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Chicago area temperatures January 31, 2019
Chicago area temperatures January 31, 2019
O'Hare Airport was even colder at -23°F
Earth Changes
O'Hare Airport was even colder at -23°F
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Strong tremors were felt across North India, the first being reported from Delhi-NCR and Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
Strong tremors were felt across North India, the first being reported from Delhi-NCR and Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of North India on Saturday evening. Strong tremors were felt across North India, the first being reported from Delhi-NCR and Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said the epicentre of the quake was Hindu Kush, which is a mountain range that stretches near the Afghan-Pakistan border, from central Afghanistan to northern Pakistan.
Comment: The Hindu reports:
In Pakistan's Quetta town, one girl was killed after the roof of her house collapsed in the earthquake. Deputy Commissioner Shabir Mengal said there were also incidents in other parts of Quetta, resulting in injuries to a dozen people.
He said some villages in Balochistan province also felt the tremors. "The injured have been rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Emergency has been declared in all hospitals."
Rescue teams were also dispatched to the nearby Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to assess reports of damage. However Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority did not expect serious losses, a spokesman said.
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Dead bodies of avalanche victims being removed to Pahalgam by the villagers.
Dead bodies of avalanche victims being removed to Pahalgam by the villagers.
After the incident, one person was rescued but he succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital. The bodies of other two victims were recovered later.
As per officials, the incident took place at 4 pm on Friday at Gudkhamb point along the Aru-Pahalgam road.
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The animal jumped over a wall when forest officials tried to tranquilize it.
The animal jumped over a wall when forest officials tried to tranquilize it.
Residents in the city of Jalandhar notified police when they saw the large cat inside a house. When forest officials arrived, they tried to tranquilize it, but it escaped over a wall and into the village, sending locals running for their lives.
The animal injured four people, including animal control officials, before being locked inside a second house. The operation to contain it is still underway, as another expert team is coming from a nearby village to assist the officials.
Authorities said the body of Gerald Belz, 18, was found by campus police just before 3 a.m. Wednesday behind an academic building. The pre-med student was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officials believe his death was related to dangerously low temperatures, though they are yet to give a specific cause of death.
Doctors did not find alcohol in his system. No foul play was suspected, police said.
The earthquake hit at a depth of 10km in the Mentawai island region in West Sumatra province, about 100km south-east of the town of Tuapejat and 200km south of the major port city of Padang, according to the USGS.
Officials are still assessing the impact but there were no immediate reports of damage and casualties.
"The quake was felt very strongly in Tuapejat. Our officers are still assessing the impact but so far everything is safe," said the head of Mentawai search and rescue agency Akmal, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.
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Chicago's frozen shoreline
Chicago's frozen shoreline
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Flooding has cut roads in Arica, Chile, January 2019.
Flooding has cut roads in Arica, Chile, January 2019.
In Chile, an overflow of the Acha, Lluta and San Jose rivers affected several families and homes in Arica. Around 25,000 people were left without electricity. ONEMI said that, as of 01 February, one person was missing, 20 families have been evacuated and 151 people were staying in shelters.
Comment: Related article: Landslide during heavy rainfall kills at least 15 at hotel wedding party in Peru.
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Floods hit parts of Iran in late January 2019.
Floods hit parts of Iran in late January 2019.
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The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said that it is providing emergency shelter for 820 people after heavy rain triggered flooding in the province of Khuzestan. IRCS has set up 4 camps to accommodate 500 people Shush County and 320 people Dezful County, as well as providing food and relief supplies. There were also evacuations in Rafi town, Hoveyzeh County, after flooding broke floodgates in the area.
IRCS also reported flooding in areas around the city of Khorramabad in Lorestan province, where around 1,400 were affected.
Flooding has also impacted the provinces of Ilam and Kermanshah, damaging infrastructure, shutting down the schools in Ilam, and blocking communication routes in Kermanshah. Relief workers are carrying out relief services such as pumping out water from the houses and distributing vital supplies among the affected people.
Comment: Related article: Dozens rescued from flooding after heavy rain in Saudi Arabia - At least 12 people killed (UPDATE).
A frozen Lake Michigan in front of the Chicago skyline.
The Midwest, from the Dakotas to Western New York, is experiencing some of the coldest temperatures to hit the region in more than two decades, according to The Weather Channel - and the lake is feeling the effects.
As wind chill temperatures in Chicago dropped as low as -51 degrees Farenheit on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, parts of Lake Michigan turned to ice.
Residents across Michigan, Chicago and Wisconsin braved the cold to share their photos of the icy lake to social media.
"My brother was on one of the few flights into Chicago this morning," one tweeter captioned a shot of the lake from the air. "He took this photo of frozen Lake Michigan from the plane."
Comment: SOTT has been sounding a warning of the true nature of climate change for nearly a decade.