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19 more volcanoes in Indonesia raised to alert level status


Extinction Protocol
Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:00 UTC
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The government has raised the status on another 19 volcanoes in the country to alert level - the second-highest category - in the wake of the Mount Sinabung eruption in North Sumatra that killed 16 people on Saturday. Besides the 19 new additions, three volcanos have been on high alert status since last year. They include Lokon and Karangetang in North Sulawesi and Rokatenda in East Nusa Tenggara. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) issued the raised status on Monday for the 19 volcanoes, which are scattered across the archipelago, but has yet to call for the evacuation of populations living nearby.

The 19 volcanoes are Kelud, Ijen, Bromo, Semeru and Raung in East Java; Lewotobi Perempuan in East Nusa Tenggara; Ibu, Gamkonora, Dukono and Gamalama in North Maluku; Soputan in North Sulawesi; Sangeang Api in West Nusa Tenggara; Papandayan in West Java; Dieng in Central Java; Seulewah Agam in Aceh; Talang and Marapi in West Sumatra; Anak Krakatau in Banten; and Kerinci in Jambi. Indonesia is among the world's most seismically active countries, situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. The 19 volcanoes are among about 127 active volcanoes in Indonesia. Mt. Sinabung has been sporadically erupting since September. Though the alert level for the 19 volcanoes had been raised, Sutopo called on nearby residents not to panic. "Volcanoes erupt in stages, they won't suddenly erupt. Their activity can be categorized from normal to waspada [alert] to siaga [high alert] to awas [danger, the highest level]," he said on Monday.
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Southern Austria on highest avalanche alert after heavy snow

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Tue, 04 Feb 2014 07:08 UTC
Heaviest snow in 15 years - At least two people killed.

Snow in Southern Austria
© Reuters
With more snow in the forecast, more than 1,000 soldiers have been put on standby for helicopter rescue operations.

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Worst snowstorm in 50 years cuts power to nearly 500,000 homes in northern Iran


BBC News
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 05:33 UTC
Heavy snow in northern Iran has left around 480,000 homes without power and some towns and villages cut off.

An official in Mazandaran province, on the Caspian Sea, said the winter storms were the worst in 50 years, with two metres of snow falling in some areas since the weekend.
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Roads have been made impassable in some areas north of Tehran
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New earthquake hits Greek island of Kefalonia


CTV News
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 02:41 UTC
Kephalonia earthquake
© Associated Press
Yachts are seen knocked off their stands at a damaged dock after an earthquake in Lixouri on the island of Kefalonia, western Greece on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the western Greek island of Kefalonia before dawn Monday, sending frightened residents into the streets just over a week after a similar quake damaged hundreds of buildings, reviving memories of a disaster in the 1950s.

Authorities said about 16 people had been slightly hurt, mainly by falling objects, while roads, homes and shops were damaged and some areas suffered power and water supply cuts. Islanders also had to contend with intense bad weather, with strong rain and low temperatures.
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Bizarro Earth

Ecuador volcano blows sky-high

Becky Oskin
LIveScience
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:26 UTC
Ecuador Volcano
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Tungurahua volcano erupts on Feb. 1, 2014.
Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano exploded into life this weekend, blasting three times in an hour on Saturday (Feb. 1) and spewing ash 5 miles (8 kilometers) into the air. The ash caused total darkness in the nearby sector of Chacauco, Ecuador's Instituto Geofisico (IG-EPN) reported. The ash is streaming to the south and southwest.

Pyroclastic flows - superheated, flowing plumes of ash, gas and lava - raced more than 5 miles (8 km) down Tungurahua's slopes and crossed at least one road, the IG-EPN said. However, thanks to an early warning provided by seismic tremors beneath the volcano that started Jan. 30, nearby residents were evacuated and a state of emergency declared in the provinces of Tungurahua and Chimborazo, according to local news reports. This is the biggest eruption at Tungurahua since late October 2013.
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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia


US Geological Survey
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:39 UTC
Indon Quake_030214
© USGS
Event Time
2014-02-03 22:36:41 UTC
2014-02-04 07:36:41 UTC+09:00 at epicenter

Location
7.164°S 128.100°E depth=18.1km (11.3mi)

Nearby Cities
318km (198mi) ENE of Dili, East Timor
383km (238mi) S of Ambon, Indonesia
413km (257mi) ENE of Atambua, Indonesia
433km (269mi) SSW of Amahai, Indonesia

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Cloud Precipitation

Nevada farmers turn to prayer as drought grips western U.S. states


The Guardian
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:32 UTC
Religious leaders and farmers held multi-faith prayer service in Reno to ask the divine for help easing drought conditions.

drought
© Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Folsom Lake, California, where a boat ramp is now several hundred yards away from the waters' edge.
Religious leaders of multiple faiths and farmers in Nevada and Utah turned to prayer this weekend for help easing severe drought conditions gripping the west.

The plea to above comes weeks after the federal government declared parts of 11 parched western and central states natural disaster areas.

Faith leaders asked for divine intervention during a special multi-faith service Saturday at a Mormon church in the Reno, Nevada suburb of Sparks. And on Sunday, the Utah Farm Bureau Federation asked the public to join in prayer and fasting for snow and rain for livestock and crops as part of its Harvesting Faith event.

"We can't go to the legislature to ask for help, (so) we decided to go to the guy upstairs," Ron Gibson, a dairy farmer in Weber County, Utah, told the Deseret News. "One thing you learn as a farmer is most of the things that happen in your life are totally out of your control."

Rajan Zed, who organized the Nevada service, said Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha'i and other faith leaders who participated are confident it'll bring positive results.
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70 homes at risk from multiple sinkholes in Kaski, Nepal


The Himalayan Times
Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:54 UTC
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Victims of sinkholes that appeared at Thulibeshi Phant in Armala of Kaski have pleaded for help from fellow Nepali citizens at home and abroad.

Saying that the Rs 1.5 million allocated by the Home Ministry as immediate relief was too meagre, the victims have sought help from Nepalis, Armala Disaster-induced Concern and Construction Committee Secretary Ram Prasad Parajuli said.

Parajuli said both the government fund and other help received from individuals would be deposited in the committee's account and used. Parajuli further said that individuals and organisations willing to assist could deposit the amount at Nepal Bank Limited account number 091000079908 maintained in Bagar Branch, Pokhara.

Comment: 45 sinkholes open up in Kaski, Nepal - 50 families displaced so far

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Alert level raised on Kelut volcano (East Java, Indonesia)


Volcano Discovery
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:00 UTC
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The alert level of the volcano was raised today from 1 ("normal") to 2 ("Waspada", "watch") on a scale of 1-4. During the second half of 2014, a strong increase in seismic activity and a 5.5 deg temperature increase of the crater lake water had been detected.
The number of shallow volcanic earthquakes rose from averages of 1-2 per day to approx 10 per day during 20-31 Jan and climbed to more than 100 events since the start of February alone.
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Evil Rays

Hyde Park, Chicago residents puzzled by mysterious noises, vibrations

Sam Cholke
DNAinfo Chicago
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:58 UTC
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© DNAinfo/Sam Cholke
Ann Marie Miles is one of many residents reporting strange noises and vibrations in buildings across the east end of Hyde Park since winter started.
Residents in Hyde Park have reported a strange trembling in the neighborhood that started as the weather grew colder.

"The sound was quite variable, at times somewhat like a locomotive, at times somewhat like your giant fan, at times like something grinding away," said Caroline Herzenberg, who lives at 1700 E. 56th St.

Others said they experience it more as a vibration or a change in air pressure.

"It's not as sharp as a change in pressure in an airplane, but it's similar," said Ann Marie Miles, who lives at 5490 S. Shore Drive, adding that she only experiences it when she is in her apartment in the afternoon.

Others have reported a vibration that shakes their windows or a low-level hum.

All said the phenomenon lasts less than five minutes and happens even if the obvious causes like trains or trucks are not present. Those who have reported experiencing the trembling all live within three blocks of the Metra tracks from 58th to 55th streets. Most report the source of the phenomenon appearing to come from deep underground.
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