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/2017/11/severe-weather-anomaly-new-south-w...
Violent weather anomaly in New South Wales, Australia brings giant hail, unseasonal snow and destructive winds across NSW
A severe weather anomaly swept across New South Wales, Australia on November 6, 2017.
Two people were sent to hospital after a roof collapsed due to intense rain, giant hail and destructive winds across NSW. Unseasonal snow also reported. Some describe the storm as the most severe hailstorm experienced in 30 years in the area.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued severe thunderstorm warnings, a marine wind warning and hazardous surf warning for Monday over the North West Slopes and Plains, parts of the Upper Hunter and inland parts of the Mid-North Coast, NSW.
Officials also warned of “giant hail and destructive winds” with thunderstorms for the whole Monday mostly from Port Macquarie, Taree, Armidale, Tamworth, Gunnedah, Moree, Narrabri, Walgett to Lightning Ridge.
And yes! It’s snowing at the same time in the northern and southern hemispheres:
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 400 calls for assistance by Monday afternoon across the state as trees fell, cars were damaged and powerlines went down.
A roof collapsed, sending two people with non-life-threatening injuries to hospital in the town of Kurri Kurri just after 2:00pm on Monday.
The storm also triggered a powerful hailstorm with golf-ball-sized hail in Wollongong.
Farmers fear for their animals and cultivations as the damage from Sunday night’s storm was “massive”.
This must really have been one of the most powerful storms in the last 30 years in NSW. GET READY!
Nov 7, 2017
KM
http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/09/drought-across-spain-and-portuga...
Drought across Spain and Portugal raises alarm
Months of high temperatures and no rain causes worst drought this century for Iberian Peninsula
The Douro River which is one of the symbols of the Iberian Peninsula is 60 percent dry.
The snow, that by now should be covering the landscape above 2,000 meters has been replaced by temperatures of over 25ºC.
It’s a situation which has become critical – for Spain’s economy, for growing food, for living.
One woman living close to the Cuerda del pozo reservoir was one of many worried about the situation:
“I can’t remember seeing the reservoir so big, so empty.”
A second local said it was time for the politicians to recognise what is becoming a catastrophe:
“It is vitally important to open a political debate over the lack of water. What will happen, if there is no water anymore”
In Portugal the driest October in 20 years has triggered a government-backed campaign. It has published in the press an announcement that calls for saving water, at a time when the whole country is in severe (24.8 %) or extreme drought (75.2 %).
An advert calls for “One minute of your attention,“warning that “a tap open for one minute can expend 12 litres of water”.
Portugal’s Environment Agency and the Water and Waste Services Regulatory Agency (ERSAR) pointed out that according to the United Nations, “a human being needs 110 litres of water per day”. The campaign will also go on TV and Radio.
And it is more than just a hosepipe ban – clean drinkable water is now having to be delivered by tankers to an increasing number of communities across the country.
Suddenly what was once thought to be a problem confined to the third world has arrived in southern Europe.
Nov 10, 2017
Stanislav
2017 tornado season was the most active since 2011 in United States
Infographic references: Articles [1], [2]; Tornadoes data: NOAA Storm Prediction Center [3]; Graph D3.js [5]
"Massive tornadoes such as recently tore through Oklahoma will not go away, but will be on the increase and will occur in places that do not experience such tornadoes"
ZetaTalk: Next 3 1/2 Years. Note: written Sep 15, 1999.
Storm clouds approach emergency crews at the scene of a house cut in half by a tornado near where seven people were killed outside Adel, Ga., on Jan. 22, 2017. (Photo: Mark Wallheiser, EPA) Image source: usatoday.com
2017 Tornado season in US was a record-breaking. This is most active season since 2011. Number of tornadoes has reached fourth-highest level ever - 1490 based on preliminary data (higher only 2008, 2004 and 2011). [3] The tornado season in 2017 started exceptionally early, having the second most active January since records began in 1950, and one of the most active first quarters in recorded history. There have been 1,490 reports of tornadoes in the United States in 2017 so far, of which at least 1,290 have been confirmed. [2]
PREL = 2017 PRELIMINARY COUNT FROM ALL NWS LOCAL STORM REPORTS.
ACT = ACTUAL TORNADO COUNT BASED ON NWS STORM DATA SUBMISSIONS.
COMPARISONS BETWEEN PRELIMINARY AND ACTUAL COUNTS SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
..MARSH/GUYER..11/09/2017
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/newm.html
Tornadoes data: NOAA Storm Prediction Center [4]; D3.js multiline chart [6]
Hurricane season helped to form a record number of tornadoes:
"8 November, 2017. 2017 Hurricane Season Produces Most Reported Tornadoes in Nearly a Decade
The 2017 hurricane season has produced the largest number of reported tornadoes spawned by tropical storms and hurricanes in the continental United States since 2008, and the fourth-most overall in 23 years.
Five tropical cyclones were responsible for 119 reports of tornadoes in a dozen states, according to preliminary data provided by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC). This includes two tropical storms (Cindy and Philippe) and three hurricanes (Harvey, Irma and Nate).
<...> 2017 is now the fourth hurricane season since 1995 with tropical storms or hurricanes that produced more than 100 tornadoes. Only the 2005 (317), 2004 (238) and 2008 (139) hurricane seasons produced more tornadoes." [1]
References:
[1] 2017 Hurricane Season Produces Most Reported Tornadoes in Nearly a Decade. (2017, November 08). Retrieved November 10, 2017, from https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2017-11-08-tornadoes-hurr...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_of_2017
[3] http://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/
[4] http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/2017_annual_summary.html
[5] D3.js barchart: barchartt.html; tornado.csv (Based on this example: http://bl.ocks.org/d3noob/8952219)
[6] D3.js multiline chart: multilinechart.html; tornado3.csv (Based on this example: https://bl.ocks.org/d3noob/ae9786c26d6a821eefeabe60dec350a9)
Nov 10, 2017
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5085871/Biblical-disaster-k...;
'Biblical disaster' kills at least 14 people in Greece after overnight downpour floods three towns and wash victims out to SEA
At least 14 people have died after flash floods hit the outskirts of the Greek capital of Athens on Wednesday.
Yianna Krikouki, mayor of Mandra, a small town close to Athens which saw some of the worst flooding, described the disaster as 'biblical', adding: 'Everything is lost.'
The bodies of four women and eight men were found in or near the town, while the bodies of two more men were found floating out at sea by the coast guard, having been washed there by the floodwaters.
Red Cross volunteers and firemen evacuate an elderly man from his house in Mandra, on the outskirts of the Greek capital Athens, after a torrential downpour overnight caused flash flooding which has killed at least 14 people
Streets were turned into rivers of muddy water which swept up buses and cars while demolishing homes and ripping up tarmac. This coach was left stranded under a bridge after being carried away
The mayor of Mandra, the town where this picture was taken, described the disaster as 'biblical' and said 'everything is lost' when asked to describe the scene by reporters
Nov 16, 2017
Gerard Zwaan
5 countries currently experiencing severe Floods: Greece, Libya, Honduras, Uganda, Malaysia
As we like to constantly remind everyone, Mother Nature seems to have it out for us. Earthquakes in California, South Korea and Iraq, hurricanes in the Caribbean, tornadoes in the Midwest and everywhere a trailer park can be found. And while natural disasters like those tend to come in waves – literally if it’s a tsunami – we do not speak enough about flooding as if floods had became too ‘normal’. Meanwhile, record rainfall, stronger monsoon season and heavy storms are increasing in intensity around the world, leaving countries and their inhabitants ‘six feet under’ water in states of emergency. Here a compilation of 5 countries currently facing heavy floods:
Floods and mudflow in Greece – Nov 15th
The Greek authorities declared a state of emergency on the island of Symi, where the cyclone “Eurydice” caused significant material damage. Floods, mudflows, damaged buildings and cars washed away. Power and water supply have been disrupted.
At least seven people died in flash floods which hit Greece on Wednesday, authorities said, as a raging torrent swept through towns west of Athens after heavy rains.
Heavy floods across Tripoli, Libya – Nov. 14th
Heavy rains in western Libya led to floods in the capital Tripoli and the eastern district of Tajoura, dirupting traffic.
Heavy rainfall triggers floods in Honduras – Nov. 13th
The departments of Toro, Tokoa and El Negrito were the most severly hit. Two policemen, a woman and an 8-month-old boy drowned after they were dragged by a river.
Floods in Kampala Uganda – Nov. 13th
A man almost drowned with his car on the Entebbe- Kampala Road escaped death after his car was suddenly swept by floods. He was rescued. Elsewhere, floods affected business in and around Kampala.
Heavy flooding across Malaysia after powerful start of monsoon season – Nov. 13th
Heavy rains caused floods in the states of Selangor, Sarawak, Malacca, Negeri-Sembilan. The most critical situation was faced in the area of Hulu Langat.
Meanwhile in Indonesia, record breaking rains are flooding one of the best-rated beach in I.... You said Whoaa? I say prepare for the next flooding in your area!
Source: http://strangesounds.org/2017/11/5-countries-experiencing-currently...
Nov 16, 2017
jorge namour
Directly from Jeddah. SAUDI ARABIA
NOVEMBER 21 2017
Floods and drowning of cars As we have indicated in our previous bulletins, the situation will be very difficult.
https://www.facebook.com/Khneisser.weather/videos/1226408570792710/...
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After the floods Jeddah as you see in the video attached; heavy rains towards the coast of Kuwait and Bahrain
NOVEMBER 21 2017
https://www.facebook.com/Khneisser.weather/videos/1226438424123058/...
Nov 21, 2017
Derrick Johnson
California steaming! Heatwave grips the state with a record-breaking high of 97F for Thanksgiving
In downtown Los Angeles, the high was 91F, making this year's Thanksgiving the hottest since record-keeping began in 1877, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
The previous record Thanksgiving Day high was 90F, set on November 26, 1903.
Several other cities experienced similar circumstances with Burbank reaching 95F, Long Beach hitting 96F, and Oxnard topping at 97F - all breaking their previous record-highs for the holiday.
California was left sizzling after being gripped by a massive heatwave over Thanksgiving with record-high temperatures. In downtown Los Angeles, the high was 91F, the hottest on record since the National Weather Service began record-keeping in 1887
The heat wave, which began Wednesday, is expected to begin breaking up Friday, with high temperatures for downtown Los Angeles expected to drop to the mid-80s
Some relief from the heat could be found along the coast and the High Desert where temperatures were in the low-80s, making it somewhat cooler than the valleys of the Inland Empire, according to NWS meteorologist James Brotherton with the San Diego office.
The heat wave, which began on Wednesday, is expected to begin breaking up on Friday, with high temperatures for downtown Los Angeles expected to drop to the mid-80s.
The trend is expected to continue through the weekend, with the high falling to about 80F on Saturday and into the mid-70s, more normal for this time of year, on Sunday.
Temperatures are expected to remain in the 80s in the valleys near Los Angeles through the weekend.
The unseasonably warm weather is being caused by an upper-level ridge of high pressure over Southern California, trapping warm desert air.
Many Californians used the opportunity to head to the beach to sunbathe and play.
But come Tuesday, temperatures will start climbing up again, according to Brotherton. Highs are expected to reach the low- to mid-80s.
According to Todd Hall, a meteorologist with the NWS Oxnard office, the agency began putting out information last week about the rise in temperatures so people could prepare for it and keep hydrated.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5114371/California-hit-reco...
Nov 25, 2017
jorge namour
JET STREAM
THE POLAR VORTEX DIVES TO FRANCE
28 November 2017 by La Chaîne Météo
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2017-11-28-09h18...
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The polar vortex, whose term had been highly publicized during the cold spells that affected the United States these last winters, will experience a stall from the Arctic and plunges towards France.
The meteorological situation changes abruptly over Western Europe: a vast low-pressure system forms from Scandinavia to Italy, bringing winds directed to the north-west to north sector. Around this huge low-lying area, many hearts travel, bringing bad weather all over western Europe (wind, rain, storms and snow).
It is actually a "stall" jet-stream, the wind that blows at high altitude and contains polar air at high latitudes. Sometimes, the jet stream is deviated from its usual trajectory (from west to east) and dives to the south: this is what happened during the cold waves that occurred in North America in recent years .
Polar air plunges south
The deviation of jet-stream plunges to the British Isles, France and Benelux. This situation is characterized by the arrival of very cold air in altitude (-35 ° to 5000 m) but on the surface, the effects are not the same as in North America because in Europe, the winds coming from the north- West are of maritime origin: they are therefore softened by the ocean.
At first, the arrival of this maritime polar air causes a sudden drop in temperatures
At the same time, the flow of cold air plunges into the Mediterranean and reaches the Maghreb, resulting in the Mistral in the south-east of France and bad weather in North Africa.
Nov 28, 2017
KM
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/witnesses-describe-seeing-wall-of-flame...
Witnesses describe seeing ‘wall of flames’ along highway 401
The 401 had to be shut down in both directions in Cambridge on Tuesday night following a grass fire that officials say burned out of control at one point.
Witnesses describe seeing a ‘wall of flames’ along the 401 around 6 p.m.
The fire started in the area of industrial road and McGovern Road, just south of highway 401 and west of Hespeler Road.
Witnesses describe seeing a ‘wall of flames’ along the 401 around 6 p.m. (Source: Twitter/ @SamFromSchool)
It began to encroach onto the highway prompting Ontario Provincial Police to shut down the 401 between Shantz Hill Road and Hespeler Road.
About 25 firefighters from three stations responded alongside Waterloo Regional Police and OPP.
Cambridge fire officials said fire grew to be about 4 acres in size , but they did manage to bring it under control quickly.
Officials have not yet identified the source of the fire, but said it is a popular area for people who are homeless.
The highway was reopened just after 8:30 p.m.
There were no injuries or damages as the fire occurred on a grassy, vacant piece of land.
Nov 29, 2017
KM
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2017-11-30-greenland-temperat...
Freak Warm Spell Surges Temperatures 50+ Degrees Above Average in Greenland
At a Glance
Temperatures skyrocketed above freezing in parts of northern Greenland on Wednesday as a surge of warm air from the Atlantic poured northward.
A high temperature of 4.7 degrees Celsius, roughly 40 degrees Fahrenheit, was reported Wednesday at Qaanaaq Airport, along the far northwest coast of Greenland at a latitude of about 77.5 degrees north, about 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
That equates to temperatures roughly 50 degrees above average in northern Greenland for late November, where temperatures are usually in the minus 20s and minus 30s Fahrenheit.
(MORE: Parts of Siberia were Colder Than Minus 60 Degrees Fahrenheit, and ...)
This tongue of warmer air arrived by means of strong southerly winds sandwiched between a strong low pressure system located over northern Canada and a strong high pressure system located near east-central Canada.
Also contributing to the warmth were ocean temperatures 6-10 degrees above average between southern Greenland and adjacent portions of eastern Canada.
A northward extension of ice-free water in Baffin Bay, not that atypical for late November, extended along Greenland's west coast to the south of Qaanaaq, according to an analysis by the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
As strange as this sounds, last November and again last December, near or above-freezing air surged as far north as the North Pole.
Dec 3, 2017
jorge namour
Strange mist in Egypt new cairo.
DECEMBER 4 2017
https://www.facebook.com/magna.gloria.1/posts/509941109380501?pnref...
COMMENT VERY THICK CAN SEE NOTHING
Zamalek was also sso misty last night
This is so wierd for egypt .. It started at 12.00 am while such mists start usually, round dawn time ..
Serious accidents due to the constant fog from yesterday and today on #_ Egypt (4 _ 5 _ 12 _ 2017
https://www.facebook.com/1468079846822718/videos/1796518010645565/
The Egyptian Ministry of interior warns citizens not to get out of their homes because of the intensity of constant fog 5 _ 12 _ 2017 #_ Egypt
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Dec 5, 2017
KM
https://www.rt.com/usa/412183-california-skirball-fire-evacuations/
Evacuation orders issued for nearly 200k as Los Angeles fires rage
The fast-moving brush fire started around 5am local time on Wednesday near the Getty Center. At 7:30am, authorities ordered residents living south of Mulholland Drive, east of the 405, north of Sunset Boulevard, and west of Roscomare Road to evacuate their homes.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Skirball Fire has led to the evacuations of 700 homes, one apartment building and an elementary school in the city’s Sepulveda Pass. The brush fire has charred 475 acres and is 5 percent contained.The number of people affected has reached 46,000. More than 300 personnel from the Los Angeles Fire Department are on the scene and are being supported by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, LAPD and the Angeles National Forest and CalFire, officials said during a Wednesday afternoon news conference.
Four structures have been destroyed, and 11 damaged, all of which were residential, authorities told reporters. There have been no reported injuries.
The National Weather Service has extended a Red Flag Warning across much of the Southern California region through Saturday.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declared a local State of Emergency Wednesday because of the Skirball Fire. The blaze has now grown to 150 acres. The northbound and southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway, which had previously been shut, have been reopened, KCBS reported.
Residents living west of I-405 should brace for evacuations, in case flames jump the freeway, officials said earlier on Wednseday.
High winds reaching 80 mph (129 km/h) are are expected to exacerbate the fires.
“Not the typical morning commute…” a Los Angeles investment banker commented.
“Today was scariest morning commute of my life,” tweeted musician Rick Patrick. “The scariest part was the heat hitting my car. It felt like driving into the sun.”
The Thomas, Creek and Rye Fires continue to wreaking havoc in Southern California, as authorities and firefighters scramble to contain the rapidly moving blazes.
The Thomas Fire, which started at around 6:30pm Monday, is considered a wildfire, and was the first of the three to ignite. Located 60 miles (97km) northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, that fire spread from 500 acres Monday night to 50,000 acres the following morning.
The Creek Fire was the second blaze to erupt. The wildfire started at 4am Tuesday and rapidly spread in the foothills of the Angeles National Forest, located above the neighborhood of Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley.
It has now burned through 11,377 acres, and is five percent contained, Garcetti said in a Wednesday afternoon press conference.
The Creek Fire has destroyed 11 homes and injured two firefighters, KTLA reported.
A fast-moving two-alarm brush fire, dubbed the Rye Fire, led to the closure of a portion of the Interstate 5 highway. The fire is burning in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48km) north of Los Angeles, according to KABC.
Dec 7, 2017
KM
http://www.dailynews.com/2017/12/06/heres-how-rare-it-is-to-have-wi...
Here’s how rare it is to have large wildfires in December in California.
There are at least six active wildfires burning in Southern California right now. That’s nearly the total of all large December wildfires from 2000 to 2015, according to Cal Fire statistics.
The map below shows active fires as of noon, Dec. 6.
If you look at the statistics below, they show a mere seven California fires that burned more than 300 acres when totaling December numbers from 2000 to 2015. The second lowest months were January and February with 11 such wildfires.
July had the most fires between 2000 and 2015 with a total of 313.
Of the seven fires in December from 2000 to 2015, four were in Southern California and two were in Ventura County.
The total acres burned in those seven fires was 21,090. The fire burning right now in Ventura County, called the Thomas fire, is estimated to have already burned 65,000 acres – almost three times the acreage of the other December fires. The previous largest fire in December was the Shekell fire in Ventura which burned 13,600 acres in 2006.
Even before the start of this week’s fires, this year was going down as the most destructive wildfire season in California history, state officials said.
From Jan. 1 to Dec. 3, there were 6,762 fires that destroyed 505,391 acres. That’s 43 percent more events for the same time period last year, when 244,297 acres were destroyed, according to Cal Fire.
“Fuel. Ignition. Meteorology. Each component of the formula are off the charts this year,” said Bill Patzert, a climatologist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “When all three elements in the equation are supersized, you’re set up for apocalyptic conditions.”
California is not alone in feeling the pain. In the U.S. Forest Service’s 2017 briefing to Congress in October the agency said that the fire season was the most costly across the nation.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said, “As wildfire costs exceed $2 billion, I appreciate those in Congress who recognize this funding issue and are working to make a permanent fix that allows us to manage our forests preemptively. While we can’t stop these wildfires, we know we can be prepared in a much better way.”
Wildfire suppression for the Forest Service costs for the fiscal year exceeded $2 billion, making it the most expensive year on record.
Dec 7, 2017
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5169625/Apocalyptic-mushroo...
Giant smoke-generated mushroom cloud above California mountains causes huge updraft and threatens to spread wildfires even further as devastated area is now larger than NYC and Boston COMBINED
An ominous mushroom cloud was spotted above California Monday as one of the most destructive wildfires in the state's history crept relentlessly up the Pacific coast.
The weather phenomenon, which resembled an erupting volcano or a nuclear bomb, was seen above the San Ynez Mountains of western Ventura County in the Los Padres National Forest, near Santa Barbara.
The billowing Pyrocumulus cloud, also known as a fire cloud, stretched up almost 30,000 feet high.
Eric Boldt, a forecaster with the National Weather Service office in Oxnard, told San Francisco Gate that the cloud was created by similar forced to a thunderstorm - and its strong winds could be responsible for helping spread the Thomas Wildfire on Sunday as Calfire grew 50,000 acres to 230,000 acres. It is now the fifth worst fire in Californian history.
The weather phenomenon, which resembled an erupting volcano or a nuclear bomb, was seen above the San Ynez Mountains of western Ventura County in the Los Padres National Forest, near Santa Barbara
An apocalyptic mushroom cloud was spotted above California Monday as one of the most destructive wildfires in the state's history crept relentlessly up the Pacific coast
'When we see these clouds billowing so tall, it's the same mechanisms that are happening with a thunderstorm,' he said.
'You're causing updrafts and air that's pushing the smoke higher. It creates its own wind. If it starts to spin, that's where you can get more wind and fast-moving progression of the fire. It can become a dangerous situation for firefighters.'
Thousands of firefighters were battling the blaze on Monday as it crept relentlessly up the Pacific coast and forced new evacuations.
As a wildfire near Los Angeles was brought under control, fire crews were being redeployed to battle the Thomas Fire northwest of America's second-largest city.
Fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters were assisting nearly 6,400 firefighters trying to keep the Thomas Fire away from beachfront towns south of the historic city of Santa Barbara, the California Fire Department (Cal Fire) said.
Dec 12, 2017
SongStar101
Italy: helicopters ferry flood victims to safety
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/12/italy-helicopters-ferry-flo...
Video provided by firefighters Tuesday shows houses under water after the Enza River flooded its reinforced banks in the town of Lentigione. The news agency ANSA said about 1,000 people were evacuated, but a woman who answered the phone at the city hall was unable to confirm the numbers.
Firefighters also rescued three people and a dog with a rubber dinghy from the town of Colorno when the Parma river flooded.
Heavy rain and snow fall has hampered travel in stretches of northern Italy, with trains severely delayed between the coastal city of Genoa and Milan.
Dec 13, 2017
KM
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Weather anomalies are spreading across the world: Coldest summer for 100 years in Queensland, Australia, Earliest ice formation in 71 years on the Han River, South Korea, 3.5 meters of snow in Germany
The weather is going crazy around the world, breaking almost every week a new extreme event record. Here three examples of weather anomalies recorded these days around the world:
More than 1.5 meters of fresh snow and 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) of snow accumulation were recorded on The Brocken, also known as the Blocksberg, the highest peak of the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak of Northern Germany culminating at 1,141 metres (3,743 ft):
Snow dead-end at Brocken in Germany. Lucas Steinhoff via Twitter
Snow drift up to 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) were reported at Brocken in Germany on December 16, 2017. Lucas Steinhoff via Twitter
Snow accumulation up to 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) were reported at Brocken in Germany on December 16, 2017. Lucas Steinhoff via Twitter
Must have been difficult to open the doors with this snow drift! Lucas Steinhoff via Twitter
Depth of the snow reaches 1.5 meters and snow accumulation made walls taller than 3.5 meters at Brocken, Germany on December 16, 2017. Lucas Steinhoff via Twitter
Even the tractor is smaller than the wall of snow in Brocken, Germany. Lucas Steinhoff via Twitter
The next event is actually good news for the next winter olympics – although they are still far away. After five days of extreme cold weather, ice has formed on the Han River in Seoul, South Korea.
Earliest ice formation in 71 years covers the Han River in Seoul, South Korea on December 14, 2017. via Sott
And this ICE is the first ice formation on the river before Dec. 15 in 71 years. Last time such a phenomenon occurred was on December 12, 1946.
While Finally, normally very hot, the current summer in Queensland, Australia breaks record lows with temperatures dropping to 11 degrees Celsius below average, which is, even for forecasters, a “very unusual” phenomenon. Mount Isa had its lowest overnight December temperate ever on record at 12 degrees Celsius – 11C degrees below average. Burketown had a minimum of 17.7C which was the lowest they’d seen up there since 1920, but that was eclipsed today with 16C, and that’s the coldest December morning since 1907. Richmond yesterday was 11.8C which was the lowest there in December since 1909. And of course the reason behind this anomaly is unknown!
I would just like to add videos about some other strange weather events going on these last few days:
Aerial footage captured images of the Chilean village of Villa Santa Lucia buried beneath a thick layer of mud on Saturday, following a deadly landslide which killed at least five people:
Third-largest wildfires in history spread across Southern California… And it is just 30% contained!:
Stromboli eruption on December 15, 2017:
After hail and thunderstorms engulged the United Arab Emirates and Oman y..., now impressive floods are engulfing the north of the country:
Keep safe!
Dec 17, 2017
Stanislav
Historic California wildfire continues to grow
"The attempt of the latest conspiracy theory to claim that the latest California fires in LA were incited by satellite microwave weapons is absurd, an attempt once again to claim, as we have stated, anything but Nibiru is the cause. Boy Scouts learn that to start a fire from kindling, one should blow gently on the small flame. This is because a source of oxygen is needed, and the constant winds provided by the daily Earth wobble bring that to LA. Do fires leap over spots, leaving them untouched to start on the other side? This is well known to firemen, who damp out sparks to prevent such propagation from a spark traveling in the wind."
ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for December 31, 2017
"16 December, 2017. California wildfire rages as 3rd largest recorded in state
A raging California wildfire on Saturday became the state's third largest blaze on record, with more devastation possible from a resurgence of the harsh winds that have fueled the deadly fire's growth.
The so-called Thomas Fire has destroyed more than 1,000 structures, including about 750 homes, in coastal communities in Southern California since erupting on Dec. 4, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement.
Firefighters at work as wildfires blaze in Santa Barbara county, California (Mike Eliason/AP). Image source: falmouthpacket.co.uk
The vast landscape charred by the blaze, which is centered less than 100 miles (161 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, reached 259,000 acres (104,813 hectares) early on Saturday, surpassing the 257,314 acres (104,131 hectares) destroyed by California's Rim Fire in 2013, authorities said. The Rim Fire had been the third-largest blaze on record in the state." [5]
Strong wind is a significant cause of the current historical forest fires:
"7 December, 2017. Record-breaking winds spell danger as California fires rage: 'There will no ability to fight fires'
Southern California has felt yellow wind, orange wind, and red wind. But never purple wind. Until now. The colour-coded system showing the expected strength of the winds driving the region’s fierce wildfires has reached uncharted territory, pushing past red, which means “high” into the colour that means “extreme.” “The forecast for tomorrow is purple,” said Ken Pimlott, director at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “We’ve never used purple before.”" [4]
References:
[1] http://www.naturalearthdata.com
[2] http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_statsevents
[3] https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/download/
[4] Press, T. A., & Amanda Lee Myers And Andrew Dalton. (2017, December 07). Record-breaking winds spell danger as California fires rage: ‘There will no ability to fight fires’. Retrieved December 18, 2017, from http://nationalpost.com/news/world/california-wind-and-fire-danger-...
[5] Dobuzinskis, A. (2017, December 16). California wildfire rages as 3rd largest recorded in state. Retrieved December 18, 2017, from https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/12/16/california-wildfire-rag...
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Dec 18, 2017
jorge namour
Severe Weather Europe DECEMBER 18 2017
Change in snow cover in the last 10 days in Val Thorens, SE France
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Dec 18, 2017
jorge namour
Flight disruptions on fourth straight day in Dubai
United Arab Emirates December 26, 2017
As of 12.30pm, some 148 flights were delayed, including arrivals and departures
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/transport/flight-disruptions-on-fourth...
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/transport/flight-disruptions-on-fourth...
A view of Shaikh Zayed road and Metro as foggy condition still prevails during the afternoon
Dubai: Another day of thick fog, another day of flight delays. Poor visibility due to dense fog caused flight disruptions for the fourth straight day in Dubai.
As of 12.30pm, some 148 flights were delayed, including arrivals and departures, and 11 were cancelled, according to flightradar24.com.
The day before, some 218 flights were delayed. The delay time is shorter now which is 15 minutes on average, compared to 78 minutes on Sunday.
Satellite image of the fog from the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) at 7.45am showed the northern emirates, from Sharjah to Dubai and going inland covered in fog.
Some patches of the country were also shrouded white such as Fujairah and the islands in Abu Dhabi.
NCM on its official Twitter page also shared a time-lapse video by Khalid Al Hammadi that showed fog covering the Al Reem island’s skyline where only the top half of its buildings are visible
https://twitter.com/NCMS_media/status/945569894124392448/video/1
The national weather bureau said the fog usually dissipates by 11am. The fog warning is still up though relative humidity is expected to increase by as Tuesday night and Wednesday morning giving rise to fog or mist formation. CONTINUE...
Dec 26, 2017
Gerard Zwaan
Lake-effect snowstorm hammers Erie, Pennsylvania shattering at least one all-time Pennsylvania snowstorm record and city records
A lake-effect snowband dumped over 4 feet of snow in Erie, Pennsylvania, in just over one day’s time. This shattered the city’s calendar-day snowfall record, on Christmas Day. Continuing into Tuesday, this also clobbered the previous state record two-day snowfall as Erie picked up more snow in 30 hours than their previous 13-day snowfall record. Officials declared a snow emergency for the city.
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via Twitter
A stationary lake-effect snowband off Lake Erie dumped an incredible 34 inches of snow at Erie Airport on Christmas Day alone, quadrupling their previous record snowiest Christmas Day – 8.1 inches in 2002 – as well as smashing their all-time snowiest single day on record by over a foot – 20 inches on Nov. 11, 1956.
That heavy snow continued into Tuesday, bringing their storm total since 7 p.m. EST Christmas Eve to an incredible 56.5 inches of snow – just over 4.5 feet – in 42 hours.
This prolific event shattered all previous multi-day snowfall records in Erie dating to 1893, according to the National Weather Service office in Cleveland, including:
That’s not a misprint. Erie picked up more snow in less than 36 hours in this event than their previous 13-day snowstorm record.
Needless to say, the 92 inches of snow so far in December is the city’s snowiest single month on record, crushing the previous record of 66.9 inches in December 1989.
This wasn’t just a snowstorm record for the city, however.
According to the National Weather Service office in Cleveland, Erie also shattered the previous Pennsylvania state two-day snowstorm record of 44 inches set in Morgantown from March 20-21, 1958.
This northwest Pennsylvania city of just under 100,000 is used to heavy lake-effect snow, and is one of America’s snowiest cities, averaging 101 inches of snow a year.
However, picking up roughly the average December and January snowfall – 57.1 inches – in just over a day is something long-time residents have never seen before.
Put another way, Erie picked up more snow in this event than the yearly average snowfall in the following cities:
Meanwhile, a dangerous Arctic cold blast is to last into the first week of January 2018 in the Plains, Midwest and East. The extreme cold front is approaching the Midwest and Northeast and a severe cold protocol weather was activated in Connecticut Tuesday. Wind chills are expected to drop up to 30 degrees below zero. Although the outbreak may not break many daily records, this could be the coldest air of the season so far for some. Subzero temperatures are expected near the Canadian border.
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. Instagram
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via Twitter
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via VK
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via VK
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via VK
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via VK
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via VK
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via Instagram
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via Instagram
Erie snowstorm breaks records in Pennsylvania in on December 25-26 2017. via Instagram
Another extreme cold weather event. They are increasing, aren’t they?
Soource: http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/lake-effect-snowstorm-hammered-eri...
Dec 27, 2017
KM
https://globalnews.ca/news/3937006/record-snowfall-for-central-okan...
Record snowfall for Central Okanagan
Travellers at Kelowna airport endure the snow.
Global OkanaganThe Central Okanagan is on the verge of breaking a snowfall record that dates back several decades.
Environment Canada said the Central Okanagan has received 15-20 cm in the past 24 hours, approaching a record set in 1923.
“We will likely be setting a new record because some spots have received more than that,” Environment Canada meteorologist Allan Coldwells said.
He said some areas in West Kelowna received 20 cm and there’s more snow on the way.
Coldwells said that, although today’s heavy snowfall warning has ended, another winter blast will arrive in the Central Okanagan Friday.
Meanwhile, a snow event has been declared and parking bans on snow routes are now in effect in Kelowna. The snow event advisory affects residents living on designated snow routes in Wilden, the Ponds, Magic Estates and Dilworth Mountain. Residents parked on the street have 24 hours to find alternative off-street parking.
Residents not living on a snow route are still encouraged to move their vehicles off the road to help plows clear the snow from curb to curb safely and quickly.
Vehicles that remain parked on snow routes during the temporary parking ban are subject to enforcement, up to and including a $50 fine or towing at the owner’s expense.
Dec 29, 2017
KM
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/tropics-not-spared-as-cold-snap-en...
Cold snap envelops parts of Asia
Temperatures plunge in areas in Myanmar, Laos and Thailand; heavy snow hits Japan
Tropical South-east Asia has not been spared the wintry chills.
Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia have been enveloped by an unexpectedly cold front, which descended from China last week.
In Samoeng, a district in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai, the government distributed blankets and winter clothes to 7,000 residents last Friday as temperatures plunged to 5 deg C, The Nation newspaper reported.
Thailand's Meteorological Department has predicted that temperatures in areas, excluding the south, will drop by another 2 to 4 deg C during the New Year holidays.
People in parts of Myanmar were also shivering in temperatures as low as 3 deg C.
Snow fell in the districts of Loilen, Panglong and Pinlaung in the southern Shan state, where temperatures dropped to between 3 deg C and 5 deg C, residents told the Eleven newspaper. "Plantations have been destroyed," said villager Sai Tuu. She said older people, especially, were suffering in the cold snap.
Even elephants have had to be bundled up. At the Winga Baw camp for orphaned elephants in Bago, a region in Myanmar 90km north-east of Yangon, workers wrapped the seven pachyderms in their care with blankets.
"We haven't had weather this cold in 40 years," Ms Sangdeaun Lek Chailert, founder of the Save Elephant Foundation which runs the camp, told The New York Times on Sunday.
Meanwhile in Japan, heavy snow and strong winds continued to blanket the country's northern and central regions, broadcaster NHK said yesterday. The areas had seen up to 60cm of snow in the 24 hours starting Wednesday, and was expected to receive 40cm more by this morning, it added.
Weather officials warned of avalanches in some areas and said transport systems may be affected.
On the other side of Asia, severe cold weather coupled with dense fog blanketed many cities across Pakistan last week. At least 11 people were killed and 28 others injured last Thursday after a bus hit a trailer in Khanewal, Punjab province, due to low visibility.
Dec 30, 2017
jorge namour
How cold is it? It's so cold that sharks are dying
December 30, 2017
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/29/weather/cold-weather-wrap-trnd/in...
It's so cold in Massachusetts that sharks are washing up on the shoreline of Cape Cod Bay. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said two thresher sharks were found Wednesday, "likely stranded due to cold shock."
Dec 30, 2017
KM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/01...
‘Bomb cyclone’ to blast East Coast before polar vortex uncorks tremendous cold late this week
Unforgiving cold has punished the eastern third of the United States for the past 10 days. But the most severe winter weather yet will assault the area late this week.
First, a monster storm will hammer coastal locations from Georgia to Maine with ice and snow. By Thursday, the exploding storm will, in many ways, resemble a winter hurricane, battering easternmost New England with potentially damaging winds in addition to blinding snow.
Forecasters are expecting the storm to become a so-called “bomb cyclone” because its pressure is predicted to fall so fast, an indicator of explosive strengthening. The storm could rank as the most intense over the waters east of New England in decades at this time of year. While blizzard conditions could paste some coastal areas, the most extreme conditions will remain well out over the ocean.
As most of the U.S. faces record-breaking cold weather, some TV reporters and social media users are testing the freezing temperatures with some old tricks. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)
In the storm’s wake, the mother lode of numbing cold will crash south — likely the last but most bitter in brutal blasts since Christmas Eve.
The storm: How much snow and wind, and where
The responsible storm is forecast to begin taking shape off the coast of Florida Wednesday, unloading hazardous snow and ice in highly unusual locations not accustomed to such weather. The National Weather Service has already posted winter storm watches from Lake City, Fla. to Norfolk
It is then expected to rapidly intensify, buffeting the Mid-Atlantic beaches and eastern New England, where winter storm watches have also been issued.
The National Weather Service office serving northeast Florida and southeast Georgia cautions that a nasty mix of light freezing rain, light sleet and light snow is expected to develop Wednesday “with significant icing possible.”
In Charleston, one to three inches of snow and sleet is forecast Wednesday, where the Weather Service warns to “plan on difficult travel conditions.”
Jan 3, 2018
KM
http://gcaptain.com/icy-rivers-slow-new-york-barges-trying-to-deliv...
Icy Rivers Slow New York Barges Trying to Deliver Heating Fuel
By Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — Shivering New Yorkers may have to pay more to get warm as ice in the Hudson River delayed fuel-barge deliveries and the U.S. government warned of a home heating-fuel shortage from the East Coast to Texas.
The Coast Guard has deployed four of its five Hudson River ice-cutting vessels since Dec. 30 to carve out a path for tankers hauling motor and heating fuels to supply terminals around the city. River ice thickened to 6 inches north of Poughkeepsie, New York, over the weekend, according to Steve Strohmeyer, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman. The agency later warned of ice conditions forming around Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Jan 3, 2018
Gerard Zwaan
Eleanorgeddon batters the UK and Ireland with category 2 strength hurricane winds of more than 100mph and devastating flooding
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses have been hit with a blackout as Storm Eleanor swept across the country.
ESB Networks said at least 55,000 households and other properties had been affected by the widespread outages in the west and north-west.
The areas worst hit are understood to be across Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim as the Atlantic storm moved in with gales gusting to 100mph in parts of Ireland and the UK.
The Met Office has confirmed wind gusts of more than 100mph have been recorded, which is category 2 hurricane strength,
(Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) after Storm Eleanor battered Ireland and the UK overnight.
Thousands of homes are without power and travel has been disrupted.
Wind and flood warnings are still in place for the UK and Ireland
Storm Eleanor - the fifth-named storm of the season has brought torrential rains with flooding with damage to buildings and trees from the hurricane strength winds.
Commuters face chaos on the roads on Wednesday after the storm battered the country overnight carrying heavy rain, hail and dramatic thunder and lightning.
Several major bridges were closed due to gusts of high winds and there were numerous reports of fallen trees blocking roads including the M25 as Storm Eleanor took hold.
The eye of the storm is now over the North Sea as the storm heads towards Denmark.
Jan 3, 2018
M. Difato
Baked Alaska: USA's northernmost state has been very warm
(January 2, 2018) http://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-now/baked-alaska-usas-nort...
If you want to escape the cold, should you head to ... Alaska?
While most of the lower 48 states continue to endure a hideous deep freeze, Alaska has had an unusually warm start to winter.
In fact, several locations in northern and central Alaska — such as Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Bettles, Kotzebue and McGrath — all had their warmest December on record, according to climatologist Brian Brettschneider. Fairbanks had its 2nd-warmest December. Over the first three weeks of the month, the city was a whopping 20 degrees above average..."
Winter Begins With Record-Breaking Warm Weather in Alaska
(December 20 2017) https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2017-12-20-alaska-warm-decemb...
The start of winter has been absurdly warm in Alaska, propelling many locations toward the warmest start to December in recorded history.
Anchorage, Juneau and Kotzebue all saw the warmest Dec. 1-18 on record, according to data from ACIS.
In Fairbanks, that period ranked second-warmest on record, with a departure from average temperature so far this month an astonishing 20 degrees above average.
Only two days have featured subzero temperatures as of Dec. 20 in Fairbanks. That's an incredible statistic, as the average low is in the mid-teens below zero this time of year..."
The number ranking on this graphic shows where the period Dec. 1-18 ranks among the historical record for the locations shown. A ranking of 1 indicates it was the warmest Dec. 1-18 on record for that site. (Data: Southeast Regional Climate Center/ACIS)
Jan 3, 2018
Gerard Zwaan
Storm Eleanor impacts western Europe with 200,000 French without power flights cancelled in Holland as category 2 hurricane strength storm heads East
Storm Eleanor cuts power to 200,000 households in northern France on Wednesday after storm Carmen cut power to 65,000 households in western France on new years eve, Monday.
The storm is set to move to eastern regions throughout the day and is thought to bring more destruction.
Storm Eleanor which has produced wind gusts of more than 100mph which is a category 2 hurricane strength,
(Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) battered Ireland and the UK overnight with thousands without power
According to Reuters, households in the Normandy region were the worst hit by storm Eleanor, Enedis, a unit of state-controlled EDF said, while the area around Paris and northeastern Picardie and Champagne-Ardenne were also among those affected.
The latest weather warning and strong winds come after winter storm Carmen battered western France on Jan. 1, with some 40,000 households in the Brittany region temporarily losing power on Monday.
A storm disrupted air traffic at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Wednesday, with many flights cancelled or delayed.
Airlines cancelled 176 out of a total of more than 1,200 incoming and outgoing flights on Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the Dutch national airport said.
That number was expected to rise, as the storm would grow stronger during the day, with wind gusts reaching speeds of up to 120 kph (75 mph).
Schiphol is Europe’s third busiest airport in a number of total passengers per year, after London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle.
Storm Eleanor battered the Netherlands on Wednesday morning with wind speeds of up to 110kph in coastal areas according to DutchNewsLive.
The KNMI weather bureau had issued a nationwide code yellow alert but raised this to orange for Noord-Holland, Friesland, Flevoland and the Wadden islands for late morning.
Trees were blown down and trains between Amsterdam and Breukelen were disrupted for a time after a tree hit the overhead cables.
High-speed trains between Rotterdam and Breda were cancelled because of the weather and Intercity services between Rotterdam and The Hague were also reduced, Dutch rail operator NS said.
Source: http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/storm-eleanor-impacts-western-e...
Jan 3, 2018
jorge namour
Severe wind damage in Paris, France this morning under the effects of windstorm Eleanor. JANUARY 3 2018
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Intense winds and coastal flooding in Galway, W Ireland tonight (Jan 2) under the effects of windstorm Eleanor.
https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/videos/2145637422326014/?t...
Jan 3, 2018
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5235431/Blizzard-roars-U-S-...
Boston is drowning in historic 15ft flood of icy water - trapping people in cars and homes - as 'bomb cyclone' storm explodes over Northeast closing schools, cancelling 4,000 flights and killing six
Boston experienced historic flooding on Thursday, as a 'bomb cyclone' winter storm hit the Northeast, bringing heavy snow, winds and storm surge.
Meteorologists said Boston was unofficially nearing a water level record set during the Blizzard of 1978.
Matt Doody, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Taunton, told the Boston Herald that the Weather Service couldn't 'officially' call it a new record, but the water was hovering around the 15.1 foot mark set during the historic storm 40 years ago.
The system is also very similar to a storm that hit the Northeast on the exact same day in 1989, according to the Weather Service.
At least a dozen people have been rescued from flooded homes in Marshfield, and a handful of others were rescued from cars under water in the South Shore region of Massachusetts.
'It's up over the roof of cars. It's up over four feet,' Deputy Fire Chief Louis Cipullo said of the floodwaters in the area.
The nor'easter threatened to dump as much as 18 inches of snow from the Carolinas to Maine - causing schools and office to close and thousands of flights to be cancelled.
Many businesses were flooded during storm surge high tide, in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday
The snowstorm is causing massive flooding in Boston and outlying towns. Above, a car in floodwaters in Boston on Thursday
Above, more cars in floodwaters in Boston on Thursday
Forecasters expected the system to be followed immediately by a blast of face-stinging cold air that could break records in more than two dozen cities, with wind chills falling to minus 40 in some places this weekend.
Blizzard warnings and states of emergency were in wide effect, and wind gusts hit up to 76mph in some places. Eastern Massachusetts and most of Rhode Island braced for snow falling as fast as thre inches per hour.
The storm was powered by a rapid plunge in barometric pressure that some weather forecasters were referring to as bombogenesis or a 'bomb cyclone' and which brought fast, heavy snowfall and high winds.
Boston's fire department shared an image on Twitter of crew members saving a man whose car was floating in the ice water.
'Firefighters come to the rescue of an adult male trapped by rising water,' the dept. tweeted. 'The firefighters… bringing the driver to safety. Please avoid these dangerously high waters.'
The first responders were then seen carrying the man to safety.
One Boston resident shared a Snapchat video of someone rowing through their icy street with a kayak.
The video was captioned: 'Cai has fled the scene via kyak.'
Mayor Marty Walsh warned people early on Thursday to stay off the highways as the storm hit the city.
'There continue to be too many cars on Boston's roadways. If you're not a plow or emergency vehicle, get off the roads. Crews are doing there best to clear the snow but there are still too many cars on the roads,' the mayor said in a tweet.
Meanwhile another video showed the moment a garbage bin was knocked over as trash was washed down the street by floodwaters in Boston.
Jan 5, 2018
Juan F Martinez
'Bomb cyclone' winter storm that hit the Northeast leaves wildlife, farm animals and fish frozen in place.
Jan 6, 2018
SongStar101
Aussie heatwave: Victoria will resemble 'blast furnace' above 43C (110F)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objecti...
The state is set to swelter through their single hottest day in two years as an extreme heat event takes hold.
Victoria's ambulance commander Paul Holman says conditions need to be taken seriously and that people should stay indoors unless absolutely necessary.
"This heat is a killer," Holman said on Friday.
"It's going to be like a blast furnace tomorrow and you need to adjust what you do. You need to take care. So put off the sporting events, put off the outside events, stay inside."
In NSW, Surf Life Saving and the Rural Fire Service are warning residents to stay safe on the state's beaches and prepare for potential bushfires.
"Lifesavers and lifeguards are out in force but we need the public to take some responsibility for their own safety," Surf Life Saving chief executive Steven Pearce told AAP.
"The tragic incidents we have witnessed through December and early January are a reminder of the power of the ocean."
Temperatures in Melbourne on Saturday are expected to climb north of 41C, the hottest they've been since 42.2C was recorded on January 13, 2016. Geelong and Bendigo will feel even hotter, nudging 42C. Swan Hill, Echuca, Warracknabeal and Mildura will hover around 44C at the hottest part of the day.
Conditions have fire authorities deeply concerned about the very real risk of bushfires sparking up.
"If a fire starts it will run, it will run hard and has the potential to do significant damage," Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley said. "On these days the conditions can beat the crews and the terrain."
Total fire bans have been declared throughout SA and Victoria and across most of Tasmania for Saturday.
On Friday drivers were delayed on the Hume Highway due to a stretch of road "melting".
Victoria Police warned motorists should expect delays on the right-hand lane heading towards the city near Broadford on Friday evening, as a 10km stretch of road was reportedly melting amid the hot weather.
Meanwhile, the Australian Energy Market Operator, the national energy regulator, is in talks with more than a dozen power-hungry companies in Victoria and South Australia in a bid to get ahead of weekend blackouts.
The 14 companies, with major factories across the two southern states, may need to shut down operations over the weekend as heightened airconditioner use could lead to major blackouts.
Companies including Australian Paper, Visy and BlueScope Steel have been paid incentives to cut down on operations to avoid the kind of sporadic blackouts South Australia struggled through last summer.
Sky News weather meteorologist Tristan Meyers told news.com.au the country's southern and eastern states will swelter.
"There is a lot of heat coming this week affecting South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and NSW," he said.
"On Saturday, it's going to be really hot in Victoria and Tasmania. Melbourne, Geelong and Launceston will have their hottest days in two years."
The mercury is tipped to hit 41C in Melbourne on Saturday while Launceston and much of Tasmania is expected to reach at least 32C.
On Sunday, NSW will have its turn to sweat with much of the state expected to reach above average temperatures.
"We have seen some hotter days, but the state is going to get pretty hot. Western parts of Sydney will absolutely swelter and Penrith will hit the mid-40s," Meyers said.
The state will then be hit with incredibly hot, gusty conditions which will lead to a spike in fire danger throughout the state.
Catastrophic fire danger is expected in South Australia's Mount Lofty and today Western Australia is likely to see severe to extreme fire danger across much of the state.
James Taylor, the acting manager of the Bureau of Meteorology's extreme weather desk, said Australians need to be vigilant.
"Any fires that start will be extremely difficult to suppress," he said, citing the hot and gusty conditions expected across much of south east Australia on the weekend.
An analysis from finder.com.au, the country's number one comparison site, found Aussies could save a whopping $415 this summer if they opt for a fan rather than their airconditioning unit.
Using your fan for 8 hours per night for the duration of summer will cost Aussies a total of $17, whereas using your aircon for the same amount of time will cost you $432, the site found.
Angus Kidman, finder.com.au editor-in-chief, said Aussies need to embrace the humble fan more.
"It might be tempting to crank your aircon for hours, but if you don't want to end up with a hefty electricity bill at the end of the month, try to avoid overuse.
"We need to give fans a little more credit. They might not cool the entire room down, but they do a very good job at keeping you comfortable, especially if they're directly blowing on you, and they're much cheaper to run."
"Aussies have become accustomed to staying cool. Some people will even drop the temperature so low they end up putting a jacket on just to stay warm! Don't do that — moderate your usage to cut down on bills."
Here's how the weekend is looking across Australia.
ADELAIDE
The South Australian capital will have a scorcher this weekend with the mercury expected to hit 41C. Adelaide is already getting a taste for the hot weekend with temperatures reaching 37C today. Rain is expected late on Sunday which will also bring down the temperature substantially to 26C.
MELBOURNE
Melbourne is heading for its hottest day in two years on Saturday with highs of 41C expected. But after struggling through Saturday, Melburnians will be treated to a cool change overnight and see a drastic 20 degree drop. Temperatures will struggle to hit 21C on Sunday.
HOBART
A total fire ban is in place for Tasmanians this weekend as some of the island state's towns will have their hottest days in years. Hobart will swelter through a 33C Saturday but a cool change on Sunday will drop the temperature back to 23C.
CANBERRA
The nation's capital is set to sizzle. Today, the mercury will hit 33C, Saturday will be worse at 36C and Sunday will be the hottest of all at 38C. Rain isn't expected until at least Tuesday with showers increasing next Thursday.
SYDNEY
Sydneysiders won't see their weekend properly heat up until Sunday when temperatures are expected to hit 38C. Despite that, Saturday will still reach 31C and today is heading for tops of 28C. A cool change will bring showers by next Tuesday.
BRISBANE
Queensland's capital will enjoy nice summer weather for days. Temperatures are expected to sit in the low-30s for the weekend and much of next week. Rain is expected next Wednesday.
DARWIN
As per usual, the Top End is going to be hot and wet this weekend and for much of next week. Temperatures will be past the 30s and thunderstorms are possible every day. Humidity will also be extremely high making the nights especially sticky.
PERTH
The west coast capital is going to be a little more pleasant than the east coast's record-breaking weather. Perth will be a model of summertime weather this weekend with temperatures expected to rise from 27C today through to 31C on Sunday and 33C on Monday. Clear skies are expected every day. The state's scorching conditions today are also expected to subside after an expected cool change this afternoon.
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Hume Freeway melts in heat in Victoria, ahead of scorcher predicted for today (videos)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-05/hume-freeway-melts-in-heat-in...
Jan 6, 2018
SongStar101
"Record Lows From Bangor to Charleston": Bomb Cyclone Ushers In Brutal Cold, Ice Storm
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-06/record-lows-bangor-charle...
“Record cold temperatures continue to blanket the northeastern U.S. this weekend along with gusty winds. This combination is leading to wind chills well below zero across much of the region, making it difficult to even go outside. This cold will not only be dangerous for people’s health, but will also increase the risk for pipes to freeze along with other infrastructural problems. People need to dress in layers to guard against frost bite if outside for any amount of extended time. This brutal stretch of winter weather will last into Sunday before abating into next week,” said Ed Vallee, a meteorologist at Vallee Weather Consulting LLC. A blast of Arctic air from Canada, Greenland, and Siberia has descended onto the Northeast through the weekend plunging temperatures and wind chills to dangerously cold levels in the wake of the “bomb cyclone” that exploded over the East Coast last week.
asd Wind chill advisories and warnings are in effect until Sunday morning rendering most of the Northeast hazardous to human health. In some parts, wind chill values may decline to 45 degrees below zero, which can cause frostbite to exposed skin in under 10 minutes.
Ed Vallee warns the “cold is not just in the Northeast. Record lows expected from Bangor, Maine to Charleston, SC tonight!”
He further expects, “more record lows tonight from Portland all the way down the I-95 corridor to DC. Impressive as we approach the coldest point in the winter season!”
Early next week, another system has a high probability of blanketing the Northeast with a mix of snow, sleet, ice, and rain. As of Saturday, the system is tracking eastward into the Rockies and moving into the Central U.S. on Sunday.
The Weather Channel forecasts the next round of wintry precipitation to hit the Northeast on Sunday night and continue into early next week, Sunday Night This system will slide eastward on Sunday night, spreading a wintry mix farther east. Snow is likely from the Great Lakes into parts of the Ohio Valley, interior Northeast and northern New England. A mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain is possible from central Illinois and central Ohio southward into parts of Tennessee and possibly northern Georgia. Rain is likely from eastern Oklahoma into Alabama, with a few thunderstorms in eastern Texas and Louisiana. Monday The chance of snow will stretch from Indiana into the interior Northeast and northern New England. There will be areas of sleet and freezing rain in parts of the mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley and the central and southern Appalachians. Otherwise, rain is currently expected through much of the South, with a few thunderstorms possible toward the Gulf Coast.
The Weather Channel forecasts the next round of wintry precipitation to hit the Northeast on Sunday night and continue into early next week,
Sunday Night
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Jan 8, 2018
Yvonne Lawson
Costa del Sol covered in SNOW: Holidaymakers stunned as golden beaches turn white
HOLIDAYMAKERS jetting to the Costa del Sol for some winter sun got a shock today - after finding some of its golden beaches covered in white.
The sand on the beach at Fuengirola - a favourite winter getaway for British OAPs - had an uncharacteristic look about it as midday temperatures struggled to hit double figures.
Beach bars were deserted as many locals and tourists opted to stay indoors.
Retired shop worker Patricia Dugsdale, who flew to Malaga overnight to stay with her expat daughter Jacqui, said: “I wasn’t expecting to get my swimsuit out at this time of the year but I didn’t think I’d be joking about making a snowman on the beach.”
HGV driver Robert Duggan added “My hotel manager says people were walking round in shorts and a T-shirt a few days ago so I obviously picked the wrong week to come.”
The dip in temperatures followed a week of sun and blue skies in the area and other British holiday favourites on the Costa Blanca as winter failed to make an appearance.
Last Thursday holidaymakers in resorts like Torrevieja a short drive south of Alicante were pictured lapping up the sun as temperatures reached an unseasonal 23 degrees Celsius (73.5 degrees Fahrenheit).
Later yesterday morning/on Monday morning - after a sudden dip in temperatures and one of the coldest nights of the year so far - the Costa del Sol was hit by heavy rain and thunderstorms.
One local living on the beach front at Fuengirola joked on Twitter after waking up to see it under a blanket of white: “When the Costa del Sol becomes the Costa del Snow.”
Town hall sources insisted that although it appeared to have snowed, the white blanket was actually thick hail which had settled on the beach in temperatures of around five degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit).
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/901868/Costa-del-Sol-weather-s...
Jan 8, 2018
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5246347/Snow-Sahara-desert-...
Snow covers parts of the SAHARA DESERT for the third time in 40 years as freak storm sees 16 INCHES fall in one day
Up to 16 inches of snow has fallen on an town in the Sahara desert after a freak winter storm hit the area on Sunday.
This is the third time in 37 years that the town of Ain Sefra in Algeria has seen snow cover the red sand dunes of the desert.
Snow started falling in the early hours of Sunday morning and it quickly began settling on the sand.
Let it snow: Up to 16 inches of snow fell on the town of Ain Sefra in Algeria on Sunday
Unusual sight: The usually orange-coloured sand dunes of the Sahara desert were covered in snow
This is the third time in 37 years that the town of Ain Sefra in Algeria has seen snow
While the town saw an inch or two, the sand dunes on its outskirts were covered in snow.
Photographer Karim Bouchetata said: 'We were really surprised when we woke up to see snow again. It stayed all day on Sunday and began melting at around 5pm.'
In 2016, the town known as 'The Gateway to the Desert' saw deep snow shortly after Christmas and it caused chaos, with passengers stranded on buses after the roads became slippery and icy.
Come January 2017, the town saw snowfall yet again, and children made snowmen and even sledged on the sand dunes.
Before that, snow was last seen in Ain Sefra on February 18, 1979, when the snow storm lasted just half an hour.
A spokesman for the Met Office said this morning: 'Cold air was pulled down south in to North Africa over the weekend as a result of high pressure over Europe.
Unusual: The Saharan desert town has only seen snow three times int he past 37 years - in 1979, in 2016 and in 2017
Footsteps: The snowy footprints of people walking on the snow is all that remains as the dunes are heated up
'The high pressure meant the cold weather extended further south than normal.'
Ain Sefra is located around 3,280ft above sea level and surrounded by the Atlas Mountains.
Despite its altitude, it is extremely rare to see snow in the town, and it is normally six to 12 degrees Celsius in January.
The Sahara Desert covers most of Northern Africa and it has gone through shifts in temperature and moisture over the past few hundred thousand years.
Jan 9, 2018
jorge namour
'We’re deep, deep, deep in crisis': Cape Town may become 1st major city in world to run out of water - SOUTH AFRICA
January 09, 2018
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/were-deep-deep-deep-in-...
As the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, residents of Cape Town, South Africa, ushered in 2018 — the start of a new year and the start of the city’s stringent new water regulations.
The Level 6 restrictions came into effect to combat an unprecedented drought which threatens to make Cape Town the first major city devoid of water.
The slew of new measures include limiting individuals municipal water usage per day and threatening to impose fines on those who exceed it.
They also reduce agricultural water use by 60 percent and commercial use by 45 percent, compared to pre-drought allocations.
Cape Town's primary water supply, Theewaterskloof Dam, continues to shrink amid the ongoing drought
The drought and water stress across most of South Africa follows a strong El Niño in 2015 and 2016.
The weather pattern — characterized by warmer-than-normal ocean water in the equatorial Pacific — resulted in extreme heat and spells of dry weather.
Beneficial rain eventually returned in late fall for much of the country, including the drought-stricken western Cape.
But according to the South Africa Water and Sanitation Department, it failed to restore the water supply in the country’s dams.
“Instead, the levels continued their slide week-on-week,” they said in a November media statement.
Soaring temperatures in between spells of rain meant a high rate of evaporation and usage, resulting in sinking water levels in dams.
Throughout December, temperatures continued to simmer, averaging 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit above normal in Cape Town.
“The average high in December for Cape Town is in the upper 70s, but there were 13 days in December when the temperature rose into the 80s or higher,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski said.
“Unfortunately, South Africa is in the midst of its dry season and will continue to have more warm days than rainy days this summer,” she said.
As of Dec. 18, the combined level of dams supplying the city was at a mere 31 percent of capacity.
At the current rate of consumption, officials warn April 29, 2018 will become Day Zero, the day the city’s taps will be turned off.
“The city of Cape Town could conceivably become the first major city in the world to run out of water, and that could happen in the next four months,” Dr. Anthony Turton, professor at the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State, told the New York Times.
“It’s not an impending crisis — we’re deep, deep, deep in crisis,” he said.
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Jan 9, 2018
SongStar101
Mudslides wipe out homes, roads in Montecito, CA (and Fire damaged areas)
Jan 10, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXbHcfjJsGQ
Jan 11, 2018
KM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/normally-balmy...
Normally balmy Bangladesh shivers in record low temperatures
The mercury plunged to a frigid 2.6 degrees Celsius (36.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Bangladesh, well below average in the low-lying riverine nation whose 160 million citizens are used to milder winters.
"It is the lowest temperature since authorities started keeping records in 1948," Shamsuddin Ahmed, head of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told AFP. The previous low of 2.8 degrees was recorded in 1968, he added.
Ahmed said Bangladesh was in the "grip of a severe cold wave", with temperatures dipping across all northern districts over the past few days.
The coldest temperatures were recorded in the border town of Tetulia, about 400 kilometres north of the capital Dhaka.
One local broadcaster reported that at least nine people had died from exposure, including six in one of the coldest locations in the northern district of Kurigram.
Officials said they were not aware of any deaths so far.
Authorities have distributed at least 70,000 blankets to poorer Bangladeshis shivering in the coldest areas of Panchagarh and Nilphamari, government administrators in those two districts said. Panchagarh administrator Jahirul Islam told AFP more blankets were expected to arrive Tuesday when a senior government minister toured the rural region.
The cold snap comes as records tumbled on a frosty US East Coast, with New York on Sunday shivering through minus 15.5 degrees Celsius (four degrees Fahrenheit) in the wake of a deadly winter storm blamed for at least 22 deaths last week. At the other end of the scale, Australia's largest city Sydney on Sunday recorded its hottest day since 1939, as the mercury soared to 47.3 degree Celsius.
Jan 11, 2018
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/flooding-new-brunswick-...
Flooding widespread throughout New Brunswick after weekend storm
Some areas received more than 100 millimetres of rain in last 24 hours
A truck plows through a water loggedroad near Moncton Saturday. Heavy rains caused flooding and road washouts throughout the province. (Submitted by Wade Perry )
With some areas of New Brunswick receiving more than 100 millimetres of rain in less than 24 hours, flooding and washouts were widespread through the province Saturday.
This prompted the Department of Transportation to issue 'no-travel' advisories for several areas Saturday evening.
Kent County, Westmorland County, the greater Fredericton area, Chipman area, Northern York County, and Carleton County are all affected by the advisory.
The department is also advising that northwestern and northern New Brunswick are experiencing snowy conditions, causing slippery sections on some roads.
Residents said they had never seen water levels so high in Saint-Marie-De-Kent. (Submitted )
According to Environment Canada, Mechanic Settlement, which is located between Fundy National Park and Sussex, received the most rain in the province — at a whopping 129 millimetres between Friday and Saturday evenings.
Bouctouche received 109.6 millimetres, St. Stephen received 89 millimetres, Sussex and Fredericton received about 61 millimetres, and CFB Gagetown received 64 millimetres.
Van sinks into driveway
Robert Maillet, who lives in Saint-Marie-De-Kent, says the flooding near his property is the "worst it's been."
He lives on a hilltop, surrounded by horses, ponds and trees. Several of his family members live at the bottom of the hill.
His father-in-law, who's in his mid-seventies, Maillet said, drives up the hill every morning and night to see the horses.
However, on Saturday morning's drive up the hill, his cherry red Ford Windstar sank into a washout in the gravel driveway. He trekked up the rest of the hill by foot and told Maillet and his wife what had happened.
A van sank into Robert Maillet's driveway in Sainte-Marie-De-Kent due to flooding Saturday. (Submitted )
"We've been here 10 years now and it's the first time it's been that bad. It's the worst one we've had," Maillet said.
He's going to ask a friend with a tractor to pull the van out, but he's still trying to figure out how he's going to get his own vehicle off the property with the driveway so destroyed.
Everyone is safe so he's not too worried about the van and his property at the moment, he said.
"I guess I'll get some help get some friends and try to figure it out."
"At least we have power — watching Netflix and eating popcorn," he laughed.
"Not much you can do today."
'Ice wonderland'
Terry Girouard snapped this photo of a washout along Chemin Kay while on his travels near Sainte-Marie-de-Kent. (Terry Girouard)
Terry Giouard, also of Saint-Marie-de-Kent, spent his day Saturday roaming throughout eastern New Brunswick passing by fields of water, destroyed bridges and frozen trees that colour the landscape like an "ice wonderland."
Girouard was driving around snapping photos and shooting videos of the destruction, "just trying to see what's going on and keeping our friends on Facebook posted and updated."
"We don't get this kind of weather everyday, certainly in the winter."
Parts of Route 515 in Sainte-Marie-de -Kent, N.B. were completely under water Saturday. (Terry Girouard)
Gagetown cut off
The village of Gagetown was essentially cut off to the public Saturday afternoon due to a washout along Route 102.
It's times like these that the community feels the loss of the Gagetown ferry, which was cut in 2015, said Robert White, the village's deputy mayor.
A washout on Route 102 near the village of Gagetown has cut off public access to the community. Emergency vehicles are being allowed access through Base Gagetown nearby. (Submitted by Mark Hiscock)
"In situations like this, it was one of the extra lifelines that we have," he said.
The municipality has secured road access for emergency vehicles through Base Gagetown, he said.
White said he'd heard from a number of residents who had water coming into their basements Friday evening, but thus far there didn't appear to be a lot of damage to the village's infrastructure.
"We won't know the full extent of the damage until the water recedes.
Parts of Sussex temporarily evacuated
The town of Sussex issued a voluntary evacuation order for parts of the community Saturday morning, setting up an emergency shelter at Kingswood University.
The evacuation order affected between 80 and 100 people living near Trout Creek, but was lifted by noon.
Sussex fire chief Harold Lowe said some roads were closed in the community due to water on the roads "so we're still actively monitoring everything."
More than 20 firefighters and volunteers have been going door-to-door to check on residents since 3:30 a.m., he said.
"Sussex has a history of flooding … it's just part of what happens," he said.
"There are areas in town, when the water gauge gets to a certain level, then we, the town workers and volunteer firefighters, go door to door and we expand that as the water rises."
EMO watching some waterways
Route 101 between Blissville and Hoyt, N.B. was washed out Saturday morning. Heavy rains pummelled the province overnight Friday and into Saturday, causing road closures in some parts of the province and putting some communities at risk of flooding. (Joe McDonald/CBC )
Other areas of flooding include Hoyt, N.B., where New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization has provided boats to the local fire department in case they need to begin evacuating homes.
In Fredericton, the Red Cross reported that they are providing emergency food and lodging for two men displaced by flooding at their rooming house in downtown Fredericton.
Currently, NB-EMO is monitoring several rivers and waterways throughout New Brunswick that are at risk of flooding. These include Trout Creek in Sussex, the southwest Miramichi River, Canaan River, Kennebecasis River, Magaguadavic watershed including Lake Utopia, and the Nashwaak River near Fredericton.
Jan 14, 2018
Yvonne Lawson
The world's coldest village: Siberian outpost reaches near-record cold temperatures as thermometer BREAKS after recording minus 62C
Welcome to the coldest village on earth where the average temperature in January is -50C and inhabitant's eye lashes freeze solid mere moments after stepping outside.
The remote Siberian village of Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world.
It was so icy in the Russian village that a new electronic thermometer conked out after recording a bone-cracking minus 62C.
Temperatures dropped so low in the Russian village that a new electronic thermometer broke at a bone-cracking minus 62C
The town's name translates as 'the water that doesn't freeze' and comes from the fact it sits above a thermal spring
The village is home to around 500 hardy people and in the 1920s and 1930s was a stopover for reindeer herders who would water their flocks from the thermal spring.
This is how the town got its name which translates as 'the water that doesn't freeze'.
The Soviet government later made the site a permanent settlement during a drive to force its nomadic population into putting down roots.
In 1933, a temperature of minus 67.7C was recorded in Oymyakon, accepted as the lowest ever in the northern hemisphere.
Lower temperatures are recorded in Antarctica, but there are no permanently inhabited settlements.
Daily problems that come with living in Oymyakon include pen ink freezing, glasses freezing to people's faces and batteries losing power.
Locals are said to leave their cars running all day for fear of not being able to restart them.
Rock solid earth makes burying the dead a difficult task. The earth must first have thawed sufficiently in order to dig, so a bonfire is lit for a few hours.
Hot coals are then pushed to the side and a hole just a few inches deep is dug. The process is repeated for several days until the hole is deep enough to bury the coffin.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5270725/Frost-breaks-thermo...
Jan 15, 2018
Jorge Mejia
Collision of more than 40 vehicles in highway of Saltillo, Mexico.
Municipal Police sources reported that around 9:30 p.m. (03:30 UTC) there was a multiple car crash of 46 vehicles on the bridge of Luis Echeverría and Nazario Ortiz Garza, with a balance of five injured.
Saltillo is located about 229.41 mi (369.20 km) South from Eagle Pass, TX.
Saltillo, Mexico (January 16, 2018)
Sources: Vanguardia & El Norte
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Jan 17, 2018
jorge namour
CHAOS IN TURKEY - THE SEA SUBMERGES THE CITY OF IZMIR
JANUARY 18, 2018
The Turkish city of Izmir is submerged by the sea in these hours. For the authorities the phenomenon would be linked to the strong storm that is raging in the area. The streets of the city have become an integral part of the sea which has risen.
VIDEO
http://terrarealtime.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/caos-in-turchia-il-mar...
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
Jan 18, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/russias-yakutia-region-temperat...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Russia's Yakutia region temperatures of -84℃ (-119℉) are shattering and bursting thermometers as INSANE cold to last through January
It's insane!
On Tuesday, in Russia's Yakutia region, temperatures dropped to an unbelievable 84 degrees below zero.
Temperatures are so low that thermometers are freezing and bursting.
For the Yakutians, cold Januarys are normal, so life typically goes on.
But Tuesday's temperatures were so cold, schools were closed and people had been advised to stay indoors.
The government has warned of emergencies at energy plants due to increased loads and warned everyone about the increased danger of fires from indoor heaters.
But for those with jobs to do, it's on with that extra layer, brave the freezing fog and get on with the day.
In the Magadan region, further to the south, it was a little warmer - a balmy 67 degrees below zero. Farther south, in the Krasnoyarsk region, it was a milder minus 40, although with wind chill it felt like 58 degrees below zero.
Even by Siberian standards, this year has been extremely cold, and the bad news is that these extreme temperatures are expected to last until the end of the month.
Blog Archive
Jan 18, 2018
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5284361/Three-killed-violen...
Four people are killed by falling trees as violent gales smash northern Europe, forcing Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to close
At least four people have been killed by falling trees as violent gales smashed northern Europe and forced Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to close.
The Netherlands bore the brunt of the severe winter storms - the second this month - as bitter winds whistled off the North Sea to hit the low-lying country with full force.
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, one of the continent's busiest travel hubs, was forced to cancel all flights at one point as winds topped 86 miles an hour. Flag carrier KLM already had scrapped more than 200 flights before the storm while trains were halted across the nation as the winds caused chaos across the country.
Two Dutch men, both 62, have been killed by falling trees while a woman driver in Belgium died when her car was crushed as she travelled through a wood. A 59-year-old man was also killed at a camping site in the German town of Emmerich, near the Dutch border.
Footage has emerged of people tumbling across the street after being caught out by powerful gusts. Other clips show a lorry toppling over on a motorway and a roof being torn off a building.
Severe storms have caused chaos in the Netherlands and Belgium today. Footage has emerged showing powerful gusts sending people tumbling across the street in Holland
An agricultural building lies collapsed during a heavy storm in Meimbressen, central Germany, after the devastating storm
Road block: Winds were so powerful that they toppled this lorry on the A27 motorway in the Netherlands. It was filmed from a following vehicle
Three people have been killed by falling trees as violent gales smashed northern Europe forcing Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to close. Pictured: A fallen tree in Amsterdam today
A toppled crane next to a wind turbine in a field in Kirtorf, central Germany, after being blown over by the wind
Jan 19, 2018
jorge namour
THE WEATHER CHANNEL- FRANCE
Many rivers have been flooded this weekend due to repeated rains, in the image of la in dordogne
Flood of the Vézère January 21, 2018 (4m83 to 11:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gWgeT_fkFM
Jan 22, 2018
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5311005/Seine-keeps-rising-...
Paris on flood alert with officials preparing to evacuate priceless artworks from the Louvre museum as River Seine breaches its banks
Hundreds of people have been ordered from their homes in Paris amid a flood alert as officials prepare to evacuate priceless artworks from the Louvre Museum.
It comes after the River Seine reached more than 18ft on Thursday evening at the Austerlitz bridge in the east of the city and burst its banks.
It was expected to keep rising, reaching 20ft by Saturday - as high as the June 2016 flooding when authorities were forced to close several monuments, including the Louvre Museum.
Meteo France revealed that exceptionally high levels of rain this winter were to blame for the floods, with rainfall in Paris twice as high as normal
Paris police said in a statement on Thursday that 395 people have been evacuated protectively from their homes along the banks of the river in the Paris region.
Meteo France revealed that exceptionally high levels of rain this winter were to blame for the floods, with rainfall in Paris twice as high as normal.
In addition to the capital, where the Seine river is expected to keep rising until Saturday, other regions are threatened in the north and east of the country.
Paris police said in a statement on Thursday that 395 people have been evacuated protectively from their homes along the banks of the river in the Paris region
During this month's floods, seven departments in central France have been placed on alert for snow and ice
Thirteen departments across France remain on alert for floods as heavy rainfall continues to batter many areas.
During this month's floods, seven departments in central France have been placed on alert for snow and ice.
The Louvre Museum remains open for now but the lower level of the department of Islamic art has been closed to the public until at least Sunday.
Two years ago, the Louvre was closed for four days due to flooding and 35,000 artworks were moved to safe zones.
'Since then, a large number of reserve collections has been packed to ensure their rapid evacuation in the event of flooding, and staff have also been trained,' the Louvre said in a statement.
The situation was far less severe than during the 1910 Great Flood, when the Seine water level rose to more than 28ft, forcing many Parisians to evacuate their homes.
Jan 26, 2018
Juan F Martinez
Animals Instantly frozen when temperature drops to 60 below zero in Kazakstan.
Occurred On: Jan-25-2018
https://www.facebook.com/rorocontreraslopez/videos/10215073971901131/
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=79c_1516870169&comments=1
Jan 30, 2018
KM
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/01/239497/zagoura-ouarzazate-...
Southern Morocco Under Snow for First Time
Rabat – After several decades of extremely dry weather, residents in southern regions of Morocco finally woke up this morning to an unusual snowfall that currently impacted Ouarzazate, Taroudant and even Zagora, which has not experienced snowfall for fifty years.
Several photos and videos have been posted on social media depicting the cities covered with a huge layer of snow. Despite the freezing cold temperatures, many residents went outside to enjoy the unexpected snowfall.
El Houcine Yoabd, in charge of communication at the National Meteorology, told the media outlet le 360, that it has snowed in these regions due to a mass of air coming from Northern Europe.
“We are under the influence of a very low pressure of altitude, with very cold temperatures that can reach 0 or even 1 degree,” Yoabd said.
He also added that these drops in temperature accompanied by rainfall and snowfall in several parts of Morocco are expected to continue until next Thursday.
New weather alert released by the National Directorate of Meteorology on Monday forecasts temperatures ranging between -04 and 1°C and maximum of 5 to 9 °C in Ouarzazate.
These heavy snowfalls made travel absolutely impossible as the roads were blocked. There will be also delays in air traffic.
A video posted on social media shows a man from Tinzouline, a town 15 kilometres from Zagora expressing his joy over the snowing atmosphere.
Feb 2, 2018
jorge namour
Venice’s canals have run dry following weeks without rain
Friday 2 Feb 2018 1
http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/02/venices-canals-run-dry-following-week...
The unusual weather has left the city’s iconic gondolas stranded in mud as water levels drop to a reported record low of 70cm.
Low tides have caused chaos on the city’s waterways as traffic struggles to move, with striking images revealing gondolas languishing on the bottom of muddy canals creating a surreal atmosphere in the city. Venice has run dry before, in 2015 and 2016, despite regular and heavy flooding several times a year, making this the third year in recent years the city has suffered from low water levels.
Basements and ground floors in houses regularly flood with water affecting older homes.
How Venice would be without water? The low tide and the absence of rain show a surreal atmosphere in Venice
Feb 3, 2018