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Spectacular auroras seen over Tromsø, Norway


Space Weather
Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:04 UTC
A stream of high-speed solar wind is buffeting Earth's magnetic field. Last night, it produced a G1-class geomagnetic storm and a spray of pink auroras over Tromsø, Norway. "Oh yeah!" says Markus Varik, who photographed the display:
Auroras over Norway
© Markus Varik
"It's pure art to be around Tromsø these days with fantastic Solar Minimum pink auroras dancing above our moonlit snowy landscapes," he says.

Most auroras are green--the color of oxygen atoms being struck by energetic particles from space between 100 km and 300 km above Earth's surface. Pink appears when energetic particles descend lower than usual, striking nitrogen molecules at the 100 km level and below. Both colors were visible over Tromsø on Jan. 24th.
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Cloud Precipitation

Deadly floods in Asturias, Spain

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:23 UTC
Four dead in freak conditions caused by heavy rains in Northern Spain

Four dead in freak conditions caused by heavy rains in Northern Spain
Four people have died in landslides and flooding caused by days of heavy rains in northern Spain.

The fatalities occurred in in the Principality of Asturias, a region of northwest Spain. One of the victims was swept away by flooding from an overflowing river in Tineo. The other victims died in separate incidents in Laviana, Mieres and Salas when their vehicles were either swept from the roads or caught in landslides.

The Asturias Emergency Coordination Centre said it received a total of 2,205 calls for assistance during the severe weather. Emergency services evacuated around 40 people from a hospital in Arriondas on Thursday 24 January due to flooding.

Several roads and schools were also closed. On 24 January the Government of Asturias said emergency workers were attending around 160 incidents of flooding and storm damage.

Regional government delegates visited Laviana and Mieres on 24 January to assess the damage.

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Igloo

135-yr-old snowfall record broken in New York

Josh Williams
Daily Messenger
Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:24 UTC
Snow Storm Cleanup
© Jack Haley/Messenger Post Media
Still cleaning up from the weekend storm in Clifton Springs on Monday afternoon. Heavy winds pushed snow around and filled in driveways and made driving difficult in some spots.
First came the snow, which stormed into the Finger Lakes region Saturday night and left Sunday.

Like an unwanted party guest, the bitter cold stayed behind. A wind-chill advisory was to expire at 7 a.m Tuesday in Ontario, Wayne, Monroe, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties, as a red alert was put in place Monday throughout the area for wind chills around -20 to -25 degrees at times.

But it's still cold.

Looking back, total snowfall added up to 20 inches in parts of Western New York and the entire area has seen more than a foot of total snowfall. A daily record snowfall for Jan. 19 was broken Saturday with 7.8 inches of accumulation, beating the previous record of 6.3 inches set in 1884.

But it could have been worse - the city of Canandaigua only had one weather-related first responder's call.
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Arrow Down

Draining the swamp? Sinkhole near the White House will keep streets closed for up to a week for repairs

Justin Wm. Moyer
Washington Post
Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:50 UTC
sinkhole
A sinkhole that opened near the White House on Tuesday and caused street closures will take up to a week to repair, officials said Thursday.

The sinkhole opened at 17th and D streets NW, causing the closure of 17th Street NW between C and E streets.

On Thursday, the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority said in a statement that crews are still working to expose a sewer line that was crushed when concrete fell on it.

Officials said 17th Street between C and E streets and D Street between 15th and 17th streets will remain closed until the repairs are complete.

Pepco is also at the scene to repair power lines, according to a spokeswoman from the utility.

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Arrow Down

Massive sinkhole opens La Habra, California


CBS News - Los Angeles
Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:10 UTC
Sinkhole in La Habra, CA
© CBS
An enormous sinkhole opened up after an underground flood channel collapsed in La Habra, causing trees to collapse and endangering several nearby condos.

The sinkhole formed in a greenbelt between two condominium complexes at the Coyote Creek complex in the 900 block of West Imperial Highway at about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday.

"The whole house shook and it felt like a bunch of cars full on like hit the house," resident Matt Tucker said.

Tucker was at work when he got a call from his wife telling him the ground in front of their home had given way and a tree had slammed into the front.

The gaping maw between the two buildings is 80 feet long and 20 feet deep. The ground surrounding the sinkhole is so unstable, trees are collapsing into the sinkhole.

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Moon

Stunning moon halo strikes gazers in Budapest, Hungary

Zoe Drewett
Metro, UK
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:33 UTC
Moon halo over Budapest, Hungary
© EPA
The halo phenomenon is seen around the Moon above Budapest.
It's been quite a week for stargazers across the globe after a rare lunar eclipse had a spectacular impact on the moon. A super blood wolf moon moved into the UK on Sunday night, during which sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere lit the celestial body in a dramatic fashion, turning it red. Now the moon has experienced another atmospheric phenomenon, with pictures showing its light creating a halo above Earth.

Stunning pictures taken of the sky above Budapest, Hungary, show the halo moon lighting up the sky with a never-ending rainbow. What is a halo moon? Scientists call the phenomenon a 22° halos because the ring has a radius of approximately 22 degrees around the sun or moon. The halos are caused by clouds high up in the sky - 20,000 feet or more above our heads - that contain millions of tiny crystals. As the light hits the ice crystals and reflects, the halo is created. It is also caused by refraction - the splitting of light as the sun or moon shines through the thin clouds - or a combination of both effects.
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Attention

Signs and Portents: Mutant goat born with two heads and four eyes caught on camera in China

Simon Green
The Star (UK)
Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:47 UTC
A goat born with two heads and four eyes has
© ASIA WIRE
A goat born with two heads and four eyes has been caught on camera
The bizarre footage shows the kid with the abnormal head lying on hay in its pen.

It struggles to sit up, leading to the farmer lifting its head.

Another clip appears to show its mum licking it to try and rouse it to its feet.

The owners at the goat farm - in the village of Yezhai in Fuyang City in East China's Anhui Province - said its pregnant mum struggled to give birth for seven hours due to the size of the creature's heads.

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Attention

Signs and Portents: Two-headed blue-tongue lizard handed to reptile park in Australia

Jamie Toomey
abc.net.au
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:37 UTC
Lucky the two-headed blue tongue lizard.
© Australian Reptile Park
Lucky the two-headed blue tongue lizard.
An extremely rare two-headed blue-tongue lizard has been handed to a NSW Central Coast reptile park by a member of the public.

The lizard, which has since been named Lucky, had handlers at The Australian Reptile Park surprised and excited, with some experts predicting its life expectancy in the wild was not great.

Animals with this deformity often don't survive due to their eating difficulties and inability to defend themselves from predators, the park said.
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Info

Ice Age Farmer Report: NEW STUDY: "Rethink" global warming - Shrinkflation rampant


Ice Age Farmer
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:04 UTC
frost crop
50% Italy's seasonal crop lost to frosts. Shrinkflation is rampant in UK, Australia. A new study indicates "We must rethink global warming" after demonstrating that aerosols cause significant global cooling." Christian breaks it down.


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Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Power prices spike up 4X - Coldest in a century across Canada


Adapt 2030
Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:29 UTC
Canada snow
Power prices up 4X as Texas experiences extreme cold and record power demand, at the same time Quebec government asking people to turn down the heat as power demand exceeds supply as -50F temperatures make it the coldest January in over 100 years. Ottawa and Quebec break 100 year cold and temperature records.


Comment: Wild Canadian winter: 11 feet of snow, days of -65C windchill

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