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Floods and landslides after record rainfall in Chile - 6 month's worth of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:37 UTC

Floods in San Gabriel , Cordillera, Chile

Severe weather including strong winds, hail and record rainfall affected parts of southern-central Chile from 29 January, in particular areas of Santiago Metropolitan, O'Higgins, Valparaíso, Maule, Araucanía and Bío Bío Regions.

Rainfall has triggered flooding and landslides in several areas. The capital Santiago saw as much rain in 24 hours as it would normally see on average during the 6 month period November to April. According to Chile's meteorological office, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, as much as 31.4mm of rain fell in 24 hours on 29 January in Quinta Normal, Santiago, beating the previous daily record total of 22.4mm set in 1933. T

Elsewhere in the country, Requinoa (O'Higgins Region) recorded 70.3mm of rain, Pirque (Santiago Metropolitan Region) 49.3mm and Longavi (Maule Region) 47mm during the same period.

Lightning bolt kills 4, injures 3 in Malawi

Kondwani Magombo
Nyasa Times
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:30 UTC

Lightning has struck four people dead and injured three others at Kasimu Trading Centre in the area of Senior Chief Chowe in Mangochi, police have confirmed.

Mangochi Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Amina Tepani-Daudi said the incident occurred on Saturday evening in the wake of a heavy downpour.

Daudi said the seven were struck while they were closing their businesses due to heavy rains.

"The lightning struck all of them and they were rushed to Mangochi District Hospital where four were pronounced dead upon arrival," said Daudi, adding: "The other three victims escaped with minor wounds and were treated as outpatients."

Tropical Cyclone Ana leaves 1 dead, 5 missing in Fiji - almost 14 inches of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:49 UTC

Floods in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Ana, January 2021.

At least 1 person has died, 5 are missing and over 7,000 are displaced after Tropical Cyclone Ana made landfall early on 31 January, 2021.

Tropical Cyclone Ana struck as many parts of the country are still recovering after Tropical Cyclone Yasa made landfall as a category 5 system on 17 December.

According to Fiji's National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), 7,612 people had evacuated their homes and were staying in 204 evacuation centres in the Northern, Eastern, Central and Western Divisions.

Power and water outages were affecting parts of the country. One person died by drowning, while 4 fishermen were reported missing at sea. Fiji Police said they are searching for a young child who was reported missing in Lautoka.

Ireland: Severe weather warning in place as southeast inundated with rain

Ronan McGreevy
The Irish Times
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:16 UTC

© Thomas ClareThere were reports of serious flash flooding in counties Wexford and Wicklow with some parts of both counties getting almost 40mm of rain in a nine hour period up to 3pm on January 30, 2021.

Status yellow snow and ice warning issued as motorists warned of road conditions

Snow has been forecast for the northern half of the country on Sunday as a new Met Éireann weather warning comes into effect.

A status yellow warning for snow and ice is in place for Connacht and counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath and Meath. The alert is valid until 6pm on Sunday.

Conditions are breezy and cold on Sunday morning, with widespread rain, sleet and snow. Possible accumulations of snow are predicted in the northern half of the country.

Comment: The weather system having an unusual impact Ireland's east coast:

A huge mass of sea foam covered parts of Ireland's east coast. Bad weather and high winds blew an especially large mass of it into the town of Bray, located south of Dublin.

Footage from the scene circulating online shows the town's seafront entirely covered with the wobbly blob on Saturday afternoon.

A few people braved the strong winds, taking a knee-deep stroll through the blob resembling a massive porridge spill.

The mix of sea water and dead organics covered Bray's beach completely, with some of the foam being blown deeper into the town.

Skier dies after being found buried upside down in snow at Mammoth Mountain, California

Mark Osborne and Matthew Fuhrman
Yahoo! News
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:05 UTC

Skier dies after being found buried upside down in snow at Mammoth Mountain

A skier has died after being found upside down in several feet of snow at Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California.

The man was found by guests of the resort buried head first at about noon on Thursday "in deep snow near the intersection of Redwing and Hully Gully," Mammoth Mountain said in a statement.

The Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol arrived on the scene, where skiers had already begun digging out the man. The ski patrol started CPR immediately and used a defibrillator as the man did not have a pulse, the resort said.

The man was taken to Mammoth Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The victim was not identified by authorities, but San Diego ABC affiliate KGTV said he was a 52-year-old from Oceanside, California, about a half hour north of San Diego.

Severe weather warning issued in Latvia over prolonged snowfall

Global Times
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 14:53 UTC

A woman walks in the snow in Riga, Latvia, on Jan. 30, 2021. A cyclone with a center at the Estonian-Russian border has brought a prolonged period of heavy snowfall to Latvia this weekend, meteorologists said Saturday.

© Edijs Palens/XinhuaA woman walks in the snow in Riga, Latvia, on Jan. 30, 2021. A cyclone with a center at the Estonian-Russian border has brought a prolonged period of heavy snowfall to Latvia this weekend, meteorologists said Saturday.

A cyclone with a center at the Estonian-Russian border has brought a prolonged period of heavy snowfall to Latvia this weekend, meteorologists said Saturday.

The Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center issued an orange warning over the heavy snowfall and blizzards, which were expected to increase the already thick snow cover in northern parts of the country and the capital city Riga by another 20 centimeters by Sunday morning.

Nearly 100 million in US Midwest under advisories as winter storm moves east

Jason Slotkin
NPR
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 19:20 UTC

© Randy Walker/APIn this photo provided by Caltrans District 9, heavy snowfall blankets cars at June Lake, in Mono County, Calif., on Wednesday. The same storm that brought snow and heavy rain to the state is moving through the Midwest, with 5 to 9 inches of snowfall predicted in some regions by Sunday.

The winter storm system that blanketed California's mountaintops and brought heavy rains that caused mudslides throughout the state is moving into the Midwest, triggering advisories for nearly 100 million in the central U.S..

Forecasters with the National Weather Service predict the storm will move across the Central High Plains and to the northeastern United States by Monday, bringing with it feet of snow and heavy rain extending from the Mississippi Valley to the Great Lakes along the way.

As of Saturday afternoon, the weather service had issued advisories and warnings for large swaths of the region, which include Chicago, where 5 to 9 inches of snowfall is expected by Sunday evening. The weather service also predicted the area would see other wintry conditions.

"In addition to the heavy snow this evening, gusty southeast to east winds will also produce high waves that could result in minor lakeshore flooding this weekend, mainly along the Illinois lakeshore," the NWS Chicago office tweeted on Saturday.

Section of California's Highway 1 crumbles into the Pacific after storms trigger landslide

Mercury News
YouTube
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 04:05 UTC

California Highway Patrol Sergeant John Yerace describes the moment he discovered the road was swept into the ocean as a result of a winter storm that delivered heavy rains, debris flow and damage across the northern half of the Golden State. Story: https://bayareane.ws/39vHt9T

Flooding in South Africa sees blood-red waters flow into Deben, Northern Cape

Naledi Shange
SowetanLive
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:23 UTC

As the red, blood-like waters which submerged the town of Deben in the Northern Cape began subsiding, one resident has found in it a message from the universe.

"Some say it's good for us, that this blood-like water is the cleansing we needed," said restaurant owner Rachel Jacobs.

"We are going through a lot. We are fighting Covid-19, load-shedding and even recession," she said.

The stream of red water she referred to was caused by the remnants of the iron-ore dust left behind after blasting at the nearby mining facilities.

Rare snowfall reported on North Carolina's Outer Banks

Mark Price
The News and Observer
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:23 UTC

Snow fell early Thursday on North Carolina's Outer Banks, creating a surreal scene of sea winds scouring beaches with snow flakes and sand.

The flurries came as part of a storm that crossed the state overnight, bringing 5 inches of snow to some eastern counties before crossing over the Outer Banks just before dawn.

Snowfall totals on the barrier islands included nearly an inch at Southern Shores and about a half inch in Duck and Kitty Hawk. Snow also fell in Buxton, Nags Head and Ocracoke, but accumulation was slight, the National Weather Service said.

Images of the snow began appearing just after dawn on social media, including video from the top of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse.

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Is vomit the only thing coming from the mouths of politicians?

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Maybe I was wrong about this anyway; the Russian services aren't needed to be involved at all. „Domestic” American ones are doing excellently.

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Floods and landslides after record rainfall in Chile - 6 month's worth of rain in 24 hours

Lightning bolt kills 4, injures 3 in Malawi

Tropical Cyclone Ana leaves 1 dead, 5 missing in Fiji - almost 14 inches of rain in 24 hours

Ireland: Severe weather warning in place as southeast inundated with rain

Skier dies after being found buried upside down in snow at Mammoth Mountain, California

Severe weather warning issued in Latvia over prolonged snowfall

Nearly 100 million in US Midwest under advisories as winter storm moves east

Section of California's Highway 1 crumbles into the Pacific after storms trigger landslide

Flooding in South Africa sees blood-red waters flow into Deben, Northern Cape

Rare snowfall reported on North Carolina's Outer Banks

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