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Lightning bolt kills 2 students, injures 2 others in Ganjam, India

odishabytes.com
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:52 UTC

Two students died on the spot and two of their friends were seriously injured when lightning struck them near Bhanjanagar in Odisha's Ganjam district on Sunday night.

Police sources said four students of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Belguntha were on their way to Bhanjanagar on two bikes at night when they were suddenly struck by lightning on Thengadhar-Mandara road. While two students died on the spot, two others were seriously injured.

Some people passing through the area found the bodies and the injured students and informed the police, which rushed to the spot and admitted them to the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Belguntha.

Comment: Elsewhere recently in India lightning killed 2 children in Andhra Pradesh while strikes killed a total of 4 individuals in Bangladesh and a man at a graveyard in Thailand.

Freak storm in Nepal kills 27, injures hundreds

Daily Mail
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 06:07 UTC

At least 27 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a freak storm hit southern Nepal, destroying houses, uprooting trees and toppling electricity poles, officials said.

The thunderstorm swept through the district of Bara and adjoining areas late Sunday killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 600, according to the home ministry.

"The winds took away everything, my home and my family," Ram Babu Patel, 45, who lost his wife in the storm in a village in Bara, told AFP over the phone.

Prakash Tharu, a volunteer on the ground, described a scene of devastation in the villages.

"The storm destroyed everything in its path. Houses have no roofs and trees are all down," Tharu said.

Coldest night in years for Australia's south east

Imogen Reid
news.com.au
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 20:31 UTC

Despite it still being March, parts of the country

Temperatures plummeted over the weekend with Sydneysiders shivering their way through the coldest March night in 20 years.

Temperatures have plummeted as a cold snap swept across the southeast of the country producing chilly conditions, strong winds and the potential for flash flooding.

After enjoying a warmer than average March, Sydney residents woke up to a frosty 12 degrees this morning after shivering through its coldest March night in the last two decades.

Last night the temperature dropped to 12.9 degrees in the city's CBD, only a touch warmer than what was recorded at the airport.

'Hey winter you're early!' Snow falls at Perisher and Thredbo ski resorts in Australia

Sally Whyte
Brisbane Times
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 20:09 UTC

Helaina Gardiner enjoys the snow at Thredbo.

At the start of March it didn't quite feel like summer had ended, and now at the tail-end of the month you could be forgiven for thinking we've arrived at winter very early.

While some might be mourning autumn, excitement has taken over on the slopes of Thredbo and Perisher, where the first snow of the year fell over the weekend.

The flurries began about 11am Saturday at Perisher, providing a small four centimetre dusting, spokesman Joss McAlpin said.

It was not unusual to get a bit of snow at this time of year, he said, with a few small snow falls generally expected in April before more consistent falls in May ahead of the official season.

Floods wash away homes in Peru

CGTN
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 19:50 UTC

Homes in rural Peru were washed away on Friday (March 29) after the Perene River burst its banks.

More than 13,000 people have been affected by floods, and at least 51 have died this wet season.

Authorities mobilized rescue teams to evacuate residents and rescue animals.

Lima has also declared a state of emergency in Chanchamayo and surrounding areas.

Comment: South America - Thousands affected by floods and landslides in Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: US Midwest floods - Flooded corn must be destroyed not sold

Adapt 2030
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:20 UTC

FDA now requiring and flooded grain holding bins, facilities or warehouses that river water touched to destroy the grain, and cannot even be used for animal food. There will be no top vacuum to save dried untouched grain, the entire bin will be disposed of. Massive record floods move down the Mississippi toward the largest grain storage facilities in the USA which will be breached. Hoping the pumps can keep water out, but doubtful.

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Latest study shows an increase in levels of Fukushima-related contamination in Alaskan waters as Tokyo reassures the world all is well with 2020 Olympics

Gary Walton
The Big Wobble
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:56 UTC

The latest study shows an increase in levels of Fukushima-related contamination off the shores of Alaska, regular readers of The Big Wobble will know Bill Laughing-Bear has been keeping an eye on fish in Alaskan waters and has warned us all of rising radioactive contamination for years now.

Recently other warnings have been published as the slow drip-drip-drop of information is slowly increasing.

In 2017, A study by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa revealed almost 50% of fish consumed on the islands of Hawai'i were contaminated with caesium 134 the radioactive finger-print of Fukushima.

The report also showed that migrating organisms can transport the Fukushima-signature (caesium 134) over significant distances as they showed detectable 134Cs (6.3±1.5 Bq/kg) in Pacific bluefin tuna caught off the California coast only a year after the incident.

Another study found caesium 134 in longfin tuna (Albacore) along the western coast of the US just one year after the Fukushima disaster.

Mass death of krill near Powell River, British Columbia

James Wood
mypowellrivernow.com
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:10 UTC

A photo of the krill, sourced from the Facebook page of Darlene Williams.

An apparent mass death of krill near Powell River has a fisheries scientist concerned.

The die-off was first discovered along the shoreline just southeast of the Beach Gardens Resort and Marina, on Wednesday evening. A post by Powell River resident Darlene Williams stated that she saw what appeared to be "1000 dead baby prawns".

Photos show many small animals washed up on the beach.

The MyPowellRiverNow.com newsroom reached out to DFO for comment on what took place. According to zooplankton taxonomist Moira Galbraith, who works at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Patricia Bay, the animals appeared to be female krill in the process of mating, or having recently mated.

Flooding threatens more than a million private wells in U.S. Midwest

Michael Burke
The Hill
Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:42 UTC

Flooding in the Midwest is posing a risk of contamination to more than 1 million private wells that supply drinking water to rural areas in the region, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.

The AP reported that the National Ground Water Association, a trade group, said there are 1.1 million private wells in 300 flooded counties across 10 states in the Midwest.

Those states are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to the AP.

Flooding creates the possibility that water from the flood will get into the wells and contaminate the water.

Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits near the coast of Ecuador

Sputnik
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:27 UTC

There have been no immediate reports of damages and injuries as a result of the strong quake.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of Ecuador 27 kilometres north of the city of Santa Elena, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

According to the USGS, the quake struck at a depth of 18.5 km.

The quake was followed by numerous aftershocks, according to the EMSC.

According to The Watchers, there are around 1,560,000 people living within 100 km (62 miles) of the epicentre of the quake.

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Earth Changes

Lightning bolt kills 2 students, injures 2 others in Ganjam, India

Freak storm in Nepal kills 27, injures hundreds

Coldest night in years for Australia's south east

'Hey winter you're early!' Snow falls at Perisher and Thredbo ski resorts in Australia

Floods wash away homes in Peru

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: US Midwest floods - Flooded corn must be destroyed not sold

Latest study shows an increase in levels of Fukushima-related contamination in Alaskan waters as Tokyo reassures the world all is well with 2020 Olympics

Mass death of krill near Powell River, British Columbia

Flooding threatens more than a million private wells in U.S. Midwest

Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits near the coast of Ecuador

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