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Deadly floods in China after torrential rain - 7 dead, 200,000 affected


Floodlist
Tue, 28 May 2019 12:24 UTC
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Heavy rain and floods in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has left 7 dead and 9,000 displaced.

According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, rainstorms have affected 21 counties of seven cities in Guangxi over the last few days, causing floods and landslides. Over 9,000 hectares of crops have been damaged and 185 houses destroyed. A total of 200,000 people have been affected.

China Meteorological Administration (CMA) reported widespread heavy rainfall over southern areas between 27 to 28 May. Tiandeng in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recorded 242.8mm in 24 hours to 28 May, 2019.


Comment: The South China Morning Post on the 27th of May also reported that one city received 19 inches of rain overnight.

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Huge early snow storm dumps 2 feet in 72 hours at Australian ski resorts

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Wed, 29 May 2019 08:53 UTC
Mt Hotham
Mt Hotham
The southern hemisphere's 2019 ski season will begin this Friday, May 31st, after Australian ski areas received a big pre-season snowfall this week.

The first areas that had been scheduled to open were in New Zealand, a day later on Saturday, June 1st, with Cardrona and Whakapapa opening some terrain.

However the Antarctic snowstorm that has so far deposited up to 65cm (two feet, two inches) of snow in 72 hours (at Mt Hotham, pictured top) and is still going, has led Australia's largest area, Perisher, to announce it is opening a week earlier than planned.

The ski area says it has had 60cm (two feet) of snow in the past 72 hours.

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Canberra shivers through coldest May day in 19 years

Ally Foster
News.com.au
Mon, 27 May 2019 06:44 UTC
Perisher has already received 40cm of snowfall.
Perisher has already received 40cm of snowfall.
Those in Australia's southeast have entered the second day of freezing conditions, and it looks like the icy conditions are set to stick around for the next few days.

A mass of polar air following behind a cold front blasted parts of NSW, ACT, Victoria and Tasmania yesterday, sending temperatures plummeting.

Yesterday, Canberra residents shivered through their coldest May day since 2000, reaching a maximum of just 9.1C.

Wild weather including snow, thunderstorms and damaging winds blasted the lower parts of the country's east.

Australia's ski resorts have had their first major snowfall for the year, with more to come over the next few days.

Perisher received an extra 20cm of snowfall overnight, bringing its total to 40cm, while Thredbo is at 20cm and counting.

At least 25cm of snow has fallen in Hotham Alpine Resort in Victoria, with 30cm more expected to fall over the coming days.

The Blue Mountains and parts of NSW's central west also experienced snow, with Orange, Lithgow and Oberon just some of the areas affected.
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'Nuclear Coffin' is leaking waste into the Pacific

Trevor Nace
Forbes
Mon, 27 May 2019 10:13 UTC
Runit Dome
© U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (PUBLIC DOMAIN)Aerial photo of the Runit Dome.
The tropical blue skies over the southern Pacific Ocean were enveloped by towering mushroom clouds lingering over the Marshall Islands in 1954 as the United States continued its testing of nuclear weapons.

The United States conducted 67 nuclear weapon tests from 1946 to 1958 on the pristine Marshall Islands. The most powerful test was the "Bravo" hydrogen bomb in 1954, which was about 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

The extensive nuclear bomb testing blanketed the islands in radioactive ash, covering it in the fine, white, powder-like substance. Children, unaware of what the radioactive ash was, played in the "snow" and ate it according to the Atomic Heritage Foundation.

Today, there are growing concerns that the temporary containment of the nuclear waste resulting from those tests is leaking into the Pacific Ocean and could be cracked wide open from the next storm that rolls by. Specifically, the site is believed to be leaking one of the most toxic substances in the world, the radioactive isotope plutonium-239, a byproduct of nuclear bombs that decays with a half-life of 24,100 years.
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Still snowing in Baja California, Mexico

Mike Madriaga
San Diego Reader
Tue, 28 May 2019 20:17 UTC
Front office for San Pedro Martir
Front office for San Pedro Martir
"The cold temperatures should've ended on March 21"

Some of the Baja 500 and San Pedro Martir Hillclimb racers are concerned about the "weird" weather reported in Baja. On May 23, the Mexico Secretary of Environmental Protection reported 1″ snowfall at the San Pedro Mártir National Park south of Ensenada.

"It was the 59th cold front of 2019 that generated maximum temperature of 10 degrees and minimum of -3 degrees," reported Gonzalo de León Girón, the national park coordinator.

The national park is about "a four hour drive from the San Ysidro port of entry," says Pedro Vargas-Valdez of Tijuana.

"Is your race still on?" I asked Vargas-Valdez on May 25; "Yes, Mike, the race is still on," he replied.

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Late May snow whites out summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire


wokq.com
Tue, 28 May 2019 19:47 UTC
mount Washington
80's one day, snow the next. Just another May in New Hampshire.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. It's quite possible you're recovering from a sunburn, when temperatures in the Granite State were mainly in the 70's, and a few communities reaching the 80's. With a few relatively chilly mornings, a hike in the mountains required multi layers of clothing. If you were cold at 7am, you'd be sweating by 9 or 10. The key word there being 'relatively,' as fast forward to Tuesday May 28th, snow was recorded in New Hampshire.

That's right, just a few scant days away from the month of June, and the official start of SUMMER, video of snow on top of Mount Washington was recorded early Tuesday. According to WMUR News 9, you can see the near whiteout conditions on top of the highest peak in the United States.

Elsewhere, we're experiencing rain. Still. 80's one day, followed by frost and snow.

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Heavy snow falls in the Alps at end of May - up to a foot in 72 hours, with more forecast

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Tue, 28 May 2019 19:03 UTC
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Only four glacier ski areas are currently open in the Alps, all in Austria or Switzerland with nowhere currently open in France of Italy, but the snow gods don't seem to care and conditions are back to 'mid-winter' like up high with more heavy snowfall over the past few days and continuing for a few days more to round off one of the snowiest Mays in memory.

The Kitzststeinhorn, Stubai (pictured top earlier this month) and Hintertux glaciers are all still open in Austria, although the Kitzsteinhorn above Kaprun will close after this coming weekend for about a month before re-opening for July snowsports (the Molltal glacier is also due to re-open to commence its nearly 11 month ski season).

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Footage shows aftermath of deadly El Reno, Oklahoma tornado


RT
Tue, 28 May 2019 14:00 UTC
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© Reuters / Richard RoweAn aerial photo shows the aftermath of the tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma
Video footage has revealed the devastation a tornado wrought on El Reno, Oklahoma. The twister ripped through the midwestern town, shredding trailer parks, upending vehicles, and killing at least two people.

The tornado struck during a storm on Saturday night. Search and rescue efforts continued into Sunday, and several people were hospitalized. Two were reported dead on Sunday.
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It snowed at the Grand Canyon on Memorial Day

Holly Yan and Judson Jones
CCN
Mon, 27 May 2019 11:32 UTC
GRAND CANYON
So much for that warm, sunny Memorial Day vacation to the Grand Canyon.

Clear views of America's most beautiful ditch were briefly interrupted by something rarely seen this late in the year -- snow. Light snow began falling in the morning, lasting for several hours, dusting the Grand Canyon.

'It's common for snow to fall in Flagstaff in April and May, but to have accumulating snow after May 26th is quite unusual," said the National Weather Service's office in Flagstaff, Arizona

In fact, "it's only happened 8 times since we've been keeping records," the NWS Flagstaff office said.
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Hailstorm devastates north Kashmir's apple orchards


The Dispatch
Tue, 28 May 2019 11:01 UTC
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The rain and hailstorm accompanied by fast winds wreaked havoc with apple orchards in several villages in north Kashmir on Sunday causing massive damage to the growers.

The areas badly hit by the hailstorm are Watergam, Dangiwacha and Zainageer, where the growers pegged the losses to the orchards up to Rs 150 crore.

"The hailstorm not only damaged the year's early harvest, it also devastated the fruit-bearing trees," the growers said.

"There is no mechanism to measure the exact quantum of loss. But the rough estimates suggest that losses could be in the range of Rs 100 crore to Rs 150 crore this year alone," said Bashir Ahmad Basheer, chairman, Kashmir valley fruit growers cum dealers union, Srinagar.

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