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Rivers at record levels after 620mm (2 feet) of rain in 48 hours in Queensland, Australia


Floodlist
Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:24 UTC
Daintree River flood at Daintree, Queensland, January 2019
© Douglas Shire Council
Daintree River flood at Daintree, Queensland, January 2019
Torrential rain and swollen rivers have left communities cut off and farmland inundated in parts of northern Queensland, Australia.

According to figures from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) over 620 mm of rain was recorded in Whyanbeel Valley, situated between Port Douglas and Daintree in northern Queensland, in a 48 hour period to 27 January. Several other areas received over 500mm during the same period.

BoM said the Daintree River rose to 12.6m on 26 January, well above major flood stage of 9m and biggest major flooding of the Daintree River since 1901. Roads have been washed out and the river ferry at Daintree damaged. Local authorities warned that some residents in remote areas could be cut off for days.

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Lightning bolt kills two children in Zambia

Chris Phiri
Zambia Reports
Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:57 UTC
lightning
© Johannes Plenio
Two girls of same family aged 10 and 12 have been struck to death by lightning while another is battling for her life at Kalulushi General Hospital.

The deceased have been identified as Mercy and Fidess Mugala.

The incident happened on Friday when the three children were playing in the house while it was raining heavily in Kitwe's Kamakonde Township.

The other child whose identity has been withheld suffered burns on both his legs and currently nursing injuries at Kalulushi General Hospital.

Meanwhile, Nkana Member of Parliament Alexander Chiteme has pledged to help the bereaved family with funeral expenses.

Comment: A day later an individual was fatally struck by lightning in Germiston, South Africa.

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2 shepherds, around 200 cattle buried by landslide after heavy snowfall in Nepal

Harihar Singh Rathour
The Kathmandu Post
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:48 UTC
landslide

File photo
A landslide at Hindung in Dhading district on Sunday morning buried two cattle herders and around 200 cattle.

The shepherds had moved the cattle to a nearby cave after heavy snowfall since Friday. Police identified the buried herders as Dhan Bahadur Tamang, 17, and NurbuTamang, 42.

The duo were sleeping when the landslide buried the cave. Locals informed police on Sunday morning when the cave was buried. The incident site is around five hours walk from district headquarters.

Chief District Officer Bhagirath Panday said they are preparing to fly a rescue team under assistant Chief District Officer Dholak Raj Dhakal in a chopper to the incident site.
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Northern Hemisphere is not warming


Adapt 2030
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:07 UTC
Extreme temps
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
With the electromagnetic changes in our Sun, it seems that people are effected as well and a wholesale rejection of climate taxes is sweeping the globe. The Northern Hemisphere has not warmed especially looking over 1200 years of time we presently are not the warmest ever, and other locations across the globe show the same, stable or declining.


Comment: Study: Carbon taxes could cause more food insecurity than climate change itself

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Landslide during heavy rainfall kills at least 15 at hotel wedding party in Peru


BBC
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:23 UTC
A collapsed area of the Alhambra hotel in Abancay, Peru ( AP
© AP
A collapsed area of the Alhambra hotel in Abancay, Peru
At least 15 people were killed when a landslide crashed into a hotel during a wedding celebration in south-eastern Peru, officials say.

The impact of the mud and rocks forced the building's walls and roof to cave in while guests were inside dancing.

Twenty-nine people were injured and had to be pulled from the debris following the incident on Sunday in the Andean city of Abancay, officials said.

Local media report that the incident occurred during heavy rain in the area.

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Cloud Precipitation

68 killed, thousands displaced in South Sulawesi floods, Indonesia (UPDATE)


The Jakarta Post
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:40 UTC
Residents try to hold on to a house
© Antara/Abriawan Abhe
Residents try to hold on to a house that is being carried away by floodwater from the overflowing Jenebarang River in Gowa, South Sulawesi, on Jan. 22.
Six people died and 10 went missing in a flood that hit Makassar City and six other districts in South Sulawesi on Tuesday.

The previous day, dozens of houses and several bridges were destroyed hours after torrential rainfall hit.

The six people were from Gowa district, which was inundated because of rising water levels in the Jenebarang River.

Gowa Regent Adnan Purichta Ichsan said some of the victims died because of electric shock while others were buried by landslides.


Comment: Update: Channel News Asia on the 24th of January reports:
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Indonesia jumped to 26, a disaster agency official said Thursday (Jan 24), as rescuers race to find still-missing victims.

Thousands have been evacuated from their homes as heavy rain and strong winds pounded the southern part of Sulawesi island, swelling rivers that burst their banks and inundating dozens of communities in nine southern districts.

Parts of the provincial capital Makassar have also been affected.

"As of this morning, 26 people are confirmed to have died and 24 others are missing," said Syamsibar, the head of the local disaster mitigation agency, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

The death toll had stood at eight on Wednesday.

More than 3,000 people have been evacuated and at least 46 are being treated at local hospitals and health clinics.

The floods also damaged houses, government buildings, schools and bridges.

"The search and rescue teams are still looking for missing victims and evacuating people whose homes were inundated by the flooding," Syamsibar said.

Landslides and flooding are common in Indonesia, especially during the monsoon season between October and April, when rain lashes the vast tropical archipelago.

In October, flash floods and landslides killed at least 22 people in several districts across Sumatra island.

Source: AFP

Update: Xinhua on the 27th of January reports:
The death toll from floods, landslides and whirlwind in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province jumped to 68 on Sunday with 47 others sustaining wounds, spokesman of the national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.


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Snowflake Cold

American alligators freeze in place to survive arctic blast in North Carolina


Strange Sounds
Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:32 UTC
dormant alligator frozen lake
© The Swamp Park/Facebook
Alligators in one eastern North Carolina swamp have proven it was no fluke last winter, when they survived a cold snap by freezing themselves in place with their noses above the ice.

18 American alligators froze Monday night and stayed frozen all day Tuesday with their nose above the ice in North Carolina.

Yes, the same weird phenomenon happened again Monday at The Swamp Park, only this time more - and bigger - alligators joined in, says park manager George Howard, who posted a video Tuesday:
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Snowflake

Snow blankets Sea of Japan coast - over 1.8 meters (70 inches) dumped on Niigata Prefecture


NHK World
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 15:17 UTC
Heavy snow over wide areas of Japan

Heavy snow over wide areas of Japan
Heavy snow has blanketed mountainous areas of eastern and western Japan, mainly on the Sea of Japan coast.

The Meteorological Agency says the snowfall is due to a winter pressure pattern and a strong cold air mass.

As of 6 AM Sunday, more than 1.8 meters of snow had accumulated in the town of Yuzawa in central Japan's Niigata Prefecture.

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Snowflake Cold

Emergency in Bulgaria's Smolyan district enters second day after heavy snowfall


The Sofia Globe
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:31 UTC
snow
© Bulgarian Ministry of Defence
Twenty military personnel from Bulgaria's 101st Alpine Regiment were continuing to provide assistance to the population of the Smolyan district on January 27, the second day of a state of emergency in the region because of heavy snowfall.

Bulgaria's Defence Ministry said that the regiment resumed operations on Sunday morning to clea the road from Smolyan to the Prevala mountain pass, where the snow cover was about 60cm.

On January 26, the regiment assisted in clearing the road from the St Panteleimon monastery near Smolyan to the bus station in Bulgaria's Pamporovo ski resort. They retrieved stranded cars and cleared the roadway of snow and fallen trees.

On Saturday, Pamporovo was effectively cut off by the snow, while another of Bulgaria's major resorts, Bansko, the gondola lift was closed throughout the day. Conditions in Bansko were considerably better on Sunday.

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Snowflake Cold

Icy blast reminds US forecasters of 2014 'polar vortex,' with the worst still to come

Dave Kolpack and Blake Nicholson
Associated Press
Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:05 UTC
polar vortex wind chill winter
© Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via Associated Press
Chicago's lakefront is frozen over Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. The National Weather Service had a wind chill warning in effect until 12 p.m. Friday for counties in northwestern and north central Illinois.
An arctic blast spread painful cold across the Midwest on Friday, closing schools, opening warming centers and even intimidating ice fishermen in a taste of the even more dangerous weather expected next week.

Forecasters called it a replay of the "polar vortex" that bludgeoned the U.S. in 2014 - and maybe even colder, with wind chills by midweek as much as 45 below in Chicago.

"We're going to be feeling it big time," Jeff Masters, meteorology director at the private Weather Underground, said. "It's going to be the coldest air in five years."

For much of middle America, the leading edge was bad enough. Cold weather advisories were in effect Friday from North Dakota to Ohio, with dangerously cold wind chills that could dip to as low as 45 below zero (negative 42 Celsius) in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota and to 35 below (negative 37 Celsius) in parts of northern Illinois and Iowa.
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