At least three people have died in the Philippines after torrential rain engulfed parts of the main island of Luzon including Manila where neck-deep water swept through homes forcing thousands into emergency shelters. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said mountainous areas to the north of the island were experiencing floods of 1.8 metres (six feet), following persistent rain that began at the weekend.
One person was killed in a storm-related car accident in the northern Apayao mountain region while a child was crushed by a collapsing wall and a man drowned in towns just outside the capital. Four other people are missing including three washed away by floods and overflowing rivers and a local female tourist who got lost while exploring a cave in the northern resort town of Sagada.
In the capital Manila, a megacity of 12 million people, schools, government offices and the stock exchange were closed as a red alert was raised in the morning -- the highest level of a warning system in which widespread floods are predicted.
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People in Kagoshima wore raincoats and used umbrellas to shield themselves from the ash after the Sakurajima volcano erupted. Local media said drivers had to turn on their headlights and reported the ash resembled driving through snow at night. Kyodo News said the plume was 5,000 meters high and lava flowed about a kilometre from the fissure.
It also said that railway operators stopped service in the city while ash was removed from the tracks. It reported that no one has been hurt.
Japan has frequent seismic activity. Kyodo cited the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying there are no signs of a larger eruption at Sakurajima but similar activity may continue.
It also said that railway operators stopped service in the city while ash was removed from the tracks. It reported that no one has been hurt.
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Officials wearing masks clean pavements covered by ash.
Officials wearing masks clean pavements covered by ash.
More than 10,000 homes are threatened by a furious Idaho wildfire, including getaways owned by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis, after an all-out "ground and air attack" failed to stop the blaze spreading to more than 126,000 acres, according to latest reports from the U.S. Forest Service. "Take your essentials, belongs and pets and GO NOW," a news release on inciweb warned those in the path of the lightning-sparked Beaver Creek fire. Despite an army of more than 1,200 firefighters, the blaze continues to spread across parched sagebrush, grasslands and pine forests in the Sun Valley area. "Every fire has a personality, and this fire has an angry personality," Beth Lund, and incident commander with the U.S. Forest Service team managing the blaze in central Idaho told Reuters.
More than 10,000 homes near the towns of Hailey and Ketchum remain threatened by the blaze, including luxury getaways owned by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis. The fire that has been burning for more than 12 days, scorching an area larger than the city of Denver, has already forced 2,250 homes into a mandatory evacuation order. Another 7,700 homes are under what is known as pre-evacuation, giving them time to pack up essential belongings and get ready to go at a moment's notice if the fire grows closer.
More than 10,000 homes near the towns of Hailey and Ketchum remain threatened by the blaze, including luxury getaways owned by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis. The fire that has been burning for more than 12 days, scorching an area larger than the city of Denver, has already forced 2,250 homes into a mandatory evacuation order. Another 7,700 homes are under what is known as pre-evacuation, giving them time to pack up essential belongings and get ready to go at a moment's notice if the fire grows closer.
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A sign warns away trespassers near the shuttered Zion Nuclear Power Station along the shore of Lake Michigan.
A sign warns away trespassers near the shuttered Zion Nuclear Power Station along the shore of Lake Michigan.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or NRC, presently requires that energy plants are capable of preventing attacks carried out by five or six people, according to the report, entitled "Protecting US Nuclear Facilities from Terrorist Attack."
The report, prepared by the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project at the University of Texas, focuses on the terrorist attacks of 2001, and warns the NRC to prepare for something much bigger down the road.
The combined public and private security provided at the US's 104 commercial nuclear reactors and three research reactors "is inadequate to defend against a maximum, credible, non-state adversary," the researchers said, adding that private-sector nuclear facilities remain "less protected than government facilities that face similar risks of theft of fissile material or radiological sabotage, which makes no sense."
Kagoshima - Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima erupted in spectacular fashion on Sunday, spewing an ash plume up to 5,000 meters into the air, meteorological officials said.
The eruption of the 1,117-meter Sakurajima near Kagoshima city took place around 4:30 p.m., Jiji Press said.
A large amount of volcanic ash fell in the northern and central parts of the city, causing a delay in train services and temporary poor visibility, forcing car drivers to use their headlights.
The eruption also resulted in a small flow of volcanic material up to about one kilometer from the crater, Jiji said.
It was the 500th eruption this year of Sakurajima. The eruption lasted for about 50 minutes.
Source: Agence France-Presse
The eruption of the 1,117-meter Sakurajima near Kagoshima city took place around 4:30 p.m., Jiji Press said.
A large amount of volcanic ash fell in the northern and central parts of the city, causing a delay in train services and temporary poor visibility, forcing car drivers to use their headlights.
The eruption also resulted in a small flow of volcanic material up to about one kilometer from the crater, Jiji said.
It was the 500th eruption this year of Sakurajima. The eruption lasted for about 50 minutes.
Source: Agence France-Presse
Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.
Tens of thousands of homes have been hit by rivers bursting their banks in stricken regions, villages are marooned, bridges washed away, farm land submerged, and a threat of disease, with more rain threatened in coming weeks. The vagaries of modern climate mean that as Eastern Russia faces biblical scenes from flooding, elsewhere in Siberia fierce wildfires are taking hold and covering causing irreparable damage to pristine forests.
A state of emergency has been declared in many eastern regions, as the president called for a united effort to combat the worst flooding in more than a century. At least 17,000 have been evacuated so far.
Putin urged regional chiefs to take personal command of combating the wave of flooding, demanding they report direct to him.
'There is no doubt that we will restore agricultural facilities, bridges, roads, and power and communications lines - the so-called metal,' he said.
'The issue is to prevent damage to people and, the main thing, to prevent irretrievable losses.
'Please concentrate on this. The situation is indeed difficult but manageable. It is under control. If we work concertedly - this is the main thing, to work concertedly, - then we will be able to minimize losses and prevent irretrievable losses. I am asking all heads of Russian regions which are facing the problem of floods to deal with these problems personally. Nobody should be forgotten. Nobody should be lost. I mean people living in your regions. Please report to me every day, or immediately if the situation changes quickly'.
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'There is no doubt that we will restore agricultural facilities, bridges, roads, and power and communications lines - the so-called metal. The issue is to prevent damage to people'.
'There is no doubt that we will restore agricultural facilities, bridges, roads, and power and communications lines - the so-called metal. The issue is to prevent damage to people'.
A state of emergency has been declared in many eastern regions, as the president called for a united effort to combat the worst flooding in more than a century. At least 17,000 have been evacuated so far.
Putin urged regional chiefs to take personal command of combating the wave of flooding, demanding they report direct to him.
'There is no doubt that we will restore agricultural facilities, bridges, roads, and power and communications lines - the so-called metal,' he said.
'The issue is to prevent damage to people and, the main thing, to prevent irretrievable losses.
'Please concentrate on this. The situation is indeed difficult but manageable. It is under control. If we work concertedly - this is the main thing, to work concertedly, - then we will be able to minimize losses and prevent irretrievable losses. I am asking all heads of Russian regions which are facing the problem of floods to deal with these problems personally. Nobody should be forgotten. Nobody should be lost. I mean people living in your regions. Please report to me every day, or immediately if the situation changes quickly'.
in mid August.....
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FAIRBANKS AK AUG 16 2013
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
AN EARLY FALL STORM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE NORTH SLOPE AND WEST COAST OF ALASKA SUNDAY AND IMPACT THE ALASKA INTERIOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
A LOW DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST RUSSIA AND CHUKCHI SEA SATURDAY WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES.
GALE FORCE NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AND THROUGH THE BERING STRAITS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP IN WESTERN ALASKA SUNDAY NIGHT.
AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS MOVING ON TO THE NORTH SLOPE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW IN AREAS FROM THE BROOKS RANGE NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH SOME WET SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE IN THE BROOKS RANGE ABOVE 3000 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/wmofcst.php?wmo=WWAK81PAFG&type=public
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FAIRBANKS AK AUG 16 2013
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
AN EARLY FALL STORM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE NORTH SLOPE AND WEST COAST OF ALASKA SUNDAY AND IMPACT THE ALASKA INTERIOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
A LOW DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST RUSSIA AND CHUKCHI SEA SATURDAY WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES.
GALE FORCE NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AND THROUGH THE BERING STRAITS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP IN WESTERN ALASKA SUNDAY NIGHT.
AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS MOVING ON TO THE NORTH SLOPE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW IN AREAS FROM THE BROOKS RANGE NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH SOME WET SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE IN THE BROOKS RANGE ABOVE 3000 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/wmofcst.php?wmo=WWAK81PAFG&type=public
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link
This discrepancy between 'waging peace' and wilfully ignoring the cosmic elephant in the living room is something no one but SOTT.net and SOTT Talk Radio is apparently willing to talk about. The historical reality of cataclysms brought on by 'fire in the sky' is daily merging with present reality as mysterious explosions, sonic booms, unexplained fires and other 'high strangeness' continue to proliferate across the planet.
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A view of flooded cropland in China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province is seen in this photo posted to the microblog platform Weibo. Continuous rainfall in the region has resulted in the worst flooding in thirty years.
A view of flooded cropland in China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province is seen in this photo posted to the microblog platform Weibo. Continuous rainfall in the region has resulted in the worst flooding in thirty years.
Continuous downpours since June in Heilongjiang have caused severe flooding. Thirty two rivers have surpassed their warning levels. The Nen River has continued to rise. That river is the longest tributary of the Songhua River, which is the largest tributary of the Heilongjiang River, also known as the Amur River, which flows from Outer Mongolia and forms the border between China and Russia.
As of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, according to statistics by the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, more than 4.33 million people have been affected and about 6 million acres of cropland have been damaged. The crops on over 1.5 million acres have been destroyed, the Chinanews reported.
Comment: We wonder if the U.S. government has noticed, like us, that power plants and other large industrial facilities are showing major vulnerability to ongoing Earth Changes?...
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