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10 dead after more floods and landslides hit eastern areas of Japan - 3 inches of rain in an hour


Floodlist
Sat, 26 Oct 2019 18:24 UTC
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force at a landslide site in Chiba City.
© Ministry of Defense Japan
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force at a landslide site in Chiba City.
Torrential rain has triggered more flooding and mudslides in eastern parts of Japan, just 2 weeks after devastating floods caused by Typhoon Hagibis.

Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported that at least 10 people have died in flooding and mudslides in Fukushima and Chiba Prefectures, with a further 4 still missing.

Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said that 85.5mm of rain fell in just 1 hour at Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture on 25 October. In a 12 hour period on the same day, Ushiku in Chiba recorded 283.5mm of rain and Namie in Fukushima Prefecture recorded 245mm.

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Waterspout filmed off Maasim, Philippines


Gmanetwork.com
Sun, 27 Oct 2019 18:14 UTC
spout
Residents of Maasim, Sarangani marveled at the sight of an ipo-ipo or waterspout occurring over a beach on Friday afternoon at around 3 p.m.

According to Ivan Mayrina's report on 24 Oras Weekend, the water column passed through several boats, then dissipated before it reached the shore.

There were no reports of damage or casualties.

PAGASA said the waterspout was caused by a thunderstorm.

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Fire

3 die in Mexico's Baja California wildfires


New York Post
Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:07 UTC
A wildfire burns yesterday in Tijuana

A wildfire burns yesterday in Tijuana
Mexican authorities say three people have died in wind-whipped wildfires in the northwestern state of Baja California.

Mexico's civil defense agency said Friday that fires near Tecate, near Tijuana and between the coastal towns of Rosarito and Ensenada had forced 1,645 people to evacuate their homes.

One of the fires closed the coastal highway north of Ensenada for several hours. Another, near Tecate, burned more than 35,000 acres (about 14,200 hectares).

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Record October snowfall total of 44 inches at Steamboat ski resort in Colorado

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Sun, 27 Oct 2019 14:54 UTC
Arapahoe Basin
Colorado's 2019 ski season is gaining ground rapidly after heavy October snowfall.

Arapahoe Basin (pictured top earlier this month), then Keystone (pictured below), were the first resorts in North America to open a fortnight ago and Loveland became the third this weekend.

Two more areas have announced openings in the next week, Wolf Creek, which was the first to open last year, will open on Halloween this Thursday and Eldora this Friday, November 1st, a fortnight ahead of their planned opening date.

All are benefiting from some good early snowfalls which have seen Steamboat, although not yet open, claim it has had record October snowfall already of 1.1 metres (44 inches). A further winter storm is expected in the area over the coming 48 hours.

Comment: October snowstorm hits Colorado with up to 20 inches of snow

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Rarely seen 'upside down rainbow' captured over Macclesfield, England

Alex Scapens
Cheshire Live
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:59 UTC
Circumzenithal arc over Macclesfield, England
© Graham Brinkhurst
A baffling phenomenon was spotted above the Macclesfield skies - an upside down rainbow.

The bizarre sighting, which, to use its scientific name, is a 'circumzenithal arc,' was captured by resident Graham Brinkhurst over Craig Road.

He was left puzzled by the rainbow and quickly took a snap of it - with the top of houses also included to prove it was real.

His research then told him that although circumzenithal arcs are not uncommon, they are rarely seen.

Graham said: "My photos were taken very quickly before the phenomena disappeared.
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Fire

California wildfires ravage state: 2 million face blackouts - 100,000 people ordered to evacuate


BBC News
Sun, 27 Oct 2019 06:07 UTC
The Kincade fire consumed homes in Geyserville, California
© Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The Kincade fire consumed homes in Geyserville, California.
Power cuts expected to affect more than two million people have begun in California as fires continue to surge.

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) initiated the precautionary blackout - expected to be the largest in state history - due to forecasts of extreme winds, which it said could damage facilities and cause new fires.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said the outages were "unacceptable".

Some 90,000 people have been ordered to evacuate towns in northern California.

The new evacuation order encompasses a huge area of Sonoma County, where the Kincade Fire has already burned through 25,455 acres (10,300 hectares) of land.

A state of emergency has been declared in Los Angeles and Sonoma counties, and thousands of firefighters are battling the blazes.


Comment: Tens of thousands evacuated as 70mph winds fuel California wildfires

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'Sky trumpets' heard in the skies of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia


Sott.net
Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:35 UTC
Strange sounds (stock)
© vexels.com
YouTube user 'Shandleyman' heard strange trumpeting sounds outside his home on the evening of October 14, 2019. He reports that 'trumpet/flutes-like' noise lasted 6-7 minutes:
I was in my washroom drying off after a shower and I heard something funny outside. It was a chilly night so I didn't open the window to investigate further.

About 5 minutes later, I noticed the funny noise was changing pitch as if through a chorus effect. I pulled out my phone and started recording. I only caught the tail end of it but the noise lasted a good 6 or 7 minutes.

The chorus effect is barely noticeable in this video but what you can hear is individual trumpets/flutes coming in and going out. If this was a prank, someone had quite the amplifier because this surrounded my city of Port Coquitlam.
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Strange trumpeting sounds heard in the Sabah, Malaysian sky


Sott.net
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:04 UTC
Kokol Haven Resort
© Sem Lee
File photo
On October 3, 2019, strange trumpeting sounds were heard at the Kokol Haven Resort in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. YouTuber 'lolman 20077' recorded the bizarre sounds on his cellphone:

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Fire

Ice Age Farmer Report: California burning - From PG&E's ashes arise "Smart" MicroGrids (& coming to you)


Ice Age Farmer
Sat, 26 Oct 2019 12:50 UTC
Kincade
© Reuters / Stephen Lam
A structure burns during the Kincade fire in northern California, October 24, 2019.
Wildfires rage across California, including the Kincade fire, where PG&E has admitted a fault in energized transmission lines. Nightmarish fire conditions exist with stronger winds yet on the way, and a deeper agenda is at play as municipalities look to "MicroGrids" to save them -- this "smartgrid," "renewable" phoenix to rise from the literal ashes of PG&E is actually a mechanism of your enslavement. Christian breaks it down.


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Arctic wildlife's breeding season ruined by last year's extreme snowfall

Brooks Hays
United Press International
Sat, 26 Oct 2019 11:53 UTC
Greenland
© Pixabay/CC
Record snows in parts of Greenland prevented many plants and animals from breeding, according to a new study.
These days, the Arctic is usually in the news for extreme heat and melting ice. But last winter, the region was buried by extreme snowfall, and new research suggests the deep drifts thwarted the reproductive success of plants and animals in northeast Greenland.

Scientists at the Zackenberg Research Station have been studying plants and animals in Northeast Greenland National Park for the last 20 years, which allowed them to compare this year's breeding season patterns -- which followed record snows -- to those that came before.

Because the thick blanket of snow in the region failed to melt by summer, many plants and animals were prevented from breeding.

Most studies have focused on long-term climate and ecological changes in the region, but climate models suggest that the Arctic is likely to experience short-term volatility and extreme weather, in addition to rising air and water temperatures.


Comment: The above 'short term volatility' has been added following the numerous other failed predictions by global warmist models.


Comment: Meanwhile colder summers are killing Antarctic mosses and polar bear populations are booming, none of which were part of the global warmists predictions. In fact, their erroneous models have gotten them into trouble more than once: Uh oh! Climate Change Warriors evacuated from ice-bound ship near Svalbard

See also: Greta Thunberg: False Prophet of the Children's Crusade

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