Earth Changes

Strange Water Phenomenon On Lake Ontario

13WHAM
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:16 UTC

Rochester, New York, US - Wind and thunderstorms are producing some strange occurrences on Lake Ontario.

Residents along the lake have noticed water rushing out away from shore and coming back, similar to tides.

The 13WHAM Weather Authority explains the phenomenon as a "seiche." A seiche occurs in lakes, bays, and harbors, when we see a changes in air pressure and strong winds . This causes the water to be displaced from one portion of a shoreline and resulting in flooding in another location.

New hydrothermal vents form at Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano

Volcano Discovery
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:46 UTC

Panorama of the summit crater of Anak Krakatau (2 July 2012)

During our recent expedition to Krakatau volcano, we could no longer see the lava dome active during Feb-May this year. Probably, the magma column had dropped in mid to late May and the dome collapsed. At its place, there were only 2 collapse pits, very hot ground and intense degassing from numerous fumaroles inside and outside of the now large summit crater. Seismic activity when visiting the local volcano observatory was at very low levels, suggesting that Anak Krakatau is at the moment in a phase of repose.

Interestingly, a number (at least four) areas with apparent submarine hydrothermal iron-bearing vents were observed that had not been there last year. In these areas, bubbling could be seen in the water, and where accessible, iron-rich greenish warm mud was found at the sea floor, which oxidized to orange when brought to the surface. The sea water around these areas had an intense yellow stain. Very similar submarine activity is known from around Nea Kameni Island, Santorini.

4500 record highs broken: Jet stream pulled up towards Canada, 'out of whack' says U.S. meteorologist

Jon Erdman
WeatherChannel.com
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:43 UTC

It's not that the Midwest hasn't been extremely hot before, and it's not that it hasn't been incredibly dry. But it's unusual for a vast swath of the Midwest to be so very hot and so very dry for so very long - particularly this early in the summer. The current heat wave - which is spurring comparisons to the catastrophic heat of 1936 - is "out of whack," meteorologist Jim Keeney said Friday in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. "Even on the East Coast today, temperatures are 100 or above" - basically, Keeney said, the heat wave extends from Kansas all the way to the East Coast.

"It's a good chunk of the eastern half of the country, barring the far northern states, of course. So it's pretty intense." Temperature records are being broken and residents are suffering in what Keeney called a "corridor of extreme heat," generally through Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and into western Kentucky. Heat records are being shattered as are records for the number of days in a row the temperature has hit 100 or higher, he said.

'Unimaginable' - month's amount of rain falls in hours: flash flooding kills over 100 in Russia

CNN
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:36 UTC

At least 103 people have died as floodwaters surge through southern Russia's Krasnodar region, Russia's Interior Ministry said Saturday.

Of those killed, 92 are in the Krymsk district, nine in Gelendzhik district and two in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, the ministry said.

The flash floods follow heavy rains in the area since Friday.

The Krymsk district is a mostly rural area with many one-storey homes, Russia's state news agency Itar-Tass reported.

Flood waters rose 7 meters (23 feet) overnight in Krymsk, the news agency said, flooding homes while most people were still asleep. Others were rescued by police after seeking refuge on roofs and in trees, it said.

The death toll has climbed steadily through the day as the waters have gradually subsided, allowing police to find more bodies in flooded buildings in Krymsk.

Daniel Now a Hurricane Over Open Waters in Pacific

ABC News
Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00 UTC

Forecasters say Daniel has become a hurricane while moving westward over open waters in the Pacific.

The National Hurricane Center said late Friday that Daniel had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (121 kph) and was moving westward at 12 mph (19 kph). It was located 745 miles (1199 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Baja, California.

The center said Daniel was a Category 1 hurricane but posed no threat to land. It could strengthen overnight and into Saturday, but should start weakening over colder waters on Sunday. Daniel becomes the third hurricane of the Eastern North Pacific season.

Source: The Associated Press

Oppressive heat in the Midwest breaks records

Corey Williams
The Boston Globe
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:00 UTC

St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, and several other Midwest cities have broken heat records this week. And with even low temperatures setting records, some residents have no means of relief, day or night.

The National Weather Service said Friday that the record-breaking heat that has baked the nation's midsection for several days was beginning to move into the mid-Atlantic states and the Northeast. But excessive-heat warnings remained in place Friday for all of Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as much of Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Kentucky.

The National Weather Service said it expected heat warnings and advisories to be continued or expanded on Saturday, with the heat largely centered over Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic states.

Drought Stalks the Global Food Supply

Alan Bjerga
Business Week
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00 UTC

When rain doesn't fall in Iowa, it's not just Des Moines that starts fretting. Food buyers from Addis Ababa to Beijing all are touched by the fate of the corn crop in the U.S., the world's breadbasket in an era when crop shortages mean riots.

This year they have reason to be concerned. Stockpiles of corn in the U.S. tumbled 48 percent between March and June, the biggest drop since 1996, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said last week. And that was before drought hit the Midwest. Chicago last month saw its first 100F June day since 1988, the year parched ground caused $78 billion in crop damage. The percentage of the corn crop with top-quality ratings was 48 percent as of July 1; it was 69 percent a year ago. And with little rain in the forecast, farmers can only hope to preserve what crops they can while watching corn futures rise 33 percent since June 15, to $6.75 a bushel.

"Worst ever" British summer already over with cold wet weather forecast until September

Sarah Westcott
The Daily Express
Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:37 UTC

Britain is facing its "worst ever" summer with cold wet weather ruining family holidays and blighting the Olympics, forecasters warned last night.

August is set to be a washout following a miserable July and the wettest June since records began - meaning summer is effectively over.

Gloomy forecasts suggest dire weather will continue as officials last night put Britain on flood alert after torrential downpours yesterday wreaked havoc.

As the Environment Agency warned of a "potential danger to life" with rivers swelling to breaking point in the Midlands, Yorkshire and Wales, Government forecasters were on standby to brief the Cabinet if severe floods strike.

The agency last night issued 51 flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected - and 135 alerts. Monsoon-like downpours hit 85,000 music fans at the T In The Park festival in Kinross, Scotland, and 28,000 Formula 1 spectators camping for the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone. Race meetings today in Nottingham and Carlisle were cancelled while play was delayed on all courts at Wimbledon - other than Centre Court.

This could cause significant disruption

Real-time flood map goes online in UK

BBC
Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:12 UTC

A live flood warning system has gone online as the UK experiences unseasonable amounts of heavy rain. The system aims to allow people to track areas that are in danger of imminent flooding.

The FloodAlerts map offers people real-time updates on areas at risk. The system, developed by Shrewsbury-based firm Shoothill, uses data from the Environment Agency's nationwide network of monitoring stations.

Crazy rain

Users can zoom in on any point of the UK map to see flood alert and flood warning statuses, as issued by the EA within the previous 15 minutes. Custom searches can also be carried out by postcode.

Shoothill managing director Rod Plummer said: "We are expecting a crazy amount of rain today and in the coming days and the evidence of similar incidences in previous weeks tells us that floods are hitting places that haven't seen such a thing for decades, sometimes with devastating and even tragic consequences.

Meteoric Deja-vu: Exactly one year later, dead blackbirds fall again in Beebe, Arkansas

Boston.com
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:43 UTC

Blackbirds have fallen dead from the sky in a central Arkansas town for the second New Year's Eve in a row.

KATV showed a radar image that it said showed a large mass over Beebe a few hours before midnight Saturday. The Little Rock television station reported that hundreds of birds had died.

Beebe animal control worker Hearst Taylor told KATV the reason for the bird deaths isn't yet known.

Last year, fireworks were blamed for the deaths of thousands of birds. It wasn't immediately clear if year-end celebrations are again to blame.

Beebe police imposed an impromptu fireworks ban Saturday night.

Biologists said last year's kill was caused by the birds being rousted from their roosts and flying into homes, cars, telephone poles and each other.

Source: Associated Press

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Earth Changes

Strange Water Phenomenon On Lake Ontario

New hydrothermal vents form at Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano

4500 record highs broken: Jet stream pulled up towards Canada, 'out of whack' says U.S. meteorologist

'Unimaginable' - month's amount of rain falls in hours: flash flooding kills over 100 in Russia

Daniel Now a Hurricane Over Open Waters in Pacific

Oppressive heat in the Midwest breaks records

Drought Stalks the Global Food Supply

"Worst ever" British summer already over with cold wet weather forecast until September

Real-time flood map goes online in UK

Meteoric Deja-vu: Exactly one year later, dead blackbirds fall again in Beebe, Arkansas

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