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Flood warning issued for inland Northwest US lakes and rivers due to excessive snow melt

Derek Deis
kxly.com
Tue, 15 May 2018 19:13 UTC
Okanogan River
Okanogan river
The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a flood warning for numerous lakes and rivers in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

The Weather Service says rising temperatures this week will increase snowmelt and runoff.

Minor flooding is occurring on the Similkameen River near Nighthawk, and major flooding is forecast for later in the week.


Comment: See also these other noteworthy flood reports due to the extreme snow melt this May: Finnish Lapland braces for worst spring flooding in 20 years

Thousands forced from their homes in British Columbia due to historic flood

By the numbers: The record-setting flood in New Brunswick, Canada - due to snow melt

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Fish

Fish winterkill strikes several Central Alberta sites

Paul Cowley
Red Deer Advocate
Mon, 14 May 2018 18:59 UTC
Thousands of dead fish have surfaced in three Central Alberta ponds and lakes because of winterkill.
© Rory O’ConnorThousands of dead fish have surfaced in three Central Alberta ponds and lakes because of winterkill.
Thousands of dead fish have surfaced in three Central Alberta ponds and lakes because of winterkill.

In Crimson Lake, thousands of perch died and collected around the shoreline.

While not pleasant for lake visitors to look at or smell, winterkill is a natural phenomenon.

"They're very common in Alberta," said Jessica Reilly, senior fisheries biologist out of Alberta Environment and Parks Rocky Mountain House office.

In Central Alberta, winterkill was also reported at Dickson Trout Pond and Pine Lake.

"Basically what happens is the plants and algae in the lake over winter die and decompose. When they decompose they use up oxygen."

The longer the decomposition, the more oxygen is used up. That is exacerbated in a long winter because oxygen can't be replenished while the water is covered by ice.

Comment: See also: Thousands of dead fish found at lake in Alberta

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Attention

10-year-old boy suffered heavy blood loss after shark attack at Hilton Head, South Carolina

Joan McDonough and Mandy Matney
The Island Packet
Mon, 14 May 2018 18:40 UTC
Jei Turrell, 10, was bitten by a shark while swimming at a Hilton Head Island beach on Sunday, May 13, 2018. He is recovering at the Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah.
Jei Turrell, 10, was bitten by a shark while swimming at a Hilton Head Island beach on Sunday, May 13, 2018.
A shark bit 10-year-old Jei's right forearm while he and his older brother were splashing in waist-deep water Sunday, his mom Tonya Turrell told the Island Packet.

They had only been at the beach for about an hour when Tonya heard her younger son screaming and made out the word "shark!" That's when she saw the blood, she said.

Jei was airlifted to the Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah. The rest of the family followed in their car.

"That was the longest hour of my life, driving here," his mom said. They didn't know how bad his injuries were. They didn't know what to expect. All they were told was that getting him to a trauma center was the first priority.
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Cloud Precipitation

Over 3 inches of hail reported near Parker, Colorado - snowplows dispatched to clear roads


kdvr.com
Mon, 14 May 2018 18:26 UTC
plow
Drivers were forced to pull over and residents south of Parker were whipping out their phones to shoot video of the impressive hailstorm that pounded the Pinery on Monday afternoon.

Viewers flooded the FOX31 newsroom inbox with pictures and video of the size able hail that pelted cars and quickly piled up on roads and in yards.

The hail accumulated to the point that snowplows were dispatched to clear high traffic areas.

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Ice Cube

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: North Atlantic record iceberg season and ice arches around Greenland


Adapt 2030
Mon, 14 May 2018 14:49 UTC
iceberg
This years Iceberg season is three weeks to a month behind as a record 565 bergs are in the waters as of May 14, 2018 this eclipses last years record of 481. Ice Arches backed up sea ice through the Nares Straight and Hudson Bay remains near 100% ice covered which is usually at 70% covered. The Arctic still has 4+ meter / 12 foot thick ice pack and Cape Town now wants to tow icebergs to alleviate its water shortage.


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Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills father and son in Liberia

Bridgett Milton
The New Dawn
Tue, 15 May 2018 14:33 UTC
lightning
Lightning has struck and killed a 57 year - old man said to be a lawyer, Mr. Sumo Mulbah, Sr. and his 11 year - old son Sumo Mulbah, Jr. in the VOA Community in Brewerville, Montserrado County.

According to the wife of the decease Mrs. Victoria Mulbah, her husband, Mr. Mulbah, Sr. was a lawyer and he worked at the University of Liberia, while her son Mulbah, Jr. was a 6th Grade student at the Cridel Kids Foundation.

She says Mr. Mulbah had returned from work on Thursday evening, 8 May by 6: 30 pm before the incident occurred when he went out along with his son to collect his phone.

Comment: Also recently on May 14th a lightning bolt killed 3 teenagers in Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Attention

Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser erupts for 5th time this year


Casper Star-Tribune Online
Mon, 14 May 2018 15:19 UTC
Steamboat Geyser
© Behnaz Hosseini, NPSSteamboat Geyser is seen in the steam phase of eruption on March 16. The steam phase usually follows a few- to tens-of-minutes water phase and can last for hours to days.
The world's largest active geyser has erupted again in Yellowstone National Park.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the Steamboat Geyser erupted just before 4 a.m. Sunday, its fifth eruption so far this year.

In a series of tweets, the agency said there's no indication of any volcanic activity in the park and that most geysers are intermittent. However, it says the string of eruptions is a good sign that summer visitors will get to see some "spectacular geysering."

Unlike some of the other Yellowstone geysers, which erupt relatively predictably, Steamboat goes through periods of dormancy, including one that lasted nine years.

Its first eruption since 2014 occurred in mid-March, followed by two other eruptions in April and another on May 4.

Comment: Yellowstone's supervolcano: Threat is greater than previously thought

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Fire

23,700 square miles of forest on fire in Russia

Bridie Pearson-jones
Dialy Mail
Mon, 14 May 2018 20:08 UTC
The track is in sprawling Amur region, an area in the far eastern part of Russia and is surrounded by fire
The track is in sprawling Amur region, an area in the far eastern part of Russia and is surrounded by fire
A shocking video shows how a train in Russia was forced to go through a raging wildfire as flames licked its sides.

The driver launched a foul-mouthed tirade as he realised the scale of the inferno close to the remote Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), an offshoot of the Trans-Siberian railway.

Some areas of Siberia are facing catastrophic wildfires - with one city Komsomolsk-on-Amur under siege from flames and choking smoke.

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Attention

Unusually cold winter and spring have Koreans worried about rocketing food costs

Yoon Ja-young
Korea Times
Wed, 02 May 2018 17:02 UTC
food korea price spike winter cold spring
Park Ji-hyun, a working mother living in Bangbae-dong, southern Seoul, said she is surprised when she goes grocery shopping every weekend.

"It is difficult to find anything whose price has not risen. We have been refraining from eating out as restaurants have raised prices, but cooking at home has also become expensive," she said.

According to Statistics Korea, Wednesday, consumer prices rose 1.6 percent in April from a year ago, hovering stably below 2 percent for seven consecutive months.

However, inflation perceived by consumers is much higher. They especially feel the pressure at grocery stores and restaurants. The fresh food prices index marked a 4.7 percent rise in April compared with a year ago, jumping from a 1 percent rise the previous month.

Comment: The effect of the increasingly erratic seasons have been taking their toll for years and, as the weather reaches new extremes, food manufacturers and farmers can no longer hide the costs. From ranching to vegetables, our food chain is suffering and for now we're seeing prices soar, soon enough there'll be food shortages to worry about: For more, check out SOTT's monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - April 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Fire

Another massive fissure opens on Hawaiian volcano; some defy evacuation order

Terray Sylvester
Yahoo News
Mon, 14 May 2018 17:50 UTC
fissure hawaii volcano
© Terray Sylvester/ReutersLava erupts from a fissure east of the Leilani Estates subdivision during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on May 13.
A massive new fissure opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, hurling bursts of rock and magma with an ear-piercing screech on Sunday as it threatened nearby homes within a zone where authorities had just ordered an evacuation.

The fissure, a vivid gouge of magma with steam and smoke pouring out both ends, was the 17th to open on the volcano since it began erupting on May 3. Dozens of homes have been destroyed and hundreds of people forced to evacuate in the past 10 days.

As seen from a helicopter, the crack appeared to be about 1,000 feet (300 meters) long and among the largest of those fracturing the side of Kilauea, a 4,000-foot-high (1,200-meter-high) volcano with a lake of lava at its summit.
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