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Chill in air as fresh snowfall, rains hit Kashmir


Brighter Kashmir
Fri, 03 May 2019 10:20 UTC
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© SP Vaid
Fresh snowfall in parts of the Valley including the tourist resorts in north and central Kashmir brought down the temperature by several notches.

The meteorological (MeT department in Srinagar said there will be fairly widespread rain in Kashmir parts for the next two days, "The weather system suggests that the skies will clear up on the eve of Ramzan," a senior MeT official said.

According to reports, the border town of Gurez in north Kashmir and some other upper reaches, including tourist resort of Sonmarg, received fresh snowfall while rain lashed other parts of Kashmir valley, resulting in considerable dip in maximum temperature.

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Shallow magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes north of the Solomon Islands


The Mainichi
Fri, 03 May 2019 09:56 UTC
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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck north of the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean on Friday, the United States Geological Survey reported.

The quake hit at 6:45 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometers, roughly 145 km north-northeast of Buala, a small town on the southeast coast of Santa Isabel Island, the longest island in the Solomon Islands.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii reported there is no tsunami threat.
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Cyclone Fani makes landfall in India threatening huge destruction


The Telegraph
Fri, 03 May 2019 05:10 UTC
Cyclone Fani
© Twitter/@WMOCyclone Fani makes landfall in eastern India.
Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest storms to come off the Indian Ocean in recent years, slammed into India on Friday, tearing down trees, blowing away food stands and cutting off power and water.

The monster weather system, which threatened to bring a dangerous storm surge that could flood low-lying areas, was packing winds of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour as it ripped into the country's east coast.

Forecasters say the areas could see gusts of up to 200 kilometres per hour, equivalent in strength to a Category 3 to 4 hurricane.

In recent days authorities in Odisha, where 10,000 people died in a 1999 cyclone, have evacuated more than a million people as they fret about a possible 1.5-metre (five-foot) storm surge.

Hundreds of thousands more people in West Bengal state have also been given orders to flee. Special teams were moving through holiday villages urging tourists to get to safety.

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Snow in May surprises drivers in Smolyan, Bulgaria


novinite.com
Thu, 02 May 2019 20:53 UTC
snow on road
Snow in May surprised the drivers in Smolyan area this morning, after falling into the Pamporovo area and the Preval Pass last night.

In minutes, the road plans are blooming, according to the District Road Administration, the snow cover is about 2-3 cm in the different regions.

The temperatures in the area during the day ranged from 4 to 12 degrees, which also contributed to the rapid melting of snow on the road.

"The roads in the area are wet but there are no signs of trouble. There is snow on both passes, but it is on the sides of the roadways, "they added from the District Road Administration.
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Five ski areas open in Colorado for start of May as snow keeps falling - a foot in 72 hours

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Thu, 02 May 2019 20:33 UTC
Winter Park
Winter Park, Colorado
Five ski areas are to open this weekend in Colorado, believed to be the most to open into May for some years.

It has also been snowing hard on higher slopes in the state with Breckenridge and Winter Park (pictured) resorts both reporting 30cm (a foot) of fresh snow in the past 72 hours and Arapahoe Basin Ski Area 40cm (10cm of that in the past 24 hours) and finally Loveland Ski Area over 50cm.

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Over 5 inches of snow in parts of Michigan on first day of May

Amanda Schmidt
Accuweather
Thu, 02 May 2019 19:42 UTC
May Snow in Upper Michigan
May snow in Upper Michigan
Folks in Michigan may have been shocked to wake up on the first day of May to see a blanket of snow outside their windows. Areas in the upper tier of Michigan, around Lake Superior, received several inches of snow on Wednesday.

The May 1 snowfall received mixed reactions from social media users. While many users expressed disappointment, a select few expressed excitement about the latest snowfall.

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More than 60cm (2ft) of fresh snow predicted to hit Italy

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 01 May 2019 17:25 UTC
Fresh snow in Italy
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"Yesterday and today snow came back on the northeastern mountains of Italy," says Dr Poletto.

"This is a photo taken this morning by Massimo, a friend of mine, living near Pordenone
Fresh snow in Italy
"While we had a dry winter it seems spring will be particularly wet and cold. Global warming seems to be less and less convincing..."
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Mysterious explosions concern residents in Berkeley County, West Virginia

Aliah Williamson
WDVM
Wed, 01 May 2019 22:17 UTC
Mysterious explosions in WV
© WDVM
Several explosions were reported Tuesday night around 7 pm in the Berkeley County area. Berkeley County Sheriff Keller says emergency calls ranged from as far as the Hedgesville area to Maryland.

However, he says that by the time his deputies got there, there was no evidence of people nor explosions

Residents in the area report hearing loud explosions that shake their homes several times over the span of a few months.

One mother says the explosions frighten her children and her pets, but she also worries for other vulnerable populations.
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Circumhorizontal arc seen over Sylvania, Alabama

Jason Simpson
WHNT
Wed, 01 May 2019 15:39 UTC
Circumhorizontal arc over AL
© Carly S Windsor via Twitter
This is the time of year that some neat things happen in the sky as clouds interact with sunlight! High thin cirrus, altocumulus and daytime heating-driven, puffy, white cumulus clouds made for a cool scene over DeKalb County Wednesday afternoon.

This is a 'fire rainbow' (or the scientific name: circumhorizontal arc - here's one from a year ago on WHNT.com.)

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Signs and Portents: Three-eyed snake found on Australian highway


BBC
Thu, 02 May 2019 11:30 UTC
3 eyes
© NT PARKS AND WILDLIFE
Wildlife authorities have shared photos of a three-eyed snake that was found on a highway in northern Australia.

The Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service described the discovery, which was widely shared online, as "peculiar".

Nicknamed Monty Python, the baby carpet python died just weeks after it was found in March.

Experts said the snake's third eye, on top of its head, appeared to be a natural mutation.

Rangers discovered it near the town of Humpty Doo, 40km (25 miles) south-east of Darwin.

The 40cm-long (15 inch) reptile had been struggling to eat due to its deformity, officials told the BBC.
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