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6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea region


The Straits Times
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:18 UTC
The epicentre of the quake was located 180km south-west of Rabaul on New Britain island, some 900km north-east of the capital Port Moresby, at a depth of 68km.
© USGSThe epicentre of the quake was located 180km south-west of Rabaul on New Britain island, some 900km north-east of the capital Port Moresby, at a depth of 68km
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the north-east coast of an island of the Pacific Ocean nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday (March 24), officials said, but the tremor posed no tsunami threat to the region.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which was centred in a much more remote region than a magnitude-7.5 tremor that rocked the country's mountainous mainland highlands on Feb 26, killing 100 people.

The epicentre of Saturday's quake was located 180km south-west of Rabaul on New Britain island, some 900km north-east of the capital Port Moresby, at a depth of 68km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The quake was revised down from an initial reading of magnitude 6.8 and a depth of 60km.
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Snowflake

Philadelphia has 2nd snowiest March on record

Matt Peterson
CBS Philly
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:15 UTC
record snow in Philadelphia
© CBS Philly
It has been a messy March across the entire Northeast as four nor'easters have pummeled the region from D.C. up to Boston. Philadelphia only escaped one of the systems relatively unscathed while we got hammered the other three times.

Thanks to the three major storms, especially nor'easters two and four, our snow totals for the month of March are ending up extremely high. How high? We are near record-breaking in more than a few areas across the region. Here is a breakdown of how March 2018 stacks up against other snowy Marches on record.

So far in Philly for March of 2018, we have had a total of 15.2 inches of snow and it has taken 10 days for us to reach that total, with five of those days recording a measurable amount of snow (Amount > .01″). The 15.2 inches of snow that we have seen currently has us tied for the seconnd snowiest March on record for the city of Philadelphia, tying the March of 1914.

Other cities across the region that are in the top five of snowiest Marches on record are Atlantic City, Wilmington and Allentown. In Atlantic City this March we have seen 9.6 inches of snow. In Wilmington we sit at a total of 13.2 inches and in Allentown we currently have a total of 20.7 inches. While all of these totals are extremely high, only Wilmington at 13.2 inches cracks the top two like Philly. Atlantic City and Allentown sit at fifth and fourth all time, respectfully.

Comment: Elsewhere in the US this week:

In New York City this year marks the fifth consecutive season that at least 30 inches of snow have fallen. The only other recorded time it snowed this much, for this long a period, was back in the 1880s (records begin in the 1869-1870 season).

Record snowfall hit Dulles, doubling the previous record set in 1964, as a FOURTH March Nor'easter dumped 8 inches of snow on Washington, DC leaving thousands of flights cancelled and Federal offices closed.

Almost 16 feet of snow fell in 18 days across California's Sierra Nevada.

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Early spring snowfall and floods bring havoc to the Balkans


Daily Mail
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:12 UTC
A municipal worker clears ice and snow from the platforms of the Gara de Nord, the main railway station in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 23, 2018.
A municipal worker clears ice and snow from the platforms of the Gara de Nord, the main railway station in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 23, 2018.
Heavy snow and flooding wreaked havoc across large parts of the Balkans on Friday, forcing road closures, flooding homes and stopping ferries along the Adriatic coast.

The spate of fresh snow came as Croatia was already struggling to contain overflowing rivers that were swollen from melting snow.

Croatian authorities said that only small vehicles were allowed on main roads leading toward the coast while trucks or buses could not pass. Citizens have been urged to avoid traveling.

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70% crop losses due to extreme weather in Australia

Jess Davis
ABC Australia
Tue, 06 Feb 2018 02:21 UTC
crop losses NSW
© ABC Rural: Jess DavisTo the naked eye this wheat crop looks good, but inside are damaged grains.
It was always going to be a big ask for the nation's grain crop to reach last year's record breaker, but extreme weather events across the country have guaranteed the harvest is well down on last year.

Some grain-growing regions have even reported a drop of more than 70 per cent on last year's harvest.

In the north of the country grain farmers battled extreme dry, in NSW and Victoria a late frost and record rains damaged crops, and WA made a comeback late in the season with much-needed rain.

Dry winter impacts yields

For Matthew Dart who farms at Merriwagga in southern NSW it's a harvest he was happy to see the back of.

"It was one of those years where any mistake in any given sequence you were penalised so heavily," he said.

Comment: Weather patterns are out of sync, in particular global temperatures are plummeting, and as a consequence we're seeing devastating crop losses all over the world:

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Windsock

Dust storm from the Sahara turns southern Russia yellow


The Moscow Times
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 19:20 UTC
dust storm
Dust from the African Sahara has swept over southern Russia, turning the streets and mountain slopes of Krasnodar region a hazy yellow color.

Andrei Bondar, the head of the regional weather center, said the sandstorms that originated in North Africa and passed through Crete on the Mediterranean posed no health hazards.

"The dust particles condensed in the atmosphere and a colored rain fell," Interfax quoted Andrei Bondar as saying.

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Snowflake

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Saharan dust cloaks Crete skies, record snow in Algeria and Cyclone in France


Adapt 2030
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:55 UTC
dust storm
Massive Saharan dust cloud covers Crete, other areas along eastern Med including Cyprus and Turkey will be in the path tomorrow. Romania blizzard and the dust from Africa will collide over the Black Sea area in what is sure to be a once in a lifetime display of nature. Cyclone Hugo set to make landfall in Bay of Biscay France, Record snow in Algeria, and Spain such heavy snow dump that the Port of Montenegro is closed due to snow on the road. Welcome to the new Grand Solar Minimum !


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Snowflake

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Super rare March snow for North Africa, southern Spain and French beaches


Adapt 2030
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 17:41 UTC
snow Algeria
© TSA
European Superfreeze 2.0 brings snow on French Beaches, Record snow in Spain and what can only be considered super extra double unusual snow in Algeria during March. Dust storms with density of sand in the air that can only be described as a "Sand Blaster in the Atmosphere" and massive 1 KG / 2LB+ hail in the USA. The intensification of the Grand Solar Minimum has hit its step forward. You are on your own, you need to prepare.


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Major road blocked after large sinkhole appears on seafront in Devon, England

Rom Preston-Ellis
The Herald
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:19 UTC
Torquay sinkhole
© Tina CrowsonThe huge hole on Torquay seafront.
The main road between Torquay and Paignton has been closed after a large hole appeared in the pavement.

Torbay Council has described it as a 'major incident' with a 75-metre cordon in place on Torbay Road.

The road is blocked outside the Livermead House Hotel.

Temporary traffic lights are in place and they will remain for some time while emergency works are completed.
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Snowflake

It's official: New York City hasn't witnessed snow like this in 130 years

Harry Enten
CNN
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:03 UTC
NYC hasn't seen snow like this in 130 years
NYC hasn't seen snow like this in 130 years
The snow has been falling all day in New York City.

For most New Yorkers, the snow was probably a drag. For a record seeker like myself, this late season snow storm allowed me to catch my snow white whale.

This marks the fifth consecutive season that at least 30 inches of snow have fallen in New York City. The only other recorded time it snowed this much, for this long a period, was back in the 1880s (records begin in the 1869-1870 season). That five-year stretch occurred mostly during the presidential administration of Chester A. Arthur, another president who made a name for himself in New York.

As of 8 p.m., 6.7 inches of snow had fallen in Central Park in Manhattan, the official measurement site for snow in Manhattan. More snow has fallen since then, but that alone put New York over 30 inches of snow for the season. Before the storm, New York City had only 27 inches of snow recorded for the season.
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Almost 16 feet of snow falls in 18 days across California's Sierra Nevada

Chris Dolce
The Weather Channel
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:47 UTC
Nearly 16 Feet of Snow Fell in California's Sierra Nevada in 18 Days
Nearly 16 Feet of Snow Fell in California's Sierra Nevada in 18 Days
A series of storms have been a boon for California's Sierra Nevada where nearly 16 feet of snow has piled up in March, more than double the paltry seasonal total before the month began.

Through the end of February, the Lake Tahoe ski resort Alpine Meadows had received just 147 inches of snow this season at an elevation of 8,000 feet. Since then, 191 inches of snow, or nearly 16 feet, has fallen in just 18 days.

The seasonal total at the resort is now up to 338 inches. That's still a far cry from the more than 600 inches recorded there through mid-March last year, but above the 2014-15 and 2013-14 winters when less than 300 inches was tallied up.
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