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Tar and natural gas bubble up through streets near La Brea tar pits


CBS LA
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:15 UTC
la brea tar pit gas street
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A large puddle of tar encroached on the sidewalk and natural gas appeared to rise from the street of the Miracle Mile in Los Angeles Friday.

CBSLA's Brittany Hopper was standing near the puddle located across the street from The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, a national natural landmark where tar has been seeping up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.

When CBSLA reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department, they said they were unaware of the situation.

The Page Museum, who reportedly runs the tar pits, has not been in contact regarding the situation.

As of Saturday morning, it was unclear if and when crews would begin to stop the tar from seeping out further.

Comment: It's notable that the area has been experiencing other phenomena that may just be connected: California and Nevada have experienced 240 earthquakes over 24 hours

See also: Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth

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Giant hailstones hit Munich and Bavaria as storms continue across Germany


The Local (Germany)
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:39 UTC
The hail caused damage to shop fronts, buildings
© DPAThe hail caused damage to shop fronts, buildings and cars in Munich and the surrounding area.
Hailstones as big as tennis balls hammered the Munich area on Monday as a series of thunderstorms lashed parts of Germany.

Several people were injured, including a seven-year-old, during a hailstorm in the southern German state of Bavaria on Monday.

Houses and cars were damaged by the hail, which meteorologists said were about six centimetres in size. Locals took to social networking sites to post videos and pictures of the extreme weather.

It came during a day of torrential rain and storms across Germany which caused flooding and disruption during the public holiday.

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'Since when does Ohio get earthquakes?' Magnitude 4.0 earthquake shakes near Cleveland

Amanda Schmidt
AccuWeather.com
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:37 UTC
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Cleveland, Ohio
© USGSA 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday morning.
An earthquake was recorded in northeastern Ohio on Monday morning. The preliminary magnitude 4.0 earthquake was centered just north of Eastlake, Ohio, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

There were no reports immediately of damage. A magnitude 4 earthquake can cause light to moderate damage.

The USGS is collecting responses from people who felt the tremors. Over 8,000 people reported feeling the earthquake so far. The majority of reports rate the intensity as weak to light, USGS reports.

The event occurred in a region that is not typically associated with high seismic activity, and many resident contacted local emergency officials after the shake. The City of Mentor said that the dispatch is "overwhelmed with 911 calls," but that they "are waiting for the experts to affirm what was probably an earthquake here."

"Please don't cal 911 unless you are having an emergency," the City of Mentor said in a tweet.

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) captured the earthquake on multiple traffic cams.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Trial of the century classifying a Grand Solar Minimum


Adapt 2030
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:04 UTC
Kids want climate justice
© Lorie Shaull
New litigation in Australia will require companies to create risk assessments for climate change and how companies are going to respond to the changing climate. This will give a chance to risk assess the Grand Solar Minimum or CO2, both will be acceptable as the wording is not clear on what risk for the planet or companies operating. The new laws are targeting company officers and governments themselves, at least it can be an A or B choice.

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'Worst invasion in 60 years': Huge plague of locusts wreak havoc on Italy's island of Sardinia


BBC
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:39 UTC
Locust
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A huge plague of locusts is wreaking havoc on the Italian island of Sardinia in the worst insect invasion in more than 60 years, local media report.

Large swarms are destroying crops and invading homes in Ottana and Orani in the central province of Nuoro. More than 2,000 hectares of farmland has been destroyed by "blankets" of the insects, reports said.

The locust invasion has been linked to a recent rise in temperatures after months of cooler weather on the island. "There are millions in the countryside," the Italian farmers' association Coldiretti warned in a statement on Monday.

"The locusts emerge on uncultivated land, but then they go to cultivated land to eat," the group said, adding that there was little that could now be done to remedy the situation.

At least 12 farms have been affected, with animal grazing pastures ruined and "little left to harvest", Italy's La Stampa newspaper reported.
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Rare double waterspout spins through the sky above beachgoers in southern Thailand

Jack Newman
Daily Mail
Sat, 08 Jun 2019 20:30 UTC
A double waterspout has occurred over a beach in Krabi, south Thailand, with two columns spinning from the water to the clouds
A double waterspout has occurred over a beach in Krabi, south Thailand, with two columns spinning from the water to the clouds
A rare double waterspout tornado has been captured off the coast in southern Thailand spinning above beachgoers.

The incredible natural phenomenon was seen in the province of Krabi yesterday evening, just before sunset.

Video shows the two thin funnels descending from an expanse of grey clouds down to the sea.

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Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods sweep vehicles away in China after heavy rainstorm


YouTube
Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:58 UTC
Flash floods
Six vehicles parked on a school playground were swept away by the flash floods after a powerful rainstorm in central China.

The video, filmed in Shiyan City in Hubei Province on June 5, shows floodwater rushing through the playground and washing the parked cars away.

Fortunately, no one was injured.

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Flash floods and storms reportedly kill 31 people in Iran - 25 by lightning strikes


Ruptly
Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:28 UTC
flood
At least 31 people have reportedly died in heavy storms and flash floods throughout Iran since Wednesday, while 71 more were injured, officials announced on Sunday.

At least six people died in the floods while 25 more were killed by lightning according to Pirhossein Kolivand, head of the Iran Emergency Medical Service, as cited in reports.


Comment: Additionally, during mid-May: Storms, floods killed at least 24 people in 2 weeks across Iran - 20 by lightning strikes

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Sulawesi in Indonesia engulfed by floods, thousands evacuated


The Jakarta Post
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:55 UTC
People are evacuated from the Bung Permai residential complex in Makassar, South Sulawesi, during heavy flooding on Wednesday. Floodwaters from the overflowing Tello River reached depths of up to 1 meter.
© Antara/Sahrul Manda TikupadangPeople are evacuated from the Bung Permai residential complex in Makassar, South Sulawesi, during heavy flooding on Wednesday. Floodwaters from the overflowing Tello River reached depths of up to 1 meter.
Floods in three provinces in Sulawesi have forced thousands of people to flee their houses for higher ground.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesperson of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) revealed that 4,198 people in North Konawe regency in Southeast Sulawesi had been evacuated to safer areas.

"Asera district is the worst effected, with 13 of its villages inundated. Seventy two houses have been washed away, while thousands of other houses are inundated and hundreds of hectares of rice fields, corn fields and fish ponds have been damaged," Sutopo said in a press release made available to The Jakarta Post Monday.

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2 more dead gray whales have been found in Alaska, bringing the year's toll to 75 along the US West Coast

Jay Croft
CNN
Sat, 08 Jun 2019 16:24 UTC
A dead gray whale near Portage Bay
A dead gray whale near Portage Bay, Kodiak Island
Two more gray whales were found dead this week in Alaska amid the mysterious surge of deaths within the species this year along the US West Coast, CNN affiliate KTUU reports.

That makes seven in Alaska and at least 75 total, in what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls an "unusual mortality event," the station reports.

One of the two found near Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska showed signs of killer whale "predation," KTUU reports.

Two more were discovered this week off Washington state.
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