Earth Changes

Whale carcass towed out to sea near Windward Oahu, Hawaii

khon2.com
Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:49 UTC

A large whale carcass off Windward Oahu has been towed out to sea.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, fishermen first spotted the dead whale lodged on the reef near Moku Manu, or Bird Island, off Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

When officials got there, about three hours later, the carcass had moved about three miles into Kailua Bay and was being circled by large sharks.

David Schofield, NOAA Pacific Island region marine mammal response coordinator, said crews decided to tow the carcass for public safety reasons.

"There were at least six, probably more, 12- to 13-foot-plus-sized sharks on the whale," he said. "If we had not towed it out of Kailua Bay, it would have likely washed up along Lanikai Beach, and the beach would have probably had to been closed for most of the weekend."

Heavy snowfall cause power outages in central China

Global Times
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 18:11 UTC

People walk along the Songhua River in snow in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China

Tens of thousands of households in central China's Hubei Province is experiencing power outages after heavy snow severely damaged the local grid.

Hubei Power Company dispatched four more rescue teams to disaster-hit Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture late Saturday to repair the grid.

As of Sunday morning, more than 17,000 workers and nearly 5,000 vehicles have been mobilized for the repair work, according to the company.

Snowstorm hit Enshi last Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing down nearly 9,000 electric poles, and destroyed transformers and other supporting facilities.

Source: Xinhua

USGS: second magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Argentina

USGS
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:58 UTC

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake La rioja, Argentina

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Powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand

RT
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 11:20 UTC

Magnitude 7.4 6.6 earthquake strikes in Amberley near Christchurch, New Zealand

A powerful earthquake has hit northeast of Christchurch, a city in New Zealand, according to the US Geological Survey.

Twitter reports from locals talk of "enormous" shaking felt in Wellington and Cheviot.

The quake was centered 46km from the town of Amberley with about 2,000 people, and 70km from the town of Kaiapoi with 10,000 residents, according to the USGS. The tremor had a shallow depth of 5 km.

Comment: Spaceweather.com reports:

Minor geomagnetic storms and Arctic auroras are likely on Nov. 13th as Earth moves through a stream of high-speed solar wind. Visibility of auroras will be muted somewhat by the glare of the waxing supermoon.

Peru's Sabancaya volcano erupts again with record 3 km high ash cloud

Malay Mail Online
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 03:41 UTC

Peru's Sabancaya volcano erupted again on Friday, spewing an ash cloud that reached a record height of some 3,000 metres.

The new activity came just hours after a flurry of small explosions at the volcano.

Six small explosions shook the earth around the Sabancaya volcano in southern Peru on Friday morning.

The 6,000-metre volcano Sabancaya, which means "tongue of fire" in Quechua, has been in seismic activity for 18 years, when it had an eruptive period that has since continued with various intensities.

It sits atop the South America tectonic plate, which forces magma to the surface when it clashes with the neighbouring Nazca plate.

Comment: Last week Sabancaya volcano erupted for the first time in 18 years

Roads blocked by snow in areas of Algeria

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Sat, 12 Nov 2016 21:17 UTC

Fatal accidents, floods, roads cut by snow

8 Nov 2016 (Excerpts) - "It is cold, rain and snow have fallen in abundance on several regions of the country. These incidents caused several fatal accidents on the roads .... at least 8 people were killed and 48 others injured in road accidents in several parts of the country.

"Road traffic in the capital has been severely disrupted by inclement weather and interminable traffic jams have formed around the main roads in Algiers.

"In the west of the country, the army had to intervene to reopen roads, blocked by snow, especially in Sidi Bel Abbes."

Thanks to Patrick for this link

Snowstorm to dump 30 cm of snow from Romania to Ukraine

Eric Leister
Accuweather
Sat, 12 Nov 2016 21:09 UTC

A potent storm system will track across eastern Europe, unleashing significant snowfall and strong winds.

Areas expecting accumulating snowfall include northern Romania, northern Moldova, eastern Hungary, eastern Slovakia, southeast Poland and much of northern and western Ukraine.

A mix of rain and snow will begin on Saturday across the region before transitioning to all snow across western Ukraine, southeast Poland and eastern Hungary. Snow will continue into Sunday night for many areas.

Snow will fall heavily at times from the Carpathian Mountains northward to Lviv and Kiev on Sunday. Widespread snowfall of 15-30 cm (6-12 inches) is expected throughout this region with local amounts in excess of 30 cm (12 inches).

The heaviest snowfall in Lviv on Sunday and in Kiev from midday Sunday into Sunday night.

Two-year-old boy attacked by 2 dogs in Anaheim, California

Joel Christie
Daily Mail
Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:29 UTC

Shocking attack: Surveillance footage from outside the Anaheim home show the mother attempting to fight off the two dogs at her front door, while protecting her son

Shocking surveillance footage has captured the moment a mother managed to save her two-year-old son as two dogs viciously mauled them outside their house.

The attack occurred in Anaheim, California, on Tuesday. It started when the boy was set upon by the two dogs in the front yard.

His mother then came to rescue to him, grabbing him and trying to run inside their home, but at the front door she realized she couldn't find her keys.

Spencer Bishop, the boy's father and woman's husband, was at work at the time. He said he has seen the surveillance footage but cannot watch it again because it is too shocking.

Severe hail storm strikes Durban, South Africa

The North Coast Courier
Sat, 12 Nov 2016 15:27 UTC

Hail covered the ground in Ballito and Salt Rock this afternoon.

Heavy rain and gail force winds hit Durban and the Dolphin Coast this afternoon, with the second wave of hail having just arrived in Ballito at around 3.30pm.

The dark, heavy storm clouds could be seen travelling from Durban towards the Dolphin Coast.

Numerous trees were blown over and parts of the roof at Linc church in Salt Rock were ripped off by the wind.

A tree fell over onto the N2 just before the Umhlali turn-off north bound that was obstructing the road.

Another huge tree has been flung across Marion Place blocking the road, directly round a corner.

@storm_sa @SevereWx_SA - hail over parts of Kloof, #Durban #storm pic.twitter.com/oglHZDyzaj
— Rob Kaletsch (@CaptainKZN) November 12, 2016

A section of the roof at Linc church was ripped off by the powerful winds.

70 giant freshwater stingrays found dead in Thailand river

Dan Zukowski
Ecowatch
Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:02 UTC

Scientists are trying to understand why 70 giant freshwater stingrays, some as big as a car, have been found dead in Thailand over the past few weeks. The die-off has been taking place in the Mae Klong River.

Thai officials have found the river to be slightly more acidic than normal, but aren't sure if that could be the cause. Some speculate that the rays may have been poisoned by cyanide or succumbed to a recent spill from an ethanol plant.

"One thing is clear: a reduction of pollution from surrounding factories is needed to improve the health of the river and save the stingrays in the long term," Zeb Hogan, host of the Monster Fish series on Nat Geo Wild, said.

The WWF says that these rays are being increasingly isolated into separate groups due to construction of large hydropower dams, reducing genetic diversity. They are vulnerable to siltation as they spend much of their time along the river's sandy bottom. And they can be caught up in fishing activities such as longlines and gill nets, and may be killed as bycatch.

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Earth Changes

Whale carcass towed out to sea near Windward Oahu, Hawaii

Heavy snowfall cause power outages in central China

USGS: second magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Argentina

Powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand

Peru's Sabancaya volcano erupts again with record 3 km high ash cloud

Roads blocked by snow in areas of Algeria

Snowstorm to dump 30 cm of snow from Romania to Ukraine

Two-year-old boy attacked by 2 dogs in Anaheim, California

Severe hail storm strikes Durban, South Africa

70 giant freshwater stingrays found dead in Thailand river

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