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Snow on Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, UK where many people have become trapped
Snow on Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, UK where many people have become trapped
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A stop sign sits on a flooded-out road in Scituate, Mass. as a large coastal storm bears down on the region Friday.
A stop sign sits on a flooded-out road in Scituate, Mass. as a large coastal storm bears down on the region Friday.
The Nor'easter was predicted to bring damaging winds - up to hurricane strength in some areas - along the Atlantic through Friday, according to the National Weather Service, which issued numerous severe-weather warnings and advisories lasting into Saturday.
At least six people were killed when fierce winds brought trees crashing down on roads, homes and other buildings. In the Putnam Valley area north of New York City, an 11-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on a home, officials said. In Newport, R.I., a 72-year-old man was killed by a falling tree. In Baltimore County, Maryland, a 77-year-old woman was killed when a branch fell on her outside of her home. A 44-year-old man was killed in James City County, Va., when a tree branch fell on a car he was in. And in Chester, Va., a six-year-old who was asleep in bed was killed when a tree came crashing down into his family's home. And in Connecticut, one person was killed in a carnear the Stamford-Greenwich line.
Nearly two million people up and down the Eastern seaboard lost power on Friday: 392,000 in Massachusetts; 332,538 in Virginia and part of North Carolina; 323,000 in New York; 308,164 in Washington D.C. and Maryland; 224,242 in New Jersey; 143,000 in Rhode Island; 120,000 in Eastern Pennsylvania, and more than 40,000 each in Connecticut and Delaware.
Throughout the day Friday, at least 3,200 flights at airports between Washington to Boston had been canceled. At New York's LaGuardia airport, which suspended all flights on Friday afternoon, 729 flights had been grounded by the end of the day.
Comment: Below is a map of the many storms recorded by Sott during the past year from across the globe (which also includes lightning, waterspout and tornado events).
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Dead saiga antelopes in a field in Kazakhstan.
Dead saiga antelopes in a field in Kazakhstan.
Some were mothers that had travelled to this remote wilderness for the annual calving season, while others were their offspring, just a few days old. Each had died in just a few hours from blood poisoning. In the 30C heat of a May day, the air around each of the rotting hulks was thick with flies.
The same grisly story has been replayed throughout Kazakhstan. In this springtime massacre, an estimated 200,000 critically endangered saiga - around 60% of the world's population - died. "All the carcasses in this one of many killing zones were spread evenly over 20 sq km," says Kock, professor of wildlife health and emerging diseases at the Royal Veterinary College in London. "The pattern was strange. They were either grazing normally with their newborn calves or dying where they stood, as if a switch had been turned on. I've never seen anything like that."
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The sinkhole found on the road near Intercontinental Seoul COEX, Thursday
The sinkhole found on the road near Intercontinental Seoul COEX, Thursday
According to firefighters, the hole was reported at around 10:31 p.m. on Thursday by a person who saw smoke coming out of it.
A rupture in a concrete sewer pipe was the cause, firefighters said.
There have been no reports of injuries or traffic accidents caused by the hole.
But the hole caused traffic jams and safety concerns.
Hail and slush cover a section of Lehman and Linne roads Monday night.
Hail blanketed roads and orchards southeast of Linne Road leaving drivers looking for traction across the icy pavement.
Rain fell sporadically throughout the day on Monday with reports of hail falling to the south in rural Tracy starting at about 5 p.m. According to a Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network measuring station in west Tracy, .45 inches of rain dropped between 8 a.m. Monday and 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Some roads were covered by a thick coat of hail pebbles that in some areas obscured the road markings.
The hail gave way to rain and sleet making for slick roadways for evening commuters.
Almond growers south of Tracy are still assessing how much damage was caused to their crops by Monday's severe hail storm, which covered orchards and fields with two inches or more of hail.
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A large sinkhole, at least 11 feet wide and eight feet deep, is the result of recent flooding and an aging drainage structure beneath the roadway, and has prompted the closure of a section of rural roadway on North Cochran Road, officials said.
A large sinkhole, at least 11 feet wide and eight feet deep, is the result of recent flooding and an aging drainage structure beneath the roadway, and has prompted the closure of a section of rural roadway on North Cochran Road, officials said.
"It is not going to be a quick process, measured in hours or days," Ballou said. "I think it will be measured in weeks. We have to replace the whole structure."
Ballou said the Wright-Parlee Maxson Drain runs underneath the roadway. The drainage structure at the sinkhole is a combination of corrugated pipes and remnants of an old concrete bridge that was put in place in the 1950s, he said.
The damaged road at Naha 4
Honiara recorded 171 mm of rain in 24 hours, most of it falling during the daytime on 01 March.
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) said stormwater drains, creeks and roads to be flooded by water coming off high ground trying to find its way to the sea. Some main roads in Honiara were flooded by mid-morning 01 March.
SIBC said that roads were damaged and left strewn with flood debris.
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Wood Trail South of Drahner closed due to the sinkhole, which is causing flooding for some of the residents.
Crews are currently using a pump to bypass the broken section to prevent water damage to homes.
At this point, it's not clear when the road is expected to reopen to traffic.
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In Tuscany the snow is pink in the Apennines
A pink blanket, like the sand of an exotic beach. It is the snow that has fallen in the past few hours on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, thanks to the micro-powders that are suspended in the atmosphere [from the] African currents.
To immortalize the phenomenon Tommaso D'Errico, a 35-year-old Roman who, together with his partner Alessia, left the capital to live in Valle Maira, in the Cuneo Alps, and now in the hamlet of Rofelle, Badia Tedalda (Arezzo). The couple is the author of the book '' A rhythm delle stagioni. A year of life in the mountains '', where he tells the unceasing discovery of life in the mountains, between total immersion in nature and the distance from the city. In their blog the two share daily adventures and secrets to survive at high altitude.
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A series of snowstorms, force winds and subzero temperatures are draining emergency resources on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana.
A series of snowstorms, force winds and subzero temperatures are draining emergency resources on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana.
"This is a crisis," said Joe Kipp, chairman of the Blackfeet Nation Stockgrowers Association and a rancher with 200 head of cattle north of Browning. "This is a storm that has the potential to kill thousands of head of cattle."
The storm Kipp refers to actually is a series of storms that began in northern Montana beginning Jan. 1 that have produced record amounts of snow and a series of blizzards that have not only hammered communities but hemmed in livestock producers trying to reach cattle with feed.
Among the hardest hit has been the Blackfeet Reservation, where 38,000 head of cattle graze the landscape.
Comment: From the US to Dublin to Russia:
We are entering an ice age and the changing weather patterns are leading to crop failures and problems with ill-equipped infrastructure all over the world:
- Some of the world's largest lakes are drying up
- Concerns about freezing cold on early stone fruit across Southern Europe
- Austrian ski industry researcher declares "every mountain station" in the Alps shows "winters have gotten colder"
- Cold sweeps the Southern Hemisphere, major crop damage
- Hail nets for global crops, strange La Nina and record cold North America
- Floods, landslides caused by heavy rainfall swamp central Greece (PHOTOS)
- Lightning bolt kills 25 cattle near Lonsdale, Arkansas
- Tens of thousands evacuate in California as storm brings mudslide risk
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