It Just Snowed On Hawaii’s Big Island

Pack your swimsuit AND your parka.

Residents of Hawaii’s Big Island woke on Tuesday to find the summit of Mauna Kea volcano dusted with a fresh layer of summer snow.

Considered both the world’s tallest volcano and its tallest mountain (when measured from the ocean floor), Mauna Kea occasionally sees snow. But a storm in mid-June is relatively bizarre.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu said the dusting resulted from a combination of passing precipitation and “cold upper level temperatures.”

The dormant volcano, which rises 13,796 feet above sea level, was also hit by a rare storm last July that brought 1.5 inches of snow and icy conditions to the summit. 

The mountain’s weather is extremely unpredictable, according to the Mauna Kea Weather Center. 

“A calm sunny day may quickly become treacherous with hurricane force winds and blizzard conditions,” a MKWC statement warns. “Summit winds above 120 mph are not uncommon. Snowstorms have even occurred during the summer months.”

Summer skiing on a volcano in Hawaii — add that to your bucket list.

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Going, going, gone! Swirling sea swallows beachfront house in 10 SECONDS as crowd watches in shock 

• Footage shows crowd gathering by house as ocean waters rage
• Within a few seconds the house is consumed by the water
• The sea quickly calms with no indication the house has been sucked in 

A video has shown the shocking moment a house fell into the swirling sea in India.

Footage shows a crowd gathering around the house which is precariously close to the cliff edge.

The crowd chatter nervously as wind blows through the trees.

House on shoreline in India gets swallowed by the ocean

What's going to happen? A crowd gathers around a house about the fall into the ocean in India

Landslide! The crowd screams as the house begins to drop into the sea 

They begin to scream as the sea level rises, detaching the house from the bank so it sinks into the sea.

The house then dramatically sinks into the sea as the crowd screams.

The rushing waters over power it and it soon becomes completely consumed by the waters.

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Temperatures are already below zero in 42 Brazilians cities - and it will get colder in the next few days 
Winter is coming. For real. 
 In the state of Santa Catarina thermal sensation dropped to -22°C (-7.6°F). It was enough to freeze a cascade in the city of Morro das Torres. As you might imagine, this kind of event is not so frequent in Brazil - and it became an instant touristic attraction. 
Weather forecasts say that temperatures will continue next to zero in the next few days. In 42 cities in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina (in the extreme South of the country), temperatures will remain below zero. 

Massive Waterspout Hits Nassau, Bahamas (Jun 15)

Multiple waterspouts hit Andros and New Providence on Wednesday.

Dramatic video captures the immensity of this rare phenomenon.

Source

http://globalnews.ca/news/2767539/watch-massive-waterspout-spotted-...

Sicily fires, emergency degenerates in Palermo and Cefalu: "flames out of control, here we all die" [GALLERY] - ITALY

- June 16, 2016

Fire emergency in Sicily, the dramatic situation in Palermo and Cefalu: tragic appeal of the residents, "come and save us, or we all die like rats"

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dramatic situation in Sicily for fires, out of control: with the passing of hours, instead of improving, the situation is further compounding.

The two main problems were reported in the city Palermo and Cefalu.
In the capital of a vast cloud of smoke it envelops hours from the city, where the areas closest to Monte Pellegrino air and 'unbreathable.
In the port area, right at the foot of the Mount, visibility for several hours and 'it has been reduced because of the thick smoke. The flames have reached some houses and the population has been evacuated. The flames attacked in the afternoon also some facilities abandoned former Arenella chemistry. In there 'concern neighborhood to the materials that are burning in the former establishment.

A Cefalu, where do all the pictures in the gallery, the most difficult situation: hundreds of evacuees, citizens trapped and surrounded by flames, extensive damage to many homes. The dramatic appeal runs on the company: "come and save us, or we all die like rats."
A Cefalu were evacuated even some hospital patients and now promises a long and difficult night of fire, and the flames struggle.

The temperature is still high, of + 38 ° C. The strong sirocco wind prevents canadair to intervene massively

Golf-sized hailstones in the DESERT! Alice Springs smashed by wild weather as the East Coast prepares for a weekend battering

• A wild hailstorm has covered the Red Centre in sheet of white sleet
• Freak storm uprooted trees and caused flooding in parts of Alice Springs
• Bureau of Meteorology warned another super storm may hit east coast
• Comes just two weeks after storm devastated beach-front properties

Wild hailstorms have hit outback Australia as the east coast prepares for another battering over the weekend.

A powerful storm hammered Alice Springs on Friday afternoon bringing hailstones the size of golf balls and gale force winds to the town.

The freak storm uprooted trees and caused flash flooding, while parts of the Red Centre were covered in a sheet of white sleet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3646535/Alice-Springs-smashed-hail-East-Coast-prepares-battering-weekend.html

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Flash flooding overwhelmed the Cleveland Park Metro station on June 21, 2016, turning the escalators into waterfalls and forcing passengers to slog through standing water.

Trains bypassed the station for about two hours during the flooding in Washington DC.

The flooding turned escalators into waterfalls. 

Metro’s Red Line trains had to temporarily bypass Cleveland Park Tuesday evening at around 6:40 p.m. because of flash flooding.

The DC Subway Station was closed for nearly two hours until the water was drained and cleared at about 8:30 p.m.

The flash floods forced commuters to slog through standing water. 

This station is prone to flooding because it is at the bottom of a hill. In these extreme weather situations, it can be engulfed by flash flooding.

I would get terrified by the idea of drowning alive.

Large hailstones caused damage in the south of the Netherlands

20 Dead in West Virginia 100-Year Flood, 500,000 Without Power (Jun 24)

A state of emergency has been declared in 44 of 55 counties in West Virginia in the wake of storms and floods that hit the state on Thursday night. Twenty people have died, and hundreds are trapped inside a shopping mall cut off by the flooding.

Tornado and Hail Kill 98 in China, 800 Injured (Jun 23)

The death toll in eastern China skyrocketed to 98 after a powerful tornado and severe storms hit a densely populated area of farms and factories on Thursday.

Whole villages were levelled and huge trees felled when the tornado hit near the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu province, about 500 miles south of Beijing. Some 800 people were also injured.

The tornado, which struck around 2.30pm on Thursday, and accompanying hailstorms destroyed tens of thousands of houses as well as several manufacturing plants and rice mills.

More than 8,000 rescue workers had been scrambled from across Jiangsu province to join relief efforts, including police officers, active and reserve soldiers and firefighters.

Teacher Guo Haimei said the ferocious wind, blacked with dust and debris, seemed to descend out of nowhere onto her kindergarten and its 120 pupils.

"I was very scared. I had no idea what was happening," said Guo. "When I tried to close the door, my hand was injured by the wind pushing it back."

One day after the storm, rescuers on Friday continued searching for survivors in this densely populated area on the outskirts of the major city of Yancheng in Jiangsu province.

The twister was one of the most extreme weather events witnessed by China in recent years, leaving a swath of destruction with destroyed buildings, smashed trees and flipped vehicles on their roofs. A sprawling solar panel factory was shredded, forcing fire crews to secure toxic materials before they leaked into neighboring waterways.

As the death toll climbed to 98 on Friday, doctors said most of the 800 injured had broken bones and deep lacerations, especially on the head. Medical crews had been rushed to the area, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) south of Beijing.

Rescuers carried hurt villagers into ambulances and delivered food and water, while army units worked to clear roads blocked by trees, downed power lines and other debris. While the weather cleared Friday, forecasters were warning of the possibility of more heavy rain, hailstorms and even additional twisters.

"The people inside tried to run outside, but the wind was too strong so they couldn't," Xintu villager Wang Shuqing told an Associated Press reporter. "My family members were all inside, they all died. The police then came and took the bodies out. I can't bear it."

The disaster was declared a national-level emergency, and on a trip to Uzbekistan on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered the central government to provide all necessary assistance.

President Xi Jinping had ordered "all-out rescue efforts" after what the Xinhua news agency said was one of the worst disasters ever to hit Jiangsu.

It was also the worst tornado to hit China in half a century, it said.

Tents and other emergency supplies were being sent from Beijing, while schools and other facilities were used to shelter survivors, state broadcaster CCTV said.

Cellphone and security camera footage showed the tornado's debris-blackened funnel touching down and golf-ball size hailstones falling thick as rain. Terrified residents who sought to hold back doors that were subsequently blown in spoke of a "black wind" that tore the glass from all windows.

Reports said the tornado struck at about 2:30 p.m. and hit Funing and Sheyang counties on the city's outskirts the hardest, with winds of up to 125 kilometers (78 miles) per hour. Twisters of that magnitude are considered capable of inflicting moderate damage, but the accompanying hailstorm appeared to have also contributed significantly to the destruction that reduced farm buildings to mere piles of bricks and tiles.

Cars and trucks lay upside down, street light poles snapped in half, and steel electricity pylons lay crumpled on their side. Power and telephone communications were knocked out over a broad area.

"It was like the end of the world," local resident Xie Litian told Xinhua.

"I heard the gales and ran upstairs to shut the windows. I had hardly reached the top of the stairs when I heard a boom and saw the entire wall with the windows on it torn away."

“I’m 80 and I’ve never seen a tornado like this,” a man from Shuangqiao village in Yancheng told the local newspaper, Yanfu Daily, on Thursday night.

“After the wind subsided, I found that my house had collapsed entirely. Only a bit of wall, 30cm high, remained standing.”

Tornadoes occasionally strike southern China during the summer, but rarely with the scale of death and damage caused by the one on Thursday. Last year, a freak wind described as a tornado was blamed partly for causing a cruise ship to capsize in the mighty Yangtze River on June 1, killing 442 people.

Sources

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Rescuers desperately search damaged homes for survivors in West Virginia as Obama declares severe flooding which has killed at least 26 a 'major disaster' 

• Obama declared flooding in West Virginia a major disaster and directed White House staff to ensure FEMA is providing all appropriate help
• At least 26 people have died, including two kids, since up to 10 inches of rain started falling in the state Thursday
• Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties are three areas most devastated by the flooding
• More than 32,000 homes and businesses are still without power as authorities search and rescue survivors
• The death toll in West Virginia is the highest in any state from flooding this year as it's the worst flooding in more than a century there

President Barack Obama has declared the devastating flooding in West Virginia 'a major disaster' and extended his condolences to the families of the 26 people who lost their lives in the state.

In a statement, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said Obama spoke by phone to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Saturday while returning to Washington, D.C., from Seattle.

Schultz said Obama is committed to ensuring that Tomblin has the federal resources he needs for all recovery efforts. 

The president has directed White House staff to coordinate closely with Tomblin's team to make sure the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, is providing all appropriate assistance.

Heartbreaking: The death toll in West Virginia is the highest in any state from flooding this year as at least 26 people have died. Above West Virginia Natural Resources police officer Chris Lester searches a flooded and damaged home in Rainelle on Saturday

Up to 10 inches of rain fell on Thursday in the mountainous state, sending torrents of water from rivers and streams through homes causing widespread devastation. Above Lester searches a flooded home in Rainelle

West Virginia received one-quarter of its annual rainfall in a single day. Above Paul Raines walks through his flooded Western Auto store in Rainelle

President Barack Obama declared the devastating flooding in West Virginia 'a major disaster' on Saturday. Above extensive damage on State Highway 4 along the Elk River is pictured

The president extended his condolences to the families of the 26 people who lost their lives in the state due to the flooding. Above the damage on State Highway 4 in West Virginia along the Elk River is pictured

White House spokesman Eric Schultz said Obama spoke by phone to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Saturday. Above the damage on State Highway 4 in West Virginia along the Elk River is pictured

Tomblin asked for a federal major disaster declaration on Saturday for three counties - Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas - which were devastated by the state's worst flooding in more than a century.

The three counties were severely damaged by the flooding that began with heavy rains on Thursday. 

Tomblin said the state would follow up with requests for other counties that also sustained significant damage. 

The scope of damage in those three counties allowed him to make the request immediately, he said in a statement.

A FEMA team is expected to arrive on Saturday to assess the damage in West Virginia where more than 32,000 homes and businesses still were without power.

On Saturday, the PGA announced that the Greenbrier Classic that was to be held at the Greenbrier Resort, a luxury golf course in White Sulphur Springs, from July 7 to 10 is now cancelled.

The course is completely underwater and the resort owner and CEO, Jim Justice told The Weather Channel it would be 'a real mistake' to hold the event after such devastation since some of the heaviest rainfall hit that area. 

The resort, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark, is almost completely submerged underwater.

'It's like nothing I've seen,' said Justice. 'But our focus right now isn't on the property, the golf course or anything else. We're praying for the people and doing everything we can to get them the help they need.'

The resort said all actions are being taken to keep guests and resort employees safe. 

Professional golfer Bubba Watson posted pictures and videos of the flooded course on his Twitter on Friday, writing '1st hole tee shoot not so easy right now!' 

Strange Clouds Over Malaysia (Jun 27)

Strange looking clouds caught the attention of many in districts along the west coast of Sabah in northeastern Malaysia.

Sources

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50 dead and 12 missing as deadly flooding hits southern China

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Authorities say that three days of heavy rain in southern China have left 50 people dead and 12 missing.
The civil affairs department in central Hubei province said Sunday that torrential rains caused the deaths of 27 people and left 12 missing since Thursday.
Nearly 400,000 people have been evacuated or are in need of aid in the province.
In mountainous Guizhou province in the southwest, 23 people were confirmed dead after a landslide Friday.
Rainstorms soak the southern part of China every year, but this rainy season has been particularly wet.
The Yangtze River flood control headquarters has ordered local authorities to brace for severe floods.
More than 800 soldiers and rescuers are working with excavators to find the 12 people who remain missing.
The landslide involved more than 95,00 cubic meters of mud flow.
Rain and storms have wreaked havoc across south China since June 27.

Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2016/07/50-dead-and-12-missing-as-deadl...

Devastating flash floods kill 43 with scores still missing Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

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The death toll from a flash flood in in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province rose to 43 on Sunday, with over 40 injured and scores of others missing, officials said.
The provincial National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that Chitral district was the worst hit area where 31 people were killed, Xinhua news agency reported.
"The hill torrent washed away a mosque, a Pakistan army check post and nearby houses (35 full house damage, 47 partial house damage)," the NDMA said in a statement.
The torrential rain hit Ursoon village on Saturday night, which resulted in flash flood in the stream located near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the statement added.
Express News reported that eight security personnel were killed and four others seriously injured when flash flood swept away their check post in the district.
It added that 32 people were also injured in separate incidents of roof collapse.
Separately, in Haripur district, four people were killed and four others injured when the roof of their work site collapsed near Tarbela dam area, Latifur Rehman, spokesperson for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said.
Rescue teams from Pakistani army, paramilitary forces and PDMA have launched a search and relief operation.
The Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement that the troops have provided food, tents and medical aid to affected people in the Ursoon village.
An army helicopter has made five trips from Chitral to Ursoon and evacuated the injured, said the statement. A search operation for missing persons is ongoing.

Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2016/07/devasting-flash-floods-kill-43-...

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-07/04/content_38803007.htm

Second Yangtze warning issued on flooding peak

Severe drought on the border between Paraguay and Argentina [GALLERY]

July 4, 2016

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Fish and other animals (portrayed in the photos) are the first to suffer because of the drought, which unfortunately is rampant badly on the border between Paraguay and Argentina: Pilcomayo River is going through the worst drought in two decades

MAP: http://www.pilcomayo.net/marcoreferencia-7

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Record heat and abnormal flooding as Siberia gets freak weather

Some regions parched, others underwater in latest meteorological surprises.

Siberia's coldest region - the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia - also experienced a highly unusual heatwave. Picture:

On 1 July Ulan-Ude experienced its highest ever temperature on this day - a tropical 33.8C - causing a performance of the Republic of Buryatia's first national opera to be cut almost in half because of the stifling heat. 

Unprecedented high temperatures, up to 6C higher than average, have also hit Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions. Siberia's coldest region - the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia - also experienced a highly unusual heatwave.

At Bestyakh fur farm, the temperature was 32.2C, while Mirny hit 33.6C, Chumpuruk 33.8C, Habardino 34.7C and Kresty 35C.

Yet in Siberia's largest airport, Tolmachevo in Novosibirsk, a huge downpour left the main passenger terminal underwater. Checkin for flights had to be done manually because of the flooding. 

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Residents of Ulan-Ude and Yakutsk try to refresh in any way they can. Pictures: @_dejames_, CrimYakutia, @fainanega

Eyewitness Nikita Lapov told NGS: 'At about 9 am the shower began, a large group of people went out the airport, but could not reach their cars and buses, because of the rain. 

'They came back inside the airport. And in the check-in zone ceiling tiles were falling down. First, one fell, and the water poured down from the hole. Then three more fell down.' 

Heavy rains also hit Altai, Kemerovo and Omsk regions. In Omsk, on 2 July, a car 'drowned' in the big puddle near a multi-storey residential building on Lapteva Street. 

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Flood in Novosibirsk airport Tolmachevo. Car 'drowned' in Omsk. A girl swimming in puddle in Kemerovo. Pictures: Nikita Lapov, Ivan Shchipachev, Ju Mori

Locals say that the giant puddle was nicknamed the 'Laptev Sea'. The car was flooded with water up to the wheel. 

Eyewitness say that the driver was 'reckless and tried to drive through the puddle with the side window fully opened, so the water began to flood the vehicle interior very quickly'.

Local official Vladimir Kazimirov blamed the lack of a 'storm drain'. 'We have pumped out 30 barrels of water from Lapteva Street per night. 

'The problem is, that we have the storm drain  only on 22-23% of streets, the other are constantly flooded.' 

Floods in China kill almost 130, wipe out crops

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Severe flooding across central and southern China over the past week has killed almost 130 people, damaged more than 1.9 million hectares of crops and led to direct economic losses of more than 38 billion yuan ($5.70 billion), state media said on Tuesday.

Premier Li Keqiang traveled on Tuesday to Anhui, one of the hardest-hit provinces, where he met residents and encouraged officials to do everything they could to protect lives and livelihoods. Li was also to visit Hunan province.

Heavy rainfall had killed 128 people across 11 provinces and regions and 42 people are missing, state news agency Xinhua reported.

More than 1.3 million people have been forced out of their homes, it said.

Weather forecasts predicted more downpours during what is traditionally China's flood season.

Xinhua said more than 1.9 million hectares (4.7 million acres) of cropland had been damaged and another 295,000 hectares had been destroyed, resulting in direct economic losses of 38.2 billion yuan.

More than 40,000 buildings have also collapsed, it added.

It was not clear how that would affect the summer grain harvest, which was expected to reach 140 million tonnes this year.

The stormy weather also took a toll on farm animals.

In Anhui, the flooding killed some 7,100 hogs, 215 bulls and 5.14 million fowl, the China News Service reported.

In the southern province of Hunan, torrential rain and flooding had forced more than 100 trains to stop or take detours since midnight on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

In one city, about 3 tonnes of gasoline and diesel leaked from a petrol station on Monday, contaminating floodwater that flowed into a river, it said.

Water in 43 rivers in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River had exceeded warning levels and patrols were monitoring dykes, Xinhua quoted Chen Guiya, an official with the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission, as saying.

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China flooding: Wuhan on red alert for further rain

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The Chinese city of Wuhan is on red alert for more heavy rainfall, after torrential downpours overnight left parts of the city submerged.

Transport links and water and power supplies in the city of 10 million are severely affected, and some residents are trapped in their homes.

Flooding has killed more than 180 people and caused chaos across China.

Police in neighbouring Anhui province even warned that alligators from a farm there had escaped due to the flooding.

China floods in numbers

• 32 million people in 26 provinces across China have been affected by severe flooding
• 186 people died and 45 are missing
• 1.4 million people have been relocated
• 56,000 houses have collapsed

Source: The Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, figures accurate as of 3 July

Wuhan's meteorological office released the red alert on Wednesday. It said to expect wind and rain, and flooding in both urban and rural areas.

Chinese media is reporting that more than 560mm (1.8ft) of rain has fallen over the past week, the heaviest ever in the history of the city, which is on the Yangtze River.

Roads and metro stations were inundated with water, and trains cancelled.

Caught in the floods - Robin Brant, BBC News in Wuhan, eastern China

The last leg of the journey home for some people leaving Wuhan train station tonight is on foot, wading through the water.

A handful of couples passed me as I stood, almost up to my knees in it, at the traffic lights under the highway overpass by the railway station. A few coaches made it through the temporary pond, as did a few lorries. But there was no rush hour traffic in the worst hit suburbs tonight.

There is some respite; the rain has stopped for now. But as I write this there are still cars driving the wrong way down a highway slip road because the rain has blocked their route.

Water supplies have been cut off in some areas, and one residential district experienced a complete power black-out, according to local media.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, to oversee relief and rescue operations.

Meanwhile, China's President Xi Jinping, has ordered the army to step up its relief efforts across the country.

Amid the crisis, official figures for the number of dead have fluctuated. On Wednesday state television put the overall toll at about 170.

Social media is awash with pictures of torrents of water thundering through metro stations, submerged cars and buildings, and firemen rescuing stranded people from across fast-flowing rivers that had previously been residential streets.

Police in Anhui shared a notice from Wuhu County's tourism bureau, which said that alligators had escaped from a farm due to the flooding. The notice said people were still trying to verify how many alligators had escaped.

It is not the only animal story to have grabbed the public's attention. On Tuesday a rescue team saved 6,000 pigs which had been stranded at their farm.

Photos of farmers emotionally bidding the animals farewell had been widely shared on social media.

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/06/asia/gallery/china-floods/index.html

Above: Liuzhou Floods, Guangxi province

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Super Typhoon Slams Taiwan

Meteorologist Danielle Banks takes a look at Super Typhoon Nepartak on satellite and explains the impacts from the incredibly strong winds slamming into Taiwan. 

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Super Typhoon Nepartak's eyewall is nearing Taiwan.

Heavy rainfall is already lashing eastern and southern Taiwan.

A wind gust of 153 mph was clocked on a buoy east of Taiwan.

Additional heavy rainfall is possible in eastern China from Nepartak this weekend.

The eyewall of Super Typhoon Nepartak is bearing down on Taiwan in what may be the strongest landfall on the island in 45 years of reliable records.

Nepartak is a Category 4 equivalent tropical cyclone, packing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, according to the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center as of Thursday afternoon, U.S. Eastern time, about 125 miles south-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan.

As of Friday morning (Taiwan time), the east coast of Taiwan has seen 4-8 inches of rainfall with gusts nearing 100 mph. 

The eye of Nepartak is coming ashore, but landfall has not yet occurred. 

Latest on Nepartak

Latest position, winds, and satellite.

Needless to say, typhoon warnings continue for the entire island. Various alerts for heavy rainfall have also been posted for much of the mountainous central and east of the island, as well as parts of the more populated stretches of northern Taiwan, including Taipei.

Radar from Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) indicates bands of heavy rain are now lashing Taiwan. Rain rates from 1 to 3 inches per hour were measured in parts of central and southern Taiwan, according to the CWB.

Some wind gusts from 80-100 mph have already reached the east coast of Taiwan, including Feng Nin. At 5 a.m. (Taiwan time) Taitung recorded a wind gust of 125 mph. Higher wind gusts have likely been measured over higher elevations including on the smaller island of Lanyu, where gusts climbed to 160 mph at an elevation over 1,000 feet in the outer eyewall. 

Current Wind Gusts, Enhanced Satellite Image

Nepartak's "hurricane-force" wind field extends up to 50 miles from the center, so much stronger winds are headed for "mainland Taiwan" in the hours to come, and gusty conditions will continue for Taiwan's smaller outer islands.

A National University of Taiwan buoy happened to sample the eye of ..., local time, measuring a peak wind gust of 153 mph, followed by a minimum pressure of 897 millibars. It is rare for any surface observing system to measure such extreme wind speeds and low pressure while remaining intact.

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Tropical cyclones of this intensity are much more common in the western Pacific basin than the Atlantic or eastern Pacific basins, but, for perspective, these central pressures are roughly on par with the peak intensities of Hurricanes Rita (895 mb), Camille (900 mb) and Katrina (902 mb).

(MORE: Satellite Images Show Nepartak's Power)

Reconnaissance aircraft missions to precisely measure the typhoon's intensity are not flown over the western Pacific Ocean, by the way, but will resume in 2017.

Nepartak peaked Wednesday, packing maximum estimated sustained winds of 175 mph, becoming the strongest typhoon since Super Typhoon Souldelor in August 2015. 

Nepartak exploded from a tropical storm on July 4 to a Category 5 equivalent super typhoon the following afternoon. 

Nepartak's intensity bumped down a bit late Thursday night, Taiwan time (Taiwan is 12 hours ahead of U.S. EDT), due to the combination of undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle and the beginning of interaction of the circulation with Taiwan's mountainous terrain, according to tropical meteorologist Jose M. Garcia.

Forecast

Typically, typhoons nearing Taiwan will weaken a bit as the circulation interacts with Taiwan's mountains. However, given its intensity, any weakening prior to landfall appears to be largely academic from an impacts standpoint.

 

Nepartak will make landfall in southeast Taiwan, likely still as a Category 4 equivalent typhoon.

 

Projected Path for Nepartak

The red-shaded area denotes the potential path of the center of the tropical cyclone. Note that impacts (particularly heavy rain, high surf, coastal flooding) with any tropical cyclone may spread beyond its forecast path.

 

Conditions will continue to deteriorate along the eastern coast of Taiwan. Battering waves, some coastal water rise, outer bands of locally heavy rain and gusty winds will intensify into the overnight hours.

 

While not as strong as the eyewall winds while over the ocean, Nepartak's most intense winds may impact the more heavily-populated western coast of Taiwan, including the capital city of Taipei, despite any potential weakening.

 

Over one million customers may lose power from high winds in Taiwan. Damaging winds, particularly to any poorly-built structures, and downed trees can also be expected, especially in the eyewall. 

 

Typhoon Soudelor last August triggered the largest power outage event in Taipower's history, leaving 4.8 million customers in the dark, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency.

 

As with most of their tropical cyclones, potentially deadly flash flooding, mud and rockslides are likely in Taiwan, as heavy rains pummel the mountains of the island.

 

Last August, Soudelor produced over a foot of rain in Taipei, and over 50 inches of rain in a mountainous location in northern Taiwan. 

 

The heaviest rain is expected along and to the north and east of Nepartak's track from Taiwan and the southwest Ryukyu Islands of Japan into eastern China.

 

Rainfall Forecast

Locally heavier rain totals are possible where bands of rain stall for a period of a few hours.

 

As often occurs with tropical cyclones that make a northwest turn in this region, a second swath of overrunning heavy rain may also develop over parts of southwest Japan, including Okinawa's Kadena Air Base, which may also trigger flash flooding.

 

Due to considerable land interaction with Taiwan's terrain, Nepartak is excpected to have weakened considerably by the time it makes its final landfall in eastern China.

Super Typhoon Nepartak hit's Taiwan: 331,900 households without power, strongest winds since 1901

Thermal image of Nepartak This is a thermal image of Typhoon Nepartak from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite taken on July 7 at 17:45 UTC (1:45 p.m. EDT) as it was approaching Taiwan. Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response

Super Typhoon Nepartak hit Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain early on Friday. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of flights and shut offices and schools for the day.
With gusts of up to 234 kph (145 mph) the typhoon landed at Taimali township in eastern Taitung county shortly before 6:00 am Friday morning (2200 GMT on Thursday).
TV footage showed ferocious winds battering Taitung, which recorded the strongest gusts since 1901, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau.
Almost 15,000 people have been moved from homes that were deemed prone to landslides or flooding.
As many as 331,900 households lost power due to the storm, with close to 255,000 without electricity as of Friday morning.
The government said financial markets, schools and offices would all be closed Friday and the bullet train service suspended.
Most scheduled domestic flights were cancelled while 365 international flights were affected at Taipei's two main airports.
The storm had a radius of 200 kilometres and was moving at a speed of 13 kph.
"It is expected the strength of this typhoon will continue to weaken and slow down in speed," the weather bureau said.

Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2016/07/super-typhoon-nepartak-hits-tai...

500,000 evacuated as deadly Typhoon Nepartak makes landfall in China

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• Winds reported at 200km per hour as Typhoon crossed Taiwan strait.
• Waves reprted at 30ft high
• Biblical amounts of rainfall
• 3 dead many missing (last week 180 people died from seperate floods in China)

Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated along the east of China after tropical storm Nepartak made landfall on Saturday.
Typhoon Nepartak has left 3 dead and many people missing, damaged more than a  1,000 houses and disrupted traffic after making landfall Saturday afternoon in east China's Fujian Province.
According to local weather bureau, the first typhoon of the season landed at 1:45 p.m. in Shishi City, packing winds of up to 100 km per hour.

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A total of 428,800 people in six cities, including the provincial capital of Fuzhou, have been relocated, said the local flood control authorities.
From 8 a.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday, four counties received precipitations ranging from 282 mm to 405 mm and another 21 counties reported precipitations between 100 mm and 200 mm.
Flooding inundated farmland, villages and even urban areas and damaged roads.
Five airports have been closed, resulting in the cancellation of nearly 400 flights.
A total of 341 high-speed trains and almost 5,000 buses have also been canceled.
More than 33,000 fishing boats are taking shelter in port.
Air-passenger services and passenger ships to Taiwan across strait have all been suspended.
Power supply is out in some remote areas.
A red rainstorm alert was issued in Putian City, which experienced more than 250 mm of precipitation in four hours early this morning.
Forty-three people in a residential area were rescued by firefighters after floodwater submersed two buildings.

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Many buildings have collapsed and landslides were reported in rural and mountainous areas.
Over 22,600 people are checking the city's water projects, local flood control headquarters said.
As the typhoon weakened into a tropical storm after the landing, authorities in Xiamen City lifted the typhoon alert and announced that it would resume the passenger ferry service between Xiamen and Jinmen across the Taiwan Strait on Sunday.
Over the past three days, more than 80 passenger ships have been canceled, affecting about 10,000 passengers.
Typhoon Nepartak made first landfall early on Friday in eastern Taiwan, packing winds of up to 190 km per hour.

Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2016/07/500000-evacuated-as-deadly-typh...

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Super Typhoon Nepartak made landfall on Saturday afternoon in east China’s Fujian Province, bringing with it gales and downpours.

The first typhoon of the season landed at 1:45 p.m. in Shishi City, packing winds of up to about 100 km per hour.

Two people died and 17 are still missing after Typhoon Nepartak and devastated the Chinese province of Fujian.

A red rainstorm alert has been issued in Putian City, which experienced more than 250 millimeters of precipitation in four hours early this morning.

More than 428,000 residents have been evacuated. The storm destroyed more than 1,000 houses. 

Nearly 49,000 hectares of crops were damaged by the typhoon, including 4,500 hectares totally destroyed. Nearly 400 flights and at least 300 high-speed trains canceled. Road traffic has been disrupted.

and here a impressive video of the damages from Nepartak in China:

Typhoon Nepartak made first landfall early on Friday in eastern Taiwan, packing winds of up to 190 km per hour gusting up to 234 km per hour.

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Major flooding triggers Prairie town emergency, Estevan, Saskatchewan.

State of emergency

The City of Estevan, Saskatchewan declared a state of emergency Sunday night after training thunderstorms brought upwards of 120 mm of rain in less than three hours.

"The sheer abundance of water resulted in hundreds of flooded basements, dozens of businesses being affected and severe damage to many roads and infrastructure around the city," the city said in a statement early Monday.

According to EMO coordinator Helen Fornwald, flash flooding conditions exist over the areas of 4th Avenue South, Woodlawn Avenue South, Humane Society Road, and Spruce Drive north of Henry Street.

"It is extremely important for the public to stay away from these areas for your safety," Fornwald says.

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Residents in Arborfield, Sask., hurry to fill sandbags shortly after an evacuation order was given to the town Tuesday afternoon. (Devin Heroux/CBC)

Homes in Arborfield, Sask., are being evacuated after a structure holding water back south of town broke apart.

The province said a "hold back road" has given way and water is flowing towards the west side of the town, located about 260 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.

The breach is about 30 metres wide and it usually holds back about a kilometre-and-a-half of water. The province said water flowing into town from the breach is expected to hit as early as this evening. 

People leaving Arborfield, Sask., after mandatory evacuation ordered for approximately 400 residents. (Devin Heroux/CBC)

The town issued the evacuation order and door-to-door notification has begun. 

Approximately 400 people who live in Arborfield are being told to head to the town office where officials can tell them where they can stay. Town officials said there is room for people to stay in nearby communities like Zenon Park.

Coun. Joanne Rusk told CBC News there's still full access in and out of Arborfield, and officials plan to stay at the town office until they are told they have to leave. 

State of emergency declared

The towns of Arborfield and Carrot River, Sask., and the rural municipality of Arborfield have declared states of emergency after heavy rainfall caused flooding in both communities.

In two hours, 10 centimetres — or four inches — of rain fell in Carrot River. 

As the declarations were made, it was still raining in both northeastern communities, and the situation is getting worse, according to Carrot River Mayor Bob Gagne.

Fifty basements have flooded so far and that number is expected to rise as rain continues to fall and drainage systems struggle to keep up.

Water rises in Arborfield as residents leave town. (Devin Heroux/CBC)

A state of emergency was declared in Estevan, Sask., on Sunday evening after the southeastern city received 130 millimetres of rain. There are more heavy rainfall warnings again today, ranging from the southwest to the northeast.

• 'A disgusting mess': State of emergency declared in Estevan, Sask.,...
• Who got the most rain? Environment Canada releases latest totals

Sandbags and a berm attempt to hold back water from rushing towards Arborfield, Sask. (Devin Heroux/CBC)

Sandbagging and heavy machinery are currently being used to repair breaches in berms near Arborfield. 

The town has evacuated its Special Care Lodge and sent residents to be with family or stay at other facilities in the Kelsey Trail Health Region.

There were 36 seniors removed from the long-term facility on Monday as a precaution. Sandbags placed around the lodge meant that water never entered the facility. 

The water near the facility is receding, according to the province, and if rain subsides, residents could be back by the end of the week. 

Highway 23 at Arborfield is closed due to flooding. 

Arborfield is approximately 260 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. Carrot River is about 25 kilometres north of Arborfield. 

APOCALYPSE OF ICE ON BERLIN AND 'THE HELL! - GERMANY

JULY 14, 2016

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The scenario is always the same, almost standardizzato.Su Berlin has struck a violent and sudden hail storm and pioggia. The streets turned into rivers.

Summer Interrupted in Italy, Switzerland as Snow Whitens the Alps

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It's unusual for snow to fall at lower elevations in July across this area.

Winter interrupting summer has become a common theme this July.

Earlier this week, snow fell across parts of the northern Rockies in the U.S., and now, parts of Europe are experiencing a taste of winter. Cold temperatures have taken hold across the Alps, and snow was reported – even at lower elevations than normal for this time of year.

From T-Shirts to Coats and Jackets

The July heat was short-lived.  Temperatures plunged and by late Wednesday, snow began to fall in the higher elevations of the Alps. The snow continued to fall through Thursday.

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A M4.7 earthquake hit the Arctic Ocean, east of Greenland, on July 12, 2016.

High levels of methane were measured in the atmosphere on July 15, 2016, just where the earthquake hit indicating that the quake destabilized methane hydrates contained in sediments in that area.

via Arctic-News

On July 15th, measurements show methane levels as high as 2505 ppb and 2598 ppb at an altitude of 4,116m (13,504ft) and 6,041m (19,820ft), respectively.

All this indicates that the earthquake did cause destabilization of methane hydrates contained in sediments in that area.

via Arctic-News

This video shows a massive burst of methane from the Sleeping Dragon seep. The explosive burst was strong enough to eject rocks up on to the front deck of the ROV Hercules back in 2015.

As temperatures keep rising, some 1.6°C or 2.88°F warming due to albedo changes and some 1.1°C or 2°F temperature rise of the world’s oceans seems well possible by the year 2026 due to methane releases from clathrates at the seafloor.

The situation is dire and calls for comprehensive and effective action.

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Who you gonna call? Mysterious green slime bubbles up from sewers in Utah town

• The foam was spotted by residents on Thursday in Bluffdale 
• Early reports indicated the foam was caused by same algae in Utah Lake
• The foam came from the Welby Jacob Canal, which is connected to the Jordan River - which is Utah Lake's only river outlet 
• But health officials believe foam may have been caused by chemicals used for a moss removal process in the canal  
• Those exposed to lake's bloom had symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, fever

A mysterious green foam has left neighbors of one Utah neighborhood more than a little concerned after it was spotted bubbling from a storm drain on Thursday. 

The Salt Lake County Health Department immediately sent both its emergency response team as well as scientists to test the bright green foam after it was reported in the Bluffdale neighborhood.  

Early reports indicated that the foam was caused by a toxic algae bloom that currently covers 90 percent of Utah Lake - and has already caused more than 100 people to fall ill.

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The Salt Lake County Health Department immediately sent its emergency response team to Bluffdale, Utah after residents spotted this mysterious green foam bubbling from a storm drain in the neighborhood 

The foam was sourced to the nearby Welby Jacob Canal, which feeds water to local farms. The canal is connected to the Jordan River, which is connected to Utah Lake

The foam was sourced to the nearby Welby Jacob Canal, which feeds water to local farms. The canal is connected to the Jordan River, which is connected to Utah Lake. 

'It's certainly possible that the water in the Welby Canal here does have some of that particular harmful algae that produces toxins in it,' department official Nicholas Rupp told Fox 13 Now.

But Rupp said the foam is more likely the result of a recent moss removal process the canal underwent earlier this month. 

'The chemicals that they use for the moss prevention process foams and causes a foaming action,' Rupp said. 

But just because the toxic algae didn't cause the green foam doesn't necessarily mean it isn't present in the canal. 

Rupp said the department tested water in the canal just to make sure. Results are expected in the next few days, according to KUTV. 

The foam began to recede after the irrigation line to the canal was shut off, Bluffdale city engineer Michael Fazio told KSL. 

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Hailstorm Damages Hundreds of Homes in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming; National Guard Called Out

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Wyoming Storm Turns Summer into Winter

Wind-driven hail damaged hundreds of homes in a Wyoming town Wednesday.

The hail also accumulated up to six inches deep in some areas.

Ellicott City Maryland Hit with Once-in-a-Millennium Rainfall (Jul 30)

Six and a half inches of rain dumped on Ellicott City in about two hours Saturday night, a deluge expected to occur only once every thousand years.

More than 4.5 inches fell within one hour, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., according to a Howard County rain gauge.

The massive burst of precipitation sent a wave of floodwaters cascading down the hillsides in the historic downtown where it turned into a wall of water smashing down Main Street, sweeping cars downhill, sending restaurant-goers scurrying for higher ground and carving away the road and sidewalks, leaving behind massive sinkholes.

Two people in cars that were swept away died in the floods, according to officials in Baltimore County, where their bodies were found nearly two miles down the Patapsco River.

Records are not kept for rainfall in Ellicott City specifically, though residents used to moderate flooding events said this one was the worst in recent memory. The last major flood to hit Ellicott City was in 2011, and this one was about 3 feet higher, said Jason Elliott, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington forecast office.

“This was different,” said David Dempster, who owns Still Life Gallery on Main Street with his wife, Sara Arditti. “This was crazy.”

After the 2011 flood, Dempster built 20-inch-high walls in the rear of the gallery and the side alley. But the Tiber River, a Patapsco tributary that flows just behind the gallery, rose 12 or 15 feet to fill the basement to its ceiling, he said.

“I don’t think anything would have stopped this,” he said.

Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said this is the worst flooding the town has seen in modern times — including Hurricane Agnes in 1972, when he was a teenager. Another historic flood in 1868 killed 43 people.

The Patapsco River rose 14 feet in 100 minutes, from about 7:20 p.m. to 9 p.m., according to the weather service.

Based on records for a gauge five miles away in Woodstock, there is a less than 0.1 percent chance of such intense rainfall happening in any given year, Elliott said — making this a once-in-1,000-years storm.

“We were in an extremely moist air mass leading up to this, and to some extent, still are,” Elliott said. “Every bit of moisture there was to wring out of the atmosphere after this heat wave we’ve had all came out mainly over that one hour.”

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3717627/Two-killed-Maryland...

'It looks like the set of a disaster movie': Two killed in devastating Maryland floods that turned roads into rivers and swallowed up sidewalks as locals face mammoth clean-up

• Police named two victims as Jessica Watsula, 35, of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Blevins, 38, of Winsor Mill, Maryland
• Watsula, who was visiting with family, died after the car she was riding in was swept away by the raging floodwaters
• Blevins and his girlfriend were also trapped in a car caught in the floodwaters, but she somehow managed to escape
•  Around 6 inches of rain fell in Ellicott City in just a few hours, wiping away entire sidewalks, homes and businesses
• Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said the devastation was the worst he'd seen in 50 years living in county

Unforgiving storms and floodwaters have killed at least two and wreaked widespread damage to homes and businesses in low-lying Ellicott City, Maryland.

Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said the devastation was the worst he had seen in 50 years, surpassing even that of Hurricane Agnes which caused the river to overflow its banks in 1972.

Most homes and businesses along Main Street were affected by the extreme weather and it could cost hundreds of millions of dollars to repair the damage, he added.

'It looks like the set of a disaster movie,' said Kittleman. 'Cars everywhere, cars on top of cars, parts of the road are gone, many parts of the sidewalk are gone, storefronts are completely gone.'

One of the two people killed was Jessica Watsula, 35, who was simply visiting from Pennsylvania with her family.

She died after the car she was riding in was swept away by the raging floodwaters and carried into the Patapsco River, police confirmed.

Baltimore County police, who recovered the victims' bodies on the opposite side of the Patapsco, identified Joseph Blevins, 38, of Windsor Mill, Maryland as the other victim.

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A submerged car is pictured in the Patapsco River, seen from the Howard County side of Patapsco Valley State Park after the sidewalk caved in due to Saturday night's flooding in Ellicott City, Maryland

Workers gather by street damage following the flooding in the town. Historic, low-lying Ellicott City was ravaged by floodwaters Saturday night, killing two people and causing devastating damage to homes and businesses, officials said

Vehicles are piled on top of each other on Main Street. Ellicott City, about 14 miles west of Baltimore, received 6.5 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service, and most of it fell on Saturday evening between 7pm and 9 pm.

Carolyn Sanchez, who lives on upper Main Street, describes the waist high water that sent cars crashing into each other, like the scene behind her on the street

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Fort McMurray Flooding Drenches City Right After Devastating Fires

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Posted: 08/01/2016 1:13 am EDT Updated: 08/01/2016 1:59 am EDT

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Less than two months after Fort McMurray, Alta., residents were allowed to return to the city after a devastating fire, the municipality has activated its emergency operations centre to deal with flooding.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo tweeted Sunday that people should restrict travel around Fort McMurray, and that anyone whose basements are susceptible to flooding should move their valuables to a safe place.

The tweets also pointed out that barricades have been placed on some roads, and warned that driving on flooded roads is dangerous due to the possibility of debris and slippery ground.

Darby Allen, director of emergency management for the municipality, said in an email that the region received around 85 millimetres in just two hours on Sunday.

"With more rain expected overnight, core staff at the Regional Emergency Operations Centre will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation into the morning," Allen wrote in the email.

Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for Fort McMurray and surrounding areas on Sunday morning and continued the warning later in the afternoon.

The forecast said some areas could receive thunderstorms that deliver 100 millimetres of rain or more.

It said heavy downpours were likely to cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.

Residents of the oilsands capital began returning in June after a wildfire spread into the city on May 3 and forced more than 80,000 people to leave for nearly a month.

It destroyed roughly 2,400 homes and other buildings — about one-tenth of the city.

The fire in May displaced about 90,000 people in the region and destroyed about 2,400 homes and other buildings.

 

The fire has over 100 hectares burned and can be reinforced in the next few hours if the weather forecasts are met- La Palma -SPAIN

03/08/2016

Temperatures above 30 degrees, above 30 kilometers per hour winds and humidity below 30%, the famous rule of three 30, is the ideal breeding ground for a forest fire

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Fire moves slowly toward the south, but the forecasts are nothing good for the upcoming 24 hours. Thursday has a bad climate forecast to tackle a forest fire, despite the reinforcements which will from this day La Palma to tackle the flames, with the addition of the UME. Late today already more than 100 hectares burned.

Temperatures above 30 degrees, winds of over 30 kilometers per hour speed and low humidity, below 30%, the famous rule of three 30, is the ideal breeding ground for a forest fire and are the conditions that will have to deal with operating the fire fighting that occurred in El Paso and is heading the municipality of Fuencaliente, fulfilled weather forecasts. CONTINUE...

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700 PERSONS EVACUATED

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10 people swept away in Lào Cai flood

LÀO CAI – At least 10 people are reportedly dead or missing following a flood last night in the northern Lào Cai Province, authorities said this morning.

The mountainous Bát Xát District suffered the heaviest human loss with three people dead and six missing being swept away by the flood.

Updates from the Bát Xát Permanent Committee for Flood and Storm Control and Prevention as of 8am today said the people were residents from three communes of Cốc San, Tòng Sành and Phìn Ngan.

The flood also swept away another person in the tourist destination of Sa Pa District.

Heavy rain and thunderstorm have been striking areas across Lào Cai since last night, flooding the region. Typhoon Nida caused heavy rain after hitting the province.

A flash flood in the Ngòi Đung stream in Lào Cai City’s Đồng Tuyển Commune swept away dozens of houses and pulled down a suspension bridge at about 4am, according to preliminary reports of the local authorities.

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Death toll from Hurricane Earl rises to 39 due to massive mudslides in Mexico as the country is set to be battered by a SECOND devastating storm

• At least 28 people died in the mountainous north of Puebla state 
• Officials said area received a month's worth of rain over 24 hours
• On Sunday new tropical storm, Javier, formed off the Pacific Coast 
• Javier is expected to reach tourist area of Baja California Peninsula 

The death toll from Hurricane Earl has reached 39 due to massive mudslides in Mexico as the country is set to be hit by a second devastating storm.

At least 28 people died in multiple mudslides in the mountainous north of Puebla state on Sunday.

The same day Tropical Storm Javier formed off the country's Pacific Coast, and forecasters said it could turn into a hurricane later today.

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The death toll from Hurricane Earl has reached 39 due to massive mudslides in Mexico as the country is set to be hit by a second devastating storm

Mayor of Huahuchinango Gabriel Alvarado Lorenzo helped rescue people affected by the disaster

Officials said 25 people died in various parts of the township of Huauchinango and three in Tlaola.

Rains also set off mudslides in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz that killed 11 people.

Governor Javier Duarte said earlier that landslides hit the towns of Coscomatepec, Tequila and Huayacocotla.

Heavy rain continued in the area, leading officials to close a section of the main federal highway connecting Mexico City to the region. 

Drilling rig blown ashore in storms off Western Isles

8 August 2016

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A 17,000-tonne drilling rig has run aground after being blown ashore on the Western Isles.
The Transocean Winner, which has diesel on board, was under tow west of Lewis when it was hit by severe storms.
It became detached from the tug boat overnight, before running aground at the beach of Dalmore in the Carloway area.
Stornoway Coastguard said there were no personnel on board the rig and there was no risk to life.
However, coastguard personnel have blocked access to the beach for health and safety reasons. CONTINUE...

The same stretch of beach at Dalmore in a picture taken last week by Foster Evans

E xtreme heat between China and Mongolia, the "subsidence" of the "Omais" storm causing great sultriness in Japan

August 9, 2016

The extreme heat affects East Asia, from China to Japan values ​​over + 40 ° C

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These days Japan is concerned by an intense heat wave that is making splash
thermometers of values ​​above the threshold of + 37 ° C + 38 ° C, with points that are close to + 39 ° C + 40 ° C to '
shadow. A warm very intense, often accompanied by high relative humidity rates that make the heat even more oppressive, creating an intense "afa" effect. the maximum temperatures recorded during the day are truly remarkable yesterday in various locations in the country of the Rising Sun where the heat has become very stuffy.

All stand out the + 38.5 ° C stored by the Weather Station in Gifu, immediately followed by 37.8 ° C Nagoya, the + 37.5 ° C in Owase, the + 37.4 ° C and + Okayama 37.2 ° C Kobe, Kofu, Mishima and Tokushima. Notice how in this last station the relative humidity is not dropped below 55% remaining at medium to high values ​​for the entire span of the day, doing wheelie at the top the heat index. Not to be outdone the + 36.3 ° C Kyoto and Osaka who recently had overstepped + 37 ° C. The very humid heat was also felt in the islands in front of the coast of Honshu, where temperatures have gone well beyond the + 33 ° C + 34 ° C.

Unlike other traditional summer heat waves this time the heat a few days is affecting Japan we can associate with the passage, just opposite the east coast of the island of Honshu, the tropical storm "Omais", which by tomorrow will move in the direction of the Kuril islands, before approaching the most south-eastern coast of the Kamchatka peninsula, Russian Far East, evolving into a deep cold heart from extratropical cyclone characteristics.

This persistent heat wave over the next few days will continue to maintain the thermometers on the values ​​of well-+ 8 ° C to + 9 ° C higher than the average for the period. Only in Mongolia for days it is still proving really exceptional highs, with peaks that reach to touch the fateful threshold of + 40 ° C in the shade even in the mountains, at altitudes above 900-1000 meters.

Only yesterday in Hanbogd were measured well + 38.5 ° C, about 914 meters above the sea level.

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Wildfires rage near Marseille, forcing evacuations & flight diversions (PHOTOS)

A picture taken near Vitrolles, southern France on August 10, 2016 shows a fire which has already devastated some 200 hectares. © Boris Horvat / AFP

The smoke from the blaze has reportedly caused numerous delays at Marseille airport, with planes being diverted to other sites.

Several separate "significant" fires have been raging on Wednesday in the southern France region of Bouches-du-Rhone, the most densely populated department of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, local media reported.

The flames are reportedly getting close to industrial areas near Marseille, with several roads being closed off in the area. The situation remains "tense" and poses a threat to businesses in the region, France's Midi Libre reported. Hundreds of people and dozens of vehicles have been deployed to fight the blaze.

Residents of several neighborhoods in the town of Vitrolles, some 30km (18 miles) north of Marseille, have been evacuated, radio Europe 1 reported.

Although some fires have been contained, another blaze in a pine forest is spreading, Europe 1 said, adding that the situation is worsened by strong winds. Some 600 hectares have been engulfed in flames, local officials said.

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Bad weather in Russia, dramatic floods in Moscow: Flooded roads and car [GALLERY]

August 16, 2016 - 00:06

Bad weather in Russia, flash flood in Moscow: 92mm of rain in a few hours, not happened in 130 years. The photos of the disaster

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xceptional rains have caused today in Moscow the flooding of streets and docks of the rivers in the city ', trapping many people in their cars under water. The authorities 'reported that more' than 200 people have been recovered from locked vehicles and that there were no injuries. The weather service said that in today's day in Moscow fell 92 millimeters of rain in August was in 1887 that it was not raining so much in one day. The water outlet system also did not work properly. The more 'worrying situation and it' had the north-east of the Russian capital where the Yauza river 'overflows forcing the authorities' closing many roads.

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California orders 82,000 people to evacuate over Bluecut Fire that's burned over 15,000 acres

• Officials ordered evacuations Tuesday as fire rapidly engulfed the area called the Cajon Pass 
• The so-called Bluecut Fire erupted in heavy brush just west of Interstate 15, the main freeway between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area
• The inferno prompted orders for residents of the community of Wrightwood, about 75 miles east of Los Angeles, to leave their homes
• This is the latest in a series of wildfires that have blackened nearly 300,000 acres of the U.S. West

Authorities in southern California ordered the evacuation of 82,000 people on Tuesday, after a wildfire broke out in a mountain pass and rapidly engulfed 15,000 acres of terrain.

Officials said about 700 firefighters were battling to control the blaze in an area called the Cajon Pass, the latest in a series of wildfires that have blackened nearly 300,000 acres of the drought-parched U.S. West.

'It is a very fast-moving fire, it has wind behind it,' said U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Lyn Sieliet.

Two firefighters were trapped by flames in the effort to evacuate residents and defend homes, but managed to escape with only minor injuries, fire officials said.

Vehicles and structures burn near Highway 138 as the fire rages through San Bernardino County

The so-called Bluecut Fire erupted in heavy brush just west of Interstate 15, the main freeway between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, forcing the closure of one stretch of the highway.

The inferno prompted orders for residents of the community of Wrightwood, about 75 miles east of Los Angeles, to leave their homes, said Lynne Tolmachoff, of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

In all, about 82,000 people were ordered to flee, as flames destroyed an unknown number of houses, the Cal Fire spokeswoman said by telephone.

The fire remained unchecked, having exploded within hours to cover an area of 15,000 acres, Cal Fire said, up from an estimate of 9,000 acres on Tuesday evening.

The Bluecut Fire, whose cause officials said they were still investigating, came as crews more than 600 miles to the northwest began to make headway against a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed more than 175 homes and businesses. 

The so-called Clayton Fire was 35 per cent contained, according to Cal Fire. It has charred 4,000 acres in and around the community of Lower Lake, forcing hundreds of people to flee.

Damin Pashilk, a 40-year-old arrested on suspicion of setting that blaze, and several others in the area over the past year, is set to appear in court on Wednesday.

Fierce winds fanned the fire, which threatened about 1,500 structures at its peak, after it sparked on Saturday evening. 

As of Tuesday evening, only 380 buildings were in danger, according to Cal Fire. There were no reports of casualties. 

California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in San Bernardino County for the Bluecut Fire, which allows state agencies to come to the assistance of local officials. 

On Monday, Brown issued emergency declarations for the Clayton fire and another in Central California, the so-called Chimney fire.

The Chimney Fire was 20 per cent contained by Tuesday evening, after scorching 6,900 acres since Saturday. It has destroyed about 40 structures.

Hail Wipes Out Languedoc Vineyards

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France's weird weather causes more chaos – just as the grapes are due to be harvested.

Growers in Languedoc are in shock after a brutal hailstorm wiped out half the grape crop just days away from the start of harvest.

Bonmarchand, who has been in the region for five years, said he had never seen a storm like it. "I don't have much experience of this kind of disaster, but I was speaking to the former winemaker, who is 92, and he told me this morning that he can't remember as violent an incident of hail either."

Fresh and unstable summers in the UK, all the fault of the Jet Stream

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The UK could be in the middle of a 10-20 year cycle of rainy summers

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Rumors about a 'heat wave in the UK in the coming weeks have spread a little' everywhere, but Nick Finnis, expert NetWeather , explains that this is unlikely. And 'in fact since 2006 that the country has lived summers "indifferent", often fresh, unstable, rainy.

The last "good seasons" were those of 1989, 1990, 1995, 2003 and 2006. On the contrary, says the expert, in recent summers has been difficult to detect hot days, with temperatures above 26.6 ° C. This year, a good time was between 18 and 20 July, when there were 33.5 ° C degrees nell'Oxforshire.

Last summer they are recorded average temperatures in June, July and lowest in cold and instability in August. In 2014, the season was slightly better, but "ruined" by a cold and rainy August.

So why the summers have become recently more and more variables and fresh with only brief forays hot?

According to scientists and weather forecasters from the Met Office in Exeter, gathered to discuss the possible causes of the unusual weather season in recent years, the UK could find itself in the midst of a 10-20 year cycle of rainy summers: he last 6 summers of 7 were characterized by temperatures below media in good weather and the rains above average

A possible cause, explains Nick Finnis, could be found in the position of the jet stream, which for example this summer is positioned at or just south of the UK and pushes the hot summer to southern Europe for most of the time. Consequently, in order to have less rainy summer and stable weather, the jet stream (which is rare lately) should move north and west of the United Kingdom to allow high pressure to expand.

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India floods: Over 300 dead, millions affected as monsoon floods force villagers into relief camps

At least 300 people have died in eastern and central India and more than 6 million others have been affected by floods that have submerged villages, washed away crops, destroyed roads and disrupted power and phone lines, officials say.

Heavy monsoon rains have caused rivers, including the mighty Ganges and its tributaries, to burst their banks forcing people into relief camps in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.

Government officials in Bihar, which has seen some of the worst flooding this year with almost 120 dead and more than 5 million affected, said the situation was serious.

"The flood waters have engulfed low-lying areas, homes and fields of crops," said Zafar Rakib, a district magistrate of Katihar, one of 24 districts out of Bihar's 38 districts which have been hit by the deluge.

"We have shifted people to higher ground and they are being provided with cooked rice, clean drinking water, polythene sheets," he said.

The holy city of Varanasi, where thousands of Hindus flock daily, was also forced to halt cremations along the banks of sacred Ganges river — forcing families to cremate their relatives on the terrace roofs of nearby houses, officials said.

Television pictures showed villagers wading waist deep in floodwaters with their livestock, mud-and-brick homes collapsing and people climbing into wooden boats to get to relief camps.

"We are all worried about what we should do. For the last four days we have living like this. We don't even have any food to eat," 42-year-old villager Doda Yadav told the NDTV news station from Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

Officials said villagers would return home from relief camps when water levels receded, although the Indian Meteorological Department has forecast more rains for central India over the next two days.

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LaSalle, Ont. mayor Ken Antaya said he feels lucky that no serious injuries occurred as a result of the storm that uprooted trees, threw RVs and boats across neighbourhoods and damaged at least 15 homes.

Three people suffered minor injuries in what Environment Canada confirmed Thursday were two tornados, an F1 that hit LaSalle and an F2 that struck Windsor.

Damage from a possible tornado in Essex County in Southwestern Ontario on Aug. 24, 2016. 

“We have to improve our warning system, because if this would have occurred in a more densely populated area we may have had some problems,” Antaya told CP24.

Antaya was dining with friends around 7 p.m. when he received a call about high winds, flying debris, and a hydro pole on fire in a nearby neighbourhood. He jumped his car, arriving on the scene at the same time as fire crews.

Environment Canada issued the tornado warning at 7:29 p.m.

“It came after the tornado actually touched down,” Antaya told CTV News Channel

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens told reporters at a press conference that many of his constituents are also concerned about the lack of warning.

Environment Canada climatologist Geoff Coulson told CTV News Channel a warning wasn’t issued because the storm was only a “heavy shower” when it crossed the Detroit River near LaSalle.

“The average lead time for a tornado warning anywhere is about 10 to 15 minutes,” he added.

Video and photos posted online show what appears to be a grey funnel cloud travelling through multiple neighbourhoods.

LaSalle resident Bryan Cavanaugh said his house shook and it sounded like a fog horn going off.

Rose Owens, another area resident, said she panicked when she saw the twister, “thinking this is going right for my home and my kids are at home alone.”

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India Ganges floods 'break previous records'

An aerial view of the flooded Ganges river in Allahabad city

The monsoon floods in India's Ganges river this year have broken previous records, officials have told the BBC.

They said water levels reached unprecedented levels at four locations in northern India.

The highest record was in Patna, the state capital of Bihar where flood waters reached 50.52m (166ft) on 26 August, up from 50.27m in 1994.

Floods across India this year have killed more than 150 people and displaced thousands.

'Unprecedented'

"We have also recorded unprecedented flood levels at Hathidah and Bhagalpur of Bihar state and Balliya of Uttar Pradesh," chief of India's Central Water Commission GS Jha said.

"In all these four places, the floods crossed the previous highest flood level and they all were unprecedented."

Bihar is one of the worst flood-hit states in India with at least 150 deaths and nearly half a million people evacuated.

Neighbouring Uttar Pradesh has also been severely affected by floods in the Ganges.

The holy city of Varanasi has been submerged by the swollen Ganges
The Ganges has inundated large swathes of Uttar Pradesh state

The third largest river in the world flows through these north Indian states meeting its tributaries before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

The Indian Meteorological Department, however, has recorded deficient rainfall in these states past week and average rains since the monsoon started in June.

Breaking embankments

Some experts have blamed the silt the river carries for the floods. The Ganges is one of the highest sediment load carrying rivers.

The silt deposition is said to have raised the river's bed-level causing it to break embankments and flood the adjoining human settlements and farmlands.

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Officials in Bihar have demanded that an artificial barrier in neighbouring West Bengal state bordering Bangladesh be dismantled to solve the silt problem.

They argue that the deposition of silt has obstructed several passages through the Farakka barrage.

As a result, they say, the Ganges' water flows back to Bihar and causes floods.

Silt deposition has also significantly raised the water level of Kosi river, one of the major tributaries of the Ganges.