Earth Changes
The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) said the wave was not caused by an earthquake, but was possibly the result of volcanic activity at Mount Krakatoa.
The incident took place in Ukhimath area near Banswada on the Rishikesh-Kedarnath national highway at around 12 pm, according to a PTI report. Rudraprayag District Magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal said the incident took place during the construction of a retaining wall.
A total of 23 labourers were at the site at the time of the incident, of them 11 got buried under the debris and 12 escaped unhurt, the DM said.
Seven bodies have been pulled out of the debris and efforts are on to trace the missing labourer, he said.
Residents of a luxury, high-end neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro awoke Friday to the unpleasant odour of 13 tonnes of dead fish floating in the water of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.
One of the city's picture postcard locations, the lagoon has suffered similar fish die-offs in previous years and biologists believe that extreme heat is the culprit.
Mass die-offs, or "kills", happen periodically throughout the world. They can be caused by pollution or toxic spills, but can also be triggered by natural phenomena, such as hot weather.
Nahum Verdugo, 37, had gone fishing with friends in an area known as Haway, 10 kilometers southeast of Isla San Jorge. Local police said he was attacked as soon as he entered the water.
His companions saw his body floating on the surface and when they brought him on board their boat realized he was missing a leg.
They rushed him to Puerto Peñasco where he was pronounced dead.
The victim, a resident of Puerto Peñasco, was a commercial and sport fishing diver.
Source: El Sol de Hermosillo (sp)
Whatever it is, this mysterious influence is so strong, it can transport particles 50 times bigger than we ever thought possible, carrying these huge pieces all the way from the arid Sahara Desert to the tropical Caribbean.
It's an achievement that should defy the laws of physics, which is rarely a good sign. It probably means we've gotten something wrong along the way, and in our ignorance, we may have overlooked an important driver of climate change.
This video was taken shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18th, 2018 in Greenville, SC. Heard this noise faintly from inside my house, stepped outside and took this. It was this constant sound with a lower noise similar to a helicopter rotor like sound going on for 20 minutes straight.
I increased the video volume 4x so you can hear it better. Posted it to my story on instagram and a follower of mine in the area heard it as well. No one knows what exactly it was. I've heard everything to an industrial plant, to construction, to biblical signs, to atmospheric pressure.
What really got me was this---I was looking through youtube videos of sounds in the sky in Dec. 2018 and found a video someone took in Canada of the same exact sound 2 days prior to when I heard it. Here's the link.
Please, if anyone has any explanations comment below.
Up to 70 homes were damaged in Zephyrhills, Florida, on Thursday morning as severe storms rolled through. Paso County Emergency Management said that this damage was caused by straight-line winds, not a tornado.
Three tornadoes were reported elsewhere in Florida during Thursday's storms, but no significant damage was reported.
Only one injury was reported in Polk County, Florida, following the tornadoes.
Comment: This video shows a huge wave slamming into beachfront property in Sanibel, Florida.
A few days ago giant waves slammed into the California coast with expectations for conditions so extreme that the National Weather Service in the San Francisco Bay tweeted, "STAY WELL BACK FROM THE OCEAN OR RISK CERTAIN DEATH." The urgency highlights the unusual risk posed by this round of mega-swells.
A local resident, Joe Como, comments in the video below that the waves were, "the biggest he had seen in 40 years living in the Bay area."
The Department of Conservation (DoC) says the whale died around midnight on Thursday night after locals found it alive near Kaiaua earlier in the evening.
A DoC response team was on site before 9pm, joined by iwi and local volunteers including a member of the fire brigade who tried to keep the whale comfortable.
Iwi and locals have been working with DoC on plans to bury the whale.
Local man Brett Spicer told Newshub he was amazed by the animal's size.
DoC Hauraki operations manager Avi Holzapfel praised the team who stayed with the whale overnight.
The cause of death is not yet known, nor why the whale swum so far up the Firth of Thames. Samples have been taken for genetics, toxicology, and stable isotope analysis.















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