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Snowed in! Family opens front door to discover 9 foot wall of snow in Glenrinnes, Scotland

Chris MacLennan
The Press and Journal
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:10 UTC
The snow wall that greets the Robertson Family
© Laurie Robertson
The snow wall that greets the Robertson Family
Usually, it's the neighbours that come knocking, however, a huge snow wall has formed outside the front door of this Moray family's home - completely blocking access.

The Robertsons from Glenrinnes have watched as snow crept closer towards their home over the last few days.

And now, after several heavy drifts, the family are now unable to use their front door.

Mum Laurie Robertson took to social media to share images of the entrance to her house completely blocked.

Mrs Robertson said: "We are up one of the back roads so if there is snow, more often than not its drifts if there is any wind.

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Terrible swarms of locust invade Saudi Arabia

START
YouTube
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:40 UTC
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Scary signs ! Terrible swarms of locusts invades Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim, Al-Rass


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Avalanches leave 9 people dead in past week across U.S.

Jan Wesner Childs
The Weather Channel
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:25 UTC
Searchers dig a tunnel into 20 feet of snow that buried three victims after an avalanche in San Juan County, Colorado, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
© (San Juan County Office of Emergency Management
Searchers dig a tunnel into 20 feet of snow that buried three victims after an avalanche in San Juan County, Colorado, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
Nine people are dead after avalanches in four different states in the past week, highlighting the danger that comes during the peak of avalanche season and winter weather.

The latest incident happened Thursday in Colorado, where a backcountry skier was caught up in a slide near Vail.

Avalanches also killed three hikers Tuesday in Alaska, one skier Jan. 29 in Utah, three Monday in Colorado and one Tuesday in New Hampshire.

Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, said such incidents aren't out of the ordinary for this time of year but recent days have been especially lethal.

"What I think is less usual is the number of fatalities in a short period of time," Greene told weather.com Thursday.
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Woman killed by family dog in Birmingham, UK


BBC
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 11:45 UTC
dog attack
A woman has been found dead after being attacked by a dog at her home, police say.

West Midlands Police officers were called to Sunbeam Way, Shard End in Birmingham, shortly after 14:00 GMT on Friday by a relative.

A 25-year-old woman was found dead at the scene after suffering serious injuries believed to have been caused by a family dog.

The dog, believed to be a Staffordshire cross, has been signed over to police.
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Puna district on Hawaii island gets rare hail and waterspout

Leila Fujimori
Honolulu Star Advertiser
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 11:24 UTC
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More sweater-and-socks weather is in store for the Hawaiian Islands this weekend and next.

"This weekend's going to be rather clear, with clouds and isolated showers in windward areas," National Weather Service forecaster Will Ahue said Friday.

Temperatures will get down into the 50s in places like Wahiawa, and in the 60s elsewhere. Daniel K. Inouye International Airport hit 60 degrees Friday.

"Another system early next week will mix up the air mass a little bit," Ahue said. "Behind that air mass will be cold weather, but not as cold as this week."

Puna on the Big Island got a rare treat of hail and a waterspout Friday afternoon.

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Severe Saharan sandstorm hits Algeria

KN News
YouTube
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 11:18 UTC
sandstorm
Severe sandstorm in Algeria: Oran, Tlemcen, Mostaganem - 05/02/2021

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Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods hit Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe after 3 inches of rain in 6 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 10:57 UTC
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Heavy rainfall triggered flash flooding in Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe from 03 February 2021, leaving at least 3 people missing.

Météo-France Antilles-Guyane said the highest accumulation of rain was measured in Pointe-Noire and Petit-Bourg with 86.5 mm and 64.9 mm respectively during a 6 hour period between 12:00 and 18:00 on 03 February, 2021. Météo-France Antilles-Guyane added that the intensity of the rainfall was unusual.

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Lightning strike kills 25 cattle in Zimbabwe

Luthando Mapepa
The Herald (Zimbabwe)
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 10:43 UTC
Chipinge commercial farmer Mr Dawe Joubert was left counting losses after his 25 cattle were struck by lightning on Thursday

Chipinge commercial farmer Mr Dawe Joubert was left counting losses after his 25 cattle were struck by lightning on Thursday
Chipinge commercial farmer Mr Dawie Joubert was left counting losses after his 25 cattle were struck by lightning on Thursday afternoon.

The district's Department of Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services livestock promotion officer Mr John Mwandifura confirmed the incident and said he had liaised with the Chipinge district development coordinator Mr William Mashava over the case.

Mr Mashava confirmed the incident.

"Yes, I can confirm the 25 cattle owned by commercial farmer Mr Dawie Joubert were struck by lightning cattle at his farm, popularly known as Chibonere Farm, on Thursday," he said. "The carcasses of the 25 cattle were ferried to a crocodile farm in Chiredzi."
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Disaster declaration after floods in south west France


The Local France
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:14 UTC
SW France floods
© AFP
The French prime minister says that a natural disaster will be declared after floods in the south west saw dozens evacuated from their homes.

The département of Lot-et-Garonne in south west France on Friday morning had 45 roads that were impassable, while six schools were closed and dozens of people were evacuated from their homes.

Visiting the area on Friday, Prime Minister Jean Castex said that the formal declaration of a catastrophe naturelle (natural disaster) would be put in place "after the briefest delay possible".

After thanking the "quite exemplary" rescue forces and expressing the "solidarity of the State", Castex announced that the file for declaring a state of natural disaster "will be examined, as always with great diligence, so that it can be declared as soon as possible".


Comment: Rivers across France burst banks as Storm Justine dumps half a month's worth of rain in 24 hours

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A sign of the coming times? Snowy owl seen in Central Park, New York after 130 years, a rare spotting of an 'unpredictable' Arctic bird

Ryan W. Miller
USA Today
Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:29 UTC
A snowy owl was seen in Central Park in New York City on Jan. 27, 2021.
© REBECCA DEPORTE
A snowy owl was seen in Central Park in New York City on Jan. 27, 2021.
Becky DePorte was about 45 minutes outside the city when she got the text from a friend last Wednesday: A snowy owl was in Central Park.

DePorte - an avid bird-watcher - was then unaware a sighting of the owl hadn't been reported in Central Park in 130 years. At the time, she was in Rockefeller State Park Preserve with a friend who was looking for a pileated woodpecker, a bird she had seen plenty of times growing up in rural Pennsylvania.

"I really didn't care about a pileated woodpecker," she said. So she hopped in an Uber, and "$60 and 45 minutes later, I was back in Central Park running to the ballfield with my camera."

"I was so happy" as she snapped photos of the bird, DePorte added. "It was the best, most unusual spotting I had had."


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