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.
Juan F Martinez
Storm chaser captures rare upside down lightning
Jun 3, 2019
KM
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Severe weather, including rare snowfall reported in Queensland, Australia
A deepening Tasman low combined with a strong high in the Great Australian Bight, bringing windy and cold conditions to New South Wales and Queensland, Australia on June 3, 2019. A rare occurrence of snow was reported in near the NSW-QLD border at Eukey, just south of Stanthorpe.
Severe weather warnings were issued for a 1 000 km (620 miles) stretch of the coast, including Sydney, NSW and people urged to stay indoors amid heavy rain and gale-force winds.
Near-freezing temperatures and snowfall were reported at Eukey, just south of Stanthorpe. This is near the New South Wales - Queensland border, about 220 km (136 miles) SW of Brisbane.
While snow is rare in Queensland, it does happen from time to time, mostly near the border, BOM said. The last significant snowfall there was back in 2015.
"Snowfall in Queensland, driven by colder air from the south, was an unusual occurrence in a state with a sub-tropical to tropical climate, but in the south of the state, particularly near the New South Wales border, it's quite mountainous and in the elevated areas it can get quite cold," BOM Meteorologist Lachlan Stone told BBC.
BOM reported a very cold morning across the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, QLD with a few new May records set on May 31. Stanthorpe registered -6.9 °C (19.5 °F), Applethorpe -6.1 °C (21 °F), Oakey -4.4 °C (24 °F), Dalby -3.6 °C (25.5 °F). Warwick was at -4.9 °C (23.1 °F), close to its record -5.3 °C (22.4 °F) set in 1965.
Up to 5 cm (1.9 inches) were reported in the Blue Mountains region on June 3, NSW, forcing authorities to issue travel warnings and close a number of roads.
Jun 4, 2019
Gerard Zwaan
DOZENS OF DAMAGE REPORTS AFTER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
By Janene Pieters on June 5, 2019 - 07:39
The thunderstorms that crossed the Netherlands on Tuesday night caused damage throughout the country. Dozens of reports were received, most regarding fallen trees or roofs being blown from houses. One person was hospitalized after a tree fell on a moving car, NOS reports.
Veiligheidsregio IJsselland received around a hundred damage reports, the safety office said on Twitter. Most of the reports made in this region came from Deventer, Zwartsluis and Vollenhove. Campsite Oldenhof in Vollenhove was hit hard by the storm. Guests were forced to spend the night in the main building. A fairground attraction was damaged in Deventer, and an asbestos roof from a shed blew onto the track. A tree landed on two moving cars in Zwartsluis. The people in the cars were checked over by paramedics, one was taken to hospital.
The stormy weather also hit Rheden in Gelderland hard. The fire brigade responded to multiple reports of roof tiles being blown off houses, the brigade said on Twitter. "Residents are talking about a whirlwind", a spokesperson for the fire brigade said to Omroep Gelderland. The roof of a trailer also blew off, making the home uninhabitable.
"It really scared me. I have three sons. The glass was smashed in, there is glass everywhere", a Rheden resident said to the broadcaster. "I have no words. It looked like a tornado. It was a tornado." Another resident told Omroep Gelderland that he suffered a lot of damage to his house. "It was a fierce storm. A big gust of wind, and all the roof tiles came off. Also the facade is damaged and the tiles went through the car window." There is, however, a sliver lining. "The tree I had been quarreling over with the municipality for five years: it's finally down."
Eindhoven also had problems with fallen trees. A tree ended up on a car containing a woman and three young children, according to NU.nl. As far as is known, no one was hurt.
The storm also caused a lot of problems on the track. Overhead lines were damaged by lightning strikes and trees fell on the rails. At 7:20 a.m. on Wednesday, NS reported seven problems on the track, six of which seem to be storm related. No train traffic is possible between Apeldoorn and Deventer due to broken overhead lines. NS expects that it will take until at least 1:30 p.m. to resolve this problem. And no trains are running between Eindhoven and Weert and Eindhoven and Venlo because ProRail is still removing trees from the tracks.
Jun 5, 2019
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2019/06/alberta-wildfires-smoke-europe.htm...
The wildfires in Alberta, Canada are so huge that their smoke has reached Europe
There are currently 21 wildfires burning in Alberta. Seven of them are burning “out of control.”
Smoke billowing from the destructive fires – Chuckegg Creek Wildfire (692,000 acres) and Jackpot Creek Wildfire (61,000 acres) – has spread far beyond Alberta, reaching the US East Coast and Europe within a few days.
But how exactly does smoke travel this far?
Small particles of smoke that come from the fires can stay in the air and move through the Earth’s atmosphere — all the way around the globe. The smoke sits more than a mile above the Earth’s surface, but can move down through strong winds called jet streams and have an impact on air quality.
The smoke of the Alberta wildfires has reached Europe on June 4, 2019. Image: Suomi NPP OMPS aerosol index
That’s an amazing speed… And new way to rapidly propagate a range of health issues, including respiratory problems, and aggravate lung and heart issues.
Jun 5, 2019
SongStar101
150 lakes in the Tahoe Basin are still frozen, and it's June
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/frozen-lakes-high-sierra-Taho...
"The rangers I have who are in the high country have pretty much concluded anything over 7,000 feet in elevation is still frozen," says Don Lane, supervisory recreation forester for the U.S. Forest Service's Lake Tahoe unit. "Lake Tahoe is at 6,200 feet, and the lakes above it in the mountains are all ice."
This isn't typical, at least in recent decades. "I've seen it happen only a few times over the past 40 years," he says.
Usually by June, many lakes have mostly thawed from a few warm spells in May, but this year, unseasonably cool winter-like storms battered the Sierra through May. It even snowed on Memorial Day. Into the first week of June, storms are continuing to develop over the mountains, keeping the snowpack and the lakes chilly.
"Here we are into June now, and we're still experiencing these storms," says Lane. "When I'm looking out the window now, I see blue sky but also these big roiling clouds over the mountains."
ALSO: It's almost summer, and it looks like winter in Tahoe
The list of frozen lakes is long, but notable ones include Marlette and Spooner on the Eastern Shore, and Incline and Watson on the North Shore. To the west in Desolation Wilderness, there are roughly 130 high-country lakes, including the Echo Lakes and Aloha Lakes areas.
"Even as we speak, up at Echo Summit, they're still struggling with 6 to 8 feet of snow," he says. "Everywhere you look, all around the lake, there are walls of snow at this moment. And here we are into June."
Many of these lakes are popular spots for late spring and summer hiking excursions, but Lane says the frozen conditions can be dangerous.
"There are people who will occasionally try their luck at walking across the ice and then all of a sudden it becomes brittle and cracks," he says.
Lane also advises against swimming in icy lakes. Just this week, he received a call from a Tahoe visitor who tried exactly that.
"He called to say, 'I was up at Eagle Lake in the Emerald Bay Area and I broke the ice to try to go swimming," Lane explains. "Then he asked, 'Can you tell me how cold the water is?' I told him that since water freezes at 32 degrees, he should be able to figure out roughly what the temperature was."
Tahoe resident Anthony Capaiuolo was at Fourth of July Lake and Emigrant Lake at 8,500 feet near Kirkwood in May, and says conditions were safe for him and his friends to ski across.
"There was just a bit of melting on the edges, and I imagine it's still something like that," says Capaiuolo, a videographer and photographer for First Tracks Productions. "We had such a gray spring. We didn't get as much sun on the lakes as we would in a typical spring. We got more snow especially up high, and with all that snow, it kept things from melting out."
Jun 7, 2019
Juan F Martinez
US Farms Are Facing Their Worst Crisis In A Generation...And Now Here Comes Another Monster Storm Fri, 06/07/2019
The combination of the wettest planting season in U.S. history, a catastrophic trade war with China and economic conditions that are brutal for small farms has produced a “perfect storm” for U.S. farmers.
Farm bankruptcies have already risen to the highest level in 7 years, but many expect that they will soon surge to all-time record highs. Due to the incredibly wet weather, millions upon millions of acres of prime U.S. farmland will not be planted with crops at all this year. And millions of acres that do get planted will yield a lot less than usual because of the wretched conditions. Meanwhile, the U.S. will export far less corn and soybeans than usual this year due to our trade conflicts with China and Mexico. With much less international demand, U.S. farmers are going to have an increasingly difficult time trying to make a profit on anything they are able to grow.
In the end, thousands of farmers will not be able to recover from this crisis and will be forced out of the industry for good.
So we can definitely say that this is the worst farm crisis in a generation, but the truth is that this crisis is far from over.
By the time it is over, we may look back and say that this was the worst farm crisis that the U.S. has ever seen.
The biggest problem for farmers so far in 2019 has been endless rain and flooding. Farmers kept waiting for a break in the weather that never came, and at this point the number of acres that have not been planted with crops is “unprecedented”…
What this means is that the amount of food that America’s farmers will produce this year is going to be way, way below normal. For much more on this, please see my previous article entitled “Due To Cataclysmic Flooding, Millions Upon Millions Of Acres Of U.....
And to make matters worse, another monster storm is going to move through the middle of the country this week.
In fact, we are being told that some areas could see “a foot or more of rain”…
For some farms, this will be the final nail in the coffin.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-07/us-farms-are-facing-their...
Jun 8, 2019
jorge namour
Rescue in floods in Splügen, Switzerland today, June 12th.
https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/photos/a.1423656947857402/...
Jun 12, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/one-dead-five-injured-as...
One dead, five injured as panels collapse at Churchgate station, Bandra skywalk in Mumbai
At Churchgate station, six aluminium panels that make up the Mahatma Gandhi mural on the east façade of the station’s building fell on three pedestrians.
Updated: Jun 13, 2019 00:44 IST
A 63-year-old man died and five others were injured in two separate rain-related accidents at Churchgate and Bandra on Wednesday. Strong winds and rainfall swept the city under the influence of Cyclone Vayu .
At Churchgate station, six aluminium panels that make up the Mahatma Gandhi mural on the east façade of the station’s building fell on three pedestrians around 12.20pm.
“While two of them sustained minor injuries, the senior citizen, Madhurkar Narvekar, was injured on his neck,” said a Western Railway (WR) official, who did not wish to be named. “He was rushed to GT Hospital but succumbed to his injuries within an hour,” the official said. Narvekar was on his way to work in Colaba.
In a similar incident in Bandra, three women were injured after four loose aluminium panels placed on the skywalk at SV Road fell on the road at 1.24 pm.
Malisa Najarat, 30; Sulakshana Vaze, 41; and Tejal Kadam, 27; were taken to the nearby Holy Family hospital and are reported to be stable. Heavy rains in Mumbai were caused by Cyclone Vayu – which was expected to pass around 250km off the city’s coast and head towards Gujarat.
The monsoon is yet to set in.
Officials said the strong winds caused the accidents, and have initiated action. “Winds in the city reached a maximum speed of 74-km per hour. The incidents could be likely because of that,” said an official from BMC’s disaster management cell.
“Today’s incident may be due to the strong winds and cyclone, but the bridge was always a threat. I had written to the MMRDA, H West Ward and municipal commissioner, and highlighted the poor condition of the bridge, but no ground work was initiated,” said Vinod Roshan D’Souza, a social activist from Bandra.
The WR has ordered an inquiry into the incident by senior safety officials, commercial officials and divisional engineers. “If the panels prove to be a threat to passengers’ safety, they will be removed,” said a senior WR official, who did not wish to be named. The panels were put up only seven years ago, in 2012.
A report by the H West (Bandra) ward, said, “Four loose aluminium composite panels of the skywalk fell. Following the incident, the private agency appointed by the bridges department started removing other loose panels.” The skywalk was constructed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and handed over to the BMC in 2017.
Trees, branches fall
There were 75 incidents of tree and branches falling in Mumbai, amid strong winds and rainfall on Wednesday. According to the disaster management cell of BMC, 24 of these were in the city, 15 from eastern suburbs and 36 from western suburbs. No injuries were reported. Meanwhile, four accidents of wall collapse were reported in the eastern suburbs.
Six aluminium panels on the east façade of Churchgate station fell on three pedestrians on Wednesday.(Kunal Patil/HT Photo)
Jun 12, 2019
jorge namour
India's sixth biggest city is almost entirely out of water
June 19, 2019
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/india/chennai-water-crisis-intl-...
Srini Swaminathan, who took this photograph of Chembarambakkam reservoir from a plane, told CNN: "I have been living here since 1992 and have never seen anything like this before."
New Delhi (CNN)The floor of the Chembarambakkam reservoir is cracked open, dry and sun-baked. About 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) away, in Chennai, India's sixth largest city, millions of people are running out of water.
Chembarambakkam and the three other reservoirs that have traditionally supplied Chennai are nearly all dry, leaving the city suffering from an acute water shortage, said Jayaram Venkatesan, an activist in the city.
Due to an inability to collect sufficient rain water combined with low groundwater levels, the Tamil Nadu state government has been struggling to provide water to residents.
With the reservoirs dry, water is being brought directly into Chennai neighborhoods in trucks. Every day, hundreds of thousands of residents have no choice but to stand in line for hours in soaring summer temperatures, filling dozens of cans and plastic containers.
M. Senthilsaravanan, another hotel owner and resident, said: "In (the) Chennai area, hotels and restaurants have shut down because we are not getting sufficient water and there is high demand."
With supplies strictly rationed, many wealthier families have taken to relying on expensive private water tankers.
India's ongoing water crisis
Chennai is the latest casualty of a countrywide drought that has left 600 million people dealing with high to extreme water shortages, according to a 2018 report by Niti Aayog, a policy think tank for the Indian government.
India grows bigger, hotter, and drier
One hundred million people, including those in the large cities of Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad, will soon be living in zero groundwater cities, according to the Niti Aayog report.
Complicating the issue are the devastating effects of climate change. Monsoon rains have been more erratic and droughts more common, threatening farmer's harvests. This could cripple livelihoods across the predominantly agricultural country, where 80% of water is used to irrigate thirsty crops such as sugar cane and rice.
Indian residents stand around with plastic pots filled with drinking water at a distribution point in Chennai on June 19, 2019.
Jun 19, 2019
Juan F Martinez
At least 184 people have died in India’s Bihar as the state remains in the midst of a punishing heatwave that’s affecting much of the country, bringing with it droughts and hundreds of cases of heatstroke.
The country is experiencing its lowest rainfall before monsoon season in over six decades and is in its third week of a heatwave, set to become one of the longest on record.
Jun 20, 2019
Derrick Johnson
Colorado blasted with nearly two FEET of snow on the first day of Summer - the latest it has snowed in more than 90 YEARS - while huge 'derecho' storms hit over 50 million people across 14 states leaving three dead
The latest snowfall in nearly 100 years hit Colorado on Friday, as 14 states were blasted with severe thunderstorms and wind damage from a derecho that left three dead.
Nearly two feet of snow fell on the first day of Summer, a few hours west of the capital of Colorado in Steamboat Springs where elevations reach 7,000 feet.
While unseasonable snowflakes blanketed parts of the Centennial State, a deadly weather system referred to as a 'derecho' struck 1,000 miles of the US, from the Midwest to coastal South Carolina.
At least 3 people were killed in Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois by downed trees due to the storms, The Weather Channel reported.
'Derecho' is Spanish for 'straight' in English, and used in weather terminology to refer to storms like Friday's deadly system.
It's a large grouping of thunderstorms the come along with widespread wind damage, spanning a straight line for a continuous path of at least 250 miles.
On Friday, derecho quadrupled that, covering 1,000 miles.
Those who didn't survive the storm included Michael Birge, 38, of Kentucky, a 48-year-old woman in Illinois, and Levi Mayberry, 22, of Missouri.
Birge died when a tree fell on his pickup truck near Scottsville, Kentucky, WKNY and LEX18 reported.
Mayberry was driving a boat downstream in the Current River north of Van Buren, Missouri, when the boat was struck and he was killed, KFVS reported. Two others on the boat with him where injured.
Derecho raged from Friday into Saturday, toppling trees and damaging homes.
Tents were taken down in Nashville ahead of the weekend's Pride celebrations by 50-70 mile per hour winds
Flash flooding stranded drivers in Kansas City, KMBC reported.
More than 40,000 homes and business in three states had lost power by Saturday, according to poweroutage.us.
Flash flood warnings persist for Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma into early this week.
Severe weather remained possible in many of the states affected, and likely in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas throughout Sunday.
A large part of Oklahoma remains under a severe thunderstorm warning, with watches in effect in Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, as well.
On the other side of the country, Steamboat Springs, Colorado accumulated 20 inches of snow on Friday, CNN affiliate KCNC reported.
CNN meteorologist Gene Norman said snowfall at this point in the season is rare, even for the area, which hasn't seen fresh powder this far past Winter since June 17, 1928.
Singer Kelly Clarkson enjoyed the anomaly with her family, tweeting a picture and writing, 'Yes, that is snow in my hand. Snowball fights in June. I love Colorado!'
The average snowfall for the city in the month of June is .1 inches. Norman said during a typical season, the average last day of snowfall has been May 6.
Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7172175/Colorado-blasted-n...
Jun 24, 2019
Gerard Zwaan
Europe is cooking! Alert as a deadly heatwave has spread across continental Europe with temperatures hitting above 40 deg C (104 deg F)
38 deg C,(101°F) in the shade at the home of The Big Wobble today, (it actually reached 38.7C) in North Holland, it was like walking into an oven as the humidity enhanced the heat.
Europe is cooking!
Meteorologists placed more than half of France, including around the capital, on alert for high temperatures Monday as a heatwave was expected to spread across continental Europe this week. National weather agency Meteo France predicted the hot weather could produce temperatures of up to 104 degrees across the country just as the summer tourist season shifts into high gear.
The French weather agency set the heat warning level at orange - the second-highest intensity on its four-level categorization system for potentially dangerous conditions requiring public "vigilance."
In Paris, charity organizations patrolled the streets to provide homeless people with water, while local authorities organized air-conditioned public places where people could seek shelter from the heat. French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, deciding it was too hot to study, ordered national exams taken by students heading to high school postponed from Thursday and Friday to next week. International soccer federation FIFA could face implementing heat precautions at the Women's World Cup, which France is hosting.
The precautions include holding cooling breaks during matches and postponing games if the heat is too intense.
My back yard in Alkmaar, it resembled an oven today
Women's World Cup matches are scheduled every day this week, except Wednesday and Sunday. Luckily, most were set to be played at night.
France introduced a heat watch warning system after a long, deadly heatwave in August 2003.
The highest temperatures in more than half a century eventually were estimated to have caused 15,000 heat-related deaths, many of older people left in city apartments and retirement homes without air conditioning.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that vigilance was the watchword for the week. "As you know, at times like these, sick people, pregnant women, infants and elderly people are the most vulnerable.
So we must be vigilant with them and have prevention measures in place in order to intervene as quickly as possible," Macron said.
French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said Monday that "everything is ready" in retirement homes, hospitals and transportation systems.
"Yet when people are fragile, even when everything is organized, there's always a higher mortality rate," she warned.
Meteorologists said hot winds from the Sahara Desert brought the scorching weather to Europe. Similar heat is expected in Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. In Germany, temperatures above 100 degrees are possible in some places on Wednesday, topping the country's previous June record of 100.8 degrees set in Frankfurt in 1947.
Rescue services urged people to look out for young children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems who are at particular risk in high temperatures.
Parts of northeastern Germany are also at high risk for forest fires.
Authorities in the eastern state of Brandenburg, which circles Berlin, say the risk of forest fires is at the highest level in the coming days.
Scientists say measurements show that heat waves in Europe are becoming more frequent.
Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said: "monthly heat records all over the globe occur five times as often today as they would in a stable climate."
Jun 25, 2019
Gerard Zwaan
European Heat Wave Shatters June Records in Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland and Austria As Heatwave Is Set To Continue
The all-time June high-temperature record was topped in Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland, yesterday.
Germany recorded its highest-ever June temperature on Wednesday, as much of continental Europe contends with a major heat wave.
The German Weather Service said the mercury hit 38.6 degrees Celsius (101.5 Fahrenheit) at 2:50 p.m. local time in Coschen, on the country's border with Poland.
The previous record stood at 38.5 Celsius (101.3 Fahrenheit), which was measured in 1947 in Buhlertal, which lies close to France.
The longevity of the previous record -- 72 years -- shows just how unusual and intense the current heat wave is in Europe.
Any sign of quick relief is not on cards either.
Climate scientists have warned that heat waves such as this one are becoming more frequent and increasingly severe because of the climate crisis.
Meteo-France, the French national weather authority, said the frequency of such events is expected to double by 2050.
Temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) are forecast in a number of major cities across the continent, with meteorologists warning that higher humidity could make it feel even hotter.
A bubble of high pressure in the upper atmosphere (jet stream) is pulling hot weather from North Africa.
According to the Weather Channel, fifty-one German reporting stations set new June heat records on Wednesday.
An all-time June record high was also set in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, when Doksany hit 38.5 degrees Celsius (101.3 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the Associated Press.
The previous June record high in the Czech Republic was 38.2 degrees Celsius (100.8 degrees Fahrenheit), set on June 22, 2000.
Poland also set a new all-time record high for the month of June on Wednesday. Radzyń recorded a high of 38.2 degrees Celsius (100.8 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Polish meteorological service MeteoPrognoza.
According to Météo-France, five locations set new June record-warmest low temperatures, including Nice, whose low temperature dropped to only 26 degrees Celsius (78.8 degrees Fahrenheit) Wednesday morning.
Clermont-Ferrand, France, topped out at 40.9 degrees Celsius (105.6 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday afternoon, setting an all-time record high for any month of the year.
Averaged throughout all of France, the high temperature on Wednesday was 34.9 degrees Celsius (94.8 degrees Fahrenheit), the country's hottest June day on record, besting the previous record of 34.3 degrees Celsius (93.7 degrees Celsius) from June 30, 1952.
Several locations in Switzerland also set all-time record highs for any calendar month, including Säntis, Scuol and Davos, according to MeteoSwiss.
For perspective, Berlin is about the same latitude as Calgary, Canada, and Paris is a similar latitude to the border between Montana and Canada.
The heat will continue into this weekend across parts of the continent.
Paris is likely to soar into the 90s each afternoon through Saturday. Madrid, Spain, could heat up into the mid-100s from Thursday through Sunday.
In France, the highest fully reliable June temperature is 41.5 degrees Celsius (106.7 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 21, 2003, at Lezignan-Corbieres, according to Etienne Kapikian (Meteo-France). The hottest temperatures in France are expected Thursday and Friday, when a few daytime readings in southern parts of the country may approach 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
That's also not far from the all-time record high for any time of year of 44.1 degrees Celsius (111.4 degrees Fahrenheit), set on Aug. 12, 2003.
Jun 27, 2019
M. Difato
Freak summer hailstorm buries Mexican city under five feet of ice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/01/freak-summer-hailst...
It’s summer in Guadalajara, one of Mexico’s most populous towns, which made what happened there over the weekend all the more surprising.
Sunday morning, residents woke to their roads, yards and even cars buried under more than three feet of icy slush from a freak hailstorm that had blanketed the city.
Residents play on top of ice after a heavy storm of rain and hail that affected some areas of Guadalajara, Mexico, on June 30. (Fernando Carranza/Reuters)
On Twitter, Jalisco Gov. Enrique Alfaro said Civil Protection personnel quickly began cleanup, digging vehicles out from beneath the sea of hail and pumping out floodwaters once it had started to melt.
https://twitter.com/EnriqueAlfaroR
“I’ve never seen such scenes in Guadalajara,” Alfaro told AFP.
“Then we ask ourselves if climate change is real. These are never-before-seen natural phenomenons,” he said. “It’s incredible.”
In some places, the hail was up to five feet deep, AFP reported.
Residents in the mountainous area, which sits about 350 miles west of Mexico City, reported damage to nearly 200 homes and businesses, according to AFP, and some 50 vehicles were swept away by the heavy ice and rain. No injuries or casualties were reported, Alfaro said..."
Vehicles buried in hail are seen in the streets. (Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images)
Trucks are buried in ice. (Fernando Carranza/Reuters)
Jul 1, 2019
SongStar101
Assam flood situation serious, over 62,000 in 8 districts affected
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assam-flood-situation-serious...
The flood situation in Assam turned serious on Tuesday with over 62,000 people getting affected across eight districts.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said 145 villages are under water and 3,435 hectares of crop areas have been damaged.
The situation could turn worse as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast enhanced rain in the northeastern states including Assam in the next few days.
Around 62,400 people are suffering due to flood in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Barpeta, Chirang, Golaghat, Jorhat and Dibrugarh districts.
The ASDMA said authorities are running five relief camps and distribution centres in two districts, where 203 people have taken shelter.
Embankments, roads, bridges, culverts and many other infrastructure have been damaged at various places in Barpeta, Udalguri, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur and Jorhat districts.
Massive erosions have been witnessed at various places of Sonitpur, Udalguri, Jorhat and Barpeta districts.
The Brahmaputra river at Nimatighat in Jorhat, the Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat, the Jia Bharali at NT Road Crossing in Sonitpur, the Puthimari at NH Road Crossing in Kamrup and the Beki at Road Bridge in Barpeta are flowing above the danger marks, the ASDMA said.
The IMD said the North Eastern states are likely to experience enhanced rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rain in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during July 9-12.
Jul 12, 2019
KM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7236753/Evacuations-ordere...
Tropical Storm Barry floods New Orleans as Mississippi River is set to rise to highest level in more than 90 years and mandatory evacuations are ordered for at least 10,000 people as Gulf Coast braces for 'dangerous' hurricane conditions
Tropical Storm Barry continued to bear down on the Gulf Coast Friday, flooding parts of New Orleans and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for at least 10,000 people in parts of Louisiana as it was expected to become a hurricane by the weekend.
Just before 11am Thursday morning, the storm officially became a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The NHC says the storm's maximum sustained winds Thursday morning are near 40mph with additional strengthening expected during the next day or two. A tropical storm warning is now in effect for the Louisiana coast from the mouth of the Pearl River to Morgan City.
'There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge inundation along the coast of southern and southeastern Louisiana, where a Storm Surge Warning is now in effect,' the NHC tweeted shortly after 11am.
The slow-moving storm was located about 95 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, the center said.
While the storm did not yet have hurricane-strength winds, officials warned the heavy rainfall and storm surge it would bring could threaten low-lying New Orleans, which already has been hit by flooding after eight inches of rain fell on the metro city within three hours on Wednesday.
New Orleans' historic French Quarter was significantly flooded by the storm along Bourbon and Royal streets.
The center warned New Orleans residents that if the storm becomes a hurricane, it could potentially bring a coastal storm surge into the mouth of the Mississippi River capable of raising the river's height to 20 feet above sea level - the highest crest in more than 90 years and high enough to overflow some sections of the levee system protecting the city.
That warning prompted Louisiana Gov Bel Edwards to declare a state of emergency on Wednesday.
'The storm system will likely produce storm surge, hurricane force winds,' he said at a news conference. 'No one should take this storm lightly.'
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Just before 11am Thursday morning, the storm officially became Tropical Storm Barry, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)
Tropical Storm Barry is the second named tropical storm of the year, and ultimately the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019 as it heads closer to land
The Hurricane Center warned New Orleans residents that if the storm becomes a hurricane, it could potentially bring a coastal storm surge capable of raising the Mississippi River's height to 20 feet above sea level - the highest crest in more than 90 years and high enough to overflow some sections of the levee system protecting the city
Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for at least 10,000 people in parts of Louisiana (partially submerged vehicles in New Orleans on Wednesday) ahead of Tropical Storm Barry that could turn into a hurricane by the weekend
The storm has already dumped as much as eight inches of rain in just three hours over parts of metro New Orleans on Wednesday
The Hurricane Center warned New Orleans residents that if the storm becomes a hurricane, it could potentially bring a coastal storm surge into the mouth of the Mississippi River capable of raising the river's height to 20 feet above sea level, high enough to overflow some sections of the levee system protecting the city
National Guard troops are in place across the state, the governor said.
Some residents and visitors prepared to flee New Orleans on Thursday as Tropical Storm Barry closed in and officials warned of 'extreme rain' and flooding.
City officials urged residents to shelter in place rather than evacuate.
Forecasters issued a storm-surge warning of up to 6 feet for a stretch of Louisiana coastline south of already-sodden New Orleans stretching from the mouth of the Atchafalaya River to Shell Beach.
Rain was an equal danger, given that the lower Mississippi River, which runs through New Orleans, has been above flood stage for six months.
The lower Mississippi is forecast to peak at 19 feet on Saturday, the highest it has been since 1950, according to the National Weather Service.
'The more information we get, the more concerned we are that this is going to be an extreme rain event,' Gov Edwards said Thursday afternoon.
'If Tropical Storm Barry becomes a hurricane, it would be the first time we've had the hurricane hit the state with rising rivers,' he added.
Edwards said National Guard troops and high-water vehicles would be positioned all over the state.
'The entire coast of Louisiana is at play in this storm,' the governor said.
Jul 12, 2019
KM
https://watchers.news/2019/07/13/china-floods-2019-july-12-status/?...
19.9 million people affected by floods, 34 000 homes collapsed and 1.7 million ha of crops damaged, China
According to data released by China's Ministry of Emergency Management, a total of 19.91 million people have been affected by floods since the beginning of flood season this summer.
A total of 34 000 homes collapsed and over 1.76 million hectares (4.34 million acres) of crops were damaged.
1.3 million people were relocated and 582 000 in need of emergency aid.
The ministry has pledged to make every effort to meet the basic living needs of those stricken by floods - intensify the patrol and maintenance of major dams and embankments, deploy more rescue forces in heavily flooded areas and make contingency plans for serious disasters, Xinhua reports.
Jul 13, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Thessalonica, GREECE: 7-16-2019 Approximately 100 people had injuries, 23 people needed more intensive medical care. The material damages were also great, houses destroyed and streets full of debris are the results of the devastation provoked by lightning.
It is important to note that in a lightning storm the ideal is to disconnect all household appliances from the outlet, in addition to avoiding the use of cell phone and computer. Look for a safe place. If you are in the open, lie on the ground and avoid getting underneath trees.
The planet has always known the potent intensity of an electric discharge. Lightning can be seen as a storm strikes. Although extremely beautiful when they explode in the sky, lightning is also extremely dangerous. The fall of an electric discharge in the earth can cause diverse material damages, but besides these damages also can happen deaths and people injured.
The Greeks could contemplate the magnitude of a mighty ray and the results were scary. Thessalonica is one of the largest cities in Greece and was hit by a massive lightning storm. The scene created by the storm seemed to be apocalyptic.
In a video that was recorded by the camera of a cell phone, you can see perfectly the exact instant in which buildings are struck by lightning. The city shudders, looking like a horror movie scene, but it was real. https://www.1news.com.br/noticia/563385/curiosidades/apocalipse-tem...
Jul 18, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Subway storm surge: Viral video shows flash flood at Court Square station in LIC that nearly sent man onto tracks. Thursday, July 18, 2019 / 12:45 PM
A straphanger recorded a freak flood at the Court Square-23rd Street station’s E train platform during Wednesday night’s thunderstorm outbreak that nearly sent a fellow commuter hurtling into an oncoming train.
The rush of water burst on July 17 through a construction wall, knocking a man to the ground and nearly washing him onto the tracks as a train was pulling up to the platform.
Posted to Twitter by Subway Creatures at 8 a.m. on Thursday, the video amassed over 13,000 views in just a few hours. According to the moderator of the Twitter account, the person who submitted the video wished to remain anonymous.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1151875430699474945
Jul 18, 2019
jorge namour
Firefighters battling blaze at entrance to Jerusalem
07.18.19
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5553246,00.html
Dozen firefighting teams, four planes dispatched to the scene; train line from Ben-Gurion Airport to capital briefly suspended, Route 1 highway from Tel Aviv also closed sporadically
The fire comes a day after an extreme heatwave sent temperatures soaring into the 40s across much of the country, causing wildfires in multiple locations
Firefighters were battling Thursday to control a fire that broke out in the afternoon in the area of the Lifta nature reserve at the entrance to Jerusalem
A dozen firefighting and rescue teams and four firefighting planes were deployed to the scene.
The firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading toward Route 1, the central highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, but have yet to control the fire.
The blazes broke out in the Haifa region and Wadi Ara in the north; Modi'in, Petah Tikva, Kfar Sava and Kfar Yona in central Israel and in Ashdod in the south.
The fire at the entrance to Jerusalem
Jul 20, 2019
KM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7275057/Severe-storm-cause...
First blackouts, then a heatwave and now FLOODING: Severe storms and heavy downpours leaves New York streets underwater less than 24 hours after the temperatures hit 100F
A severe storm has brought flash flooding and torrential rains to New York just after a brutal heatwave plagued the city and caused chaos due to power outages.
Heavy rain caused flooding in streets and subway stations across Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and New Jersey on Monday night.
Footage filmed by bystanders captured a woman wading through knee deep water in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg.
In other parts of Brooklyn, parked cars were nearly completely submerged by floodwaters. Full garbage bags and traffic cones could also be seen floating down streets following the hellish storm.
Heavy rain caused flooding in streets and subway stations across Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and New Jersey on Monday night
In parts of Brooklyn, parked cars were nearly completely submerged by floodwaters after the rain subsided
Subway stations also experienced rains pouring through and onto the platforms.
There was significant flooding on highways in Queens, including the Long Island Expressway and Francis Lewis Boulevard.
Neighborhoods in Brooklyn affected by the severe floods included Park Slope, Borough Park and Williamsburg.
Parts of Staten Island were also heavily affected by floodwaters and downed trees and heavy hail was reported in New Jersey.
A flash flood warning had earlier been issued by the National Weather Service.
New York City Speaker Corey Johnson said the Department of Environment Protection was sending personnel out to clear catch basins.
'Street debris gets swept on top of sewer grates and blocks water from entering. Personnel will rake and clear the tops of the basins and flooding should subside,' he tweeted.
One woman in Queens didn't wait for authorities and was spotted removing debris with a traffic cone to help reduce the flooding.
Jul 23, 2019
jorge namour
HEAT WAVE USA
Police ask criminals to wait until the end of the heat wave before resuming their activities
July 23, 2019
http://www.wikistrike.com/2019/07/la-police-demande-aux-criminels-d...
The east coast and the southern United States were hit by strong heatwaves this weekend, and it seems that high temperatures have inspired several police departments across the country, which have cracked messages to say the least surreal .
"WE'LL MEET ON MONDAY, WHEN IT WILL BE MORE FRESH"
" To carry out a criminal activity by this heat is very dangerous. Stay at home, turn on the air conditioning, watch the third season of Stranger Things, have fun with FaceApp, do karate in your basement. We meet again on Monday when it will be cooler . "This is the content of the message to the least strange that Internet users were able to read this weekend on the official Facebook page of the police Braintree , which was disabled following the buzz generated on social networks.
Questioned by CNN about this unusual request, the police department of this city of 35 000 inhabitants located in Massachusetts , confirmed that his page was not pirated and that his own agents were indeed at the origin of this release , inviting criminals to curb their impulses during this hot weekend. In recent days, the thermometer was close to 39 ° C in this part of the country, and the high humidity made any physical activity supported outside particularly painful, even dangerous.
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Paris: up to 41 ° C Thursday
23/07/19
https://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2019-07-23/pari...
The heatwave will be intense in Paris and Ile-de-France with 40 to 41 ° C possibly reached on the capital this Thursday. This Monday, level 3 heat wave has been activated in Paris and Ile-de-France.
A new heatwave has been rife on the country since yesterday. It will be " very difficult bearable " and " as strong and almost as extended as the one in August 2003 ", according to the weather channel, with local tips reaching 42°C.
This heat wave is linked to the rise of a Saharan air that causes an outbreak of the thermometer. In Paris, the heat will be stifling.
The heat wave this week is the second of this summer 2019. At the end of June, a record of absolute heat in France was reached with 46 ° C in Herault. In Paris, the temperature had reached "only" 36.5 ° C because of the north-east wind which had "limited" in extremis the intense heat wave that was undergoing the north-west of the country, with for example 42 ° C surveyed in Maine-et-Loire ...
Jul 23, 2019
Gerard Zwaan
Unprecedented temperatures smash all time heat records in Europe as the mercury climbs past 40 deg C (104 deg f) with higher heat yet to come
The Netherlands is preparing for the third tropical day in a row.
On Thursday it is expected to be even hotter than in recent days with temperatures to hit an all-time record of 40 degrees C (104 deg F).
Due to the extreme heat, the KNMI has announced code orange; according to the weather institute, the code orange warning is in place at least until Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, the temperature in Belgium struck 39.9 degrees C (103.82 F), smashing the country's previous high of 36.6 degrees C (97.88 F) in June 1947 in records dating back to 1833, according to David Dehenauw, the head of forecasting at the Royal Meteorological Institute.
It was set to be even hotter on Thursday.
Germany's weather service said a new record of 40.5C - just 0.2C higher - had been set in Geilenkirchen, near the Belgian and Dutch borders.
The new German record was still to be confirmed, it said, warning that it could get even hotter on Thursday.
The highest temperature recorded in Paris, 40.4C in 1947 - is expected to be surpassed on Thursday.
Luxembourg is on red alert for the south and the capital - with temperatures possibly climbing higher than 40C on Thursday.
In the UK, temperatures are predicted to exceed 35C and could be the highest ever recorded
Jul 25, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Numerous cities experienced record-low temperatures on July 24, including 14.4 °C (58 °F) at Altus, OK, Decatur, AL and Salina, KS, 13.1 °C (61 °F) in Anderson, SC, 17.2 °C (63 °F) in Abilene, TX and 17.7 °C (64 °F) in North Little Rock, AR.
July 25 brought record-low 15 °C (59 °F) to San Angelo, TX, breaking the previous record of 15.5 °C (60 °F);
14.4 °C (58 °F) to Austin, TX, breaking the previous record of 19.4 °C (67 °F) set in 2000;
15.5 °C (60 °F) to Little Rock, AR, breaking the previous record of 16.1 °C (61 °F) set in 2000;
and 15.5 °C (60 °F) to Waco, TX, breaking the previous record of 18.3 °C (65 °F) set in 1911.
https://electroverse.net/historic-cold-front-tears-up-southern-u-s-...
Jul 25, 2019
jorge namour
HEAT WAVE FRANCE JULY 25 2019
https://www.facebook.com/EMSC.CSEM/
Euro-Med Seismological Centre (EMSC)
The hottest day ever in Paris is challenging for our hardware ????.
We already had to stop all our dev' computers but the temperature is still soaring. We still have to face a couple of hours with this situation. We keep our fingers crossed ?? and hope you manage to stay cool enough where you are ??.
Stay safe.
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FRANCE REGION THE NEW SAHARA DESERT
Jul 26, 2019
KM
https://www.rt.com/russia/465314-massive-wildfires-siberia-smoke/
Massive wildfires continue to rage in Siberia, emergency declared in several regions
Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations vowed to deploy additional forces and hardware to Siberia to fight the massive fires on Monday. “An emergency situation has been declared across the whole Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions, as well as certain parts of Buryatia,” the ministry said.
“There are fires not attended by men, since they can be reached only by air. Yet we have hundreds of settlements engulfed in smoke, the citizens are calling for help, and any economic reasons must not affect delivery of this help,” Zinichev said.
The fires began in Siberia earlier this month, primaril affecting wooded, unpopulated areas. The fires, however, are accompanied by thick plumes of smoke that have engulfed major Siberian cities such as Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk. Apart from posing a direct health risk, the smoke has already disrupted the work of several airports duty to the almost total lack of visibility.
Local authorities were reluctant to actually extinguish the fires, citing a 2015 order by the Ministry of Natural Resources that allows wildfires to be left unattended if they do not threaten settlements and the cost of fighting them surpasses the estimated damage. The wildfires and controversial rules on how to (not) extinguish them have also garnered the attention of Russian legislators who have vowed to make the ministry review the order.
The same argument was repeated by Krasnoyarsk Governor Aleksandr Uss on Monday. The official said that wildfires are “regular natural occurrences” that have always happened throughout history, and it is “pointless, and sometimes harmful to fight” them.
Jul 30, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-30/hailstones-batter-north-yorkshi...
Bridge collapses as hailstones and floods bombard North Yorkshire
The Met Office says downpours led to 50mm of rain falling in just one hour across parts of northern England. Credit: Swaledale Mountain Rescue
This is the dramatic collapse of a bridge in North Yorkshire as flash flooding hit the region.
Forecasters said parts of the north-west had seen 50mm of rain in about 24 hours, with 52.2mm recorded near Oldham.
The torrential rain brought flooding to areas in the north-west of England and brought travel chaos, as vehicles tried to navigate flood water.
Drivers also filmed hailstones the "size of small sweets" bombarding their cars as thunderstorms and torrential rain swept across the UK.
Hailstones the "size of small sweets" battered the region, as thunderstorms and torrential rain continue to sweep across the UK.
Dramatic footage showing hailstones hammering down on the streets of Ripon has been captured by surprised residents.
"It is very unusual..the people of Ripon have described it as being the worst hailstorm they've seen in living memory, which carpeted the streets and pavements, with hailstorms probably the size of small sweets," news editor at Minister FM, David Dunning told ITV News.
Vehicles can be seen trying to navigate the streets as huge hailstones fall from the sky.
A belt of hail, rain and thunderstorms is moving across northern England, Mr Dunning said.
Coastguard teams rescued a man and woman clinging to a cliff “by their fingernails” after they were trapped by the tide.
The pair were stranded 100ft up Filey Brigg, a peninsula in North Yorkshire, as they tried to climb the cliff to escape the tide, which cut them off as they walked the beach, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.
Elsewhere, farmer Andrew Loftus, from Masham, said some of the hailstones spanned almost an inch across.
He posted a picture of a toy digger on a blanket of white with the caption: "My son’s digger has its work cut out with these hailstones!"
Further warnings are in place on Wednesday for parts of Scotland, north Wales, north England and the Midlands.
The freak hailstorm comes after half a month's rain fell in 24 hours across parts of the country at the weekend.
A spokesman for the Met Office said the unsettled weather was down to a band of low pressure coming up from the South West, leading to heavy downpours in some parts.
Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales had 82.2mm of rain in 24 hours, the majority in the space of four hours. The monthly average in the area for this time of year is 89mm.
Gorslas in South Wales saw 34.2mm of rain, while Dartmoor and Exmoor had 36mm.
Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna said: “Some of the storms across the north of England have had some big hailstones because the air is so unstable - conditions are perfect for generating big thunderstorms.
"There’s low pressure that’s dominated coming up from the South West and that’s helping to generate these showers."
He added the unstable conditions would continue for the next 24 to 36 hours, particularly in the north of England and Scotland.
The Met Office has put out a yellow rain warning for the north of England all day on Wednesday, with a yellow storm warning for Wednesday afternoon and evening in Scotland.
Showers are likely to continue in northern and eastern parts of the UK into the latter half of the week, but in Wales, Northern Ireland and the South of England it will turn drier and brighter.
Mr Petagna said: “There’s going to be no return of the extreme heat seen last week for a while – while things are going to improve over Thursday and Friday they are going to turn unsettled again during the weekend.”
Showers are expected across the UK, with the South expected to see sticky, humid conditions with temperatures peaking at 27C (80.6F).
"When the sun comes out it could become quite warm in the South – nothing like last week but still a few degrees above average," Mr Petagna said.
Jul 30, 2019
Gerard Zwaan
North America's strange and bizarre summer continues: A new record low is broken as Minnesota drops to 37 degrees F, (2.5 deg C)
The crazy weather affecting the US in 2010 continues when a new daily low-temperature record was set in International Falls, where the mercury dipped to 37 degrees F, (2.5 deg C), breaking the record (38 degrees) set back in 1898.
The low temperature recorded in Minnesota on Tuesday morning is around 20 deg F cooler than it should be this time of the year.
Temperatures in the area don’t typically reach the 30s until late September, early October.
Just 10 days ago, a dangerous and deadly heatwave gripped more than half of the U.S.
Tens of millions baked in record-setting high temperatures with heat advisories or warnings from the Midwest to much of the East Coast.
A very rare July "cold front", ended the gargantuan heatwave, which raised a few eyebrows.
2019 has already been declared the worst agricultural disaster in modern American history with catastrophic flooding, continued through March to the beginning of July.
Anchorage, Alaska hit 89 degrees F, (32 deg C), in July to break the all-time highest temperature ever recorded: Campbell Creek hit 91 degrees F, (33 deg C)
Meanwhile, as Alaska has been suffering the heatwave for weeks now with temperatures reaching 92 deg F, (33.5 deg C), massive fires in remote areas are burning out of control.
Plumes of smoke from the fires can be seen from space.
Alaska alone has lost 1.6 billion acres to wildfires this year.
While the continental United States recorded its wettest 12-month period in recorded history this year, historic flooding and record-shattering rainfall amount landed May 2019 as the second-wettest month in the United States according to a report by Accuweather.
Many farmers are facing bankruptcy this summer as many farms have been to waterlogged to plant crops.
Source: www.thebigwobble.org/2019/07/north-americas-strange-and-bizarre.html
Jul 31, 2019
KM
https://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2019-07-31-11-dead-6000-h...
11 Dead, Around 6,000 Hospitalized in Japan Heatwave
Heat-related illnesses have claimed 11 lives and sent nearly 6,000 others to hospitals in Japan as the mercury rose following the end of rainy season, according to the government on Tuesday.
The heatwave saw 5,664 people taken to hospitals, 1,199 of whom displayed severe symptoms requiring at least three weeks of treatment, and 1,792 requiring shorter treatment for less serious symptoms.
The total number, however, spiked from 2,000 people hospitalised across Japan a week earlier due to the heat.
On Tuesday, temperatures continued to soar, and the agency and weather officials warned people to take preventative measures against heatstroke and other heat-related illnesses, Xinhua news agency reported.
Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, saw the mercury rise to 37.1 degrees Celsius, while Kumagaya in Tokyo's neighbouring prefecture of Saitama and Kyoto saw temperatures rocket to 36.8 degrees Celsius.
In Tokyo, the daytime high was logged at 35.4 degrees Celsius. Temperatures across Japan are expected to stay above 25 degrees Celsius overnight.
In the week to last Sunday, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 52.6 per cent of the people hospitalised were aged 65 and above.
Aichi Prefecture saw the most people rushed to hospital with 393 cases, followed by Osaka Prefecture with 388 cases. Tokyo, meanwhile, saw 299 people rushed to hospital suffering from heat-related medical conditions.
Across wide swathes of Japan from north to south, temperatures were forecast to remain upwards of 36 degrees Celsius through Wednesday, weather officials said.
Aug 1, 2019
SongStar101
600 people killed, over 25 million affected by flooding in India, Bangladesh, Nepal & Myanmar
https://asianews.network/2019/07/29/600-people-killed-over-25-mn-af...
At that 600 people have reportedly been killed in monsoon-related incidents, he said.
Haq said that according to the UN’s humanitarian personnel, “more than 25 million people have been affected by flooding due to the torrential monsoon rains in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Myanmar, with more than half a million people displaced, our humanitarian colleagues tell us”.
In India, UNICEF is working with the state governments to provide multi-sectoral planning and coordination support in the three worst-affected states of Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
The UN agency said that while many areas remain inaccessible due to damage to roads, bridges and railways, the most urgent needs for children are clean water, hygiene supplies to prevent the spread of disease, food supplies and safe places in evacuation centres for children to play.
In India, more than 10 million people have been affected across Assam, Bihar, parts of UP and other north-eastern states, including more than 4.3 million children.
As the situation develops, these numbers are only likely to increase.
In Assam alone, almost 2,000 schools have been damaged by floodwaters. While parts of India have been suffering from heavy rainfall and flooding, other parts are still reeling from the aftermath of severe heat and water deficit, affecting almost half of the country.
In Bangladesh, it is estimated that over four million people have been affected and the UN is helping to assess needs to determine the necessary response and is also supporting the government in the areas of water and sanitation as well as health.
In Myanmar, waters in some areas have receded, allowing some of those who had been uprooted to return home, but over 40,000 people remain displaced.
“The governments in all four countries are leading the response with support from the UN, aid agencies and the private sector,” Haq said.
Last week, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides across Nepal, India and Bangladesh have killed at least 93 children and put the lives of millions more at risk.
UNICEF estimated that more than 12 million people, including about five million children, have been affected.
“Millions of children have seen their lives turned upside down by the torrential rainfall, flooding and landslides,” UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Jean Gough said.
In Nepal, an estimated 68,666 people are temporarily displaced, including 28,702 children. A total of 88 people have died, including 47 children (15 girls and 32 boys).
In Bangladesh, monsoon rains continue to affect most of the country, particularly the central-northern and south-east regions.
Over two million people have been affected by flooding, including around 700,510 children. An estimated 367,341 houses have been damaged or destroyed and 1,866 primary and community schools have been damaged by floodwaters.
Cox’s Bazar home to more than a million Rohingya refugees – has been hit by excessive rain this month.
“Across the region, we are seeing the devastating impact of extreme weather events on children and families. As weather events become more extreme, unpredictable and erratic, it is children who are paying the heaviest price,” said Gough.
“Such events can cause death and devastation and can also contribute to the increased spread of major killers of children, such as malnutrition, malaria and diarrhoea.
“And as these extreme climate events increase in frequency and magnitude, the risks to children will likely outpace global capacity to mitigate them as well as to provide a humanitarian response,” it said, adding that floods threaten children’s survival and development, with direct impacts including injuries and death by drowning.
Meanwhile, health-focused relief and development organisation Americares said its chapter in India, Americares India, is organising medical teams to treat survivors of the monsoon rains that have inundated South Asia.
Beginning next week, Americares India will organise medical teams in three districts in Assam and two districts in Bihar, where continuous rains and contaminated water have heightened health concerns.
The teams, operated in partnership with local health care organisations, will provide medical care and dispense medications as needed. Americares also plans to deliver hygiene kits.
“With homes and roads submerged in several feet of standing water, we expect to see an increase in infections. Our medical teams will focus on providing primary care and basic first aid for the most vulnerable survivors, including pregnant women, children and the elderly,” said Americares India Managing Director Shripad Desai.
Americares India, based in Mumbai, provides emergency medical and humanitarian aid in response to floods, cyclones, earthquakes and other disasters.
Aug 1, 2019
jorge namour
RUSSIA AUGUST 2019
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In Russia, while the North-East of Siberia is experiencing exceptionally high temperatures and a very serious drought caused by gigantic fires, Moscow has experienced its freshest month of July since 1979. and next Monday, the maximum temperature It will be hard to reach 10°C in the Russian capital, a lower value of 14°C to the seasonal normal!
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Russia In the city of Tulun, Irkutsk region, men are already fishing from the second floor balcony. The city is experiencing a second flood in a month.
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All time maximum temperature record shattered at the Summit station on the top of the Greenland ice sheet (3202 m). Previously the record was 2.2 °C, set in 2012 and 2017, broken on Thursday (Aug 1st) with 2.7 °C and then shattered the next day with 4.7 °C! This is nearly 20 °C warmer than average. Source: TV 2 VEJRET via Bjarki Gyldenkærne Dalsgarð - thank you!
Aug 3, 2019
KM
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More than 12 BILLION tons of ice melts in Greenland in just ONE DAY amid record-breaking scorching temperatures
Shocking footage from Greenland shows melted glacier water gushing under a bridge after 12 billions tons of ice was lost in one day.
The grayish-white flood was filmed crashing into the surrounding channels of land and racing under a bridge in Kangerlussiauq on Thursday.
It's believed that the melted ice is the equivalent of around four million Olympic swimming pools, according to CNN.
It was caused by soaring temperatures across the globe this year, which in July led to more than 197 billion tons of sea ice melting.
Gushing waters flood under a bridge in Greenland (above) after more than 12 billion tons of sea ice melted in 24 hours
The floods of water (above) were revealed from aerial views of the surrounding area shot for the 'Into The Ice' Documentary
A NASA satellite image shows melt water in northwest Greenland (above) near the ice sheet's edge, on Wednesday when 70 billion tons of sea ice was lost from the Greenland ice sheet alone
Typically the melt season begins at the end of May and lasts until the end of August, this year it started in early May and could on for longer.
Data from temperatures in July is still being analysed but could be have been the hottest in history, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Programme.
The previous record high in July 2016.
The Greenland ice sheet, which is the second largest in the world, could lose around 60 to 70 billion tons of ice by the end of the year.
This season's melt in Greenland has already contributed to around a half millimeter rise in global sea levels.
Similar footage of the water filmed by Laurie Gibbett had been watched over 3.73 million times and retweeted by more than 53,800 accounts as of Friday.
Gibbet, of the Council on Foreign Relations, described the scenes she witnessed on Thursday as a 'roaring glacial melt.'
Aug 4, 2019
jorge namour
AMAZON - BRASIL AUGUST 7 2019
Conexão GeoClima
Attention - huge feather of smoke going south of Brazil. Severe burned occur in the Amazon, and may occur until the fall of soot in Rio Grande do SUL
The next sunset and dawnthe air must be very polluted, rain can occur in the next cold and hot front that advances between this Thursday and Friday.
In addition to the fires that occur in the Amazon, in the serra between Rio Grande do sul and Santa Catarina, some fires occur on the afternoon
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Aug 7, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
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Tornadoes Tear Through Southern Luxembourg, Amsterdam: Storms Injure Nearly 2 Dozen
A tornado on Friday ripped across the southern part of Luxembourg, damaging homes and injuring several people.
A tornado was also reported in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The storm caused major damage in the Luxembourg town of Pétange, where the mayor told the Luxembourg Times that roofs had been ripped off of about 100 homes.
Seven people were taken to the hospital, at least one with serious injuries, the news outlet reported.
Photos posted to social media showed extensive damage
Mayor Pierre Mellina said officials were arranging hotel rooms and other accommodations for those displaced by the storm. The government had also activated a crisis response team and a French rescue unit had arrived to provide assistance.
Tornadoes are unusual but not unheard of in the small European country of only about 600,000 people, sandwiched between Germany, Belgium and France. A cold front moving across Europe brought thunderstorms to the region that spawned the tornado, weather.com meteorologist Jonathan Belles said.
Photos and videos posted from Amsterdam showed a brief tornado. While the storm surprised residents, there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.
Weather Underground meteorologist Bob Henson said tornado observations in Europe have become more reliable and numerous in recent years. A 2014 study based on the European Severe Weather Database shows an average of 300 to 400 tornadoes a year since reliable records began in 2006, Henson said.
The most frequent month for European tornadoes is July, with June and August running second.
In Germany, 15 members of a soccer team sustained minor injuries by a lightning strike.
and in India:
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Monsoon floods in India kill at least 100, displace thousands
August 9 2019
More than 300,000 people displaced as Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra states are hit by devastating floods.
Floods have killed at least 100 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across much of India with the southern state of Kerala being the worst hit, authorities said
With rains predicted to worsen in the coming days, the federal government ordered military teams to form rescue units and airlift food to stranded villages across Kerala.
At least 48 people have died since Thursday in floods in Kerala, where the beaches and hill resorts are a major international tourist magnet, state police spokesman Pramod Kumar told the AFP news agency.
In neighbouring Karnataka, at least 24 people have been killed with nine people missing. The western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat have also been badly hit by annual monsoon storms.
Media reports said at least 27 people have lost their lives in Maharashtra, with several major roads closed by the flooding.
Aug 10, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
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Deadly typhoon hits eastern China, one million evacuated
Date created : 10/08/2019 - 12:15
At least 13 people were killed and 16 others missing as Typhoon Lekima lashed eastern China Saturday, downing thousands of trees and forcing more than a million people from their homes.
Waves several metres high hit the coastline as the storm made landfall in Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai.
Thirteen people were killed and 16 missing in a landslide triggered by torrential rains brought by the storm, national television reported.
The tragedy occurred in the municipality of Wenzhou, around 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of Shanghai, CCTV said.
"Torrential rains caused a landslide on a mountain that blocked a river below," it said.
The resulting "dam" created a lake which swept downstream when it burst.
More than a million people were evacuated from their homes ahead of the storm, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Some 110,000 people were housed in shelters.
The monster storm made landfall in the early hours in Wenling City, packing winds of 187 kilometres per hour (116 miles per hour), and was expected to churn up the east coast towards Shanghai, Xinhua added.
Footage broadcast on CCTV showed a torrent of muddy water surging through the streets and emergency workers rescuing a man trapped under rubble and fallen trees.
One street in Yueqing city, part of Wenzhou, was shown completely flooded.
China issued a red alert as the storm approached on Friday, before downgrading the level to orange as winds eased on Saturday morning.
Lekima has been downgraded from a super typhoon to a typhoon as it headed northwards inland.
More heavy rain was forecast for the Shanghai area and the neighbouring provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with authorities warning of possible flash floods, mudslides and landslides caused by the downpours.
In Zhejiang province alone, nearly 300 flights were cancelled, and ferry and rail services were suspended as a precaution.
Around 300,000 people were relocated in Shanghai, where the high-speed maglev train that links the city to one of its airports was suspended.
Shanghai Disneyland was also closed for the first time since the amusement park opened in 2016.
Lekima had earlier swept past the northern tip of Taiwan on Friday, where nine people were injured, thousands of homes lost power temporarily and more than 500 flights were cancelled.
Last September, Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into mainland China where authorities evacuated more than two million people, after it left a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and Macau and killed at least 59 people in the northern Philippines.
Aug 11, 2019
jorge namour
*World Weather* Lightning flashes detected within 500 km of the North Pole - at 85°N and 126°E early on August 11th (UTC). This is an exceptionally rare event. Report: US National Weather Service Fairbanks Alaska - AUGUST 2019
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BMW becomes a submarine. Iasi, Romania on August 8th. Report: Bogdan Iftime - AUGUST 2019
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Aug 14, 2019
KM
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Hat-trick! Krosa will be the third storm to hit Japan in only 10 days after super typhoon Lekima hit late last week and typhoon Francisco made landfall on Aug 6
- Tropical Storm Krosa will be the third storm to hit eastern Asia in 10 days.
- Lekima first hit Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands as a super typhoon late last week.
- Francisco made landfall in southern Japan as typhoon Tuesday, Aug. 6, local time, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph
A severe tropical storm may make landfall in western Japan on Thursday, bringing torrential rains, violent winds, and rough seas. The Meteorological Agency estimates that Krosa was situated 220 kilometres southeast of Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The agency says the storm is moving north-northwest, producing sustained winds of 108 kilometres per hour and gusts of 144 kilometres per hour. The agency says Krosa may approach the western regions of Kyushu and Shikoku. It adds that the storm may sweep through western Japan on Thursday.Rainfall for the 24 hours through noon on Thursday is expected to reach 900 millimetres in Shikoku, 600 in Tokai, and 500 in Kinki, and northern and southern Kyushu. For the 24 hours through Friday noon the numbers are 600 to 800 millimetres in Tokai, 400 to 600 in Shikoku and Kinki, and 200 to 300 in northern Kyushu and Chugoku. The overall precipitation may exceed 1,200 millimetres in some areas. Krosa is also expected to bring strong winds to the Pacific side of western Japan through Thursday, with speeds of 108 kilometres per hour for Shikoku and 97 kilometres per hour for northern and southern Kyushu. Gusts are expected to reach 144 to 162 kilometres per hour. The seas are already rough. Expected wave heights through Thursday are 10 meters along with the coastal areas of Shikoku and 9 meters along the shores of northern and southern Kyushu, Kinki and Tokai. People are advised to stay on the alert for violent winds, high waves, and storm surges, as well as mudslides, floods, and swollen rivers.
Aug 14, 2019
KM
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A total of 56 wildfires burning out of control in parts of Greece as smoke from the Evia fire covers Athens and strong winds fan the flames
"The conditions today are exceptionally difficult," Mitsotakis said. He thanked firefighters for their efforts and said the government's main concern was protecting human life. Strong winds fanned the fire in the thickly forested Evia reserve, as well as several more wildfires burning Tuesday in Greece.
A total of 56 forest fires broke out around the country in a 24-hour period spanning Monday night and Tuesday. More than 1,000 firefighters in all were assigned to the blazes. A volunteer firefighter reportedly burned on the island was transported to a hospital in Athens. "The most important thing is to not have any human casualties," Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos said in a telephone interview aired on state television.
Smoke from the Evia fire blanketed Athens in the morning. Authorities warned people in affected areas, particularly the elderly, young children and those suffering from breathing or heart conditions, to remain indoors and set air conditioning units to recycle indoor air. The blaze broke out shortly after 3 a.m. local time, the civil protection authority said, and strong winds helped spread it through the dense pine forest. More than 300 people from four villages were gradually evacuated during the day, many riding on buses and others going out in their own vehicles.
"The fire trapped us at Makrimalli, and we had to leave quickly," said Nikos Petrou, referring to one of the villages that were ordered evacuated. "As I was leaving, the fire was coming behind us. " A separate blaze broke out on the north part of Evia, and 15 firefighters, a helicopter and a small plane worked to keep it from spreading.
Dozens of more firefighters, two planes and a helicopter tackled a separate forest fire on the northern island of Thassos. Another wildfire was burning through brush and dried weeds near Thebes, northwest of Athens. More than 30 firefighters tackled yet another in southern Greece; the fire department said it was brought under partial control after about an hour. On Tuesday afternoon, an additional blaze broke out in southern Greece.
Forest fires are common in Greece during the hot, dry summer months. Authorities have repeatedly warned the public not to engage in outdoor activities that could cause fires, such as welding work, burning dried weeds or lighting campfires and barbecues. Parks and forest areas are closed to the public at times of high fire risk. Last year, more than 100 people died when a fast-moving forest fire broke out in a seaside area northeast of Athens and raged through a nearby settlement of mainly holiday homes. The fire trapped people in their cars as they attempted to flee, while many other victims drowned as they tried to swim away from beaches overcome by heat and choking smoke.
Aug 14, 2019
jorge namour
FIRES CANARY ISLANDS - SPAIN REGION
AUGUST 19 2019
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Canary Meteorological Ephemeris
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FIRE OUT OF HUMAN CAPACITY OF ACTION.
Federico Grillo, emergency chief of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, said: "The human being is not able to face firestorms like the ones we are having."
These statements reflect in a very graphic way the virulence of this fire: Ravenous and infernal.
That was last night. A hell. Various nuclei of the Tejeda caldera, hamlets of the Agaete Valley, El Risco de Agaete and the municipal capital of Valleseco were evicted.
The data until 08:00 were the following:
-6,000 hectares that could reach 8,000 today.
-70 perimeter kiometers
-60 population centers evacuated.
-8-000 people evacuated.
-8 municipalities affected.
-20 roads cut
What has hurt the Grancanarians the most has been the arrival of the Tamadaba front, a very well preserved pine grove, one of the most beautiful and most important natural landscapes in the Canary Islands.
We are facing a type of fire that technicians call "hungry" or "convective", hence those large columns of smoke called pyro-clusters whose origin is similar to storm clouds and that we have seen from anywhere on the island. The flames reach 50 meters. It is the type of fire most feared by the emergency teams.
-Pirocumulus from Sardina above the Pinar de Tamadaba. Magnificent shot of Ysse.
Aug 19, 2019
KM
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Regina and Saskatoon see record-breaking low temperatures
A blast of cold air from the Arctic brought record-breaking low summer temperatures to central Saskatchewan on Sunday.
A large low-pressure system caused record-breaking low temperatures in Saskatchewan — and in northern British Columbia (pictured), where it snowed on the weekend.
A blast of cold air from the Arctic brought record-breaking low summer temperatures to central Saskatchewan on Sunday.
In Regina, the temperature reached a low of 2 C, breaking the record of 2.8 C set in 1901. In Saskatoon, the mercury dropped to 0.7 C, breaking the record low of 2.2 C set in 1940.
North Battleford broke the longest-standing record. Temperatures dropped to 0.5 C, breaking the record low of 1.7 C set all the way back in 1895.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECC), the cause for the drop was a large low-pressure system that was sitting over northern Saskatchewan that sucked cold air down from the Arctic. The plummeting temperatures even brought snow to areas of northern British Columbia and Alberta.
Clear skies helped drag the temperatures down over central regions of the province.
Terri Lang, a meteorologist with ECC, explained that cloud cover usually acts like a blanket, trapping heat. Without that blanket, Lang said it allowed temperatures in those areas to sink.
Temperature drops like this are rare, but not unprecedented. Especially for Saskatchewan. Lang said this drop isn’t the sign of a trend.
“It’s the nature of where we are. We’re one of the places in North America that’s really far away from water,” said Lang.
Water helps moderate temperature, and since Saskatchewan is not near any major lakes or oceans, Lang said temperatures are at the mercy of weather systems.
“So we can get the really hot stuff from the south, we can get the really humid stuff from the southeast, and we can get the real cold stuff from the north,” said Lang.
The nights are also getting longer, which allows the cold air to get deeper. This, as Lang explained, is unfortunately a sign that summer won’t be around much longer.
“We’re turning that corner, I think, into the end of summer and coming into fall, which is a tough realization,” said Lang.
The likelihood of crops being damaged by the brief temperature drop is low. Cory Jacob, a crops extension specialist with the province’s Ministry of Agriculture, said lighter frosts at these temperatures are not as severe as the heavier ones, which happen in the -4 to -5 C range.
“This would be minor damage, in our opinion, if any,” said Jacob.
Aug 20, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Aug 21, 2019
jorge namour
*World Weather* Day turns to night in Sao Paulo, Brazil due to thick smoke coming from fires in the Amazon region, hundreds of kilometers away.
Report: @GlobalNews77
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Aug 21, 2019
KM
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Eyes on an extreme ice smasher headed for the ArcticWednesday, August 21st 2019, 3:45 pm - This storm is about two months early for the Arctic.
Just how low?
When you look at other climatology tools, the outlier even becomes more apparent, hinting at the extreme anomaly:
The blue and pink blob over northern Canada represents the forecast position of the low pressure centre. The blue indicates atmospheric pressure values at some of the lowest values on record. The pinks show where the pressure is expected to fall out of the range of climatology and near the extreme minimum benchmarks for the August 12th to September 2nd time period. Quite the summer storm; this low would be more typical in late-September or early October.
Strong winds associated with such a robust area of low pressure will spur larger waves -- waves that will be highly effective at breaking up the fragile sea ice during the summer months.
Currently, the arctic sea ice annual minimum is projected to be the second-lowest on record, only behind the 2012 minimum, shown below with the yellow dot marker.
For reference, the current sea ice extent is similar to the 2010-2018 minimum mean, with approximately another three to four weeks of sea ice decline expected before ice starts to rebuild, according to historical trends.
Aug 22, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Poland, Slovakia Lightning Kills at Least 5, Injures 150
Three people remained missing Friday morning and rescuers were still combing the area looking for other victims, according to the Associated Press.
"A large group of random people has been hit," Jan Krzysztof, chief of the mountain rescue service, said. "Many people, including children. Burnt, with broken legs, wounds all over their bodies."
Four of the dead were struck on a popular hiking trail to the summit of Giewont, a peak in southern Poland's Tatra mountains, the BBC reported. Officials think a lightning bolt may have struck a nearly 50-foot-tall metal cross and then traveled along a metal railing.
"We heard that after (the) lightning struck, people fell," Krzysztof said. "The current then continued along the chains securing the ascent, striking everyone along the way. It looked bad."
The fifth person killed was struck in neighboring Slovakia. The victim was a Czech tourist who fell hundreds of yards down a mountainside after being hit.
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Aug 23, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
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Tropical Storm Bailu Drenches Taiwan, Injuring 6 and Trapping Tourists
Tropical Storm Bailu swept through Taiwan Friday with flooding rain and mudslides, and the storm is now on its way to China's southeastern coast.
At least six people were injured, including a 79-year-old man who was knocked off his motorcycle and another man of the same age injured by glass that sprayed into his home, the government's disaster response center said.
A landslide triggered by a tropical storm stranded 18 people, including 14 tourists, in Taiwan on Saturday. Most of the tourists were in Hualien county, which saw as much as 23 inches of rain since Thursday.
About 450 people were evacuated around the island and 12,000 households were without power late Saturday afternoon.
A mudslide swept away a warehouse in Taitung county in Taiwan's southeast.
"Wind speeds weren't that high, but what made it stand out was rainfall," Central Weather Bureau forecaster Yen Tseng-hsi said.
There were gusts up to 65 mph reported across the island.
Tropical storms and typhoons, which gather strength from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, hit Taiwan, China, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam from June through November each year.
Taiwan is especially prone to mudslides following tropical storms and typhoons due to its steep terrain.
Aug 25, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
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Torrential rains, landslides force the evacuation of 900,000 people in Japan
08/28/2019, 17.27
Highest alert level raised in the southern island of Kyushu. Since early July, floods have killed 155 people. Weather agency official urges people “to protect your lives" and “don't wait".
Tokyo (AsiaNews/Agencies) – At least two people lost their life today because of torrential rains that have killed more than 150 people over the past two months.
The torrential rains that have been pouring since early July triggering floods and landslides, forcing the authorities to order more than 900,000 people to leave their homes in south-west Japan. This is the worst flooding to hit Japan in the last 30 years with at least 155 fatalities.
More than twice the usual rainfall for the whole of August has fallen over parts of the southern island of Kyushu over the past 48 hours, washing away roads, causing rivers to burst their banks and forcing the suspension of train services.
Today, the country's weather agency raised the alert to its highest level. The latter is issued "if there is a significant likelihood of catastrophes".
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said that another million people were advised to leave their homes. "It is a situation where you should do your best to protect your lives," said Weather agency official Yasushi Kajiwara. "Please don't wait," he added
Aug 29, 2019
Juan F Martinez
BAHAMAS 60% UNDER WATER. Screen-capture satellite images of before and after. 9-3-2019 Hurricane Dorian
Sep 3, 2019
jorge namour
Warren firefighters won't waste water on house fires - AUSTRALIA
we'll be bathing in salt water."
2 Sep 2019,
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The town of Warren is a gateway to one of Australia's most important wetlands - the fast dessicating Macquarie Marshes.
If Rod Barclay or other firefighters get the call that a house is ablaze in the north-western NSW town of Warren, chances are they won't bother to put it out.
"Our priority is to save lives first, save water second," Barclay says on Thursday outside Warren's two-tanker fire station.
Should one of the town's typical three-bedroom weatherboard homes ignite, Fire and Rescue NSW crews will only turn their hoses on the fire if they have to rescue anyone inside.
Otherwise it will be sacrificed and water used merely to spray neighbouring homes if flames threaten to spread.
"Warren is the first location in which we're undertaking this new strategy,"
"We could easily waste a couple of thousand litres on a house that's going to be lost," he says. "That water can certainly be used much better elsewhere in the community."
Warren, nestled beside the Macquarie River and midway between Brisbane and Melbourne, is at the epicentre of the worst drought to hit that region of inland NSW since European settlement.
"The water table is going lower and it's becoming saltier," says the shire's general manager Glenn Wilcox.
If the trend continues, he adds, "We'll never run dry but we'll be bathing in salt water."
That agency told the TheSun-Herald and Sunday Age that sodium levels came in at 276 milligrams per litre, or slightly higher than the average since 2001.
"The Australian Drinking Water Guidelines note that people may taste sodium in water above 180 mg/L," NSW Health said.
medical practitioners treating people with severe hypertension or congestive heart failure should be aware if the sodium concentration in the patient's drinking water exceeds 20 mg/L".
Wilcox says water conductivity - another measure of quality - had also jumped four-fold or more.
'It's not the crop you plant, it's how much water you take'
Burrendong Dam as it sank to just 4.6 per cent full in late August, 2019.
Sep 5, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Is California About To Get Hit By A Hurricane For The Very First Time In U.S. History?
September 19, 2019
In the entire history of our country, a hurricane has never made landfall in the state of California. So if such a thing actually happened, it would be considered to be an extremely unusual event. Well, right now there are three very dangerous tropical storms swirling in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storm Kiko is not expected to be a serious threat to make landfall, but Tropical Storm Lorena and Tropical Storm Mario “are expected to become hurricanes by Friday as they approach the Mexican coast”. Tropical Storm Lorena is the more immediate threat, and the latest forecast is projecting that it will reach Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula by Saturday. If it maintains hurricane strength and continues to ride up the west coast, it is entirely possible that we could see something that we have never seen before. Most forecasters don’t want to talk too much about it yet, because it truly would be an unprecedented event, but there really is a chance that California could get hit by a hurricane for the very first time in U.S. history.
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Sep 20, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Hurricane #Lorena ===>>> SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 9-20-2019
Hurricane Lorena to Move North Along Baja Peninsula, expected to move northwestward along the Baja Peninsula through this weekend, but this forecast is highly uncertain due to land interaction and possible interaction with Tropical Storm Mario, which is currently located to Lorena's south.
(Not mentioned is the Earth Wobble)
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Sep 21, 2019