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Deadly landslides and floods in Veracruz, Mexico


Floodlist
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:33 UTC
Landslides blocked several roads after heavy rainfall in Veracruz State, Mexico, 08 to 10 August 2020.
© Government of Veracruz
Landslides blocked several roads after heavy rainfall in Veracruz State, Mexico, 08 to 10 August 2020.
Heavy rainfall from 08 to 10 August caused flooding and landslides in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico.

According to Mexico's meteorological agency Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), 110.3 mm of rain fell in 24 hours on 08 August in Sontecomapan in Catemaco Municipality. The next day, 158 mm of rain fell in Jesús Carranza Municipality.The state's Civil Protection reported 3 fatalities after a landslide in Filomeno Mata Municipality.

Across the state more than 1,700 buildings were damaged and around 200 people were evacuated. Bridges were damaged and several roads blocked by landslides and flooding, leaving some communities isolated.

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Over 1,100 homes destroyed, 13,200 affected by floods in Mali


Floodlist
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:05 UTC
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The flood situation has deteriorated in Mali over the last 10 days according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Flooding began in the country in July, affecting around 7,000 people. According to OCHA, as of 06 August, more than 13,200 people, including 5,400 internally displaced persons, were affected by floods in the country. The worst affected regions are Gao, Mopti, Ségou and Sikasso. A total of 1,160 homes have been destroyed.

OCHA said that, in support to the government's efforts, humanitarian partners have already provided affected people with food, non-food items and shelter. However, the relief stock currently mobilized remains insufficient considering the increasing humanitarian needs of flood-affected people. This year, 112,400 people are at risk of flooding according to the national contingency plan.

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3 tornadoes hit Delaware in a week, normally sees 1 a year - Philadelphia region rainfall nearly 1,000% of normal

Anthony R. Wood
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:26 UTC
Photo of barge that struck the Vine Street interchange over the Schuylkill River due to heavy rain and flooding last week.
© Alejandro A. Alveraz
Photo of barge that struck the Vine Street interchange over the Schuylkill River due to heavy rain and flooding last week.
Once again downpours have developed across the Philadelphia region Wednesday, and the National Weather Service has issued fresh rounds of flood advisories and storm warnings.

Flood warnings covered areas from Chester County, through parts of Philadelphia, into South Jersey at mid-afternoon where up to 2 inches of rain already had fallen.

Three separate severe-thunderstorm warnings were in effect at mid-afternoon on both sides of the river, and a flash-flood watch for the entire region remains until 11 p.m., with rainfall rates of 1 and 2 inches an hour expected along the I-95 corridor, the weather service said.

And some of the region's streams are about up to here with all this rain and are primed for another slosh-over, the weather service says. Rainfall last week in some areas incredibly was close to 1,000% of normal, according to the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center.

In its noon update the government's Weather Prediction center had the entire region under a "moderate risk" for "excessive rainfall," with isolated rates of 2 and 3 inches an hour possible.
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Snowflake Cold

Historical cold 3 days in a row for Brazil

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:09 UTC
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© Carolina Oliveira
The month of August continues to surprise mainly for those who like very cold, as it registered frosts in negative temperatures every day of this month.

In South Brazil High Mountains (Serra Catarinense) registers historical cold (record cold) with three consecutive days at the -8º mark.

In Bom Jardim da Serra the Keizer stations network scored -8.8°C.

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Ice Age Farmer Report: States secretly stockpiling food for need ahead - "To the Roof!"


Ice Age Farmer
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:53 UTC
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Washington State has been stocking away millions of dollars of non-perishable food -- so have other US states, and the federal government -- in anticipation of "the need ahead." If states are preparing, so too must you be today. And spread the word.


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Signs and Portents: Incredible mutant calf born with two heads in Indonesia

Joshua Smith
Daily Star (UK)
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:15 UTC
Locals have been visiting all week to see the creature

Locals have been visiting all week to see the creature
The healthy female calf was delivered on a farm in Pondok Wuluh Village in East Java, Indonesia on Sunday night, and neighbours have flocked to the farm all week to get a glimpse of the creature

A mutant baby cow with two heads is being hand-reared after being born in Indonesia.

The healthy female calf was delivered on a farm in Pondok Wuluh Village in East Java, Indonesia on Sunday night August 9.

She appeared to be suffering from polycephaly, with four functioning eyes and two separate mouths.

Neighbours have been gathering all week inside the farmer's cow shed to see the creature, which many believe to be lucky.

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Summer flash floods hit Andalusia, Spain


Floodlist
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 10:28 UTC
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Severe weather, including heavy rainfall, hail and strong winds, caused damage in parts of southern and central Spain on 11 August 2020.

In Andalusia, emergency services responded to over 130 calls for assistance in the provinces of Córdoba and Seville.

In Córdoba, homes and roads were flooded in the towns of Castro del Río, Puente Genil, Bélmez and Palma del Río , as well as parts of the provincial capital Córdoba, according to the regional government.

Emergency services responded to around 30 calls in the province of Seville. Several roads were cut by flood waters and a driver was rescued from a stranded vehicle. Storm damage interrupted power supply in Herrera.

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Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: The Australia anomaly


Adapt 2030
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 04:25 UTC
Tasmanian devil in snow
© Inhabitat
Tasmania records coldest ever recorded temperature but it was colder that day in Tasmania than Antarctica, during winter. Third atmospheric river sweeps the continent bringing over topping dams, record cold and repeating snow cycles from 1882. In the Andes mountains 13 feet of snow fell which was beyond anything ever seen as South Africa piled on hundreds of new all time record cold events.


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Yesterday, in the middle of summer, Greenland gained a record-smashing 4 gigatons of snow and ice

Cap Allon
Electroverse.net
Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:39 UTC
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Usually in mid-August, Greenland's surface mass balance (SMB) is LOSING 4 Gigatons of snow & ice a day. Not yesterday, however — on Aug 10, 2020, the ice sheet GAINED a record-smashing 4 Gigatons of global warming goodness (and just listen to the silence coming from the MSM, it has so much to say).

Before this year, the Greenland ice sheet had never grown anywhere-close to 4 Gigatons in any of the months of June, July, or August, according to DMI records (which go back to 1981). In addition, the DMI record books also reveal that yesterday's 4 Gt GAIN smashed the previous mid-Aug record by over 2 full Gigatons.

Here are the latest (Aug 10, 2020) measurements:
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Record outbreak of 84 waterspouts last week over the Great Lakes

Mark Torregrossa
MLive
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:24 UTC
Waterspout over Lake Erie, off of Lorain, Ohio
© Jeffrey Paul
Waterspout over Lake Erie, off of Lorain, Ohio on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
In the Great Lakes region we can get set for what I call waterspout season. The summer weather leading up to today could lead us into a banner waterspout season. As of last week, we've already seen a record amount of waterspouts.

The waterspout set-up is pretty simple, and very similar to a lake-effect snow situation. Cold air aloft blowing over warm water surfaces, with some added switching of wind directions, and we have the makings of a waterspout outbreak.

This happened last week over the Great Lakes. The cold air aloft is heavy. The warm air rises off the Great Lakes surfaces. If a wind shift line blows through an area, some rotation is started. A waterspout is born.

The International Centre For Waterspout Research (ICWR) has reported seven days in a row of waterspouts on the Great Lakes. They have been calling this past week "the Great Waterspout Outbreak of 2020." Today the ICWR has declared a record number of waterspouts for last week. There were 84 waterspouts last week, with the old record being 67 waterspouts in 2013.

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