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'Unprecedented' flash floods kill dozens in Kerala, India

Sugam Pokharel and Sheena McKenzie
CNN
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 23:50 UTC
Kerala floods

The Shiva Temple in Kochi, Kerala state, is partially submerged on August 9
Dozens of people have been killed, and tens of thousands more evacuated, after "unprecedented" flash flooding in a tourist hotspot in southern India.

At least 37 people have died since heavy monsoonal rains first struck the state of Kerala on Wednesday, the state's relief commissioner P.H. Kurian told CNN on Sunday. The area, located on the tropical Malabar Coast, is famed for its network of idyllic waterways. Another 40,000 people living in low-lying areas have now been evacuated to 350 relief camps, as the downpour caused landslides and overflowed reservoirs.

Monsoon rains are to be expected in India this time of the year. But after days of abnormally heavy rains, authorities on Friday opened the shutters of water reservoirs in an effort to prevent potentially disastrous breaches. "Our state is in the midst of an unprecedented flood havoc," explained Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a statement Friday.

"For the first time in history, 27 dams in the state had to be opened. Never before has the state witnessed a calamity of this scale," the minister added.


Comment: Flood, landslips kill 22 across Kerala, India

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Waterspout caught on camera off Long Beach Island, New Jersey

Jennifer Peacock
Jersey Shore Online
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 19:50 UTC
waterspout
© Ryan Dellane
A waterspout was photographed off northern Long Beach Island this morning.

The torrential rains that flooded much of Ocean County spawned the spout, seen from various vantage points along the island.

The National Ocean Service defines a water spout as a whirling column of air and mist. There are two types: fair weather, which are not associated with thunderstorms, and likely what onlookers saw today, tornadic.

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Another shallow magnitude 6 earthquake hits Alaska - 2nd in under 24 hours


Earthquake Track
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 19:05 UTC
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6.0 magnitude earthquake 172 km from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States

USGS page: M 6.0 - 65km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska

USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Reports from the public: 17 people

6.0 magnitude, 11 km depth

Comment: This latest quake comes less than 24 hours after a magnitude 6.4 event struck the same area - the strongest ever to hit the region:
Alaska's North Slope was hit Sunday by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the region, the state's seismologist says. At 6:58am Sunday, the magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck an area 42 miles east of Kavik River Camp and 343 miles northeast of Fairbanks, the state's second-biggest city, the AP reports. The US Geological Survey says the earthquake had a depth of about 6 miles. State seismologist Mike West tells the Anchorage Daily News that the earthquake was the biggest recorded in the North Slope by a substantial amount. "This is a very significant event that will take us some time to understand," he says.

The previous most powerful quake in the North Slope was in 1995 at magnitude 5.2, West says. The jump from a 5.2 to Sunday's 6.4 is significant because earthquakes rapidly grow in strength as magnitude rises, he says. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake is 15.8 times bigger and 63.1 times stronger than a 5.2 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. "That's why at 6.4 this changes how we think about the region," West says "It's a little early to say how, but it's safe to say this earthquake will cause a re-evaluation of the seismic potential of that area." Later Sunday, another magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit at 1:15pm near the city of Kaktovik on Alaska's North Slope, the US Geological Survey says.


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Mother Nature is not to blame - Five metropolises are sinking dangerously


RT
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:11 UTC
Man wading in water
© Manuel Silvestri / Reuters
They may seem like impressive monuments to humanity's control over Mother Nature but did you know that many of the world's biggest and most famous cities are sinking into the sea?

Rising sea levels have put scores of cities at risk of being flooded out of existence. In many cases the city itself is also sinking, further adding to the danger.


Comment: Even if the article would like to give the readers the view that rising sea levels is the cause, then as the article goes to show, it is not sea level rising that is the cause, but rather the sinking of these cities due to excess water extraction and other natural causes.


Here's five of the most imperilled cities.

Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia's capital on the island of Java is home to 10 million people and has a whopping 13 rivers running through it. As much as 40 percent of the city is below sea level. The city also has the dubious title of the fastest sinking city in the world.

Comment: None of the above examples given by the authors support their assertions that it has something to do with rising sea levels.

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Massive sinkhole swallows cars in China


Daily Star (UK)
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:06 UTC
This is the moment 30 people come together to save their neighbour's car
© Asia Wire
This is the moment 30 people come together to save their neighbour's car
This is the moment 30 people come together to save their neighbour's car after the vehicle becomes trapped on the edge of a large sinkhole.

The road surface caved in on 11th August during heavy rains in Yan'an city, China.

The hole - measuring at least 5 metres in depth - opened up right behind the white people carrier, with footage shows rain and muddy groundwater sloshing around inside during the downpour.

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Tornadoes filmed off French and Spanish coasts

Seana Davis
EuroNews
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:57 UTC
watersout
Waterspouts have been spotted off the coasts of France and Spain in recent days.

Onlookers captured a tornado forming off the coast of Cassis in the south of France last week, before thunderstorms hit the region.

Another small waterspout was seen rocking docked boats off the coast of the Balearic island of Espalmador.

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Flood kills 6 in the Philippines, over 59,000 displaced


Free Malaysia Today
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:41 UTC
Monsoon rains by recent storms in the past weeks worsen Philippine floods.
© Bloomberg
Monsoon rains by recent storms in the past weeks worsen Philippine floods.
At least six people died and tens of thousands fled their homes as monsoon rain triggered flooding in the Philippine capital and nearby areas, reminiscent of the deadly Typhoon Ketsana nine years ago.

About 1.1 million people have been affected by the weekend rain, with 59,100 of them moved to safer ground, the disaster monitoring agency said. President Rodrigo Duterte's scheduled aerial inspection of flooded areas this afternoon was canceled because of the weather, his communications team said.

Authorities shut schools in Metro Manila and other parts of the main Luzon island but kept financial markets open. Five dams in the island opened their gates at the weekend, according to the weather bureau, which may have worsened the flooding. The judiciary suspended work in the capital from noon on Monday.

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Watch as massive landslide caused by heavy rains collapses onto road in suburban Beijing - More rain forecast


Sptunik
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 13:00 UTC
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landslide beijing
Strong downpours caused a landslide in Beijing. Luckily no one was hurt, but the road was blocked for several hours.

Beijing authorities temporarily closed 168 different natural and architectural tourist sites near the Chinese capital in expectation of strong downpours, according to the capital's tourism committee.

Weather forecasters expect that up to 300 millimeters of precipitation will occur in the next 24 hours in some areas of Beijing and its neighboring provinces.

Comment: While some areas of the world suffer extreme drought, other areas are inundated with epic flooding, and as if that wasn't enough, sinkhole, earthquake and volcanic events are on the rise too: Also check out SOTTs monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - July 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Deadly earthquake lifts Indonesian island by nearly a foot


The Western Journal
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 23:15 UTC
Earthquake Lombok Indonesia
© Associated Press/Fauzy Chaniago
Motorists ride past buildings ruined by Sunday's earthquake in Pamenang, Lombok Island, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. The north of the popular resort island has been devastated by Sunday's earthquake, damaging thousands of buildings and killing a large number of people.
Scientists say the powerful Indonesian earthquake that killed nearly 400 people lifted the island it struck by as much as 25 centimeters (10 inches).

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Saturday that 387 people died, jumping from the 321 it reported the previous day, as search and rescue teams continued to sift through the rubble and people already buried by relatives are accounted for.

Using satellite images of Lombok from the days following the Aug. 5 quake, scientists from NASA and the California Institute of Technology's joint rapid imaging project made a ground deformation map and measured changes in the island's surface.

In the northwest of the island near the epicenter, the rupturing faultline lifted the earth by a quarter of a meter. In other places it dropped by 5-15 centimeters (2-6 inches).
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Shallow M6.4 earthquake hits northern Alaska - 47 quakes in the last 24 hours


The Watchers
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:32 UTC
alaska quake august 2018
A strong and very shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.4 hit northern Alaska at 14:58 UTC (06:58 local time) on August 12, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 9.9 km (6.1 miles). This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability. EMSC is reporting Mw6.1 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).

The epicenter was located 60.9 km (37.8 miles) SW of Elupak and 564.3 km (350.6 miles) NNE of College (population 12 964).

There are about 300 people living within 100 km (62 miles).

Comment: There have been 47 quakes in the area in the last 24 hours. And this surge in activity is evident all over the planet: Also check out SOTTs monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - July 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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