, authorities said.
Governor Jay Inslee declared a statewide emergency because of the storm, which left a wide swath of the Puget Sound region under flood watches and warnings.
In the Spokane area of eastern Washington, utility Avista warned it could take three to five days to restore services to nearly 115 000 customers without power. The city closed schools after winds up to 70 mph (113kph) tore through the area.
In Oregon, fallen trees, mudslides and floods shut down roads across the western part of the state on Tuesday night, including a 80km stretch of Interstate 84 that authorities declared impassible into midday Wednesday.
Several other highways remained closed, Washington state police said.
At least three people were confirmed to have died in storm-related accidents, authorities in Washington state said.
A motorist was killed on Tuesday near the city of Monroe, northeast of Seattle, when a tree fell from a cliff onto his car, said Snohomish County Fire Chief Merlin Halverson.
“Many roads are closed from downed trees, active power lines, flood waters,” Halverson said. “It's a hell of a mess here.”
In Spokane, police said a woman was killed by a falling tree, while another woman died on State Route 904 southwest of the city when a tree struck her car, state police said on Twitter.
Puget Sound Energy, which supplies customers in parts of Seattle and its suburbs, said fewer than 30 000 customers remain without power, down from a peak of 220 000 customers.
To the north, in Snohomish County, the public utility district said about 40 000 customers were without power late on Wednesday, down from 150 000 the night before.
Mudslides and other debris blocked roads.
King County, home to Seattle, reported severe flooding on the Snoqualmie River, moderate flooding on the Green River and minor flooding on the Cedar River.
An airport in Olympia received record daily rainfall of 2.08 inches on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.
The previous record was 1.61 inches, set in 1959.
Nov 20, 2015
KM
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-winter...
Season's first snow is Chicago's largest November snowfall in 120 years
The season's first snowfall dropped as much as 17 inches across Chicago's northern suburbs, and the total of 11.2 inches at O'Hare International Airport made it the largest November snowfall in 120 years.
The steady stream of snow began Friday evening and carried into Saturday, bringing cold winds and slushy puddles to Michigan Avenue. But it also fashioned a wintry backdrop to the annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, transporting Chicagoans into a life-sized holiday snow globe.
The chill didn't bother the Kendalls, who traveled from Northwest Indiana for the festivities. They stood in Pioneer Court bundled in snow gear, relishing bites of candy-cane-garnished cheesecake as heavy snowflakes plopped onto their noses.
"It rings in the beginning of Christmas season," said Jessica Kendall. "The roads are warm, the snow's melting and we had a nice, wintry drive."
The storm hit hardest in the northern suburbs.
Lake County was walloped. By about 2 p.m. Saturday, there were reports of 17 inches in Grayslake, 16.5 in Hawthorn Woods, and 15.5 inches in Mundelein, said National Weather Servicemeteorologist Jamie Enderlen.
McHenry County also was socked, with 13.6 inches in Bull Valley, 12.5 inches in Woodstock and 9.5 inches in Hebron by about 7 a.m. Saturday, according to the weather service.
Communities further south saw less precipitation. Naperville had 6.4 inches of snow as of midafternoon, and Romeoville had 4.7 inches as of early evening, according to the weather service. Batavia had 7.5 inches by late afternoon.
As of about 6 p.m. Saturday, 11.2 inches of snow was measured at O'Hare International Airport, where some airlines reported delays of up to 20 minutes and more than 260 flights were canceled. Midway Airport reported 5.8 inches.
According to the weather service, this was the second-largest November snowstorm, behind only a 12-inch snowfall Nov. 25-26, 1895.
Nov 22, 2015
jorge namour
Three simultaneous polar vortex in America, Europe and Asia
News - Published Sunday, November 22, 2015 by The Weather Channel - la chaine meteo
This weekend marks several simultaneous winter offensives in North America, Europe and China.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-11-22-10h54...
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The jet stream, high altitude wind, experienced this weekend three major waves: one in North America, the Western Europe and Asia.
These oscillations of the jet stream, called "polar vortex", causing cold air raids south. Thus, a major snowstorm affected the Great Lakes in North America: Chicago has undergone in the night from Saturday to Sunday the biggest snowstorm in 100 years for the month of November with 41 cm of snow. More than 500 flights were canceled.
In Western Europe, the cold air raid caused a winter time in France and a violent storm in the Mediterranean. The temperature dropped to -32 ° on Mont Blanc (4750 m in altitude). In Denmark, the snow falls since last night with accumulations of 25-40 cm on the East Coast.
In China, the temperature plunged to -15 ° in Beijing and did not thaw at least before December 5, or 10 degrees below average (however indicate that Beijing has a continental climate with harsh winters).
These offensives cold do not allow however to consider a harsh winter, especially since a rapid thaw is expected this week in the United States and Europe.
The polar vortex plunges to France
News - Updated Saturday, November 21, 2015 by The Weather Channel - LA CHAINE METEO
The polar vortex, the term was widely publicized during cold waves that affected the United States in recent winters, will experience a stall from the Arctic and plunges towards France.
This is actually a "stall" the jet stream, the wind blowing at high altitudes and contains polar air at high latitudes. Sometimes the jet stream is diverted from its usual trajectory (from west to east) and dips to the south: this is what happened during cold spells occurred in North America in recent years .
A chill of short duration
Thereafter, the cold air mass will cut its Arctic power on Tuesday, the Jet Stream resuming his usual traces (from the west).
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COLD winter across Europe, blizzards in many countries: accumulations of 60cm in the plain in Denmark!
November 22, 2015
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COLD and snow arrived over Europe: heavy snowfalls in many countries with freezing temperatures. At the time, in broad daylight, we -3 ° C in Oslo and Tromso, -2 ° C in Trondheim and Bergen, -1 ° C
Stockholm, 0 ° C in Moscow and Helsinki, + 2 ° C in Berlin, Prague, Warsaw, St. Petersburg, Belgrade and Copenhagen, + 3 ° C in London and Sarajevo, + 4 ° C in Vienna, Budapest and Brussels, + 5 ° C in Paris
The abnormal heat goes back to the Black Sea in the areas south / east of the continent, from the Balkans as well as in Greece and Turkey with the current + 21 ° C in Istanbul and Athens and + 17 ° C in Bucharest. Last night occurred authentic blizzards in many countries, especially in Denmark with accumulations up to 60cm in the plain. Here are the images:
Nov 22, 2015
Stanislav
UN: Weather disasters occur almost daily
Full report Relief Web
Weather-related disasters such as floods and heat waves have occurred almost daily in the past decade — nearly twice as often as two decades ago — and Asia is the hardest-hit region, the United Nations said in a report released Monday.
While the report’s authors didn’t pin the increase wholly on climate change, they said extreme weather events were likely to increase.
Weather disasters have killed 606,000 people and left 4.1 billion injured, homeless or in need of aid, and have accounted for 90 percent of all disasters since 1995, the report said.
A recent peak year was 2002, when drought in India affected 200 million people and a sandstorm in China affected 100 million. But the standout mega-disaster in the report was Cyclone Nargis, which killed 138,000 in Myanmar in 2008.
While geophysical events like earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis often grab headlines, they only make up one in 10 of the disasters trawled from a database of events defined by their impact.
The report, titled “The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters,” found an average of 335 weather-related disasters annually between 2005 and August 2015 — up 14 percent from 1995 to 2004, and almost twice as many as in the years from 1985 to 1994.
“While scientists cannot calculate what percentage of this rise is due to climate change, predictions of more extreme weather in future almost certainly mean that we will witness a continued upward trend in weather-related disasters in the decades ahead,” the report said.
The release of the report comes a week before world leaders were set to gather in Paris to discuss plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate a global rise in temperatures.
The U.N. has said atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, have risen to a new record every year for the past 30 years.
“All we can say is that certain disaster types are increasing. Floods are definitely increasing,” said Debarati Guha-Sapir, professor at the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters at UCL University in Louvain, Belgium, which co-authored the report.
“Whether it's increasing due to global warming, I think it's safe to say the jury's out on that. But rather than focus on the ifs, whys and wherefores, I think we should focus on how to manage floods.”
Margareta Wahlstrom, head of the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), said floods were not just caused by heavy rains but also by poorly planned construction.
The UNISDR estimates natural disasters of all types cause losses of $250 billion-$300 billion globally each year.
The report drew on a database of weather events that defines an event as a disaster if 10 or more people are killed, if 100 or more are affected, if a state of emergency is declared or if there is a call for international assistance.
The countries hit by the highest number of weather-related disasters over the past decade were the United States with 472, China with 441, India with 288, the Philippines with 274 and Indonesia with 163. Source: america.aljazeera.com
Nov 23, 2015
KM
http://floodlist.com/asia/floods-riyadh-saudi-arabia-qatar-november...
1 Dead after Floods in Saudi Arabia, Qatar sees 1 Year of Rain in 1 Day
Seasonal storms brought heavy rain to Qatar and central and eastern parts of Saudi Arabia on 25 November 2015.
Doha, Qatar, recorded more than a year’s worth of rain in one day. One person has been reported as killed in the floods in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia in what is the third deadly flood event to hit the country in the last 4 weeks.
Saudi Arabia
The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported earlier today that seasonal storms brought heavy rainfall in central and eastern areas of the country, causing severe flooding in Riyadh and Al-Qassim Regions.
Saudi Arabia civil defence report that 1 person has died in the floods in the province of Rimah, Riyadh Region, which is located about 120 kilometres north-east of the capital Riyadh.
Schools have been closed, roads blocked and in some cases flooding has forced drivers to abandon their vehicles. Saudi Arabia civil defence say they have responded to dozens of emergency calls. The city of Buraidah, Al-Qassim Region, is reported as one of the worst hit.
This is the third deadly flood to strike in Saudi Arabia in the last few weeks. Floods struck in Jeddah, Makkah and other western parts of the country on 17 November 2015, leaving as many as 12 dead. Six people died in floods that struck in late October.
Qatar
Parts of Qatar, including Doha, also saw heavy rainfall and floods. Qatar Meteorology Department say at least 80.8 mm of rain fell at Hamad International Airport in Doha, the highest ever recorded at that location and more than Doha would typically see in a whole year.
According to WMO figures, 3.3 mm is the typical monthly average for November and the total yearly average is around 75 mm.
The floods caused major problems for drivers. Qatar’s Interior Ministry warned drivers of the dangers of driving in floods and severe weather. No deaths or injuries have been reported in Qatar.
Some flooding was reported at Doha’s new $17 billion Hamad international airport. Social media photos and videos showed water pouring in from a leaking roof. However, flights were operating normally despite the weather conditions.
Nov 26, 2015
KM
http://maldivesindependent.com/environment/addu-city-suffers-worst-...
Addu City suffers worst floods in 40 years
Southern Addu City has suffered the worst storm damage in 40 years after 12 continuous hours of torrential rain left streets inundated and flooded some 200 households.
“This is the worst flooding I’ve seen in decades. The water is knee-deep in most areas, and a majority of houses are under a foot of water,” saud Abdulla Thoyyib, the deputy mayor.
The Feydhoo and Maradhoo-Feydhoo wards suffered the most damage. According to the Maldives Red Crescent, some 32 houses in Feydhoo and 11 houses in Maradhoo-Feydhoo suffered major damage. A majority of household appliances were destroyed, a spokesperson said.
Residents are now worried of water contamination as sewers are full and overflowing. The city, home to some 20,000 people, and the second most populous region, is out of chlorine, according to Thoyyib.
The Maldives National Defence Forces have set up water pumps in the three worst affected wards. Sand bags have been piled up to stop water entering into 17 houses in the Feydhoo ward.
The rain, which started at 3pm on Tuesday, continued for 12 hours. The department of meteorology recorded 228mm of rain, the worst in 40 years in the Maldives.
“This kind of rain is not common and it has damaged houses that are normally safe,” Thoyyib said.
Photos shared by the MRC show a foot of water inside some households.
Nov 27, 2015
KM
https://www.rt.com/news/323666-vladivostok-tempest-epic-photos/
Freeze frames: Russia’s Far East hit by icy tempest (PHOTOS)
This Thursday Vladivostok’s port turned into a giant slushy machine as sea water mixed with sand started freezing under gusts of cold wind in subzero temperatures.
Although locals took it as a photo opportunity and flooded social media with impressive shots, the tempest had its consequences: trucks were banned from crossing the city’s Russky Bridge, some power cables came down and electricity supplies weren’t restored in certain areas even by Friday, some parked cars got damaged, not to mention car accidents on slippery roads, the wind tore down roofing, a bus stop and overturned some kiosks.
No casualties have been reported so far although a video posted on-line shows a girl who apparently fell, thrown by the strong wind. She is lying on her side on the pavement, holding her head. The video was filmed at the Far Eastern Federal University, on Russky Island.
Nov 28, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3337673/The-Latest-Freezing...
Nine dead as ICE STORMS batter Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas and cause travel chaos for millions heading home after the Thanksgiving weekend
At least five people have died in accidents related to a ice storm in Kansas and Oklahoma and another three people were killed in North Texas flash floods.
The band of storms moving slowly through the nation's midsection is set to leave Texas but will likely dump more freezing rain on parts of Oklahoma and Kansas.
The National Weather Service says the storms causing icy conditions in Oklahoma and Kansas are expected to last through Saturday night.
Temperatures are expected to be above-freezing in the region on Sunday.
Saturday's forecast shows rain in many areas - and there is still a severe threat of freezing rain tonight
One person is still missing. Thousands of people are without power as accumulated ice downed power lines.
Meanwhile, with up to four inches of rain expected in northeast Texas and central Arkansas, a flash flood threat continues in North Texas and most of Arkansas.
More rain is forecast on Sunday from Texas to the Mid-Atlantic states. Freezing rain is expected in southern Nebraska and central Kansas.
Authorities in Kansas are blaming four more traffic deaths in the Wichita area on the icy conditions gripping the state and other parts of the nation's midsection.
Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton says icy roads caused a Friday afternoon crash about 10 miles southeast of Newton that killed two people.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority says two other people were killed hours later when a tractor trailer jackknifed on an icy stretch of Interstate 35 near Andover and struck an SUV.
Nov 29, 2015
KM
http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/11/30/floods-landslides-hit-w...
Floods, landslides hit West, North Sumatra, cut off access
Torrential rain has caused landslides in parts of West and North Sumatra, cutting off access and disrupting economic activity.
A 150-meter stretch of the highway connecting West Sumatra and Riau in Jorong Sopang, Pangkalan Koto Baru, Limapuluh Kota regency, was engulfed by up to a meter of floodwater on Sunday at 5 a.m. local time.
Limapuluh Kota Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Nasriyanto said the flooding was triggered by the overflowing Batang Manggilang River.
“Only large trucks were able to pass, resulting in other vehicles from Pekanbaru and Payakumbuh backing up 2 kilometers for eight hours,” Nasriyanto told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
He said the heavy rain that had drenched the region in the past three days had triggered floods and landslides in a number of locations in the regency. At least 500 homes were engulfed by over 50 centimeters of floodwater and eight homes were reportedly damaged by a landslide on Sunday morning.
“We, together with residents, are currently moving residents and livestock to safer areas. Reports are coming in, but no casualties have been reported so far,” said Nasriyanto.
Floods have taken place in Taram and Sarilamak villages in Harau district, Payakumbuh, Guguk, Lareh Sago Halaban and Kapur Sembilan districts.
Dec 1, 2015
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2015/11/terrifying-green-storm-clouds-engu...
Terrifying green storm clouds engulf Brisbane, Australia in apocalyptical scenery
Look at these terrifying green storm clouds engulfing Brisbane, Queensland on November 29, 2015.
And I am pretty surprised that no tornadoes have been reported.
Green clouds are often associated with extreme weather phenomena such as tornadoes – in the Great Plains region of the U.S. – or apocalyptic... in large thunderstorms – in Queensland.
Well, yesterday on November 29, 2015, terrifying greens storm clouds engulfed the sky of Brisbane and surrounding areas in southeast Queensland, Australia. Pictures are just insane. Enjoy…
Dec 1, 2015
Scott
IBM is supplementing its weather prediction supercomputing with magma flow modeling.
IBM wants to predict earthquakes and volcanoes with Watson (11/23/15)
http://qz.com/556172/ibm-wants-to-predict-earthquakes-and-volcanoes...
Quote: "A team of computer scientists at IBM, in partnership with researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, New York University and the California Institute for Technology, created a model that simulated the entire flow of mantle under the Earth’s surface. ... IBM is working with the US Department of Energy on this model, as well as its work on attempting to predict the weather. The company also recently bought most of the assets of Weather Company—the owners of the Weather Channel—including its myriad weather sensors around the world."
See ZetaTalk: Heralding
http://www.zetatalk.com/poleshft/p24.htm
All attempts to explain the changes based on Global Warming from the Greenhouse effect will run into snags as the weather will refuse to be predictable. Areas of the world which have been deserts throughout mankind's memory will become swamps under constant and repeated rains. Temperate climates used to periodic gentle rainfall will suffer intractable droughts. Then this will switch about, for no apparent reason. The reason lies deep within the Earth's core, an area the meteorologists refuse to consider, and thus their predictions on the atmosphere will never be based on the right parameters.
Also:
Weather Predictions
http://www.zetatalk.com/index/blog1005.htm
Weather Channel Depicts Planet X/Passage (NEW ZetaTalk)
http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/weather-channel-depicts-pl...
Dec 1, 2015
KM
https://www.rt.com/news/324223-india-torrential-rains-floods/
Worst in 100 years: Non-stop torrential rains ravage southern India (PHOTOS,VIDEO)
The city of Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has been almost cut off from the outside world. According to local media, the rains have set a 100-year-old record in the city, which is home to about 6 million people.
"Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds may make the situation worse in Chennai," the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said, adding that the rains may continue for at least four days.
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. The authorities have already canceled all flights and the trains have also stopped running, due to water on the tracks. Chennai International Airport, the fourth busiest in India, will remain shuttered until Thursday, Indian media reported.The Indian Army, Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in the worst affected areas of the city.
"We have started the rescue operation but the biggest challenge is to find a way to clear the inundated airport and main roads," Anurag Gupta, a senior official at the National Disaster Management Authority in New Delhi said, as cited by Reuters.
Photos and videos of people floating in boats along streets that have turned into rivers have literally flooded social media, with residents helping each other and even rescuing pets. Hundreds of people in less-affected areas have opened their homes for those in need.
Dec 3, 2015
KM
http://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/in-pics-lucknow-goes-dark-at-...
In Pics | Darkness, showers hit normal life in Lucknow
It was the first time in over a decade that the city witnessed zero visibility on a December afternoon
Several parts of Uttar Pradesh experienced freak weather on Tuesday afternoon after being hit by sudden dust storm and heavy rainfall.
Lightning claimed seven lives in the state. While a woman and her minor sister died in Auraiyya district, three people perished in Mathura, one in Mainpuri and one in Etah.
Lucknow and Kanpur were plunged into darkness, followed by storm and heavy rain. Allahabad, Agra and some other areas witnessed storm and rain but the intensity was less in comparison to Lucknow and Kanpur.
The unexpected showers and storm threw normal life out of gear and affected vehicular traffic.
Several trees were also uprooted and there were reports of some people receiving injuries.
Waterlogging and power cuts added to the people’s woes.
Met department director JP Gupta said the weather had changed significantly due to an upper cyclonic air circulation over Madhya Pradesh which had shifted towards UP.
It was the first time in over a decade that the city witnessed zero visibility on a December afternoon.
Several Lucknow residents took to social media to post updates about the storm. “Never seen such a phenomenon. I had heard about Kaali Aandhi (black storm). Saw it today.
Dec 4, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3345578/Get-ready-stormy-we...
Get ready for another stormy weekend! Britain is braced for floods and 80mph winds as snow causes travel chaos across Scotland
Britain has been told to brace for another stormy weekend with heavy downpours and gales expected to cause widespread disruption.
The Met Office has issued an amber 'be prepared' warning for rain across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and northern England, on both Saturday and Sunday, with the north-west of the country set to experience the first and most severe gusts – measuring between 70 and 80mph.
There is also a yellow-graded warning for rain in place for much of the country north of the Midlands, advising residents to expect more than an inch of rain, with more than two inches on higher ground. And the Environment Agency has issued 27 flood warnings and 89 alerts, covering much of the UK.
Meanwhile, sudden heavy snowfall last night led to road closures across Scotland and had a major impact on key routes through the Borders while downpours across the UK - from Swansea to the Isle of Man - caused chaos for motorists and even saw a school bus crash when a bridge collapsed.
Dramatic pictures show the overturned bus in a river on the Isle of Man after it was forced off the road when a bridge in Laxey collapsed in heavy rain.
Stricken: Dramatic pictures show an overturned school bus in a river on the Isle of Man after it was forced off the road when a bridge in Old Laxey collapsed in heavy rain last night. The driver managed to escape the vehicle unharmed and there were fortunately no others onboard
The Rivers Dee in Wales as floods hit the Llangollen Bridge on a day which saw parts of Britain battered by stormy weather
Overturned: Police confirmed the bridge in Laxey remained closed to motorists today and said the stricken school bus is not likely to be recovered until the weekend 'at the earliest' because the salvage operation involves moving overhead power cables and gas pipes
Dec 4, 2015
KM
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/records-broken-as-mi...
Records broken as mild conditions persist across Prairies
Friday, December 4, 2015, 4:03 PM - Record warmth was felt across all three Prairie provinces Thursday, with temperatures hitting the upper single digits and there are no signs of cooling down.
A ridge of high pressure across southeastern United States has helped push a southerly flow up into the southern Prairies. Temperatures are about 10 degrees above the seasonal average for many cities.
For instance, Winnipeg's daytime high for Friday is 4C, meanwhile the average this time of year is a cool -8C.
Manitoba shattered 18 temperature records on Thursday, according to Environment Canada. The village of McCreary hit a balmy 10.6C, breaking a record of 7.5C set in 1989. Morden was the second runner up with 9.6C, breaking 7.1C set in 2004.
On Friday, 25 heat records were broken.
Unseasonably warm temperatures are expected to continue for the Prairies into the middle of next week.
While many residents are enjoying the mild December temperatures, a lack of snow has had an impact on many seasonal businesses.
University of Saskatchewan business student Chris Thorimbert and his two friends were hopeful their snow removal business would take off this winter. And he was expecting to see, "A lot more snow than this," Thorimbert told Global News.
"A lot more clients too. But people are kind of shying away just because there's nothing really on the ground," he said.
Meanwhile, in Saskatoon, snow clearing companies have offered discounts to customers. In 2014, Table Mountain Regional Park kicked off their ski and snowboard season the first weekend of December and with no snow in the foreseeable future, the slopes likely won't open until Dec. 19, Global News reports.
The Weather Network meteorologists suggest El Niño could have an impact this winter, as the phenomenon has a reputation of bringing mild winters across southern Canada.
Dec 5, 2015
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2015/12/apocalytical-storm-sweeps-through-...
That’s the most powerful storm in the past 18 years of Paraguay.
The storm hit the capital and surrounding on Friday, December 4, 2015 and killed a boy and a baby. Moreover, drinkable water, electricity were and roads collapsed. The state of Emergency has been declared.
The storm mainly affected the capital city and the metropolitan area iss the largest in the last 18 years according to wind and precipitation data.
The storm began at 4.20 am. 90 millimeters of rain fell in just two hours and wind speeds reached 100 mph.
A teenager and a two-old month baby died in the storm. The young man was squashed by a wall that collapsed on his room. The baby got swept away by the resulting floods.
18 landslides have blocked streets and engulfed city buildings.
At least hundred trees were uprooted.
A lot of sections of roads and routes were literally destroyed by the waters that swept away everything in its path as seen between San Antonio to Villa Elisa.
Dec 7, 2015
Mark
The devastation from above: Aerial photographs show widespread flooding across Cumbria caused by Storm Desmond as residents tell of despair after £48million flood defences fail to do their job
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3348001/Storm-Desmond-wreak...
And the shocking scenes in the North West have come despite £48million being spent on flood defences in recent years in a bid to stop such events.
Fury is mounting today over a lack of protection for Cumbria, with the Keswick Mayor criticising the 'completely overwhelmed' defences in his town.
Paul Titley said the defences 'were designed for a one-in-100-year event - and since it's six years since we had the last one, we are sort of surprised'.
Cumbria council leader Stuart Young called today for an investigation into adequacy of flood defences as families said they had not been protected.
Sian Lawson, 46, and her daughter Emilie, 18, suffered £200,000 of damage to their home last time and could not return for seven months.
Fields, homes and even Carlisle United's football ground have been left underwater after rivers burst their banks following the huge amount of rainfall.
And there is more to come, with Met Office severe warnings in place until Thursday - and up to seven inches of rain expected between now and then.
Flooding was so severe in Cumbria that a major incident had to be declared and Army personnel and Chinook helicopters were called in to help.
Police, mountain rescue teams and firefighters were also trying to reach those stranded in their homes, as the water rose to waist-height.
Some 40,000 properties in the North West were still without power this morning, although this figure was down from 60,000 yesterday.
Water supplies in a number of main towns were also affected by flood water and at least 20 schools are expected to remain closed today.
Dec 7, 2015
KM
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/12/southern-hemisphere-misery-temp...
Southern Hemisphere misery: Temperatures of more than 45 degrees Celcius grips South Australia: Philippines heat index pushing 45 degrees Celsius: South Africa in the high 30's
South Australians have endured one of the state's hottest starts to summer with temperatures reaching the high 30s and low 40s.
Fire crews remain on high alert as the heatwave, which is expected to continue until Monday, grips the state.
Total fire bans are in place for six districts, with extreme fire danger forecast for the West Coast.
By early afternoon Adelaide had reached 39.5 degrees Celsius, while towns in Flinders, Mid North, North West Pastoral and North East Pastoral areas recorded temperatures in the lows 40s.
At 2:30pm Ceduna hit 45.3C.
The mean maximum temperature for Adelaide in December is 27.1C.
Country Fire Service's (CFS) Phil McDonough said crews would be keeping a close eye on the Pinery fire ground over the coming days, to ensure there were no flare-ups.
"There is an increased fire danger over that area," he said.
"Local crews are continuing to patrol and mop-up and respond to anything that does occur in those areas and that will be maintained over the next few days."
The Pinery fire burnt more than 85,000 hectares of land, destroyed 87 homes, killed two people, tens of thousands of livestock and razed more than 300 farm sheds and outbuildings.
He warned the weather was creating increased fire risks across the state and noted Monday was "probably the worst day of the lot".
The weather bureau has forecast high temperatures for Monday, with possible showers.
Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Darren Ray told 891 ABC the weekend's heatwave was "pretty unusual".
He noted the last time the state had seen "runs of days in the high 30s" at the start of summer was November 2009 and in 1908.
"We've come out of a pretty warm spring where temperatures were quiet a bit warmer than average and rainfall was about half the average," he said.
"We are seeing a pretty unusual burst of heat for this early coming through spring and into summer." He forecast "spikes" of hot weather throughout summer and tipped the next one with be around Christmas.
Mr Ray said January was "not looking to be a super hot month" but February would be dry and warm.
Heat Wave - Philippines
The temperature in General Santos City hit 36.3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, making it the hottest day in the city so far this year.
With the heat index also hitting 44 degrees Celsius, GenSan has become the area with the highest temperature in the country since October.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration noted that since November 27, the heat index in GenSan started to reach 43 degrees Celsius and could go even higher in the coming weeks.
Heat Wave - South Africa
Temperatures in Pretoria are set to soar over the next week and could be accompanied by thunder and lightning storms.
Forecasters from the SA Weather Service on Tuesday said the heat conditions would remain high and in the upper 30s through to the weekend, dipping slightly on Thursday but offering no real relief. Forecaster Christina Theale said Wednesday's minimum temperatures would be 20 ºC and the maximum could hit 37 ºC:
She said a 60 percent chance of rainfall was predicted for Pretoria and the northern region of the province on Friday morning.
Temperatures could be at a low of 20 ºC and reach 34 ºC on Friday. Saturday and Sunday morning are expected to be cooler at 17 C, but will rise to 34 ºC by midday, Theale said.
The country was recently caught in the grip of a severe heatwave, accompanied by dry conditions, which, with the drought, has seen water levels drop very low.
Temperatures at the height of the heatwave last month went as high as 38 ºC and had weather experts predicting that the country would experience the highest temperatures reached in years this summer. The extreme weather conditions are expected to last until the end of the summer in April next year. Theale on Tuesday said there were a lot of hot conditions being experienced across the country, which were expected to spread.
Dec 7, 2015
jorge namour
Heavy frost between Syria, Lebanon and Jordan touched the -10 ° C, several deaths among the fighters of ISIS
6 dicembre 2015
Strong frosts affecting Syria, Lebanon and the inside of Jordan, thermometers dropped to below -10 ° C
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/12/forti-gelate-tra-siria-libano-e-gior...
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
In recent days severe frosts, induced by intense inversions, have affected various locations inside and valleys of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, where locally the mercury dropped to below -8 ° C -9 ° C.
A portion of the very cold polar continental extraction, which in recent days from the Ukraine, after crossing the Black Sea, reached the east of Turkey and Armenia has managed to spill over from the eastern Anatolian plateau , slipping to Syria, the west of Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan
Among the lowest minimum temperatures reached in the night between Saturday 5 and Sunday, December 6, 2015 stand out -8.8 ° C stored by the weather station of the airport of the Syrian capital Damascus.
hese intense frosts produced by high insolation and night with intense inversions that are developing within the valleys and canyons of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, unfortunately, are also looming in the Syrian conflict
Only last night the bitter cold caused the death of several fighters against Al Nusra Front (group near Al Qaida) and militants fighting for the Islamic State, which is not placing the thermal suits and jackets have made up for the very low temperatures of the long night of Syria.
Suffice it to say that in Jordan's Queen Alia Airport has recorded a minimum temperature of no less than -7.5 ° C, while the minimum night Mafraq touched -7.0 ° C
Moving in neighboring Lebanon, however, stand out the -8.8 ° C Deir El Ahamar, representing a minimum temperature never before achieved within Lebanese territory.
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Jack Frost comes to visit: Temperatures reach -9 degrees in Golan Heights - ISRAEL
Published: 12.06.15
Israel endures a particularly cold couple of days with below-zero and near-freezing temperatures measured throughout the north and coastal area.
Israel endured a particularly cold weekend, with temperatures in the Golan Heights reaching as low as -9 degrees Celsius (15.8 Fahrenheit) in Kibbutz Merom Golan overnight Saturday. On Sunday morning, temperatures in the kibbutz climbed up to 4 degrees Celsius (39.2 Fahrenheit).
Other places that experienced below-zero temperatures were Majdal Shams that experienced -3.8 degrees Celsius (25.16 Fahrenheit); moshav Dalton, where residents had to deal with -1.3 degrees Celsius (29.66 Fahrenheit); and Emek Yezreel (the Jezreel Valley), were temperatures dropped to -1 degrees Celsius (30.2 Fahrenheit) in Nahalal.
In Safed, also in northern Israel, temperatures reached as low as 2 degrees Celsius (35.6 Fahrenheit), while Kibbutz Ortal in the Golan Heights endured 4.2 degrees Celsius (39.56 Fahrenheit). CONTINUE...
Frozen lawn in Beit Dagan
Dec 7, 2015
KM
http://floodlist.com/europe/norway-record-rain-causes-flooding-in-s...
Norway – Record Rain Causes Flooding in South
Severe flooding has been reported in parts of southern Norway after heavy rain brought by storm Synne between 04 and 06 December 2015. Maudal in Gjesdal, Rogaland saw just under 300 mm of rain in 3 days.
No injuries or deaths have been reported. However the flooding has caused some damage to roads, bridges and homes in Rogaland, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties. Around 100 families had to be evacuated from their homes in Eigersund, Rogaland county. Norway’s state broadcaster, NRK, reports that around 30 farms have also been severely hit, suffering major damage.
The rain has now stopped but river levels remain high. Authorities in Sweden also report high river levels in western parts of Götaland and nothern part of Halland.
Parts of southern Norway saw flooding earlier this year after 97 mm of rain fell in Melsom during a 24 hour period between 01 and 02 September 2015.
The last major floods to hit Norway were in October last year when rivers overflowed in the coun...
Sweden saw severe flooding just a few months ago when 97 mm of rain fell in 24 hours between 05 and 06 September in Hjortkvarn, Örebro County.
Norway – Record Rainfall
178 mm of rain fell was recorded in Eik-Hove, Rogaland, and 175 mm in Bakke, Vest-Agder over a 2 day period, breaking previous records according to YR Norway, a weather service run by Meteorologisk institutt and state broadcaster NRK.
Figures below are from Norway’s Meteorologisk institutt for a 24 hour period:
05 December 2015
Eikemo, Hordaland – 178 mm
Krittle, Hordaland- 101.3 mm
06 December 2015
Maudal, Rogaland – 140.5 mm
Bakke, Vest-Agder – 110 mm
Eik-Hove, Rogaland – 109.1mm
Dec 9, 2015
KM
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/07/heavy-rains-drench-portland-no...
Heavy rains drench Portland, northwest Oregon, causing flooding, landslides, sewer overflow
PORTLAND, Ore. – Heavy rains turned streets in the Portland area into creeks, interrupted bus and light rail service and forced the evacuation of at least one neighborhood.
Monday's flooding caused the closure of numerous roads, and heavy rains triggered landslides.
The rain also caused Portland's sewer system to overflow into the Willamette River. Officials said people should avoid contact with the river for at least 48 hours because of bacteria in the water.
A big sinkhole developed in a street in Gresham, a Portland suburb. Crews were pumping water from an elementary school in Gresham, as well as cleaning up hallways and classrooms.
The parking lot at Multnomah Falls, a popular tourist stop in the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland, was closed after a creek overflowed its banks.
In Lake Oswego, just south of Portland, several cars were stranded in high water.
Residents were evacuated from a neighborhood in Clackamas County, and the American Red Cross was opening a shelter there.
Several school districts in northwest Oregon sent students home early and canceled afternoon and evening activities. The Oregon Zoo in Portland also closed.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. It's in effect through Thursday afternoon, but rain likely won't stop until the week's end, forecasters said.
Excessive rainfall could lead to a rise in area rivers, weather officials said.
Officials say residents should avoid traveling and should watch for flash floods, mudslides, falling trees and power outages. They are also advised to keep children and pets away from floodwaters and avoid walking and driving through high water. Residents whose property is at risk for flooding should use sandbags.
The rains are caused by several low-pressure systems moving through the region, one after the other, forecasters said.
Dec 9, 2015
KM
http://www.india.com/news/world/earthquake-of-6-9-magnitude-strikes...
Earthquake of 6.9 magnitude strikes Indonesia’s Ambon islands, Tsunami threat issued
Bali, Dec 9: Earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck Ambon islands located at 174 km away from the South-Eastern coast of mainland Indonesia. The tremors were first reported at 10:21 hours according to Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). The United States Geological Survey has also issued a Tsunami threat in the region.
Heavy tremors were felt in Ambon islands, whereas, the parts of Bali, Jakarta, Surabaya, Mendan and Jabung also felt the impact of quake. However, major loss to life or property is not reported since the quake struck 75 km below the surface of the Earth. But the major threat is posed to people residing in the coastal regions of the island country since the USGC has issued a Tsunami alert.
Due to tremors, and its impact on the tectonic plates, the chances of Tsunami exist.
On Monday, earthquake struck parts of Hindukush region with its impact in major parts of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and northern India. This marks the third instance of earthquake in the past one week.
Dec 9, 2015
KM
http://www.trust.org/item/20151208175721-x64gf/
Floods in Congo capital kill at least 31 in three weeks
KINSHASA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - At least 31 people have died in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa in the last three weeks in the worst flooding in years, the provincial interior minister said on Tuesday, warning conditions could get even worse.
The deaths since Nov. 17, concentrated in neighbourhoods along the Congo River and its tributary, the Ndjili, have resulted mainly from home collapses, Emmanuel Akweti said.
The flooding has made 20,000 families homeless and inundated the main water collection station, preventing two-thirds of Kinshasa's communes from accessing drinkable water, he added.
An employee at the public water utility said officials hoped to resume service there by Thursday.
Kinshasa, a sprawling city of more than 10 million people, has notoriously poor infrastructure, with improvised wooden shacks lining the waterfront and dirt roads that often flood with the first rainfall.
Akweti said that precipitation levels this rainy season - which runs from October to April - were unusually high with Kinshasa registering 450 millimetres (18 inches) of rainfall, or nearly a third of its annual average, between Nov. 17 and Dec. 6 alone.
He warned that weather forecasters were predicting above average rainfall through to February and urged all residents living in riverside areas to evacuate.
Congo's government has invested considerably in Kinshasa's infrastructure in recent years, but critics complain that the upgrades have almost exclusively targeted the city's upscale neighbourhoods and prominent landmarks.
Dec 9, 2015
SongStar101
10 million people facing food shortages as drought grips Ethiopia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-10/drought-and-food-shortages-in...
Drought still grips much of the productive agricultural land across eastern Australia thanks to the El Nino, but the same weather system is affecting millions of people around the world and it could have deadly ramifications, especially in Africa.
The purpose of this article is not to take away from Australians doing it tough, especially in western and northern parts of Queensland, where some of my family live.
Rather, it is to highlight the fact that drought affects people in many different ways.
The Ethiopian government is not particularly fond of pointing out flaws inside its own borders, so it is a big step for the country to admit that more than 10 million people will require food in the coming months.
That is 10 per cent of the population.
As always in slow burn natural disasters like this one. Women and children will be worst affected.
The charity Save the Children estimates that 5.75 million children will face critical food shortages.
"People are becoming very dependent on assistance from the government and humanitarian agencies," said Charlie Mason, humanitarian director for Save the Children in Ethiopia.
"The government has been extremely proactive and forward thinking in trying to future roof the food pipeline — but there is only so much food that can be procured on the international market and brought in — so aid agencies are also rushing to try to fill that gap."
The 'worst drought' in Ethiopia for 50 years
The famine that gripped Ethiopia during the mid-1980s is well known.
It is thought about 400,000 people lost their lives either through direct starvation, or abuses that occurred because of the country's then insurgency.
While the government is far better equipped to deal with the disaster now, there are warning signs that the current climatic situation is even worse.
"The worst drought in Ethiopia for 50 years is happening right now," said Save the Children's country director in Ethiopia, John Graham.
"The overall emergency response is estimated to cost $1.4 billion, so the world leaders meeting at the Paris climate talks this week must take the opportunity to wake up and act before it's too late."
Other agencies like the World Food Program are working to feed people as well.
It should be remembered that there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, many from neighbouring South Sudan, where conflict has torn apart the youngest nation on earth.
Others come from Somalia and Eritrea, also neighbours and respectively home to and Islamist terrorists and an authoritarian government.
More than 125 million will need assistance to survive 2016: UN
Right across southern and eastern Africa, El Nino is responsible for a series of droughts.
For many, there are two rainy seasons a year and neither have delivered.
In South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana and Somalia not enough rain has fallen to sustain the herds of cattle and goats that sustain so many people.
If people are forced to flee in an effort to find enough to eat the world will learn about food refugees.
"El Nino has led to central America's worst ever recorded drought and Ethiopia's worst drought in 30 years," said the United Nations under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs, Stephen O'Brien.
"Natural disasters are also expected to worsen next year, linked to the El Nino climatic event which is estimated to be the strongest on record."
The United Nations estimates that across the globe more than 125 million people will need humanitarian assistance to survive 2016 — about 8 per cent are Ethiopians.
The government has asked for $US1.4 billion to feed its population, but the global figure is much higher.
"We need $US20.1 billion to do so," Mr O'Brien said.
"This amount is five times the level of funding we needed a decade ago and this is the largest appeal we have ever launched."
Dec 10, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3353561/Torment-goes-victim...
Dramatic moment residents in flooded town form a HUMAN CHAIN to rescue people trapped in the local shop as burst river swamped community
Displaying bravery and fortitude to save their own, villagers in a tiny Cumbrian community have told of the dramatic moment they formed a human chain to rescue several people trapped by rapidly rising floodwater.
Glenridding's 500 residents are used to a sleepy, laid-back existence, but the community was again forced to take drastic action last night after being hit by a second wave of destruction when a nearby river burst its banks.
It sent raging torrents filled with trees, rocks and other debris racing through the village - the sheer speed of which caught some people unawares.
Several villagers were trapped in the local shop, sparking a desperate rescue attempt by their neighbours.
Mark Hook, 57, who was himself saved on Saturday from the guest house he owns in the village, told MailOnline how residents immediately sprang into action.
He said: 'There were people [trapped] in the mini-mart so locals got together with the emergency services to help them out. At one point there was a human chain – it was quite dramatic. They wouldn’t have got out of there without help.
This picture was taken seconds after residents in Glenridding formed a human chain to rescue several people trapped by rapidly rising floodwater. Emergency rescuers arrived to help and after installing a rope were able to guide the rest of those stuck in the shop to safety
Earth movers attempt to stem the tide of flood water this morning as Glenridding is swamped by flash floods for the second time in a week
Dec 10, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3352321/Northwest-pumme...
2 deaths, many rescues in Pacific Northwest storms
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday causing mudslides and flooding roads, leaving two women dead in Oregon and sweeping seven people into a Washington river, where they were rescued.
A large Douglas fir tree crashed into a Portland home early Wednesday, killing a 60-year-old woman who was in bed.
The tree, roughly 30 inches in diameter, was uprooted and sliced through the house, pinning the woman underneath.
A large fir tree fell on a house overnight and killed an 60-year-old woman in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, as the Pacific Northwest was soaked by another night of heavy rain. More than 5 inches of rain have fallen on Portland since Sunday, and strong winds have uprooted trees from the saturated ground. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola)
Next door neighbor Sam Choumxay said he watched in horror as the tree fell onto his neighbor's house with a thud. The tree top slammed into two cars in Choumxay's driveway.
Choumxay said he ran outside, made it around the tree, and raced to his neighbors' front door.
"Is anybody hurt? Is anybody hurt? I just kept calling to them," he said.
On Wednesday afternoon, a woman drowned after her car became submerged on a flooded road about 60 miles northwest of Portland in Clatskanie, Oregon, The Oregonian reported.
Firefighters rescued a man they found standing on top of a car in knee-to-waist deep water. They said the man drove himself and the woman into high water where the road was closed near U.S. Highway 30 and Lost Creek Road. The car then sank.
Responders found the woman dead at the scene.
More than 5 inches of rain have fallen on Portland since Sunday, and strong winds have uprooted trees from the saturated ground. At Sea-Tac Airport, where the official weather for Seattle is recorded, the weather service says 2.13 inches of rain fell Tuesday. That beats the previous Dec. 8 record of 1.61 inches.
In western Washington, seven people were swept into the Puyallup River from a riverbank homeless camp Wednesday morning.
Dec 10, 2015
KM
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/downpour-causes-flash-floods-a...
Flash floods hit parts of S’pore for second day in a row
SINGAPORE — For a second day in a row, roads clogged up with traffic after heavy downpours triggered flash floods in several parts across the island this afternoon (Dec 11).
Flash floods were reported in areas at Thomson Road, Balestier Road, Cambridge Road and at several junctions, including Mandalay Road/Balestier Road and Boon Keng Road/Bendemeer Road, although these cleared up by 2.50pm, according to national water agency PUB’s Twitter posts.
On social media, users posted pictures of ankle-deep waters at bus stops, and traffic congestion on flooded roads. A tree came crashing down outside Orchard Central while parts of Junction 8 shopping mall in Bishan were flooded.
PUB’s director of catchment and waterways Ridzuan Ismail said the heaviest rainfall was recorded at Beatty Secondary School’s rain gauge station, with 80.4mm of rain falling from 1.05pm to 2.45pm. The bulk of the rain beat down in the first 30 minutes of the skies opening up.
PUB said it is investigating the flooding incidents but Mr Ismail said certain locations are more prone to flooding as they are situated in low-lying areas or have localised depressions, citing the examples of Cambridge Road and Thomson Road.
The junctions at Mandalay Road/Balestier Road, Boon Keng Road/Bendemeer Road and Boon Lay Way/Corporation Road are also “known hotspots”, he added.
Mr Ismail said drainage upgrading works in areas like Novena Rise/Thomson Road and Balestier Road/Mandalay Road are set to be completed by the third quarter of next year and the second quarter of 2017, respectively.
Drainage upgrading works at the junctions of Boon Lay Way/Corporation Road and Boon Keng Road/Bendeemer Road have been planned to start in the first quarter next year.
According to information posted on the National Environment Agency’s website, thundery showers in the afternoons and evenings are forecast for the next four days.
PUB advised the public to exercise caution as flash floods may occur in the event of heavy storms.
Dec 13, 2015