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.
Howard
Ellicott City Maryland Hit with Once-in-a-Millennium Rainfall (Jul 30)
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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Aug 1, 2016
KM
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
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
Aug 1, 2016
KM
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/08/01/fort-mcmurray-flooding-floo...
Fort McMurray Flooding Drenches City Right After Devastating Fires
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.
Aug 1, 2016
jorge namour
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
http://elapuron.com/noticias/sociedad/94903/clima-puede-reforzar-in...
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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
Aug 4, 2016
KM
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/300716/10-people-swept-away-in-lao-ca...
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.
Aug 8, 2016
KM
http://arynews.tv/en/seven-die-as-floods-wreak-havoc-in-balochistan...
Seven die as floods wreak havoc in Balochistan
ZIARAT: At least seven people lost their lives as floods wreaked havoc in Harnai district of Balochistan on Sunday morning, ARY News reported.
According to details, several houses were destroyed and vehicles washed away by floodwaters in Harnai on Sunday. Several people, asleep in their houses, drowned in the flood water.
Rescue officials confirmed that seven people have been died while three people were rescued by the people.
The provincial and district administration have declared emergency in the area whereas doctors and rescue teams have launched relief operation. Civil Hospital in Quetta confirmed that four bodies were brought to the medical facility.
The deceased included two local newsmen. Balochistan Government has announced a relief package for the victims and compensation to the families of the deceased.
Aug 8, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3728104/Tropical-Storm-Javi...
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
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.
Aug 9, 2016
jorge namour
Drilling rig blown ashore in storms off Western Isles
8 August 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-3700...
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
Aug 9, 2016
jorge namour
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
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2016/08/caldo-estremo-tra-cina-e-mongolia-le...
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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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Aug 10, 2016
KM
https://www.rt.com/news/355442-france-wildfires-marseille-flights/
Wildfires rage near Marseille, forcing evacuations & flight diversions (PHOTOS)
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.
Aug 11, 2016
KM
http://www.nan.ng/environment-2/flood/
Flood destroys 5, 300 houses in Kano State
Flood destroys 5, 300 houses in Kano State – Official
Kano, Aug. 8, 2016 (NAN) Flood has destroyed over 5, 300 houses in six Local Government Areas of Kano State.
Alhaji Aliyu Bashir, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SERERA), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Monday.
He said the affected local government areas include Bebeji, Dawakin Kudu, Kiru, Shanono, Bagwai and Garun-Malam.
“In Dawakin Kudu alone more than 2, 300 houses were affected, while more than 600 houses in each of the remaining five areas were destroyed by the flood,” he said.
Bashir said the officials of the agency had visited all the affected areas with a view to assessing the damage cause by the disaster.
“At the moment we are compiling a comprehensive report on the disaster for onward submission to the Federal and state governments for necessary assistance to the victims,” he said.
The Executive Secretary said that the state government would come to the aid of the victims as an interim measure as soon as the agency submit its report
NAN recalls that last week three persons lost their lives while food and cash crops worth millions of Naira were washed away after a heavy down pour at Hayin Gwarmai village in Bebeji Local Government Area of the state.
Recall that on Saturday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) also advised communities along the River Niger to evacuate immediately to safer ground.
The agency warned in a statement warned that flooding might occur at any moment following intense rainfall and rises in water level.
The Director-General of the agency, Malam Muhammad Sani-Sidi, who gave the advice in the statement, said the agency had received alerts of the imminent flooding.
He said information given by the authorities in the Republic of Niger indicated the present water level in the river had reached a point that may result in flooding that could be compared with that of 2012.
Aug 11, 2016
KM
'Historic' Louisiana flooding: Three dead and thousands rescued
At least three people have died and thousands have been rescued after "historic" flooding swamped the US state of Louisiana.
The National Guard and emergency teams have used helicopters to rescue people stranded in their homes or cars.
Searches are continuing for missing people, as the rain is expected to continue over the weekend.
The heavy rainfall started on Friday where some areas received more than 17ins (43cm) of rain.
The neighbouring states of Alabama and Mississippi are also experiencing severe weather.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency on Friday. On Saturday he said: "This is an ongoing event. We're still in response mode."
He and his family were relocated after water flooded their basement.
"This is a flood of epic proportions," JR Shelton, the mayor of Central City told The Advocate newspaper. "When we talk about floods now, we'll talk about the great flood of 2016. everything else pales in comparison."
Shanita Angrum, 32, called the police when she realised her family were trapped in their home. An officer arrived and carried her six-year-old daughter to safety.
"Snakes were everywhere," she told Associated Press. "The whole time I was just praying for God to make sure me and my family were OK."
John Mitchell, a 23-year-old Louisiana resident, was forced to swim to safety with his girlfriend and her one-year-old daughter. They were rescued by police officers in a boat.
"This is the worst it's been, ever,'' Mr Mitchell said. "We tried to wait it out, but we had to get out."
Several rivers in Louisiana and Mississippi are overflowing. Gov Edwards expects some of the rivers will rise 4ft (1.2m) above previous record levels.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital, is one of the worst hit areas where as much as 11.3in (28cm) of rain was reported. New Orleans has reported 2.34in (6cm).
While the worst of the rain appears to have passed, the weather system is expected to move north on Sunday, hitting central and northern Louisiana.
The state is prone to bursts of extreme weather; thousands of acres of Louisiana was flooded in 2011 to divert water from the flooded Mississippi River and to spare cities, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans, that lie downstream.
In 2005, New Orleans suffered one of the worst natural disasters in US history, when Hurricane Katrina hit the city. The storm killed nearly 2,000 people and displaced one million. Thousands of homes were flooded and destroyed in Louisiana and along the Gulf coast.
Aug 14, 2016
jorge namour
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.
Aug 16, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3744390/Fast-moving-Souther...
California orders 82,000 people to evacuate over Bluecut Fire that's burned over 15,000 acres
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.
Aug 17, 2016
KM
Rare extratropical cyclone forms over Hudson Bay, Canada
Visible satellite image of the Hudson Bay, Canada, storm on August 10, 2016 at 10:45 a.m. EDT, showing the occluded storm's "apostrophe" shape.
This extratropical storm intensified Tuesday over Hudson Bay, eventually reaching peak strength Wednesday, before weakening Thursday.
A visible satellite image showed the storm's classic mature phase as a cold occlusion, with relatively cool air completely wrapped around the low center, and a trailing band of clouds ahead of the cold front, resembling an apostrophe or the number 9.
Here is what the frontal structure of this storm looked like Wednesday, courtesy of NOAA's Weather Prediction Center.
You wouldn't expect that kind of storm in the Northern Hemisphere in August anyway, as north-to-south temperature contrasts fueling the development of extratropical storms are at a minimum in the heart of summer.
Now, let's zoom in on this beauty, starting with a visible satellite loop from Wednesday, Aug. 10.
Therefore, the infrared satellite image shows some interesting structure in the core of the storm, but may not strike you as spectacular as, say, hurricanes or summer's thunderstorm clusters, mesoscale convective systems.
By zooming out and taking off the political borders, the storm, coupled with a dark slot of drier air to its south, resembles the side view of a face.
This storm's wind field was quite impressive, as shown by the European model analysis from Wednesday morning.
Typically, these storms are more common in and near the Lower 48 states from fall through spring, producing snowstorms, high wind events, coastal flooding, even occasionally spawning severe weather outbreaks.
Even by Canadian standards, this was a fairly impressive storm for mid-August.
And it gave meteorologists something to admire.
Aug 18, 2016
lonne rey
Hail Wipes Out Languedoc Vineyards
http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2016/08/hail-wipes-out-languedoc-vin...
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."
Aug 21, 2016
jorge namour
Fresh and unstable summers in the UK, all the fault of the Jet Stream
- August 15, 2016 -
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.
Aug 23, 2016
KM
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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.
Aug 25, 2016
KM
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Ontario residents had no warning of 2 tornadoes
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.”
Aug 26, 2016
KM
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India Ganges floods 'break previous records'
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 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.
Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
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.
Aug 30, 2016
KM
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Hermine barrels north: First hurricane to hit Florida in 11-years leaves one dead and more than 200,000 without power with 22 million still in its path as the storm thunders up toward the East Coast
Hurricane Hermine slammed into Florida leaving one person dead, nearly 200,000 people across four states without power and caused dozens of towns in its path to evacuate as it continues to cause chaos on its way into Georgia and the Carolinas.
The Category 1 storm hit just east of St. Marks around 1.30am EDT with winds around 80mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
Projected storm surges of up to 12 feet menaced a wide swath of the coast and an expected drenching of up to 10 inches of rain carried the danger of flooding along the storm's path over land, including the state capital Tallahassee, which had not been hit by a hurricane since Kate in 1985.
Florida Governor Rick Scott, who declared a state of emergency in 51 counties, said 6,000 National Guard members are ready to mobilize once the storm has passed.
Hermine - downgraded to a tropical storm - was weakening as it moved into southern Georgia, and was centered about 35 northeast of Valdosta, Georgia, moving north-northeast near 14mph as of 8am EDT on Friday.
After pushing through Georgia on Friday, Hermine was expected to move into the Carolinas on Saturday and up the East Coast with the potential for drenching rain and deadly flooding in New Jersey and New York City over the Labor Day weekend.
Lynne Garrett speaks to loved ones on the phone as she surveys damage outside of her home from the winds and storm surge associated with Hurricane Hermine which made landfall overnight in the area on Friday in Tampa, Florida
The devastation caused by Hermine is shown above in Cedar Key, Florida, leaving a street blocked from debris
Strong gusts downed power lines and trees as widespread flooding inundated communities in Florida before the hurricane weakened into a tropical storm as it reached Georgia and South Carolina, where conditions deteriorated early on Friday morning
Sep 2, 2016
KM
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4 Dead, 1 Missing After Torrential Rainfall, Flooding Slams Greece
Four people have died and one remains missing in Greece due to flash flooding.
The torrential rainfall has caused extensive damage in some cities, sweeping cars out to sea.
Rescue crews received more than 1,000 distress calls and rescued 74 people.
At least four people have died and one is missing in Greece after flooding caused by heavy rains hit the southern and northern parts of the country Wednesday.
"The heavy rain was caused by a 'blocking' pattern in the upper atmosphere," said weather.com meteorologist Tom Moore. "An area of low pressure aloft is stuck over southern Italy as a large high-pressure ridge builds north of it. There has been a persistent flow of moisture around the low from the Mediterranean and Ionian Seas into Greece."
The fire service told the Associated Press that two women, ages 80 and 63, were found dead in their flooded basement homes in the city of Kalamata and its outskirts. A 90-year-old man was also found dead in the Kalamata area and the body of a 73-year-old man was found in a swollen stream bed near Sparta.
In northern Greece, authorities are still searching for a woman in her 60s who has been missing since calling her husband early Wednesday to say she was abandoning her flooded car near Michaniona.
“I have never seen anything like it,” Kalamata Mayor Panagiotis Nikas told Reuters. “About 140 millimeters (5.5 inches) of rain fell in an hour this morning … It hasn’t stopped raining since yesterday at lunchtime.”
Thermaikos Mayor Yiannis Mavromatis appealed for the municipality to be placed under a state of emergency after the rains damaged roads and washed cars into the sea.
Seven communities in the wider region were cut off by the flooding and had extensive flood damage, Reuters also reported. Major damage was also reported in Thessaloniki, where cars were also washed out to sea and piled together due to the rain. Rescue crews reported they received more than 1,000 distress calls and rescued 74 people.
In parts of the southern Peloponnese, the rainfall also inundated hundreds of homes and businesses.
“Some parts present an image of total destruction, while elsewhere there is partial destruction,” Mavromatis told the AP.
Sep 8, 2016
KM
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FORTY FIVE sightseers will spend the night trapped in broken-down cable cars in the French Alps after rescue operation to free tourists is called off
A huge rescue operation was launched after more than 100 people were left trapped in panoramic cable cars suspended 50 metres in the air close to Mont Blanc in the Alps this afternoon.
French, Italian and Swiss rescue services used four helicopters to evacuate 65 of the 110 sightseers stranded in Chamonix, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement.
Survivors emerge after being taken to safety in Chamonix, but 45 had to spend the night in cable cars
Rescuers were still endeavouring to free the people trapped in cable cars late into the night, and helicopters brought 65 tourists down to land
The rescue operation to bring the remaining people trapped to safety will resume at 6.30am on Friday.
But with darkness falling, rescue services have been unable to bring the other 60 to safety, meaning they will have to spend the night in the cabins.
The tourists rescued so far are believed to be French, Italian and American.
Rescuers were able to take 65 people to safety after the cable cars became stuck in Chamonix, but another 45 people will not be rescued until tomorrow
France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve praised the courage of the French and Italian rescuers.
He said: 'They are engaged in a delicate operation to rescue 110 people trapped following a technical incident.'
They were trapped in 36 panoramic Mont Blanc pods, which seat a maximum of four people each.
The rescue operation has been suspended for the night, but water, food and survival blankets have been distributed.
Sep 9, 2016
Howard
Powerful Waves Devastate Coastal Ghana (Sep 5)
The waves destroyed homes, fishing boats, outboard motors, fishing nets and other equipment of fishermen in affected communities that include Bortianor, Kokrobite and Jamestown in the Greater Accra Region and Fuveme in the Volta Region.
At the Lighthouse area in Jamestown, victims were seen counting their losses. Scores of linear wooden structures that provided shelter for fishermen in the beach community were washed off while the remnants of those structures were inundated with flood water.
The tidal waves defied the presence of the sea defence wall, as the water spilled into the market in the community, wiping away structures and shutting down the economic activities of the people temporarily.
For people living along the coast, around James Town, Osu, Tema, fishing is the main source of livelihood.
The fishing industry is now under threat of collapse following the impact of this destruction.
A mixture of desperation, anguish and sorrow was the mood in the area as residents stood in groups, wondering how they were going to pick up the pieces.
One of the victims, Mr Adzi Raka Tetteh, could not hide his frustration as he recounted events.
“It all started around 12 midnight. The pressure from the waves was so intense that everyone had to run for his or her life. As I speak now, my boat, outboard motor and nets have all been carried away. I do not know what I will do to survive because I have nothing left to lean on,” he said.
While a few managed to retrieve their damaged outboard motors which were buried in the sand, most of them now have their equipment swallowed by the sea.
At Fuveme, the waves inundated homes. The only primary school in the area was also destroyed in the process.
It is the fourth time the disaster has occurred in the area this year, leading to the destruction of coconut plantations around the sea.
The residents have, therefore, appealed to the government to construct a sea defence wall like the Keta Defence Wall to prevent further occurrences.
The MP for Anlo, Clement Kofi Humado, is, however, not in favour of a sea defence wall as a solution to the perennial tidal waves.
He opined that the immediate solution to the problem was the relocation of the residents.
“I am very much aware of what they are going through, but not in agreement with a sea defence wall because I don’t think that will be an immediate solution,” he indicated.
The fishing community of about 1,500 people have, however, rejected that suggestion.
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Sep 12, 2016
KM
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133 killed, 395 missing, 107K displaced in N. Korean flooding – UN
Some 107,000 people have been displaced in the area along the Tumen River, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement, citing figures from Pyongyang.
The official KCNA news agency reported on Sunday that the flooding in the country’s northeast has led to “great hardship.” A labor campaign designed to bolster the nation’s economy has been shifted to “direct all efforts to the construction of dwelling houses to provide flood-hit people with warm cradles and turn the flood-battered region into a fairyland in the era of the Workers’ party within this year,” the agency reported, quoting the country’s Central Committee.
An address published in the country’s official state media has called on all citizens to take part in the recovery work, TASS reported, stating that “all the human, material, and technical resources of the country have been mobilized.”
Workers from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent are reportedly taking part in humanitarian efforts, distributing aid to those in the worst-hit areas.
Damage from the flooding is widespread, with 35,500 houses affected, 69 percent of which have been completely destroyed, OCHA said in a Sunday statement. Some 8,700 public buildings have also been damaged.
Around 16,000 hectares (39,540 acres) of farmland has been affected, and at least 140,000 people are in need of urgent help, the UN office said.
KCNA also reported that railways, roads, power supplies, and factories have also been destroyed or submerged.
The North Korean meteorological department announced that the flooding was “the most devastating natural disaster since the liberation of Korea in 1945.”
North Korea is vulnerable to natural disasters, particularly flooding, as its territory is mostly composed of mountains and hills that have been stripped bare for fuel or turned into rice fields. This allows rainwater to freely flow downhill.
At least 169 people were killed by a severe rainstorm in 2012, and a series of floods and droughts were partly responsible for a famine that killed hundreds of thousands between 1994 and 1998.
Sep 12, 2016
jorge namour
Temporal Rome flooded the streets around the Olympic Stadium, closed stretch of the Tiber- ITALY
September 11, 2016
Heavy Thunderstorm in Rome in the afternoon yesterday, two men were hit by lightning
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A thunderstorm with wind and rain, which lasted a few minutes, has affected Roma earlier. Water flooded the streets around the Olympic Stadium. Reported flooding in San Cesareo, the height of the Roma Sud junction of the A1: the ramp was closed. Firefighters have made at least eighty interventions so far. In particular, the areas most affected by the storm were those of Rome North and in particular the area of the Olympic Stadium and the Triumphal Arch.
The subway is currently stopped due to flooding between Octavian and Battistini stops due to flooding in the latter. Atac has arranged replacement bus. Delays and possible interruptions of service on several bus lines ( "lines 546-912-908-907-993-998-982-992-46-49-913-446-980 delays / interruptions due to bad weather," he writes on twitter ATAC)
The Tiber Marshal Diaz and Ponte Duca D'Aosta have been closed for flooding. Slow Traffic and traffic problems even via Palmiro Togliatti, via Pietro de Coubertin, where a vehicle is stuck because of the water. Reported trees on the roadway in the area Castel Giubileo.
Severe weather also yesterday afternoon: two men were struck by lightning in a park in via Alberto Guglielmotti . The two are still hospitalized.
Sep 12, 2016
jorge namour
Sea of Galilee in crisis - ISRAEL
Published: 12.09.16
After three years of lack of rain, the Sea of Galilee is at its lowest point since Fall 2012; if this year's rains fail again, both the lake and the aquifers surrounding it will be at dangerously low levels.
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The island in the middle of the Sea of Galilee (Photo: Air Documentation Project)
The Sea of Galilee's Kinneret Authority recently announced that the waterline currently stands at -213.375 meters below sea level, which is 37.5 meters below the lake's Red Line.
The waterline for the lake needs to be four meters and 57 centimeters higher for it to be considered "full." However, the last winter was the third winter in a row whereby the rainfall was less than the average, causing the year 2016 to be considered a drought year.
Once the water level gets this low, an island appears in the lake.
Pinchas Green, Deputy Chairman of the Kinneret Authority, said that "the Sea of Galilee's water line has dropped by a meter and two centimeters since the beginning of the summer. The waterline is currently very low, lower than the lower red line threshold. The lack of water was felt really early this year. We all need to pray for a really rainy summer this year."
Dr. Amir Givati, Director of the Surface Water Office at the Hydrological Authority of the Israel Water Authority said that "the Sea of Galilee waterline is at its lowest level since Fall 2012. The Water Authority isn't expecting large amounts of rain this winter, and the waterline is expected to drop even further – well below the lower red line. If the weather remains dry for the next few months, then other rivers, streams, and springs in the Sea of Galilee region will run dry."
The Israel Water Authority is warning that a dry winter will bring the waterline to its lowest point in nine years, and that aquifer levels may also fall below their red lines.
"The Sea of Galilee waterline is already well below the lower red line, despite the fact that pumping from the lake has been greatly reduced. The amount of water being pumped from the lake is the lowest ever. However, the Jordan river is on the verge of dehydration," Givati said.
The Water Authority said "according to weather models which the Water Authority has received from international forecasting centers, and also from the Israeli meteorological center, that the worst is yet to come."
Sep 13, 2016
Mark
UK weather: It's the hottest day of the year - in SEPTEMBER - as mercury hits 94F but north is hit by torrential storm
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Today has officially become the hottest day of the year so far and the warmest September day in 105 years after temperatures soared to a scorching 34.4C (93.9F) - despite parts of the UK enduring heavy rain and lightning.
Sunseekers have flocked to parks and beaches across the country to make the most of the flash heatwave which has seen the mercury rise to a record-breaking 34.4C at Gravesend, Kent and 32.8C at Heathrow, London.
Forecasters say large swathes of southern England and the Midlands are also enjoying temperatures of 31C and '32C in places' - meaning parts of the UK are currently warmer than Rome, Crete, Thailand, Majorca and Madrid.
However, in other parts of the UK, rain has fallen so hard and fast that the Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain for the North West, North East, Yorkshire and into parts of Scotland.
Meteorologist Mark Wilson said 'there has been a lot of rain in a very short space of time' in the North West - along with of thunder and lightning - and it could cause flash flooding and travel chaos.
In Manchester, the rain was so heavy that it has forced Manchester City to call off their opening Champions League game with Borussia Monchengladbach because of a waterlogged pitch. Elsewhere in the city, people were seen running for cover and taking shelter under umbrellas and full-body raincoats.
People were also seen running for cover and ducking under umbrellas in Blackpool, as well as areas in the south east such as Bournemouth in Dorset, and Wales.
Sep 13, 2016
Tracie Crespo
www.thelocal.fr/20160914/storms-leave-120000-homes-without-power-in...
'70,000 lightning strikes' cause power cuts in France
Some 120,000 homes in western France were without electricity on Wednesday morning after violent storms swept through the region.
The country’s weather agency Météo France recorded 70,000 different lightning strikes across the storm-hit areas overnight on Tuesday.
And the extreme weather is not over yet with seven departments still on orange alert – the second highest warning level, with more storms forecast.
The storms left their mark with homes from the Pyrennees in the south west right up to Brittany in the north west hit by power cuts.
Homes across the Pays de la Loire, Aude, and Dordogne were also hit. In the department of Gironde some 23,000 homes saw power cut by the storms, many of which were around the Bordeaux area.
Sep 14, 2016
KM
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Sheffield hit by 'tornado' during day of weather extremes across UK
Flash floods also strike Manchester supermarket and city centre
Residents reported a “tornado” touching down in Sheffield last night amid a night of extreme weather across the UK.
Conditions varied hugely across the country, with a high of 34.4C in Gravesend making Tuesday the hottest the day of 2016, and hottest September day since 1911.
During the evening, a number of Sheffield’s residents filmed what appeared to be a tornado unfurling on the outskirts of the city.
In addition to the Etihad Stadium, an Asda supermarket in Greater Manchester had to be closed after torrential rain caused a flash flood in the shopping aisles.
People were also forced to wade through knee-deep water in the centre of Mancherster. Residents awoke to sink holes in Mancheser's streets.
In Lancashire, 20,000 homes were left without power throughout Tuesday night.
The Met Office recorded “quite intense thunder activity” in the Sheffield area, but has no record of tornado activity. “It’s quite possible there was a tornado and they are not that unusual,” Grahame Madge, senior press officer for The Met Office, told The Independent.
“It’s very difficult to record a tornado unless people have seen them first-hand,” he said.
“They often don’t leave a trace. Tornados can be so fleeting and transient.”
Mr Madge maintained, however, the perfect conditions needed for a tornado to take place were not present in Sheffield last night.
While it was warm and humid, “the conditions in the upper atmosphere were not perfect.”
Sheffield continued to face torrential rainfall in the evening, which disrupted the pre-match build-up to Sheffield Wednesday’s football match against Bristol City.
Sep 15, 2016
KM
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/14/us/tropical-storm-julia-weather/
A weather rarity: Tropical Storm Julia forms over land
While a super typhoon was wreaking havoc in East Asia, a little tropical storm named Julia formed in Florida on Tuesday night.
'Persistent organization'
The forecast for Julia
Track the latest weather story and share your comments with CNN Weather on Facebookand Twitter.
CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller contributed to this report.
Sep 16, 2016
Yvonne Lawson
Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax
Hail has fallen in Samoa for the first time since 2011. Photograph: Vaetasi Asiata/Facebook
Meteorologist forced to release satellite images of the storm to convince some locals that the hail wasn't part of a practical joke
Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island’s inhabitants.
The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature at this time of year is 29C.
But on Friday evening an unexpected hail storm struck the eastern side of the island of Savai’i, accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind gusts.
It was only the second time since records began that hail has fallen on Samoa, the first was in 2011.
The storm lasted 10 to 15 minutes and produced hail stones roughly 2cm wide.
“The ice was very small and there were no reports of damage,” said Luteru Tauvale, principal meteorologist for the Samoan Meteorology Service.
“Because it was so unexpected a lot of people thought it had been invented. We had to release satellite images of the conditions that led to to the hail for people to believe it was real.”
Samoans took to social media to share their photos of the hail, many voicing disbelief at the incident, and then saying it was the “first time” they had been convinced of the the phenomenon of climate change.
“Climate change is here!” wrote one Samoan on Facebook.
“More like we have just woken up to the fact it had been with us for a while but we refuse to accept/believe it.”
Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/samoa-hit-by-hail-sto...
Sep 19, 2016
KM
https://www.sott.net/article/328824-10-dead-after-flash-flood-and-l...
At least 10 people have died and three are missing after a flash flood and landslides struck Garut and Sumedang in West Java in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The flash flood struck Bayongbong, Karangpawitan, in Garut regency, at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning after heavy rainfall covered the area from Tuesday evening. The rainfall caused the Cimanuk and Cikamuri rivers to overflow, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on Wednesday.
The flashflood in Garut resulted in the deaths of eight people. Many others are injured and hundreds of people have had to leave their homes, Sutopo said, citing data from the Garut Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).
The flood reached up to two meters in height after just three hours of rainfall.
"Right now, most of the flood has subsided, but [the disaster] shows that the river basin of Cimanuk River was in a critical condition," Sutopo said as reported by kompas.com.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday evening, landslides in Cimareme village, Sumedang regency, buried two houses. Two people have been found dead and two others are thought to be buried in the landslides.
A BNPB quick response team and the West Java BPBD have deployed personnel to help search for the missing victims and to assist the Garut BPBD and the Sumendang BPBD.
Sep 21, 2016
jorge namour
Severe Weather Europe
SEPTEMBER 21 2016
European Severe Storms Laboratory received 71 reports of tornadoes in Europe in August - here is a great plot of all reported events. There are most certainly additional events that were not reported - help by reporting events that you know of!
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Spectacular photo of tall waterspout in Syros Island, Greece yesterday
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Severe Weather Europe SEPTEMBER 21 2016
Crazy good photos of large waterspout off Corsica, France
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Meanwhile in Canada, huge snow accumulation in Alberta two days ago.
SEPTEMBER 21 2016
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Sep 22, 2016
KM
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2016/09/24/winter-arrives-early-in...
Winter arrives early in eastern Turkey as season’s first snowfall recorded
Winter arrived early in eastern Turkey's Erzurum province as the city center saw the season's first snowfall on Friday as temperatures in the city fell below one degree celsius.
Snowfall is not unusual for Erciyes, Kösedağ or Arkut, the mountain regions of Turkey in September. But the change in weather still came as a bit of a shock to inhabitants of the highest city of Turkey when they woke up to their city center covered in a layer of snow.
The major ski centers in the country have also already recorded the season's first snow. The snow depth in Erzurum's Palandöken Ski Center now stands at 12 centimeters, while another ski resort, Kartalkaya, has also received significant snowfall.
Sep 25, 2016
KM
Dozens injured, thousands without power as Typhoon Megi hits Taiwan
Typhoon Megi slammed into the coast of northeast Taiwan on Tuesday, injuring dozens and leaving almost a million homes without power.
Flooding, high winds possible in China
Work, classes canceled ahead of landfall
Sep 27, 2016
M. Difato
South Australia without power as severe thunderstorms unleash chaos
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The entire state of South Australia was without power on Wednesday after severe thunderstorms knocked out infrastructure and caused complete chaos. Authorities have warned of more wild weather.
The state, which is about one and a half times the size of France and with a population of some 1.7 million, experienced torrential rainfall and hail stones. A massive storm struck with destructive wind gusts of up to 140 km per hour (87 mph).
The Bureau of Meteorology said the situation was a complete chaos with trees being torn down and roofs ripped out. Thousands of homes and business were without power and cars were gridlocked on flooded streets. The traffic lights also stopped working.
The authorities said this was one of the most intense storms to hit the state in recent years.
Jay Weatherill, South Australia's Premier said the duration of the outage was "unknown". He urged people to avoid travel and said authorities sought to restore the network "in the coming hours".
"At this stage we're still gathering information about the cause, but it appears that there was a weather event which has damaged infrastructure in the Port Augusta region," Weatherill told local ABC radio.
He also added that the grid had shut down to protect itself after a "dramatic drop in frequency" in the power network.
SA Power Networks is responsible to run the electricity distribution network of the state. It tweeted on Wednesday saying that South Australians should "brace for extended outages and ensure you conserve mobile device battery".
"We're experiencing a statewide outage and have no supply from the upstream transmission network," SA Power Networks added.
Weather officials forecast that the stormy conditions will continue through Thursday.
Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg told Sky News that "serious questions" would be raised about this situation. He said people would surely ask how a major state's entire electricity supply could be pummelled by a severe storm.
Sep 28, 2016
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September 28, 2016
1.2 km height for this sandstorm, look at the video:
NEW SAND STORM IN ARIZONA
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The city of Phoenix in Arizona was again plunged into darkness by the passage of a new sandstorm ( "haboob").
The haboobs occur several times a year in the desert regions of the United States, especially in spring and summer. In a hot and dry environment (30 to 35 ° C these days in Phoenix), sand storm on Tuesday was pushed by moderate winds of 65 km / h. The sandstorm rose to about 1.2 km high, enough to plunge the city of Phoenix in the dark as shown in the illustration photo and video below.
Sep 28, 2016
KM
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Dozens missing after Typhoon Megi triggers major landslide in China (VIDEO)
The typhoon made landfall at Quanzhou city in Fujian province in the early hours of Wednesday morning bringing winds of up to 118km per hour, China Central Television (CCTV) reports.
Heavy rainfall and powerful winds were widespread in the southeast of the country. The treacherous conditions triggered landslides in Secun village, Zhejiang on Wednesday evening, destroying more than 20 houses and leaving at least 27 people missing, according to Xinhua news agency.
At least four people were killed and more than 500 injured when the typhoon barreled through northeastern Taiwan on Tuesday. Almost 4 million homes were left without electricity and nearly 300,000 houses were without water, Taiwan's Central News Agency said.
Megi is the 17th typhoon this year and it comes less than three weeks after Super Typhoon Meranti wrecked havoc in the Philippines, Taiwan and China.
Sep 29, 2016
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/state-of-emergency-windsor-1....
Flooding leads to state of emergency in Windsor, Tecumseh, Ont.
City received reports of 700 flooded homes and businesses
Mayors in Windsor and Tecumseh, Ont., declared a state of emergency for their communities after massive flooding hit the region Thursday.
More than 190 millimetres of rain fell in Tecumseh, while 80.8 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in Windsor between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 5 p.m. Thursday.
Another 70 millimetres is expected to hit the region Thursday evening and into Friday, and a flood warning remains in effect.
"This is beyond the reasonable capacity of the city to handle," Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. "It's beyond the capacity of the residents to handle."
Dilkens said damage to homes and businesses will be overwhelming, and he plans to ask senior levels of government for help.
Basements and streets in Windsor and Tecumseh flooded as rain pummelled the region. Dilkens and Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara said they have never seen a storm like this one.
Windsor, Ont., Mayor Drew Dilkens said damage to homes and businesses will be overwhelming, and he plans to ask senior levels of government for help.
"This wasn't a one-in-10-year storm. It wasn't even a one-in-100-year storm," Dilkens said.
"I've never seen anything that intense in the 35 years I've been in this region," McNamara said. "This is unprecedented."
Windsor received 700 flood-related calls to its 311 service centre, which saw call volumes triple the normal level. Dilkens reminded residents to keep calling if they get a busy signal. The 311 service centre will continue accepting calls until 11 p.m. Thursday.
Dilkens speaks to reporters while declaring a state of emergency for the City of Windsor.
Windsor's fire department reported responding to 92 incidents during the storm.
Hundreds of residents in the communities reported flooding in their basements. John and Matilda Adams first discovered flooding at 7:30 a.m. They tried using two pumps to clear the water at their home, but that wasn't enough. Eventually they had to install four pumps in an effort to keep the water at bay.
Basement flooding in Windsor, Tecumseh storm2:18
"We tried to do our best," John Adams said. "But we couldn't keep up. We were just panicking really."
"What can you do when something like this happens?" Matilda Adams said.
Dilkens wants to tap into a provincial emergency fund to help those residents, saying officials will apply to see if the city is eligible. With more rain in the forecast Friday, Dilkens said provincial inspectors would likely assess the situation when the storm moves through on the weekend.
"We want to do everything we can. We're not shirking our responsibilities," he said.
Flood-related phone calls are overwhelming Windsor's 311 service centre.
Sep 30, 2016
KM
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37527865
Hurricane Matthew heads for Jamaica packing strong winds
Hurricane Matthew has weakened slightly as it moves towards Jamaica, but is still packing winds of up to 250km/h (155mph), strong enough to wreck houses, forecasters say.
It is now a category four storm, the US National Hurricane Center says, after earlier reaching the top category five on a scale of intensity.
MPs are due to discuss preparations. The storm may make landfall by Monday.
Jamaica's southern coast is expected to be hit first.
The capital, Kingston, is located in the area, as is the country's only oil refinery.
Officials have warned the high winds could also batter the island's main tourist areas including Montego Bay in the north.
"The government is on high alert," the prime minister's director of communications was quoted as saying by Reuters.
"We hope that the hurricane does not hit us, but if it does hit us, we are trying our very best to ensure that we are in the best possible place," Robert Morgan said
Local emergency teams as well as the police and army are on standby, while shelters are being set up throughout the island, Mr Morgan said.
As the storm approaches many Jamaicans are stocking up on water and food.
Tropical storm warnings have also been issued for parts of coastal Colombia and Haiti over the weekend.
Haitian authorities say the priority is to protect the southern islands of the country, whose inhabitants they have described as "first at risk", according to AFP news agency.
Forecasters said up to 38cm (15 ins) of rain could fall across Jamaica and on southern Haiti.
While Jamaica was damaged by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, the last major storm in the region was Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Matthew could be the most powerful storm to hit the island since records began, meteorologist Eric Holthaus said on Twitter.
Oct 1, 2016
KM
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3 Edgewater homes damaged in strong storm
EDGEWATER — The last thing Susan Selesky expected Thursday was to be awakened from a nap by a tree penetrating her roof.
So it's understandable she compared a strong afternoon storm to some of the hurricanes that have lashed her Florida Shores neighborhood.
“I’ve been through Charlie, Frances and Jeanne and this was worse than all three of those,” Selesky said. “It scared me worse.”
Selesky's home was one of at least three damaged by the strong storm as winds knocked down several large trees and took down a few power lines, according to Edgewater Fire Chief Stephen Cousins. Crews from Florida Power & Light were in the area working to restore power Thursday. And more than 100 homes in the area were without power, according to FPL's power map.
“We’re not exactly sure the spacial extent of the winds, but it was definitely a downburst with straight-line winds,” said Meteorologist Jessie Smith of the National Weather Service of Melbourne.
By that, Smith meant that the storm hasn't been classified as a tornado, but it was stronger than a microburst. She said the severe weather alert the NWS issued had gusts around 60 mph.
“Basically, it’s like a microburst because you have a lot of rain and a lot of wind in one concentrated area,” Smith said. “But it’s a larger spacial scale than a microburst.”
That could be why Charlie Suit said he heard nothing when the storm came through and knocked down a wooden picket fence in his backyard.
There were several large tree limbs surrounding the fence, but Suit’s wife Snookie said: “We were real lucky.”
She pointed back across the lawn to Selesky’s yard as at least 11 people made short work of the massive downed trees entangled in three cars along the street and large limbs atop the roof.
“They got hit the hardest over there,” Snookie Suit said.
At the Needle Palm Drive owned by her boyfriend Richard Guy, Selesky comforted dog Gracie in her arms as she showed the damage — a sawed-off branch bore a hole in the bedroom and chunks of tree and attic insulation peeked through a 10-foot by 5-foot void in Guy’s sunroom ceiling while he guided cleanup crews in the house.
City crews will investigate to determine if the house still able to be occupied, Cousins said.
Gracie was shaken up, too, as the pup lay on the bed with Selesky when the tree made its unannounced entrance.
At least two other homes in the 2600 block of Lime Tree Drive sustained damages as well. Debris could be seen strewn throughout about a 3-by-10-block area in the neighborhood.
Mark King and other neighbors were outside helping to get foliage and limbs picked up.
As he drove his lawn tractor west, King described the storm.
“It was raining so hard. You couldn’t see anything,” he said.
But Selesky was grateful the damage wasn't worse.
“Nobody got hurt. That’s the big thing."
Oct 4, 2016
KM
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At least 4 killed as Hurricane Matthew starts lashing Haiti, Jamaica
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Heavy rains from the outer bands of Hurricane Matthew drenched Jamaica and Haiti on Monday, flooding streets and sending many people to emergency shelters as the Category 4 storm approached the two countries. Two deaths were reported in Haiti, bringing the total for the storm to at least four.
Matthew had sustained winds of 140 mph as it moved north, up from 130 mph earlier in the day. The center was expected to pass just east of Jamaica and near or over the southwestern tip of Haiti early Tuesday before heading to eastern Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
"We are looking at a dangerous hurricane that is heading into the vicinity of western Haiti and eastern Cuba," said Richard Pasch, a senior hurricane specialist with the center. "People who are impacted by things like flooding and mudslides hopefully would get out and relocate because that's where we have seen loss of life in the past."
Many were taking that advice. In Jamaica, more than 700 people packed shelters in the eastern parish of St. Thomas and the Salvation Army said there were about 200 people at its shelters in Kingston as it put out a call for mattresses and cots.
Still, many people chose to stick it out. Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie said all but four residents of the Port Royal area near the Kingston airport refused to board buses and evacuate.
Oct 4, 2016
KM
https://sputniknews.com/asia/20161005/1046016401/typhoon-chaba-sout...
Typhoon Chaba in South Korea Leaves Three Dead, Three Missing
Typhoon Chaba hit the southern parts of South Korea Wednesday, leading to casualties among local population. At least three people were killed and three others went missing after the typhoon swept over South Korean island of Jeju and the cities of Busan and Ulsan, according to national KBS broadcaster.
The rainfall due to typhoon Chaba reached over 120 millimeters (4 inches) in some areas of the country, according to the Korean Meteorological Administration. About 58,000 houses are left without power in Busan and Jeju Island. The typhoon has reportedly disrupted transport services and air traffic. Typhoon Chaba hammered parts of Japan's Okinawa prefecture on Monday, bringing more than 200 millimeters of rainfall. Over 590,000 residents of the Japanese Okinawa Prefecture were prepared for evacuation.
Oct 6, 2016
KM
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/10/05/10/02/homes-evacuated-w...
Police condemn man for ‘act of stupidity’ after ignoring warnings not to enter Victorian floodwaters
Frustrated rescuers have saved a paddleboarder in his 60s who became trapped in floodwaters for a second time at Yarrawonga.
Police say a man who was forced to take refuge in a tree with his dog after ignoring warnings not to return to his home engaged in an “act of stupidity”.
Paul Debar, 61, was paddleboarding in rising floodwaters near the Yarrawonga holiday park with his dog when he got into trouble about 9am.
He had to wait almost three hours before water police from Melbourne were able to rescue him.
The man and his dog were eventually rescued from a tree near the Yarrawonga Holiday Park. (9NEWS)
“He had been warned yesterday not to return to his caravan. Sometime during the night, he returned,” Sergeant Bruce Rigoni said.
“This morning he was using his paddleboard to get back to the caravan park when he came off the paddleboard.
“It’s quite fast water so it was very dangerous for him and for rescuers… It’s very frustrating, our resources are tied up with people doing this sort of thing.”
State Emergency Service volunteers rescued two other people yesterday at Tarrawingee and Charlton.
The man and his dog were paddle boarding when they became trapped. (9NEWS)
Wangaratta was spared further damage today despite the Ovens River peaking at 12.8 metres overnight, with conditions remaining dry, however the floodwaters will take days to subside.
Focus has shifted to Bundalong near the New South Wales border, where the Murray River joins the Ovens River.
"We're beginning to focus our attention on the Murray and the impacts on communities along the Murray as the water moves down," SES spokesman Brian Wright said.
The Murray River is expected to peak later this week.
Community meetings were held at Bundalong and Cobram today to discuss sandbagging properties and preparing for more damage.
The Murray River is expected to reach 8.1 metres at Yarrawonga on Friday, and near 7.4 metres at Tocumwal.
It will peak in other towns at some stage on Saturday.
Major and moderate flooding is occurring at parts of the Loddon River, the Avoca River, the Seven and Castle Creeks, Broken River, Ovens and King Rivers, the Kiewa River and the Mitchell River.
Oct 6, 2016
KM
http://floodlist.com/asia/thailand-floods-reported-14-provinces-3-d...
Thailand – Floods Reported in 14 Provinces, 3 Dead in Nakornsawan
In a report issued late yesterday, Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) said that 3 people have been killed by floods in Nakornsawan province. Wide areas of farmland have been submerged and 27,000 houses inundated.
Flooding is affecting a total of 14 provinces across the country as the rainy season comes to a peak. Many areas have reported persistent heavy rain over the last 2 weeks.
River levels are high and the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has said it will need to make controlled releases of water from several dams.
Ayutthaya province in particular is seeing some severe flooding, with around 22,000 homes inundated as well as a number of important historical buildings and temples.
Floods in Fourteen Provinces
Yesterday, DDPM Director General Chatchai Promlert said that excessive rainwater had been reported in the 14 provinces including 61 districts, 358 communities and 2,087 villages. Officials report that 68,000 houses have been damaged by floodwater.
According to the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT), those provinces included eight in the Central Region, namely Nakhorn Sawan, Chainat, Singburi, Angtong, Ayuthaya, Supanburi, Lopburi and Kanchanaburi, three in the North, namely Pichit, Pitsanulok and Petchabun, and three in the Northeast, namely Chaiyapum, Ubon Ratchathani and Khon Kaen.
The DDPM Director says his department is cooperating with military units in efforts to urgently provide assistance to flood victims.
He added that DDPM is also working with local units of the Irrigation Department to install water pumps drain off the excessive water from communities and economic areas in those provinces, he said. Relief items will be handed out the villagers affected by flooding and damaged roads will be promptly repaired.
Bangkok Under Threat
The Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC) is closely monitoring the situation in the flood-prone district of Don Mueang as run-off from the upper provinces heads towards the capital.
NNT reports that “the BMC is particularly concerned about Khlong Prem Prachakorn, where the canal is seeing surging water levels and passes through different districts in Bangkok and other provinces. Heavy rains could cause the canal to overflow and flood nearby communities.”
Dam Releases Could Cause Flooding Along Chao Phraya and Pa Sak Rivers
The long term heavy rain in catchment areas prompted the country’s Royal Irrigation Department (RID) to increase the volume of water released from Pasak Chollasit dam from 06 October onwards, in order to increase the dam’s capacity to accommodate for the high water flow.
People and businesses near the Chao Phraya river, Noi river, Bang Luang canal, Bang Ban canal and Pasak river are advised to move their belongings to high grounds to brace for inundation.
By late yesterday, local media had already reported 100s of villages had been flooded, with some under as much as 1.5 metres of water.
Communities along the Pa Sak River in Ayutthaya, as well as Lop Buri and Sara Buri provinces, have also been warned of possible overflows in the coming days due to an increase in water discharge from dams upstream.
RID officials reported that the water level at Pasak Jolasid Dam on the Pa Sak River has already reached 90 percent of its capacity and, if nothing is done, the dam is expected to be completely full by October 11. RID therefore need to increase the discharge rate.
Oct 10, 2016
KM
https://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1004/821455-rain-west-counties/
Valentia Observatory sees record rainfall
Valentia Observatory in Co Kerry has recorded its highest level of rainfall on a single day since records began there over 150 years ago.
There was 105.5mm of rain in 24 hours.
Last night's torrential rain led to the closure of a number of roads on the south Kerry peninsula.
A significant land slippage blocked part of the Wild Atlantic Way tourist route between Baile an Sceilg and Portmagee.
A number of houses in the fishing village of Portmagee were badly damaged when flood waters entered during the night.
Oct 10, 2016
KM
http://globalnews.ca/news/2986844/saskatoon-and-area-remains-under-...
Cleanup continues in Saskatoon and area following record snowfall
A massive snow storm in Saskatchewan has closed schools, shut down highways and resulted in a devastating halt to harvest. A century old snowfall record has been surpassed and up to half a metre of snow has fallen in some areas with more on the way. Peter Quinlan has more details.
A snowfall warning has ended in Saskatoon but remains in place in other parts of Saskatchewan as crews continue to cleanup from a record Oct. 5 snowfall.
Early snowfall leaves Saskatoon residents feeling winter’s chill
According to Environment Canada, 30 centimetres of snow had fallen in Saskatoon as of Thursday afternoon.
At least 17 centimetres fell on Wednesday, unofficially breaking a century old record for that day, when 5.6 centimetres was recorded on Oct. 5, 2016.
Environment Canada stopped measuring snowfall in Saskatoon in 2007, meaning the record cannot officially be broken.
The major low pressure system that brought an early snowfall to many parts of the province is now weakening, with another two to four centimetres expected to fall before tapering off to a few flurries Thursday evening.
The agency said much of the northern grainbelt received five to 10 centimetres of snow overnight Wednesday.
Total snowfall amounts from the storm are expected to range in the 20 to 30 centimetre range.
Saskatchewan snow bad news for some farmers
In Saskatoon, police said the overnight snowfall has left city streets very slippery and they are asking drivers to give themselves more time to get to their destination.
City officials said sanders and plows are focused on priority 1 streets and contractors to help with sidewalk snow clearing and for grader assistance.
“We did see more snow than we anticipated (Wednesday night), but throughout the mid morning the temperature came up which softened the ruts,” said City of Saskatoon director of roadways and operations, Brandon Harris.
They also said temperatures into the weekend will pose challenges as it could lead to more ice formation.
Saskatoon Light & Power dealt with power outages in three neighbourhoods. Power was knocked out in Nutana, Buena Vista and Exhibition at around 7 a.m. and restored by 9:30 a.m.
Oct 11, 2016
KM
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/hurricane-matthew-r...
Flooding, damage as Matthew-fueled storm lashes Maritimes
Though the storm itself did not directly impact Atlantic Canada, a low-pressure system fueled by Matthew's moisture brought severe weather conditions to areas in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Tens of thousands of residents and business-owners in Atlantic Canada were left without power early Tuesday after wind gusts of more than 100 km/h lashed the region on Monday.
Sydney, N.S., and Gander, N.L. saw record-breaking rainfall totals of up to 225 mm for the former and 124 mm for the latter.
Sydney's previous official one-day total rainfall record was 128 mm, set in 1981.
Rain began to taper off overnight Monday from south to north across the Nova Scotia as the system moves away. Newfoundland will see precipitation dwindle through the day Tuesday, lingering longest over the east and southeast parts of the province.
Though rainfall warnings dropped, wind warnings were in place for northeast Nova Scotia and Newfoundland's Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas early Tuesday, with gusts near 100 km/h expected to persist through the day.
"Damage to buildings, such as to roof shingles and windows, may occur," Environment Canada said in a statement. "Loose objects may be tossed by the wind and cause injury or damage."
"[W]e're closely watching the track of Nicole," says Weather Network meteorologist Dr. Doug Gillham.
"[It's] forecast to stay offshore, but potentially close enough to have some impact, especially to Southern Newfoundland," he adds. "Matthew is a sobering reminder to not let your guard down even when all the models are offshore."
A cold front that will slowly cross Atlantic Canada Thursday night through Saturday, bringing below-seasonal temperatures for the weekend.
Oct 11, 2016
KM
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-northwest-idUSKBN12F003
Rare tornado hits Oregon as storms bear down on Pacific Northwest
The twister left most of Manzanita, a community of some 600 permanent residents in the northwest corner of Oregon, without electricity and more than two dozen homes uninhabitable, though no injuries were reported, City Manager Jerry Taylor said.
The tornado was spawned by a major Pacific storm sweeping coastal portions of Oregon and Washington state even as the region braced for harsher weather forecast by the National Weather Service from remnants of a typhoon expected to arrive on Saturday.
High winds, gusting to gale-force speeds, were reported by the weather service across the Puget Sound area of Washington with more than 100 lightning strikes recorded over coastal waters in a single hour at one point.
The weather service said about 20,000 Seattle-area homes and businesses were without electricity on Friday morning.
Beginning as a waterspout first spotted just offshore, the Manzanita tornado raked a half-mile long path of destruction through commercial and residential sections of town just after 8 a.m. local time, much of it along the community's main street.
About half the roof of a building housing an ice cream parlor and two other shops was torn off and hurled into an adjacent parking lot, while a nearby stationery store sustained similar damage, Taylor said.
Numerous houses were damaged, including 28 left red-tagged as unsafe for occupation, according to Taylor. The community was littered with fallen trees, strewn debris and tangles of downed wires and utility poles.
Mayor Garry Bullard declared a state of emergency seeking disaster recovery assistance.
Taylor said damage from the twister could leave the town especially vulnerable to more severe weather forecast for the entire region on Saturday as the remnants of Typhoon Songda, a tropical cyclone that formed in the western Pacific, move ashore.
The National Weather Service said that the Seattle area could see wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour on Saturday, warning on Twitter: "It's not the 'storm of the century.' But it has [the] potential to be significant for Seattle."
Mayor Ed Murray said Seattle's homeless shelters were expanding their capacity in anticipation of the storm.
Oct 15, 2016