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Snowflake Cold

Oymyakon, Siberia: Thermometer breaks in world's coldest village as temperatures plunge to -62C

Coldest village in Siberia
© INSTAGRAM/@SIVTSEVA9452The thermometer in Oymyakon stopped working shortly after temperatures reached -62C
The thermometer in a remote Siberian village known as the coldest inhabited place on earth has broken as temperatures plunged to near-record depths.

The public device, which was installed in Oymyakon as a tourist attraction, recorded -62C, before malfunctioning this week.

Meanwhile the Siberian Times reports that some locals had readings as low as -67C - in touching distance of the record -67.7C, which was logged in the village in February 1933.

That temperature was the lowest ever recorded outside the Antarctic and cemented the village, in the Yakutia region, the coldest permanently-inhabited place on earth.

Yet it is still some way off the coldest temperature ever recorded on the planet, which was -94.7C captured by a NASA satellite in east Antarctica in 2013.

Comment: That is COLD!


Cloud Precipitation

4 months' worth of rain in just 24 hours saturates Perth, Western Australia

Record rainfall in Perth
© 9 News PerthRecord rainfall lashed Perth overnight.
The remains of ex-tropical Cyclone Joyce has dumped more than four months' worth of rain on Perth in less than 24 hours, leading to power blackouts, flooding and causing havoc for planes trying to land at the city's airport.

The conditions were caused by the remnants of ex-tropical Cyclone Joyce, which pummelled Perth with heavy rain for much of Monday.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services received more than 330 calls for help, and Western Power said on Tuesday morning blackouts had affected about 1300 homes, with crews working throughout the night to repair damage to its network.

A spokesman for RAC said the insurer had already received more than 670 claims as a result of the weather event.

The city officially recorded 96 millimetres of rain - the wettest January day since 104mm fell on the city on January 22, 2000.

The total is equal to the average rainfall for the city for December, January, February and March combined.

It was also the the second-highest January daily rainfall ever recorded.


Seismograph

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Nicaragua

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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center has reported an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 occurring on Tuesday off the coast of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

The earthquake occurred in Pacific Ocean, 79 kilometers southwest of the city of San Juan del Sur. According to seismological center, the epicenter of the tremors was 142 km south of the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. The hearth of the quake lay at a depth of 59 km.

At first the USGS put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.0 but later it revised it.

There is no information on injuries or damage at this point, and no tsunami threat was announced. According to reports some electrical poles in Managua have fallen.

Question

Rash of dead birds found in Destin, Florida

Dead gannets
Dead gannets
More than a dozen dead sea birds were discovered on local beaches last Friday. Their cause of death is waiting to be determined by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission veterinarian.

A mix of common loons and young gannets were found on beaches at Henderson Beach State Park, June White Decker Park and O'Steen Public Beach Access. ECWR wildlife health technician Shelby Proie said staff collected six of the bodies to be sent to an FWC veterinarian based in Gainesville where the bodies will undergo necropsies.

Michelle Pettis, who is also a wildlife tech at ECWR, said there were groupings of around four birds at the beaches. At the O'Steen site, some residents from a nearby condo helped point out the birds to ECWR, one of which was still alive.

Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt strikes 4 boys in Namibia, kills one

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Four boys were struck by lighting at the Otjikuanjimi cattle post in the Kunene region's Epupa constituency on Saturday.

Acting regional crime investigation coordinator for Kunene, detective chief inspector Paavo Iyambo confirmed the incident to Nampa yesterday, saying the boys had taken cover from the rain under a tree when they were struck by lightning.

"One of them died on the scene, while the other three were rushed to the Opuwo District Hospital for medical attention," Iyambo said.

Cloud Lightning

Two children killed by lightning bolt in Malawi

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Two Standard 6 learners in Lilongwe were on Monday hit by lightning as they were chatting in a maize field.

Malawi24 caught up with Kanengo police spokesperson Labani Makalani who has confirmed the issue.

Makalani said the two were hit by lightning at Mzondo Kachimbwinda village, Traditional Authority Chitukula in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe

Makalani has identified the two as Patricia Guwe,12, and Anderson Yohane, 16, both from Mzondo Kachimbwinda, Traditional Authority Chitukula in Lilongwe.

"They were in love affair and were chatting in maize field when rain with thunders found them there. Then today morning they were found dead with all signs showing they died due to lightning," Makalani said.

Snowflake Cold

143 people dead due to severe cold in India near Nepal border, 60 dead in latter country

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At least another 60 people have died in Nepal bringing the total to 71 after 11 died last week, with 143 more dead just over the border in Uttar Pradesh India from extreme cold in the area.

Twenty-six succumbed to the cold in Saptari while 17 died in Rautahat, nine in Parsa, seven in Siraha and six in Dhanusha. Sugawati Devi Sardar of Dakneswori Municipality-8 and Bisesh Kumar Pandit of Lalapatti at Chhinamasta Municipality-4 became the latest victims of cold today.

In Rautahat, two more persons died today.

With this, the death toll has reached 17 in the district.

Cloud Precipitation

11 dead after floods and landslides in the Philippines

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© Philippine Daily Inquirer
Heavy rain in the Philippines since 12 January has caused flooding and landslides in Eastern Visayas and Davao Region. Authorities say that at least 11 people have died and around 8,000 have been displaced.

Eastern Visayas

At least seven people died in Eastern Visayas due to flooding and landslide caused by heavy rains in the past four days, the Office the Civil Defense (OCD) reported on Tuesday, 16 January.

The fatalities occurred in Tacloban City (4), Mondragon (1) and Catarman, Northern Samar province, and also in Jaro, Leyte province (1).


Cloud Precipitation

Flash flooding hits parts of Fiji

Flash flooding in Western division due to heavy rain
© FBC NewsFlash flooding in Western division due to heavy rain
Rain water flooded the streets of Lautoka City and most parts of the Western Division, forcing authorities to issue an advisory for the traveling public.

Reports of flash flooding were recorded in Rakiraki, Tavua, Ba, Nadi and Lautoka during yesterday's heavy downpour.

The Sugar City had drains clogged up, causing water to spill on to main streets.

Yesterday, motorists had to manoeuvre their vehicles through floodwaters during the pouring rain.

Lautoka City Council CEO Jone Nakauvadra said drainage was an issue for the city.

"The problem with us is we are located downstream so all of the water flows through our drainage systems in town towards the sea," he said.

Wolf

Young girl killed by pit bull terrier in Duncan, Oklahoma

PIT BULL ATTACK
A young Oklahoma girl was killed in a dog attack over the weekend.

Jason Dodge told KFOR he left his 3-year-old daughter, Rylee, at home with his mom.

He had only been gone about 20 minutes when he got the terrible phone call that Rylee had been mauled by a dog.

Dodge says he had just taken in the pit bull 5 days earlier from a friend and that there were no warning signs that the dog could be vicious.