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Cloud Precipitation

Rain, hail, floods and fog; images of wild weather in the United Arab Emirates

A man wades through a flooded street in Fujairah.
© Mohideen / Al IttihadA man wades through a flooded street in Fujairah.
Workers pump away floodwater after the rainstorm in Qirfa, Fujairah.
© Mohideen / Al IttihadWorkers pump away floodwater after the rainstorm in Qirfa, Fujairah.

Men look out towards a flooded street in Qirfa.
© Mohideen / Al IttihadMen look out towards a flooded street in Qirfa.

Cars parked outside a villa in Fujairah.
Cars parked outside a villa in Fujairah.

Ice Cube

Early icebergs seen off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

ice berg off Canada
© Walter PottleA big iceberg was spotted off Job's Cove on the Bay de Verde Peninsula on Feb. 10.
You can usually time the welcome of icebergs by the arrival of summer and the tourism season, but this year the mighty bergs seem to be hugging the coastline early.

Icebergs usually show up off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in May and June, and draws large swaths of people to the province each year.


Info

5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes coast of Japan near Fukushima

Earthquake in Japan
© earthquake.usgs.gov
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake, which had a depth of 20km, struck 105km from the Fukushima Dai-Ni power plant.

Fukushima Dai-Ni is just 12km from the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which suffered a meltdown of its nuclear reactors after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, resulting in Japan's worst nuclear accident.

Cloud Precipitation

Strange black goo rains down on Michigan town

black goo on car
© WXYZThe mysterious substance remained on outdoor surfaces through Wednesday, when Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials collected samples.

A city in Michigan is perplexed after a a tar-like substance has rained down on their cars, porches and driveways this week.

The black, oily substance first appeared on at least six driveways in Harrison Township on Sunday, and days later, what the material is still remains a mystery.

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials collected samples of the substance on Wednesday.

The city's fire chief sad that it is not bird droppings and is not flammable, according to WXYZ.

Harrison Township resident Paul Schlutow, 73, said 'everybody's concerned' about the substance and the major concern is that the substance could potentially be harmful.

Magnet

Bridgeport, Connecticut residents record strange sounds coming from the sky

Strange sky sounds
© Strange Sounds
It was captured in Bridgeport, Connecticut on February 15, 2016. Any ideas?


I believe this is a real video since the sound gets louder as the recorder gets out of his home. But I really cannot pinpoint the cause and origin of this creepy noise.

Moreover many other viewers recorded the same noise at the same time:


And here again:


There is really something coming from above. And these noises are signs of the iminent catastrophe we are heading to. Stop?

Comment: No one knows for sure what these sounds really are, but they seem to be occurring more frequently. For more details, see:


Whistle

Mysterious shrieking sound leaves Oregon residents baffled

forest grove oregon
© KATU
A mysterious shrieking sound has left the residents of one Oregon neighborhood seriously perplexed.

Dave Nemeyer, fire marshal of the Forest Grove Fire and Rescue in Forest Grove, Oregon, told ABC News that he first learned of the strange noise after a local resident recorded and shared a video of it on the city's Facebook page.

"It's definitely a horrendous noise," Nemeyer said. "I have no idea what the noise is. [The resident] described to us that it was coming from the middle of the street. To me, it sounds like the sound of train tracks, that metal screeching sound, but there are no train tracks near her home ... so that's obviously ruled out."

Question

Mysterious noise puzzles residents of Forest Grove, Oregon

Forest Grove sounds
© Koin 6
Neighbors are trying to determine what is causing a loud alarm-like sound to randomly ring near Gales Creek Road.

Paula Lynch tells KOIN she first heard the noise about two weeks ago. Since then, she's heard it four other times. Her neighbor has heard it three times.

Both Lynch and her neighbor, who asked that her name not be used, describe the sound as loud and like a warning alarm.

"It's hard to identify what angle its coming from because it just kind of encompasses the area," Lynch said. "We're just hoping somebody might be able to identify it so we can report it and have it stop happening."

Comment: For more on some of the strange sounds that have been occurring recently see SOTT Exclusive: Strange sounds are back: 'Sky trumpets' heard in the Netherlands, the UK and Morocco


Attention

Signs and Portents: Pig born with the face of monkey in Cuba

Deformed: Crowds gathered to gawp at the strange animal
Deformed: Crowds gathered to gawp at the strange animal
A piglet born with the head of a monkey could be a result of 'environmental pollution'.

Images and video of the animal quickly went viral on social media, as viewers branded the strange creature 'a monkey pig'.

The animal appears to have a considerably shortened snout as well as monkey-like ears and eyes.

Sadly, the piglet died just four days after it was born.

A video of the pig showed its owner holding it up in his arms as a crowd gathered around to look at it in the city of Ciego de Avila in central Cuba.

"One of a kind, never seen before", one of the bystanders can be heard commenting.


Arrow Down

Powerful avalanche engulfs Randa, Switzerland

Screenshot Video Klaus Lauber
© Klaus Lauber
This mighty snow avalanche engulfed Randa, Switzerland on February 16, 2016.

Listen to the low-pitch noise of this powder falling down the mountain...

Watch this insane video until the end when the car of the man recording is almost swallowed up by the cloud of snow... As if fog suddenly had came in.


The gigantic avalanche was created by the collapse of the Bisgletscher at 3000 meters altitude. One and a half minutes after it was already in Randa at 1400 meters.

Snowflake Cold

Ice Age cometh: Heavy snowfall on Honduras-Guatemala border - Hail and snow in Irazu National Park, Costa Rica, 10 degrees north of equator!

snow Guatemala
© Cortesía de Nelson MartínezSnow in Guatemala, February 10th, 2016
Irazu Volcano National Park in Costa Rica received several inches of hail/snow on Feb 13, 2016. This is the second time within three years that this type of event has taken place. Interestingly, in 2013, the same peak experienced its FIRST EVER recorded hail accumulations. Guatemala also received snowfall that year of six inches.