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Temperatures sink to -6C in Southern Norway at the height of summer


NewsinEnglish.no
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 13:07 UTC
Sognefjellet, Norway July 3, 2019
Sognefjellet, Norway July 3, 2019
Freezing Norwegians and tourists on summer holiday in the country can finally look forward to some warmer weather. State meteologists are forecasting lots of sun next week, and higher temperatures.

Complaints have continued to pour in, as cold rain has fallen over much of Norway in recent days. Temperatures sank to minus-6C in the mountains of Southern Norway on Wednesday and there's been quite a bit of unusual summer snow at high elevations.


Comment: New all-time July cold record in the Netherlands

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Lithuania declares emergency as drought hits farmers


France24
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 12:51 UTC
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded
© AFPLast month was the hottest June ever recorded in Lithuania
Lithuania declared an emergency on Wednesday as a severe drought hit the Baltic EU state, threatening to slash this year's harvest by up to half.

Apart from jeopardising crops, scant rainfall has also drastically reduced water levels in some rivers, threatening fish stocks and shipping activities.

The formal declaration of an "emergency situation" will allow the government to compensate farmers for some losses as well as help them to avoid EU financial sanctions should they fail to reach production goals.

"Farmers believe their harvest can be slashed by 40 percent or 50 percent, while fish stocks are also endangered," environment minister Kestutis Mazeika told AFP.
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Holy moly: 7.5-metre deep sinkhole may be largest ever in Regina, Canada


CBC News
Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:37 UTC
The sinkhole is located on the corner of Avonhurst and Elphinstone.
© Matt Howard/CBC NewsThe sinkhole is located on the corner of Avonhurst and Elphinstone.
A giant sinkhole is breaking new ground for the City of Regina.

The city believes that the sinkhole, located at the intersection of Avonhurst Drive and Elphinstone Street, may be the largest ever seen locally at an estimated 7.5 metres deep.

The hole has been described alternatively as the next Capital Pointe project or the gopher hole from which the new Gainer mascot arose.

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Cloud Precipitation

Flash flood kills 8 tourists on excursion in Coahuila, Mexico - 2 missing


Mexico News Daily
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:31 UTC
The ATV that was being used by the visitors to the Lima canyon.
The ATV that was being used by the visitors to the Lima canyon.
Search and rescue teams have recovered the bodies of eight tourists who were killed by a flash flood as they explored the Lima canyon in Parras, Coahuila, on Tuesday.

State Civil Protection chief Francisco Martínez Ávalos said that strong rains Tuesday afternoon provoked a sudden flood in an area that seconds previously would have been dry. It swept away and drowned the tourists who were traveling in a van and an ATV.

The state Attorney General's Office said searchers had recovered the bodies of a 65-year-old man, a woman and four young boys and girls aged 14 to 19 after they were discovered yesterday by a teenager riding his horse through the canyon and another man.
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Cloud Precipitation

You don't know man, you weren't there! Vietnam hit by 14 inches of rain in 24 hours


Floodlist
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:00 UTC
Track of TD ‘Mun’ in Vietnam, July 2019.
© Vietnam National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting (NCHMF)Track of TD ‘Mun’ in Vietnam, July 2019.
After passing over Hainan Island in southern China, Tropical Depression 'Mun' made landfall in Thái Bình Province in Vietnam on the evening of 03 July, 2019 with maximum sustained winds of 56 km/h.

Disaster authorities in Vietnam reported heavy rain in the country's North Central provinces. Tinh Gia (Thanh Hoá Province) recorded 366mm of rain in 24 hours to 04 July, Quynh Luu (Nghệ An Province) with 282mm and Tay Hieu (Nghệ An Province) with 284mm. Further heavy rain could affected northern and central areas, including the capital Hanoi.

Vietnam News reported that 2 people were killed and 3 injured on 04 July after a bridge in Thanh Hoá Province collapsed due to the heavy rain.

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Deadly fungus is killing millions of bats in eastern US - now it's in California

Louis Sahagun
L A Times
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 10:32 UTC
California officials have confirmed four cases of white-nose syndrome in Northern California.
© U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceCalifornia officials have confirmed four cases of white-nose syndrome in Northern California. The disease has killed millions of bats nationwide since it was discovered in 2006. In this file photo, an infected bat has a white fungus growing on its muzzle.
A mysterious fungus that has killed millions of bats in the eastern United States and left caves littered with their tiny carcasses has arrived in Northern California and appears poised to spread throughout the state, according to officials.

Government biologists confirmed Friday that a number of bats found near Lassen Volcanic National Park had tested positive for the germ that causes white-nose syndrome — a relatively new disease that leaves a trademark smudge of white on the infected animal's muzzle.

The illness, which is caused by a cold-loving fungus, appeared suddenly in the Northeast just over a decade ago and has moved steadily west. The fungus has devastated North American bat species in some regions and pushed the natural pest controllers toward extinction.
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Lightning strike leaves 1 person dead, 12 injured in Georgetown County, South Carolina

Emily Trampf and Briana Rivas
fox17.com
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:17 UTC
lightning
Georgetown County Fire crews say one person has died and multiple people were injured after a tree near a river was struck by lightning Thursday afternoon.

Deputy county coroner Chase Ridgeway told WPDE the person killed was 44-year-old Ryan Gamble of Andrews, S.C., who died shortly after being transported to the hospital in critical condition. Two others were treated at the hospital for minor injuries.

The National Weather Service reported the strike occurred around 2:10 p.m. At the time, they said 12 people were injured and four were unresponsive.

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Klyuchevskoi Volcano in Russia's far east erupting


Sputnik
Sat, 06 Jul 2019 10:06 UTC
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Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the tallest active volcano in Eurasia, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, has begun to erupt, the press service of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported on Friday.

The volcano, also known as Klyuchevskoi, erupts every three to five years, previously erupting in 2015.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Media begins to explain Earth's changing atmosphere


Adapt 2030
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 09:30 UTC
Huge hailstorm hits Guadalajara, Mexico
© AFP
Science media now showing changes in Earth's atmosphere are connected and cyclical, especially that more and more reports out are focused on extreme floods. This is the drip feed to tell you that the intensification of the Grand Solar Minimum will continue. Rare tornadoes in three parts of the world in the same week, five foot hail in Mexico, massive floods in Mali desert west Africa and flood maps being changes in cities across the planet to look at the once in a 500 year flood for insurers.

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Surge in sick, hungry sea lions off California coast puzzles marine biologists

Don Sweeny
The Sacramento Bee
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 19:38 UTC
sea lion
A rise in the number of ailing and malnourished sea lions along the California coastline has marine experts somewhat puzzled, KNTV reports.

About 130 sea lions and pups are now being treated at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, KRON reported.

The center normally treats 50 to 70 young sea lions from April to June, said Greg Frankfurter, wildlife veterinarian at the facility, KNTV reported.

Some of the adult California sea lions may be suffering from domoic acid poisoning, related to toxic algae blooms in the ocean, according to the station. But experts aren't sure why they're also seeing more malnourished pups.

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