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Think the UK weather is bad? Try Inner Mongolia


The Telegraph
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:43 UTC
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A freezing blizzard hits the Xilin Gol region of Inner Mongolia, leaving drivers stranded in sub-zero temperatures with visibility as low as ten metres.

A freezing blizzard pummeled the Xilin Gol area of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday morning, severely affecting road traffic.

On the No. 308 provincial highway, vehicles found themselves stuck in deep snow as severe blizzards lowered visibility from 200 metres to less than ten metres in just ten minutes.

The blizzard started on Friday night and brought almost one metre of snow to the highway by the morning.

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Radar

5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan


Economic Times
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:18 UTC
Tokyo - A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan today, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

The quake hit at depth of 40 kilometres at 11:59 pm (1459 GMT Saturday), about 123 kilometres east of the northern city of Sendai, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage.

A powerful 7.3-magnitude undersea quake off the northeast coast earlier this month triggered a one-metre-high tsunami but no reports of fatalities.

In March last year a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the same area left some 19,000 people dead or missing and crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the world's worst atomic disaster in 25 years.
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Radar

5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Pakistan and Afghanistan


Dawn.com
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:13 UTC
Kabul - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, with the quake felt in the capital Kabul and parts of Pakistan.

The earthquake struck in the late evening at a depth of 115 kilometres (70 miles), some 140 kilometres north of Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad and 130 kilometres west of Chitral in neighbouring Pakistan.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage but shaking was felt in Kabul, 180 kilometres away, as well as in northwest Pakistan and the Pakistani capital Islamabad.

Northern Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the collision of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.

Two quakes in June triggered landslides that killed at least 75 villagers.

Source: Agence France-Presse
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Stock Up

Food prices expected to rise in U.S. in the New Year

Meredith Barack
9&10 News
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:07 UTC
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This is US Dept of Commerce data from 6 years ago... the percentage changes were far higher in 2012, and in 2013 they will be higher still... it's showtime!
Your grocery store receipt may look a bit higher after the first of the year, as food prices are expected to rise.

Last summer's drought has had a domino effect on the food industry, and now many grocer's are expecting to see the prices of meat and dairy products go up in the new year.

Besides the expired farm bill that could double dairy prices, the cost of feed for livestock has risen, having an effect on prices.

Both Oryana and Maxbauer Specialty Meat in Traverse City say they will try to curb costs for customers by providing discounts and deals, as well as advice on how to mix up your menu at home.

9 & 10's Meredith Barack and photojournalist Joel Deaner have more on how high they project prices may get.
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Stock Up

Food prices set to soar in UK

Keir Mudie & Nick Dorman
Mirror, UK
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:00 UTC
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Bread, potatoes, sausages, bacon and milk are all set to go up in 2013 due to dwindling supplies and rising production costs

Shoppers will find it hard to swallow but prices for food basics will soar again next year.

Bread, potatoes, sausages, bacon and milk are all set to go up due to dwindling supplies and rising production costs, the Sunday People has reported.

In some cases wholesale prices for our trolley faves have DOUBLED in a year with output at a 30-year low.

It is a major blow for hard-hit families who have already been clobbered with big rises to their supermarket bills.

Economist Jonathan Davis warned: "If prices are rising for wholesalers there will doubtless be a knock-on effect for consumers."

Morrisons chief Dalton Philips added: "2013 will be a little tougher than this year. We'll try to insulate customers where we can."

Comment: 4% food inflation by the end of next year? Try 400%!

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Arrow Down

Landslide causes mini tsunami on Chinese river


emirates247.com
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 07:10 UTC
A van was hit by a wave of water created by a landslide Friday in central China's Hubei Province, leaving two people injured and damaging the Zhaojun Bridge, which temporarily suspended traffic.

The van was driving down the middle of the Zhaojun Bridge at around 10:00 when strong wave pushed the van back about one meter. It was fortunate that no one on the van itself was injured, and that the two people crossing in the bridge were not injured seriously.

"I was driving when I saw the rocks falling ahead. Then my van was pushed about one meter back by the splash. It was like the earthquake, and tsunami," said Liu Maoqing, the van's driver.
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Arrow Down

Three people dead in West Sumatra landslide

Dessy Sagita
Jakarta Globe
Tue, 25 Dec 2012 07:06 UTC
Three people are dead after a landslide buried a house in a village in the West Sumatra district of South Solok on Tuesday morning.

The landslide happened at 1:30 a.m., several hours after heavy rains hit the area.

The victims were identified as 61-year-old Nurbaiti and her granddaughters Yosi Fitrani, 12, and Tri Yulia Nanda Sari, 8.

Heavy rains also triggered a landslide and floods in there more West Sumatra districts - namely Pasaman, Agam and Tanah Datar, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported on Tuesday.

"Luckily there no victims [in the three districts]," BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

Sutopo added that at least 15 houses were flooded or buried by landslides, forcing 15 families in Pasaman to evacuate.
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7 injured, 20 missing in recurrence of landslide in southern Colombia


china.org
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 07:03 UTC
At least seven people were injured and some 20 others went missing in a landslide reoccurred Saturday in southern Colombia, relief agencies said.

The incident occurred when a bulldozer was removing earth that blocked a driveway below the Andes Mountains in the aftermath of a previous landslide, and about 20 cars were waiting in a queue to pass at the time, said the Risk Management Department.

The injured have all been sent to the University Hospital of Neiva.

Due to the unstable terrain, light and weather conditions, rescuers have decided to wait until Sunday to resume the search for the 20 missing persons.

Source: Xinhua
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Snowflake Cold

Record-breaking snowfall hits Rochester, New York


YNN
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:24 UTC
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Many of us who had to get out today had to do some digging first. Some say it was only a matter of time before Rochester was heavily hit with snow this winter.

"We saw it last night but I wasn't expecting it to be quite this bad this morning when I got out here," said Sara Granger of Rochester.

All this snow created a lot of work for Granger and Cruz, who spent nearly an hour just digging out.

"It took me almost a half hour just to dig from my door to here and now we just started on the car," said Cruz.

Neighbors on Comfort Street off South Avenue came together to help Jackie Fannin, who found herself stuck on the way to work.
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Cloud Lightning

Rare California tornado damages greenhouses in Monterey Bay


Pleasanton Weekly News
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:33 UTC
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© National Weather Service
Damage from Saturday's tornado in Watsonville is seen.
One of only 7 tornadoes to hit Bay Area counties over the last decade

A small tornado in Santa Cruz County near Watsonville last Saturday lasted only three minutes but knocked down walls of some greenhouses
and uprooted trees in its path, a spokesman for the National Weather Service
said.

The tornado started as a waterspout on the surface of Monterey Bay at 6:59 a.m., crossed over Sunset State Beach and grew to 20 yards wide with winds reaching 75 mph as it swept east to inland areas, said Logan Johnson, a weather service spokesman in Monterey.

The swirling winds crossed over a large farm, sent fiberglass and plastic sheeting flying off of the walls of some greenhouses and caused the metal support structure of one to cave in and damage crops growing inside, Johnson said.

The twister also blew out fiberglass windows in two other greenhouses and propelled debris into a field 30 to 50 yards from the greenhouses, Johnson said.
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