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China: 5.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Yunnan, Injuring Four


China Daily
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:20 UTC
Image
© Xinhua
Rescuers search for signs of life after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Tengchong County near the city of Baoshan in Southwest China's Yunnan Province June 20, 2011.
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Tengchong County near the city of Baoshan in Southwest China's Yunnan Province at 6:16 pm Monday, according to the China Earthquake Network Center.

The quake has injured four people as of 10 pm, according to the provincial department of civil affairs.

The provincial seismological bureau said the tremor was acutely felt in 18 townships administered by Tengchong, and damaged some houses there.

The epicenter of the tremor was recorded in Mangbang township, located more than 40 km away from the county seat of Tengchong.
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Chile - Earthquake Magnitude 6.5 - Antofagasta


USGS
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:39 UTC
Antofagasta Quake_200611
© USGS
Earthquake Location.
Date-Time:
Monday, June 20, 2011 at 16:35:59 UTC

Monday, June 20, 2011 at 12:35:59 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
21.898°S, 68.299°W

Depth:
117 km (72.7 miles)

Region:
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

Distances:
87 km (54 miles) NE of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile

196 km (121 miles) E of Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chile

224 km (139 miles) SW of Uyuni, Bolivia

1297 km (805 miles) N of SANTIAGO, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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Cloud Lightning

Our changing atmosphere: Photos and video footage of gigantic rotating 'Roll Clouds'

Derek Flack
Daily Mail, UK
Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00 UTC
Sometimes, the pictures come to you. A wedding photographer managed to be lucky enough to step outside his front door and witnesses this incredible scene. Rob Sharrock snapped up his Nikon D300 and dashed out to capture this monstrous roll cloud which seems to go on forever.
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© Rob Sharrock
An incredible roll cloud dominates the skies above the photographer's house in Australia. Roll clouds ocurr ahead of storm fronts

Mr Sharrock , from Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, lives in the house with the awning to the left of the frame. The roll cloud is a subtype of arcus cloud - the funnel is horizontal and does not connect to the ground.The other subtype of arcus is a shelf cloud, which also often appear to precede storm fronts.

These rare long clouds sometimes form near advancing cold fronts. A downdraft from an advancing storm front can cause moist warm air to rise, cool below its dew point, and so form a cloud. When this happens uniformly along an extended front, a roll cloud may form.

Mr Sharrock said: 'It was amazing. I couldn't believe my luck in getting something like this right outside my own home. 'I just looked up in the sky and said "Bloody hell, what on earth is that? It seemed to go on for miles. It was truly incredible."
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Nuke

US: River Falls Short of Nebraska Nuke Plant Shutdown

Timberly Ross
Associated Press
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:26 UTC
Missouri river flood
© AP
Missouri National Guard soldiers, Staff Sergeant Kevin Ackley, left and Staff Sergeant Allen Godsey look at floodwaters from the Missouri river overtop a levy near Brownville, Neb., Sunday, June, 19, 2011.
The bloated Missouri River rose to within 18 inches of forcing the shutdown of a nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska but stopped and ebbed slightly Monday, after several levees in northern Missouri failed to hold back the surging waterway.

The river has to hit 902 feet above sea level at Brownville before officials will shut down the Cooper Nuclear Plant, which sits at 903 feet, Nebraska Public Power District spokesman Mark Becker said.

Flooding is a concern all along the river because of the massive amounts of water that the Army Corps of Engineers has released from six dams. Any significant rain could worsen the flooding especially if it falls in Nebraska, Iowa or Missouri, which are downstream of the dams.

The river is expected to rise as much as 5 to 7 feet above flood stage in much of Nebraska and Iowa and as much as 10 feet over flood stage in parts of Missouri. The corps predicts the river will remain that high until at least August.
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Cloud Lightning

Atlanta, US: Falling trees disrupt power, kill Cobb woman; 16,000 residents are reportedly without power statewide

George Mathis and Christopher Seward
AJC
Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:03 UTC
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© Jason Getz, jgetz@ajc.com
Atlanta Braves fans stand under cover in the upper deck as rain falls on Turner Field during a rain delay in the top of the 5th inning of their game against the Texas Rangers Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., June 18, 2011.
The woman slammed on the car brakes, desperately trying to avoid the large tree falling into her path on Powers Ferry Road.

But witnesses told police that Shufen Yang was too late.

Whether it was heavy rain, slippery roads or unusually gloomy conditions, Yang could not get out of the way Saturday evening as the tree crashed on her 1993 Honda Accord.

The 55-year-old Marietta woman was pronounced dead at the scene, the only reported fatality resulting from a round of thunderstorms that swept through the area Saturday afternoon.

"It's one of those freak things," said Cobb County police spokesman Officer Mike Bowman. "I can't think of anything [similar] that I can recall that we've handled before."
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Cloud Lightning

US: Shocking - Tornado death rates in 2011 return to pre-1925 levels

Jason Samenow
Capital Weather Gang
Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:12 UTC
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© (NOAA)
Tornado deaths per million people in United States since late 1800s
In a briefing delivered by NOAA officials Wednesday afternoon about this past spring's extreme weather, the stunning slide above was displayed. It shows that the number of tornado deaths per million people in 2011 has shot up to levels not seen in the era of modern weather forecasting.

In fact, this year's death rate has not been matched since the 1950s and is most comparable to rates pre-1925, before effective mass communication, doppler radar and tornado warnings. Through June 7, 525 tornado deaths have occurred - the sixth most on record in a single year (with six months remaining, although most tornado deaths historically occur by mid-June).
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Cloud Lightning

US: A Spring of Extremes like no other - Weather Events Unprecedented, Scientists Say

Randolph E. Schmid
boston.com
Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:50 UTC
Image
© Unknown
Washington - Tornadoes, floods, wildfires, snowmelt, thunderstorms, drought - for Americans, it was a spring to remember.

Government weather researchers said yesterday that, while similar extremes have occurred throughout modern American history, never before have they occurred in a single month, as they did in April.

The last time anything remotely like it happened was the spring of 1927, which also had many tornadoes and flooding, said Harold Brooks of the Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma.
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Bizarro Earth

India: Earthquake Magnitude 4.9 - Uttaranchal


US Geological Survey
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:19 UTC
Image
© USGS
Date-Time:
Monday, June 20, 2011 at 06:27:18 UTC

Monday, June 20, 2011 at 11:57:18 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
30.595°N, 79.352°E

Depth:
13.1 km (8.1 miles)

Region:
UTTARANCHAL, INDIA

Distances:
130 km (80 miles) ENE of Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, India

153 km (95 miles) N of Haldwani, Uttaranchal, India

161 km (100 miles) SW of Garyarsa, Xizang (Tibet), China

303 km (188 miles) NE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
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Cloud Lightning

Kansas, US: Spring Hail Storm Damages Wheat Fields

Alicia Myers
Kake.com
Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00 UTC
Spring storms are wreaking havoc on farmers' fields in Sedgwick county. Wheat fields received the majority of damage during a recent hail storm.

For farmers, the damage has hurt their crops, and their pocketbooks.

Mick Rausch is no stranger to Spring storms, especially those that strike right in the middle of wheat harvest.

"I can remember doing wheat harvest when I was 8, 9, 10 years old," said Rausch.

Since a young age, Rausch has always hoped for a good crop.

"Farmers are eternal optimists," said Rausch.

Until the June 9th hail storm hit, Rausch had been fairly lucky.

"You've got a whole years worth of income potential out there. The thought of losing a whole year's work in a 5 minute storm, it can lead to some sleepless nights," said Rausch.

This storm, however, lasted for just under an hour.

Baseball, even softball-sized hail, left five of Rausch's un-harvested wheat fields mostly damaged.
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Bad Guys

Saudi Arabia: Volcano eruption fears allayed

P.K. Abdul Ghafour
Arabnews.com
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:21 UTC
Jeddah: The Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) has ruled out the possibility of any volcanic or seismic activity in the Kingdom during the next two years, refuting predictions made by the US Geological Survey (USGS).

"Any prediction of volcanic or seismic activity requires continuous observation of the earth as well as the changes that indicate its impending occurrence," the SGS said in a statement on Sunday.

Professor Ali Adnan Eshky of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah warned of possible volcanic eruptions in the Kingdom during the next two years, citing the USGS report. He said a volcano in Al-Eis would affect Madinah, Yanbu and surrounding areas.

The SGS said it was possible to predict an eruption a short while before its occurrence by continuously monitoring all phenomena that accompany volcanic activity such as gases and expansion of cracks caused by tremors.

"What has been said about possible volcanic eruptions in the Kingdom is not based on any confirmed scientific measurement," the SGS said of the USGS warning. It said earthquakes in the Kingdom are linked to seismic activities in the Arabian Peninsula.

Speaking about volcanic areas in the Kingdom, the SGS said: "They are in the form of lava mountains formulated about 30 million years ago. The last eruption occurred about 800 years ago, southeast of Madinah."
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