Earth Changes

Ten people killed as series of avalanches hit the Alps

RTE
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:34 UTC

Ten people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Alps over the weekend, emergency services and media reported.

The heaviest toll was in Italy's northwestern Aosta Valley, with five people killed and one missing from three different avalanches.

A search was launched above the resort of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley for two French and two British nationals who failed to return to their hotel after skiing off-piste.

The search was abandoned overnight last night and three bodies were found on this morning.

Comment: An avalanche also claimed a life in Romania's Calimani Mountains over the same weekend.

Heatwave envelopes southeastern Brazil

Lucrecia Franco
CGTN America
Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:30 UTC

Extreme heat has been affecting Australia and now southeastern Brazil. Temperatures have spiked above 40-degrees Celsius (104 F). In Rio de Janeiro, special measures are in place to help keep people and animals cool during the hottest summer in almost a century.

CGTN's Lucrecia Franco is monitoring the mercury.

Comment: In the states of Espirito Santo and Bahia the normally sturdy robusta beans - used in instant coffee and espresso - are roasting even before being picked amid unrelenting heat according to reports.

Elsewhere in South America hundreds of cows have fallen dead in Argentina and Uruguay from heat stress.

Seismic swarm in progress between southern Cascadia and northern San Andreas Faults

Ross Stein, Ph.D., and Volkan Sevilgen, M.Sc.
Temblor, Inc.
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 04:31 UTC

Four Magnitude-3.4 and larger quakes have struck in two hours, all south of Cape Mendocino, and west of the town of Petrolia, California. Based on the earthquake locations and their focal mechanisms (both by the USGS), the swarm appears to be occurring on a right-lateral reverse fault that connects the northernmost San Andreas-Mendocino Fracture Zone with the shallow portion of the Cascadia Megathrust (as shown by the black half- arrows in the map).

Winter is wreaking havoc on electric vehicles

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC

If there's one thing electric vehicle owners are learning, it is that extremely cold temperatures are likely going to lead to frustration if they don't take extra special care of their battery powered vehicles. Look at it as just another added benefit to "saving the world".

As we push through the cold that automakers are using as an excuse for poor sales this winter, customers of some companies - notably Tesla - are starting to realize that things are a little bit different with electric vehicles in the winter. Disgruntled owners of Model 3s have been widespread on social media and online forums, talking about numerous issues they've had with cold weather on their vehicles. People have complained about battery range draining and Model 3 door handles freezing up.

Comment: Report: FBI probe whether Tesla deceived its investors

Northeastern Australia hit by 'once-in-a-century' flood

Glenda Kwek
Digital Journal
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:41 UTC

© Handout, QUEENSLAND FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES/AFP
A recent undated picture provided by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and received by AFP on February 3, 2019 shows floodwaters as they rush over the Aplins Weir in Townsville after days of torrential rain.

Once-in-a-century floods have turned streets into rivers and forced thousands to abandon their homes in northeast Australia, with authorities warning of tornadoes and more rain over the next few days.

Australia's tropical north experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season at this time of the year, but the recent downpour has surged far above normal levels.

Thousands of residents in the city of Townsville in Queensland were without power and cut off by flooded roads.

More severe weather could whip up tornadoes and destructive winds in the days ahead, Bureau of Meteorology state manager Bruce Gunn told reporters Sunday.

Comment: See in addition: Flash flooding traps people, inundates homes in North Queensland, Australia - one foot of rain in 6 hours

Sinkholes open up in within days of each other in Los Angeles and Chile

Strange Sounds
Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:02 UTC

The sinkhole opened up after the M6.7 earthquake in Quebrada las Canas, Olmué, Chile on January 20, 2019.

Residents of Quebrada Las Cañas, Chile, were left terrified after a giant 11 meters in diameter and 17 meters deep sinkhole opened up following the M6.7 earthquake of last weekend. The gigantic crater swallowed up a house and 9 farm animals. In the meantime, a sinkhole estimated at about 80 feet long opened up between two condominium complexes in La Habra, L.A., forcing evacuations.

Residents at a La Habra condominium complex say a loud sound late Wednesday, January 23, 2019, made them brace for a strong jolt from an earthquake - but the shaking never arrived.

Lake Tahoe ski resorts report up to 34 inches of fresh snow - more in the forecast

Tahoe Daily Tribune
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 17:41 UTC

The view from Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Sunday morning.

The first two days of a winter storm have delivered more than 2 feet of snow to some Lake Tahoe ski resorts, and more is on the way.

Here are some snow totals from ski resorts on Lake Tahoe's South Shore and the Inline Village area as of Sunday morning:

Kirkwood Mountain Resort reports 28 inches in 24 hours and 34 inches in 48 hours.

Sierra-at-Tahoe reports a 24-hour total of 19 inches at its base and 28 inches at its summit, and a storm total of 32 inches at its summit.

'Thermal backlash': Polar vortex to be followed by extreme temperature swings

Sam Clench
NEWS.com.au
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 01:38 UTC

A week of extreme cold has left more than two dozen people dead - but even as temperatures rise, the wild weather is not over.

After a week of sub-zero temperatures that left more than two dozen people dead, the United States' midwest is finally about to thaw.

But the extreme weather is not over.

America's National Weather Service has warned residents to brace for massive temperature swings.

For example, the twin cities of Minneapolis and St Paul will go from -32 degrees celsius to seven degrees on Sunday local time, then plunge back down to -23 degrees by Wednesday.

On the local fahrenheit temperature scale, that's "about 125 degrees in temperature change" in a week, the NWS says.

US media outlets have labelled the erratic weather a "thermal backlash". The phenomenon could cause new problems for residents, as melting ice threatens to flood rivers and icicles fall from skyscrapers.

Comment: Woman takes it upon herself to rent hotel rooms and feed the homeless during Chicago's deep freeze

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: 'Day After Tomorrow' scenes, Antarctica cools & jet streams bent

Adapt 2030
Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:40 UTC

Extremes of colliding air masses record heat on one side and record cold on the other in N. America and Europe. This indicates that the weakening magnetosphere is allowing the jet streams to bend and break. Massive ice growth on Great Lakes, global temperature rundown and Antarctica cools again. Unsettled science as now new discoveries about the Atlantic currents effecting our climate.

Comment: Day After Tomorrow climate scenario: Scientists think global warming causes cold weather

A metre of snow in 24 hours falls on the Italian Dolomites - heavy snowfall also for the Alps, Pyrenees, Canada and US

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:33 UTC

Several ski areas in the Italian Dolomites have reported huge snowfalls in the past 24 hours.

It has also been snowing heavily again in the Pyrenees, The Alps and in Western North America.

Ski areas in the Dolomites have reported up to a metre of snow in the past 24 hours. That's particularly noteworthy as the region has had very little snow for the first two months of the season, so some areas have had as much snowfall since yesterday, as they had previously had since November.

Cortina d'Ampezzo said it got a metre of snow since yesterday, Val Gardena 94cm and Canazei 80cm. Other areas reported big, but not so big, snowfall, such as 35cm at Alta Badia (which is right next to Val Gardena) and 20cm at Arabba which lies between Alta Badia and Cortina.

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Earth Changes

Ten people killed as series of avalanches hit the Alps

Heatwave envelopes southeastern Brazil

Seismic swarm in progress between southern Cascadia and northern San Andreas Faults

Winter is wreaking havoc on electric vehicles

Northeastern Australia hit by 'once-in-a-century' flood

Sinkholes open up in within days of each other in Los Angeles and Chile

Lake Tahoe ski resorts report up to 34 inches of fresh snow - more in the forecast

'Thermal backlash': Polar vortex to be followed by extreme temperature swings

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: 'Day After Tomorrow' scenes, Antarctica cools & jet streams bent

A metre of snow in 24 hours falls on the Italian Dolomites - heavy snowfall also for the Alps, Pyrenees, Canada and US

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