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Flash floods hit Singapore - Nearly 8 inches of rainfall in 4 hours, more than the entire June average


Channel News Asia
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:11 UTC
A screenshot of a video taken of a flood at Toh Tuck Avenue after Pan Island Expressway exit on Tuesday (Jun 26).
© Vins & Annette Singh
A screenshot of a video taken of a flood at Toh Tuck Avenue after Pan Island Expressway exit on Tuesday (Jun 26).
"Intense rain" caused flash floods in three locations across central and western Singapore on Tuesday (Jun 26) morning, leaving vehicles and pedestrians to wade their way through murky waters as they made their way to work during peak hour.

The flash floods occurred in Lorong Kismis, Toh Tuck Avenue and along PIE towards Tuas after the Eng Neo exit, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) said.

The PUB said that Old Toh Tuck Road saw more rain on Tuesday than the entire monthly average for June. Across four hours, 150mm of rainfall was recorded in the area, compared with the average rainfall of 130.7mm in the entire month of June, PUB said.

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Climate panic: Arctic and Antarctic ice are increasing, not decreasing

Dr. Mark Sircus
drsircus.com
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:01 UTC
antarctic ice
In ancient history the entire earth froze over almost annihilating all life. Fortunately, we are not facing such a disaster, but we have climate panic none the less. Here is the panic: 'Utterly Terrifying': 'Study Affirms Feedback Loop Fears as Surging Antarctica Ice Loss Tripled in Last Five Years.' Really?

The Antarctic ice sheet is melting at a faster rate than at any previously recorded time, according to a comprehensive new study. Who can argue with a comprehensive new study? The planet's largest ice sheet is now losing more than 240 billion tons of ice every year ― a threefold increase from less than a decade ago. The melting is happening so fast that it could cause sea levels to rise 6 inches by the end of the century, the study projects. How many times have we heard about catastrophic sea level rises in the last ten years and how many times has the media reported on scientists who say that is a lot of garbage? There is no sea level rise of any significance.

Funny they say this with such panic when it was only recently that NASA and others were reporting on massive increases in ice in Antarctica. In fact, it was only this past January that we read the headlines, 'Huge snowfall increases over Antarctica could counter sea level rise, scientists say.' Scientists have found large increases in snow accumulation in a vast region of eastern Antarctica, a trend that, if it continues or becomes more widespread, could lessen the ice sheet's contribution to sea level rise and mitigate one of the most feared consequences of climate change. The study was conducted by scientists from NASA and several other institutions.

Comment: See also:

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Snowflake

Global cooling: Summer snow falls and settles on the ground in parts of central Newfoundland, Canada


VOCM
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:54 UTC
June snow near Burgeo
© John Jack Lushman
June snow near Burgeo
It's a white day in parts of central Newfoundland with some snow accumulating.

It's mixed with rain but parts of the region are pure white and highway workers are reminding drivers to slow down.

The mixture will continue for the better part of the day with temperatures in the low single digits.


Comment: A day earlier across the Atlantic: Global cooling: Nearly 8 inches of snow falls at Kitzsteinhorn ski resort in the Austrian Alps in high summer

Also in Europe 4 days ago: Global cooling: Snow falls in high summer on the Carpathian mountains, Ukraine

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Global cooling: Nearly 8 inches of snow falls at Kitzsteinhorn ski resort in the Austrian Alps in high summer

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:30 UTC
Kitzsteinhorn ski resort in Austria on 25th June
There's been a big late-June snowfall reported on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier in the Alps near Kaprun and Zell am See in Austria's Salzburgerland region.

The glacier is one of seven currently open for summer skiing and snowboarding in the Alps, but is the only one reporting a big snowfall.

The picture above, published earlier today, was accompanied by a report of 20cm of fresh powder falling for the start of summer.

The Kitzsteinhorn glacier began its 2017-18 ski season around 10 months ago in early autumn last year, and it still plans to stay open another four weeks to July 22nd.

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Wrong place, wrong time: Ultra rare bird which normally summers at eastern-most end of Asia turns up in Sri Lanka


The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:47 UTC
A spoon-billed sandpiper
Spoon-billed Sandpiper found in Sri Lanka!

The last record of a sighting in Sri Lanka was 40 years ago in 1978 and for many years, birdwatchers in the country have been on the look-out for it here.

As afternoon was slowly fading into evening, around 5 p.m. on June 6, an Executive in a finance company, Ravi Darshana, was returning home after work in Mannar, through the Vankalai Sanctuary when he saw an interesting sight.

At a water body, just 25 metres from the road, he saw a flock of 250-300 'loitering' shorebirds. This was not the time of year for the sanctuary to hold multitudes of migrant waterbirds, for they had left two months before, most returning home far to the north of Sri Lanka, from where they had flown here to avoid the winter.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 5 childen in Jharkhand, India

Praduman Choubey
The Telegraph (India)
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:23 UTC
lightning
Four teenaged boys and a five-year-old girl were killed by lightning in Bokaro on Sunday evening, prompting the district administration to intensify awareness drives and issue advisories to minimise loss of lives.

Sandip Kumar Mahto (15), Laden Sai (15), Tabrez Sai (14) and Farukh Sai (14) died when lightning struck a house at Alkusa village in Siyaljori, around 20km from the Bokaro district headquarters. Manisha Kumari (5) was returning home to Jara village in Petarwar, around 45km away, through a field with her farmer father when the tragedy struck.

Bokaro district disaster management officer Shakti Kumar said compensation worth Rs 4 lakh each would be paid to the families of the deceased after the completion of post-mortem.

With this, total number of bolt deaths in Bokaro rose to 14 since April this year.

Six persons have been injured and 19 bovine animals killed during the same period.

Comment: Other recent fatalities in India due to lightning occurred in the states of Bihar with 9 deaths and Odisha where 2 were killed. Across Bangladesh a total of 6 have died after being struck in the last two days.

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Cloud Precipitation

Possible 'once-in-a-thousand-year' rainfall event recorded alongside repeated record breaking rainfall in northern Wisconsin

Danielle Kaeding
wpr.org
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:00 UTC
U.S. Highway 63 near Drummond, Wisconsin. Photo courtesy of the National Weather Service and Wisconsin State Patrol
© National Weather Service and Wisconsin State Patrol
U.S. Highway 63 near Drummond, Wisconsin.
In the last decade, areas of northern Wisconsin have experienced several storms with heavy rains that are only projected to occur once in a lifetime, according to precipitation archives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

An official analysis of the weekend's storms in northern Wisconsin by NOAA confirms that 100 to 1,000-year rainfall events occurred in some areas of the state.

Duluth National Weather Service Meteorologist Joe Moore said that's based on a comparison of three-day totals and NOAA's Atlas 14 records.

"Not everywhere in Wisconsin saw that kind of severity, but definitely parts of northwest Wisconsin, particularly in Douglas and Bayfield Counties," said Moore.

Comment: From the height of waves to epic flooding on land, the entire planet is experiencing a rapid shift in its weather patterns, and the similarity with events which occurred in our recent past should give us pause for thought: For an in-depth discussion on the possible causes behind these events, check out: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

Also check out SOTTs' monthly documentary SOTT Earth Changes Summary - May 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs:



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Rare dust devil filmed in Devon, UK

Dianne Apen-sadler
Daily Mail
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:22 UTC
Vicky Chastey filmed this dust devil in a field at Sticklepath in Dartmoor, Devon, on Saturday afternoon

Vicky Chastey filmed this dust devil in a field at Sticklepath in Dartmoor, Devon, on Saturday afternoon
Britain actually having a summer this year is somewhat of a rarity, but the hot weather has brought on another natural phenomenon - a dust devil.

Vicky Chastey filmed the rare whirlwind as she was hay baling with her husband and children in Devon.

Hay was lifted up to 200ft in the air when the field was hit by a mini tornado, leaving her kids shouting 'wow, what is that?'.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills person on Siesta Key beach, Florida

Marc R. Masferrer
Bradenton Herald
Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:38 UTC
lightning
One person died after they were struck by lightning on a Siesta Key beach, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

The person, whose name was not immediately released, was struck at about 2:15 p.m. in the vicinity of the 6000 block of Midnight Pass Road on Siesta Key.

Visiting first-responders and lifeguard performed CPR on the victim until paramedics arrived. The victim was taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead, according to the sheriff's office.

The investigation is continuing.

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Cloud Precipitation

Floods and landslides kill at least 11 in Mon State, Myanmar (Burma)

Richard Davies
FloodList
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:22 UTC
Floods in Mottama, Mon State, Myanmar
© Red Cross Society Myanmar
Floods in Mottama, Mon State, Myanmar
The government in Myanmar reports that at least 6 people died in landslides and flooding in Hpakant Township (Phakant) in Mohnyin District, Kachin State.

Heavy rains triggered several landslides and caused the Uyu River to overflow its banks on 22 June, 2018.

According to the government report, "The landslides occurred near Pantin Bridge, Maw-wan Ward, beside No. 1 Main road. The landslides hit the staff quarters on the circular road beside the road to MyoU Pagoda, at the back of staff quarters of the Township Development Affairs Committee and in Mawgalon, Sutaung and Phapyin villages."

Local media report that the number of fatalities is 11, with a further 6 people injured and at least 70 houses destroyed.


Comment: Worst flooding in 40 years strikes Mon State, Myanmar (Burma)

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