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At least 20 killed and tens of thousands evacuated amid Indonesia floods up to 10 feet deep

Star Tribune
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:28 UTC

January 15, 2021, by the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) shows rescuers evacuating villagers by rubber boat in a flooded area in the Tanah Laut districts, South Kalimantan.

This handout photo taken and released on January 15, 2021, by the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) shows rescuers evacuating villagers by rubber boat in a flooded area in the Tanah Laut districts, South Kalimantan.

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and more than a dozen have been killed in recent days in flooding on Indonesia's Borneo island, officials said Sunday.

National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati said floods brought by intense rains caused floodwaters as high as 3 meters (10 feet).

As of Sunday, 39,549 people had been evacuated and at least 15 had been killed due to floods that affected 10 districts and cities in South Kalimantan province on Borneo island.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: When climate collapse is no longer explainable to the public (distract)

Adapt 2030
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 17:42 UTC

As the 2nd magnetic field begins to form in the outer solar system with intercoupling of Jupiter / Saturn / Uranus / Pluto the magnetic intensification line was crossed at the Great Conjunction on the 2020 winter solstice. The extremes and difficulty moving forward with global food production will reset the civilization anyway. Snow near Yemen border, cross country skiing in Madrid after the blizzard, 10 feet of snow again in Japan, massive algae blooms off Namibia, record snow Morocco, 5+ARK storm west coast USA , this week.

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Sudden flash flood sweeps vehicles away in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Chave Weather
YouTube
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:25 UTC

An incredible flash flood causes disruption in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. January 15th 2021.

Comment: Elsewhere in South America within the last few days:

Severe storm hits the Peruvian city of Huaraz

When The Earth Is Angry
YouTube
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:00 UTC

In Peru, in the city of Huaraz, there was a strong storm, as a result of which the streets of this high-mountainous city were flooded.

Recall that Huaras is a city in Peru, the administrative center of the Ancash department. The population of the city is about 120,000 people. Located 407 kilometers north of Lima, the Pan American Highway runs through the city. Located in the Callejón de Huaylas Valley, on the Santa River, in the central part of the region, 3000 meters above sea level.

More than 43,000 lightning strikes within 50km of Newcastle, Australia overnight

Sage Swinton
Newcastle Herald
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:49 UTC

Thursday brought a wild array of weather to the Hunter as high temperatures, excessive lightning and even hail hit the region.

A wild storm came in during the evening after the mercury climbed past 30C in parts of the Hunter during the day.

There were more than 43,000 lightning strikes within a 50 kilometre radius of Newcastle overnight, according to Weatherzone, most of which occurred between 6pm and 10pm.

289 settlements cut off by masses of snow in Turkey

ANF
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:21 UTC

In the Kurdish province of Hakkari, life has come to a standstill due to heavy snowfall.

Hundreds of settlements are cut off from the outside world due to the masses of snow.

Some 289 settlement areas are currently cut off from the outside world due to heavy snowfall. In addition to the Hakkari city center, the districts of Şemdinli and Gever (Yüksekova) are also affected.

The snowfall started during the Friday night. Nearly all roads and streets are covered in snow and in some places are icy; neither residential areas can be reached nor can villages be left. Public life has effectively come to a standstill.

Huge snowfall continues in the Alps, as much as 2 meters of new snow

Planetski
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:35 UTC

If you'd rather not see pictures of the huge amounts of snow that have fallen, then look away now. Most ski resorts remain closed and international travel is prohibited, but it does look fabulous for the lucky few able to enjoy it.

Comment: Also from the above linked weathertoski.co.uk site:

A lot of snow has fallen across the northern Alps this week, with the areas that have seen the most snow being the north-eastern Swiss and far western Austrian Alps, roughly in a line from Andermatt (central Swiss Alps) to St Anton (western Swiss Alps) taking in the likes of Flims, Klosters and the Montafon valley. These areas have seen around 1.5m of new snow since Tuesday, with as much as 2m reported at altitude in one or two favoured spots.

More generally there has been between 30cm and 90cm of new snow across the northern half of the Alps.