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
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.
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Jul 25, 2019
jorge namour
HEAT WAVE FRANCE JULY 25 2019
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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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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
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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
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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
https://weather.com/news/news/2019-08-09-luxembourg-amsterdam-torna...
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:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/monsoon-floods-india-kill-10...
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
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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
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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
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/intense-low-press...
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.
https://weather.com/news/news/2019-08-23-deadly-poland-slovakia-lig...
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
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Torrential-rains,-landslides-force-t...
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,
https://www.theland.com.au/story/6360616/well-be-bathing-in-salt-wa...
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.
http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/is-california-about-to-get...
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)
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2019-09-18-tropical-storm...
Sep 21, 2019
jorge namour
WEATHER NEWS
Lorenzo, the most powerful cyclone ever seen in the northeast Atlantic
updated on 29/09/19
https://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2019-09-29/lore...
The hurricane LORENZO, classified in category 5/5 this Sunday is the most powerful cyclone ever observed on the northeast of the Atlantic basin. It will pass close to the archipelago of the Azores Wednesday, before going back to the British Isles.
According to estimates by the US National Hurricabe Center (NHC), the average wind speed of one minute reaches 200 km / h and gusts 300 km / h. The pressure at its center is estimated at 915hPa, which makes it a particularly hollow depression since the mean average pressure at sea level is 1013hPa. This cyclone was ranked this Sunday as the most powerful ever observed in this Eastern Atlantic area. Its intensity greatly exceeds that of hurricane Julia in 2010 which had reached category 4. Fortunately, this cyclone evolves on an area completely devoid of inhabited islands.
Azores hit Wednesday
This cyclone does not move towards the West Indian arc, but curves northwards to pass through a mouse hole between the western Atlantic anticyclone and the famous Azores anticyclone, which lies off the Atlantic Ocean. Portuguese coasts. Next Tuesday and Wednesday , it should pass west of the Azores archipelago in category 2 or 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. It will generate a very strong cyclonic swell, very strong winds and potentially torrential rains on the Azores. The consequences will obviously depend on the distance to which it will pass off the archipelago.
Western Europe threatened at the end of the week?
If the trajectory forecasts are still unreliable regarding its course after its passage off the Azores, the vast majority of models see the cyclone continue its course towards the northeast, towards the British Isles. But some isolated models consider the possibility that this hurricane reaches the rank of classic storm Brittany next Friday! It is therefore necessary to closely monitor its trajectory because the reliability is limited to this deadline. Hurricane Ophelia was remembered in early October 2017 when it hit Ireland as a very strong tropical storm with a 191 km / h gust at Fastnet on the country's south-west coast.
Sep 29, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
https://conradcourier.com/17-killed-25000-rescued-as-intense-rain-p...
17 killed, 25,000 rescued as intense rain pounds Pune
September 28, 2019
At least 17 persons were killed in rain-related incidents after intense showers battered Pune city and parts of the district on Wednesday and Thursday, officials said.
IMAGE: Vehicles are piled up on a street after a flash flood following heavy rains, in Pune. Photograph: PTI Photo
The district administration declared holiday on Friday for schools in the city as well in the tehsils of Haveli, Bhor, Purandar and Baramati.
Around 2,500 people were shifted to safer places in Baramati tehsil after water was released from the Nazare dam on the Karha river near Jejuri, district officials said.
IMAGE: A man walks past vehicles piled up on a street after floodwater from Ambilodha Nala (Sewage water stream) entered the Sahakar Nagar locality in Pune. Photograph: PTI Photo
Around 3,000 people were taken to safer places due to the flooding in low-lying areas in Pune city and the district, the police said.
In the morning, various authorities had put the figure of those who were shifted to safer places at about 15,000.
Schools and colleges in many places had declared a holiday on Thursday in view of the downpour which began the day before.
IMAGE: Residents stand next to damaged vehicles in a lane after floodwater entered a locality. Photograph: PTI Photo
The police said 12 people were killed in either floods or incidents of wall collapse in Pune.
“Five people were killed after a wall collapsed in Tangewale colony in Aranyeshwar area.
“Seven people were killed after being swept away in the floods in Dattawadi, Sinhgad Road and Bharti Vidyapeeth areas in the city limits,” said a police official.
IMAGE: NDRF recovered the body of a man from a car found floating in flood water on Singhnad Road in Pune. Photograph: ANI
Another four people went missing in Sinhgad Road and Bharti Vidyapeeth area, he said.
Elsewhere in the Pune district, five people were killed in Purandar and Haveli tehsils.
“In Khed Shivapur on Mumbai- Bengaluru highway, four people were killed and two are still missing. In Purandar, one person was swept away in floods and another is missing,” said an officer attached to the Pune district police.
IMAGE: Residents look at the vehicles that got washed away in floodwater. Photograph: PTI Photo
The Army rescued 300 people, including some stranded on rooftops and in the trees, from Solapur Road area, a defence spokesperson said.
A civic official said that as many as 175 vehicles were washed away in floods.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed grief over the deaths.
IMAGE: A view of vehicles washed away in floodwater. Photograph: PTI Photo
‘My deepest condolences to the families. We are providing all possible assistance needed. State disaster management officials and control room in continuous touch with Pune collector and Pune Municipal Corporation,‘ he tweeted.
‘2 NDRF teams are deployed in Pune & 2 in Baramati. One more NDRF team is on way to Baramati. State Government is also closely monitoring the dam discharge,‘ Fadnavis added.
District Collector Naval Kishor Ram said that at least 59 villages in the district were affected by the floods.
IMAGE: Residents stand on a roadside after floodwater entered their locality. Photograph: PTI Photo
“We have communicated the whole situation to the Election Commission (as the model code of conduct is in force for October 21 Assembly polls) and appropriate aid will be provided to the victims soon,” he said.
Pune commissioner Saurabh Rao said the city recorded 106 mm of rain on Thursday.
When asked if unauthorized constructions exacerbated the situation, he said action will be taken against such structures.
Sep 29, 2019
KM
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Prairies: 'Travel not recommended' as snow, strong winds continue Sunday, September 29th 2019, 6:50 pm - Alberta officials recommend postponing non-essential travel across the south as road conditions deteriorate.
The final weekend of September looked a lot more like mid-winter across southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the snow isn't over yet. Some spots are already buried in drifts a metre deep, and with the storm set to linger into Monday, more is on the way. Gusty winds have also made travel dangerous in blizzard-like conditions across much of the region. We look at what's fallen so far, and what's still to come, below.
The calendar may say September, but you wouldn't be able to tell across much of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan this weekend. 80 cm of snowfall was reported in some of Alberta's high mountain communities by Sunday morning, and that was only the start of a day filled with another round of heavy snow.
Other parts of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan had already picked up hefty amounts by Sunday morning, as well.
Sunday was another long, snowy day, not just in extreme southern Alberta, but as far north as Red Deer, and as far east as Regina by late Sunday afternoon, as a Colorado low south of the border funnelled additional moisture into the region.
While Environment Canada has yet to release further official snowfall totals, by early Sunday evening amounts in excess of 20 cm were being reported by Calgary residents, with around 25 cm in Lethbridge.
Heavy, wet snow started to bring down tree branches across parts of southern Saskatchewan by Sunday afternoon. SaskPower has reported outages in the Assiniboia area due to downed power poles, while area residents took to Twitter to report power outages in Moose Jaw.
Travel in southern Alberta was treacherous on Sunday, and officials urged drivers to keep off the roads if at all possible. "Poor winter driving conditions have been reported across southern Alberta," 511 Alberta said in a statement. "Travel is not advised south of Highway 1 due to poor visibility and heavy snowfall within this region. An Environment Canada winter storm warning remains in effect. Postpone all non-essential travel. If you must travel, ensure your headlights are on, reduce speed, and share your travel plans with others."
Snowfall will begin to ease overnight into Monday for southern Alberta, though Monday morning commutes will still be a challenge. Some school boards were already starting to report closures by Sunday evening.
Snow will lift north across southern Saskatchewan into early Monday, with some mixing of rain and snow possible through the overnight before precipitation turns back to snow for Monday afternoon. Snow will taper off there through Monday evening.
Sep 30, 2019
KM
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Bihar and Uttar Pradesh: More than 100 dead in fresh India flood chaos
More than 100 people have died due to flooding caused by heavy rains in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, officials have said.
Dramatic images of the impact of flood water on urban life have been coming out of the affected areas.
Railway traffic, vehicular movement, healthcare services, schools and power supply have been disrupted in both states, officials said.
An Uttar Pradesh government report said 93 people have died since Thursday.
In eastern Uttar Pradesh, flooding caused officials to relocate more than 500 prisoners from the Ballia district jail to other prisons after water entered three buildings.
The Additional District Magistrate told reporters that officials were awaiting permission to move all of the prison's 850 inmates to Azamgarh jail, which is about 120km (74 miles) away.
The death toll in Bihar is 29, according to the state disaster management authority. The impact on its main city, Patna, has been grabbing headlines.
Satellite images from 20 September and 29 September show the extent of the flooding as the Ganges river overflowed due to the torrential rains in the region.
A video of a man struggling to pull his cycle-rickshaw out of flood water has been circulated widely on social media.
In it, the man filming the video can be heard consoling the visibly upset rickshaw puller - he suggests that the man leave the vehicle where it is and return for it after the flood waters recede. He and a woman, who can be heard in the background, offer to keep an eye on it for the rickshaw puller from their spot on the balcony.
The state's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi was on Monday rescued from his residence, the ANI news agency reported.
Mr Modi and his family were evacuated from their flooded home by disaster relief personnel.
The city has been deluged with rain since Friday, submerging many residential areas. People are navigating the main roads - which are dotted with abandoned and partially submerged vehicles - by boat.
The PTI news agency quoted an official as saying that the amount of rain the city received was "completely unexpected".
In many parts, the rain water has mixed with overflowing sewage, and the dirty water has entered several homes, according to reports.
Sep 30, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/01/azores-prepares-for-possible...
Azores prepares for possible 70-foot waves from hurricane
Lorenzo is expected to hit Portuguese islands Tuesday night
October 1, 2019 at 11:52 am
LISBON, Portugal — A hurricane packing a punch rarely witnessed in the mid-Atlantic Ocean is bearing down on the Azores Islands, placing emergency services on red alert for waves that could reach eight stories high, winds that could flatten homes and heavy rains that could turn into torrents on steep mountains.
The Category 2 Hurricane Lorenzo is expected to hit the Portuguese islands Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Waves up to 72 feet high and hurricane wind gusts over 124 mph are forecast for some islands.
Oct 2, 2019
KM
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Super Typhoon Hagibis strongest storm on the planet: To become the strongest of the year: Most intensification by a tropical cyclone in the western North Pacific in 25 years
It developed from tropical storm to a monster Super Typhoon in just 18 hours and is set to become the biggest and strongest storm of this year. Hagibis is currently classed as "violent" -- the Japanese Meteorological Association, (JMA) highest classification, with gusts as strong as 270 kilometres per hour. According to Japan Today, Super Typhoon Hagibis is heading nearer Tokyo, Japanse most densely populated area, ahead of big the Rugby World Cup weekend and could affect several crucial games.
Super Typhoon Hagibis is currently the strongest storm on the planet, with the potential to become the strongest of the year. The storm gathered strength at an incredibly fast rate, intensifying from a tropical storm to a super typhoon in a mere 18 hours, with wind speeds measured at more than 155 mph and gusts up to 195 mph according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).
Oct 9, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Temperatures could drop 50 degrees in 24 hours ahead of historic snowfall in north-central US
Posted 2:27 pm, October 9, 2019,
MILWAUKEE — An intense and potentially historic fall snowstorm was expected to dump feet of snow starting Wednesday, Oct. 9 across portions of the north-central United States.
It was set to begin on Wednesday night and Thursday, with extremely cold temperatures sweeping down from the north.
Then, a low will exit the Rockies and track northeast across the Plains, leaving a blanket of snow across the region.
Temperatures in Denver could plummet 50 degrees
A drastic temperature drop Wednesday will make it feel like Denver has gone from fall to winter in 24 hours.
Temperatures there will plummet from a high around 80 degrees Fahrenheit Wednesday to below freezing for Thursday’s high.
Much of Colorado will transition from hazardous fire conditions to a freeze warning in only a matter of hours.
Once the temperatures drop, record lows are likely to be broken across much of the region.
https://fox6now.com/2019/10/09/temperatures-could-drop-50-degrees-i...
Oct 10, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Typhoon Hagibis: millions across Japan told to evacuate homes
Tokyo braced for arrival of storm and up to 60cm of rain as flights and trains cancelled.
More than 1 million people in Japan have been ordered to leave their homes as Typhoon Hagibis hit Tokyo, having already caused power outages, flooding and widespread travel disruption.
The storm is 870 miles (1,400km) wide, with gusts of up to 134mph. Hagibis is being compared to a typhoon in 1958 that killed 1,200 people and caused destruction across the Tokyo area and Shizuoka prefecture.
The death toll from the latest storm is unlikely to be anywhere near as high due to Japan’s stringent building safety standards and comprehensive disaster warning systems. Emergency alerts accompanied by loud chimes are being sent directly to tens of millions of smartphones in the affected areas.
According to news agency reports, two people have died during the typhoon. A 50-year-old man was killed near Tokyo early on Saturday as his car was overturned by punishing winds, while another person died after being washed away in a car, public broadcaster NHK said. Nine people remain missing in landslides and flooding, it said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/12/typhoon-hagibis-evacu...
Oct 12, 2019
Tracie Crespo
Update on Typhoon Hagibis
https://www.newsweek.com/typhoon-hagibis-storm-japan-death-toll-146...
SUPER TYPHOON HAGIBIS THROTTLES JAPAN, LEAVING AT LEAST 33 DEAD AND MORE THAN A DOZEN MISSING
Hagibis is classified as a "super typhoon" — that is, a tropical cyclone that is equivalent to a category 4 or 5 hurricane, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It has "maximum sustained winds of at least 150 miles per hour."
The storm hit Japan's main island, Honshu, on which Tokyo is located, around 7 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. By Sunday morning, the storm had mostly spun out to sea, but had left a wide swath of destruction in its wake.
Torrential rainfall from the storm devastated some communities in its wake, causing deadly landslides as well as flooding from rivers. The Financial Times reported that Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency issued evacuation advisories and orders to 8 million people. Further, around 425,000 homes lost power, and a lower number were left without access to clean water.
Authorities and meteorologists had been aware of the danger Hagibis posed for Japan for at least a week. After the storm throttled the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, it was clear that Hagibis would likely make contact with Japan.
Japanese authorities reportedly issued "unusually strong" warnings to the public ahead of the storm, according to the Financial Times. They compared Hagibis directly to another typhoon that affected Tokyo in 1958 and caused the deaths of 1200 people.
The warnings spurred people living in areas projected to be hit by the storm to buy food and tape to protect their windows en masse, according to the Financial Times. Some entire streets in Tokyo were left "virtually empty" as convenience stores and restaurants closed early. By Sunday, the Tokyo area had mostly returned to normal as transportation services were reinstated and residents began to return.
Oct 13, 2019
jorge namour
Super Typhoon HAGIBIS Plunge Fast Train Stations in Japan.
OCTOBER 12 2019
https://www.facebook.com/Khneisser.weather/photos/pcb.2075070149259...
Oct 13, 2019
jorge namour
Nantes FRANCE
OCTOBER 14 2019
https://www.facebook.com/lameilleureinfometeo/videos/11631551538729...
La Chaine Météo
Arrival of a violent storm ⚡️ in the nantes region less than an hour ago. At the moment, the situation is at a break but heavy thunderstorms will be again in the evening.
Oct 14, 2019
jorge namour
LEBANON - MIDDLE EAST
OCTOBER 15 2019
Fire disaster in Lebanon. The fire year eats the FOREST and high tension lines
Watch video
PEOPLE SHOUTING HIGH TENSION LINES BURNING
The high TEMPERATURES led to fires in Lebanon and Syria and the fire was devoured by the forest fires of Jebla (Mountain), Marmarita and Wadi al-Nasara in Syria.
The speed of the wind, which touched 65 km per hour, contributed to the rapid expansion of the fire until it reached residential areas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epQOID8XEhE&feature=youtu.be&am...
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JORDAN OCTOBER 15 2019
weather situation LIGHTNINGS ENERGY CUT in Amman / Jordan.
https://www.facebook.com/Khneisser.weather/videos/532992514195563/
Oct 15, 2019
jorge namour
5 people hurt, 1 critically, as lightning strikes beach in southern Israel
10.15.19 ,
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5607626,00.html
A 20-year-old man remains in critical condition after lightning hits Zikim Beach, near the city of Ashkelon, full of holiday goers enjoying time off on the holiday of Sukkot; 2 of his family members are said to be in a serious and moderate condition respectively
The injured being evacuated from the beach
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5 people hurt, 1 critically, as lightning strikes beach in southern Israel
A 20-year-old man remains in critical condition after lightning hits Zikim Beach, near the city of Ashkelon, full of holiday goers enjoying time off on the holiday of Sukkot; 2 of his family members are said to be in a serious and moderate condition respectively
Ynet|Published: 10.15.19 , 14:46
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Five people were injured on Tuesday when a lightning struck a beach in southern Israel. One of the victims remains in a critical condition.
The incident occurred at Zikim Beach located near the southern city of Ashkelon.
A 20-year-old man is believed to be in a critical condition, a 30-year-old woman is said to be seriously hurt, and another 20-year-old is in a stable and moderate condition. The three are said to be family members from the southern city of Beer-Sheva.
Two other people have also been injured and are believed to be lightly hurt.
The injured have been evacuated to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.
Thunderstorms and extreme heat: Unstable weather hits Israel on Sukkot
ISRAEL
10.15.19
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5607588,00.html
The Metro-Tech meteorological company said the reason for the highly unusual for this time of year weather - when the extreme heat is accompanied by heavy showers - is a result of a rare atmospheric phenomenon.
“The layers of the atmosphere which are closer to earth have air coming from the deserts of Saudi Arabia, so it’s very hot,” said Meteo-Tech’s meteorologist Tzahi Wachsman. “On the other hand, in the higher layers of the atmosphere the air remains cold, creating rain clouds.”
Meteorologists say an atmospheric phenomenon where warm wind in lower layers of the atmosphere clashes with cold wind of the higher layers, lead to unseasonably hot temperatures coupled with sporadic rain showers
Showers and strong wind, coupled with above seasonal average heat, forced Israelis out of their traditional frond-covered huts, built for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, as unexpected and unstable weather continued to reign across Israel for a second day in a row.
The temperatures on Tuesday remained above seasonal average and rain hit most parts of Israel in the early hours of the morning, with thunderstorms expected in the southern parts of the country later in the day. Meteorologists warn there are fears of flooding in eastern and southern rivers.
Oct 15, 2019
Juan F Martinez
The unusual rain in Cabo San Lucas 10-13-2019
The inhabitants of Cabo San Lucas, in the state of Baja California Sur, were surprised during the early hours of this Sunday by an intense rain that dragged vehicles and isolated some streets of this port.
One of the most affected roads was the Leona Vicario avenue, making vehicular traffic impossible, also on Morelos Street the water dragged vehicles that were parked.
In several videos that circulate on social networks you can see how the water stream drags cars. In one of the recordings, you can hear the desperate screams of the people who are witnessing the events and try to help those who are inside the cars that are dragged by the intense current.
Until now, the death of a 42-year-old woman who tried to cross a swollen stream was confirmed when she was dragged through the water.
https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2019/10/13/las-imagenes-que-...
Oct 16, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
https://wcbs880.radio.com/articles/news/downed-trees-power-lines-ca...
An early nor'easter
High Wind Warning Remains In Effect As Utilities Work To Restore Power
October 17, 2019 - 11:13 am
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- A nor'easter soaked the Tri-State area on Wednesday night and howling winds that knocked out power to tens of thousands across the region will stick around all day Thursday.
A high wind warning is in effect until 6 p.m. West winds of 20 to 30 mph could pack gusts of up to 65 mph.
The combination of wet soil and strong winds downed trees and power lines, leaving nearly 65,000 customers in the dark across the region. More than half of those outages were reported in Connecticut.
Damage was widespread across Long Island.
On Dunlop Road in Huntington, a number of large trees toppled to the ground, blocking the roadway and taking down power lines.
"We're very fortunate, we have these magnificent trees but unfortunately sometimes the wind and all the rain it's difficult for them," one resident said.
In Babylon, two drivers had a very rough start to the day after trees fell on top of their cars.
In Amityville, Mother Nature caused the partial collapse of a building under construction, scattering the concrete all over the ground like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. No one was injured.
Route 25A was shut in both directions Thursday morning from Hastings Drive in Smithtown to Concord Drive in Huntington because of a downed tree, officials said.
Meanwhile on Fire Island, three houses were destroyed by a wind-driven fire in Ocean Bay Park. Fourteen fire departments responded and doused the flames shortly after 2 a.m. No injuries were reported.
The New York City Department of Buildings is advising all builders, contractors, crane operators, and property owners to secure their construction sites, buildings, and equipment.
The department will be conducting random spot-check inspections of construction sites around the city and will issue violations and stop work orders if sites are not properly secured.
New Yorkers are encouraged to call 311 to report non-compliant conditions or 911 to report emergencies at construction sites or buildings.
Oct 18, 2019
Juan F Martinez
More than 500 sheep die of cold in Rio Grande do Sul 10-17-2019
In recent days, a phenomenon has shocked the owner of a rural property in the Coxilha São Rafael zone, located within the municipality of Quaraí (RS). About 500 sheep were found dead at the scene.
A vet was reported to have been on the scene and testified that the animals had died from the cold.
Following the heat wave that hit the entire state of Rio Grande do Sul, the owner of the resort would have sheared all the sheep, without imagining that in recent days an intense cold would hit the region again.
During Saturday, the temperature sensation reached 42ºC, while in the late hours the temperature reached close to 5ºC.
https://www.peperi.com.br/noticias/17-10-2019-mais-de-500-ovelhas-m...
Oct 18, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Tornado touches down in Dallas 10-20-2019
ESTADOS UNIDOS Tornado visto que toco tierra en la ciudad de Dallas, Texas esta noche, 20 de Oct.
Oct 21, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Lightning kills 80 cattle and horses. Brazil
Oct 23, 2019
jorge namour
Rare tropical-like storm to batter Israel and Egypt on Saturday
OCTOBER 25 2019
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-tropical-like-storm-to-batter-is...
‘Medicane’ brewing over Mediterranean will likely see heavy rains, strong winds and flooding in low lying areas
Israel is set to be lashed by a rare hybrid tropical storm over the weekend that is expected to bring heavy rainfall, strong winds, and flooding across the country.
Forecasters said the “medicane” brewing in the eastern Mediterranean would make landfall by Saturday.
Flash flood warnings were issued in the south, and hiking trails and tourist sites in the Judean desert were closed for the weekend.
Some models really have this #medicane strengthening to a 50-55+ mph storm as it approaches the Suez Canal late Friday local.
FLOODS ALEXANDRIA EGYPT OCT 25 2019
https://www.facebook.com/page.AlexNews/photos/pcb.1431427923683194/...
FLOODS CAIRO AIRPORT OCTOBER 25 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOJFBHc-zg&feature=youtu.be&am...
Oct 25, 2019
Gerard Zwaan
Arctic cold and two rounds of snow forecast from West into Plains and Upper Midwest next week – Same frigid temperatures in Europe
By Strange Sounds
Oct 27, 2019
An arctic cold front has dropped temperatures well below average from the Rockies to the Plains.
This cold weather pattern will persist much of the week while slowly spreading east of the Mississippi River. Two rounds of snow will also sweep from the Rockies into parts of the Plains and upper Midwest. Same for Europe! Happy Halloween freeze!
Arctic cold will advance across much of the U.S. next week and will spread snow from the West into the upper Midwest. Map via Weather.com
Arctic cold will engulf much of the western and central U.S. as two rounds of snow develop from the Rockies to the upper Midwest in the week ahead.
A southward plunge of the jet stream will be in place from the Rockies into the central states much of this week, allowing a pipeline of arctic air to remain entrenched over those regions.
Two weather systems will tap into that cold air and produce snowfall where they track from the Rockies to the Plains and upper Midwest.
According to Severe-Weather, a similar cold front will engulf Europe too:
Early Week Snowmaker
The first snowmaker in this cold weather pattern entered the northern Rockies on Saturday and will impact parts of Wyoming, Colorado and western Nebraska into Sunday night.
Current Radar
The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories from parts of Wyoming and Colorado to the Nebraska panhandle.
Conditions in these areas are likely to be difficult to drive in with gusty winds and bouts of snow.
Current Winter Weather Alerts
Snow will persist until Monday in parts of Colorado, and some snow may fall as far south as the Four Corners region.
Some snow may also streak eastward through parts of the Central Plains into the upper Midwest, from northern Kansas and southern Nebraska into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Monday into Monday night. Snow may linger in northern Michigan into early Tuesday.
Snow Forecast
Snowfall totals of 6 to 12 inches are likely for much of the higher elevations of Colorado and Wyoming, with some spots possibly reaching over a foot.
The Denver area could see up to 6 inches of snowfall. In the Plains and upper Midwest, light snow accumulation is expected.
Snowfall Forecast
Cold Outlook
Cold air has already moved into the Rockies and Plains and it will be reinforced by another shot of arctic air by midweek.
On Sunday morning, daily record lows for Oct. 27 were set in Bozeman (8 degrees) and Billings, Montana (14 degrees).
Current Temperatures
Low temperatures much of this week will plunge 10 to 40 degrees below average for late October from portions of the West into the Plains.
Lows in the single digits above and below zero are expected in parts of the Rockies Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Temperatures in the teens may reach as far south as the Texas Panhandle.
Forecast Morning Lows
Some daily record cold temperatures will be broken in the week ahead, especially in parts of the Great Basin and Rockies.
Denver’s low temperature on Thursday morning could come within a few degrees of the city’s all-time coldest October temperature of minus 2 degrees.
Winds will also be gusty at times, making it feel even colder, with dangerous wind chills possible at times.
High temperatures will be 10 to 40 degrees below average may last through midweek.
Temperatures will top out in the 20s in the Rockies and in the 30s in the Northern and Central Plains into the upper Midwest.
A few spots in the higher terrain of the northern and central Rockies may be stuck in the single digits on Tuesday, especially in Wyoming.
Forecast Highs
The cold conditions will slowly push south and eastward as the week progresses.
Colder-than-average temperatures will likely spread east of the Mississippi River late in the week, including parts of the South and Ohio Valley.
The East Coast may wait until next weekend for the below average temperatures to move in.
And again, it is going to be the same across Europe:
Second Round of Snow
The next round of snow will begin in Montana on Monday and then will slide southward into Wyoming and Colorado into Tuesday, on a similar path as the early week system.
Denver and Cheyenne, Wyoming, could see several more inches of snow Tuesday into Wednesday.
As this system continues to move eastward, a low pressure system will likely develop mid-to-late week as it tracks through the Midwest.
It is too early for details, but snow may fall on the backside of this system, as cold air moves in. This includes parts of the Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes region into late week. Gusty winds are also possible.
Relatively warm air will remain in place ahead of this system, allowing for widespread rain in the Midwest and East, with thunderstorms in parts of the South.
Thursday’s Forecast(The green shadings depict where rain is expected. Areas that are shaded blue are expected to see snow. Purple-shaded locations may see either rain or snow. Areas in pink are expected to see sleet or freezing rain (ice).)
Snow and cold temperatures, while California will be hit by gusty winds and probably more fires out-of-control. [weather]
Source: https://strangesounds.org/2019/10/arctic-cold-snow-usa-weather-fore...
Oct 28, 2019
KM
Source
Prolonged Missouri River flooding could last all winter: 'No end in sight'
OMAHA, Neb. — Flooding along the Missouri River has stretched on for seven months in places and could endure through the winter, leaving some Upper Midwest farmland and possibly some homes encased in ice.
There are several reasons for the flooding, including high levels along the river, saturated ground and broken levees. And with the forecasters predicting a wetter-than-normal winter, it's possible the flooding could continue in some places all the way until spring, when the normal flood season begins.
"There's no end in sight. None at all," said Tom Bullock, who hasn't been able to live in his northwestern Missouri home since March because floodwaters cut off access to it.
In Missouri's Holt County, where Bullock serves as emergency management director, roughly 30,000 acres of the 95,000 acres that flooded last spring remain underwater, and at least some of that floodwater is likely to freeze in place this winter.
Similar conditions exist in places along the lower Missouri River, where broken levees will likely take several years to repair.
Nearly every levee in Holt County has multiple breaches and many haven't even been examined yet. Repairs aren't likely to start on most of the area's levees until next year, Bullock said.
One key contributor to the flooding is that the river remains high because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still releasing massive amounts of water from upstream dams to clear space in the reservoirs to handle next spring's flooding.
The Corps said it has been releasing more than twice the normal amount of water from most of the dams along the river and will likely continue at that pace into mid-December.
This year has been exceptionally wet in the Missouri River basin, and the amount of water flowing down the river through the year is expected to match the 2011 record of 61 million acre-feet. That is why the releases must remain high until the river freezes over in winter.
Other rivers and lakes in the region are also swollen. For example, parts of the James River in the Dakotas may not drop below flood stage between now and the start of next year's flood season. About 50,000 sandbags are in place to protect homes and other structures near the river in Jamestown, North Dakota.
"I have never seen the water anywhere near this in the fall," said Bill Anderson, who lives near the James in Montpelier, North Dakota. "If we get a bunch of snow, it's not going to be pretty."
South Dakota officials are also closely watching Lake Andes, which is the largest natural water body in the state and has been overflowing for months. The lake borders the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation and is located near the Missouri River and Fort Randall Dam.
For the last six months, residents in the town of Lake Andes and surrounding areas have had to deal with high water that has washed out roads, flooded basements and inundated graves, said Kip Spotted Eagle, the tribe's historic preservation director. The problem is exacerbated by a 1930s aqueduct that is not properly draining water from the lake to the Missouri River, he said.
"The water is going to freeze and it's going to stay there and it's going to be a big problem," said Spotted Eagle, who lives in Wagner. "Families and kids are going to walk across that ice because it's a shortcut to town. It's a recipe for disaster."
At this point, any significant rain or snow in the region could lead to new flooding because the soil is too saturated to absorb most of it and many rivers are high, according to the National Weather Service.
"It wouldn't take a big precipitation event to renew the flooding in places," said Kevin Low, a weather service hydrologist at the Missouri River Basin River Forecast Center.
The latest long-term winter forecast from the U.S. Climate Prediction Center predicts that much of the northern United States, including the northern Great Plains, is likely to experience a wetter-than-normal winter. That could mean there will be above-average snowpack in the Missouri River's watershed by spring.
"It's just not a very good setup," Low said.
That's bad news for farmers such as Gene Walter, whose low-lying land north of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was underwater for most of this year. Walter still can't work on most of his land because even though the floodwaters have partly receded, it is still too muddy.
Crop insurance will give Walter about 75 percent of his normal income, but this year has been full of additional expenses related to flood damage, so "the financial drain has been unbelievable," Walter said.
"We're just tired, he said. "We've been beat up so much. We're just tired."
Oct 29, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Hurricane Pablo Forms in an Unusual Spot in the Atlantic Ocean 10-29-2019
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/hurricane-pablo-forms-in...
Oct 29, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Democrats Draft Plan To Import Huge Numbers Of ‘Climate Refugees’ From 2020
October 29, 2019
Democrat lawmakers have drafted a bill to import at least 50,000 “climate refugees” per year in order to make the United States “a home to those fleeing conflict and disasters” as well as “a changing climate.”
According to the Democrats, there could be as many as 200 million “climate-displaced persons” by 2050.
“America will continue to stand tall as a safe haven for immigrants,” declared Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), who was born in Puerto Rico and chairs the House Committee on Small Business. She said:
“Despite this Administration’s efforts to strip the world’s most vulnerable populations of refuge … this legislation will not only reaffirm our nation’s longstanding role as a home to those fleeing conflict and disasters, but it will also update it to reflect changes to our world brought on by a changing climate.”
The bill is titled the “Climate Displaced Persons Act,” and it offers green cards to “climate-displaced persons … [who] are individuals who have been forcibly displaced by climate change or climate-induced disruptions, such as sea-level rise, glacial outburst floods, desertification or fires … there could be as many as 200 million CDPs by 2050 globally,” said a statement from Velázquez‘s office.
“The new program would admit a minimum of 50,000 CDPs, beginning with Fiscal Year 2020, allowing CDPs to access resettlement opportunities,” the statement said.
But the progressive advocates are hoping to welcome many extra migrants into Americans’ homeland, which progressives have tried to relabel as a “Nation of Immigrants”:
Since 2008, catastrophic weather has displaced an average of 24 million people per year, according to data from the Swiss-based nonprofit Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. That number could climb to anywhere from 140 million to 300 million to 1 billion by 2050. The World Bank estimated last year that climate change effects in just three regions ― sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America ― could force 143 million people to flee by the middle of the century.
https://newspunch.com/democrats-draft-plan-import-huge-numbers-clim...
Oct 30, 2019