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.
KM
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/20/cyclone-winst...
Cyclone Winston: strongest ever southern hemisphere storm hits Fiji
State of emergency declared as category five storm makes landfall, with winds gusting at up to 195mph
A state of emergency has been declared in Fiji as tropical Cyclone Winston made landfall on the country’s main island, with estimated wind gusts of up to 195mph (315km/h).
The Category Five storm is thought to be the strongest ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, and is the strongest Fiji has ever experienced.
The cyclone began to make landfall on the main island of Vitu Levu after a national curfew took effect at 6pm local time. It had earlier sunk boats and caused flash flooding on the nation’s outer islands, including Vanua Levu.
It is carrying average winds of 220km/h, with gusts of up to 315km/h recorded, according to Fiji’s Meteorological Service.
The Fijian government issued a list of 758 evacuation centres across the nation of just under 900,000 people. The country’s prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, said on Saturday that the island’s evacuation centres were operational and the government was prepared to deal with a potential crisis.
“As a nation we are facing an ordeal of the most grievous kind,” he wrote on Facebook. “We must stick together as a people and look after each other.”
In a later statement, Bainimarama said that the nation was “facing an ordeal of the most grievous kind”. He added: “We must stick together as a people and look after each other. Be alert and be prepared.”
ABC also quoted the prime minister expressing concerns that some people in urban areas did not appear to have heeded the warnings about the seriousness of the threat.
International flights to and from Fiji have been cancelled. As the country’s weather service warned people in the east to “expect very destructive hurricane-force winds”, Suva resident Alice Clements said the power had failed just after 5pm and she expected water supplies to be hit next.
“I have palm trees flying all around me at the moment,” Clements, an official with a UN agency, told Reuters.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Winston was following a path that might spare Suva the full force of its winds. Category five is the highest ranking on the hurricane wind scale.
“The cyclone has tracked further north than expected over the past 24 hours,” the UN agency said.
The Fiji Times newspaper reported some damage, including a roof being blown off one home, from some of the nation’s smaller islands to the east as the cyclone began to strike there. It said there had been a run on supermarkets and stores as people stocked up on essential supplies.
Many people were hoping the cyclone’s path would remain as forecast and thread between the islands of Vanua Levu to the north and Vitu Levu to the south, which is home to the capital Suva, so that both islands would avoid a direct hit.
Airlines operating in the region including Virgin Australia, Jetstar, Qantas and Fiji Airways all reported cancelled flights or altered timetables, with passengers told to consult their carrier for information.
Feb 20, 2016
KM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-16/snow-surprise-for-tasmanians-...
Snow surprise for Tasmanians after a summer of weather extremes
Fires, flood and now snow: Tasmania has had a summer of weather extremes.
After weeks of warm and dry weather, there has been a sprinkling of snow in Tasmania's Great Lakes district and on Hobart's Mount Wellington.
The temperature dipped to zero at Liawenee in the Central Highlands overnight, with light rain turning to snow early this morning.
Kaylee Hattinger at the Great Lakes Hotel said it started snowing there about 6:00am, but it quickly melted away.
"It covered the cars, it was enough to go 'oh, snow!'," she said.
"But it's very fine, but more than hail, and fluttering down.
"I get really excited with snow, even in winter. But in summer it's even more special, I think."
Mrs Hattinger said snow had been forecast down to 1,100 metres so it wasn't a complete surprise.
"I had been keeping an ear out for it," she said.
"How we know is it gets really quiet, so at about 5:40 this morning it got really quiet and I stuck my nose out and it was snowing."
She said many guests at the hotel missed the wintery display with the snow melting as the sun came up.
"I did feel like going and knocking at the door saying 'oh look, snow!'," she said.
The Great Lakes District bore the brunt of snowfall during one of Tasmania's coldest winters in decades in 2015.
The snow has been spurred by a cold front moving across the state.
While it is not uncommon to see summer snow in parts of Tasmania the Bureau of Meteorology is not expecting any further flutters.
"We've seen the cold front move well away to the east now over the Tasman sea," forecaster Debbie Tabor told 936 ABC Hobart.
"We're left with this south-westerly air stream for the rest of today and tomorrow, easing right off late tomorrow and into Thursday.
"We'll see a cold day in the south today and cool in the north — a little bit different, flushing out that heat and humidity."
Feb 22, 2016
Kris H
US Navy goes back to celestial navigation. Preparing for GPS failure.
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467210492/u-s-navy-brings-back-naviga...
The Navy stopped training its service members to navigate by the stars about a decade ago, focusing instead on electronic navigational systems. But fears about the security of the Global Positioning System and a desire to return to the basics of naval training are pushing the fleet back toward this ancient method of finding a course across open water.
So, why return now to the old ways? The Navy and other branches of the U.S. military are becoming increasingly concerned, in part, that they may be overly reliant on GPS.
Feb 22, 2016
KM
https://www.rt.com/news/333340-fiji-cyclone-dozens-dead/
Dozens killed after powerful cyclone ravages Fiji, looming Zika & Dengue threats (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
The footage posted on the Fijiian government website shows a massive scale of destruction on the small island – whole villages have been flooded amid Winston’s destructive winds, which reportedly reached about 325 kph.
“The images emerging from early aerial assessments of affected areas are truly heartbreaking, leaving little doubt about the ferocity of this cyclone,” said Osnat Lubrani, UN Resident Coordinator in Fiji.
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said that the recovery process will take “a long time.”
“Almost no part of our nation has been left unscarred. And many of our rural and maritime areas bore the brunt of Winston’s fury,” he said.
Aid agencies said that Fiji now may face outbreaks of the Zika and Dengue viruses, both of which are caused by infected mosquitoes.
"The threat of dengue and Zika in the coming days in Fiji is real," said Chris Hagarty, senior health program manager at Plan International Australia. "The period immediately following a disaster of this scale can be a particularly dangerous one."
According to the UN, more than 8,100 people “are currently sheltering in evacuation centers” and 150 houses have been destroyed in the storm.
“The cyclone is estimated to be one of the most severe ever to hit the South Pacific,” the organization said.
According to Alice Clements, a Communications Specialist with UNICEF Pacific, “the amount of destruction to infrastructure [in Suva, Fiji’s capital], livelihoods and homes that something like this can do is just immense. It can also completely destroy or severely damage school facilities and health facilities.”
Feb 24, 2016
jorge namour
Severe Weather Europe
February 24 at 6:30am
Arctics
https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/photos/a.1423656947857402....
Extremely positive temperature anomaly across the Arctics resulting in record breaking and lowest sea ice extent this winter.
Source: NSDC
From the link: https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU
February 19 2016 VIDEO
VERY close call! A video pretty much in the spirit of exceptionally high temperatures over the Arctic in January: ice calving on a glacier terminus - and a close call.
Feb 27, 2016
KM
http://news.discovery.com/earth/eastern-mediterraneans-drought-is-w...
Eastern Mediterranean Drought Is Worst in 900 Years
Parched Californians think they have it bad. But people in the eastern’s Mediterranean Levant region — which includes Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Israel and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip areas governed by the Palestinian Authority — have been enduring a drought that began back in 1998.
Now, a new study by NASA, Columbia University and University of Arizona researchers confirms that the drought most likely is the worst that the Mediterranean Levant has suffered in the past nine centuries.
The scientists studied tree rings and historical documents in an effort to reconstruct the region’s water history. They found that the most recent drought is not only longer but about 50 percent drier than the worst period in the past 500 years, and 10 to 20 percent drier than any drought since the 1100s A.D.
The results were accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, a publication of the American Geophysical Union.
The researchers also studied how drought in the region related to water conditions elsewhere. In most cases, for example, they found that droughts in the Levant corresponded to similarly dry conditions in Western Europe. Historically, that may have been a factor in international conflicts.
“Both for modern society and certainly ancient civilizations, it means that if one region was suffering the consequences of the drought, those conditions are likely to exist throughout the Mediterranean basin,” Kevin Anchukaitis, a co-author of the study and a climate scientist at the University of Arizona in Tucson, said in a press release.
“It’s not necessarily possible to rely on finding better climate conditions in one region than another, so you have the potential for large-scale disruption of food systems as well as potential conflict over water resources.”
Even if the drought eventually eases, a 2013 study by German scientists concluded that the region’s growing population and its water use may lead to chronic shortages.
Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian water officials recently met in London to discuss improving their cooperation in coping with the region’s water situation. As this 2015 New York Times article details, Israel for years has invested in desalination plants and recycling waste water, and more than 50 percent of Israeli water needs are now filled by those sources.
Mar 3, 2016
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2016/03/atoyac-river-disappears-overnight-...
Atoyac River disappears overnight after giant crack opens up in Mexico
The Atoyac River, which crosses eight municipalities in the central mountainous area of eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, disappeared overnight after a giant crack opened up.
Inhabitants of Rancho San Fermin reported hearing a bang and feeling the earth rumbled as the ground cracked down.
On Monday, the water had disappeared… And they found this giant 30 meters by 20 meters fissure in the ground.
The hole in the ground crosses the riverbed of the Atoyac River. It appeared about three kilometers from the source of the river, which supplies with water more than 10,000 families and sugar industries in the region.
Due to the disappearance of the Atoyac River, the Cotaxtla River is already below its normal level.
Only God and nature know exactly why the river disappeared entirely. They have exploited the river and it is now charging them back.
Hopefully, we are not facing another tragedy for these thousands of families.
Mar 4, 2016
Howard
Crazy Wave Clouds Over Alabama (Mar 3)
The sky was full of undulatus, or "wavy," clouds above Alabama on Thursday.
Source
http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/rare-wave-clouds-alabama-undulatus/?...
Mar 5, 2016
Heather
Our Hemisphere’s Temperature Just Reached a Terrifying Milestone
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/03/01/february_2016_s_...
NASA’s global temperature data is measured from a 1951-1980 baseline, about 0.3 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels. That means February 2016 was the first month in history that global average temperatures passed the 1.5 degree Celsius mark. Also, since last month’s warmth was concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere (2.76 degrees Celsius warmer than the 1951-1980 baseline) and the Arctic (5.36 degrees Celsius warmer than the 1951-1980 baseline)
Mar 5, 2016
jorge namour
Alaska obliged to import snow
News - Published Friday, March 4, 2016 by The Weather Channel- LA CHAINE METEO
The city of Anchorage in Alaska lack of snow so she had to make import at the start of the famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, the next weekend.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2016-03-04-14h37...
https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&...
Seven truckloads of snow blocks crossed the city of Anchorage for the Iditarod race, and this for the second straight year. The sled dog race that spans 1000 miles (1600 km) will kick off on Saturday after a particularly mild winter. Departure is 80 km from Anchorage, but 2015 was marked by a start pushed to 362 km from the city because of too little snow and unseasonably mild temperatures.
A race on concrete in 2016
Imported fresh snow was harvested in Fairbanks, but officials of the race state that it will not be enough: it will just disguise the start, but dogs should expect to run on the concrete paths ground over much of the circuit
In Anchorage , it is indeed barely dropped 55 cm of snow this winter then it falls on average 152 cm during the winter. Anticyclonic conditions prevail for a few weeks with particularly high temperatures for the season.
The annual average temperature increased 3 ° C since the mid-twentieth century.
Mar 6, 2016
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2016/03/lagoon-blood-red-mexico-huatalco-m...
Lagoon turns blood red in Mexico unexpectedly
This lagoon situated in Huatalco, Mexico has turned blood red within the last 10 days.
The reddish water of ‘La Salina’ lagoon impacts residents’ life and kills wildlife in the area.
The reddish water of 'La Salina' lagoon impacts residents' life and kills wildlife in the area.
After the mysterious overnight disappearance of a river near Veracruz, Mexico, it's now a lagoon that has unexpectedly turned color from green to red.
Scientists believe the color is a result of a red tide, a phenomenon in which estuarine, marine, or fresh water algae accumulate rapidly in the water column, which changes the color of the surface water.
Although red tides appear to be natural in some locations, residents believe that this algae blloom is the result of increased nutrient loading from human activities and low precipitation. Indeed, the 'La Salina' lagoon is known for being highly polluted and the sewage plant is not working properly.
Mar 6, 2016
Mark
Rare 'super bloom' brings life to Death Valley
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united...
It is the first “super bloom” for 11 years, according to the US National Park Service, with yellow, white, pink and purple flowers now attracting tourists and photographers from far and wide.
These images were captured by Robyn Beck late last week. Death Valley is usually a dry, barren realm where just over a century ago, the highest temperature ever was recorded - a sizzling 56.7C (134F) in the aptly named Furnace Creek.
But it has been transformed into something of a Shangri-La, covered head-to-toe in the delicate flowers.
Mar 7, 2016
KM
http://www.skymetweather.com/content/global-news/persistent-downpou...
PERSISTENT DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING IN LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
A slow moving storm system will create dangerous flooding situation in and around the lower Mississippi Valley this week. The downpours will be heavy and persistent because of moisture incursion from the Gulf of Mexico.
The slow-moving nature of the storm will enhance the risk of heavy downpours from parts of the southern and central plains to parts of the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. It will be a combination of the moisture of the storm and the moisture coming in from the Gulf of Mexico that will trigger extremely heavy downpours and this will lead to major flooding in the region.
From Tuesday to Friday, several spells of heavy rain will continue to pound eastern Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and southern Missouri. Later this week the spell of heavy rain will cross the Mississippi river and move into Mississippi and southern Indiana.
In cities like Memphis, Tennessee, and Dallas, a month’s worth of rain could be breached in just one week.
The rainfall this week has the potential to be enormous from eastern Texas to lower Mississippi. This has increased the concerns of major flooding across the region. Torrential rainfall will lead to rapid rise in water levels. This will be a dangerous situation for the people while traveling on roads and evacuating the area.
Drivers in the region have been advised to avoid driving on flooded roads. The current might be strong enough to wash away vehicles.
After being stuck over the region for several days this week, the storm could move the southeast and northeast regions by the weekend.
- See more at: http://www.skymetweather.com/content/global-news/persistent-downpou...
Mar 9, 2016
jorge namour
Some UAE companies close early due to bad weather - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
March 9, 2016
Dubai: The bad weather conditions have in some ways disrupted business operations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with a number of companies opting to close their offices early as a precautionary measure. Heavy rains also led to the suspension of stock trading at the capital.
http://gulfnews.com/business/companies/some-uae-companies-close-ear...
Employees working at some companies in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai Outsource Zone and other parts of the emirate told Gulf News that they were sent home early after heavy rains broke out.
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange cancelled Wednesday's trading session following reports of power outage and disruption of communication lines for some brokerage firms operating in the market. CONTINUE...
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/weather/heavy-rain-hits-dubai-and-shar...
Heavy rain hits Dubai and Sharjah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EXt0VVX3YA
Cars stuck at a flooded street in Jebel Ali industrial area
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Extreme supercell hailstorms surprise Saudia Arabia and Oman
Mar 9, 2016
http://strangesounds.org/2016/03/extreme-hailstorms-supercell-saudi...
And suddenly the sky started falling on their heads.
Watch these insane pictures and videos of the Tuesday, March 8, 2016 rare supercell storms wreaking havoc Muscat, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZA3s6WTn-k
Mar 9, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3480707/Is-po...
Is this a possessed pavement (or just a clever trick)? Spooky footage shows dockyard floor 'BREATHING'
Unnerving footage of a pavement appearing to take a series of deep breaths has emerged online.
The clip shows the 'possessed' paved dockyard in Cadimare, Italy, rising and falling from the 'force of the tide', local media reports.
Despite claims that the movement is caused by waves beneath the pathway, some people remain unconvinced, claiming that the video was made courtesy of 3D computer graphics.
At the beginning of the footage, the affected dockway remains still with a barrier placed above it
After a few seconds, viewers can hear waves as the pavement begins to lurch upwards before resettling
At the beginning of the footage, which was uploaded to Viral Hog, the affected dockway remains still with a barrier placed above it.
Mar 10, 2016
Jorge Mejia
Winter storm brings unusual snow to Mexico, high winds, cold.
740 fallen trees brought down by high winds in Mexico City
740 trees, 36 poles, 98 billboards, 48 tarps have been removed by Firemen (Between Tuesday 8, 5pm, and Thursday 10, 4pm, March 2016.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/metropoli/df/2016/03/10/suma...
Billboard crushes two cars in Metepec, State of Mexico; 5 injuries reported
Through social networks began circulating a video in which the exact time when the billboard could not resist the strong winds that were recorded in the area and finally fell on a couple of cars circulating in the place.
http://www.sinembargo.mx/09-03-2016/1633921
Winter storm his 25 (Mexican) entities.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2016/03/10/tormentas...
Mar 11, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3488753/Life-threatening-st...
'Life-threatening' storm hammers Gulf Coast as more than 23 inches of rain is expected flood rivers to historic levels in days ahead
A 'life-threatening' storm continues to hammer the Gulf Coast as more than 23 inches of rain is expected to trigger destructive flash flooding and drive some rivers to historic levels in the days ahead.
Three people have been killed in Louisiana and more than 1,000 have been forced from their homes after record breaking floods swept through the state.
Some 750 members of the National Guard have been deployed to assist in the rescue of families and animals stranded by the flood waters as roads are impassable and cars are submerged.
A 'life-threatening' storm continues to hammer the Gulf Coast as more than 23 inches of rain is expected to trigger destructive flash flooding and drive some rivers to historic levels in the days ahead
Flood waters surround an apartment complex in Hammond, Louisiana
A man pulls a boat full of people to dry land as they evacuate their homes in Independence, Louisiana, after heavy rains caused low areas to flood
Vehicles are submerged from the flowing water on Friday in Hammond, Louisiana, after four days of torrential rains pounded the state
Mar 13, 2016
KM
http://www.latintimes.com/sao-paulo-flooding-leaves-21-dead-latin-a...
São Paulo Flooding Leaves 21 Dead, Latin America’s Largest City Paralyzed
At least 15 were confirmed dead in the Brazil’s financial capital and largest city, São Paulo, according toReuters. Half a dozen people died as a result of the flooding elsewhere in São Paulo state after 24 hours of steady rain, local media report. Most died as a result of mudslides and building failure in the city’s poorer peripheral neighborhoods, where houses are often built on or along hillsides. State and local government agencies scrambled to address the crisis. Some local news outlets captured footage of drivers marooned on the roof of their cars being rescued by helicopters.
“The priority is to locate missing people and remove [everyone] from hazardous areas. We have more than 150 firefighters working,” said São Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin Friday afternoon, after announcing an emergency fund to pump millions of dollars into communities affected by the floods.
The city of São Paulo froze all day, as commuters stayed home. Flooding spoiled stocks of fruits, forcing warehousers to fill dump trucks with watermelons and pineapples, according to Folha . Police stations filled up with brown water. Some residents lost power. Others found themselves stuck at the São Paulo airport, which closed for 12 hours overnight.
Ted Weber, a technologist in his twenties was returning from a domestic business trip, was diverted to another airport a few hours away. He posted images of the flooded streets on Instagram, calling it the tensest trip of his life.
“It's still chaos for the most part,” said Weber in an online chat with the Latin Times. “Rocks falling off cliffs, houses tearing down -- I read a child died uptown. The rain is just neverending. No one in my team got to work today.”
Mar 13, 2016
SongStar101
Thousands of Homes Damaged in Southern Floods; 6 Killed
https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/severe-flooding-south-impacts
Six have been confirmed dead after severe flooding swamped cities in the South over several days, with parts of the Mississippi Valley seeing historic water levels. All over the region, rivers quickly rose near record flood stages and homes were submerged.
Emergency officials told the Associated Press that at least 4,958 homes in Louisiana were damaged by flooding, and more than 800 homes in Mississippi suffered flood damage. Those numbers are expected to climb as floodwaters recede in some areas.
In Louisiana, the National Guard said it had evacuated more than 3,295 people and hundreds of pets from flooded areas.
More than 24 inches of rain fell in the hardest-hit places, and the impacts are expected to continue for days or even weeks as rivers continue their rise.
"Typically, it will come up and drain off," Bossier City, Louisiana, resident Michael Konnovich, Jr. told the AP. "But not this time. The water is just over my 5-foot chain link fence. I just don't know where this water is coming from."
Here's how each state has been affected.
Louisiana
Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency for the entire state and sent the National Guard to help with water rescues.
Louisiana National Guard spokesman Col. Pete Schneider called it the most widespread non-hurricane flooding the guard has ever dealt with, reports the AP. According to him, about 1,000 soldiers and air crews were at work in 25 of Louisiana's 64 parishes.
As many as 200 people had to be rescued from the floodwaters in Hammond early Friday morning, according to local reports. More than 30 roads in Tangipahoa Parish were closed by flooding, WWL-TV said.
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said Friday that close to 50 roads were shut down due to floodwaters, report the AP. According to Edwards, there have been 300 to 400 evacuees in his parish alone, many in neighborhoods that have never had trouble with flooding before.
According to a separate WWL-TV report, residents in Washington Parish were stranded on the roofs of their homes as floodwaters continued to rise Friday morning, and a Coast Guard helicopter was being sent to rescue them. In Bogalusa, a curfew was in place until at least 5 p.m. Friday in an attempt to keep people off the roads, the report added.
"I've never seen rain this bad in 30 years," Bogalusa Police Chief Joe Culpepper told WWL-TV.
The Washington Parish Fairgrounds were also flooded Friday morning, and a local reporter said at least one structure collapsed into the floodwaters.
In Bienville Parish, a man drowned Wednesday afternoon while attempting to drive across a flooded highway before his vehicle was swept into the nearby Saline Creek, said Bienville Sheriff John Ballance. Driving with him was a female passenger who needed to be pulled to safety, as she was suffering from hypothermia. Her condition is unknown.
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One Natchitoches Parish man, identified as 78-year-old Harold Worsham, drowned in the severe flooding after his boat overturned while attempting to cross a flooded section of Highway 1226 near Clarence, the local sheriff department told the National Weather Service. The two other occupants traveling in the capsized vessel were rescued.
Two more deaths were reported Wednesday in Ouachita Parish, the AP reported. One was a 22-year-old man who drowned after his car was swept off the road by floodwaters, and the other victim was a 6-year-old girl who died after her mother lost control of the car, the report added.
The Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office and personnel with the Fort Polk air evacuation unit used a helicopter and watercraft to evacuate residents that were st... Thursday in the Hunter Town Road area in Burr Ferry, according to the sheriff's department.
Authorities ordered mandatory evacuations of 3,500 homes near the Red Chute Bayou in Bossier City due to concerns that the waters could top its levees and ravage the densely populated area, according to KTBS.com.
Mississippi
Emergency officials fear the Pearl River will continue to rise, leading to additional flooding.
The river along the Mississippi-Louisiana border could reach 21 feet, according to NWS forecasts, the height of the waterway during the 1983 flood, the AP said.
Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency Thursday to assist the areas of the state affected by flooding, which worsened in parts of western and northwestern Mississippi that morning, leaving some roads flooded.
In Hancock County, a sheriff's deputy was hospitalized after his patrol car skidded into a ditch Friday night, but is now recovering at home, Chief Deputy Don Bass told the Sun Herald.
"We had a lot of nasty weather Friday, so he probably hit a slick spot and lost control of the car in that curve," Bass said. "He's sore but he's at home. He kept going in and out of consciousness Friday night and it scared us. But he's hard-headed and he made it."
Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett declared a state of emergency Friday, estimating that at least 100 homes have been flooded after more than 10 inches of rain soaked the area, according to the AP.
Homes in Bolivar, Coahoma, Tunica and Washington counties were flooded and three dams have been breached in DeSoto County, according to a release from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Roads throughout the state were flooded, and some sustained damage due to floodwaters.
Oklahoma
In rural southeastern Oklahoma, officials confirmed a 30-year-old man drowned in his SUV Tuesday night after attempting to cross a bridge covered in floodwaters, the AP reported. The victim was identified as Michael Liles of Broken Bow. A passenger in the SUV was able to swim to safety, the report added.
Arkansas
Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued a disaster declaration Thursday for 11 counties that have been hit hardest by heavy rainfall, according to the AP. Emergency personnel reported multiple water rescues and prepared to evacuate several neighborhoods after more than 14 inches of rain fell.
Roads had to be closed due to flooding and a roadway was washed out in a least one county. According to an Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department spokesman, a 20-foot span of Arkansas Highway 334 had been washed out by flood water flowing in a trough underneath the road.
Tennessee
Ten people had to be evacuated from four Shelby County homes that were surrounded by water overflowing from the nearby flooded Loosahatchie River Friday, according to the AP. Using an amphibious vehicle, rescuers maneuvered through the neighborhood's roads, which were swallowed by floodwater.
"The water had been rising all night to the point that they could not get out of their homes," Shelby County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mickey Keaton told AP.
Three women had to be evacuated by the Jackson Fire Department from two homes near an overflowing creek Thursday, the AP also reports. According to Madison County emergency management director Marty Clements, officials were monitoring two subdivisions where high water was becoming an issue.
Dozens of roads in Shelby, Tipton and Madison counties were shut down Thursday. Downed trees in Memphis blocked roads and a small mudslide partially closed a busy road running along the Mississippi River, the AP also reported.
Streets were flooded in Memphis as heavy rain persisted Thursday, and in other parts of western Tennessee, some residents had to be rescued from floodwaters. In Union City, where at least 4 inches of rain fell Wednesday, crews had to rescue a driver who got stranded in flooding along Knox Daniel Road, according to NWS storm reports.
Texas
Nearly 10 inches of rain fell in parts of the Lone Star State, and in some areas, the impacts were even worse than the catastrophic flooding that occurred in Texas last May.
Newton County Judge Truman Dougharty ordered a mandatory evacuation of all residents living along the Sabine River..., reports 12 News. The evacuation went into effect at 7 a.m. Saturday. A midnight curfew will be implemented tomorrow for residents in flooded areas.
The Panola-Harrison Electric Co-Op said it would be suspending service to areas along Big Cypress Bayou to avoid short circuiting and power-line arcs that could cause fires, the AP reports.
(PHOTOS: Severe Storms, Flooding Hit the South)
In Bexar County, a school bus flipped after sliding off a slick road Wednesday morning, the AP also reported. The driver and another adult suffered minor injuries, but two special-needs children on board were not injured, Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesperson James Keith told the AP.
Severe storms caused big problems in North Texas earlier in the week. In Hood County, southwest of Fort Worth, a confirmed EF1 tornado left damage near Tolar, destroying six mobile homes and damaging several others, emergency manager Ray Wilson told The Weather Channel. Two people were transported to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries, he added.
Tuesday morning, straight-line winds caused damage in Stephenville, where a narrow EF1 tornado was also confirmed by the NWS.
During the height of the storm Tuesday, the awning of a gas station in Saginaw was blown off by strong winds, according to CBS DFW. Store clerk Tanya Jackson said two vehicles were parked at gas pumps underneath the awning and the drivers managed to escape just before it came down. Jackson was able to hit the emergency stop on the pumps before the awning collapsed, but some phone and cable lines were knocked down and trapped underneath. The store's driveway was left impassable.
In the town of Denton, a school bus was trapped in floodwaters Tuesday morning, and crews had to pull six children and the driver to safety, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. There were no injuries, and the children were dropped off at Hodge Elementary School, the report added.
To the southeast, a man was injured Tuesday morning in Garland when strong winds tore the roof off a building and threw it into the van in which he was sitting, according to the Dallas Morning News. The man had serious injuries, and after emergency responders pulled him from the van, he was transported to a local hospital, Lt. Pedro Barineau told the Dallas Morning News.
Monday night, the NWS reported several structures and vehicles were damaged by a possible tornado in Cool near Highway 180. The Parker County Sheriff announced that as a result of the storm, an entrapped man was rescued but wasn't hurt, and one horse suffered a broken leg. No other injuries were reported.
Following a damage survey, the NWS confirmed a tornado hit the area and assigned it a rating of EF1. Cool is located about 45 miles west of Fort Worth.
In all, six tornadoes were confirmed in Texas from this round of severe weather.
In southeastern Texas, a man was killed Monday night when his kayak capsized as strong storms moved into the Houston area, the AP also reported. The body of 22-year-old Francisco Ruben Garza, of Hidalgo, was found in Dickinson Bayou, near Galveston Bay, after he and another man went kayaking, police spokesperson Tim Cromie said in a statement. The men were fishing as the storm moved in, but Garza was not wearing a life jacket, he also said.
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Mar 15, 2016
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Nearly two dozen killed as rains, floods hit SW Pakistan
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March 12, 2016
At least 20 Pakistanis have lost their lives when torrential rains accompanied by flashfloods hit several districts in the troubled southwestern province of Balochistan, disaster management officials say.
Local authorities said at least 12 people have died and scores of others sustained injuries over the past two days in Chagai and Zhob districts of the province as the roofs of several homes caved in due to heavy rainfall and hailstorms.
Zahid Saleem, chief of the province’s disaster management authority, said four children and a woman were also killed in Sheerani district on Friday after the roof of a house collapsed.
Saleem added that one person also died after being struck by lightning in Dalbandin district. Three people were also killed in two districts of Mastung and Loralai.
Video footage showed flood waters inundating homes in Chagai, Chaman, Loralai, Mastung, Pishin, Quetta, Taank, Zhob and other districts, with residents taking refuge on rooftops.
Local residents in affected areas have grabbed whatever they could salvage, and waded through knee-deep water in search of higher ground.
Meteorologists say more rain is expected to hit the province over the weekend.
Pakistan is hit by severe weather patterns every year, which have affected millions of people, claimed hundreds of lives and wiped out millions of acres of farmland in recent years.
Monsoon, a rainy season that starts from mid-July and lasts till end of August, strikes Pakistan hard each year.
Torrential downpours and flooding killed 81 people and affected almost 300,000 Pakistanis across the country during the rainy season last summer.
In 2010, flooding also killed 1,200 people and impacted one-fifth of the population of 180 million.
Mar 17, 2016
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/canada-tornado-201...
Canada's first tornado of 2016 confirmed in Wellington County, Ont.
Barn damaged, trees snapped, Environment Canada says
Environment Canada says the first tornado of 2016 was confirmed 7 km outside of Clifford, Ont., on Wednesday, though this image is of a past tornado.
Environment Canada has confirmed the first tornado of 2016 in Canada touched down Wednesday afternoon near Mount Forest, Ont., about 70 kilometres northwest of Guelph, leaving snapped trees and a damaged barn in its wake.
"There was a confirmed tornado that occurred that afternoon around 3:50 p.m. or so and it was confirmed as a high-end EF 1. The EF scale goes from zero through 5," said Mark Schuster, a severe-weather meteorologist with Environment Canada.
EF stands for Enhanced Fujita Scale, which is used to classify a tornado's strength based on wind speed.
"From the damage caused, we estimate that the winds were about 170 kilometres an hour with the gusts, and so this is the first tornado confirmed for the 2016 season and it is also the earliest confirmed tornado in the province of Ontario," said Schuster.
As far as Environment Canada knows, this is the earliest in the calendar year that a tornado has been reported.
"There's never been a tornado in January or February before — that we know of, anyway, that's ever been reported — and none has ever been reported earlier in March than this one," Schuster said. "I think that part of the reason too is, if you go back 20 or 30 years ago or even farther back, it's possible that tornados, there may have been an earlier occurrence of one, it's just people didn't have their smartphones to take pictures."
Environment Canada said the tornado's path stretched over 3.5 kilometres and was 200 metres wide.
Mar 18, 2016
KM
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/pics-durban-deluge-and-flash...
PICS: Durban deluge and flash floods
Water surges down Che Guevara Road in Glenwood during heavy rains in Durban
Durban - Residents of Durban dealt with a deluge on Wednesday night, with many areas reporting cases of flash flooding.
Roads across the city remain closed by downed trees and other debris that is obstructing thoroughfares.
eThekwini metro police spokesperson Sbonelo Mchunu said officers had had a busy night.
“We went to many accidents that were flood related and also had to deal with the closure of many roads because of the rising water levels. Even now [on Thursday morning] we are assisting personnel from the Durban Solid Waste Department as they clear debris from the roads. This has prompted widespread road closures,” he said.
KZN EMS spokesperson Robert McKenzie said that while many cases of flooding had been reported, there had been no recorded fatalities.
Crisis Medical spokesperson Kyle van Reenen said that paramedics “had their hands full”.
“Excessive rains caused flash floods throughout the greater Durban area. One incident on the N2 near the M25 saw three people sustain minor to moderate injuries in a collision involving two light motor vehicles. They were attended to on scene before being taken to hospital for further care.
“Roads within the Durban North area were severely affected, with storm water manhole covers lifting, causing serious danger to motorists. Crisis Medical's scene safety crew hand their hands full in efforts to prevent potential motor vehicle collisions,” he said.
“We advise the public to please heed caution when travelling today as roads are still very wet, with reports of flooding in certain intersections. Traffic lights have also been affected by the rain in certain areas and we remind motorists to please treat these intersections as four way stops,” Van Reenen added.
A bakkie partially submerged in Pinetown.
A bakkie partially submerged in Pinetown.
Mar 22, 2016
jorge namour
Storm in Russia
News - Published Tuesday, March 22, 2016 by The Weather Channel - LA CHAINE METEO
A violent storm hit Russia last weekend. The damage was extensive with many roofs flew as well as urban infrastructure.
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Late last week, a broad low pressure system moved from Scandinavia to western Siberia. Several secondary depressions have followed from the Urals to the Yenisei and caused significant damage.
First damage in southern Russia
The first storm hit southern Russia between 18 and 19 March. Roofs were hurled into the air by the violent storms in the city of Labinsk. At this time, the depression was digging phase. She was only accompanied by an active rainy path tracking moderate snowfall.
The storm strengthens
Thereafter, the depression has widened rapidly to 975 hPa entering in phase with the jet stream. She took a full path north in the Arctic direction. There she proved the most dangerous and the cities of Norilsk and Dudinka to have been particularly affected with many roofs flew and extensive damage to roads.
After the passage of the cold front winds remained strong all day sometimes blowing passersby in the streets as in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Further east, the snow was continuous and caused accumulations of more than 1 meter with drifts exceeding 2 meters in Kamchatka.
Mar 22, 2016
Howard
Huge Dust Storms Like 'Deja Vu' in South Australia (Mar 17)
Charmaine Holland, of Nain in the Barossa Valley, said the red dust storm on March 17 was “the most impressive” she had seen. Her farmland was ravaged by the Pinery fire last November and yesterday’s winds stirred up loose topsoil from the damaged properties, causing low visibility in the area.
Travis O’Callaghan, of Travis Earth Wines in the Barossa Valley, said he spotted the dust storm as he was heading home, about 4.30pm.
“Two minutes after I took (a) photo, I could barely see 20m in front of me,” he said.
“We had so many dust storms here in the last few months it’s not funny,” Charmaine Holland said.
She said seeing the latest dust storm approach was “nerve-racking”.
“It was like deja vu,” she said. “Everything was going blood red.”
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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/storms-forecast-...
Mar 23, 2016
KM
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/299765/flooding-hits-west-co...
Flooding hits West Coast, Nelson, Tasman
A local state of emergency has been declared on the West Coast after flooding forced the evacuation of nearly 200 people in Franz Josef.
Flooding has also hit Nelson and Tasman, and trees have brought down power lines in Auckland as wild weather lashes the country.
Douglas Drive at Franz Josef, just before daybreak today Photo: NZTA
The Waiho River breached its bank near Franz Josef about 11.50pm last night.
Glacier Country Helicopter pilot Gus Gordon, who surveyed the area this morning, said the main flow of the river was now going through the Mueller Scenic Hotel, north of Franz Josef.
What you need to know
He said the Franz Josef Glacier had uncovered a lot of gravel as it retreated, which had washed into the river and left nowhere for the water to go when in flood.
Flooding on a road near Franz Josef todayPhoto: NZTA
Mr Gordon said locals had known such a flood was likely.
"It's something that everybody's well aware of, it probably was just a matter of when and how much rainwater it would take to do it."
In recent weeks, he said, the council had been doing work on the river bank but had not reached the area where the breach occurred.
Glacier Country Tourism Group chair Rob Jewell said 80 of the evacuated tourists were staying in a welfare centre.
Ensuring the welfare of the town's guests was key, he said.
Authorities said 186 people were evacuated at different stages as the river first made its way to the hotel and then moved towards the Top Ten Holiday Park and the Westwood Lodge.
Westland Civil Defence public information manager Andy Thompson told Morning Report it was not a normal flooding, with the river potentially creating a new channel through the area.
Some cars in the hotel car park had been submerged and there was water flowing through the hotel and grounds, he said.
Mar 24, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3515564/Deep-South-bracing-...
Trapped in the eye of the storm: Oklahoma is battered by multiple tornadoes while Arkansas is hit by 'life-threatening' flash floods as dangerous weather causes havoc across the South and Midwest
At least nine people were injured and authorities were evaluating the damage in northeastern Oklahoma after severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns and flooding which is feared to be 'life threatening'.
National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Jankowski said a tornado touched down and lifted up numerous times as it swept through the northern Tulsa and Owasso areas. The service said the rapidly growing floods could be life threatening and people were warned to stay off the roads.
The City of Tulsa said in a statement that several roads were closed and police and fire crews were canvassing the city. The Streets and Water Departments are assisting with road barricades and debris removal.
Jankowski said the Weather Service received reports of lofted debris, trees down and some structural damage. NBC News reported that nine were injured in the storms.
A tornado was caught on camera north of the Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma
At least nine people were injured and authorities were evaluating the damage in northeastern Oklahoma after severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns Wednesday night, authorities said
A tornadic storm passes over north Tulsa on Wednesday. The National Weather Service is confirming multiple tornado touchdowns in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area
Little Rock Fire Capt. Steve Kotch, right, and an unidentified woman stumble and fall into the water as Kotch uses a cable safety line to rescue her from her flooded car in Boyle Park in Little Rock, Arkansas
Lightning and heavy rains hit central Arkansas during the evening rush hour. Here the trapped woman is led to safety
Mar 31, 2016
KM
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Snow falls in Guadeloupe in extraordinary weather phenomenon
Residents film the falling flakes on Thursday
No, it is not an April Fools Day joke, snowflakes actually fell in the neighbouring French island of Guadeloupe.
The event, which was described as ‘exceptional’ by a French meteorologist took place on Thursday, March 31 in the municipality of St. Claude.
Reports from French media indicate that a very fine snowfall blanketed the hills above the town.
French meteorologist, Alain Museleque, explained the extraordinary phenomenon on Guadeloupe Premiere TV.
“We had a mass of clouds that arrived over St. Claude,” he said in French and translated by McCathy Marie. “Accompanying this mass of clouds was some very cold air. In this very cold air, in the mass of clouds, we had the creation of some snowflakes which fell to the ground. This has never before been seen in Guadeloupe. This is an exceptional event that we will never forget.”
Two weeks ago in the same area, in a residential district which is just below La Soufriere Volcano overlooking the Town of Basse Terre, residents were surprised to see hailstones falling from the sky.
Apr 3, 2016
Howard
200-Mile Dust Storm in Texas Shows up on Radar (Apr 6)
The storm, which threw dust more than 2,000ft in the air, spanned more than 200 miles - from the Oklahoma Panhandle to Lubbock, Texas
Incredible pictures are emerging of this gigantic dirt storm, that looked like a massive, gray tidal wave taking over the horizon. The storm even showed up on National Weather Service radar.
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http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/video-shows-massive-dust-tsu...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3526934/Dust-storm-blankets...
http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/Dust-Storm-100-Miles-Wide-Bla...
Apr 8, 2016
KM
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Terrifying moment flash floods swamp bridge in minutes in Saudi Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula is currently being hit by extreme weather from Saudi Arabia to Oman.
Hailstorms, floods, tornadoes and now… Flash floods.
Watch the terrifying moment flash floods engulfs a river bed in Saudi Arabia, and how the flood water swamp the bridge in seconds!
Hard to believe but reports suggest everyone is safe!
Apr 11, 2016
KM
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Apocalyptical mudflow sweeps cars away and destroys shops in Jizan, Saudi Arabia
This biblical mudflow devastated the Aldair Bani Malik governorate in Jizan region, Saudi Arabia on April 13, 2016.
Cars, trucks, trees, rocks, houses… Everything was swept away. Discover this extreme weather phenomenon in pictures and videos.
Saudi Arabia is experiencing extremely bad weather since a week.
The Jizan Region is situated in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia and boarders Yemen. Its capital, Jazan City sits on the coast of the Red Sea and serves a large agricultural heartland that has a population of 1.5 million.
Jazan has a hot desert climate and average annual temperatures above 30 °C (86 °F). Heavy rain thus rapidly produce flash floods and mudslide resulting such rare and insane weather pictures.
One person was killed and 32 others injured during the extreme rains on Wednesday.
This is not much considering that the mudflow and flashfloods unexpectedly swept through an open market, broke into shops, houses and mosques while sweeping away a number of vehicles.
The region has been now placed under high alert. Do not get too clode to mountainous valleys and streams due to the sudden floods and water fluctuations.
Oh my god… This was creepy!
The furious water swept everything on its path!
Apr 14, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3544550/Floods-hit-Chil...
Floods hit Chilean capital, cut water to millions
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Heavy rains have caused severe flooding and cut water service to 4.5 million people around Chile's capital, Santiago, officials said Sunday.
The Rio Mapocho flooded several districts of the city and landslides killed at least one person. Seven others were missing, and officials said some 300 people had been evacuated. Power was cut to more than 80,000 people in Santiago and the provinces of Valparaiso and O'Higgins.
The huge El Teniente operation of the state-run Codelco mining company was forced to close. Officials said schools would be shuttered as well.
A National Police officer stands next to a flooded street in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Authorities say the Rio Mapocho flooded several districts of the city and landslides killed at least one person. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
City official Claudio Orrego said that while the Mapocho didn't overflow its banks, a problem with a tunnel led water to spill into the city.
Orrego said water service was cut to at least 4.5 million people due to contamination caused by the flooding. Authorities urged residents to limit water use until the problem is past.
A national police bus carry's people who need to cross a flooded street in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Authorities say the Rio Mapocho flooded several districts of the city and landslides killed at least one person. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A woma and her dog stand near a flooded street in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Authorities say the Rio Mapocho flooded several districts of the city and landslides killed at least one person. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A man cleans a bicycle in a flooded street in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Authorities say the Rio Mapocho flooded several districts of the city and landslides killed at least one person. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Two police armored vehicles stand in a flooded street due heavy rains in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Authorities say the Rio Mapocho flooded several districts of the city and landslides killed at least one person. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Office supplies float in a flooded basement in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Authorities say the Rio Mapocho flooded several districts of the city and landslides killed at least one person. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A woman looks at a flooded basement in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Authorities say the Rio Mapocho flooded several districts of the city and landslides killed at least one person.
Apr 18, 2016
Tracie Crespo
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At least 2 dead, hundreds rescued from high water in Houston flooding
By Michael Pearson and Melissa Gray, CNN
Updated 5:55 PM ET, Mon April 18, 2016
Apr 19, 2016
KM
http://floodlist.com/america/uruguay-severe-weather-leaves-7-dead-3...
Uruguay – Severe Weather Leaves 7 Dead, Over 3,000 Displaced
Severe weather has affected Uruguay since Friday 15 April 2016, with a tornado and several floods causing the deaths of at least 7 people. One person has been reported as missing and over 3,000 people have evacuated their homes.
The heavy rain began to fall on 15 April 2016, with a peak on Saturday 16 April. According to the Uruguayan National Meteorological Institute (Institudo Uruguayo de Meteorología, INUMET) as much as 180 mm in 24 hours was observed in Rocha, in the east of Uruguay, on the 16 April 2016. The same day 150 mm of rain in 24 hours have been recorded at the San José station and 140 mm in Florida, both of them in the south of the country.
Significant rain has been observed also on Sunday 17 April 2016, with a maximum of 121.5 mm in 24 hours recorded at Pasos de los Toros station in Tacuarembó Department, in central Uruguay.
The last update of the meteorological bulletin issued by INUMET, reports Orange Alert (level 3 of 4) all over the country, with heavy rains and severe wind gusts expected.
Tornado in Dolores
On the afternoon of Friday 15 April, 2016 a tornado hit Dolores, a town of 20,000 inhabitants in Soriano Department, close to the Argentinian border. Four people have reportedly died as a result.
The tornado reached peaks of 250 km/h, causing four casualties and more than two hundred injured. According to the National System of Emergency (Sistema Nacional de Emergencias, SINAE) significant damage to houses and buildings has been reported.
The Soriano area is well known for tornadoes, with almost a yearly occurrence, although usually in non-urbanised areas, where they develop without issue and causing little to no damage to the local population.
Floods Force Thousands to Evacuate
As an effect of the heavy rain that occurred in Uruguay in the last 72 hours, water levels in the rivers have risen significantly and the number of people forced to leave their homes reached 3,663.
According to SINAE, 1,280 of them have been evacuated by local Civil Defence authorities. Displacement of people took place in all the departments of Uruguay, although mostly in Colonia and San José, with 1,228 and 1,250 people evacuated respectively.
Flood Related Deaths
At least three people have lost their lives while they were trying to cross flooded rivers or roads. One victim died in Rocha Department, one in Maldonado and one in Canalones. A fourth person is missing in San José, reported to have been dragged away by the water flow.
Flooding also caused 32 roadblocks, forcing also the closure of the national highway connecting the capital Montevideo with Sacramento de la Colonia and to Argentina.
Apr 19, 2016
jorge namour
Bad weather in Rio de Janeiro, BRASIL
bike path built for the Olympics collapses at sea: 2 dead [PHOTOS]
April 21, 2016
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Rio de Janeiro, bike path collapses due to bad weather: at least 2 dead, the dramatic images
Two people died this morning, in Rio de Janeiro, following the collapse of part of a new cycle track of about 4 km inaugurated last January and built along the coast with cliffs in the ocean.
According to firefighters, after the collapse of the track they ended up in the sea four riders, two of them rescued lifeless.
The accident 'occurred at the height of the Sao Conrado district, in the southern area of the city. The landslide covered about 50 meters of track, causing a huge crater in the cliffs and the ocean.
Yet unknown cause, although eyewitnesses claim that the sea is particularly rough he dealt the final blow to an already 'precarious structure.
The bike lane Tim Maia, on Avenida Niemeyer, is located a few hundred meters away from House Italy, the site chosen by the Italian athletes in the Olympics at the start on August 5th.
The inauguration of the track, The ribbon cutting was made on 17 January by the mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, himself, who on this occasion had called "the bike lane most 'beautiful in the world."
Apr 23, 2016
KM
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Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 165 degrees, near world record
Wherever you live or happen to travel to, never complain about the heat and humidity again.
In the city of Bandar Mahshahr (population of about 110,000 as of 2010), the air felt like a searing 165 degrees (74 Celsius) today factoring in the humidity.
Although there are no official records of heat indices, this is second highest level we have ever seen reported.
To achieve today’s astronomical heat index level of 165, Bandar Mahshahr’s actual air temperature registered 115 degrees (46 Celsius) with an astonishing dew point temperature of 90 (32 Celsius).
Chart showing temperature, dew point in index in Bandar Mahshahr over last 36 hours, using National Weather Service heat index value calculations. (Brian McNoldy)
This 165 reading, recorded at 4:30 p.m. local time Friday, comes one day after the heat index soared to 159 degrees (70 Celsius) in the same location.
Bandar Mahshahr sits adjacent to the Persian Gulf in southwest Iran where water temperatures are in the 90s. Such high temperatures lead to some of the most oppressive humidity levels in the world when winds blow off the sweltry water.
Location of Bandar Mahshahr, Iran portrayed by red marker. (Google map)
In southeast Iran, also along the Persian Gulf, Jask, Iran observed a heat index of 156 degrees (69 Celsius) on Friday (air temperature 102.2 degrees with a dew point of 91.4 degrees).
Although there are no official records, 178 degrees (81 Celsius) is the highest known heat index ever attained. It was observed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on July 8, 2003. In his book Extreme Weather, weather historian Christopher Burt says Dhahran, also on the Persian Gulf, registered an air temperature of 108 degrees (42 Celsius) and a dew point of 95 (35 Celsius), which computes to such an extreme heat index level.
This week’s extreme heat index values have occurred as a punishing heat wave has engulfed the Middle East.
On Thursday, Baghdad soared to 122 degrees (50C) – though its dew point was a lowly 44 (7 Celsius) given its desert environs. That combination produced a heat index of 115 – the dry air taking a slight edge off the blistering temperatures.
Some of the hottest places on Earth
A massive high pressure ridge or “heat dome” responsible for the excessive heat doesn’t look to budge for several days, at least.
Apr 25, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3559520/Now-April-SNOW-show...
It's nearly May but it's SNOWING in London: Capital is hit by blast of 'thundersnow' as band of Arctic weather sweeps south - and it's going to last all week
Snow and sleet has fallen in many parts of the UK as temperatures struggle to get into double figures with the prospect of a Spring-like May a long way off.
Despite the time of year, forecasters are warning the unsettled picture will continue for much of the week with freezing conditions in many parts.
Thunder, lightning and sleet showers are expected with some in northern areas witnessing heavy snowfall, including on the North Yorkshire Moors and parts of Scotland.
The blizzard seen all over the UK were reminiscent of the bizarre scenes on the very same day 35 years ago, when snowstorms hit the British spring.
Cars were buried on the roads as the nation was blanketed in a thick layer of snow on April 26 1981, which saw the worst blizzards for that time of year in a century.
A heavy downfall of snow stops play at the Oval, London during the Specsavers County Championship Division One match
Snow falls in Tooley Street by London Bridge station in central London earlier today as forecasters warn the unsettled picture will continue
Thunder, lightning and sleet showers are expected with some in northern areas witnessing heavy snowfall. Pictured: Heavy snow falls across Teesside, Middlesbrough, making for tricky driving conditions
It was reminiscent of the off weather 35 years ago, which brought the coldest spell of weather the UK had experienced at this time of year since 1908. Pictured are scenes in the West Midlands after the great wet snowstorm on April 26 1981
Apr 27, 2016
Derrick Johnson
Photos Show Indians Scrambling For Resources Amid Deadly Drought And Heat Wave
Temperatures topped 100 — unusual for this time of year — and rainfall has been scant.
Millions of people in India are sweltering amid a scorching early season heatwave and a brutal drought.
India is experiencing severe water shortages after at least two consecutive years of inadequate rainfall, its government said. At the same time, states in central, eastern and southern India have recorded unusually high temperatures this month, topping 100 degrees.
Temperatures that hot normally occur later in the year, state meteorologist Y.K. Reddy told The Associated Press. The country usually experiences high temperatures just before the monsoon season starts in early June, AP added.
Water in the country’s major reservoirs was at 23 percent of total storage capacity earlier this month, according to the Times of India.
Some 330 million people, or one-quarter of the Indian population, are suffering from consequences of the drought, the government said last week.
Tens of thousands of people have migrated from rural to urban areas in search of better access to water, food and jobs. Many of those migrants have left behind women, children and the elderly to fend for themselves, Reuters reported.
Schools were shut in some regions, and Indian Premier League cricket matches were ordered to move from western Maharashtra state due to concerns that water would be wasted in maintaining grounds, AFP reported.
Water availability in the country’s major reservoirs was at 23 percent of total storage capacity. A dog drinks water from a puddle next to cracked soil at the dried-up Manjara dam in Osmanabad, India.
India’s notorious pre-monsoon heat waves have killed scores of people in the past — 22,562 people have died as a result of them since 1992 — and this year’s water shortages have exacerbated the heat. At least 160 people have died as a result of this year’s heat.
Last week, a 12-year-old girl in Beed, a village in Maharashtra state, died after suffering a heat stroke and dehydration as temperatures soared to about 107, according to The Indian Express.
The Indian government had dispatched trains carrying water to some areas, but many people say these measures have been insufficient. A group of over 100 activists and public figures penned an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, calling the government’s drought response “sadly listless” and “lacking in both urgency and compassion.”
Meteorologists say rainfall may be normal during this year’s monsoon season, projected to start in June, due to weakened effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon.
Take a look at photos, taken in April, that show how Indians are coping with the heat and drought.
Apr 28, 2016
jorge namour
Switzerland April 27-29 2016
https://web.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/posts/1805128386376921
More photos from Grisons, Switzerland of grapegrowers protecting their vineyards from frost damage on April 27-29
Severe Weather Europe added 2 new photos
Fightning against morning frost in Fläsch, Switzerland!
From a link:
Frost out of season in Switzerland: candles lit to warm the grapes!
In recent days the Alps was very cold, with temperatures well below zero, and far lower than the average for the period. Swiss farmers, as well, have endeavored to warm the vines turning of large candles.
Apr 30, 2016
KM
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/caught-on-camera-sev...
Caught on camera: Severe floods wash road away
Saturday, April 30, 2016, 8:04 AM - Road washouts are a common threat of extreme weather, but most people don't witness one while it's actually happening.
A Facebook user whose profile is titled Allen N Laneigh Childers managed to catch one on camera on Friday, and we must say, we didn't expect it to be so ... slow-motion. At first, you can barely tell the road surface is moving, until the process accelerates and the two large storm drain pipes are simply tipped upwards and brushed aside by the strength of the floodwaters.
"Just experienced this," Childers wrote when the video was posted to Facebook. "When someone says do not drive across a flooded road keep this in mind."
The video was shot in Lindale, in the northeast of Texas, which has been wracked by damaging weather this past week. The Dallas Morning News reports several people were injured in Lindale, where a possible tornado was reported.
Across Texas and Arkansas, Friday's storms caused torrential rains of several inches and damaging winds, as well as a handful of suspected tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma, according to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center.
Hail larger than the size of golf balls was also reported across the region.
The Weather Channel reports water rescues are underway in parts of Texas and Arkansas as high waters linger from the torrential rains.
Another round of severe weather is in store for the same area of the U.S. Saturday, with flash flood and severe thunderstorm watches or warnings widespread from Texas and Oklahoma to Arkansas and Mississippi, including almost all of Louisiana.
May 1, 2016
KM
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201604300023.html
Quake dries up centuries-old Kumamoto water source
MINAMI-ASO, Kumamoto Prefecture--For hundreds of years, the sacred Shioisha spring here has provided water for drinking and irrigation in this village in the shadow of Mount Aso.
But the fountainhead, which gushed about five tons of spring water a minute, has dried up since the magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck the prefecture early on April 16. Its disappearance has local residents baffled.
“I was absolutely flabbergasted to hear that Shioisha spring has dried up. It turns my world upside down,” said 95-year-old Natsuko Goto, who was taking shelter at an elementary school after the earthquake. “What will happen now?”
Shioisha spring is located on the premises of Shioijinja shrine.
According to Sachio Hirose, the 63-year-old parish representative, there are many fountainhead springs in Minami-Aso, which has been dubbed “the village where water is born.” However, Shioisha spring is the one that has been worshipped by local residents as the sacred spring where the "god of water" dwells.
Its abundant waters have been a blessing for local rice farmers.
Every year, the planting of rice seedlings starts at the beginning of May in Minami-Aso, but at the moment, there is no water to irrigate the rice paddies, casting a dark shadow over the village and its agricultural production.
“The headspring had been gushing water out for the past centuries and sustaining people’s livelihoods,” Hirose said. “I can’t believe this is happening in my lifetime.”
May 1, 2016
KM
https://www.sott.net/article/317514-Massive-sandstorm-sweeps-throug...
Massive sandstorm sweeps through China's Xinjiang, Qinghai
On Sunday, high winds whipped up the sandstorm in Xinjiang's Aksu Prefecture, dropping visibility to less than 900 meters.
The sandstorm has also disrupted road traffic and caused flight cancellations and delays.
In Korla County, the storm significantly slowed down traffic and caused residents to suffer breathing difficulties.
The local meteorological department said that the sandstorm is expected to last through Monday.
Another sandstorm coupled with winds of up to 70 kilometers per hour also hit Golmud County in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, disrupting traffic in several streets.
Local forecasters said that sandstorms and high winds are expected in multiple districts of the prefecture within the next 12 hours.
In recent years, China has seen extremely high levels of air pollution particularly in the northeast, the industrial heartland of the country.
Scientific studies attribute 1.4 million premature deaths per year to China's smog, or almost 4,000 per day.
May 2, 2016
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-destroys-fort-mcmur...
Wildfire destroys Fort McMurray homes, most of city evacuated
Thousands of people are fleeing Fort McMurray as wildfire leaps highway and into city
RAW: Video of Fort McMurray fire from a helicopter 0:59
A huge wildfire raging in Fort McMurray, Alta., has burned homes in some neighbourhoods and residents fleeing the fire have caused gridlock on Highway 63 leading south out of the city.
Robin Smith, a spokesman for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, confirmed to CBC News that homes in Beacon Hill and the Centennial Trailer Park have been destroyed.
The fire is now threatening Abasand and Grayling Terrace.
The municipality said the fire breached Highway 63 at the MacKenzie Boulevard intersection south of the city.
The lower townsite and downtown area, now including MacDonald Island Park, and 10 neighbourhoods in the oilsands city have been placed under mandatory evacuation orders because of the fire.
That's forced 29,000 out of their homes making it the largest evacuation from wildfire in the province's history, surpassing the Slave Lake firefive years ago.
The Abasand, Beacon Hill, Dickensfield, Grayling Terrace, Wood Buffalo, Thickwood, Waterways, Saline Creek, Draper and Gregoire neighbourhoods are under mandatory evacuation notices and residents have been ordered to leave their homes.
Most residents were being urged to go to Noralta Lodge 20 km north of Fort McMurray, but with the Noralta filling up, newcomers are being sent on the Gray Wolf Lodge.
Gregoire residents are being asked to go to the Anzac Recreation Centre, south of Fort McMurray.
The province has closed Highway 63 and Highway 881 to Fort McMurray to all non-essential travel.
'It's probably all blown away now'
The fire had barely hit the Centennial Trailer Park before John Davidson and his girlfriend Joanne Bates had lost everything.
"It was the second one to go," said Davidson. "It's probably all blown away now."
Behind him, the flames consumed what was left of the trailer park where his former home sat.
Davidson and Bates had lived there for more than a year and had everything, including vehicles and two snowmobiles there.
"Everything I worked for for the last two years, it's all gone," said Davidson.
While the two commend the RCMP and the fire department, they are upset that they weren't able to get into the trailer park to get their belongings.
"It's a disaster," said Bates. "I think it's not fair. They didn't even let us take our things, so we lost everything."
May 4, 2016
Mark
Was that really only seven days ago? Temperatures will hit a balmy 26C this weekend – just a week after the North of England was blanketed by snow
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3576916/What-difference-wee...
You could be forgiven for thinking these photos had been taken six months apart.
In fact, just seven days after Carolyn Bointon made her way across a snow-covered Alsop Moor in a scarf and woollen hat, she enjoyed a stroll across the same Peak District beauty spot in T-shirt and shorts. And she may well be cheered to hear that the warm weather – expected to hit 26C (79F) in the South tomorrow, beating the Mediterranean – is set to continue.
But if this week’s sun-kissed lunch breaks have had you planning a weekend barbecue, you may also want to keep an umbrella to hand.
The Met Office has issued warnings for torrential downpours, thunder and even hail across the UK today.
Storms will first rumble in South-West England and Wales before spreading east and northwards. Sunbathers are also warned to be on high alert for 20mm-wide hailstones predicted to pepper the country.
However, any clouds are set to part by tomorrow, meaning Sunday will see blue skies and temperatures of well above the typical temperature for May of 16C (61F).
Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said that despite the warm weather, patches of extreme rain could be ‘quite intense’.
‘The temperatures are well above average for this time of year but the warm and humid air will mean that any showers that do develop are likely to become torrential downpours,’ he added.
May 7, 2016
KM
http://floodlist.com/africa/rwanda-floods-landslides-gakenke-muhanga
Rwanda – At Least 49 Killed in Floods and Landslides, 500 Homes Destroyed
Landslides and floods hit several parts of Rwanda between 07 and 08 May 2016 after a period of heavy rainfall. Government officials say that at least 49 deaths have been recorded so far. Some of the victims drowned in flood water, others died after houses collapsed under the heavy rain or landslide.
The worst hit areas are the districts of Gakenke and Muhanga. As many as 34 people have died in Gakenke, 8 in Muhanga, 4 in Rubavu and 3 in Ngororero. Around 26 injuries have also been reported.
Reports from the Ministry for Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs say that over 500 houses have been completely destroyed, leaving thousands homeless.
The disaster comes just days before the country hosts the World Economic Forum on Africa, which will be held in Kigali from 11 to 13 May 2016.
Roads, Power and Water Supplies Damaged
The floods and landslides have also caused damage to roads and transport infrastructure. Some roads have been completely blocked and officials say that the Kigali-Muhanga and Kigali-Musanze roads are closed in order to prevent risks for commuters.
Electricity supply has also been interrupted after power cables in Gakenke were downed during the heavy rain.
Supply of drinking water has also been cut. Water and Sanitation Corporation Limited (WASAC Ltd) say that it has temporally suspended water treatment at the Nzove treatment plants due to heavy rain which has caused “high water turbidity.” The company said that “There will be water supply interruptions in some areas of Kigali, Kacyiru, Remera and Kicukiro.”
Government Reaction
The Rwandan government has expressed its solidarity with families affected by the disasters, and Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi has assured families affected by the disasters of the government’s support.
In a statement issued earlier today, the government said:
the disasters of the government's support.
May 10, 2016
Howard
Dramatic Footage of Gigantic Tornado in Colorado (May 7)
One twister touched down north of Wray in Yuma County on Saturday evening, leaving at least five people with injuries and causing damage to buildings and other structures.
The tornado was rated an EF2 by the National Weather Service (NWS) after the damage was surveyed on Sunday.
The tornado caused damage from County Road 37 to County Road 42 near Highway 385.
The storm also produced baseball-sized hail in some parts of Colorado.
At least five tornadoes hit Yuma County, according to the NWS.
Source
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/us-weather/extrem...
May 11, 2016
KM
http://www.koco.com/weather/rare-backwards-tornado-discovered-durin...
Rare, backwards tornado discovered during Monday's outbreak
A closer look at the anticyclonic tornado track
OKLAHOMA CITY —Most tornadoes spin counter-clockwise, but during Monday's tornado outbreak, one tornado was spinning clockwise or backwards.
Anticyclonic tornadoes are very, very rare, but a tornado near Roff, Oklahoma, was on the ground for almost 13 miles.
An anticyclonic twister developed about 6 miles north-northwest of Sulphur and moved northeast. The tornado has been rated as an EF1 tornado with winds up to 110 mph.
The tornado was likely wrapped in precipitation and not very visible. At the same time, a larger EF-3 tornado was on the ground, moving to the east, about 6 miles to the west of the anticyclonic tornado. One could even consider this rare tornado as it satellite tornado to moved around the larger tornadic circulation.
Click on the related content to see what both tornadoes looked like with Doppler radar imagery
May 12, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3594046/What-happened-Sprin...
Brrrrrr-ing back Spring! New England is covered in a record-breaking SEVEN inches of snow turning it back into a winter-wonderland in mid May
It's only one month until the official start of summer.
The sun should be coming out and homeowners are already thinking about dusting off the grills.
But snow is still falling at a record-breaking rate in parts of the United States while others are still experiencing unseasonably brisk conditions.
The National Weather Service says the town of Perham in Maine saw 7.5 inches on Monday as temperatures plummeted 15 degrees below normal in cities across the north east.
The mercury dropped into the 30s following a surprising blast of arctic air.
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New England has seen record-breaking levels of storm over the weekend for this late in May. There was 4.5 inches in the northern Maine town of Caribou (pictured)
Caribou (pictured) got a thick layer of snow while the northern Maine town of Perham got 7.5 inches
At the same time, 4.5 inches was recorded in the northern Maine town of Caribou.
The wintry dustings set a record for the most snow this late in May.
Six inches of snow also fell in Caswell and New Sweden, Maine, according to CBS News.
In northern New Hampshire, Pittsburg recorded 2.5 inches. The Vermont towns of Middlesex and Hyde Park and near Pomfret got 2 inches Monday morning.
The snow, however, is not expected to be around for long.
According to multiple forecasts, temperatures are set to rise, with rain in northern New Hampshire and Maine.
According to Weather.com, the Alaskan city of Fairbanks recorded a top of 82 degrees on Saturday.
Was warmer warmer than cities cities such as Boston, Cleveland and Denver have seen so far in 2016.
May 17, 2016
KM
http://floodlist.com/asia/sri-lanka-floods-landslides-may-2016
Sri Lanka – Deadly Floods and Landslides After 355mm of Rain in 24 Hours
An area of low pressure above Sri Lanka has caused heavy rainfall across the country since 14 May 2016. Some locations saw over 350 mm (13.77 inches) of rain fall in 24 hours. Floods and landslides have caused havoc in as many as 19 districts of the country, including around Colombo. Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology say in a 24 hour period 15 to 16 May, Colombo recorded 256 mm of rain. According to WMO figures, the mean total rainfall for Colombo in April is 245.6 mm
Strong winds, lightning and falling trees have also caused major damage.
Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) report said that since 13 May, over 200,000 people have been affected, with 134,000 currently displaced and staying in 176 relief camps set up for the victims. Almost 1,300 homes have been damaged and 68 destroyed.
DMC said in a report yesterday that at least 8 people have died in the severe weather since 13 May, with at least 9 more still missing. One person died in floods in Wattala, Gampaha, Western Province. Four of the deaths occurred after a landslide in Dehiovita, Kegalle, Sabaragamuwa Province.
The other three victims died in separate incidents; one as a result of a fallen tree, another after lightning strike, and the third as a result of electrocution from fallen power cables.
DMC officials added that 2 people are missing after a landslide in Imbulpe, Ratnapura, also in Sabaragamuwa Province.
The Sri Lanka Army say that they are carrying out search and rescue operations in Ilukwaththa, Ranmalaka, Pilimathalawa, Kandy District, where a landslide destroyed two houses, burying six people, late on 16 May 2016.
Flood Defences
Teams from Sri Lanka navy have been drafted in to help shore up flood defences, including around the country’s Parliament Complex, which was threatened by floods from the rising levels of Diyawanna Lake.
Further naval personnel were deployed for flood relief duties in Thalduwa, Rajagiriya, Wellampitiya, Malwana and Kegalle areas.
Rainfall and Forecast
Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology say that, during a 24 hour period between 15 and 16 May, Deraniyagala recorded 355.5 mm of rain, Colombo 256 mm, Katunayake 262mm, Ratmalana 190mm, Mannar 185.5 mm and Trincomalee 182.4 mm.
Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology said earlier today the situation I likely to improve over the next 24 hours, although some further rainfall is expected. In a statement today, they said:
May 18, 2016
Derrick Johnson
Spring Has Sprung In The Arctic ... But It’s Way Too Early For It
NOAA just reported the earliest snowmelt in 78 years of recorded history.
One of the coldest places on Earth is already starting to see signs of spring — a good month or two before it should, according to researchers.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday that Barrow Observatory, located 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, just reported the earliest snowmelt in 78 years of recorded history.
“It looks like late June or early July right now,” David Douglas, a research biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said in a statement.
The remote Alaska observatory is usually one of the last places in the United States to see its snow begin to vanish. This year, however, the snowmelt began May 13, a full 10 days earlier than the previous record set in 2002.
Welcome to the terrifying realities of global climate change.
(The animation above from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows the fracturing and rotation of sea ice near Alaska from April 1-24.)
The worrisome snow melt comes on the heels of a record-warm Alaska winter, which saw temperatures average more than 11 degrees above normal, according to NOAA. The agency also recently announced that April 2016 was the 12th consecutive month to set a global temperature record.
Douglas said the melt in Alaska illustrates how fragile and dynamic the Arctic’s ice coverage has become. In addition to an early snowmelt, he and other scientists are expecting 2016 to see a record low for sea ice in the Arctic.
“Polar bears are having to make their decisions about how to move and where to go on thinner ice pack that’s mostly first-year ice,” Douglas said.
And the repercussions don’t stop there.
George Divoky, a wildlife biologist who heads the Friends of Cooper Island research institute, said he expects the early melt-off will have drastic effects on Alaska wildlife, including Arctic bird species.
“It’s like a train wreck you can’t look away from,” Divoky said in a statement. “You never know what you’re going to see and this year’s as big a mystery as any.”
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arctic-snowmelt-2016_us_573f6fa...
May 21, 2016
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/flowers-cover-the-desert-in-saudi-...
After heavy rains and extreme weather in the south-western Saudi Arabian province, ‘Asir…
Flowers and grass cover the desertic ground around Bisha, Saudi Arabia.
From sand to prairies! Awesome flowering desert phenomenon!
May 23, 2016