Earth Changes

Cape Cod hit by rare tornado

Theresa Waldrop
CNN
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:41 UTC

EF-1 tornado rips through Cape Cod communities

Cape Cod was hit by a rare tornado Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

There were reports of downed trees and power lines but no known injuries, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency spokesman Christopher Besse said.

More than 50,000 customers were without power as of 6 p.m. ET, energy company Eversource said.

Of the 1,253 tornadoes that the United States has on average each year, Massachusetts sees only one, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; only Alaska and Rhode Island average none.

Video from CNN affiliate WHDH showed extensive damage to the Cape Sands Inn in West Yarmouth. Megan McGuire, who told the affiliate that she and her mother took shelter between beds at the inn, said she'd never seen anything like it in the 24 years she's been vacationing on Cape Cod.

"It was shocking," McGuire said.

Extreme weather has had massive impact on food production in Andalusia, Spain

Fresh Plaza
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:36 UTC

As reported by COAG Andalucía, the dry weather registered in 2019 in Andalusia has had a massive impact on many parts of the region and has had consequences on the fruit and vegetable production, reducing the harvest forecasts in most provinces.

So far, as far as rainfall is concerned, the hydrometeorological year has been very dry, without significant changes until September with the start of the new rainy season.

The month of April stood out, as the amount of rainfall stood 30% above the average for the whole region, which partially alleviated the situation and allowed the water supply for irrigated crops to be increased (from 4,500 m3 / ha to 5,400 m3 / ha at the Confederation of the Guadalquivir). This was followed by the driest May ever recorded, and those same dynamics continued in June. With such a beginning of the summer, we can expect the water supply situation to worsen in the coming months.

When it comes to the productions affected, in Almería, the rainfed almond harvest has been disastrous, both due to the scarcity of rain and to the drop in temperatures recorded in spring, as well as the gusts of wind that caused the fruit to fall from the trees.

Very rare seabird from Brazil drops in on Bermuda - 4,300 miles away from usual nesting sites

Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Royal Gazette
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:26 UTC

Trindade petrel

A rare Brazilian seabird was spotted in Bermuda recently — and may have been trying to nest.

The Bermuda Audubon Society said the Trindade petrel was seen only a few feet from a footpath at Spittal Pond.

A BAS newsletter said: "Robert Branco was visiting Spittal Pond on July 2 when he heard a very loud 'ki ki ki ki' call.

"Following the call, he found a dark seabird sitting in what looked like a nest scrape, about five feet from the main path.

Comment: The entire world population of the species has been estimated as only 2260.

Severe drought in its 4th year in Klein-Karoo, South Africa badly affecting crop production

Carolize Jansen
Fresh Plaza
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:25 UTC

Vegetable seed and fruit production badly affected, irrigation dams running dry

The water situation looks better in the Boland and Cape Town but alas, that doesn't tell the full story of the Western Cape: the Klein-Karoo has barely had rain or snow this winter and the dam levels are shocking: two important irrigation dams, the Kammanassie Dam and the Stompdrift Dam are 8% and 2% full respectively. The Poortjieskloof Dam is 0.2% full.

According to Agri Western Cape, many fruit orchards and wine vineyards in the Klein-Karoo have either already withered and died because of the drought, or have been removed to relieve pressure on extremely limited water sources.

The production of onion, carrot and beetroot seed in this important seed production area has been hit very hard by the acute shortage of irrigation water.

Man dies after being struck by lightning on Indiana lake

theindychannel.com
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:10 UTC

A coroner says a man died of cardiac arrest after being struck by lightning while boating on a northern Indiana lake.

Marshall County Coroner John Grolich says 65-year-old Richard Eberhardt and a friend were trying to reach shore at Lake of the Woods after a strong storm blew in Saturday, causing several lightning strikes in the area. Lightning struck hit Eberhardt before their pontoon could make it to shore.

Grolich says CPR was started immediately and emergency responders were dispatched, but Eberhardt was pronounced dead at the scene.

Eberhardt's friend was not injured.

Source: AP

Lion population has declined by 50% in 25 years - only 25,000 left in Africa

Olivia Prentzel
National Geographic
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:24 UTC

There are half as many African lions than there were 25 years ago. Conservation programs aim to protect the disappearing species by promoting human-lion cohabitation across the African savanna.

For every lion in the wild, there are 14 African elephants, and there are 15 Western lowland gorillas. There are more rhinos than lions, too.

The iconic species has disappeared from 94 percent of its historic range, which once included almost the entire African continent but is now limited to less than 1.71 million square kilometres. With fewer than an estimated 25,000 in Africa, lions are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which determines the conservation status of species.

Deadly floods hit south and east China - 6 inches of rain in 3 hours

Al Jazeera
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:49 UTC

Downpours cause widespread disruption from Sichuan to Fujian provinces.

Rain-triggered floods killed four tourists in east China's Jiangxi province, official media reported early on Monday. The heavy rains started on Sunday afternoon in a mountainous area in Yichun city.

Flooding caused by the downpour trapped 285 hikers from three tourist groups, according to the Jiangxi provincial emergency management bureau.

The remaining hikers were rescued by Monday morning after local authorities sent more than 530 rescuers to the affected area, according to the Xinhua news agency.

Shallow 6.0-magnitude quake hits Balleny Islands region in the Antarctic Ocean

xuxin
Xinhua
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:21 UTC

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Balleny Islands region at 10:33:24 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 61.2936 degrees south latitude and 154.063 degrees east longitude.

Hailstorm events on the rise in Alberta

Lyle Adriano
Insurance Business
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:52 UTC

Alberta is seeing an increase in the number of hailstorms it is experiencing this year - a troubling trend that has insurance experts worried.

More than 40 major hail storms have come through the province each summer, and over the last decade, these storms have caused billions of dollars' worth of damage.

"In the last decade, the number has been about $1 billion that the insurance industry has paid in severe weather damages across the country," Insurance Bureau of Canada director of consumer and industry relations Rob de Pruis told Global News in an interview.

Pruis added that in 2018 alone, the insurance industry paid in excess of $1.9 billion for severe weather damage claims.

Comment: A couple of the more notable reports from the province this July: 'Nothing left but the crying': Powerful hailstorm destroys pea crops on 20 farms in Mannville, Alberta

Calgary hit by huge hailstorm

Flock of 58 native birds die after falling from sky bleeding from eyes in Australia

Phoebe Loomes
News.com.au
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 08:18 UTC

Dozens of native corella birds have died overnight after they fell from the sky in an Adelaide outer suburb.

Bleeding from their eyes and beaks, more than 50 gravely ill birds began falling from the sky at a soccer oval in One Tree Hill, a suburb on the outskirts of Adelaide, about 2.30pm yesterday.

Volunteers from Casper's Bird Rescue, founded by Sarah King, desperately tried to help the long-billed corellas, running to the oval and calling out for extra help on Facebook.

Ms King originally received a tip the birds had been shot, but vets working on the birds suspect they may have been poisoned.

Comment: While it's possible these birds may have been poisoned, there have been numerous reports over recent years where other flocks of bird species have mysteriously fallen dead from the sky, as well as numerous other animals that have died suddenly, in large numbers and often without explanation. It's also notable that, while extinction appears to be a threat to some animals, there are a number of native animals in Australia whose numbers have exploded:

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Earth Changes

Cape Cod hit by rare tornado

Extreme weather has had massive impact on food production in Andalusia, Spain

Very rare seabird from Brazil drops in on Bermuda - 4,300 miles away from usual nesting sites

Severe drought in its 4th year in Klein-Karoo, South Africa badly affecting crop production

Man dies after being struck by lightning on Indiana lake

Lion population has declined by 50% in 25 years - only 25,000 left in Africa

Deadly floods hit south and east China - 6 inches of rain in 3 hours

Shallow 6.0-magnitude quake hits Balleny Islands region in the Antarctic Ocean

Hailstorm events on the rise in Alberta

Flock of 58 native birds die after falling from sky bleeding from eyes in Australia

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