Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect
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"We warned at the start of ZetaTalk, in 1995, that unpredictable weather extremes, switching about from drought to deluge, would occur and increase on a lineal basis up until the pole shift. Where this occurred steadily, it has only recently become undeniable. ZetaTalk, and only ZetaTalk, warned of these weather changes, at that early date. Our early warnings spoke to the issue of global heating from the core outward, hardly Global Warming, a surface or atmospheric issue, but caused by consternation in the core. Affected by the approach of Planet X, which was by then starting to zoom rapidly toward the inner solar system for its periodic passage, the core was churning, melting the permafrost and glaciers and riling up volcanoes. When the passage did not occur as expected in 2003 because Planet X had stalled in the inner solar system, we explained the increasing weather irregularities in the context of the global wobble that had ensued - weather wobbles where the Earth is suddenly forced under air masses, churning them. This evolved by 2005 into a looping jet stream, loops breaking away and turning like a tornado to affect the air masses underneath. Meanwhile, on Planet Earth, droughts had become more intractable and deluges positively frightening, temperature swings bringing snow in summer in the tropics and searing heat in Artic regions, with the violence of storms increasing in number and ferocity."
From the ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for February 4, 2012:
The wobble seems to have changed, as the temperature in Europe suddenly plunged after being like an early Spring, Alaska has its coldest temps ever while the US and much of Canada is having an extremely mild winter. India went from fatal cold spell to balmy again. Has the Earth changed position vs a vs Planet X to cause this? [and from another] Bitter cold records broken in Alaska - all time coldest record nearly broken, but Murphy's Law intervenes [Jan 30] http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/30/bitter-cold-records-broken-in-alaska Jim River, AK closed in on the all time record coldest temperature of -80°F set in 1971, which is not only the Alaska all-time record, but the record for the entire United States. Unfortunately, it seems the battery died in the weather station just at the critical moment. While the continental USA has a mild winter and has set a number of high temperature records in the last week and pundits ponder whether they will be blaming the dreaded "global warming" for those temperatures, Alaska and Canada have been suffering through some of the coldest temperatures on record during the last week.
There has been no change in the wobble pattern, the wobble has merely become more severe. Nancy noted a Figure 8 format when the Earth wobble first became noticeable, in early 2005, after Planet X moved into the inner solar system at the end of 2003. The Figure 8 shifted along to the east a bit on the globe between 2005 and 2009, (the last time Nancy took its measure) as Planet X came closer to the Earth, encountering the magnetic N Pole with a violent push earlier in the day. But the pattern of the Figure 8 remained essentially the same. So what changed recently that the weather patterns became noticeably different in late January, 2012?
The N Pole is pushed away when it comes over the horizon, when the noon Sun is centered over the Pacific. This regularly puts Alaska under colder air, with less sunlight, and thus the historically low temps there this January, 2012 as the wobble has gotten stronger. But by the time the Sun is positioned over India, the N Pole has swung during the Figure 8 so the globe tilts, and this tilt is visible in the weather maps from Asia. The tilt has forced the globe under the hot air closer to the Equator, warming the land along a discernable tilt demarcation line.
The next loop of the Figure 8 swings the globe so that the N Pole moves in the other direction, putting the globe again at a tilt but this time in the other direction. This tilt is discernable in weather maps of Europe, again along a diagonal line. Depending upon air pressure and temperature differences, the weather on either side of this diagonal line may be suddenly warm or suddenly cold. The tilt and diagonal line lingers to affect much of the US and Canada, but the Figure 8 changes at this point to be an up and down motion, pulling the geographic N Pole south so the US is experiencing a warmer than expected winter under a stronger Sun. Then the cycle repeats, with the magnetic N Pole of Earth pushed violently away again as the Sun is positioned over the Pacific.
From the ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for April 6, 2013:
Would the Zetas be able to let us know what is causing the early break-up of the Arctic Ice, the ice seems to have taken on a swirling pattern at the same time, would this be wobble related? [and from another] http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Canada+Arctic+cracks+spectacular+event/8185609/story.html The ice in Canada’s western Arctic ripped open in a massive “fracturing event” this spring that spread like a wave across 1,000 kilometres of the Beaufort Sea. Huge leads of water – some more than 500 kilometres long and as much as 70 kilometres across – opened up from Alaska to Canada’s Arctic islands as the massive ice sheet cracked as it was pushed around by strong winds and currents. It took just seven days for the fractures to progress across the entire area from west to east. [and from another] http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80752&src=iotdrss A high-pressure weather system was parked over the region, producing warmer temperatures and winds that flowed in a southwesterly direction. That fueled the Beaufort Gyre, a wind-driven ocean current that flows clockwise. The gyre was the key force pulling pieces of ice west past Point Barrow, the northern nub of Alaska that protrudes into the Beaufort Sea.
The Figure 8 formed by the N Pole during the daily Earth wobble has shifted somewhat to the East, due to Planet X positioned more to the right of the Earth during its approach. This was anticipated, and well described in ZetaTalk, the Earth crowding to the left in the cup to escape the approach of Planet X, so the angle between these two planets would change slightly. This shift of the Figure 8 to the East is due to the push against the Earth’s magnetic N Pole occurring sooner each day than prior. Thus instead of occurring when the Sun is high over the Pacific, over New Zealand, it is now occurring when the Sun is high over Alaska. All the wobble points have shifted eastward accordingly.
This has brought a lingering Winter to the western US, and a changed sloshing pattern to the Arctic waters. Instead of Pacific waters being pushed through the Bering Straits into the Arctic when the polar push occurs, the wobble is swinging the Arctic to the right, and then later to the left, creating a circular motion in the waters trapped in the Arctic. Since the Earth rotates counterclockwise, the motion also takes this path. This is yet another piece of evidence that the establishment is hard pressed to explain. They are attempting to ascribe this to high pressure and wind, all of which are not new to the Arctic, but this circular early breakup of ice in the Arctic is new.
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2016/10/biblical-floods-vietnam-kill-at-le...
Biblical floods kill at least 11 and destroy throusands of homes in Vietnam
At least 11 people have died and several more are missing in heavy flooding in central Vietnam.
Tens of thousands of homes have been completely submerged by water. Local authorities mobilise army and police to rescue trapped residents in central Vietnam following torrential rain.
The communist government has ordered local authorities to mobilise the army and police to rescue trapped residents following heavy downpours.
Officials say at least 11 had died in the flooding with some 27,000 homes under water in the region.
The death toll was seven in Quang Binh province. Conditions are however improving. Now safety troops can reach areas which were isolated by flooding.
Though rainfall is expected to ease, officials warned the region could be hammered again if typhoon Sarika in the South China Sea reaches Vietnam.
Oct 17, 2016
KM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/20/typhoon-haima-philippine...
Typhoon Haima: Death toll rises as ferocious gales and landslides destroy tens of thousands of homes in the Philippines
One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines killed at least eight people on Thursday as ferocious gales and landslides destroyed tens of thousands of homes.
Super Typhoon Haima struck late on Wednesday night with winds similar to those of catastrophic Haiyan in 2013, which was then the strongest storm to strike the disaster-prone Southeast Asian archipelago and claimed more than 7,350 lives.
Haima then roared across mountain and farming communities of the northern regions of the main island of Luzon overnight, causing widespread destruction and killing at least eight people, authorities said.
"We were frightened because of the strong winds. There was no power, no help coming," Jovy Dalupan, 20, told AFP as she sheltered at nightfall on the side of a highway in San Pablo, a badly damaged town of 20,000 people in Isabela province.
Dalupan, her two young daughters and husband, were forced to flee to the highway along with their neighbours during the height of the storm when their shanty homes, made of plywood, were ripped apart.
Oct 20, 2016
KM
http://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-bandung-west-java-leave-...
Indonesia – Floods in Bandung, West Java, Leave 1 Dead
Disaster management officials in Indonesia report that one person has died and thousands of homes were damaged after flash floods in the city of Bandung, West Java, on 24 October, 2016.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB), said that 77 mm of rain fell in the city in just 1.5 hours around midday on 24 October. Areas of the city were inundated with flood water between 120 cm and 200 cm deep in parts.
BNPD say that Pasteur, Pagarsih, Solokan Jeruk and Sukajadi were among the worst affected districts.
The heavy rain caused the Citepus River to overflow. Drainage canals blocked by trash were blamed for much of the flooding.
Streets were turned to rivers for several hours. Vehicles were swept away on the flow of the flood water. One person drowned in the flood water while attempting to rescue others.
Full damage assessments are yet to be carried out. However, earlier today a BNPD spokesperson said via Social Media that thousands of homes have been damaged. Some residents have been evacuated. Schools in the area have also been reported as damaged in the floods.
Oct 26, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3878224/The-drowning-villag...
The drowning village: Indian island could disappear within 10 years due to raging tidal floods that keep engulfing the land
An Indian island is in danger of sinking and disappearing within 10 years after being hit by raging ideal floods.
Mousuni, an island of the Sundarban Delta Complex in the Bay of Bengal, is drowning along with several others due to fierce floods that have already destroyed 75 per cent of the land.
Experts say the rise in the frequency and intensity of tidal waves are causing the floods, that have left thousands of people homeless.
A woman walks back to her house in the floodwaters which have been engulfing the Indian island of Mousuni in the Bay of Bengal
The island is sinking after being hit by a torrent of huge tidal floods that have destroyed much of the land on Mousuni
A man carries bricks across the water. Thousands of people have been made homeless due to the water levels
A man stands in thigh high water after flooding almost destroyed his home on the Indian island of Mousuni
Due to the increasing tidal floods, salt water enter 5kms into the island, making the fertile land almost a wasteland for any cultivation
A woman sits at the entrance to her home, which is covered in mud following heavy tidal floods in the Bay of Bengal
When seawater engulfs the shore, some can reach up to three miles inland, destroying any fertile land, meaning people have to try and make a living from fishing.
And now the United Nations has also urged neighbouring Bangladesh to halt the construction of a huge coal-fired power plant nearby, warning of a serious threat to the delicate eco-system.
The UN's culture and science agency UNESCO said there was a high chance pollution from the plant would 'irreversibly damage' the Sundarbans, which straddles the border of India and Bangladesh and is home to endangered Bengal tigers and rare dolphins.
It also provides a barrier against storm surges and cyclones that have killed thousands of people in impoverished coastal villages and islands in recent years, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Researchers have said that within a decade or so, these islands will have no physical existence due to the flooding
A worried family look on after trying to barricade their home from the raging flood waters on the island of Mousuni
A couple try to build their own flood defences in a bid to protect their home from the incoming floods on the island
The planned 1,320 megawatt Rampal plant, a joint project by India and Bangladesh, would be powered each year by nearly five million tons of coal transported by boat along the ecosystem's fragile waterways.
Scheduled to open in 2018, the plant would also discharge nearly 125,000 cubic metres a day of chemically-tainted water used to cool generators, according to design specifications.
But in a report published last week, UNESCO said the plant's construction would result in a substantial increase in shipping and dredging in the area.
Children play in the flood waters as boats sail in the background. Many have turned to fishing in order to make a living
The United Nations has also urged neighbouring Bangladesh to halt the construction of a huge coal-fired power plant nearby, warning of a serious threat to the delicate eco-system
A man casts his fishing net in the water in a bid to make a catch. Fishing is one of the only viable industries on the island
Local people do everything they can to try and keep the floodwaters at bay including trying to make their own flood barriers
It recommended that the plant be relocated 'to a more suitable location, where it would not impact negatively on the Sundarbans'.
UNESCO has asked the government for a progress report by December on the state of conservation of the section of the Sundarbans that is a World Heritage site.
In its report it said the forest was also threatened by the construction of the Farakka Barrage on the river Ganges in the Indian state of West Bengal, which was reducing the flow of fresh water.
Oct 27, 2016
jorge namour
CAIRO EGYPT OCTOBER 28 2016
From a Facebook link: Quote: Its windy dusty in cairo
Red dust
In some places . It is not normal to see red colours
We v been having red clouds in egypt
UPDATED: 13 killed, tens injured as heavy rains cause accident south of Cairo
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/246772/Egypt/Politics-...
Rains flood a street in the Red Sea city of Ras Gharib, Thursday, October 27, 2016
Thirteen people were killed and tens of others wounded as a result of torrential trains hitting several Egyptian governorates since Thursday, the health ministry and Ahram Arabic website said.
Six people were killed and 30 others wounded early on Friday when two buses and three vehicles drowned in the water flooding a highway connecting the governorates of Qena and Sohag, some 500km south of Cairo, according to the health ministry.
Authorities closed off the road in both directions after many vehicles had been trapped by the waters, a provincial official told Ahram Arabic news website.
Twenty-six ambulances were rushed to the scene of the accident, Ahmed Al-Ansary, head of the ambulance authority, told Ahram Arabic news website.
Seven others were killed and 18 injured in the city of Ras Gharib, in the northern part of the Red Sea governorate, as a result of heavy rains hitting the area.
At least one person has been missing since Thursday, an Ahram Arabic reporter added.
Heavy rains flooded several Red Sea and Upper Egypt governorates on Wednesday and Thursday. The capital Cairo has been spared the unstable weather conditions.
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Severe floods, thunder and lighting hit Eilat - ISRAEL
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4871361,00.html
In just one night, an entire season’s worth of rain floods southern port city of Eilat, temporarily crippling local airport activities, drenching the streets and forcing authorities to indefinitely shut down roads; hotel staff forced to contend with flooded dining hall.
Tractors sent to remove huge qunatities of water (Photo: Meir Ochion)
Heavy rains swept across Eilat overnight Thursday, causing serious flooding and forcing the local airport to announce an indefinite closure due to dangerous quantities of water on the runways.
Booms of thunder accompanied the giant lightning bolts that could also be see lighting up the night skies.
A number of other roads leading to hotels in the popular holiday resort were also closed as tractors were deployed in an effort to remove the huge quantities of water drenching the streets across the city.
Floods and sandstorms during Israel's first rains
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4871184,00.html
Oct 28, 2016
jorge namour
Severe Weather Europe
*world weather* Terrifying photos of the car struck by lightning in Eilat, Israel on Oct 27th. WOW!
https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/photos/a.1423656947857402....
Oct 31, 2016
KM
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/medicane-tropical-storm-medit...
Halloween Surprise: Rare Tropical Storm Forms in Mediterranean Sea
A tropical storm was a Halloween surprise in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
High surf pounded the coast of Malta before the storm made the tropical transition.
There have been Mediterranean hurricanes ("Medicanes") documented.
A tropical storm formed Halloween weekend, not in the typical Atlantic or Pacific, but in the Mediterranean Sea.
This rather strange sequence of events began as an area of low-pressure dropped southward from southern Europe and became temporarily left behind by the jet stream over the central Mediterranean Sea south of the Italian coast.
By Saturday, Oct. 29, a non-tropical low pressure center formed east of Malta, a group of islands between Sicily and the coast of Libya over the weekend.
RGB composite satellite image of the Mediterranean storm as it was making the transition to a subtropical storm on October 30, 2016, at 12:00 UTC.
The next day, thunderstorms became more clustered near the low-pressure center to warm the mid levels of the atmosphere sufficiently to morph the system into a subtropical storm.
A subtropical storm displays features of both tropical and non-tropical systems, including a broad wind field, no cold or warm fronts, and generally low-topped thunderstorms displaced from the center of the system.
Infrared satellite loop of the Mediterranean subtropical, then tropical storm on Oct. 30-31, 2016.
Soon after, the clusters of storms became even more tightly concentrated, and the atmosphere warm enough that this low actually became a tropical storm.
Nov 1, 2016
KM
http://www.pravdareport.com/news/hotspots/disasters/02-11-2016/1360...
Yakutia residents slaughter animals because of snow disaster
A heavy snowfall in northern Yakutia set a record of thirty years with five times monthly precipitation norm. Local residents were forced to slaughter horses due to difficulties with the organization of winter camps for cattle.
According to Ykt.ru, communication between the regional center and villages was interrupted because of snowy weather. Yakutia's Minister for Agriculture Peter Alekseyev recommended district authorities should search for suitable pastures for horses and observe emaciated animals. The works to clear roads of snow to reach forage locations have already begun.
Horses are unable to feed themselves because of deep snow. The locals had to slaughter young horses because of negative weather conditions.
According to Yakutsk.Ru, snow has covered houses up to the roof; classes at schools and kindergartens have been canceled. In the south-west of the republic, gusts of wind reach up to 10-15 meters per second.
Nov 2, 2016
Mark
Giant natural snowballs as big as basketballs discovered on remote beach
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/giant-natural-snowballs-big...
A huge collection of giant snowballs - made by nature- have suddenly appeared on the Arctic coast of Siberia.
The balls described as 'white cannonballs' by one local newspaper, were discovered on a beach around the remote village of Nyda in the Gulf of Ob, at the mouth of the world's seventh longest river.
They range in different sizes from the size of a tennis ball to basketballs and the perfect snowman's head.
Resident Ekaterina Chernyk said: 'We have them all in one place. It's as if someone spilled them.'
'We were all very surprised. Many people believed it only when they saw it with their own eyes.'
Village official Valery Akulov said: 'Even old-timers say they are seeing this phenomenon for the first time.'
Nov 6, 2016
jorge namour
Bad weather, two violent tornadoes ravage Rome: houses destroyed, two deaths and several injuries [PHOTOS and VIDEO LIVE] - ITALY
November 6, 2016
Bad weather, Rome to its knees suburbs devastated by two tornadoes, at least two dead and several wounded. All images and real-time updates
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The violent storm that hit Rome in the late afternoon was accompanied by two tornadoes, one went through all the northern outskirts of the city, from the north / west to south / east, following the trajectory of the cold front. The air vortex with winds exceeding 160km / h has formed to Anguillara Lake Bracciano and has different path kilometers up to Cesano, thus arriving at the gates of the capitaL.
Another tornado struck the coast, in the Ladispoli area. The center of Rome was spared by the tornado, but were violent hinterland Capitoline and caused extensive damage whose estimate is still ongoing in these minutes
The budget is very serious: in Ladispoli occurred the collapse of two of the eight floors of a building in Via Ancona, in the city center, resulting in one death and several injuries.
One of the victims' was caused in Ladispoli by the collapse of the exterior walls of the top two floors of a building via Ancona, he broke the fury of the wind.
The debris that have hit the road and have invested a man, killing him. Another man died in Cesano, following the fall of a tree that crushed him. The man was 74 years old.
Nov 6, 2016
KM
http://floodlist.com/asia/floods-indonesia-malaysia-thailand-novemb...
Floods and Landslides Affect Thousands in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand
Severe flooding has been reported in areas of Peninsular Malaysia, northern Indonesia and southern and central Thailand over the last few days.
Over 7,000 people have been affected in Aceh, Indonesia and over 20,000 in four states in Thailand, including the southern states of Krabi and Satun.
Parts of Penang state in Malaysia have been flooded for the fourth time in a matter of weeks. Landslides have also been reported in the state.
Indonesia
Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency, or BNPB reports that at least 7,300 people from 2,143 families have been affected by flooding in five sub-districts in Aceh Jaya district, Aceh.
Heavy rain fell from Sunday 06 November causing flooding by early Monday 07 Novemner in Jaya, Darul Hikmah, Indra Jaya, Sampoiniet and Setia Bakti subdistricts. In some areas flood water is 150 cm deep.
Temporary shelters have been set up for those displaced and a joint team including Military, Aceh Police, Disaster Agency personnel, Red Cross and volunteers, is working in the area to ensure the health and safety of any flood victims. No injuries or fatalities have been reported.
Further heavy rain has been falling in the area and the number of displaced is expected to grow.
Rainfall
Banda Aceh recorded 71.5 mm of rain in 24 hours ending 08 November 2016. Meulaboh recorded 70 mm during the same period.
Heavy rain also fell in Riau Province, with Tanjung Pinang recording 110 mm in 24 hours to 08 November.
Thailand
Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported on 06 November that over 6,000 households have been affected by flooding in the central provinces of Kanchanaburi and Phetchaburi, and the southern provinces of Krabi and Satun. Heavy rain was also reported in the southern province of Rangong, where Rangong Town recorded 77.3 mm in a 24 hour period, 06 to 07 November 2016.
A total of 59 villages in the four provinces have been affected by floods. Landslide has also been reported, but no injuries or fatalities.
Flooding in Phetchaburi City began on 02 November, affecting around 2,000 households. Military personnel have since been working with city officials and the provincial disaster prevention and mitigation department to drain water and distribute supplies to flood-hit areas.
As of 06 November, DDPM said that water levels in Phetchaburi, as well as Kanchanaburi and Satun, have started to recede and the flood situation in Krabi remains stable.
However, further heavy rain has fallen in several areas across central parts of the country, with more flooding possible. Earlier today, Bangkok Post reported flooding in the central provinces of Samut Prakan, Nonthaburi and Nakhon Pathom.
Rainfall
WMO figures for rainfall in Thailand for a 24 hour period, 07 to 08 November 2016
Malaysia
Parts of Penang state in Peninsular Malaysia have seen further flooding and landslides over the last 2 days. Some reports say this is the fourth time in a matter of weeks. Heavy rain since early on 07 November caused landslides and flooding.
The town of Teluk Bahang is currently the worst affected. A landslide along a main road there has left the town cut off. Work on clearing the debris in ongoing and it is expected that the road will soon re-open.
Local media report that flood water is as deep as 80 cm in some areas. Although the situation is causing hardship and inconvenience for thousands of residents, as of 08 November, there are no reports of injuries, fatalities, displacements or evacuations from Malaysia’s National Disaster Management Agency
Rainfall
During a 24 hour period, 06 to 07 November, Bayan Lepas in Penang recorded 49.4 mm of rain and Butterworth, Penang, 76.8 mm.
Nov 11, 2016
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hogs-and-chickens-su...
Hogs and chickens survive Pemberton flood as farmers survey damage to crops
North Arm Farm's owners managed to rescue their livestock, but concerns loom over submerged crops
Emma Sturdy, 22, says the flooding from the rising Lillooet river became noticeable around 9 a.m. PT on Wednesday; she responded quickly to get animals and equipment on a raised mound. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
When farmer Emma Sturdy noticed that the Lillooet river was rising, she knew she had to act fast.
The river runs behind her family's North Arm Farm, and within a half hour, the water overcame the banks of the river.
Within eight hours the Lillooet river overcame the riverbanks and submerged the North Arm Farm, says Sturdy. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
Eight hours later, parts of the farm were more than a meter below water.
This nameless big black hog rests on a mound of dirt and hay that the owner of the North Arm Farm first erected after a major flood hit Pemberton in the early nineties, and it came in handy when the town started flooding Wednesday. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
Sturdy and her crew had little time to relocate all their animals and equipment onto a large mound — a compacted pile of dirt and hay — that was erected after a similar flood devastated the farm in the early 90s.
Rows of kale were partially submerged by the flooding, leaving the plants caked with sediment; however, kale is resilient and will likely still be harvested, says Sturdy. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
"When you have to move 25 pallets of vegetables, remove our hydro pumps... get all our machines on top of the mound, and move all our animals — it's really a big task," said Sturdy.
Chickens gaze at their flooded coop. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
Rescue efforts included shuffling chickens out of a coop on a rowboat to the mound as the flooding started to threaten the livestock.
Rows of brussel sprouts are also submerged by the flooding. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
"It seems a bit ridiculous, but I'm glad we did it because we would have lost a lot of chickens."
The large hog Pemby rests on the mound, after she decided to make a swim for it when the flooding peaked. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
At one point, Pemby — a giant hog named after the music festival, where she was rescued from a dumpster — was sitting safe and sound atop the mound before attempting to swim back to her pen out of sheer panic and homesickness, says Sturdy.
"It was just exceptional — the water was freezing and this pig was just so determined to go back home.... it was pretty crazy to see."
Sturdy and her family shuttle workers and visitors to and from the farm via canoes and quads after extensive flooding left the front lawn submerged. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
The flooding extends well throughout the various crops grown at the North Arm Farm, located on the Sea-to-Sky Highyway, just east of Permberton. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
All the animals were saved in the flood, but the same cannot be said for the North Arm Farm's crops, as rows of garlic and artichokes remain submerged.
At one point, five feet of water flooded the backyard of the North Arm Farm. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)
Sturdy hopes the damage will be minimal in the end, and that the city's dyke system will eventually be extended to protect farms outside of the town's centre.
Nov 11, 2016
KM
https://iceagenow.info/roads-blocked-snow-parts-algeria/#more-19074
Roads blocked by snow in parts of Algeria
Fatal accidents, floods, roads cut by snow
“It is cold, rain and snow have fallen in abundance on several regions of the country. These incidents caused several fatal accidents on the roads …. at least 8 people were killed and 48 others injured in road accidents in several parts of the country.
“Road traffic in the capital has been severely disrupted by inclement weather and interminable traffic jams have formed around the main roads in Algiers.
“In the west of the country, the army had to intervene to reopen roads, blocked by snow, especially in Sidi Bel Abbes.”
Nov 13, 2016
KM
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wildfires-rage-across-south-sco...
Wildfires Rage Across the South, Scorching More Than 100,000 Acres
Uncontrolled wildfires are raging through the drought-stricken South, blanketing multiple states in haze as firefighters race to temper the flames.
If you're not on the front lines, it may be hard to visualize just how bad these wildfires have gotten. To give you an idea of their size and scope, here's a handy guide:
Nov 18, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3954096/Britain-battered-97...
Angry Angus hits UK: Desperate scramble to save crew from a sinking ship in the English Channel as Britain is battered by 97mph winds, rain and FIRE as forecasters warn of 'immediate danger to life'
People are being warned of an immediate danger to life as Storm Angus lashes the country, bringing floods and hurricane-force gales of 97mph.
The country is in the grip of the storm, with severe flood alerts issued as torrential rain and gale force winds wreak havoc and devastation.
Police in Devon have declared a major incident after the River Mole burst its banks, with fast-flowing water four foot deep flooding homes - while firefighters in West Sussex struggled to stand as they battled a fire fuelled by gale force winds.
Gusts of 97mph have been recorded off the coast of Brighton, with waves five foot high forcing organisers to cancel a planned 10k race along the coast.
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Waves crash into the wall at Newhaven in East Sussex, with winds off the coast reaching up to 97mph
The Hong Kong Saga Sky cargo ship got into difficulty off the coast of Dover following a collision with a barge
Dozens of firefighters were called to the scene of a fire in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, which was fuelled by gale-force winds
Storm Angus, the first named storm of the season, has caused flooding and chaos for emergency services across the UK.
A gust battered Guernsey at 84mph and BBC Weather said a ship in the English Channel, 30 miles off the coast Brighton, recorded winds of 97mph.
There are currently 21 flood warnings and 54 flood alerts in operation across England.
Temperatures plummeted to -9.8°C in Loch Glascarnoch overnight on Saturday, making it the coldest night of the season so far.
Nov 20, 2016
Gerard Zwaan
70,000 without power as 100MPH winds batter France
Strong winds that lashed France's western and northwestern coast overnight to Sunday left nearly 70,000 homes without power, according to the national electricity grid Enedis.
France's national weather agency, Meteo France, said winds that reached up to 160 kilometers (100 miles) per hour battered the Breton peninsula and the Normandy coast, and that two other regions also remained under a storm alert.
Power was off in the morning hours in 33,000 homes in Normandy, 18,700 in Brittany and 16,500 in the Loire-Atlantique region south of Brittany, according to Enedis.
Local officials said a woman suffered serious injuries when she ran into a fallen tree in her car in Brittany's Cote d'Armor department.
Meteo France said the stormy conditions resulted from a rare combination of bad weather in the northeastern Atlantic and a strong airstream directed at northwestern France.
The winds were expected to die down on Monday.
Media reports said that many trees and roofs were torn down in the violent winds.
Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2016/11/70000-without-power-as-100mph-w...
Nov 21, 2016
KM
http://floodlist.com/europe/italy-floods-licata-sicily-160-mm-rain-...
Italy – Floods in Licata, Sicily, After 160 mm of Rain in 3 Hours
Over 160 mm of rain fell in just 3 hours yesterday, 19 November, 2016, causing major flooding in the city of Licata, Italy. The city is in the province of Agrigento, and is located on the south coast of Sicily at the mouth of the Salso River.
The Mayor of Licata, Angelo Cambiano, requested that people stay at home until the severe weather had passed.
In a statement via Social Media he said that areas of his city were flooded after 162 mm of rain fell in 3 hours. Despite serious damage to roads and buildings, there has been no reports of injuries of fatalities.
Mayor Cambiano said “I want to thank all those who have worked so hard: civil defence, the fire department, the municipal police, the municipal employees, volunteers and citizens. Thanks to them the worst was avoided, and their commitment testifies that when everyone works together, the community benefits.”
The heavy rain triggered a landslide that blocked the Highway 123 between Licata and the town of Campobello di Licata, about 25 km north.
Cars, buildings and roads have suffered damaged. Mayor Cambiano said that full damage assessments will begin tomorrow, Monday 21 November.
Earlier today, the President of the region of Sicily, Rosario Crocetta, expressed his solidarity with the entire community of Licata and announced that the government will declare of a state of emergency for the city early next week. This will allow access to public funds of around 30 euros.
Referring to the fact that Licata is known to suffer frequently from flooding, President Crocetta said, “we need to intervene to fix failures of the past…by eliminating structural problems.”
Nov 21, 2016
KM
http://www.thelocal.it/20161124/northern-italy-on-high-alert-batter...
Northern Italy on high alert, battered by heavy rainstorms
Liguria and Piedmont are at highest risk, with red and orange alerts (the two highest levels) across the two regions.
Bad weather can also be expected across the north, with yellow alerts in place in Valle d'Aosta, Tuscany and Lombardy and particularly strong rains predicted for Thursday afternoon and evening.
The video below shows the heavy rain in Liguria on Wednesday, where around 300mm of rain has fallen in the past three days, with 600mm in one area, Fiorino in Genoa, Liguria.
Liguria's Reional Minister for Civil Protection, Giacomo Giampedrone, said "the situation is critical" and advised residents that the Civil Protection Department would be open all day for assistance.
Rain has been falling heavily for the past few days, swelling the region's rivers and creating a risk of flooding and landslides.
Schools were closed in Genoa, Savona, Imperia, San Remo and Ventimiglia, and other public institutions are closed across the north of the country, while some streets are closed for safety reasons after flooding.
Around a dozen families around Savona have been evacuated from their homes as a precautionary measure.
The Tanaro, Pellice, Stura di Lanzo and Chisone rivers in Piedmont have all surpassed the warning threshold, while the Strona, Sesia, Elvo, Cervo and Orco rivers in the north of the region are currently below the danger level.
In Lombardy, flood warnings have been issued for Varese, Como, Lecco, Milan, Monza, Cremona, Lodi and Pavia. In the Varese region, one family had been evacuated from their home due to a landslide caused by the rain.
For the latest updates on weather warnings in the area, you can contact local Civil Protection Departments or follow the #allertameteoPIE hashtag on Twitter.
Nov 25, 2016
Mark
Average Arctic temperature in Svalbard 'could end up above freezing for first time in history'
The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could end up above freezing for the first time on record, scientists have said.
Ketil Isaksen of the Norwegian Meterological Institute said that the average temperature in Longyearbyen, the main settlement in Svalbard, is expected to be around 0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) with a little over a month left of the year.
"This is a little bit shocking," Isaksen said. "If you had asked me five or 10 years ago, I could not have imagined such numbers in 2016."
The normal yearly average in Svalbard, an island group midway between the North Pole and continental Norway, is minus 6.7 C (20 F) and the warmest year until now was 2006, when the average temperature in Svalbard was minus 1.8 C (29 F), Isaksen said.
"Svalbard is a very good spot to show what's happening in the Arctic at the moment," he said, noting that each of the past 73 months has been warmer than average.
The rising temperatures in the Arctic are affecting permafrost and snow cover as well as the amount of sea ice, which this year was the second-lowest on record. Isaksen said the sea ice is building up much slower than normal as winter approaches.
"There are still huge areas in the Barents Sea and Kara Sea to the east of Svalbard that are free of ice," he said. "They should normally be ice-covered."
Nov 26, 2016
jorge namour
Flood and heavy rain at the kaba | flood in makkah - Haramayn shareef- SAUDI ARABIA
28 nov. 2016
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Nov 29, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3984024/At-three-dead-ragin...
Aerial photos show trail of devastation left behind by raging Tennessee wildfires which have left three dead and destroyed more than 100 homes
Devastating Tennessee wildfires in two resort towns have left at least three people dead after the blazes fueled by high-speed winds ripped through Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge destroying more than 100 homes, hotels and businesses, and leaving the areas resembling an 'apocalypse'.
Aerial pictures reveal the true scale of the devastation after homes were reduced to smoldering piles of rubble by the blaze.
Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters said at an afternoon news conference on Tuesday that authorities found at least three people dead.
'We do not have further information on them at this time,' Waters said. 'We are continuing to notify next of kin.'
Gatlinburg Fire Chief Greg Miller told reporters it's unclear if there are more people who died in the raging wildfires, as they 'have not been able to get into all the areas.'
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Aerial photos show trail of devastation left behind by raging Tennessee wildfires which have left three dead and destroyed more than 100 homes. BEFORE: The scenic, hill top Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort & Spa of Gatlinburg
AFTER THE FIRE: The majority of buildings at the resort have been reduced to smoldering rubble
BEFORE: The lush green town of Gatlinburg, dotted with home and businesses before the wildfire
AFTER THE FIRE: This aerial photo shows, shows the destruction wreaked by the fire which destroyed countless homes
'This is one for the history books,' Miller said at a morning news conference. 'The likes of this has never been seen. But the worst is definitely over with.'
Miller said 12 people were injured, most with non-life-threatening injuries.Three people who suffered burns while trying to flee have been transferred from a Knoxville hospital to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, which has a burn unit.
A fourth person is being treated for facial burns in Knoxville.
Grim photos show the destroyed homes, buildings and schools in Gatlinburg after thousands were forced to flee the resort town due to the wildfire that had threatened to burn down the famous Dollywood theme park.
Thousands of residents and visitors in the Gatlinburg area were evacuated from the Great Smoky Mountains, and hundreds of structures have been damaged and destroyed by the fire which is the worse to hit the area in decades.
'The center of Gatlinburg looks good for now,' Newmansville Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Bobby Balding told the Knoxville News Sentinel on Tuesday. 'It's the apocalypse on both sides (of downtown).'
Gatlinburg mayor Mike Werner said Tuesday that half of the city was impacted by the blaze, but the downtown area is intact and that they will rebuild the area.
Miller said the fire spread Monday night by winds that at times exceeded 87 miles per hour.
He added that about 14 buildings were still burning in the city earlier Tuesday, as most of them are smoldering.
Officials say about 14,000 residents and visitors were evacuated from Gatlinburg alone, and portions of Dollywood have been evacuated as wind speeds top 70 miles per hour in some parts of Tennessee, which has been hit by the worst drought in nearly a decade.
More than a dozen cabins operated by the park have been damaged or destroyed in the blaze. Resort staff evacuated families staying in 50 rooms at Dollywood's DreamMore Resort and in 19 of Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Cabins.
In a statement released Tuesday by her publicists, Dolly Parton said she's been watching the 'terrible fires' in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Nov 30, 2016
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-weather-1...
New Brunswick weather: More than 41,000 without power, another storm on the way
Snowfall warnings continue for most of N.B. with another storm on the way that could bring another 25 cm
Heavy snow across most of New Brunswick has led to widespread power outages Wednesday morning with another storm expected to hit Wednesday night and Thursday. (Catherine Harrop/CBC)
NB Power is reporting more than 41,000 customers, down from a peak of over 44,000, are without power on Wednesday morning as heavy snow continues to fall throughout much of the province.
Marie-Andree Bolduc, a spokeswoman for NB Power, said the outages are mainly in Fredericton, Moncton and Sussex.
She said it's too early to speculate on when power will be restored in these areas but she said crews will be assessing the damage in the morning.
He said the main roads have been the focus, but it will take a while to clean everything up.
"Our cleanup operations are going to extend well into the middle of today for our roads and streets and for our sidewalks. We'll be all day getting through everything," said Walker.
Don Morehouse, the director of public works in Moncton, said the snow became heavy at about 3 a.m. Snowplows are out on Wednesday morning but streets are still snow packed and slippery.
"We need three or four hours to make one pass and the heavier snow does slow down the equipment because it's harder for the to push," Morehouse said.
"But overall, the clean-up is underway."
Nov 30, 2016
Stanislav
November one of warmest on record despite early snow: Suisse
Swiss ski resorts may have opened particularly early this year, but the past month was one of the mildest Novembers since records began in the 19th century, according to meteorologists.
Over the month, temperatures were 0.5 to 0.7 of a degree warmer than the average, said MeteoSuisse in a statement.
In some places, such as Altdorf in the canton of Uri and Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland, temperatures were 2.5 degrees higher than normal, making it one of the warmest Novembers on record.
That was mainly due to the warm foehn wind that dominated the weather in the second half of the month, said MeteoSuisse.
However it was a month of two halves, with a cold front bringing snow to the country’s alpine resorts in the first fortnight of November.
In Crans-Montana in the Valais, 51cms of snow fell in 24 hours, said MeteoSuisse.
“Towards mid-November the mountains were covered with a thick coating of snow. But a few days later temperatures in the valleys of the northern Alps climbed over 20 degrees with a persistent foehn,” it said.
The foehn ended on November 25th, and was followed by a strong bise wind and lower temperatures.
Several of Switzerland’s ski resorts opened limited slopes in mid-November, including Verbier, Laax and Crans-Montana. Source: thelocal.ch
Nov 30, 2016
SongStar101
Below zero? Snow covers sand in Saudi regions
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2016/11/27/Below-zero-Sno...
In the central city of Shakra’ and the northwestern city of Tabuk, thin layers of snow carpeted the ground. In Tabarjal, a town located in the northern Al-Jawf region temperatures reached -3 Celsius, and in Al-Quryat, a northern province, the temperature was -1 Celsius.
Rainfall continues
While mid-October usually marks the short-lived peak for Saudi Arabia’s rainfall season, the kingdom is still experiencing light to medium showers. Saudi Arabia on Friday witnessed medium to heavy rainfall with many Saudis posted photos and videos of their cities under the rain.
Light to medium rainfall also continued in eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Professor Abdallah al-Musanad, professor of climate science at Qassim University, told Alarabiya.net, that rainfall is expected by the end of this week in all of western, eastern and central Saudi Arabia.
He said this is “the second rainfall this season,” even though 40 days have passed since the end of rain season.
On Saturday, Malija city and Al-Nairiya province in eastern Saudi experienced medium rainfall. Al-Nairiya’s head of traffic police Fahad Mohammed Al-Hakbani asked drivers to take extra care during rain and not to drive through valleys, especially during floods.
In April last year, 18 people were killed throughout Saudi Arabia because of floods following heavy rain.
Municipalities in the eastern cities of Dammam, Dhahran, Khobar and Qatif are expected to use drainage stations and tanks to collect rain and keep the streets dry.
Nov 30, 2016
SongStar101
Snow falls in November in Tokyo for first time in 54 years
TOKYO — Tokyo residents woke up Thursday to the first November snowfall in more than 50 years. And the Japan Meteorological Agency said it was the first time fallen snow on the ground was observed in November since such records started to be taken in 1875.
An unusually cold air mass brought wet snow to Japan’s capital. Above-freezing temperatures kept the snow from sticking in most places, though it did accumulate on sidewalks and cars in Tokyo’s far western suburbs.
Meteorologists forecast up to 2 centimeters (1 inch) would fall, and more in the mountains northwest of Tokyo.
The snow caused minor train delays during the morning commute.
The last time it snowed in central Tokyo in November was 1962.
Prior to Thursday, the earliest time that snow had accumulated on the ground in the winter season was on Dec. 6, 1987, according to the agency.
The agency monitors various esoteric weather indicators, Japanese-style, such as announcing when cherry blossoms have started to bloom by observing a certain tree. The benchmark “sakura” tree for Tokyo grows in Yasukuni Shrine, which has drawn controversy because it honors all Japanese soldiers who died in war, including war criminals.
The first snowfall is “hatsuyuki,” which literally translated to “first snow.” Snow on the ground is called “sekisetsu,” and declared when more than half a designated area in Tokyo, called Kitanomaru, turns white, the agency said.
Japanese culture is especially sensitive to the changing seasons. Haiku, for instance, must include words that denote spring, summer, fall or winter.
Nov 30, 2016
jorge namour
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Dec 1, 2016
SongStar101
Cold air mass covers Alaska and temperatures plummet to well below average
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/weather/2016/11/30/cold-air-mass-co...
A cold snap is chilling Alaskans statewide, dropping the temperatures to well below normal, a trend forecasters expect to last about another week.
The National Weather Service announced the arrival of winter temperatures in a string of social media posts since the beginning of the week. It noted, however, that nearly all of Alaska is cooler than usual for this time of year.
Anchorage saw a high temperature of 8 degrees and a low, recorded at midnight, of 2 degrees on Wednesday. The normal high temperature for Nov. 30 in the city is 25 degrees, said Anchorage-based weather service forecaster Matthew Clay.
"That right there tells you it's pretty cold outside compared to what we're usually used to," Clay said.
Also of note for the Anchorage area, snowfall is predicted to begin Wednesday night and continue off and on through Thursday afternoon, possibly bringing 1 to 3 inches of snow.
The double-digit differences from the normal high and low temperatures are also being recorded in all other regions of the state.
Fairbanks' low temperature on Wednesday was minus-26 degrees, 17 degrees below the average low of minus-9, according to the weather service. A day earlier, a warmer but still bone-chilling low of minus-21 ended a 658-day stretch of highs above minus-10.
Bethel and other Alaska Peninsula communities have been hit the hardest.
"Bethel's high was minus-13 degrees. The normal high is 20 degrees, which puts them 33 degrees below normal," Clay said.
The southwestern hub is experiencing lower than normal temperatures like the rest of the state, but wind gusts of up to 40 mph make it feel minus-30 to minus-45 degrees outside.
Frost clings to bushes and trees along Eklutna Tailrace on Old Glenn Highway near Palmer. The area saw mostly clear skies and temperatures around zero degrees for much of Tuesday. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
A cold snap is chilling Alaskans statewide, dropping the temperatures to well below normal, a trend forecasters expect to last about another week.
The National Weather Service announced the arrival of winter temperatures in a string of social media posts since the beginning of the week. It noted, however, that nearly all of Alaska is cooler than usual for this time of year.
Anchorage saw a high temperature of 8 degrees and a low, recorded at midnight, of 2 degrees on Wednesday. The normal high temperature for Nov. 30 in the city is 25 degrees, said Anchorage-based weather service forecaster Matthew Clay.
"That right there tells you it's pretty cold outside compared to what we're usually used to," Clay said.
Also of note for the Anchorage area, snowfall is predicted to begin Wednesday night and continue off and on through Thursday afternoon, possibly bringing 1 to 3 inches of snow.
The double-digit differences from the normal high and low temperatures are also being recorded in all other regions of the state.
Fairbanks' low temperature on Wednesday was minus-26 degrees, 17 degrees below the average low of minus-9, according to the weather service. A day earlier, a warmer but still bone-chilling low of minus-21 ended a 658-day stretch of highs above minus-10.
Bethel and other Alaska Peninsula communities have been hit the hardest.
"Bethel's high was minus-13 degrees. The normal high is 20 degrees, which puts them 33 degrees below normal," Clay said.
The southwestern hub is experiencing lower than normal temperatures like the rest of the state, but wind gusts of up to 40 mph make it feel minus-30 to minus-45 degrees outside.
Michael Riley, with Bethel Search and Rescue, said the community hasn't experienced weather so harsh for at least two winters.
"The temperatures, like minus-14, aren't that bad, but the wind makes it extremely cold and very dangerous for everyone outside," Riley said. "We haven't seen this type of weather for quite some time and people don't appear to be as well-acquainted with it anymore."
Dec 2, 2016
SongStar101
Get ready for the big freeze! Western half of US to be hit with temperatures of up to 30 degrees colder than normal after Alaska experiences bone-chilling lows of minus 41F
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3990910/Record-cold-strike-...
Dec 2, 2016
Stanislav
U.S. daily record highs beat record lows by a staggering 51-to-1 ratio in November
November 2016 temperature anomalies in North America.
1 December, 2016. As the planet warms in response to the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the ratio of high temperature records compared to low temperature records has become more skewed. If the climate were not warming, that long-term ratio should average out to about 1-to-1.
However, that is not the world we're living in. A 2009 study found that the record highs to lows ratio was 2-to-1 for the lower 48 states during the 2000s, and this disparity has only grown since then. Projections show the imbalance increasing in coming decades as global warming continues.
Keeping in mind that individual months show considerable variability in weather patterns, it's clear that over the long-term, the ratio of record highs to record lows is now strongly favoring record highs as well as record warm overnight temperatures. This is consistent with computer model projections of a warming world.
No individual month shows this better - and to a ridiculous degree - than November 2016.
New, preliminary numbers from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) show that during November, the ratio of record highs (4401) to record lows (87) was a shocking 51-to-1.
According to Guy Walton, a former Weather Channel meteorologist who meticulously tracks these records, this year is on track to have the lowest tally of record low temperatures since 1922 and the highest ratio of daily record highs to lows - at about 6.6-to-1 .
Comparing the number of temperature records has some limitations, but the ratios are more accurate in reflecting how the U.S. has warmed in recent decades, according to Deke Arndt, chief of climate monitoring at the NCEI in Asheville, North Carolina.
"Because the number and lifetimes of weather stations has varied over time, comparing raw numbers of records does not completely capture the signal," he said. "Using a ratio of warm-to-cold records helps account for these effects."
All of North America, including Canada, had an unusually warm November, with many cities in the Midwest, Alberta and other Canadian provinces setting records for the warmest November on record.
A Nov. 21 study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that by midcentury, the ratio of record daily high temperatures to record daily lows will likely be about 15-to-1, depending on the pace of greenhouse gas emissions.
December promises to be far colder in these areas as the weather pattern changes from the Pacific Ocean across North America, though it is unclear whether record highs will still outnumber record lows.
Globally, 2016 is on pace to set a record for the warmest year since at least 1880, beating the milestone set last year.
The warm year has seen a host of extreme events linked to global warming, including catastrophic flooding in Louisiana and North Carolina, a worldwide coral bleaching event that devastated parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef as well as other impacts. Source: mashable.com
Dec 2, 2016
Stanislav
November brings record-breaking temperatures from Nunavut to Siberia
A white-throated sparrow feeds on birdseed Nov. 30 in Rankin Inlet, when the temperature stood at about minus 3 C. (PHOTO BY PUTULIK PHOTOGRAPHY)
1 December, 2016. In many Nunavut communities, chances are you traded your parka for a jacket during the month of November.
During November, monthly average temperatures in Nunavut’s central Kivalliq region ranged from 4.1 C higher in Naujaat to 8.2 C higher in Arviat—and sparrows, usually long-gone from Rankin Inlet, were still around.
People in that community of roughly 3,000, who saw rotating power outages this week after its diesel turbines needed major repairs, fortunately enjoyed those milder-than-usual higher temperatures. These were as mild as about minus 3 C—much higher than the normal high temperatures of minus 18 C for this time of the year.
And, in Arviat, the puddles reminded residents of spring, not of the usually cold, dark month leading into winter.
This map by Patrick Duplessis, a PhD student in Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University, shows some of the hot spots across the North during November. (IMAGE BY P.DUPLESSIS/TWITTER)
On Nov. 30, it was just a little below freezing in Arviat—minus 1.5 C. That high temperature beat the previous record high for that day of minus 4.6 C set in 1986. The day’s low of minus 2.6 C was also much higher than the record low of minus 33 C set in 1991.
On Nov. 30, the western Nunavut Kitikmeot community of Gjoa Haven, where the temperatures averaged 6.5 C higher in November, you could also say it was really warm: The minus 3.4 C temperature on Nov. 30 beat the record of minus 9.5 C set in 1987, and Gjoa Haven’s daily low of minus 9.3 C was much higher than 1991’s record-breaking low of minus 37.5 C for Nov. 30.
Nov. 30 also broke record highs:
• Baker Lake—minus 2.9 C
• Naujaat—minus 4 C
• Taloyoak—minus 4.2 C
• Kugaaruk—minus 3.2 C
• Igloolik—8.7 C
• Arctic Bay—minus 9.1 C
• Resolute Bay—minus 8.9 C
• Eureka—minus 11.9 C
The warmth also circled the Arctic Ocean, which, around the pole, was itself up to 20 C warmer than usual during much of November.
In Greenland, the famed Sirius dog team patrol hasn’t started to carry out its long-range reconnaissance patrolling yet because it’s too warm.
And the Russian Arctic and Norwegian Arctic have never been so warm in November reports the Independent Barents Observer— at least according to existing records.
On Norway’s Svalbard Islands, temperatures averaged 10.7 C higher than normal, while weather measurements across the top of Siberia showed temperatures up to 14 C higher than normal.
Temperatures weren’t the only unusual measurements in the Arctic which were off during November.
Both Arctic and Antarctic daily sea ice extents remain the lowest on record in the satellite era—a period of about 35 years.
In November, European Space Agency’s CryoSat satellite measurements show the Arctic sea ice matching record lows from 2011 and 2012.
And Arctic ice growth, say climate watchers, is slower and lower this year. Even though Arctic sea ice extent growth increased over this past week, it’s still at a record low for date.
In Hudson Bay, ice formation stands at about 40 per cent below normal, according to the Canadian Ice Service. Source: nunatsiaqonline.ca
Dec 2, 2016
Stanislav
Patagonian ice melts as Chile experiences its worst drought on record
3 December, 2016. Chile is experiencing its most extensive drought in history, and this year is set to become its driest in more than 40 years. In the southern region of Patagonia farmers are feeling the pressure as weather patterns change.
2016 is on track to become the warmest year on record while Chile is already experiencing its most extensive drought in history. For a country that relies heavily on its livestock and agriculture, the prolonged natural disaster is cause for concern.
In the secluded rural town of Puerto Prat, situated in Patagonia in southern Chile, 81-year-old sheep farmer Carmen Santana-Flores has been experiencing first hand the devastating effects of the drought.
"Water has always been a problem, but not like today, now there is total lack of water," she told SBS.
Eighty-one-year-old Patagonian sheep farmer Carmen Santana-Flores says this is the worst drought she has seen.
This year is set to become Chile’s driest in more than 40 years and tops off seven years of continuous drought, and it’s not only livestock that Ms Santana-Flores is losing out on.
"We used to have potatoes and all sorts of vegetables, we planted everything" she said, "you have to buy everything now because you can’t sow in the ground".
A few hundred kilometres away, on a property just outside of Punta Arenas, alpaca farmer Sergio Diaz reminisces on snowfalls of the past.
"It used to snow a lot more, any amount of snow, sometimes up to four metres in height!" he said.
Back in the 1970s, Mr Diaz worked across a number of properties with a variety of animals.
The normally ice cold region is experiencing increasing warm weather and ever shortening winters as a result of climate change.
"The ponds were so full that I would dig trenches for water streams and the cows and sheep would swarm like flies to get their share!"
The farmers are not completely without support, with the Chilean Government's INDAP service, created in 1962 and run by the Ministry of Agriculture, aimed at productive and rural development, helping remote farmers with the delivery of water.
Alpaca farmer Sergio Diaz say in the 1970s, ‘It used to snow a lot more, any amount of snow, sometimes up to four metres in height!’
Both Sergio and Carmen work on properties in the Magallanes region, which is one of the most isolated areas of Chile. It sits in the greater Patagonia, a vast and rugged terrain that encompasses the southern most part of South America and is the closest large landmass to Antarctica.
Here the drought is is also having significant affects on the environment, Patagonia boasts some of the world’s largest glaciers and experts believe the regions vast ice shelves may be starving to death
As temperatures continue to rise scientist fear the regions glaciers are doomed.
Nicolás Butorovic, a specialist in academic climatology from the Institute of Patagonia University in Punta Arenas, said years of research has revealed extreme weather patterns and global warming are taking their toll on the Patagonian environment.
"In the last perhaps 10 winters, it has been less cold, which does not mean that they are warm, we aren’t in a tropical climate, but they are also very short winters that generally last between 1-3 months," he said.
To establish a standard conclusion on climate change and global warming, the World Meteorological Organisation requires a minimum 30 years of data. The Jorge C. Schythe station, where Mr Butorovic and his team works, has measured and recorded most surface meteorological parameters for the past 46 years. A recent summer in Punta Arenas that hit record temperatures of 29 degrees is testimony to changing weather patterns he said.
Patagonia is in the grip of a seven year drought, the worst in recorded history.
While the residents of the typically freezing cold, ocean side city enjoy the warm weather, he urged people to consider the future.
"We have to be careful and keep an eye on what can produce harmful effects both for the population and the vegetation. A clear example of climate change in this zone has been shown with these extreme events."
Although the region is withstanding the drought, but Mr Butorovic said that the current trends indicate that for the next three to fivemonths, the Magallanes region will not see much rain at all. Source: sbs.com.au
Dec 3, 2016
jorge namour
Urgent
Arrival: accompanying storm extremely low temperatures in the governorate of Tripoli Libya now
And she's now heading to Cairo, Giza, and the rest of the governorates of Egypt
DECEMBER 3 2016
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Like being in a Hollywood movie where the figurative or aliens invade the earth, but the fact that we are in Antelias, where he surprised a huge black cloud of citizens formed the strange phenomenon of its kind, covering a sky region and its days turned into darkness.
Dec 3, 2016
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-charlottetow...
Charlottetown snow records shattered this week
Previous records were set in 1989
These sorts of struggles are unusual for the end of November.
In fact, there has been a record amount of snow on the ground. Charlottetown Airport broke records on both Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
Previously, the snowiest end of November/start of December was in 1989. Those records for Nov. 27-29 stand, but 29 centimetres is a new record for Nov. 30 (17 in 1989) as is 32 for Dec. 1 (19 in 1989).
None of the storms this week broke snowfall records on their own, but in combination they have. Three storms brought snow to the Island in the space of five days, and the amount of snow was a surprise to everyone.
"Two of the three [storms] had forecasters scratching their heads on their final tracks, but gave credence to the fact that Mother Nature has a mind of her own," said CBC weather specialist Kevin "Boomer" Gallant.
The early season snow, wet and heavy, has also created challenges for Maritime Electric, which has struggled all week to keep the power on.
Dec 4, 2016
KM
https://www.rt.com/news/369118-sochi-storm-waves-winter/
5-meter-high waves, whirlwind & fallen trees as huge storm sweeps Russia's Sochi (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Videos posted online showed the waves coming over the barriers on the embankment in Sochi's Olympic village on Saturday. The complex was built for the Winter Olympics, which the city hosted in 2014.
According to news reports, in some areas waves reached the height of up to 5 meters.
Concrete guardrails were reportedly partly broken.
Further from the coastline, it was strong wind that caused most trouble. More than 150 trees have been uprooted, with roads and a railroad having been blocked.
Flights at Sochi's airport have been suspended.
Dozens of cars have been damaged by the fallen trees. In one area, fallen trees damaged a gas pipe and a power line, leaving hundreds of people without gas or electricity. Emergency services are working in the city to deal with the situation.
The storm also created a whirlwind, which reportedly tore roofs off a number of houses.
Yet, some people braved the storm and rushed to the sea, not away from it. Despite emergency services' warnings, they were eager to capture the spectacular sight.
Dec 4, 2016
KM
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mauna-kea-mauna-loa-hawaiian-mountains-...
Yes, it snows in Hawaii: More than 2 feet of snow in forecast
Snow at the Mauna Kea summit Friday afternoon.
HONOLULU -- The summits of Hawaii’s Big Island could get more than two feet of snow, with a winter storm warning in effect through Saturday.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect through Saturday evening for elevations above 11,000 feet. The summits could get 20 to 30 inches of snow through Saturday,
An upper level low pressure area has brought the sub-freezing temperatures and unstable conditions. The low will combine with moisture surging in from the southeast, which could result in bursts of heavy snow, especially above 12,000 feet.
It may be a while before you can see the white stuff up close. The road to the summit of Mauna Kea is closed at the Visitor Information Station at the 9,200-foot level due to freezing fog, heavy snow and icy roadways. The summit of Mauna Loa is also closed due to high winds and heavy snow. This means hiking and overnight camping is prohibited. The National Park Service said a thick blanket of snow was visible as low as 10,000 feet.
Yes, it snows in Hawaii, Matthew Foster, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Honolulu, said he had to explain to some surprised out-of-state callers Friday.
“Typically when we get these snow events, it does get a lot of attention,” he said, adding that he explains to curious callers that the snow is falling in a small, remote area where there are mainly telescopes and scientists. “We do have very high mountains here.”
Once they realize the heights of the mountains, snow in the island state makes a little more sense, said Ryan Lyman, forecast meteorologist with the Mauna Kea Weather Center. Mauna Kea is nearly 14,000 feet above sea level.
The weather service forecasts new accumulations of about a foot of snow Friday night through Saturday. An additional foot is possible Sunday. Temperatures are in the mid-20s to lower-30s.
That’s a significant amount of snowfall, but not uncommon for the summits, meteorologists say.
Lyman said there has been 30 to 36 inches in recent winters.
It’s enough snow to shut down operations on Mauna Kea, Lyman said. The mountain’s access road is expected to remain closed until next week, he said.
The weather service doesn’t keep track of what the record amounts of snowfall are on the summits. Heavy snow is often accompanied by wind, which create drifts that make it difficult to accurately measure snowfall, Lyman said.
Abundant snow on Mauna Loa’s 13,677-foot summit could be seen at sunset Thursday from parts of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, said park spokeswoman Jessica Ferracane.
There was heavy rain in other parts of the state Friday, with a flash flood warning in effect for Oahu, Kauai and the Big Island.
Dec 4, 2016
SongStar101
Spain: worst rainfall in nearly 30 years, not recording such a high level since 1989
Woman, 26, drowns after the basement strip club where she worked slowly filled with water as rescue crew tried to smash their way in during horrific Spanish floods
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3999134/The-rain-Spain-drai...
The victim, caught in the flash flooding which has hit tourist resorts in southern Spain, made a desperate call to the emergency services when she realised the water level was rising to a dangerous level and she could not get out.
A passer-by caught the drama on video as Estepona bore the brunt of the freak weather which also hit Marbella, Malaga, Mijas and other towns and villages along this stretch of the coast.
The Spanish Metrological Office (AEMET) reported they were expecting 100 cubic metres to fall between 8pm Saturday and midnight tonight. On the roads several cars have been abandoned and there is heavy flooding in several stretches, including the tunnel in Sabanillas.
The rains have also washed rocks onto the roads.
The rain is set to continue throughout the day until Monday, when the Orange Alert will be downgraded to Yellow.
The city of Malaga and surrounding towns, including the upscale resort town of Marbella, are among the most heavily hit areas. Malaga has a population of around 500,000 residents.
Dec 6, 2016
Mark
British Antarctic research station to be moved due to deep crack in the ice
Dormant chasm has opened up and risks cutting the station off from the rest of the ice shelf
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/07/british-antarctic-res...
Britain is preparing to move its research station in the Antarctic 23km further inland because it is under threat from a growing crack in the ice.
The British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station has recorded data relevant to space weather, climate change, and atmospheric phenomena from its site on the Brunt Ice Shelf shelf since 2012.
Sea ice extent in Arctic and Antarctic reached record lows in November
However, due to a growing chasm about 7km (4.3 miles) away that risks cutting the station off from the rest of the shelf, officials have announced that base will have to be moved.
The new site, nicknamed Halley VI A, was identified during in-depth site surveys in the 2015-16 Antarctic summer. Now that winter has passed, the relocation team are preparing to tow the station 23km to its new home using large tractors.
Dec 7, 2016
Gerard Zwaan
Bismarck in North Dakota is 25F colder than the North Pole this morning with experts warning its going to be a lot worse next week!
How its looking for Canada and the US
Anticipation of a freezing blast began to build this week when weather maps and forecast models showed similarities between next week's system and one that developed in January 2014.
Dec 10, 2016
Stanislav
Southern Africa faces worst drought in decades
8 December, 2016. Nearly 14 million people in southern Africa are in need of emergency humanitarian assistance as the region faces the worst El Nino induced drought in decades.
United Nations humanitarian agencies and partners launched a revised action plan to outlining their response to the needs of an estimated 13.8 million people as the region enters the peak of the lean season with largely depleted food stocks due to poor and failed harvests.
In a news release on Wednesday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that the region is suffering “severe” food shortages, exasperating a multitude of existing and increasing vulnerabilities, including weak commodity prices, unfavourable exchange rates and slow economic growth.
“As we enter the critical period of the crisis during the lean season, many countries are struggling to stretch funds to cover the growing needs,” Timo Pakkala, El Nino Coordinator for the southern Africa at OCHA, said in the release.
The situation in southern Madagascar, for instance, is particularly worrying as maize, cassava and rice productions fell by as much as 95 per cent this year, compared to 2015.
An estimated 845 000 people on the island are in the “emergency” or “crisis” categories of food insecurity.
“It is essential that humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable people is sustained through this period, and for farmers to be supported so they can resume agricultural production,” Pakkala said.
As of early December, some $757 million had been raised for Regional Inter-Agency Standing Committee (RIASCO) – comprising UN and non-governmental humanitarian agencies in the region – which has helped save lives, protect livelihoods and reduce human suffering.
UN entities, including the World Food Programme (WFP), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) have rolled out their response and are scaling up efforts to reach more with critical aid. However, despite efforts, funding gaps amounting to $550 million are yet to be met.
Without these funds, millions of the most vulnerable people will not receive full rations, and hundreds of thousands of children will remain at risk of irreparable damage from under-nutrition and from dropping out of school. Health centres will not be able to provide the most essential services, while farmers will not be able to resume full agricultural production.
Further investments in these areas, combined with solid fiscal and other risk management instruments at national and regional level, are required to build resilience and achieve the goal of breaking the cycle of recurrent drought emergencies.
Alongside humanitarian assistance, the revised action plan also calls for stepping up efforts to end the cycle of drought-induced crises in southern Africa.
To do so, development partners have called for sound national policies and strategies, expanding coverage and strengthening social safety nets, promoting climate-smart agriculture, reinforcing early warning systems and improving management of water and other natural resources. Source: iol.co.za
Dec 11, 2016
Stanislav
Polar Plunge' ushers in coldest air of the season
Record-breaking wintry temperatures are gripping the eastern two-thirds of the country, signaling that this could be one of the coldest seasons in years. Across the United States, 76 locations have shattered their daily record cold high temperatures for December since the beginning of the month. That means some towns saw their coldest December day ever.
The bad news is that it's going to get even colder for the rest of the week. Below-freezing temperatures are expected for 7 percent of the country -- in fact, most of the country will see the coldest air since last winter.
This storm pattern is reminiscent of the 2014 Arctic outbreak that started a social media trend called the "polar vortex."
The term took off, especially on Twitter, and meteorologists have been trying to clarify to the public what the name means. The polar vortex always exists near the north pole. An upper-level meteorology pattern called the polar jet stream locks in the cold air to the Arctic. Occasionally this northern jet stream meanders south and ushers in the polar air deep into the southern regions of North America.
The 2013-2014 winter season brought crippling below freezing temperatures and above average snowfall across the north central and eastern - which cost an estimated $ 263 million dollars in damages, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Dangerously low temperatures
When this weather pattern happens, temperatures will usually fall well below average across much of the country.
"This week's dangerous cold will sweep the country from Bismarck to Boston with -10 to -35 degree wind chills expected," CNN meteorologist Rachel Aissen said. "At -35 degrees, wind chills takes only 10 minutes for frostbite to occur."
Indeed, three-quarters of the country will see freezing temperatures this week.
Wind chill advisories are already covering the Dakotas and Montana where a strong cold front is moving south across the plains. This cold air will move into the eastern United States from Wednesday into Thursday where last week's winter storm system still has the northeast in its grip.
This arctic air mass blows in is on the heals of last week's storm that is still dropping snow across the Northeast Monday.
Snow will continue for much of New England Monday evening through midnight before the next system returns later this week.
Though major metro areas are not expected to see snow Monday, there is chance of some snow showers Thursday night as the next front pushes through.
In addition to snow in the mountains, the last cold weather system produced heavy bands of snow across the Great Lakes region.
This storm moving through the Great Lakes region led to the cancellation of thousands of flights over the weekend.
The lake's water temperature is still warm enough for lake effect snow to form. In fact, more lake effect snow is expected for the Great Lakes later in the week when this next system pushes through. Source: edition.cnn.com
Dec 13, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4035456/Winter-storm-snarls...
THOUSANDS stranded in Oregon after sudden snowstorm drops 13 inches, causes huge tailbacks, multiple accidents and brings Portland to a complete standstill
A rare snow storm brought Oregon's largest city to a halt, with thousands of vehicles barely able to move on Portland streets and on one of its main highways.
Commuters began leaving work early on Wednesday, hoping to beat the storm.
But they quickly found themselves on streets that were clogged with traffic that was inching along on snow-slick streets.
Traffic along the Interstate 5 and Interstate 84 interchange ramps are jammed after a snow storm moved in on the area in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday
People maneuver on slick roads on Wednesday. A wintry afternoon and evening is forecast for much of Oregon, with some cities expected to get a foot of snow
An emergency vehicle fights through heavy traffic during Wednesday's snow storm
A Portland street blanketed with snow is shown above. A school bus appeared to have rear-ended a parked car while passing through on the icy road
Cars fish-tailed, spun out, and collided. Motorists, some with their kids in their cars, who had made scant progress tried to keep their patience.
After more than three hours of waiting, some abandoned their vehicles and started walking.
Others hoped they wouldn't run out of gas.
Kimberly Wrolstad had been stuck on Interstate 5 heading to Tigard for about 90 minutes on Wednesday afternoon.
'It's frustrating,' she said. 'I don't know what's going on. I don't know if there are accidents. I know some of the trucks are having difficulties.'
Some drivers in Portland took to twitter to voice their frustrations about the clogged traffic.
'I've been stuck in snow traffic for over an hour & maps says it's going to take 2 more hours to get home,' Twitter user Cortney wrote on Wednesday amid the snow storm.
Dec 15, 2016
jorge namour
Weather, spectacular images of the fog in Madrid: a rare phenomenon [GALLERY] - SPAIN
December 13, 2016
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
The fog in Madrid is not a frequent phenomenon here is the spectacular images coming from the Spanish capital, which lives today yet another day wrapped in a white cloak
Arriving from Madrid spectacular photographs taken aboard a helicopter, showing the skyscrapers of the financial city, located in the north of the city, rise above a mist bed. The rest of the city looks completely covered by a white blanket of fog.
Madrid, Spain's capital, woke up this morning wrapped in a thick fog. It happened yesterday, with related problems to city streets and delays for domestic and international flights arriving and departing from the airport Madrid Barajas. It is not a frequent phenomenon for this city, which because of its geographical position is not usual to fog phenomena as prolonged. The anticyclone that persists for several days on a spagn however, has created ideal conditions for the formation of mists at this time covering a large part of central and northern regions, and also the north of Portugal.
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WEATHER PHENOMENON EVER HAPPENED, SKYSCRAPERS OF DUBAI IMMERSED IN THE FOG !!! UAE
DECEMBER 9, 2016
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An unexpected phenomenon in Dubai in the United Arabi.Il Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum has posted on his instagram account video
and photos showing the building Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world, surrounded by fog.
In the coming days it is expected that the minimum temperature come down to 12 ° C, something really unexpected for a city characterized by a stifling heat.
Dec 15, 2016
Stanislav
New world record: Scientists certify monster Atlantic wave 62 feet tall
Enormous waves crash into the Cornish coast on Feb. 5, 2014, during one of the most brutal storms on record for the United Kingdom. (Matt Clark/U.K. Met Office)
16 December, 2016. Can you imagine coming face-to-face with a wave six stories tall?
In February 2013, a buoy in the North Atlantic measured a towering 62-foot (19 meters) wave between Iceland and the United Kingdom.
In an announcement Tuesday, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) concluded it was “the highest significant wave height” ever recorded by a buoy, surpassing the previous highest wave, measured at 59.96 feet in December 2007, also in the North Atlantic.
The giant wave formed in the wake of a powerful cold front charging across the Atlantic. Winds gusted to 50 mph.
“This is the first time we have ever measured a wave of 19 meters. It is a remarkable record,” said Wenjian Zhang, assistant secretary general of the WMO.
Wave height is defined as the distance between crest (or top) of one wave and the trough (or bottom) of the next.
The WMO explained the world’s biggest waves typically occur in the North Atlantic in winter as storms explosively intensify. “The area from the Grand Banks underwater plateaus off the Canadian coast around Newfoundland to south of Iceland and to the west coast of the UK, including the Rockall Trough, are prime candidates for wave records,” it said.
USA Today reported that larger waves have probably occurred than this 62-foot behemoth, but they have not been measured.
It’s also worth noting that this new record for “significant wave height” reflects the average height in a series of large waves. Individual “rogue” waves, which are difficult to accurately measure, can be much higher. For example, during the October 1991 “Perfect Storm” off the East Coast of North America, a buoy 264 miles south-southeast of Halifax, Canada reported a peak wave height of 100 feet, according to Environment Canada.
The record for the highest wave ever surfed is a massive 78 feet (23 meters) at Nazare, Portugal, according to CNN.
The lag between the WMO announcement of the record wave and its occurrence on Feb. 4, 2013, resulted from the time needed to analyze and verify the data. Source: washingtonpost.com
Dec 16, 2016
lonne rey
Storms plaguing Costa: (Spain) "Everybody is in panic '
original link in Dutch
ALICANTE - The east coast of Spain is still plagued by bad weather. Trucks floating through the streets and buckets of rain come pouring down from the sky. Telegraph columnist and television presenter Sander Kramer is on vacation in La Marina, a village under Alicante. "Everyone was in a panic. They have never experienced anything like this. "
Saturday an elderly man died when he was in Benidorm by a sudden was dragged bodies of water (note: graphic images). A camping is evacuated as a precaution. In the region, roads are blocked by the flooding. There has also been a huge tornado
Dec 19, 2016
KM
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1024311.shtml
24,000 people displaced in C. Philippines due to flash flood
In a statement, the department said that as of Saturday evening, 6,650 families or 29,166 persons from 33 villages were affected by the weather disturbance.
Of the total affected population, 5,580 families or 23,816 individuals were displaced and served in 14 evacuation centers.
The department noted that on Friday, Eastern Visayas experienced moderate to torrential rains due to the effect of the tail-end of a cold front.
"This weather condition caused flooding in some municipalities in Eastern Samar, particularly in the municipalities of Jipapad, Maslog, Can-avid, Taft, Arteche," the DSWD-Field Office Region VIII said.
The DSWD said it has prepositioned goods, including food packs and hygiene kits, for the displaced families.
Dec 19, 2016
SongStar101
Incredibly thin Arctic sea ice shocks researchers 2015
http://www.nature.com/news/incredibly-thin-arctic-sea-ice-shocks-re...
A daring 2015 expedition that collected rare measurements of the Arctic in winter found that sea ice near the North Pole was thinner and weaker than expected.
“This thinner and younger ice in the Arctic today works very differently than the ice we knew,” says Mats Granskog, a sea-ice researcher at the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø and chief scientist on the expedition, called the Norwegian Young Sea Ice (N-ICE2015) project. “It moves much faster. It breaks up more easily. It’s way more vulnerable to storms and winds.”
The team froze its research vessel, Lance, into the ice pack north of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in January 2015. As the ship drifted in the ice, the research crew gathered data and camped on nearby ice floes. The campaign, which ended in June 2015, was the first major effort to collect winter data in that part of the Arctic, says Granskog. The only other large expedition to observe the region's winter ice was the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic (SHEBA) project; between October 1997 and October 1998, researchers funded by the US National Science Foundation monitored conditions north of Alaska.
“Measurements from the Arctic in winter are quite rare,” says Von Walden, an atmospheric researcher at Washington State University in Pullman who participated in the Norwegian expedition. “They are very difficult to obtain because quite honestly it’s dangerous work.”
On thin ice
The team had to move its operations several times because of instability in the ice floes where it camped. “We had to battle the dark, the cold, violent storms, ice that broke up under our feet many times,” Granskog says. “We had to escape from the ice and rescue our camps. We had to look out for polar bears that looked friendly, but weren’t always so friendly to us or our equipment.”
Dec 20, 2016
lonne rey
Snow in the SAHARA: Desert sees snow for the FIRST time in 37 years
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/745567/Snow-Sahara-Desert-first...
Amateur photographer Karim Bouchetata took incredible pictures of snow covering the sand in the small Saharan desert town of Ain Sefra, Algeria, yesterday afternoon.
He captured the amazing moment snow fell on the red sand dunes in the world's largest hot desert for the first time in 37 years.
Snow was last seen in Ain Sefra on February 18, 1979, when the snow storm lasted just half an hour.
Dec 20, 2016
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4049756/FOUR-separate-Chris...
FOUR separate Christmas cyclones bear down on Australia - as the nation prepares for a festive heatwave
Potential cyclones are brewing off Australia's northern coasts in the lead-up to Christmas.
The Bureau of Meteorology has bumped up the risk of a cyclone in the Northern Territory region from low to moderate.
Meanwhile, two tropical cyclones may develop in waters off northern Western Australia on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Bureau says.
And further developing systems could bring rough weather to Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria and Coral Sea areas during the festive season, according to the Courier Mail.
It comes as forecasts predict a scorcher for major cities around the country on Christmas day.
Of the state capitals, Hobart is predicted to be the coolest on 25 degrees while Adelaide's predicted be the hottest at 37 degrees.
A satellite image shows storms developing off the northern coasts of Australia near WA, NT and QLD
Daily maximum temperatures for Christmas Day across Australia. (Source: Bureau of Meteorology)
The potential cyclones are being driven by a monsoonal trough stretching across the north of Australia which is gathering strength.
A moderate cyclone risk means there's a 20 to 50 per cent likelihood of a system forming in waters above the NT on Tuesday or Wednesday.
A tropical low is forming in the monsoon trough in the Arafura Sea, above the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin.
It's expected to develop further early next week and move southwest into the Timor Sea, the bureau says.
'The system is forecast to affect the north Kimberley coastline from mid-week as it continues to move away from the NT region.'
A slow-moving tropical low located about 550km north of Karratha, off the Pilbara coast, may become a tropical cyclone by Tuesday.
The second is in the Timor Sea, west of the Tiwi Islands, and may develop into a tropical cyclone late on Tuesday or early Wednesday.
If the low stays out over open waters it may become a cyclone, but if it moves over land it will bring very heavy rainfall, possible flooding and squally winds.
The bureau says if the cyclones develop the first will be called Yvette, and the second will be called Alfred.
Weatherzone meteorologist Nicholas Shera told the Courier Mail cyclones could change course within hours.
He added they were also hard to track and said it was unlikely the system off north Queensland would affect the state, instead it would likely move southwest.
On average, there are five tropical cyclones in waters off northwest Australia each season.
More cyclone activity is expected this season than last, where only one cyclone made landfall in the Pilbara in January.
Dec 22, 2016
Stanislav
Glacier Change Threatens Andes Communities
Acquired July 30, 1986 - May 8, 2014
23 December, 2016. In dry, high-altitude locales, glaciers often provide a reliable supply of water. Glacial lakes in the Andes Mountains, for instance, hold water even when the dry season shrinks rivers and lakes in the valleys. But when these giant chunks of ice melt too quickly, the water that pools around them can rush downhill with lethal force.
In the Bolivian Andes, retreating ice and the risk of glacial flooding go hand in hand, according to a new study published in The Cryosphere. Using satellite imagery, scientists identified 25 glacial lakes in the Andes (formed by rising temperatures and glacier melt) that could burst if disturbed by severe weather or other natural events (landslides, avalanches, etc.).
The study found that glaciers in the Cordillera Real mountain range shrank in area by at least 43 percent between 1963 and 2006. The false-color image above, which uses data from the Landsat 8 and Landsat 5 satellites, visualizes some of this ice retreat along this section of the Andes. Among the areas studied, the Cordillera Real had the highest starting glacial area, and experienced the most net change. Glaciers that once covered both the blue and white areas in 1986 shrank to cover just the blue area by 2014. If climate warming continues at the current pace, most of these glaciers will be gone by the end of the 21st century.
“Glacial lakes are basically big water storage tanks,” said Simon Cook, lead author of the study and a glaciologist at Manchester Metropolitan University. If these high-mountain water towers collapse, all their contents could come tumbling down, dislodging boulders and causing rivers to break their banks. Like an avalanche, a glacial flood can scour a valley bottom and wash away entire villages.
While the immediate damage would be devastating, the long-term impact is also worrisome, Cook said. In the dry season, glaciers provide as much as 30 percent of water to La Paz, Bolivia. In late 2016, officials instituted permanent water rations due to a severe drought. According to Al Jazeera, water taps in La Paz sometimes go dry for 60 hours at a time. The disappearance of high-mountain, glacial water sources could deal an additional blow to the city's residents, Cook said.
As climate change brings longer wet and dry spells, the stability of mountain glaciers and their lakes becomes more important. If widespread glacier loss occurs in the Andes, La Paz and cities like it would have to look to other water sources to meet their needs, “instead of drip-feeding populations downstream with water during the dry season.” said Cook.
Source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov
References and Related Reading
NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Pola Lem.
Dec 23, 2016
SongStar101
Siberia hit with cold blast!
https://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/21908.html
Biting cold below minus 60C brings out the best in Siberian face fa...
The freeze is so deep that horses - and even Rudolph - is brought indoors to warm up.
A video was posted entitled: 'Surgut men are so hardy they only ride on a swing and eat ice cream at minus 51C.'
In Nadym, it nudged minus 50C, and all schools were closed. In Tyumen, school classes were cancelled from grades 1 to 9, with minus 36C the trigger for children to stay home, although elsewhere in Siberia - for example Yakutia in recent weeks - students are still expected in school at below minus 52C.
Nizhnevartovsk hit minus 50C, the coldest winter in ten years in the city. School classes were cancelled today - and for the rest of the week.
Such temperatures happen in eastern Siberia, but in the west they are more rare.
Dec 24, 2016