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6 dead, 2 missing as floods, tornadoes rage in Texas


RT
Sun, 01 Nov 2015 03:29 UTC
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© Daniel Kramer / Reuters
A SUV drives over flooded White Oak Bayou in Houston, Texas October 25, 2015
Heavy rains, flash floods and tornadoes have ripped through Texas, leaving at least six people dead. Authorities have advised parents to keep their children indoors and avoid traditional Halloween activities in the worst-hit areas.

Areas surrounding Austin and San Antonio were hit with heavy rains and flooding late Friday night. At least four people have died after being swept away by flood waters. At least one person is missing.
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162 inches of snow forecast for Mt. Rainier this weekend; 70 inches for Mt. Baker


Snow Brains
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:55 UTC
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© NOAA
Up to 162″ of snow (13.5-feet) is currently forecast to fall on 14,411-foot Mt. Rainer in Washington state in the next 3 days. That huge snowfall total is due to an atmospheric river that will be "slamming" into Washington this weekend.
THE PRECIPITATION BULLSEYE OVER MOUNT RAINIER IS MORE THAN 20 INCHES IN 48 HOURS IN THE WETTEST MESOSCALE MODELS. - NOAA Seattle, WA today
Even 10,000-foot Mt. Baker is forecast to get 70″ of snow in the next 3 days... This is gonna be a crazy weekend in Washington state.

Snow levels will start high but will drop to as low as 4,000-feet by Sunday.
SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 4000 FEET ON SUNDAY WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. - NOAA Seattle, WA
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See that white spot southeast of Olympia? That’s Rainier… Over 15″ of liquid precip… crazy.
Some models are even showing up to 20-inches of liquid precipitation (which would translate to about 20-feet of snow) in only 48 hours on Sunday.
"A pair of frontal systems with a significant tap of Pacific moisture will move through western Washington this weekend. They will bring heavy rain at times with the mountains receiving 4 to 8 inches of precipitation with locally higher amounts possible near Mount Rainier. Snow levels will remain high through Saturday before falling on Sunday as a cool upper level trough digs into the region. In addition to the precipitation, windy conditions at times are expected for much of the region." - NOAA Seattle, WA
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© NOAA
Image of the atmospheric river hitting Washington today.
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Flooding in Baghdad threatens Iraq's internally displaced


Euronews
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:59 UTC
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Floodwater in Baghdad
The Iraqi capital's internally displaced have been swamped following heavy rains.

Flood waters are said to have carried away a three-year-old girl from a camp in Baghdad, while at least seven people are reported to have died nationwide.

Many of the one thousand people residing in al Amal camp now find their floors turned to mud. Ahmed Omar is among them.

"This is not fair," he said. "Parliament, officials, government, we are your people. We are your people, You sold us out."

The storm has left the Iraqi capital without a working drainage system, hampering basic services such as the supply of clean water.


Comment: See also: Flash flooding kills 6 in western Iran

Flash floods wreak havoc in central Israel

Thunderstorm floods roads, schools in Kuwait; flights suspended

Deadly flash floods kill 7 in Alexandria, Egypt

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Two families displaced by sinkhole in Seffner, Florida


Tampa Bay Times
Sat, 31 Oct 2015 19:54 UTC
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Sinkhole in Seffner
Families who were forced to evacuate their homes after a sinkhole opened Friday night in a yard off Clay Pit Road will not be allowed to move back in pending an assessment by an engineer.

Because the hole is on private property, it's the residents' responsibility to bring in a geotechnical engineer to check out the hole, said Jon-Paul Lavandeira, director of Hillsborough County's rapid response team. Until then, county officials will monitor the area.

They have asked residents to stay away from the depression, which has grown since the initial report that it was 27 feet deep and 22 feet wide, Lavandeira said Saturday afternoon, although he couldn't say how much. It has moved toward the home and duplex that were already evacuated, so no additional residents have been displaced, he added.

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Baby in critical condition after being mauled by family dog in Milwaukee, Wisconsin


wisn.com
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:17 UTC
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A 3-month-old baby is in Intensive Care after being mauled by the family dog, and the child's mother faces charges.

Angelina Lache, 27, faces charges of child neglect and obstructing an officer in the case.

According to court documents, the incident was reported Tuesday. Lache was involved in a traffic accident near 16th Street and Rogers Avenue around 9 p.m. She told officers that her 3-month-old son was injured in a dog attack before the crash.

The child was rushed into surgery at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and is listed in critical condition.
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Two dead as torrential rains, tornadoes lash central Texas

Tom Dart
The Guardian, UK
Sat, 31 Oct 2015 02:45 UTC
Tornado in Texas
© Eric Gay/AP
A vehicle rests on top of a three-storey hotel after a tornado touched down in in Floresville, Texas, on Friday.

A trailer from an RV park was whirled on to the roof of a Holiday Inn, buildings were shredded and more than a foot of rain drenched Austin as storms hammered Texas on Friday, killing at least two people.

The small town of Floresville, near San Antonio, was hit by a suspected tornado early in the morning. Local news footage showed damage to power lines, homes, businesses and a high school, though no one was hurt.

The body of a driver who went missing in floodwaters was found in a hard-hit area near the Austin airport, the Travis county emergency management office said. Military crews also found a body at Camp Bullis, a military training installation north of San Antonio, a defense department spokesman said. That person was believed to be a driver whose vehicle was swept off the road by flash floodwaters.

There were reports of other tornadoes in counties including D'Hanis, 50 miles west of San Antonio, were a bank and other buildings were wrecked. Several central Texas counties remained under a tornado watch on Friday afternoon.

Comment: Yet more chaotic weather, which is occurring all over the planet these days. See SOTT's Earth Changes video summary for September below.


SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2015: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Aerial video of sinkhole in Florida's interstate 4 freeway


The Guardian
Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:55 UTC
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15-foot wide sinkhole opens in central Florida
Aerial footage captures the scene after a sinkhole opened up on Interstate 4 in central Florida during rush hour.

Emergency crews are seen responding to the incident that shut down the I-4 exit ramp on Monday afternoon.

A car was trapped, front-end first, in the sudden depression in the road.

The driver is reported to have escaped safely.

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Attention

Unexpected eruption from Lascar Volcano in Chile

Erik Klemetti
Wired
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:50 UTC
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© Ed Darack/Alamy
Volcan Lascar Spews Ash into the Atacama Sky.
Lascar, in the northern Andes of Chile, erupted unexpectedly today, producing a small plume of light grey ash that reached 2.5 kilometers (~8,200 feet) above the volcano (see above). The fact that there seemed to be little in the way of precursory activity (earthquakes, increased gas emissions) from Lascar suggests that this blast may have been a phreatic explosion driven by water flashing to steam in the volcano's summit crater or conduit.

Due to this minor eruption, the SERNAGEOMIN has raised the alert status at Lascar to Yellow, although the volcano is in a fairly remote part of the Chilean Andes—the Global Volcanism Program reports only ~8,100 people living within 100 kilometers (62 miles) of Lascar.

It has been over 2 years since Lascar last did anything and its last major eruption of Lascar was in 2005. However, it has produced some spectacular eruptions in the recent past, including the 1993 eruption that was a VEI 4. As with any of these small blasts, volcanologists will watch Lascar to see if this is a sign that it is awakening or merely a blip. Based on images on the Lascar webcam, the eruption appears to have waned rapidly (see below).

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© SERNAGEOMIN
The light grey, ash-rich plume from Chile’s Lascar during its minor October 30, 2015 eruption.
The SERNAGEOMIN maintains two webcams pointed at Lascar, although only one is running right now.
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Attention

Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico erupts spewing ash and smoke

Adam Justice
International Business Times
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:35 UTC
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Popocatepetl volcano
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano erupted on Thursday (29 October), belching ash and smoke across blue skies, authorities reported. A spectacular column of ash erupted from the volcano at 8.57am local time. The volcano is located 50 miles southeast of the capital, Mexico City.

National Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said in his Twitter account, ash and smoke rose 3,000 metres above the crater of the volcano, in the direction of the north east.

Mexico's National Centre for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred) reported that a total of 141 exhalations of low intensity in the last 24 hours have been reported, following a series of rumblings at the massive volcano in recent months. Mexico contains over 3,000 volcanos but only 14 are considered active.

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Rare bird from eastern Asia found on remote Scottish island

Pamela Paterson
Daily Mirror, UK
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:10 UTC
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© SWNS
Flying visit: The chestnut bunting bird
A rare bird thought to have touched down in Britain for the first time on a remote island has got twitchers in flap - and are even hiring planes to catch a glimpse.

Keen birdwatchers have been spending hundreds of pounds to reach Papa Westray, SWNS, Scotland, to see the chestnut bunting.

It is believed to be the first appearance of the bird, which is normally found in Asia, on British soil.

Josh Jones, from birdwatching website birdguides.com, said: "It's really quite a long way from home. If accepted it would be a first record of its kind for Britain.

"It's kind of a big deal. Everyone is getting quite excited about it."

The small bird was first spotted on October 19 and identified two days later before disappearing until Saturday.
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