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Cloud Precipitation

Tropical Storm Ana headed for western Canada next week

Mike Heard
4KXFL
Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:43 UTC
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Hurricane Ana formed in the tropical eastern pacific back on October 17th and skirted past the Hawaiian Islands a few days later. Ana has weakened to a tropical storm and continues to spin her way into colder waters north of Hawaii.

Forecast models continue to predict this storm to lift into higher latitudes and the polar jet stream will grab hold of her and kick this storm to the east. By early next week the track of this storm will hit the west coast of Canada by early Tuesday morning.

What does this mean for Montana? This storm system should continue to weaken as it moves eastward toward the coast down to a subtropical low and as it moves inland into British Columbia the storm will continue to weaken.
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Bizarro Earth

Strong winds create reverse waterfall in England

Emily Scharnhorst
Yahoo News
Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:54 UTC
Reverse Waterfall
© YouTube Screen Capture
Well, isn't this odd?

In the Peak District of England there is a waterfall where the water doesn't actually fall.

Officially known as the Derbyshire waterfall, it's also called Kinder Downfall. The water here usually cascades down about 80 feet from this fall. But a natural phenomenon occurs when high winds hit the area and updrafts force the water to blow back upstream - resulting in a sort of reverse waterfall.

The winds seen in this video are believed to be remnants of the recent Hurricane Gonzalo. Whatever their origin, these wind gusts reached 50 mph creating a mist that can reportedly be seen several miles away.
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Black Cat

Tiger attacks Australian tourist at animal park in Thailand


The Guardian
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:34 UTC
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© Apichart Weerawong/AP A juvenile tiger similar to this one attacked the Australian tourist, who insisted he didn’t want the animal killed.
Paul Goudie from Melbourne recovering in hospital after being attacked inside an enclosure at Tiger Kingdom animal resort

An Australian man is recovering in a Thai hospital after being mauled by a young male tiger in a special tourist enclosure at an animal park on the resort island of Phuket.

Paul Goudie, from Werribee, near Melbourne, was attacked at the enclosure this week at the Tiger Kingdom tourist show after being given controlled access to a group of young tigers.

Goudie, 49, suffered serious bites to his left leg and stomach and is being treated at a Phuket hospital prior to surgery to avoid the risk of infection.

At the tiger park, tourists are invited into a special caged enclosure with handlers as part of the visitor experience.

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Arrow Down

Sinkhole opens up in Maspeth, New York

Peter C. Mastrosimone
Queens Chronicle
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:42 UTC
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© Robert Holden/Christina WilkinsonA portion of 69-11 58 Road in Maspeth collapsed Friday, forcing out the residents of that house and neighboring 69-13, right.
A sinkhole that opened up in the driveway between two houses on 58th Road in Maspeth forced at least a dozen residents from their homes and prompted Con Edison to cut power to part of the block on Friday.

The hole is in the walkway between 69-11 and 69-13 58 Road, located on the north side of a block between 69th Street and 69th Place, just south of the Long Island Expressway. Vacate orders were issued for both of those houses.

Danielle Maher and her husband have owned 69-11 for more than three years. SHe said said that her uncle had heard cracking sounds in the wall of the basement some time between 2:30 and 3 p.m.

"He called me outside to take a look and I same the hole," she said. "I ran into the house to grab the baby and the dogs. I didn't even make it out of the house when I heard it collapse, then I called my husband."
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Health

Two-month-old baby boy injured by chimpanzee in Uganda

Francis Mugerwa
Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:00 UTC
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© Francis Mugerwa.Ms Rosemary Nyangoma nurses her son who was attacked by a chimpanzee last week. Doctors say his health has improved.
The family of a two-month-old baby boy, who was injured by a chimpanzee in Hoima District last week, is demanding compensation from government.

The victim's father, Mr Nyansio Byaruhanga, said his son sustained multiple injuries on his head and private parts. "Chimpanzees and other wild animals are supposed to be in parks and game reserves. But it strayed into our garden and injured my son. Government should compensate us," Mr Byaruhanga said. He expressed worry whether his son will be able to father children given the injury the baby sustained in the private parts.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority's (UWA) spokesperson, Mr Jossy Muhangi, described the incident as unfortunate, but said the authority would not compensate the family. "There is no provision in the law for us to compensate in such a case," Mr Muhanji said, adding that UWA does not compensate victims in communities neighbouring parks and game reserves.

Comment: See also: Chimpanzee kidnaps and kills 2-year-old boy in Uganda

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Attention

Rare beaked whale found dead on Sunshine Coast, Queensland


ABC News Australia
Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:52 UTC
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© Sunshine Coast CouncilThe deep sea whales rarely come close to shore.
Marine experts will examine a rare deep sea whale that has washed up on a Queensland beach.

The five-and-a-half metre beaked whale was found dead this morning at Wurtulla on the Sunshine Coast.

It was believed to have died of natural causes.

It was at least the second beaked whale to wash up on the east coast of Australia this week, after one was found on Redhead Beach, south of Newcastle, last week.

The Queensland Museum will collect the Wurtulla whale's carcass tomorrow to conduct research into the rare species.

The Sunshine Coast Council has erected a sign around the Wurtulla Beach whale asking people not to touch the whale, saying it could carry viruses.

Whale Conservation Society's Paul Hodda said it was an exciting find because the mysterious whale is rarely seen anywhere in the world.

Comment: This is the third body of a deep sea whale to turn up dead within 6 weeks in Australasia. So, what's up below?

See also: Rare deep sea dwelling beaked whale washes up on beach near Newcastle, Australia

Denizen of deep water, cuviers beaked whale found dead on Titahi Bay beach, New Zealand

Creatures from the deep signal major Earth Changes: Is anyone paying attention?

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Attention

Elephant herd tramples farmer to death in India

Imran Gowhar
The Hindu
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:43 UTC
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© Jagdeep Rajput
A 49-year-old farmer trampled to death by a herd of elephants in the Ragi field in Tagachikoppe village bordering Savanadurda forest area in Ramnagar on Friday morning.

The deceased, Rajendra Nayak, along with two others, had gone to the field in the early hours was caught by the elephant herd.

While Rajendra was trampled to death the two others managed to escape , Deputy Conservator of Forest (Ramnagar) , Ravishankar said.

According to the him, the three elephants who were separated from the group of 11 elephants heading towards the forest area strayed into the village.

The forest officials drove the elephants back into the forest area and shifted the body of Rajendra for post-mortem.
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Cloud Lightning

Siege of Pacific storms will continue to drench and blast the coastal U.S. Northwest

Alex Sosnowski
AccuWeather
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:51 UTC
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A siege of Pacific storms will continue to drench and blast the coastal Northwest into next week and will be joined by Ana.
The rounds of heavy rain will be enough to cause incidents of flash flooding, mudslides and travel delays from northern California to western Oregon, western Washington and southwestern British Columbia.

From this week through the middle of next week, a general 6 to 12 inches (150 to 300 millimeters) of rain can fall along the immediate coast, but locally higher amounts are possible in the eastern slopes of the coastal ranges, including the Olympic Mountains in northwestern Washington state.
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Cloud Precipitation

Nor'easter batters U.S. Northeast, Canada with wind speeds found in Category 1 hurricane

Brian Lada
AccuWeather
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:43 UTC
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© David Filipov Surf reaches Plymouth Long Beach seawall at high tide.
Conditions will improve across the Northeast on Friday as this week's nor'easter shifts away from the region. While some rain and wind is still expected over northern New England and Nova Scotia on Friday, the worst of the storm has passed after flooding rain and howling winds impacted the region from Tuesday night through Thursday.

The storm has left behind a mess for cleanup crews with thousands of people still without power and a plethora of trees felled across the region. Boston was one of the larger cities that was hit by the powerful storm, receiving over 3 inches of rain and being lashed by winds that gusted as high as 54 mph.

The observatory sitting on top of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, recorded a peak wind gust of 84 mph Wednesday evening, wind speeds that can be found in a Category 1 hurricane.

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Snowflake Cold

Crops harvested under 20 cm of snow and at minus 10 degrees C, Kazakhstan

Robert Felix
iceagenow.info
Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:22 UTC
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The grain fields of Northern Kazakhstan have had to be harvested in the snow and frost
What grains they collect now can only be used to feed the cattle.
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"Of course the MSM in the Netherlands do not bring this news," says reader. "Snow in Austria and in Sweden? We don't hear it on the television news, we don't read it in the big newspapers. Snow in Russia? It is not mentioned. The private plane of the CEO of the French oil company Total crashed on Vnukovo Airport after a collision with a snow blower. Nobody says: Hey, how come we are not being told that there was snow? Why else would a snowblower be on the runway?"
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