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Huge snowfalls for March at ski resorts in Spain

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:43 UTC
A bigger shovel needed?
A bigger shovel needed?
March has been a snowy month in Europe, continuing on a very snowy winter across most ski areas, but unusually one part of the continent appears to have been receiving more snow than any other: Spain.

More than 30 ski areas are located across Spain and although the majority, including most of the largest centres, are in the Pyrenees in the Southeast, this time the really big snowfalls have been occurring in the country's northerly Cantabrian Mountains which stretch for over 300 km (180 miles) across northern Spain, as well as to the west on the Portugese border.

The latest figures this week show up to 85cm (nearly three feet) of snow since Sunday.


Comment: On another continent during the same time period: Amazing amounts of March snowfall at ski resorts across western North America - 5 meters for Squaw Valley, California

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Amazing amounts of March snowfall at ski resorts across western North America - 5 meters for Squaw Valley, California

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:14 UTC
Heavenly Ski Resort
Heavenly Ski Resort
They're calling it the 'March miracle' in the US as - after a dry warm winter in the West and a dry warm February (after a snowy start to the winter there) in the East - it now seems that it won't stop snowing!

It's the West and California that is having the most amazing snowfall once gain. At Squaw Valley there's now been 5 metres of snow since the start of March, two metres of that falling in 48 hours at the end of last week. So cover is looking exceptional for the spring skiing period.


Comment: Meanwhile across the Atlantic: Huge snowfalls for March at ski resorts in Spain

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Cloud Lightning

Electric storm at 30,000ft: Passenger captures astounding pyrotechnics through airplane window


RT
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:47 UTC
Electric storm
© REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)
Alabama was subjected to hurricane-force winds and tornados as an extremely powerful weather system descended on the state. One resident managed to capture some spectacular atmospheric pyrotechnics through her plane window.

Martha Hart Mulligan was traveling home from North Carolina on Monday as the tempest hit. The pilot of American Airlines pilot flight 5566 reportedly took the long way around to avoid the storm system but it proved too big to escape as the footage shows. No-one on board was injured and the flight landed safely that evening.

"We were trying to fly south of the storm to avoid some turbulence. This is the impressive lightning we encountered, and we're happy to report that it did not 'encounter' us," Hart Mulligan wrote on Facebook.
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Question

Strange trumpeting sounds heard in small Swedish town


Sott.net
Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:31 UTC
Trumpeting sounds in Sweden
© YouTube/Johan Svensson
On February 26, 2018, around 7:30 am, YouTube user 'Johan Svensson' recorded trumpeting sounds that lasted about 5 minutes.

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Music

Strange sky sounds recorded in Fife, Washington


Sott.net
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:22 UTC
Strange sounds in Fife, WA
© YouTube/Phjose aRulom
YouTube user 'Phjose aRulom' uploaded a clip of strange sounds coming from the sky in Fife, Washington on February 17, 2018.

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Snowflake

On the second day of spring a nesting bald eagle is caught on camera buried in snow in Hays, Pittsburgh

Mary Ann Thomas
Tribune-Review
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:42 UTC
Bald eagle buried in snow
Bald eagle buried in snow
Neither snow nor rain nor ... more snow stopped the Pittsburgh Hays bald eagle from tending to her two eggs Wednesday.

A live webcam caught the eagle seemingly buried in snow while incubating eggs that are expected to hatch today or in the next week, according to Rachel Handel, spokeswoman for the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania.

The Pittsburgh winter doesn't stop the nesting progress of these birds.

The once endangered raptor is quite hardy and acclimated to the snow and cold with the nation's largest population living in Alaska.

Comment: Also in Pennsylvania but further east at the Codorus State Park the following video recording was recently taken:
Mounting snow is burying the bald eagle sitting on eggs in the nest at Codorus State Park near Hanover that is monitored by a livestreaming webcam through the Pennsylvania Game Commission website.



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Attention

Farmer killed by wild boar in Maharashtra, India - second such local death in days


Business Standard
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:11 UTC
Wild boar
A farmer was today killed and a woman injured in two separate attacks by wild boars here, police said.

In the first incident, a 65-year-old farmer, identified as Babarao Ramji Rathod, died while undergoing treatment in a local hospital after he was attacked by a wild boar in Daheli village today morning, officials said.

In another incident, police said, a wild boar attacked Kanta Wankhede (30), a resident of Ambika Nagar here, and she is currently admitted in a local hospital.

In the past few days, two people, including a woman, have died in such attacks, police informed.

Inspector Rita Uikey of the Darwa police station said a case of accidental death had been registered and further investigations were underway.

Source: Press Trust of India
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Snowflake

Spain, Germany and Romania blanketed with snow and ice as the spring gets off to freezing start in Europe (PHOTOS)

Chris Pleasance
Daily Mail
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:40 UTC
Snow fell across large parts of Europe on Tuesday despite it being the first official day of spring. Spain was particularly badly affected, with snow and ice warnings in force for much of the north, including in Vitoria, in Basque country (pictured)
Snow fell across large parts of Europe on Tuesday despite it being the first official day of spring. Spain was particularly badly affected, with snow and ice warnings in force for much of the north, including in Vitoria, in Basque country (pictured)
Snow fell across large parts of Europe on Tuesday as the continent remained in the grip of cold weather despite it being the first official day of spring.

The Spanish islands of Menorca and Majorca saw a dusting of flakes as seven regions across the north of the country were put under snow and ice warnings and dozens of schools were closed in Catalonia.

Snow also fell across the majority of Germany with Berlin particularly badly affected. Temperatures in the city were not set to rise above 3C.

In Croatia, melting snow and ice has caused record flooding around the capital Zagreb while flakes continue to fall further to the east.

According to authorities, the Sava river had reached record water levels, surpassing the previous record by four inches.

The flooding has meant that residents are refusing to leave their properties, resulting in supplies being taken to them by emergency crews.

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Music

Strange sound heard in the skies of Billingshurst, UK


Sott.net
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 01:03 UTC
Strange sounds in Billingshurst, UK
© YouTube/Lee Ahern
YouTube user 'Lee Ahern' reported that the noise occurred around 7:00 am and sounded 'like a wood plainer, but different.'

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Attention

Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser sees rare eruption weeks after tremor swarm (VIDEO)


news.com.au
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:43 UTC
Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, erupts.
© AP Photo/Robb LongSteamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, erupts.
Just weeks after Yellowstone National Park was rocked by more than 200 earthquakes, the world's tallest geyser (also at Yellowstone) has erupted.

Employees at the park, which is located in Wyoming, USA, had reported seeing an eruption coming from the Steamboat Geyser on Thursday.

The geyser has not erupted since September 3, 2014, according to Newsweek.

"We don't really know the exact duration for the eruption at this time," Wendy Stovall, a US Geological Survey scientist with the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, told the news site, adding that it's possible it will erupt again.

Comment: Our planet is rocking:

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