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

Naw Betty Han
Myanmar Times
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:27 UTC
Floods in Mottama, Mon State, Myanmar, June 2018.
© Red Cross Society Myanmar
Floods in Mottama, Mon State, Myanmar, June 2018.
Hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes on Sunday after floods swept Mawlamyine and other townships in Mon State after hours of heavy rain, government officials and rescuers said.

The flood occurred before dawn in Mawlamyine, and a landslide was also reported on Ngawuntha mountain in the centre of the township.

"It's the first time that I experience floods in Mawlamyine in over 40 years. Normally some quarters in Mawlamyine flood when the tide rises in the Thanlwin River but this time was not only about tide but also heavy rain, the drains in town are overflowing," said Thein Hla, a resident of Mawlamyine.

His house was submerged in the flood and his family moved to safety, he added.

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Ice Cube

Study: Arctic sea ice is thicker now than it was in 1955

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:25 UTC
arctic sea ice volume

Source: Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), via Kirye
From the "skating on thin ice" department.

According to a new paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, the observed mean thickness of the sea ice in the region north of (Arctic) Svalbard was substantially thinner (0.94 m) in 1955 than it has been in recent years (~1.6 m, 2015/2017).

arctic sea ice thinner 2017 1955
Graph Source: Rösel et al., 2018

In 1955, the atmospheric CO2 concentration hovered around 315 ppm, about 90 ppm lower than today's CO2 values.

It is widely assumed that the steep and substantial rise in CO2 concentration since the 1950s is largely responsible for warming the Arctic, and consequently the decline in the Arctic's sea ice volume and extent (IPCC, 2013). This assumption is significantly predicated on the observation that sea ice has undergone precipitous losses since the 1970s, which is when the satellite era began.

Comment: The cooling observed in the Arctic is happening all around the planet:

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Bizarro Earth

Great white shark carcass washes up on California shore


KRON4
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:52 UTC
great white shark

The carcass of a great white shark washed ashore in Aptos Sunday morning.

The shark was found at around 7 a.m. on a beach near the Seascape Beach Resort, resort staff told KSBW.

Marine biologist Giancarlo Thomae told KSBW that the 500-pound great white measured 8 feet 9 inches long and was about 5 years old.

The shark had numerous puncture wounds and scars from feeding on sea lions.

Thomae said that it is unlikely the sea lions killed the shark, but they won't know the cause of death until the results of the necropsy are released.

The carcass was removed and transported to Long Marine Lab where a necropsy will be performed early next week.
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Snowflake

Global cooling: Snow settles on the mountains of southern Norway just 2 days before midsummer


newsinenglish.no
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:19 UTC
Sognefjellet

Sognefjellet road to highest pass in Norway. Stock Photo
The mountains of Southern Norway are supposed to be welcoming summer tourists, hikers and cyclists at this time of year, but folks in Sognefjellet, Valdresflyet and Hardangervidda woke up Tuesday to find wet snow that had dusted the landscape. With more snow expected this week, highway officials are urging caution when driving on mountain roads.

All mountain passes remained open but the asphalt can be slick. State broadcaster NRK reported that highway officials at Statens vegvesen aren't demanding a shift to winter tires, but warn that relatively cold temperatures are forecast for the rest of the week. "Drive in accordance with weather conditions," was their standard advice
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Cloud Precipitation

Tennis ball size hail damages cars and homes in northern Colorado

Josh Copitch
fox21news.com
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:37 UTC
hail
A hail storm is causing damage across northern Colorado, near Boulder and Louisville.

According to the national weather service (NWS), residents could see hail ranging from quarter to tennis ball size.

The NWS said they are getting reports of smashed windshields and dents in cars in the area of Coal Creek and Lousiville.

This storm comes a week after a damaging hail storm that hit southern Colorado Springs.

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Black Cat 2

Woman attacked by bobcat strangles it to death with bare hands in Georgia, US


The Guardian
Sun, 17 Jun 2018 19:17 UTC
bobcat
© Alamy Stock Photo
A wild bobcat in the Florida wetlands. DeDe Phillips of Hart county, survived an attack by a bobcat in Georgia by strangling the animal.
A 46-year-old grandmother strangled a rabid bobcat to death after the animal attacked her in her front yard in north-eastern Georgia.

The Athens-Banner Herald reported that DeDe Phillips of Hart county had gone outside on 7 June to take a picture when the bobcat lunged at her.

"My neighbor's dog was barking and it drew my attention," she said. "I saw the cat and I took a picture. The cat took two steps and was on top of me ... It came for my face."

Phillips said she grew up in the country, where her father-in-law was once a trapper of bobcats. As a result, she knew something about the animal's behavior and how to fight back.

Comment: The incidence of animals attacking humans appear to have been on the rise in recent years:

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Attention

Sperm whale carcass found on beach in Aceh, Indonesia


The Straits Times
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:22 UTC
DEAD WHALE
© AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
A man taking a closer look at the decomposing carcass of a beached sperm whale, estimated to weigh about 10 tonnes, on a Nurussalam beach in Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday.

"The dead whale... is decomposing," local resident Yunus told Aceh's serambinews.com news site yesterday.

Pictures sent by residents showed that part of the skin of the decomposing whale had peeled off.

In November last year, 10 whales were beached in the same province.

Aceh is Indonesia's northernmost province on Sumatra island, with its western flank facing the Indian Ocean and with the Bay of Bengal to the north.
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Attention

Blue whale carcass washes ashore in Point Reyes, California

Alix Martichoux
SFGATE
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:13 UTC
The blue whale carcass was first spotted on Saturday, June 16, 2018 near the Farallon Islands, before it washed ashore Monday afternoon in Point Reyes National Seashore.
© The Marine Mammal Center
The blue whale carcass was first spotted on Saturday, June 16, 2018 near the Farallon Islands, before it washed ashore Monday afternoon in Point Reyes National Seashore.
The Marine Mammal Center confirmed the blue whale washed ashore Monday afternoon south of Limantour Beach in Point Reyes Nation Seashore. The organization will work with the California Academy of Sciences to perform a necropsy and determine a cause of death.

A whale watching group out on the water near the Farallon Islands came across an unpleasant sight Saturday. Instead of breaching humpbacks or playful dolphins, tourists on board got an up-close view of a blue whale carcass, floating on the water as it decayed.

Blue whales, the largest animal on the planet, are classified as an endangered species. About 2,800 live off the coast of California, according to the Marine Mammal Center.

According to a naturalist on board the San Francisco Whale Tours boat, the carcass was spotted a few miles southeast of the islands. Pictures show the blue whale stomach's extremely bloated as seagulls scavenge the remains.
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Cloud Precipitation

Storms cause flash floods that wash out roads in Houghton and Hancock areas of Michigan


Detroit Free Press
Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:51 UTC
Flash floods destroy streets in Lake Linden, Michigan
© Steve Haagen
Storms moving across the Upper Peninsula washed out several roads in the Houghton and Hancock areas and created dozens of sinkholes across the Keweenaw Peninsula.

MLive.com reports that the storms that swept through the area early Sunday prompted officials in southern and central Houghton County to declare a Flash Flood Emergency.

Residents of the area say there have been emergency evacuations in some areas and some people are stranded.

As of 10 a.m. Sunday, at least four major roads in the area were closed due to washouts and other complications from the flooding, WLUC-TV (Channel 6) reported.

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Cloud Lightning

Teacher nearly hit by lightning while recording incoming storm in Lillington, North Carolina

Joshua Rhett Miller
New York Post
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:31 UTC
lightning
A science teacher in North Carolina got the shock of his life last week — when he was nearly struck by a bolt of lightning while recording an incoming storm outside his home.

Shawn Hicks was broadcasting a feed on Facebook Live last Monday as dark, forbidding clouds lurked above his home in Lillington.

"Oh Jesus," Hicks said while surveying the approaching storm. "You can tell it's about to rain by looking at the tops of the trees and how they look white. If you kind of look at this one right here, that's usually a dark green tree but it's white right now. And then all of these are kind of lightish color. I'm safe, I think."

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