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Winter waterspout causes injuries, damage in western Turkey

Yusuf Soykan Bal, Tezcan Ekizler
Anadolu Agency
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:32 UTC
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16 people slightly injured due to waterspout in Izmir province

A number of people suffered injuries Thursday when a violent storm struck Izmir province in western Turkey, according to an official.

Yavuz Selim Kosger, the governor of Izmir province, said 16 people were slightly injured due to a waterspout in Cesme district.

Kosger said on social media that the Alacati neighborhood in Cesme as well as Urla district experienced strong rain, hail and a waterspout Thursday night.

The waterspout, which formed in the Alacati Port area, caused damage by overturning a crane and knocking over some vehicles.

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Storm Darcy forces Bewick's swans heading for the Arctic tundra to 'reverse migrate' back to Slimbridge, UK

Claire Hayhurst
Gazette
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:18 UTC
Bewick's swans return to the Arctic tundra in the early spring to mate, having flown to the UK to avoid a harsher winter
© WWTBewick's swans return to the Arctic tundra in the early spring to mate, having flown to the UK to avoid a harsher winter
A flock of Bewick's swans which had begun their migration from the UK to the Arctic tundra have turned back due to Storm Darcy.

Twenty birds had set off from Slimbridge Wetland Centre last week but 12 reappeared at the site just four days later.

Eleven had previously left from the centre and one new Bewick's swan, which staff have now named Darcy, tagged along.

Each year, Bewick's swans fly 4,000km to the UK to escape the harsh Russian winter and journey back there in early spring to breed.

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At least 8 dead, dozens hurt in massive crash on icy Texas interstate

WKYC Channel 3
YouTube
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:42 UTC
Fort Worth Interstate crash
© YouTube/WKYC Channel 3 (screen capture)
A pileup involving 100 vehicles has killed at least eight people, injured dozens more and brought traffic on a slippery Texas interstate to a complete stop.

The crash happened around 6 a.m. on Interstate 35 in Fort Worth, Texas, as drivers were dealing with pockets of inclement weather across the state, including freezing rain.

Multiple people were trapped in their vehicles, the Fort Worth Fire Department reported, and rescuers had trouble reaching them because of the ice on the road.

Video is courtesy of KXAS.


Comment: Another video shows the huge pileup occurring:



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Snowflake Cold

Record cold invades Moscow - Eiffel Tower requires blowtorch - Autobahn chaos in Germany - Summer chill blamed for mass bird deaths in Australia

Cap Allon
Electroverse.net
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:42 UTC
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As the MSM doubles-down on its catastrophic global warming narrative, the planet is busy nosediving into its next cooling epoch: the Grand Solar Minimum.

RECORD COLD INVADES MOSCOW

As reported by themoscowtimes.com, western Russia has been hit by bitter cold this week, and has joined central and eastern regions which have been battered by brutal Arctic lows of -58.3C (-73F) and beyond for months now.

Moscow is suffering its coldest weather of the past decade, according to the MT article, with Muscovites suffering lows of -20C (-4F):

Comment: Hundreds of drivers spend night on Autobahn as Germany's snow chaos continues

Cold weather blamed for mass deaths of tree martin birds in Western Australia

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Cloud Precipitation

Icy roads and desert after hailstorm in Abha, Saudi Arabia

Vulnerability
YouTube
Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:51 UTC
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Natural disasters 9 February 2021. It's awesome! Icy roads after a hail storm in Abha, Saudi Arabia.

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Snowflake Cold

Hundreds of drivers spend night on Autobahn as Germany's snow chaos continues


The Local (Germany)
Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:03 UTC
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Long traffic jams built up on motorways in several regions of Germany due to the freezing conditions, leaving hundreds of people stranded in their cars.

The worst log jam came on the A2 motorway outside Bielefeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia where an enormous 37 kilometre line of traffic built up on both sides of the road on Monday night. The queues stretched all the way into the state of Lower Saxony and had still not been cleared by Tuesday morning.

The A2 was blocked in both directions due to trucks coming to a standstill in the snow and not being able to get out. Police reported that hundreds of drivers had to spend the night in their cars.

Video footage showed shivering drivers huddled in their vehicles, complaining of going for hours without food as temperatures plunged to minus 12 degrees Celsius.

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Cloud Precipitation

At least 28 people dead due to flash flooding in Tangier, Morocco

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:10 UTC
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At least 28 people have died as a result of flash flooding in northern Morocco.

Flash floods struck in the city of Tangier on 08 February 2021, inundating streets and buildings including an illegal textile factory in a basement of house where over 40 workers were trapped.

As of late 08 February, state media reported the bodies of 28 of the workers had been found. Around 17 people have been rescued and transferred to hospital. A search was ongoing for more survivors.

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Snowflake Cold

Alpine skiing world championships postponed after storm dumps 3 feet of snow - 15 FEET in a month

Aadrew Dampf
abcnews.go.com
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:59 UTC
Snowcats clear the snow along the Olympia delle
© Marco TrovatiSnowcats clear the snow along the Olympia delle Tofane course after a women's alpine combined race was canceled due to heavy snowfall, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.
No fans. Now no race.

The opening event of the Alpine skiing world championships scheduled for Monday was postponed due to heavy snowfall.

Organizers called the women's combined off with no immediate new date for the race announced, although the International Ski Federation said information about rescheduling would come later.

A meter (3 feet) of snow has fallen since Sunday and more was still coming down Monday afternoon, making it nearly impossible to create a hard and reliable racing surface.

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Snowflake Cold

World Snow Wrap February 5: Powder days continue in Japan - Metres of snow in California - Fresh snow in British Columbia - Snow and avalanches in Europe

Reggae Elliss
Mountain Watch
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:09 UTC
Kirkwood’s ski patrol doing their
© Kirkwood resortKirkwood’s ski patrol doing their bit to get the show on the road last Friday.
It has been a big couple of weeks in the Northern Hemisphere with five-day snow totals of 1.5 to two metres in California, deep snow and avalanches in locked-down Europe and a run of excellent powder days in Japan. Read on for the details.

Japan

It has been a big fortnight in Japan although a couple of mild days earlier in the week brought some rain to Niseko, but that changed mid-week when a colder front hit on Tuesday night and there's been 80cms in the past three days. Conditions were tough with blizzard conditions at times and some wind-hold, and according to our snow Niseko snow reporter Henry Johnston, the storm is still in "full swing" today and it's awesome out there - just check the above photo from today.

It has been a similar story in Furano with over a metre of snow since Jan 30 and from Lucy Morrell's report, it sounded like yesterday was the day: "Basically half a metre of fresh up top at Furano today and hardly a soul to share it with. Crazy days."
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Snowflake Cold

Farmers plough over 6 foot of snow as 'Beast from the East 2' wreaks havoc across Scotland

Ryan Carroll
Daily Record
Sun, 07 Feb 2021 12:39 UTC
Farmers plough over six foot of snow in Aberdeen
© Ramage ContractorsFarmers plough over six foot of snow in Aberdeenshire
Ramage Contractors headed out in tractors to clear the roads following blizzards in Aberdeenshire.

Farmers have taken to the streets to plough over six foot of snow as the 'Beast from the East 2' continues to wreak havoc across Scotland.

Ramage Contractors headed out in tractors to clear the roads following blizzards in Aberdeenshire.

Dramatic footage shows workers from the family run firm driving through the white stuff at Cabrach in Moray yesterday.

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