Earth Changes

'Wormnado': Herd of hundreds of worms captured moving in spiral baffles scientists

Strange Sounds
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:00 UTC

Spring rains often bring scores of earthworms to the surface, where they writhe on top of soil and sidewalks. But recently, heavy rainfall in a town near New York City was followed by something a little more unusual: a wormnado.

A resident of Hoboken, New Jersey was out for a morning walk in a park near the Hudson River on March 25, when she spotted hundreds of worms spread along the walkway. The woman, who asked not to be identified, told Live Science that after her initial surprise she noticed something even more bizarre — a number of the worms had formed a cyclone-like shape, creating a spiral where the edge of the grass met the concrete.

The woman took photographs and sent them to Tiffanie Fisher, a member of the Hoboken City Council, who shared the images of the "tornado of worms" on Facebook. "Clearly worms come out after it rains but this is something I've never seen!" Fisher wrote in the post.

Comment: It was recently discovered that numerous marine creatures also exhibit an as yet unexplained circling motion when traveling: Enigmatic circling behavior observed in numerous marine animals

For more unusual vortex action in nature, see:

Blowing snow, howling winds create hazardous travel in Newfoundland

Yahoo! News
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:55 UTC

Atlantic Canada walloped by destructive 100+ km/h winds, snow

It's been a stormy few days in Atlantic Canada with nearly two back-to-back potent spring storms bringing a swath of heavy snow, rain, ice pellets, and powerful wind gusts. This has led to difficult travel. The most recent one left an impactful mark on the region Monday, with damaging winds felt particularly in Newfoundland.

The intense wind gusts and snow will linger into Tuesday, but will be far less potent than on Monday. As the system departs, just some sea-effect snow will continue into Tuesday afternoon for parts of the island. Beyond, Newfoundland and the Maritimes catch a breather mid-week before the next storm rolls in. More on the timing and impact, below.

Winds gusting to 100km/h and lots of snow: Winter strikes back in Saskatchewan

Bryn Levy
The Star Phoenix
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:36 UTC

The winter storm pushed into western Saskatchewan early Monday morning and by noon, had reached central regions of the province.

© Brenden Purdy / Global News
The winter storm pushed into western Saskatchewan early Monday morning and by noon, had reached central regions of the province.

Well over a week into spring, conditions in Saskatchewan took a decidedly wintery turn Monday.

A low-pressure system moving in from Alberta brought snow and high winds as it tracked across the province.

Meteorologist Terri Lang of Environment and Climate Change Canada said temperatures that rose well into the mid-teens Sunday helped fuel Monday's storm.

"It's the clash of the really warm air and still that cold air to the north that can form these really potent systems," Lang said.

The storm hit the western portion of the province early Monday morning and was expected to deposit as much as 10 to 15 centimetres of snow in areas around Saskatoon throughout the afternoon and evening.

March ends like snowy lion ...in Hawaii!

Weatherboy
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:21 UTC

Snow and ice often caps the higher summits of Hawaii, like this view of Mauna Kea, where more snow and ice is expected today on Hawaii’s Big Island.

© Weatherboy
Snow and ice often caps the higher summits of Hawaii, like this view of Mauna Kea, where more snow and ice is expected today on Hawaii’s Big Island.

With days moving deeper into spring, Old Man Winter is taking his time depart the island of Hawaii with another round of snow and ice falling there. With accumulating snow and ice, the National Weather Service in Honolulu on the island of Oahu is extending a Winter Weather Advisory for Big Island summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa at/above the 12,000 foot level.

According to the National Weather Service, an upper level trough over the Hawaiian Islands will produce layered middle and upper level clouds over the highest summits of the Big Island through the afternoon. These clouds will produce periods of snow, freezing drizzle, and freezing fog; additional snowfall of 1-2″ is expected this afternoon. Winds will also be stiff: winds could gust up to 60 mph, making travel on icy roads even more hazardous.

Three meters of snow in a mountain resort in Vâlcea, Romania

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 08:40 UTC

You can't even see the roof of the house.
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Three meters (about 10 feet) of snow in the mountain resort Vârful lui Roman, in Vâlcea County, Romania. The images were captured by the owner of a holiday home in the area, who was amazed by the thick layer of snow.

(View video here)

Fierce tornado destroys buildings in Cimenyan, Indonesia

Chave weather
YouTube
Sun, 28 Mar 2021 07:46 UTC

A fierce tornado destroys buildings in Cimenyan, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. March 28 2021.

One dead in Alaska avalanche - 36th such death for US this season

Lauren Meyers
wvlt.tv
Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:07 UTC

A woman has died in an avalanche near Matanuska Glacier, between Palmer and Glennallen Saturday.

Alaska State Troopers identified the victim as 40-year-old Erin Lee of Fairbanks. Officials say she was a skier that got caught in the avalanche.

Just after 12 p.m. on Saturday, AST received a report of an avalanche. Lee was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Next of kin has been notified.

Landslide blocks Europe's busiest freight train link in Germany's Rhine Valley

Rail Freight
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:47 UTC

A landslide at the Middle Rhine Valley near Kestert has blocked the underlying railway, with no traffic possible the entire week. On Monday 15 March 5,000 cubic metres of stones and rubble came down, not only affecting the rails but also blocking part of the B42 federal highway between Kamp-Bornhofen and Kaub. Currently, geologists and special forces are securing the area and unblocking the way for transportation.

European rail freight is heavily impacted by the landslide, as it disrupts traffic though Europe's most heavily used freight line: the Rhine-Alpine corridor. According to reports from the site, freight traffic diverts through the left bank of the Rhine using the Bingen route. However, this is not enough since long-distance trains are excluded from this diversion, a situation that also affects the bustling Genoa-Rotterdam route.

Comment: It's likely that this landslide is correlated with the extreme flooding and drought that Europe has seen in recent times, as well as being part of an overall uptick in geologic and seismic events that's also seems to be correlated with the rise in landslides and sinkholes.

However, it's particularly concerning that Europe's busiest freight line is now out of service, because, over in Egypt, the Suez Canal, which is a critical shipping lane for the distribution of goods is also out of service due to a ship becoming stuck:

Strange Sounds reports of another landslide that occurred in Germany just a few weeks before. Investigators state that the area, a former mine, was being worked on because it was known to be unstable, but, bearing in mind the above, one wonders if it's related to the general uptick in these kinds of events:

On Thursday 11 March 2021, a large landslide occurred on the banks of an abandoned and flooded open case coal mine site at Knappensee in eastern Germany [...]
This bank had been undergoing work recently and was a site with known geotechnical problems. The unslipped areas in the image above have little or no vegetation, suggesting engineering works since the last growing season. [...]

See also: Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth

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4 dead, dozens rescued after flash floods in Tennessee - 8 inches of rain in 48 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:49 UTC

Floods in Franklin County, Tennessee, March 2021.

At least 4 people have died after flash floods and severe weather swept through parts of Tennessee USA on 27 March 2021.

State authorities said that severe weather crossed Tennessee on 27 March, bringing two rounds of heavy rain, high winds, flash flooding and tornado warnings. "The mostly localized impacts of the severe storms included flooding of homes and businesses, scattered structures damaged, closed roads, downed trees, and power outages," the government of Tennessee said.

NWS Nashville reported 8.65 inches (219.71 mm) of rain in Franklin between 27 and 28 March and 7.01 inches (178 mm) at Nashville International Airport.

Huge uptick in lightning over the Arctic in past decade

Bob Yirka
Phys.org
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:06 UTC

A combined team of researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Otago has found that lightning strikes in the Arctic have been rising dramatically over the past decade. In their paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, the group describes their study of data from the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) and what they found.

Lightning is much less common in colder parts of the planet — the chill is less conducive to the humidity required for electrically charging ice crystals in clouds. In this new effort, the researchers found that for one cold region, the number of lightning strikes has been increasing dramatically as average air temperatures rise due to global warming. Notably, prior research has shown that temperatures are rising approximately three times faster in the Arctic than in the rest of the world.

Comment: Our planet is experiencing an overall worldwide cooling trend, with a "Super" Grand Solar Minimum upon us according to some scientists.

Comment: In recent years there has been record lightning all over the world, including: New Zealand, France, British Columbia, Sweden, Iceland and the world record longest lightning flash of 440 miles was confirmed over northern Argentina.

The electrical nature of our weather and changing atmosphere is becoming more apparent:

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Earth Changes

'Wormnado': Herd of hundreds of worms captured moving in spiral baffles scientists

Blowing snow, howling winds create hazardous travel in Newfoundland

Winds gusting to 100km/h and lots of snow: Winter strikes back in Saskatchewan

March ends like snowy lion ...in Hawaii!

Three meters of snow in a mountain resort in Vâlcea, Romania

Fierce tornado destroys buildings in Cimenyan, Indonesia

One dead in Alaska avalanche - 36th such death for US this season

Landslide blocks Europe's busiest freight train link in Germany's Rhine Valley

4 dead, dozens rescued after flash floods in Tennessee - 8 inches of rain in 48 hours

Huge uptick in lightning over the Arctic in past decade

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