Snow is still falling Wednesday afternoon, but the showers are weakening, and will die out Wednesday night. Our skies will be clearing out as well, and low temperatures will be in the mid to upper 20s.
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Snow is still falling Wednesday afternoon, but the showers are weakening, and will die out Wednesday night. Our skies will be clearing out as well, and low temperatures will be in the mid to upper 20s.
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According to RTÉ, the constant wet weather has resulted in just 30% of the national crop being harvested so far, with fears of big losses if Ireland is not hit with a prolonged dry spell, as wet soil can cause potatoes to rot in the ground.
If the situation is not rectified quickly, farmers could lose profits and there could be a severe shortage of Irish potatoes available to buy across the country.
Rainfall in the northeast of the country, where half the national crop is grown, experienced rainfall double that of the monthly average in August and September, and this has resulted in only a small percentage of the crops being harvested.
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Atmospheric gravity waves off northern WA.
Atmospheric gravity waves off northern WA.
Thunderstorms in the Pilbara and Kimberley on Monday and Tuesday triggered the waves, which spread out over the Indian Ocean and combined with a plume of dust to create a spectacular and rarely-seen display.
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) senior meteorologist Adam Morgan said atmospheric gravity waves were basically ripples in the sky.
"When you think of waves in the ocean, they're a type of gravity wave," he said.
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People captured images of Tuesday's downpours and flooding on their mobile phones, posting images on social media, including scenes of cars submerged by flood waters.
In one dramatic video, a man on a bulldozer pulls the lifeless body of a little girl out of the water in a flooded area in northern Sharqia Province as shouts and screams are heard in the background. Another video shows a policeman, steps away from the presidential palace in Cairo's district of Heliopolis, wading into a flooded street to unclog a sewage drain.
Flooding in Niger state community
Confirming the figure to reporters, Ibrahim Inga, head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency in Nigeria's central region, said eight more deaths were recorded recently.
On October 16, Inga had earlier confirmed 10 deaths recorded over the past two months as the floods wreaked havoc in the state.
So far, 41,959 people have been displaced due to the disaster, the official said.
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Wind gusts of up to 140km/h hit the town
Wind gusts of up to 140km/h hit the town
Torrential rain and wind gusts of between 120 and 140km/h swept across Sant Antoni de Portmany, a town on the island's west coast, on Tuesday night.
The tornado shattered car windows and felled telephone and electricity poles, according to Periodico Ibiza.
A storm surge caused 4m waves to hit the island's coast, according to AEMET, Spain's meteorological service.
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Lee Middleton was walking near Swinderby Garth in Bransholme on Tuesday afternoon when his five-year-old son Tyler saw the unusual phenomenon.
He said: "Tyler saw it first and shouted that their was a rainbow in the sky.
"As I looked it blew my mind, the colours are the opposite way round to a rainbow I think - it was so strange, I had never seen anything like it.
"Of course we've all seen rainbows but a rainbow in the sky without rain? Incredible sight."
According to the Met Office, the 'upside-down rainbow' was actually a circumzenithal arc.
The earthquake, which struck at 4:08 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, was centered along the equator in the Atlantic Ocean, about 755 kilometers (469 miles) northeast of Ascension Island, which is part of the United Kingdom, or 858 kilometers (533 miles) southwest of Liberia.
Seismologists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put the magnitude at 6.3, down from an initial estimate of 6.5. They said it struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) below the seabed, making it a very shallow earthquake.
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As RÚV reports, snow and ice across North Iceland have already caused some minor accidents in Akureyri, and residents have been diligent about switching to their winter tires. The onset of snow across North Iceland was very sudden, catching many off-guard, and the fun is hardly over yet.
Beautiful.... Fresh snowfall this morning 24th October in Akureyri, #Iceland thanks to Andy hill for reporting; #severeweather #snowfall pic.twitter.com/s9YXrqqQlN
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) October 24, 2019
Comment: These kinds of reports are now happening throughout the year and all over the world: Erratic seasons and extreme weather devastating crops around the world
See also:
- Total catastrophe for U.S. corn production: Only 30% of U.S. corn fields have been planted - 5 year average is 66% (May 2019)
- Snow, freezing temperatures threaten northern U.S. corn, soybeans (October 2019)
And check out SOTT's monthly documentary for more: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs