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Cloud Precipitation

Rivers overflow flooding areas of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:14 UTC
Floods in Erdine Province, Turkey, late March 2018.
© Government of Erdine ProvinceFloods in Erdine Province, Turkey, late March 2018.
Several rivers in the Balkans have broken their banks over the last few days, causing flooding in parts of northern Greece, southeastern Bulgaria and northwestern Turkey.

Greece

In Greece, the Evros (Meriç / Maritsa) river which forms the border with Turkey, has been at dangerous levels in the Evros Region since 25 March, 2018.

Local media said that officials have called upon the government to declare the region in a state of emergency after the river swelled above danger levels in Didymoteicho, Evros Region.
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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorm damages crop and property in Bhutan


Kuensel
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:13 UTC
Stock photo
Hail and windstorm in several gewogs in Sarpang yesterday afternoon damaged crops and property.

No casualties or injuries have been reported so far.

Preliminary disaster assessment report found damage in three gewogs of Shompangkha, Dekiling and Gakidling. Shompangkha is the most affected gewog.

As of late evening yesterday, assessment could be carried out in just half of Darjaythang and Kencholing chiwogs. Roofs of six houses were blown away and over 10 poultry farms were damaged. The disaster left over 400 poultry birds, six goats, and a cow dead.
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Cloud Precipitation

Massive storm with hail the size of tennis balls damages crops, house roofs in Nepal

Prabhat Kumar Jha
The Himalayan Times
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:58 UTC
Piles of hailstones deposited in Matsari area of Durga Bhagawati Rural Municipality, in Rautahat district, on Friday, March 30, 2018.
© Prabhat Kumar JhaPiles of hailstones deposited in Matsari area of Durga Bhagawati Rural Municipality, in Rautahat district, on Friday, March 30, 2018.
A massive hailstorm has severely damaged crops and tiled roofs of more than 200 houses in around a score of villages in Rautahat today.

Most of the hailstones, as big as lawn tennis balls, weighing about 500 grammes hit the villages of the municipalities — Madhav Narayan, Devahi Gonahi, Gadhimai, Gajura, Rajdevi and Garuda — including Durga Bhagawati Rural Municipality for 35 minutes since 8:00 am on Friday morning.
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Massive 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Papua New Guinea

Hannah Moore
Daily Mail
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:43 UTC
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Friday morning, sending people running out of buildings and triggering a tsunami warning
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Friday morning, sending people running out of buildings and triggering a tsunami warning
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami warning for nearby coastlines.

The quake struck at a depth of 10km, about 162 kilometres from the town of Rabaul on New Britain Island, about 7.25am on Friday.

There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties, though one hotel worker told Reuters her guests ran out of the building in fright.

The tsunami warning was later called off.

Little more than a month ago, the country suffered a lethal 7.5 magnitude earthquake.
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Arrow Down

Car falls into sinkhole in downtown St. Louis, Missouri


KMOV
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:09 UTC
Car falls into sinkhole in MO
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As the clock hits 5 p.m., many are racing to jump in their cars to go home. However, News 4 Assignment Editor Bob Cyphers didn't expect his Wednesday to end like this.

Cyphers was walking to get his car from a parking lot near Busch Stadium in St. Louis when he saw the back end of his Kia SUV had fallen into a large sinkhole.

"I was walking to get my car from work and we see the police scene here," Cyphers said. "And I think what is the excitement is over here and the closer I get the worse it looks."

Police said they do not know when the sinkhole in the lot opened up.
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Cloud Grey

Bizarre cloud formation over western Arizona turns heads


Sputnik
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:42 UTC
Bizarre cloud over AZ
© Twitter/Madalyn Heimann
A bizarre cloud formation over western Arizona Monday night had locals in Phoenix and Yuma pondering whether there was a rocket launch out of California's nearby Vandenberg Air Force Base or maybe even a visit from some rainbow friends.

However, there were no rocket launches scheduled to take place at the base Monday night, so it is most likely to be a curious cloud phenomenon, KVOA reported.

According to some viewers, the formation looked like cloud iridescence, which occurs when tiny water droplets or ice crystals in clouds diffract light producing beautiful rainbow colors in clouds.
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Ice Cube

Extreme weather and avalanches isolate Arctic community in Norway

Matti K
The Watchers
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC
norway mountains finnmark
Finnmark, Norway
The municipality of Berlevåg, in Norway's Lapland (Finnmark) has been experiencing problems of food deliveries and transport for six consecutive days. An avalanche and heavy snowing blocked the county road leading to the village on Friday, March 23, 2018. In addition, the ship from Hurtigruten cruise lines has had problems to dock due to bad weather conditions. On March 26, The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate issued nationwide avalanche warnings due to the huge amounts of snow in the mountains and suddenly shifting temperatures.

Since Friday, the only road leading to Berlevåg, county road 890, has been largely closed due to the danger of avalanche. It was managed to be opened for short periods of time on Sunday and Monday by Norwegian Public Roads Administration. On Tuesday evening, a Hurtigruten ship was allowed to dock in the village, which was empty of food supplies like vegetables and milk. The avalanche danger level remains high, level 4 on many parts in Norway's Lapland (Finnmark).

Comment: This winter has brought unprecedented events to the entire North hemisphere - and winter in the southern hemisphere wasn't much different:

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Cloud Precipitation

Italian farmers predict crop shortage because of heavy rains while El Niño causes Peru's grape exports to drop 11%


Fresh Plaza
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC
fucino carrot onion crop
Italy: Bad weather affects carrot and onion production in Fucino Due to the heavy rain of the past few days, Fucino producers haven't been able to sow anything, therefore carrot and onion quantities will be very low in June. This of course will have repercussion on the numerous businesses focusing on these crops.

"The heavy rain is causing delays in the Fucino area. The soil is soaked, so you can't even set foot in the fields. We usually sow spring and summer carrots this time of year, but everything's been compromised. Onions destined to the domestic market won't probably even be sown," explained Domenico Fidanza, Councillor for Agriculture at the Celano municipality.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the situation is going to improve, as another weather front will hit Abruzzo over the next few days, bringing more rain.

Comment: We're seeing crop failures all over the world as the seasons become more erratic with brutal Winters dragging on into Spring or frosts starting earlier than expected. While it will cause havoc on our misinformed planet, all this is to be expected as we enter an Ice Age:

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Bizarro Earth

Plate tectonics are splitting the entire African continent say geologists

Matthew Loffhagen
Outer Places
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:03 UTC
Plate Movement
© YouTube
Things aren't looking good for Kenya right now-the country is literally splitting in two.

Enormous rifts have opened within the ground, that stretch across a large chunk of Kenya's countryside. One such tear, located in Narok County, is 66 feet in length and as much as 50 feet deep at its lowest point.

These rifts are causing a lot of trouble throughout the country, with commuters and supply trucks unable to travel safely without massive delays. One video that shows some of the devastation highlights an area of road that has to be filled in temporarily for the sake of keeping traffic flowing on a busy highway, but the solution is far from permanent, and only allows for a limited number of cars to make the crossing at any given time.

In other areas, conditions are even more terrifying for locals, with families having to abandon their homes out of fear that the rift will spear, swallowing their entire livelihoods whole.
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Snowflake

Another metre of snowfall forecast for Easter in the Alps


Inthesnow.com
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:40 UTC
Snow in the Alps
Snow in the Alps
Forecasters are currently expecting up to a metre of snow to fall on higher slopes in the Alps over the coming week.

After a mostly sunny weekend conditions have been turning snowier, particularly in the Western Alps, and up to two feet (60cm) of snow is now being forecast, much of that for Wednesday.

But the (less certain) longer term forecast is for it to keep snowing through the Easter weekend and in to the first week of April next week.

Avoriaz (pictured) says it expects 65cm of snow by Friday and nearly a metre by this time next week.
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