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Intense snowfall in Argentina

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11 May 2019 - Intense snowfall in western Santa Cruz

There are already abundant snowfalls in the towns of El Calafate, El Chaltén, Río Turbio and El Cerrito.

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Comment: Unseasonal snow also fell elsewhere in the southern hemisphere within a few days prior to the above event, see: Early snowfall hits the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Freezing winds, Autumn snow as temperatures plummet across Australia


Cow

Cow gores man to death in Ahmedabad, India - 2 days after similar fatality in the area

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© Keiko Matsuno
Two days after a 50-year-old woman Paru Madrasi, was gored by a stray cow near the Odhav Canal, a 62-year-old man, Gopinath Tiwari, a resident of Vinobabhavenagar was gored and trampled to death by a cow on Saturday morning.

The animal's onslaught on Tiwari lasted for about 20 minutes, and ended with him falling unconscious and slipping into death while being taken to hospital, eyewitnesses said.

Eyewitnesses said they tried to chase the cow away with sticks and even threw stones at her, but she continued to gore and trample Tiwari. "After about 20 minutes the cow finally ran away. We called emergency services, but he died before he could be taken to LG Hospital," said an eye witness.

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Yes, it is May and snow fell on some parts of Massachusetts on Mother's Day

Snow could be seen on the Massachusetts
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Snow could be seen on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Blandford, Mass., on Sunday.
Reports of snow falling on some parts of Massachusetts wasn't a joke, after all, it is Mother's Day and not April Fools' Day.

The National Weather Service in Albany said there were reports of snowfall in the southern and central Berkshires. There were also reports of sleet and snow mixing with rain in the northern Litchfield Hills.

Slick spots on the Massachusetts Turnpike forced authorities to reduce the speed limit on the highway in the area. There was sleet in the Otis to Russell areas, the National Weather Service said. There were some crashes on the Mass. Pike due to the weather.

Snow could continue in parts of the Berkshires until the afternoon.

People were noticeably annoyed and surprised with the May 12 snow.



Cloud Precipitation

Over a foot of rain falls in southern U.S. as severe weather heads toward East Coast

The radar on Sunday morning shows showers stretching from the Northeast down to the Deep South.

The radar on Sunday morning shows showers stretching from the Northeast down to the Deep South.
A storm system plaguing parts of the southern U.S. for almost a week brought nearly 13 inches of rain to southern Mississippi on Saturday, causing widespread flash flooding and prompting a flash flood emergency on Saturday evening.

Six states have seen locations with over 6 inches of rain in the last week: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mississippi.

There were also at least 47 reports of severe weather from Louisiana to Virginia, including two reported tornadoes in the latter.



Attention

Ecuador's 'exploder' volcano lights up night sky

El Reventador

El Reventador
Ecuador's El Reventador lit up the night sky with lava following an increase in rumblings at the volcano in recent weeks.

According to reports, a stream of smoke reached some 1.2 km (about .7 miles) above the volcano's crater and incandescent rocks spewed out under the moonlight.

El Reventador is located near Quito's Amazon region and is the country's most active volcano.

It's a popular site for hikers but authorities have warned tourists to stay away from the area.


Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorms batters fruit, veggie crops in Himachal Pradesh, India

Vehicles moving after hail storm at Navbihar-Sanjauli road, Shimla on Sunday, May 12 2019
© Deepak Sansta / HT
Vehicles moving after hail storm at Navbihar-Sanjauli road, Shimla on Sunday, May 12 2019
Frequent hailstorm has left the farmers in Himachal Pradesh worried as their crops are getting destroyed and they are unable to get fair price for their produce in the market.

The recent spell of hailstorm in Himachal Pradesh and its nearby areas has battered various vegetables and fruit crops, hampering the income prospects of scores of farmers.

Villages in the vicinity of Shimla town for the second consecutive day experienced hailstones accompanied by rain, which partially damaged apple and cherry crop in Matiana and Narkanda.

Areas between Dhalli and Kufri received heavy hailstorm for about 20 to 25 minutes on Sunday, resulting in similar damage. Crops such as apple and other stone fruits along with vegetables like peas, cauliflower, tomatoes, and cabbage have been damaged.

Seismograph

Strong M6.1 earthquake hits Panama but no initial reports of casualties

Panama earthquake
© USGS
The 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck at 3.24pm ET Sunday about 4 miles southeast of Plaza de Caisan, Panama, at a depth of 23 miles
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Panama on Sunday near the border with Costa Rica, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The quake struck at a depth of 37 km (23 miles) in the far west of the country and the closest town was Santa Cruz, about 5 km away, it said.

There was no tsunami alert issued from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, and USGS said there was a low likelihood of casualties and damage.

In November 2017 a 6.5-magnitude quake on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica left buildings swaying in the capital San Jose and contributed to the deaths of two people who had heart attacks.

Farther north, two months earlier in September 2017 a 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed more than 300 people in Mexico.

Sun

'Ring around the sun' seen in Santa Ana, Costa Rica

I have never seen this before. Googling it, I learned a halo or ring around the sun is a fairly common phenomenon, typically caused when there are very high, very thin clouds, clouds, being so high in the sky, made from ice crystals, refracting and reflecting the light.
Sun halo over Costa Rica
© QCostaRica/Rico
This is the view in the sky over Santa Ana (and suspect most of Costa Rica) this morning.

Rainbow

Circumhorizontal arc spotted in western New York

Circumhorizontal arc over Lake View, NY
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Circumhorizontal arc over Lake View, NY.
The WIVB newsroom email was filled Saturday with pictures of what looked like a horizontal rainbow.

News 4 meteorologist Stevie Daniels explained that the phenomenon is called a circumhorizontal arc.

"They form when the sun is at least 58 degrees above the horizon. The light from the sun refracts when it hits the ice crystals in the cirrus clouds!" she wrote.


Arrow Down

100-foot wide sinkhole swallows patch of land in Dorset, England

Sinkhole in Dorset, England
A huge sink hole almost 100ft wide has swallowed a patch of land in Dorset next to a local walking path.

It first emerged in February when a dinner plate-sized hole appeared - the land suddenly collapsed this week and created the enormous pit.

The chasm was caused by the surface of the land collapsing into an ancient hollow created during the last ice age.

Over the past three months it has been monitored by geologists as it gradually increased in size.