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Butterfly

Wildflower meadow photographed in Arctic oases surprises scientists


Siberian Times
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:00 UTC
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© Sergey LoikoThe photographed area is 70th parallel north - with a distance to North Pole of only 1043 miles - where Russia has its northernmost residential settlements of Western Siberia.
'Blooming' might be the last word to associate with the Arctic, yet pictures below show meadows bursting with life as brightly-coloured flowers blossom in lush green grass.

And while vegetation in khasyreis, basins of drained Arctic lakes, is less of a surprise, researchers discovered 'bursts of life' next to a residential settlement where permafrost ice veins were broken when people dug sand pits.

The photographed area is 70th parallel north - with a distance to North Pole of only 1043 miles - where Russia has its northernmost residential settlements of Western Siberia.

Comment: While it is being documented that permafrost is thawing and methane has been observed bubbling up through a Siberian lake, in the Antarctic summer's have been so cold that it's killing off even the moss, so clearly this isn't global warming but our Earth evidently is changing: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Attention

100 birds die after flying into NASCAR Hall of Fame building over 1 hour period in Charlotte, North Carolina


FOX 46 Charlotte
Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:27 UTC
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A woman captured a very disturbing scene in uptown Charlotte Tuesday night where there appeared to be hundreds of birds running into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, killing themselves.

Holl Belle posted the video to her Facebook page, saying it was like something out of a movie.

"Oh my God, look at them all," she says in the video as what appears to be bird carcasses littered around the entrance to the Hall of Fame building.

In the video, Belle speaks with a woman who says she works at the building. She says the birds had been slamming into the building for about an hour.

Comment: Evidently this wasn't a wrong turn that these birds took, they were slamming into the building for "about an hour". Although the reason behind this mass mortality is yet to be discerned, a clue may lie in similar incidents, such as in June this year in Canada, birds were found to be found behaving equally strangely, with investigators concluding it was related to exhaustion and starvation due to the unusually cold weather: High bird deaths likely due to cold weather and starvation in Campbellton, Canada
"We've been having a problem where little birds would fly into our window, into our cars," Anderson said. "Even if the vehicles were parked they'd fly into them, and they'd fly into our fence.

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The birds may have encountered bad weather during their migration, causing them to expend their energy reserves. The birds may also have reached their destination only to find a lack of food, which could be the result of cool temperatures.
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Freak tornado rips off roofs as it tears through French town damaging 173 houses


Al Jazeera
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:31 UTC
Tornado damage, Arles
Tornado damage, Arles
Several people injured as the tornado leaves southern French town of Arles in destruction.

A tornado has torn through the southern French town of Arles, ripping off roofs and throwing caravans onto their sides.

The swaths of destruction on Tuesday left several people injured and forced 60 people to evacuate from a nearby campsite.

Arles, in the Bouches du Rhone, was one area placed on an orange weather alert by Meteo France on Monday, warning residents of the imminent danger of severe storms.

Comment: Footage posted of the event:




Just last year the same town saw two tornadoes touch down in one day: Tornado rips through 2 towns in French Pyrenees (UPDATE)

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Fire

Wildfires spreading through parts of Lebanon, Syria

Hassan Ammar
The Times Union
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:15 UTC
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Strong fires spread in different parts of Lebanon forcing some residents to flee their homes in middle of the night as the flames reached residential areas in villages south of Beirut in October 2019.
Wildfires spread through parts of Lebanon on Tuesday after forcing some residents to flee their homes in the middle of the night, while others were stuck inside as the flames reached villages south of Beirut, authorities said.

A heat wave in the region coupled with strong winds intensified the fires that began a day earlier in mostly pine forests around the country and three provinces in neighboring Syria. There were no reports of fatalities from the fires — among the worst to hit Lebanon in years.

Fire crews were overwhelmed by the flames in the Mount Lebanon region early Tuesday, forcing the Interior Ministry to send riot police with engines equipped with water cannons to help. Two small aircraft were sent from the nearby Mediterranean island of Cyprus to help put out the flames.

Comment: Lebanon battles worst wildfires in decades - 100 fires break out in 24 hours

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Cloud Precipitation

Flooding causes at least 23 fatalities in Tanzania


Floodlist
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:17 UTC
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Flooding has affected 3 regions of Tanzania after days of heavy rain, leaving homes damaged or destroyed, roads blocked and bridges submerged.

Heavy rainfall and flooding in the Morogoro region from 12 October, 2019, has left at least 11 people dead.

Local media, quoting police sources, said that the victims include 5 pupils from Nyashiro primary school who were swept away by flood water from Mvuha river in Kibogwa ward. Six other victims were killed by flash floods in different parts of the region.

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Cloud Precipitation

Flooding and landslides leave 4 dead in El Salvador


Floodlist
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:05 UTC
Heavy rain caused a landslide which left a 70 metre deep hole in the residential area of St Lucia, Ilopango, San Salvador department.
© Civil Protection El SalvadorHeavy rain caused a landslide which left a 70 metre deep hole in the residential area of St Lucia, Ilopango, San Salvador department.
At least 4 people have died after severe weather and heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in El Salvador from 12 October, 2019.

According to media reports, 3 people died in separate incidents after they were swept away by flood waters in the departments of Morazán, La Paz and La Unión. The fourth victim died as a result of wind damage in San Miguel.

The heavy rain has also caused problems in the municipality of Ilopango, San Salvador department. Hundreds of people have evacuated and around 400 houses are threatened with collapse after the rains caused a landslide which left a 70 metre deep hole in the residential area of St Lucia.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes claimed 35,384 lives across India from 2000 to 2015

SV Krishna Chaitanya
The New Indian Express
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:52 UTC
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The NDMA says that on an average, over 2,500 people die annually due to lightning. In Tamil Nadu, about 500 people died between 2011 to 2015.

J Radhakrishnan, Commissioner of Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Mitigation, told the Express that a circular has issued elaborating Do's and Don'ts to be followed during lightning.

"It's an unfortunate incident and prediction of lightning as to the precise time and location is very difficult. I am informed by Pudukkottai district officials that the condition of the injured is stable."

Authorities are closely working with Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai to improve the dissemination of lightning forecast. "A six-hour advance warning is being received from met department."
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Seismograph

Powerful shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattles the Philippines sending people running into the streets as officials warn of aftershocks


Daily Mail
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:16 UTC
The quake struck about 40 miles north of General Santos, Mindanao. Patients were seen fleeing from a hospital and a shopping mall as the tremor struck
The quake struck about 40 miles north of General Santos, Mindanao. Patients were seen fleeing from a hospital and a shopping mall as the tremor struck
A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake has rattled the Philippines' second biggest island today, sending hundreds rushing out of a shopping mall and patients fleeing a hospital

The quake struck about 40 miles north of General Santos, Mindanao, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

Local media said an elderly man was injured after being struck by a falling object during the early evening quake.

The man received treatment after being injured, ABS-CBN television reported from the scene.

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Snowflake

Foot of snow in 24 hours at Engelberg, Switzerland - widespread heavy snowfall across the Alps

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:29 UTC
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Engelberg in Switzerland has become the first ski resort to issue a powder alarm for more than 20cm of snowfall in 24 hours this morning after 30cm of snowfall was recorded.

The heavy snow was measured on the resort's Titlis glacier which only opened for the 2019-20 ski season last weekend.

Engelberg benefited from heavy snowfall that was widespread across the Alps yesterday, where more than a dozen glacier ski areas have already opened their high slopes for the start of their 2019-20 ski seasons.


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Snowflake

Unusual North Dakota snow storm cripples corn and soybean harvests


The Fence Post
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:21 UTC
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"The normal temperature (east central North Dakota) on Oct. 11 is 49F, while the observed average temperature the day the storm hit was 31F. This represents an event in the 90th percentile so, temperatures in this range can occur around once per decade. However, the combination of cold with a winter storm is much more rare. The last instance of such a snowstorm this early was Oct. 9, 2005 in North Dakota. Prior to that event, it had been 130 years so, the cold plus snow is something that only happens once or twice a century," said Isaac Hankes, Weather Research Analyst.

"Starting late last Thursday, a historical blizzard enveloped the U.S. Northern Plains and northern portions of the Midwest, leaving 2-20 inches (5-50 cm) of snow covering the eastern half of North Dakota, and the northern halves of South Dakota and Minnesota. Additionally, sustained hard freeze conditions were felt in southern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and portions of Nebraska.
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