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Mysterious boom shakes homes in parts of southern Mississippi


WKRG
Fri, 24 Jan 2020 21:48 UTC
Mystery boom in MS
News 5 received multiple calls about shaking and a loud boom from the Springhill area of Mobile to Lucedale, Mississippi.

Callers say they felt a brief rattling in their homes, even one reported their doors were shaking. This is video and audio one viewer sent us. You can hear a noise-we're not sure exactly what it is.


Freddie Holloway lives in the Timberland North subdivision in Wilmer.

"I said, 'What was that?'" Holloway told News 5's Devon Walsh.

It is between Georgetown and Williams Road. His whole house was shaking. He first thought the washing machine had gotten off balance. His wife who is pregnant said she "freaked out" for a second.
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Rare snow devil filmed in mountains of Troms, Norway


Yahoo! News
Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:45 UTC
rare snow devil
Rare snow devil
A rare snow devil was spotted swirling in the mountains of Troms, Norway, on January 28.

Evald Andersen captured footage of the event from his balcony.

According to the World Meteorological Organization, this phenomenon occurs when "surface wind shear acts to generate a vortex over snow cover, resulting in a whirling column of snow particles being raised from the ground."

The spinning columns tend to appear for brief moments and are therefore quite elusive and difficult to capture on camera.

"There was strong wind from the south/southwest being pushed over and down the mountain, creating this snow devil," said Magnus Andersen, Evald's son.


Credit: Magnus Andersen via Storyful
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Record snowfall on Taiwan's Yushan peak - nearly 10 inches in 17 hours

Jules Quartly
Taiwan News
Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:30 UTC
Yushan
© Yushan Weather Station
25 cm of snow on Taiwan's highest peak the heaviest snowfall in two decades, 'orange' alert for more cold weather

A punishing cold front has seen record snowfall on Taiwan's highest peak of Yushan (玉山), and an "orange" cold alert issued for the counties of Hsinchu, Miaoli, and Taoyuan.

This means that temperatures could well drop below 6 degrees Celsius in these areas, from Saturday night to early Sunday morning, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

In addition, there was a "yellow" alert for Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi (city and county), Tainan, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Hualien and Kinmen - meaning temperatures could drop below 10 C in these cities and counties.

Yushan, the nation's highest mountain at 3,952 meters (12,966 feet) above sea level, had experienced intermittent snow over a 17-hour period. This saw snowfalls of up to 25 centimeters, a record amount, stretching back to 20 years ago.

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Video: Dead birds mysteriously line the roadway in Macclenny, Florida

Mitchell Benton
YouTube
Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:55 UTC
dead birds
*** Warning: The video in the story may be disturbing to some viewers due to the presence of dead animals.


(CREDIT: Mitchell Benton)
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Shimla in India receives highest January snowfall in 8 years


India Today
Sat, 01 Feb 2020 11:36 UTC
The famous tourist spot received 89.4 cm snowfall this year.
The famous tourist spot received 89.4 cm snowfall this year.
Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla received the highest snowfall this January in eight years, the meteorological department said.

The famous tourist spot received 89.4 cm snowfall this year. The figure was 95 cm in the same month in 2012, Shimla Met centre director Manmohan Singh said.

Shimla received 96.6 cm snowfall in January in 2004 and 109.4 cm in 1993, he added.

In Shimla district this year, Jubbal got 38.5 cm snowfall, Theog 82 cm, Khadrala 160.5 cm, Sarahan 81 cm, Kotkhai 32 cm and Mashobra 47.5 cm.

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U.P. city working on 18 feet of snow so far, see snow totals around Michigan

Mark Torregrossa
MLive
Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:17 UTC
Snowbanks on January 31, 2020 at Toivola in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
© Christina HuhtaSnowbanks on January 31, 2020 at Toivola in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Here's a look at how much snow various parts of Michigan have had already this winter.

The general theme of the snowfall this winter is amounts vary greatly compared to normal amounts of snow. Much of southeast Lower Michigan has near normal snowfall so far. Southwest Lower is significantly below normal in the snow department. Northern Lower Michigan has a mixed snow tally now, and the western U.P. has snow really piling up.

The Keweenaw Road Commission reports 215 inches of snow so far this winter. The normal amount to this date at Houghton in the Keweenaw Peninsula is 184 inches.

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Flash floods rip through Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia


Floodlist
Fri, 31 Jan 2020 20:03 UTC
Flood damage in Floridablanca, Santander,
© Government SantanderFlood damage in Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia, January 2020.
Heavy rain and overflowing creeks caused raging flash floods in Floridablanca municipality in the department of Santander, Colombia, on 28 January 2020.

Local media reported that around 130 families were evacuated from their homes. Images showed cars piled up along streets covered in mud and flood debris. Around 100 vehicles were damaged in the flooding, along with at least 30 houses.

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Critically endangered orca that fathered 20 babies feared dead

Ella Torres
ABC News
Thu, 30 Jan 2020 04:32 UTC
Orca
© David Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research via APThis January 2020 photograph provided by the Center for Whale Research shows a large male orca, known as L41 or Mega, surfacing in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
A critically endangered orca is presumed dead following a six-month span without a single sighting, according to a nonprofit dedicated to saving the species.

The orca, of the Southern Resident population and named L41 Mega, was not seen with his family on Jan. 24 off Washington's coast, according to Shari Tarantino, president of the Orca Conservancy.

Tarantino said the last time L41 was seen was in August 2019.

"I hope he comes back, but I don't think so," she told ABC News on Thursday.

The presumed loss of L41 is the latest difficulty facing the dwindling population.
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Up to 43 inches of snow falls on the Alps in 72 hours

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:26 UTC
Pitztal in Austria
Pitztal in Austria
Some ski areas in the Alps have reported more than a metre of snowfall in the past 72 hours.

The Swiss Valais canton has seen the biggest snowfalls reported, with Lotschental ski area posting the most in the past 72 hours - 107cm or 43 inches.

But many ski resorts have reported 30-60cm (1-2 feet) or more in snowfall since Tuesday. A complete transformation after the largely dry and sunny January conditions mot have enjoyed.

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Strong quakes hammer Greece for second day

Liam Doyle
Express
Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:39 UTC
greece quake
© Google/USGSMagnitude 5.8 earthquake
Affected countries: Turkey and Greece
63 km from Karpathos, Greece · Jan 30, 12:21
Earthquakes today have emerged around the Pacific Ring of Fire, where most of the world's seismic activity takes place. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has recorded a total of 58 earthquakes, many of which touched down in clusters.

The world saw nearly 60 earthquakes today, most of which came in at middling magnitudes.

However, the USGS also recorded several potentially damaging higher magnitude tremors.

According to the organisation, today's biggest earthquake measured in at a magnitude of 5.8 and struck Greece earlier this morning.

The earthquake, one of six to strike the area from 1.30am today, rocked the Mediterranean sea to the east of Karpathos.

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