Earth Changes

Heavy snowfall sees Alps ski resorts open up a month early

Phil Davies
Travel Weekly
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:31 UTC

Alpe d'Huez, France

The prospects of a good European ski season heighted after Alpine ski resorts opened up to a month early on Friday after the best November snowfall for 20 years.

Resorts such as Verbier, Courchevel and Alpe d'Huez in the northern Alps laid on festivities to welcome tourists for what they said would be an exceptional weekend of skiing.

With temperatures dropping, even some low-lying areas are expected to open before the usual start of the season next month, according to The Times.

With 50cm of snow falling on the highest slopes at Courchevel, the local tourist office laid on concerts and a giant tea party for those skiers who made it through traffic jams to reach the slopes.

Officials at Courchevel said that skiing would be free over the weekend while Alpe d'Huez slashed prices from €51 to €18 a day.

James Cove, editor of PlanetSki.eu, said: "These are the best November snowfalls since 1996 in the north-west Alps.

"It is amazing that we have had this level of snowfall so early in the winter, with the whole of the European Alps already covered in snow."

One of the world's rarest turtles washes up on the Menai Straits, Wales

Abigail Beall
Daily Mail
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:04 UTC

One of the world's rarest tropical turtles is 'lucky to be alive' after being washed up on a chilly Welsh beach thousands of miles away from her tropical home.

One of the world's rarest tropical turtles is 'lucky to be alive' after being washed up on a chilly Welsh beach thousands of miles away from her tropical home.

The female turtle, part of a rare species usually found swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, is being warmed up by vets at a specialist sea zoo.

Named Menai, she is believed to be either a Kemp's ridley turtle, the rarest sea turtle species in the world, or an Olive ridley, a species which has never before been found in the UK.

The two species are difficult to tell apart, but both are usually found in warm waters more than 4,000 miles (6,437km) away, in the waters around Florida and Mexico.

She was found on the shore at the Tan-Y-Foel beach on the Menai Straits at Angelsey, North Wales - and has been named Menai by experts looking after her at the Angelsey Sea Zoo.

The turtle is thought to have been carried across the Atlantic Ocean by the Gulf Stream together with strong westerly winds.

The species turtle, that was found washed up on the beach in North Wales (shown right), is usually found in warm waters more than 4,000 miles (6,437km) away, in the waters around Florida and Mexico (left)

2-year-old boy seriously injured by family dog in Wilkes County, North Carolina

wfmynews2.com
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:23 UTC

A 2-year-old boy was attacked by the family dog in Wilkes County Sunday, according to the Wilkes County EMS. The sheriff's department confirmed the dog was a pit bull.

The animal was euthanized by a family member after the attack, according to the sheriff's office.

EMS Director Eric Morrison says the child was brought to the Champion Fire Department by family members. The 2-year-old was then transported to Wilkes Regional and then flown to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Morrison says the injuries are potentially life threatening.

The boy is listed in critical condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

The Sheriff's Office and Wilkes County Animal Control are investigating.

Shallow 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Sulu Sea near Philippines

Volcano Discovery
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 03:37 UTC

Date & time: Mon, 14 Nov 00:42:03 UTC

Magnitude: 6.1

Depth: 5.0 km

Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.26°N / 119.44°E [Map]

Nearest volcano: Jolo (226 km)

Primary data source: GFZ

6.2 aftershock rattles New Zealand after powerful 7.8 earthquake kills at least 2

RT
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 01:01 UTC

© Anthony Phelps / Reuters
Local residents Chris and Viv Young look at damage caused by an earthquake along State Highway One near the town of Ward, south of Blenheim on New Zealand's South Island, November 14, 2016.

A new earthquake measuring 6.2 has struck 39km west of Kaikoura, New Zealand. This is one of the most powerful in a series of tremors that followed a 7.8 magnitude quake which struck the town, located some 180km northeast of Christchurch, on Sunday.

The quake took place at around 12:30am GMT at a depth of 8.3 kilometers, and was initially measured at 6.8, but was later downgraded to 6.2 by USGS.

Meanwhile GeoNet, the official source of geological hazard information for New Zealand, measured the latest quake at 6.3 and said its depth was around 35 kilometers.

At least two people were killed following the initial quake which struck New Zealand just after 11:00am GMT on Sunday (12:02am Monday local time).

The ministry of civil defense immediately issued a warning saying that a "destructive tsunami" with waves of up to five meters (16 feet) was possible. The ministry treated the possibility of a tsunami as "an event of life-threatening or national significance."

Comment: See also:

Strange glowing in the sky during New Zealand's earthquake possibly 'earthquake lightning'

John Edens
Stuff.co.nz
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 02:46 UTC

What was that strange light in the sky? Many people overnight reported seeing strange lights in the sky, a phenomenon that has been reported for centuries before, during, and after earthquakes.

Seismologists aren't in agreement about the causes of the hotly-debated phenomenon - called earthquake lights or, sometimes, earthquake lightning.

And, of course, it's not clear whether the lights overnight in New Zealand were the phenomenon, or something else. One theory suggests dormant electrical charges in rocks are triggered by the stress of the Earth's crust and plate tectonics, transferring the charge to the surface where it appears as light.

Historical reports include globes, or orbs, of glowing light, floating just above the ground or in the sky.

Whale carcass towed out to sea near Windward Oahu, Hawaii

khon2.com
Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:49 UTC

A large whale carcass off Windward Oahu has been towed out to sea.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, fishermen first spotted the dead whale lodged on the reef near Moku Manu, or Bird Island, off Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

When officials got there, about three hours later, the carcass had moved about three miles into Kailua Bay and was being circled by large sharks.

David Schofield, NOAA Pacific Island region marine mammal response coordinator, said crews decided to tow the carcass for public safety reasons.

"There were at least six, probably more, 12- to 13-foot-plus-sized sharks on the whale," he said. "If we had not towed it out of Kailua Bay, it would have likely washed up along Lanikai Beach, and the beach would have probably had to been closed for most of the weekend."

Heavy snowfall cause power outages in central China

Global Times
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 18:11 UTC

People walk along the Songhua River in snow in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China

Tens of thousands of households in central China's Hubei Province is experiencing power outages after heavy snow severely damaged the local grid.

Hubei Power Company dispatched four more rescue teams to disaster-hit Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture late Saturday to repair the grid.

As of Sunday morning, more than 17,000 workers and nearly 5,000 vehicles have been mobilized for the repair work, according to the company.

Snowstorm hit Enshi last Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing down nearly 9,000 electric poles, and destroyed transformers and other supporting facilities.

Source: Xinhua

USGS: second magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Argentina

USGS
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:58 UTC

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake La rioja, Argentina

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Powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand

RT
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 11:20 UTC

Magnitude 7.4 6.6 earthquake strikes in Amberley near Christchurch, New Zealand

A powerful earthquake has hit northeast of Christchurch, a city in New Zealand, according to the US Geological Survey.

Twitter reports from locals talk of "enormous" shaking felt in Wellington and Cheviot.

The quake was centered 46km from the town of Amberley with about 2,000 people, and 70km from the town of Kaiapoi with 10,000 residents, according to the USGS. The tremor had a shallow depth of 5 km.

Comment: Spaceweather.com reports:

Minor geomagnetic storms and Arctic auroras are likely on Nov. 13th as Earth moves through a stream of high-speed solar wind. Visibility of auroras will be muted somewhat by the glare of the waxing supermoon.

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Earth Changes

Heavy snowfall sees Alps ski resorts open up a month early

One of the world's rarest turtles washes up on the Menai Straits, Wales

2-year-old boy seriously injured by family dog in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Shallow 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Sulu Sea near Philippines

6.2 aftershock rattles New Zealand after powerful 7.8 earthquake kills at least 2

Strange glowing in the sky during New Zealand's earthquake possibly 'earthquake lightning'

Whale carcass towed out to sea near Windward Oahu, Hawaii

Heavy snowfall cause power outages in central China

USGS: second magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Argentina

Powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand

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