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Manitoba shatters cold records, sets 20 new lows

Catherine Wambui
Westislandblog.com
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:54 UTC
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Manitoba has broken records for the lowest temperature this snap past Saturday. The extreme temperature in the region setting 20 lows.

Although temperatures around this time of the year have often averaged - 20 C, Winnipeg dropped down to -38.8 C, which saw it break an 1879 record by 1 C, according to Brian Luzny, an environment Canada Met.

In the meantime, Shoal Lake broke its 1970 record by close to 6 C, while Norway House registered its recent low of - 44 C, which is lower than its last record by 5 C. Essentially, it is the coldest area in the Province. Luzny noted that they are currently breaking records each day.

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Thames freezes over for 'first time in decades' as Baltic chill engulfs capital

Tom Williams
Metro
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:53 UTC
Thames Frozen
© SWNS
Locals said they had never seen the river freeze like this before
A large part of the River Thames has frozen over in what locals say is the first time in more than a decade as a sub-zero cold snap continues.

Temperatures in London dropped to -2C as Storm Darcy - dubbed 'The Beast of the East 2' swept through the country. As a result of the bitter chill from the Baltic, a section of the Thames has frozen over at Teddington, south west London. The extreme freeze meant the UK experienced the coldest February night for 25 years - with temperatures plummeting to below -20C in some parts of the country.

In the capital and the South East, train services have been cancelled and roads left in treacherous conditions.

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Snowflake Cold

Major power outages reported in Chihuahua, Mexico due to winter storm with record-breaking low temperatures

Mauricio Casillas
kvia.com
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 18:39 UTC
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A massive power outage is affecting most of Juárez and several other towns and cities in the state of Chihuahua.

The National Center of Energy Control (CENAC) tweeted Monday morning that it is working on fixing an issue with its generators in the north and northeastern parts of the country.

An ABC-7 viewer in Juárez said she's been without power since 6:45 a.m.

CENACE is asking residents in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora and Tamaulipas to reduce their energy use in an effort to help stabilize the power grid.

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Snowflake Cold

Ice, snow, bitter cold hits millions as major storm pummels swaths of U.S.

Yuliya Talmazan
NBC News
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:35 UTC
A woman walks through falling snow in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday.
© Eric Gay/AP
A woman walks through falling snow in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday.
The storm, which has already caused power outages and a number of pileups, was expected to travel up the Northeast through Tuesday.

More than 140 million Americans in 26 states were under some sort of winter advisory heading into Monday as a major winter storm swept through the southern Plains.

The storm, which has already caused power outages and a number of pileups on icy roads, was expected to travel up the Northeast through Tuesday, bringing heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures, the National Weather Service said. Six inches to a foot of snow was forecast to stretch from the mid-Mississippi to Ohio Valleys, across the lower Great Lakes and into northern New England, according to the service.

It also warned about more power outages and significant travel disruptions across much of the southern Plains, as well as "bitterly cold air" that can result in "dangerous or life-threatening wind chills."


Comment: Snow and ice blanket US north-west, leaving hundreds of thousands without power - ice-laden trees fall on power lines

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At least 9 dead, 10 missing after landslide triggered by torrential rains in Java, Indonesia


Channel News Asia
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:34 UTC
Twenty-one people were initially reported
© AFP
Twenty-one people were initially reported missing, but three individuals were rescued after the disaster in a rural part of East Java
Torrential rains triggered a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java, killing at least nine people and leaving 10 others missing, as emergency personnel digging with their bare hands and farm tools desperately sought to unearth more victims on Monday (Feb 15), officials said.

Twenty-one people were initially reported missing after the disaster struck Sunday evening in a rural part of East Java.

Hundreds of rescuers, including soldiers, police and volunteers, took part in the search for the missing in the village of Selopuro in East Java's Nganjuk district, said National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati.

Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency said it had found nine bodies, but was still searching for 10 others.

The other two people had been rescued.

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Fire

Guatemala's Fuego volcano has started to erupt


TASS
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 02:56 UTC
Fuego volcano erupts
© AP Photo/Moises Castillo
Fuego volcano
Guatemalan rescue services reported that the Fuego volcano, located 50km away from the capital city of Guatemala, has started to erupt, Prensa Libre newspaper report says.

Lava flows reach up to 1.5 km long, and a column of ash rises above the volcano, spreading up to 5 km away, the report says. There were no reports of evacuation yet.

Last time, Fuego erupted on June 3, 2018, which led to deaths of over 200 people.

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Snowflake

Winter storm dumps over 9 inches of snow on Boise, Idaho

DarinOswald
Idaho Statesman
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:40 UTC
People walking through the snow in downtown Boise

People walking through the snow in downtown Boise

Winter arrives in the Treasure Valley with a vengeance, dumping over nine inches of snow on everything. The snow set the stage for a February snow day complete with show shoveling, hazardous roads, and a trip to favorite sledding hills.

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Snow and ice blanket US north-west, leaving hundreds of thousands without power - ice-laden trees fall on power lines


The Guardian
Sun, 14 Feb 2021 19:10 UTC
People walk by a collapsed tree in Lake Oswego,
© Gillian Flaccus
People walk by a collapsed tree in Lake Oswego, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The tree fell during an ice and snowstorm that left hundreds of thousands of people without power and disrupted travel across the Pacific Northwest region.
A winter storm blanketed the Pacific north-west with ice and snow on Saturday, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and disrupting travel across the region.

Freezing rain left roads, power lines and trees coated in ice in the Portland, Oregon, region, and by Saturday morning more than 270,000 had lost power. The extreme conditions, loss of power and transportation problems prompted Oregon governor Kate Brown to declare a state of emergency.

"Crews are out in full force now and are coordinating with local emergency response teams on communications for emergency services, such as warming centers," Brown said. "I'm committed to making state resources available to ensure crews have the resources they need on the ground."

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Over 30 fatalities reported after weeks of flooding in South Africa

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:57 UTC
The flood gates of the Vaal Dam near Johannesburg South Africa were opened on 11 February, 2021 after days of heavy rain.
© DWS South Africa
The flood gates of the Vaal Dam near Johannesburg South Africa were opened on 11 February, 2021 after days of heavy rain.
Flooding continues to affect parts of South Africa, with 10 fatalities reported in Limpopo province over the last few days.

Parts of the country were badly hit by flooding after heavy rainfall brought by Tropical Cyclone Eloise from around 23 January 2021.

Eloise has long since dissipated but heavy rainfall has continued to fall throughout the first weeks of February, causing further flooding and dam levels to rise. As of 11 February, authorities began releasing water from the Vaal Dam, situated about 75km south of Johannesburg.

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Pair of avalanches kill 3 mountain climbers in Slovenia


citynews1130.com
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:26 UTC
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Two avalanches in Slovenia killed three mountain climbers and injured three more people Saturday, authorities said.

The avalanches happened in the area of Kamnik-Savinja Alps, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Slovenia's capital Ljubljana, said the Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief.

Police said four climbers were in the area of Mt. Storzic when the first avalanche killed two on the spot and buried the other two up to their waists.

The second avalanche struck during the rescue operation some some three hours later, killing another climber and seriously injuring the other. Two rescuers were also injured, one seriously, police said.

Police said the four climbers were the only ones in the area. Authorities issued an avalanche alert and warned against climbing during an ongoing spate of extremely cold and windy weather.

Source: AP
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