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Lightning bolt kills shepherd, 19 buffaloes in western Indonesia

660citynews.com
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:17 UTC

Authorities say lightning struck a livestock cage in western Indonesia, killing a shepherd and 19 water buffaloes.

Local police chief Sukamat said Tuesday that Sintor Habeyahan had been lighting a bonfire to repel mosquitoes in the cage in North Sumatra province's Tapanuli Tengah district when lightning struck him and his buffaloes late Monday.

Sukamat, who uses a single name, said the man and 19 buffaloes were killed. Two other animals received minor injuries.

Grieving relatives buried the shepherd on Tuesday near a mass grave for his buffaloes.

Source: The Associated Press

6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes east of Solomon Islands

Sputnik
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:09 UTC

The epicentre of the earthquake was located at a depth of 76 kilometres (47 miles), 96 kilometres (57 miles) southeast of Lata, about 475 km (295 miles) north of the island of Santo in the Solomon Islands, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake was registered near the Solomon Islands on 20 August, the US Geological Survey said.

There have been no immediate reports about casualties or damage caused by the quake. No tsunami warning has been issued.

Severe storms hit Germany, disrupting transport networks

The Local, Germany
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:30 UTC

Lightning in Dresden, 18 August

Commuters in parts of Germany faced disruption Monday after storms lashed the country.

Thunderstorms, heavy rain and hailstones caused flooding and trees to fall, affecting rail and air travel in central, eastern and southern regions of the country.

The rail network in the state of Hesse was particularly badly hit due to the weather conditions, a Deutsche Bahn (DB) spokesman said.

In Walldorf - south west of Frankfurt - lightning struck a signal box, DB reported on Twitter. Trains between the main stations of Mannheim and Frankfurt had to be cancelled due to a line closure. DB said the closure would be in place until around 3pm on Monday.

On the routes between Darmstadt and Frankfurt and between Hanau, east of Frankfurt, and Aschaffenburg, in Bavaria, passengers faced disruption because of overhead line problems.

Turkey turmoil: As floods inundate Istanbul region, nearby Izmir battles raging wildfires

Daily Sabah
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:16 UTC

Forest fires have consumed some 500 hectares (over 1,200 acres) of land in Izmir on Turkey's Aegean coast, an official said Monday.

On Sunday, the fires broke out in four different regions -- including two in the southwestern Muğla province and others in Izmir province, according to Agriculture and Forest Ministry.

Speaking to reporters in Izmir, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said that the fire in Karabağlar district of Izmir has so far destroyed some 500 hectares of forestland and firefighters are still battling to contain the fire.

Russian pensioner 'eaten alive' by brown bear after joking about being mauled by one

Dominic Smithers
Lad Bible
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:34 UTC

A pensioner has been eaten alive by a bear just hours after joking about being attacked and killed by one.

Alexander Korneyev was out picking wild mushrooms when a brown bear savagely mauled him in eastern Russia, just outside the village of Suluk, about 5,300 miles east of Moscow.

The 66-year-old had only a penknife to try and defend himself against the powerful animal, but was unable to do so and was 'eaten alive'.

When the retired railway construction worker was found, it's said that not a single spot was left untouched.

Underwater eruption discovered near Fonualei Island, Tonga

Volcano Discovery
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:29 UTC

Tonga islands submarine volcano eruption

A new eruption, likely submarine, has occurred (or is still in progress) during the past days west of Vava'u Island in the Tonga archipelago. Its origin volcano is still a bit unclear, but the eruption, evidenced by fresh pumice rafts and steam plumes is most likely from a submarine volcano near or a vent of the small Fonualei volcano.

On 7 Aug, an observer sent us the following report:

"At around 10:40am on Wednesday 7 August, we noticed large clouds of smoke on the horizon at the location of Fonualei volcano. The plume continued to get larger over the next few hours. It seemed to pause and then erupt again."

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: No ice except there is ice, relax the mind

Adapt 2030
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:19 UTC

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Heavy summer snowfall hits northern British Columbia

Kathy Michaels
infotel.ca
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:27 UTC

The view from Melody Magaton's window Monday morning, at the Buffalo Inn along the Alaska Highway in Pink Mountain, 190 kilometres north of Fort St. John, B.C.

© Melody Magaton
The view from Melody Magaton's window Monday morning, at the Buffalo Inn along the Alaska Highway in Pink Mountain, 190 kilometres north of Fort St. John, B.C.

It's been a long, cold night in parts of northern B.C.

As Environment Canada promised, a heavy dump of snow has fallen on parts of the Alaska highway and a total accumulation of 20 to 30 centimetres is expected to be on the ground when all is said and done.

"The combination of an unseasonably cold arctic airmass and Pacific moisture associated with a low on the North Coast will result in continued heavy snow for higher elevations between Fort Nelson and Watson Lake," read the report from Environment Canada.

Gran Canaria: 4,000 evacuated as wildfires rip through island for second time in a week

Sky News
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 01:31 UTC

Thousands of people have been evacuated in the area around Valleseco

Thousands of people have been evacuated from dozens of towns on Gran Canaria as firefighters battle to contain out-of-control wildfires.

The fires, which broke out on Saturday for the second time in a week, have forced around 4,000 people to evacuate at least 40 towns near Valleseco, a town situated on the north of the popular tourist island.

They had spread in two different directions and razed more than 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) by Sunday afternoon, according to the island's provincial government.

There is currently a huge operation under way involving nine helicopters, two planes and 600 emergency responders to control the fires, which officials say has "great potential" to spread further.

Angel Victor Torres, the Canary Islands' regional president, told a news conference that the blaze was neither "contained nor stabilised or controlled".

Comment: Huge wildfire on Gran Canaria, Spain sparks mass evacuation

Mountainside in Peru appears to be blowing away in the wind

andina.pe
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 12:08 UTC

Some kind of bizarre slow-motion 'hill-slide' is taking place in Apurímac, Peru - and it's affecting local residents

Apurimian authorities have requested the immediate intervention of govt agency Ingemmet in order for experts to carry out technical-scientific studies on this natural phenomenon, which has been ongoing since July 27.

An expedition of the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute (Ingemmet) will go from Lima to the Apurimac region to inspect the area affected by the collapse of the eastern slope of Chamanayoc Mountain, on the right bank of the Pachachaca river, located in the district of Huancarama in Andahuaylas province.

Ingemmet has coordinated with the general manager of the Regional Government of Apurímac, Raúl Gutiérrez Rodas, for the transfer of specialists Paul Vásquez y Gonzalo Luna to the area, which is affected by the dense dust from constant landslides that occur in the aforementioned mountain, and which have caused respiratory and ophthalmological effects in more than 200 local residents living downwind from the mountain.

Translated by Sott.net

Comment: Well that is just weird. Perhaps some sort of liquefaction process is at work inside the mountain. Local media is calling it 'landslides', but the constant stream of dust coming off it suggests something more unusual than that.

With landslides, top layers give way, the mass crashes to the foot of a slope, and (in dry climates) a dust cloud is the temporary result.

Here, there's apparently just a mountainside 'smoking dust'!

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Good Optics

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Bezel Bub

Other comets coming sooner, although not quite as big. E.g. "Leonard" this December https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2021_A1_(Leonard)

Tsidkenu

Tornadoes here in Aus too, as I reported here [Link]

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Earth Changes

Lightning bolt kills shepherd, 19 buffaloes in western Indonesia

6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes east of Solomon Islands

Severe storms hit Germany, disrupting transport networks

Turkey turmoil: As floods inundate Istanbul region, nearby Izmir battles raging wildfires

Russian pensioner 'eaten alive' by brown bear after joking about being mauled by one

Underwater eruption discovered near Fonualei Island, Tonga

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: No ice except there is ice, relax the mind

Heavy summer snowfall hits northern British Columbia

Gran Canaria: 4,000 evacuated as wildfires rip through island for second time in a week

Mountainside in Peru appears to be blowing away in the wind

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