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Cloud Precipitation

Mounds of hail pile up after storm pounds Safford, Arizona

Hail was 6 inches deep in some spots.
© Kris KeyesHail was 6 inches deep in some spots.
Residents in Safford got more than just rain from an overnight storm.

"The cell just came out of nowhere," says longtime Safford resident, Skyler Evans.

Hail fell and according to Brandie Ybarra who posted a photo on our Facebook page, it broke out windows on two of her vehicles.

National Weather Service meteorologists in the Tucson office estimated the hail was 2 inches in diameter and 6 inches deep in some spots.


"There were definitely people that were scared there were people running and people scared," said Safford resident, Chance Campbell.

Evans said, "it was coming down so hard, you've been in heavy rain that you can't hardly see only it was solid hail. We saw quarter sized, dime size and even softball size hail."

Mounds of hail
© Julie Whipple-McKennonMounds of hail
The golf ball sized hail filled Safford, streets, making it look like a winter white out.

The hail storm was also captured in a photo by Valerie Boughner. Her photo shows her yard covered in white.


Cloud Lightning

2 killed by lightning strikes in Sherpur, Bangladesh

lightning
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Two people were killed in two separate incidents of lightning strike in Jhinaigati upazila under Sherpur on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Sada Miah, 37, son of late Siddik Ali Geda Miah of South Dariarpar village, and Basiruddin Mondal, 60, son of late Kasimuddin Mondal of Darikalinagar village in the upazila.

Officer-in-charge of Jhinaigati Police Station Mizanur Rahman said a streak of lightning struck Sada Miah as he was returning home from Dhanshail Bazar amid thunder shower in the evening, leaving him dead on the spot.

In another incident, Basiruddin was injured as a thunderbolt hit him while he was working in a field in the evening.

Later, he was rushed to Jhinaigati Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead, according to a news agency.

Source: ZR

Info

Global warming fraud: Earth warmest in 115K years claim debunked; IPCC climate deal rushed through

Global warming fraud
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
The most outrageous claim that I have seen since starting this channel that the Earth is the warmest in 115,000 years. I show with peer reviewed data sources that the claim is erroneous and false. At the same time the IPCC climate deal was rushed through a secretive meeting ahead of US elections. The deal also claims that if CO2 is reduced that hurricanes will be controlled.


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Cloud Precipitation

Torrential rain in south Kerry, Ireland breaks 150 year old record

landslide in south Kerry
A landslide closed part of the Wild Atlantic Way in south Kerry

Valentia Observatory in Co Kerry has recorded its highest level of rainfall on a single day since records began there over 150 years ago.

There was 105.5mm of rain in 24 hours.

Last night's torrential rain led to the closure of a number of roads on the south Kerry peninsula.

A significant land slippage blocked part of the Wild Atlantic Way tourist route between Baile an Sceilg and Portmagee.

A number of houses in the fishing village of Portmagee were badly damaged when flood waters entered during the night.

Better Earth

Cholera, mass graves: Haiti death toll reaches 1,000 in grim Hurricane Matthew aftermath

Men take a bath next to trees downed by Hurricane Matthew in Coteaux, Haiti, October 9, 2016. Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters
© Andres Martinez Casares/ReutersMen take a bath next to trees downed by Hurricane Matthew in Coteaux, Haiti, October 9, 2016.

Haitian authorities have resorted to burying the dead in mass graves in the aftermath of the devastating Hurricane Matthew, which has killed at least 1,000 people on the island, Reuters reports. Cholera outbreaks have contributed to the dire situation.

The small Caribbean nation, which shares an island with Dominican Republic, has been struggling to deal with the aftermath of the powerful storm that uprooted trees and destroyed houses. Hundreds of people were killed in structure collapse and flooding, with winds blowing at up to 230 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour).


Seismograph

Shallow 4.8 earthquake off the coast of Oregon

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© Reuters
4.8 magnitude earthquake

2016-10-09 19:08:47 UTC

UTC time: Sunday, October 09, 2016 19:08 PM

Your time: 2016-10-09T19:08:47Z

Magnitude Type: mb

USGS page: M 4.8 - Off the coast of Oregon

USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Reports from the public: 5 people

2016-10-09 19:08:47 UTC 4.8 magnitude, 10 km depth

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Seismograph

Strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

Chart
© Reuters
An earthquake measuring 6.2 Richter scale jolted eastern parts of Indonesia on Sunday evening, but was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The quake hit at 21 : 46 p.m. Jakarta time (1446 GMT) with epicenter at 52 km northwest Halmahera of Maluku Utara province, and depth at 117 km under sea bed, an official of the agency told Xinhua by phone.

Indonesia sits on a quake-hit zone so called the "Pacific Ring of Fire," making it vulnerable to quakes.

Source: Xinhua

Cloud Precipitation

Floods reported in 14 provinces of Thailand

Water up to 1.5 metres deep is flooding villages in six districts of Ayutthaya province, with two more districts preparing for similar flooding
© Sunthorn PongpaoWater up to 1.5 metres deep is flooding villages in six districts of Ayutthaya province, with two more districts preparing for similar flooding
In a report issued late yesterday, Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) said that 3 people have been killed by floods in Nakornsawan province. Wide areas of farmland have been submerged and 27,000 houses inundated.

Flooding is affecting a total of 14 provinces across the country as the rainy season comes to a peak. Many areas have reported persistent heavy rain over the last 2 weeks.

River levels are high and the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has said it will need to make controlled releases of water from several dams.

Ayutthaya province in particular is seeing some severe flooding, with around 22,000 homes inundated as well as a number of important historical buildings and temples.


Cloud Grey

Japanese volcano dramatically erupts, spewing ash on surrounding countryside

An aerial view shows volcanic ash around the eruptive crater of Mount Aso in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan
© Kyodo / ReutersAn aerial view shows volcanic ash around the eruptive crater of Mount Aso in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan
People on the foothills of Mount Aso in Japan are cleaning up after a volcanic eruption rained tons of ash down on their homes and streets.

In the aftermath of the eruption, the Japanese Meteorological Agency warned that a second one could follow. No one has reportedly been injured however the volcanic alert has been raised to Level 3, which cautions against approaching the volcano.

Footage showed flames bursting from several sources on the mountaintop as the volcano belched thick ash into the sky.


Snowflake Cold

Oops! Scientists who claimed Arctic ice would melt entirely by September 2016 got it badly wrong

arctic polar bear
© JOSH ANON/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK
Dire predictions that the Arctic would be devoid of sea ice by September this year have proven to be unfounded after latest satellite images showed there is far more now than in 2012.

Scientists such as Prof Peter Wadhams, of Cambridge University, and Prof Wieslaw Maslowski, of the Naval Postgraduate School in Moderey, California, have regularly forecast the loss of ice by 2016, which has been widely reported by the BBC and other media outlets.

Prof Wadhams, a leading expert on Arctic sea ice loss, has recently published a book entitled A Farewell To Ice in which he repeats the assertion that the polar region would free of ice in the middle of this decade.

As late as this summer, he was still predicting an ice-free September.

Yet, when figures were released for the yearly minimum on September 10, they showed that there was still 1.6 million square miles of sea ice (4.14 square kilometres), which was 21 per cent more than the lowest point in 2012.

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