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Indonesia's Riau province declares state of emergency as floods affect over 62,000 people, killing six

Rizal Harahap
Jakarta Post
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 13:33 UTC
severe flood in Rokan Hulu regency, Riau
© BPBD Rokan HuluA local resident and officials deal with a severe flood in Rokan Hulu regency, Riau, on Nov. 15, 2016.
The Riau administration declared a state of emergency on Friday after water inundated hundreds of villages in six of the province's regencies, affecting more than 62,000 residents in the latest among recent disasters that have killed at least six people.

Riau Secretary Yan Prana Jaya Indra Rasyid said the status was enforced to prepare for a possible worst-case scenario due to the disaster, which occurred after waters overflowed from four of the province's large rivers.

The emergency status applies for 11 days from Dec. 20 until 30.

"With the state of emergency, the regional administration could no longer cite financial difficulties in disaster-handling measures because the central government will provide support through the National Mitigation Agency [BNPB]," Yan said.

As of Friday, the overflowing waters from Riau's Kampak, Siak, Rokan and Indragiri rivers inundated at least 216 villages in 43 districts in the regencies of Rokan Hulu, Kampar, Rokan Hilir, Pelalawan, Kuantan Singingi and Indragiri Hulu.

As many as 25,133 households comprising 62,630 people in the six regencies were affected by floods, which inundated 8,798 houses, 11 kindergartens, 47 elementary schools, 19 junior high schools and 17 senior high schools, according to Riau administration data.

The Riau Disaster Mitigation Agency recorded six casualties to date in floods and landslides that had occurred over several weeks.

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Best of the Web: In ancient Scottish tree rings, a cautionary tale on climate, politics and survival


Sciencemag.com
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:48 UTC
ancient scottish tree rings ice age
© Tree Ring Lab, University of St. Andrews.
A 1600s famine with echoes in the age of Brexit

Using old tree rings and archival documents, historians and climate scientists have detailed an extreme cold period in Scotland in the 1690s that caused immense suffering. It decimated agriculture, killed as much as 15 percent of the population and sparked a fatal attempt to establish a Scottish colony in southern Panama. The researchers say the episode-shown in their study to have been during the coldest decade of the past 750 years-was probably caused by faraway volcanic eruptions. But it was not just bad weather that brought disaster. Among other things, Scotland was politically isolated from England, its bigger, more prosperous neighbor that might have otherwise helped. Propelled in part by the catastrophe, the two nations merged in 1707 to become part of what is now the United Kingdom. Such a famine-related tragedy was never repeated, despite later climate swings.

With Brexit now threatening to isolate the UK from the European Union, the researchers think politicians should take this as a cautionary tale. "By joining England, Scotland became more resilient," said lead author Rosanne D'Arrigo, a tree-ring scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. "The bigger message for today is arguably that as the climate changes, nations will be stronger if they stick together and not try to go it alone." The study appears in the early online edition of the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
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Afghanistan jolted by strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake also felt in Pakistan


Aljazeera.com
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:08 UTC
Jurm quake map
© Al JazeeraThe epicentre was about 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Jurm in northern Afghanistan, according to the United States Geological Survey
An earthquake shook parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday, witnesses said.

Friday's magnitude 6.1 earthquake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, at a depth of 210km (130 miles), the United States Geological Survey said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Officials in the Afghan capital, Kabul, said they were assessing damage in areas around the sparsely populated epicentre.

In Pakistan, tremors were felt as they shook furniture and power cable poles, according to witnesses.

Waseem Ahmad, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority in Islamabad, estimated that it was a 6.4 magnitude earthquake.
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Up to 30 FEET deep snow banks in Iceland - 'We've never before had snow on this scale'


Iceland Monitor
Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:10 UTC
Work was done yesterday to shovel the roof of the houses,
Work was done yesterday to shovel snow off the roofs of the houses, as well as away from a window on the 2nd floor so the building could be entered.
"We've never before had snow on this scale," states Valgeir Þorvaldsson, director of the Icelandic Emigration Center in Hofsós, North Iceland, located in two-story houses that almost disappeared under a thick blanket of snow during the big storm last week.

"When building these houses, it never occurred to us we'd have to shovel [snow] off these roofs. There are, I believe, 9 meters (30 ft) up to the gable of the biggest house, and the roofs are very steep, too," he continues.

When contacted by mbl.is on Monday, he had just finished assisting 30 horses in accessing hay in the deep snow.

"Maybe this is why people emigrated to America," Valgeir ponders.

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World Snow Wrap, December 20: Canada joins the powder party, more snow in Europe

Reggae Elliss
Mountain Watch
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:55 UTC
There wil be plenty of more of this in Revelstoke this weekend. Kim Vinet having some fun on Tuesday.
© Hywel WilliamsThere wil be plenty of more of this in Revelstoke this weekend. Kim Vinet having some fun on Tuesday.
The past week has seen plenty of snow falling in Europe and North America, with Canadian resorts finally getting a good slice of the snow action. In the US, the Pacific Northwest is about to get hammered, but it will be quieter in both the Sierras and Rocky Mountains with a short period of fine weather on the way. As for Japan, the poor start continues, with claims it has been the worst December in over a decade, but there are signs things may soon change for the better.

USA

All the current action in the US is happening in the Pacific Northwest where it is snowing across the Cascades and is set to continue over the next two to three days, and the forecast totals are big, Mt Baker in line for 120cms while Stevens Pass should see 85cms. This is a big turnaround as the snow cover in the Cascades was poor, that region having missed out on the big storms experienced in the Sierras and the Rockies over the past three weeks, the most recent being last weekend.
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Cloud Precipitation

At least 4 dead as Storm Elsa batters Spain and Portugal


The Journal.ie
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:05 UTC
DAMAGE
Violent winds and torrential rain battered Spain and Portugal overnight leaving at least four dead, rescuers said today, as the Iberian Peninsula braced for the arrival of another storm.

In Portugal, one man died in a road accident caused by a falling tree 50 kilometres south of Lisbon, while another was killed when a house collapsed in Viseu, 300 kilometres north of the capital.

A third man was also missing in the same area with rescuers fearing he had been swept away while driving his tractor near a flooded river.

In Spain, a man died in a landslide in the northern mountains of Asturias where the winds reached 160 kilometres per hour, while another was killed when a wall collapsed in a park in the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela.

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Cloud Precipitation

Torrential floods carry away cars in northern Spain

Danyal Hussain
Daily Mail
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 12:03 UTC
The flooding hit the town of Reinosa in Cantabria and has been described by residents as the worst in history
The flooding hit the town of Reinosa in Cantabria and has been described by residents as the worst in history
This is the shocking moments cars were washed away by torrential flooding in northern Spain.

The flooding hit the town of Reinosa in Cantabria and has been described by residents as the worst in history, with reports saying water levels rose because of heavy winds and rain.

Reinosa has 9,000 inhabitants and there are reports of blackouts.

Residents have been evacuated with powerful waves flowing through doors and garages.

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Attention

Killer whales migrate from Iceland to Italy for the first time in recorded history


MSN
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:00 UTC
The dorsal fins and backs of a pod of killer whale breaks the surface of the icy waters of the Denmark Strait, off the Westfjords peninsula of Iceland.
© Arnold DrapkinThe dorsal fins and backs of a pod of killer whale breaks the surface of the icy waters of the Denmark Strait, off the Westfjords peninsula of Iceland.
A pod of Orca whales has made an unprecedented trip from Iceland to Genoa, Italy, according to a nonprofit organization that tracks the pod.

Included in the pod of four was a female whale carrying her dead calf, according to Orca Guardians Iceland.

The organization was able to identify the whales using photos of their fins and eye patches sent to them by the University of Genoa and comparing them with photos in the organization's own database.

The migration is the first-ever record of killer whales migrating from Iceland to Italy and one of the largest migration routes ever recorded, according to the organization, which described it as "the most exciting news ever."
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Global atmospheric shift - Algeria emerges as a new bread basket


Adapt 2030
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 23:39 UTC
rare Bolivia tornado
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Unusual vortex winds across our planet continue to increase as the Suns out decreases. Highest ever recorded tornado in Bolivia, water spouts in Indonesia, tornado out breaks in December USA, 2x Medicanes in a month North Africa dumping record snowfall in November. A month of rain in hours 4x in the last 30 days and record crop yields in Norther Africa from all the additional rainfall for the 3rd year in a row.


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Propaganda

Ice Age Farmer Report: GLOBAL FOOD RATIONING: You have been warned


Ice Age Farmer
Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:11 UTC
spuds
Calls for GLOBAL FOOD RATIONING have begun, and should not be dismissed. As crop losses continue and the food shortages grow, these agendas are being announced -- and in many cases, are ALREADY implemented. Join Christian to dissect the propaganda, understand the underlying agenda, and learn WHY it is all rolling out now.


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