A severe-weather outbreak could arrive on New York City's doorstep Thursday evening, in an event that might prompt comparisons to the meteorological conditions prior to Washington D.C.'s derecho last month.
According to the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., there is "potential for a widespread damaging wind event/derecho" on Thursday afternoon and evening stretching from roughly Cincinnati to Hartford. Some 32 million people will be in the path of the storm, including those in and around New York City. Derechos can pack straight-line winds of hurricane force (74 mph) or greater, causing extensive damage and lingering power outages.
Forecasters upgraded the entire tri-state to a "moderate risk" of severe weather Thursday, specifically noting that the New York City area will also have an unusually high chance of tornadoes as well. At the moment, the city itself has about a 45% chance of experiencing winds stronger than hurricane force in the evening.
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Earthquake Location
Earthquake Location
Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 05:33:31 UTC
Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 09:33:31 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
17.593°S, 66.363°E
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 miles)
Region
MAURITIUS - REUNION REGION
Distances
387 km (240 miles) NE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius
388 km (241 miles) NE of Ile Rodrigues, Northern Mariana Islands
954 km (592 miles) ENE of Bel Air, Mauritius
955 km (593 miles) ENE of Centre de Flacq, Mauritius
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A twister was reported near Davin, Sask., 36 kilometres east of Regina.
A twister was reported near Davin, Sask., 36 kilometres east of Regina.
Officials said one twister hit an area west of the town of Assiniboia, a second touched down near the village of Fillmore, a third hit an area southwest of the town of Grenfell and the fourth was caught on tape by a storm chaser just east of Regina near the Town of Balgonie.
Greg Johnson, a dedicated tornado hunter, was following a late afternoon storm that roared through southern Saskatchewan Tuesday.
He said the twister touched ground for about six or seven minutes on a farm property about 10 kilometres south of the Trans-Canada Highway near Balgonie.
"We watched it rip through a farmyard," Johnson said. "[It] kicked up a lot of debris. We stopped in at the home and fortunately everything was OK. The house was spared but a number of the outbuildings were destroyed."
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New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen indicates that, contrary to previous opinion, the rise in temperature and the rise in the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) follow each other closely in terms of time.
In the warmer climate, the atmospheric content of CO2 is naturally higher. CO2 is a green-house gas that absorbs heat radiation from the Earth and thus keeps the planet warm. In the shift between ice ages and interglacial periods the atmospheric content of CO2 helps to intensify the natural climate variations, the journal Climate of the Past reports.
Comment: Which means that the rise in CO2 they've been noticing in recent decades points to the intensification of a natural shift that is under way.
It had previously been thought that as the temperature began to rise at the end of the ice age approximately 19,000 years ago, an increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere followed with a delay of up to 1,000 years, according to a Copenhagen statement.
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The quake was felt by residents on the island of Simeulue off Sumatra's northwest coast but there were no
immediate reports of damage or injuries.
"The quake has no tsunami potential," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. "Some people ran away from their houses. We don't have any house damage."
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a widespread, destructive tsunami after the quake, about 330 km (205 miles) southeast of Indonesia's Banda Aceh. It said there was a "very small possibility" of a local tsunami.
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Several neighbourhoods of Jos city were inundated with the flood waters
Several neighbourhoods of Jos city were inundated with the flood waters
Rescue workers say dozens of residents are missing after a flash flood early Monday left hundreds homeless and at least 35 dead in the central Nigerian city of Jos.
The flood waters are receding, but residents said the tragedy is far from over. Families searched their homes for salvageable belongings on Tuesday, while others mourned the loss of loved ones.
Abdullhamid Useni lost seven of his children. He says the family was sleeping when the flood waters came. He says they tried, but could not get everyone out. He says he has recovered six of the children's bodies, but the house collapsed Monday before he could reach the last one. The family is hungry, he says, and needs food.
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A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 13.2 km (8.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:25:29 UTC Tuesday 24th July 2012
The epicenter was 11 km (6.8 miles) SSE of San Juan Cacahuatepec, Mexico. No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 13.2 km (8.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:25:29 UTC Tuesday 24th July 2012
The epicenter was 11 km (6.8 miles) SSE of San Juan Cacahuatepec, Mexico. No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage.
The quake's epicenter, which was located at a depth of 13.2 kilometers (8.2 miles), was 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) south-southeast of San Juan de Cacahuatepec, a town in Oaxaca state, and 24 kilometers (14.9 miles) north of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, another town on the southern state's Pacific coast.
The earthquake occurred at 12:25 a.m, the USGS said.
Mexico's National Seismological Service confirmed the temblor on its Twitter and estimated the magnitude at 5.62.
The earthquake was felt in Mexico City, but officials have not reported any injuries or damage, media outlets said.
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake on March 20 killed two people in southern Mexico and was followed by dozens of strong aftershocks.
On April 2, a magnitude-6.0 earthquake rocked an area between the southern states of Guerrero and Oaxaca.
Mexico, one of the countries with the highest levels of seismic activity in the world, sits on the North American tectonic plate and is surrounded by three other plates in the Pacific: the Rivera microplate, at the mouth of the Gulf of California; the Pacific plate; and the Cocos plate.
That last tectonic plate stretches from Colima state south and has the potential to cause the most damage since it affects Mexico City, which has a population of 20 million and was constructed over what was once Lake Texcoco.
The magnitude-8.1 earthquake that hit Mexico City on Sept. 19, 1985, was the most destructive to ever hit Mexico, killing some 10,000 people, injuring more than 40,000 others and leaving 80,000 people homeless.
The most recent powerful quake to hit Mexico was a magnitude-7.6 temblor that rocked Colima on Jan. 21, 2003.
Fairview, Tennessee. - Last week's heavy rains may be responsible for opening a 9-foot wide, 50-foot deep sinkhole along the edge of Dean and Trisha Parker's yard in Fairview.
Steven Brison, 26, a family friend, knows it's that deep because he rappelled to the bottom and measured it. He found 30 feet down, off to the side, was a 10 x 10-foot "room" with 12-foot ceilings. At 50 feet down, in the opposite direction, is a 20 x 20-foot "room" with 8-foot ceilings. From there is a 6-foot tunnel that heads toward Cumberland Drive, which runs in front of the homes, he said.
"Mother Nature made it Thursday night when she poured 4 inches of rain on us," Brison said.
Experts at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Division of Archaeology agree with Brison's assessment, saying they "believe this is a natural phenomenon that occurs around sinkholes and caves; it's more geological in nature and not archaeological," said TDEC communications director Meg Lockhart.
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Some trees also reportedly fell into the sinkhole, which is on the edge of the Slave River near Fort Resolution, N.W.T.
Some trees also reportedly fell into the sinkhole, which is on the edge of the Slave River near Fort Resolution, N.W.T.
A Fort Resolution, N.W.T., man said an entire cabin vanished into a massive sinkhole near the community.
Robert Ekinla was driving his ATV when came upon the hole. He had been heading to the cabin, which is used as a survival cabin and is located at a popular picnic spot along the Slave River.
"I got to the last bend and holy moly - there is no cabin. I didn't see the hole yet. All of a sudden, I just seen the top of the roof - big giant hole about about 80 feet by 90 feet," he said.
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The truck was returning from responding to a wire down at 465 Sibley Blvd. in Calumet City, according to Assistant Chief Donte Zorzi.
No wires were found down and the truck turned at Buffalo Avenue when the two rear tires fell into the sink hole, Zorzi said.
Two tow trucks were in progress of pulling the fire truck out as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. No injuries were reported.
Comment: There you have it. CO2 does not lead to warmer temperatures; it is the other way around, meaning that man-made CO2 cannot be responsible for so-called 'climate change'.