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Hottest autumn day in 78 years hits Sydney, Australia

KATE DARVALL and CHARLIE MOORE
Daily Mail (Australia)
Sun, 18 Mar 2018 08:23 UTC
Record high temps in Australia
© WeatherzoneThis map shows the extraordinary temperatures forecast for NSW on Sunday
Sydney has sweltered through its hottest autumn day in 78 years, with temperatures soaring past 40C on Sunday.

The mercury hit 40.5C at Sydney Airport in the city's inner-south, a staggering 16C higher than the average March temperature of 24C.

Even the eastern beaches saw temperatures as high as 39C as north-westerly winds counteracted any sea breeze.

Weatherzone meteorologist Graeme Brittain told Daily Mail Australia the scorching temperatures were 'highly unusual'.

Mr Brittain said wind gusts in excess of 90km tore through the New South Wales coastline, but brought little reprieve from the heat.

He warned temperatures would likely remain high overnight.

Sunbathers flocked to Sydney's beaches on Sunday amid the sweltering autumn heatwave.

Bondi beach was packed with revellers in search of some relief from the scorching hot temperatures.

Comment: Meanwhile around 31 grassfires have swept across Victoria, Australia.

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Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods leave one dead, several others swept away in Uganda

Felix Ainebyoona
Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:47 UTC
Flooding water at Rwizi Arch Hotel in Kamukuzi Division, Mbarara District after heavy downpour on Wednesday.
© FELIX AINEBYOONAFlooding water at Rwizi Arch Hotel in Kamukuzi Division, Mbarara District after heavy downpour on Wednesday.
Police in Mbarara District have confirmed one person dead and several others displaced by floods following a heavy downpour on Wednesday.

A building under construction at Rwizi Arch Hotel in Kamukuzi Division collapsed also due to heavy rain.

Running water around the same area swept unspecified number of people who were traveling on Boda bodas.

The Rwizi region police spokesperson, Mr Samson Kasasira said police are doing all they can to rescue people.

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Landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least 6 people in Burundi

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Sun, 18 Mar 2018 11:28 UTC
landslide
A landslide triggered by heavy rain left at least 6 people dead and 3 injured in Burundi.

The incident occurred early on 16 March near the Gasenyi river in the east of the capital, Bujumbura, where heavy rain caused a hillside to collapse.

Burundi police said the landslide was near National Highway 1 in the city. Police later confirmed that search teams had found 6 bodies and 3 injured. It is thought that the victims were construction workers who were working on engineering projects along the river.
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Cloud Precipitation

Extreme flash flood hits Belo Horizonte, Brazil - cars float down streets (VIDEOS)


Daily Mail
Sun, 18 Mar 2018 11:13 UTC
Flash flood
Torrential rain causes flash floods in Belo Horizonte in Brazil
This is the horrifying moment a woman is trapped in her car with water rising inside and around the vehicle during flash flooding in Brazil.

Heavy rainfall began at around 4.30pm local time in Belo Horizonte which reportedly caused extreme flooding, power outages and landslides.

Footage captures the terrifying moment when a woman is caught in the dangerous weather.

She can be heard screaming as the water fills up her car as the scene outside is also flooded.

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Snowflake Cold

Coldest March 17th in the Netherlands since records began


Sott.net
Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:44 UTC
netherlands cold
© Sjef Kenniphaas
Saturday was the coldest March 17th in the Netherlands since records began. According to Weeronline, at the weather station in the Dutch district De Bilt, the daytime temperature was below zero.

The lowest maximum temperatures were measured in the provinces Flevoland, Gelderland, and Overijssel. At the weather station Hupsel in the area Achterhoek, the maximum daytime temperature was -0.7 °C. Due to the strong east to northeast wind, the wind chill factor was around -5 °C to -10 °C.

A temperature slightly above zero was however measured in some areas of the Netherlands. Accompanying the cold, a light snowfall hit the southern part of the country.
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Eye 2

Signs and Portents: Two-headed boa also discovered to have double hearts in Deerfield Beach, Florida

Maggie O'Neill
Daily Mail
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:56 UTC
The breeder brought this two-headed boa to a veterinarian's office where it was discovered that the animal has two different hearts. Additionally, the animal has two separate digestive systems
The breeder brought this two-headed boa to a veterinarian's office where it was discovered that the animal has two different hearts. Additionally, the animal has two separate digestive systems
A Floridian snake-breeder recently ended up with a two-headed boa that has two separate hearts.

The snake, at two weeks old, was featured on a National Geographic program.

The creature was born with two heads, which emerge from a shared body, National Geographic reported.

Both heads check out their surroundings separately and flick their own tongues.

The snake was presented to the office of Veterinarian Dr Susan Kelleher for examination.

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Cloud Precipitation

Trees roll down streets, powerlines explode and roofs are ripped off buildings as Tropical Cyclone Marcus smashes Darwin, Australia (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Emily Pidgeon
Daily Mail
Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:26 UTC
Darwin was ripped apart after Tropical Cyclone Marcus tore through earlier today
Darwin was ripped apart after Tropical Cyclone Marcus tore through earlier today
Darwin has been battered by 130km/h winds as Tropical Cyclone Marcus sent trees flying through the streets and brought down powerlines, prompting the rescue of people from a sinking boat near the city.

The eye of the category two storm has now moved past the city but emergency services say it's still not safe to go outside.

Marcus is now headed towards the Timor Sea and is expected to hit Western Australia's Kimberley Coast on Sunday, bringing wind gusts of up to 150km/h.

The storm brought down hundreds of powerlines and trees and damaged property across Darwin and also affected the city's drinking supply.

Residents have been told to boil drinking water as a precaution until further notice.

Meanwhile, water police were called out to rescue two people from two boats that collided after one of them slipped its moorings in Sangove Creek as the storm struck.

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Fire

Around 31 grassfires sweep across Victoria, Australia

Ben Hill and Claudia Poposki
Daily Mail
Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:02 UTC
'We'll see fires move around in the night with levels of intensity and fire behaviour that'll be quite erratic,' Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley said
'We'll see fires move around in the night with levels of intensity and fire behaviour that'll be quite erratic,' Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley said
Residents near raging fires west of Melbourne have been told it's not safe to leave their homes and to take shelter immediately.

A warning has been issued by the Country Fire Authority said people should stay within their homes as it is 'not safe for you to leave'.

Dramatic video footage shows massive flames and explosions emerging from a substation in Terang, while a grassfire burns out of control in Boorcan, 199km west of Melbourne.

Nearby resident Brett Gasper told the Herald Sun the scene of the fire caused a 'red sky and smell of smoke' which was 'daunting'.

A CFA spokesperson said people had been evacuated from nearby homes.

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Building collapses under weight of snow in downtown Edmundston, Canada

Elizabeth Fraser
CBC News
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:11 UTC
A snow-heavy building used for storage collapsed in Edmundston early Friday morning.
© Bernard Lebel/Radio-CanadaA snow-heavy building used for storage collapsed in Edmundston early Friday morning.
A downtown building that's been part of Edmundston for at least 115 years collapsed early Friday, and city police say it was probably because too much snow had piled up on its flat roof.

Insp. Alain Lang of the Edmundston police said there were no injuries, and no one was near the empty building when it came down around 4 a.m.

The building at Church and Hill streets is owned by Downtown Edmundston, which used it for storing tents chairs, tables and other equipment for a farmers market.

She said the building was initially bought in 2012 and was supposed to be bought to be a tear down and rebuild a farmers market with that lot and the two next to it.


Comment: See also: Another roof collapses due to snow weight in Nakusp, British Columbia - 200 inches of snow in some areas this year

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Attention

Dead Sei whale found on Marathon's bayside, Florida

Katie Atkins
Flkeysnews
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:01 UTC
This dead sei whale was found on the bayside of Marathon.
© Shanna ShroederThis dead sei whale was found on the bayside of Marathon.
What caused the death of a 50-foot sei whale found on the bayside of Marathon Wednesday and how it ended up in the warm waters of the Florida Keys is a mystery.

Its stop at the Marathon Yacht Club caused quite a stir. Shanna Shroeder, officer manager of the club, said it was brought to the 33rd Street boat ramp, where biologists took samples and eventually removed it from the property and reportedly disposed of it offshore.

It had "quite the smell," she said.

It didn't actually wash up at the yacht club, but was found dead on the bayside of Marathon and "secured" at the 33rd Street boat ramp next to the club until biologists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrived, said Lt. Andy Cox with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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