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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: China looks for food in Australia & Cosmic ray effects

Adapt 2030
Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:25 UTC

Drought-stricken Hughenden could witness an economic revitalisation after years of job losses and a declining population.

© ABC North Queensland/ Kathleen Calderwood
Drought-stricken Hughenden could witness an economic revitalisation after years of job losses and a declining population.

China again looking for desert or drought areas that are showing signs of new precipitation patterns forming, this time NE Queensland to set up cattle ranching.

EF5 waterspout Corsica, and hail pushes up manhole covers in Scotland.

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Flash floods hit several towns in Shaanxi Province, China

Pear Video
Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:51 UTC

On August 3, 2019, short-term heavy rainfall occurred in the Baihe area of Shaanxi Province, causing various towns to be affected to varying degrees.

A house was destroyed and the towns such as Kazi and Zhongchang were the most seriously affected. The traffic, electricity, drinking water and communication in 8 villages in Kazi Town were all interrupted.

As of 14:00 on August 4, 1 person was killed and 3 people were injured due to the disaster.

Comment: A few days earlier in the same province a dam burst resulted in the flooding of another local town:

12 killed,1 missing in Central China flash flood

China Daily
Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:41 UTC

Rescuers pull tourists out of the flood which hit Duobi Gorge at Hefeng county in Hubei province on Sunday night.

Twelve people have been confirmed dead and another one remains missing after a downpour-triggered flash flood hit a scenic area in Central China's Hubei province, local authorities said on Monday.

The accident happened around 6:40 pm on Sunday in Duobi Gorge, Hefeng county. So far, 61 people have been rescued, according to the rescue headquarters.

The identities of the victims have been preliminary confirmed as tourists from outside the region. Rescue work is still underway.

Source: Xinhua

Papua New Guinea's Ulawun volcano erupts again - ash column rising to colossal 63,000 ft (19.2 km)

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Sun, 04 Aug 2019 06:43 UTC

Another high-level eruption took place at Ulawun volcano at 10:30 UTC, Aug 03. It follows the ejection to 63,000 feet (19.2km) on June 26 which was the world's first full-scale subplinian eruption since Calbuco, Chile in 2015, which ranked as a VEI 4.

A repeat of that June 26 eruption has just taken place (Aug 03), firing another colossal ash column to 63,000 feet (19.2 km) a.s.l. and comfortably into the stratosphere, according to the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin,

Particulates ejected to altitudes above 32,800 feet (10 km) have a direct cooling effect on the planet.

This large eruption was preceded by two smaller, though still significant puffs, on Aug 03 — one to 25,000 feet (7.6 km) and the other to 50,000 feet (15.2km). While two powerful ejections have occurred since the 'big one' — both to an estimated 45,000 feet (13.7 km) a.s.l.

This latest eruptive activity looks set to be at least as big as 2000's eruption, which ranked as a VEI 4.

Satellite imagery shows a large circular cloud over the volcano:

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Japan rocked by 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima

Paul Harper
Metro (UK)
Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:28 UTC

Japan has been struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima where a mega tremor triggered the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl eight years ago.

The quake occurred at around 11.30am UK time off the northeastern coast of Japan, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) below the seabed.

After effects were felt in the districts of Fukushima and Miyagi along with the capital city Tokyo, which is around 160 miles away. Authorities say there is no danger of a tsunami, and there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Heavy rainfall and deep floodwater hits Freetown, Sierra Leone - at least 6 dead, thousands left homeless

Abdul Rashid Thomas
Sierra Leone Telegraph
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 12:33 UTC

Many parts of Freetown - the capital of Sierra Leone, are today under several feet of water, following several hours of rainfall which according to our correspondent in the city, started in the early hours of this morning.

In the mountainous village of Regent, there are reports of huge cracks opening up on the hills, reminiscent of the causes of the 14 August 2017 mudslide, which took the lives of thousands of people living on the valley.

The country's office of national security has been informed, and are believed to be taking precautionary measures to relocate residents from the areas at risk of another deadly mudslide.

This morning's heavy downpour has left several people trapped in their vehicles as well as their homes, with little if any emergency assistance in sight, as could be seen in some of the pictures and videos below.

Comment: Two years ago and in the some month of August: Sierra Leone death toll 450 after mudslides, 600 still missing, feared dead

50 pilot whales strand, 20 die in Iceland - 2 weeks after similar event locally

France24
Sat, 03 Aug 2019 12:00 UTC

Some 20 pilot whales have died stranded in mysterious circumstances on the south-western coast of Iceland, emergency services said Saturday, only two weeks after a similarly unexplained mass stranding had already killed dozens of the long-finned cetaceans.

The dead whales, part of a group of 50 stranded whales, were discovered late Friday near Gardur, some 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the capital Reykjavik.

According to Icelandic media, locals began rescue efforts to save the whales even before emergency teams arrived.

Comment: Interestingly yet another stranding of pilot whales (5) happened on July 29 on Redington Beach, Florida but on that occasion all were rescued.

Holy hail storm: Grapefruit-sized hail batters Edmonton, Alberta

Jordan Omstead
CBC News
Sat, 03 Aug 2019 11:26 UTC

A picture of a large hailstone that dropped in northwest Edmonton during Friday night's powerful storm.

A strong thunder and hail storm battered parts of Edmonton and the surrounding region Friday night, with grapefruit-sized hail stones cracking windshields and damaging homes.

Environment Canada reported hail stones larger than 100 millimetres in diameter fell around Spruce Grove while wind gusts topped 70 km/h west of Edmonton.

People shared photos and videos of the hailstorm on social media and others assessed damage to their home.

Water discovered in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could trigger explosive eruptions

Caleb Jones
Reuters
Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:07 UTC

© S. Conway/U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory via AP
In this Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, aerial photo, a small pond of green water is seen at the lowest point of Kilauea volcano's Halemaʻumaʻu Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii. The discovery is the first time water has been observed in the Big Island crater in recorded history. When lava interacts with water it can cause explosive eruptions, but scientists say it's too soon to know if the pond will cause a violent reaction.

For the first time in recorded history, a pond of water has been discovered inside the summit crater of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, a development that could signal a shift to a more explosive phase of future eruptions.

After a week of questions about a mysterious green patch at the bottom of the volcano's Halemaumau crater, the former home of a famed lava lake, researchers confirmed the presence of water on Thursday, officials with the U.S. Geological Survey told The Associated Press on Friday.

"The question is what does this mean in the evolution of the volcano?" USGS scientist emeritus Don Swanson said.

Halemaumau has never had water since written observations began, he said, so the pond is unusual.

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Three days that ended the world

Tony Heller
YouTube
Sat, 03 Aug 2019 11:14 UTC

More on the inane attempt to link the three day European heatwave to carbon dioxide.

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Earth Changes

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: China looks for food in Australia & Cosmic ray effects

Flash floods hit several towns in Shaanxi Province, China

12 killed,1 missing in Central China flash flood

Papua New Guinea's Ulawun volcano erupts again - ash column rising to colossal 63,000 ft (19.2 km)

Japan rocked by 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima

Heavy rainfall and deep floodwater hits Freetown, Sierra Leone - at least 6 dead, thousands left homeless

50 pilot whales strand, 20 die in Iceland - 2 weeks after similar event locally

Holy hail storm: Grapefruit-sized hail batters Edmonton, Alberta

Water discovered in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could trigger explosive eruptions

Three days that ended the world

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