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Signs and Portents: Ram with 6 horns seen on a Chinese farm

Qin Xie
Daily Mail, UK
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:47 UTC
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Unusual: A ram (pictured) born earlier this year on a sheep farm in Xinjiang, China, has developed six horns
A ram with an unusual number of horns has become the prized pet of a farmer in Xinjiang, western China.

Gulibahati, a shepherd working on the government owned farm, spotted the six-horned ram earlier this year, reported People's Daily Online.

Although the ram was 'normal' at birth, he soon started developing an unusual number of horns. Gulibahati now plans to keep the animal as a pet.
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Cloud Precipitation

Flash flooding kills 6 in western Iran


Press TV
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:38 UTC
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© IRNA
This October 29, 2015 photo released by Iran's official news agency, IRNA, shows the aftermath of flash floods in the western city of Ilam.
Flash floods, triggered by heavy downpours, have killed six people in the two western provinces of Ilam and Lorestan in Iran.

Head of the Relief and Rescue Organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Nasser Charkhsaz said on Thursday that flash floods have hit the provinces of east Azarbaijan, Ilam, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Lorestan and Khuzestan since October 28.

Officials in Ilam, a province which borders Iraq, said three people were killed following torrential rains.

Shapour Pouladi, a deputy provincial governor for development affairs, said the fatalities included two people in the provincial capital of the same name and one in the city of Dehloran, which is located some 500 kilometers southwest of the Iranian capital Tehran. He said one other person is still missing.
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Fire

Massive Amazon wildfire destroys forest in Brazil and threatens uncontacted tribe

Jonathan Watts
The Guardian
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:47 UTC
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© Marizilda Cruppe/Greenpeace
An aerial picture released by Greenpeace shows forest fires in the indigenous lands in Arariboia, Maranhão.
Brazilian rangers, firefighters and indigenous communities are battling against a wildfire that has blazed for two months and devastated some of the last Amazonian forest in the northern state of Maranhão, including part of the territory of an uncontacted tribe.

The fire - which has spread across 100km at its peak - is thought to be the biggest in Indian territory for decades and has prompted the local government to declare a state of emergency.

It comes amid rising tension between indigenous "forest guardians" and illegal loggers, prompting speculation among officials and environmentalists that the blaze may have been started deliberately.

According to Greenpeace, the fire has already consumed 45% of the 413,000-hectare (1m acre) Indigenous Territory of Arariboia, despite the efforts of 250 firefighters.

Worst affected are the 12,000 people from the Guajajara ethnic group, whose communities have been surrounded by flames. There are also fears for the approximately 80 members of the Awá-Guajá, an uncontacted tribe.

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Attention

Magnitude 4.3 earthquake hits Lima, Peru

Hillary Ojeda
Living in Peru
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:09 UTC
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© El Comercio/USI
The quake epicenter was recorded 4 km south of Cajatambo.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 grades on the Richter scale struck Lima last night, according to a report by the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP, Spanish acronym).

The epicenter was recorded 4 km south of the province of Cajatambo and hit at approximately 11:02 p.m. IGP reports it had a depth of 100 kilometers with an intensity of III-IV.

Authorities have not reported damages or personal injuries due to the incident thus far.
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Cloud Precipitation

Rare tropical cyclone Chapala to bring eight years of rain in two days to Yemen, Oman

Peter Hannam
The Sydney Morning Herald
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:38 UTC
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A rare intense tropical cyclone has formed in the Arabian Sea and is forecast to dump eight years of rain in about 48 hours on typically arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula.

Cyclone Chapala has already generated sustained winds of 95 knots (175 km/h), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre. It was also producing significant wave heights of more than seven metres. Eric Holthaus, a US meteorologist, estimates the storm will dump as much as eight times the annual rainfall of coastal regions of Yemen and Oman. These regions typically collect just 100-130 millimetres of rain a year.
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© Joint Typhoon Warning Centre
The projected path of Chapala indicates it will reach Yemen on Monday.
The port city of Salahah, in Oman, may face a coastal storm surge of as much as 4.5 metres, Mr Holthaus said, adding that it is likely to be heavy deluge and flooding that may pose the bigger threat.

"Tropical cyclones are an extreme rarity near the Arabian Peninsula," Mr Holthaus said. "Since reliable records begin in 1979, there have been only two hurricane-strength storms to make landfall in Oman, and the only storm to hit Yemen topped out with winds at a paltry 35 miles per hour [56 km/h], barely tropical storm strength."

Cyclone Chapala is the latest in a year of extreme weather.


Comment: For the latest in extreme weather from across the globe, see SOTT's Earth Changes Summary for September:


SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2015: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Attention

4.8 magnitude earthquake recorded in Van province, Turkey


Daily Sabah
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:03 UTC
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A magnitude 4.8 earthquake was recorded in the Muradiye district of eastern Van province in Turkey.

The earthquake occurred on Thursday at 12:46 local time, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey (AFAD).

The earthquake reportedly occurred at a depth of 5.17 km.

The quake was felt by the locals around the district. Some houses were damaged by the earthquake while one person was injured, according to initial reports.

The eastern Turkish city of Van has recuperated from the devastating earthquake that hit four years ago with massive rebuilding work
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Attention

4.4 earthquake recorded off Barbados


Nation News
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:57 UTC
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© UWI Seismic Research Centre
The quake was located 128 kilometres to the northeast of Bridgetown.
The University oF the West Indies Seismic Research Centre recorded a 4.4 magnitude earthquake off Barbados at 10:05 this morning.

The quake was located 128 kilometres to the northeast of Bridgetown at Lattitude 13.91N and Longitude 58.78W.

It occurred at a depth of 49 kilometres.
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Blue Planet

U.N. climate agency claims ozone hole at the South Pole is fluctuating wider

Tom Miles
Reuters
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:29 UTC
ozone hole widens
© news.agu.org
South Pole's ozone hole is bigger than Russia and China combined.
The U.N.'s weather and climate agency said on Thursday there was no cause for alarm about a record-size hole this month in the ozone layer that shields life on earth from the sun, as it should shrink again. The ozone hole that appears over Antarctica fluctuates in size, normally reaching its widest in the polar spring as extreme cold temperatures in the stratosphere and the return of sunlight unleash chlorine radicals that destroy ozone. Last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said it detected the first sign of ozone recovery, largely thanks to a 1987 ban on gases that cause ozone depletion, but said it could be a decade before the hole begins shrinking. This year, a colder than usual stratosphere widened the hole to a peak of 28.2 million square km (10.9 million square miles) on Oct. 2, bigger than Canada and Russia put together.

It was a record for a hole recorded on Oct. 2 of any year, and the hole has remained at daily record levels on every day since then, the WMO said, citing data from NASA. Over the 30 days around the peak, the hole averaged 26.9 million square km, making it the third largest, after 2000 and 2006. "This shows us that the ozone hole problem is still with us and we need to remain vigilant. But there is no reason for undue alarm," WMO Atmospheric and Environment Research Division senior scientist Geir Braathen said in a statement. "Overall, however, this does not reverse the projected long-term recovery in the coming decades," the statement said.

Comment: If it ain't broke...don't fix it. The ozone hole and its variability are natural occurrences, not a manmade phenomena. Interestingly enough, a colder stratosphere is said to be the widening agent, a consistent cooling trend not to be dismissed nor ignored.

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Meteor

Gloversville, New York residents report loud boom followed by earthquakes

Rachel Yonkunas
News10
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:05 UTC
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© news10.com
Reports of houses shaking, explosions and earthquakes were the talk around Gloversville on Wednesday.

People in downtown Gloversville felt their buildings shaking because the U.S. Geological Survey said an earthquake struck about a mile west of the city. But many people felt and heard a loud boom, and they still don't know what caused it. "It, like, rattled the whole house," Raven Holmberg-Gonzalez said.

Holmberg-Gonzalez didn't know what happened when she felt her entire house move just before 5 p.m. "It felt like vibration but really, really heavy, and I couldn't believe it," she said. "I thought somebody fell in the house." But the vibration was a 2.5 magnitude earthquake, according to USGS. The USGS reported it hit a mile west of downtown Gloversville.

Steven Smith is a civil engineer. He used to work in Atlanta doing earthquake design for buildings in Indonesia. He wasn't surprised the shaking he felt at work was an earthquake. "It seemed like it was actually on the third floor of my office building," he said. "And I thought somebody dropped something very heavy." But many people, including Smith, said they heard a loud boom during the earthquake. They said it sounded like thunder.


Comment: Space rocks are a certainly a possibility. A loud boom, followed by ground shaking are one of the hallmarks of an overhead meteor explosion.

Forget About Global Warming: We're One Step From Extinction!

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Blue Planet

Massive crack in earth mysteriously opens up in Bighorn Mountains

David Strege
GrindTV
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:58 UTC
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Hunters on a private ranch in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming stumbled upon an incredible and mysterious scene: a massive crack in the earth that in some places resembles a mini Grand Canyon.

SNS Outfitter & Guides first reported the anomaly on its Facebook page on Friday, saying it "appeared in the last two weeks on a ranch we hunt in the Bighorn Mountains. Everyone here is calling it 'the gash.' It's a really incredible sight."

Comment: The earth is opening up on every contintent. See our events map for more incidents:



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