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3200 people displaced/affected by 25 feet deep flood waters in Guyana

Gary Eleazar
Demerara Waves
Tue, 23 May 2017 14:33 UTC
Floodwater in Guyana

Floodwater in Guyana
A total of 3,274 persons and hundreds of farms have been affected in the recent flash flooding in Regions Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) in as much as 25 feet of water in some places—a disaster that has already cost the state $8M in relief efforts.

That was the grim report provided today (May 23, 2017) by Deputy Director of the Civil Defense Commission (CDC), Major Kester Craig.

So far $2.8M have been spent on the flights alone into the affected areas, according to the CDC Deputy Director.

He reported that 327 relief food hampers were distributed in Chenapau, Kaibarupai, Waipa, Sand Hill, Itabac, Kanapang. He said 209 relief cleaning hampers have been distributed to Kaibarupai, Waipa, Sand Hill, Itabac, Kanapang.

According to Major Craig, the food hampers were envisaged to cater for a small family for two weeks.

Government has spent some $4.1M on hampers, this minus the donation from corporate Guyana.
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Snowflake Cold

More than 50 cm of snow in Cartwright, NF as snow marks unofficial start of Summer for May 24 weekend

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:15 UTC
the Snowman on May 2-4 weekend in Mary's Harbour, Labrador
© Nancy Smith
Nancy Smith says: 'Here is a picture of my husband Nelson Smith with Frosty the Snowman on May 2-4 weekend in Mary's Harbour, Labrador.'
Snow marks unofficial start of summer for May 24 weekend - People reaching for mittens instead of sunscreen. Cartwright, Nfld. officially received 51.6 cm (20.3″) over the weekend.

About 30 cm (12 inches) of snow fell Roddickton and Englee areas, while about 20 cm fell in La Scie.

Thanks to Terry Homeniuk for this link
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Ice Cube

Argentina - Hail and snow seriously affect horticultural production

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:15 UTC
Nieve es San Luis. Municipalidad La Carolina.

Nieve es San Luis. Municipalidad La Carolina.
In Cordoba, hail seriously affected horticultural production and it snowed in San Luis.

Heavy rains in the southern region of Misiones over the last few hours have caused flooding of urban streams and flooded homes, streets, schools and hospitals, a source in the provincial government's Civil Protection Subsecretariat reported Monday.
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Snowflake Cold

Snowiest May 20 in St John's, NF since 1874

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:22 UTC
Snow plows out clearing a path in Conche
© J. Reid photo via Twitter
Snow plows out clearing a path in Conche on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula.
Breaks record that had stood for 143 years.

With 4.0cm of snow, yesterday was #StJohns's snowiest May 20th since records began in 1874. #NLWx
With 4.0cm of snow, yesterday was #StJohns's snowiest May 20th since records began in 1874. #NLWx pic.twitter.com/bx3ZkBCWRs

— YYT Weather Records (@YYT_Weather) May 21, 2017
Thanks to Terry Homeniuk for this link
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Cloud Precipitation

Flash flooding in Hong Kong after 1 foot of rain in 24 hours


Asia Times
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:16 UTC
A stricken taxi in Shau Kei Wan at the height of the storm.
© Papershaukei
A stricken taxi in Shau Kei Wan at the height of the storm.
Heavy rain brought flooding to several districts in the city on Wednesday as the Hong Kong Observatory issued the first black rainstorm warning of the year.

Among the worst hit areas were Shau Kei Wan and Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island.

At 6:40am, the Observatory issued an amber rainstorm signal and by 9:15am it was raised to red, forcing the Education Bureau to suspend all afternoon school classes.

At 11:30am the black rainstorm warning was issued, which advises people to stay indoors. An hour later it was downgraded to amber and by 3pm no warnings were in affect.

Floods were seen on Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, sections of the Island Eastern Corridor, Robinson Road, King's Road in North Point and Kai Yuen Street, RTHK reported.

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Ice Cube

"Smoking gun" on Ice Ages revisited

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:02 UTC
Milankovitch cycles graph

Paleoclimatologists Rock -Two million years of radical climate change is significant.

David C. Greene writes:

"The smoking gun of the ice ages" is the title of an article in the Dec. 9, 2016 issue of Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The author, David A. Hodel, is listed with the Laboratory for Paleoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, at Cambridge University in the UK.

Hodel cites a 40-year-old paper in Science, 194,1121 (1976). In that paper, Hays, Imbrie and Shackleton reported that their proxies for paleo sea surface temperatures and changing continental ice volumes exhibited periodicities of 42,000, 23,500 and 19,000 years, matching almost exactly the predicted orbital periods of planetary obliquity, precession and eccentricity. They also found that the dominant rhythm in the paleoclimate variations was 100,000 (±20,000) years.

Other climatologists have identified 20 glacial/interglacial oscillations over the past two million years with glacial parts of the cycles lasting about four times as long as the warm, interglacial parts. The last glacial maximum was about 18,000 years ago. We have been enjoying the present warm interglacial for about 12,000 years.
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Attention

Sightings of whales spiked around New York City in 2016, nonprofit says

Lisa L. Colangelo
AM New York
Tue, 23 May 2017 12:33 UTC
The non-profit Gotham Whale logged an increase in whale sightings around New York City in 2016, including this one seen near the Statue of Liberty in November.
© D Gallagher
The non-profit Gotham Whale logged an increase in whale sightings around New York City in 2016, including this one seen near the Statue of Liberty in November.
Turns out 2016 was a whale of a year for New Yorkers who love the massive marine mammals.

The nonprofit Gotham Whale recorded a whopping 152 whale sightings in the waters around New York City. The group also identified 166 individual whales during that time.

"This phenomenon is brand new but it's also fraught with danger," Paul Sieswerda, the founder of Gotham Whale, said Monday. "They are coming into these areas when there is an increasing number of ships coming into New York Harbor."

Sieswerda said the group logged 87 sightings and 106 individual whales in 2014 and 62 sightings and 69 individual whales in 2015.

He believes the uptick is due to an increase in whales in the area, who are likely attracted by higher levels of food partly as a result of some restrictions on fishing, as well as a greater interest from the public to help track their movements.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill two teenage boys in Thane, India


Outlook India
Wed, 24 May 2017 12:12 UTC
LIGHTNING
Two teenage boys were killed in separate incidents after lightning struck them in Murbad here, police said today.

According to district rural police, Murbad taluka experienced heavy thundershowers last evening, disrupting normal life.

In the first incident that occurred in Modal Wadai village, 15-year-old Sandeep Pokhla sustained serious burn injuries after lightning struck his house yesterday at around 5 pm, reducing it to ashes.

Sandeep succumbed while he was being taken to the nearby government hospital, police said.

In another incident, a 18-year-old boy, identified as Gotya Ugada died after lightning struck him while he was standing under the shade of a mango tree in Zadghar village.

Police have registered a case of accidental death in connection with both the incidents.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 41 in 5 months across Cambodia


Malaysian Digest
Wed, 24 May 2017 09:33 UTC
LIGHTNING
Forty-one Cambodians, mostly rural dwellers, had been killed by lightning strikes in the first five months of 2017, slightly up from 40 deaths over the same period last year, a spokesman said on Wednesday, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

Besides the fatalities, thunderbolts had injured 44 others during the January-May period this year, slightly down from 48 injuries over the same period last year, said Keo Vy, the spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management.

"Lightning strikes occur every year, especially during the rainy season (from May to October)," he told Xinhua, adding that "to avoid the dangers of lightning strikes, people should stay inside houses or shelters when there is rain."

In addition to lightning casualties, storms had also claimed two lives and injured 35 others during the first five months of 2017, the spokesman said.
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Bizarro Earth

14-year-old boy electrocuted in central Laredo, Texas during severe thunderstorm


LMTOnline
Tue, 23 May 2017 21:16 UTC
lightning in storm

Motorists drive on South Zapata Highway by the Sacred Heart Children's Home as a severe storm moves into the area Sunday, May 21, 2017. The storm brought heavy rain, hail and strong wind gusts.
A 14-year-old boy died Sunday after he came into contact with a downed power line in central Laredo, according to authorities.

Laredo police said Aldo Jordani Rojas was electrocuted in the 5300 block of Alabama Avenue, off East Hillside Road. He was an eighth-grade student at Clark Middle School

"UISD sends heartfelt condolences to the Rojas Lopez family," Clark Middle School Principal Melissa Ramirez said in a statement. "He was an excellent student who was well liked by his teachers and peers. This is a difficult time for everyone, but I know our students and staff will lean on each other as they fondly remember their classmate."
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