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'Weirdest thunder': Strange noises heard in Ohio sky


Sott.net
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:53 UTC
Strange sounds in OH
© YouTube/Heather Carey Vlogs
On January 8, 2019, YouTube user 'Heather Carey Vlogs' shared footage of strange noises she heard in the Ohio sky:
This morning there was strange noises in the sky! Sounded like a jet, but there was NO jet in sight! No airports are around where I live! The sky was dark and it was windy, but it's definitely not thunder or wind! The sounds were way louder and more frequent before I pulled my phone out and started recording! It lasted for about 45 minutes to an hour!

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At least 2,200 hectares of crops damaged by storms in Spanish region of Extremadura


Fresh Plaza
Fri, 12 Apr 2019 19:49 UTC
The storm affected fields of olive and almond trees.
The storms affected fields of olive and almond trees.
The end of March and the beginning of April have been marked by various storms, which have so far damaged 2,192.99 hectares of crops in Extremadura. That is the provisional data offered by Agroseguro, although this figure will likely increase in the coming days, as more damage reports arrive.

The storms, of diverse intensity, started in the last weekend of March. In the first week of April, they intensified in some points of the region, such as Feria, Navalvillar de Pela, Castuera or Siruela. The direct consequence of the hail is that a good share of the fruit trees has been damaged. In fact, of those almost 2,200 hectares in which hail has been recorded, 1,806.49 are planted with fruit trees, which is 82.4% of the total area affected. The most affected region is Las Vegas Altas del Guadiana.
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Snowflake

Snow cover rises by 20% in Iran compared to last year


Financial Tribune
Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:34 UTC
SNOW IRAN
Snow cover in the western and northwest mountain basins has witnessed a 20% rise compared to last year.

According to ISNA, snow has covered almost 275,000 kilometers in Iran and when it starts melting it will produce a huge volume of water.

"Snow in mountains streaming down to Karkheh and Dez Rivers cover 15,000 kilometers," Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said, noting that when the snow melts, it will produce an estimated 1.5 billion cubic meters of water, a massive part of which is expected to be collected in dams.

The minister said 76% of the dams are full due to the recent high precipitation which has inflicted serious loss on many regions.
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Attention

Aegean Sea sees 'Very unusual' spike in dolphin deaths


Snopes
Mon, 08 Apr 2019 14:02 UTC
In this photo provided by Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation members of Archipelagos institute carry a dead dolphin at a beach of Samos island, Aegean sea, Greece, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.
© BRE-ANNE SMITHIn this photo provided by Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation members of Archipelagos institute carry a dead dolphin at a beach of Samos island, Aegean sea, Greece, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.
Fifteen dead dolphins have washed up on Greece's Aegean coastline, compared to "one or two" in the same period last year.

The Aegean Sea has seen a "very unusual" spike in dolphin deaths over the past few weeks, a Greek marine conservation group said Monday.

The Archipelagos Institute said while it's still unclear what caused the deaths, the spike followed Turkey's largest-ever navy drills in the region — the Feb. 27-March 8 "Blue Homeland" exercises that made constant use of sonar and practiced with live ammunition.
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Attention

Elephant kills mahout near Thiruvananthapuram, India

Rejith Balakrishnan
Times of India
Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:22 UTC
elephant
A mahout was killed by his elephant at Edava under Ayiroor police station limits outside Thiruvananthapuram city on Friday.

Baiju, 45, Ezhukone in Kareepra Panchayat in Kollam district is the deceased. He was the assistant mahout to Rajashekharan, a tusker in his twenties. Earlier in the day, Rajasekharan had attacked and injured the main mahout Satheeshan, who is currently hospitalised. Rajasekharan is owned by one Puthankulam Shaji of Paravoor.

According to Ayiroor police, the shocking incident happened around 4pm on Friday. Rajashekharan was part of the procession in connection with the annual festival of a temple at Chirayil near here, which took place during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The tusker attacked its mahouts on separate occasions on Friday when it was chained in a compound near the temple. After the second attack, members of Elephant Squad under Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals from Kollam reached the spot and tranquilised the elephant.

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Cloud Precipitation

7 bodies recovered from flood waters after downpour in Accra, Ghana


Myjoyonline.com
Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:23 UTC
File photo
File photo
A total of seven bodies have been retrieved from flood waters at different parts of the capital following Sunday's heavy rains.

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) said four of the seven bodies were recovered from flood waters at Adjei-Kojo, a suburb of Accra.

NADMO sources explain that the four were part of a number of unidentified persons travelling in a military pick-up vehicle that veered off a bridge and plunged into rapid flood waters during the heavy downpour.

The truck was carrying several passengers in its bucket - all of whom were rescued.


Comment: Just a week ago five died following flooding in the same city.

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Dead whale, wedged in ice, spotted off Newfoundland's west coast

Bailey White
CBC News
Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:24 UTC
Brian King used a drone to get up-close to a whale in ice off the cost of western Newfoundland.
© Brian KingBrian King used a drone to get up-close to a whale in ice off the cost of western Newfoundland.
Residents say this much ice is unusual, but it's unclear if it contributed to the whale's demise

It's not uncommon to see whales near Fischells beach in Bay St. George, but the latest sighting has been unusual.

The whale has been dead for weeks, according to people who live in the area. Its body is trapped in ice; half in, half out of the water.

"We never had ice like this in a good few years," said Brian King of Jeffries, a ten-minute drive from Fischells beach. King used a drone to capture close-up images of the whale, which he said was about three and a half kilometres from the shore.

King said he first heard about the whale a few weeks ago, and so he believes it's been dead for some time. He said he waited for a calm, clear day to take video.
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At least 8 people dead as severe weather moves across southern US

Wynne Davis
NPR
Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:35 UTC
An EF-3 tornado hit Franklin, Texas on Saturday.
© KBTXDamage after an EF-3 tornado hit Franklin, Texas on Saturday.

Severe weather that moved across the southern U.S. on Saturday left at least eight people dead, injured dozens of others and ravaged numerous homes in its path.

Two children, ages 3 and 8, were killed in eastern Texas when a tree fell on the car in which they were traveling. Angelina County Sheriff Greg Sanches said in a statement that the children, who were in the car with their parents during the storm, were pronounced dead on the scene.

"They were at the wrong place at the wrong time," Capt. Alton Lenderman of the Angelina County Sheriff's Office told The New York Times. "The tree fell just as they were going under it."

In central Texas, approximately a dozen people were injured in Franklin where a tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service, according to The Dallas Morning News.

In a preliminary damage report, the National Weather Service assigned the tornado an EF-3 rating, saying peak winds reached around 140 mph in Franklin.


Comment: Large tornado hits Franklin, Texas - significant damage, injuries reported

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: French vineyards freeze again & Solar Cycle 24 tapers off


Adapt 2030
Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:15 UTC
French vineyards freeze again
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
For the third year in a row France is experiencing hard vineyard decimating frosts requiring use of fires and paraffin candles to keep the vines warm. Huge hail events in Brazil and Greece, the end of Solar Cycle 24 is near and feet of snow still dump across parts of the USA and Europe.


Comment: See also:

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Global warming propaganda: European council warns of increasing vector-borne diseases


EurekAlert!
Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:47 UTC
bugs on screen
© Reuters / Paulo Whitaker
New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April) shows that the geographical range of vector-borne diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, leishmaniasis, and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is expanding rapidly.

Spurred on by climate change and international travel and trade, vector-borne disease outbreaks are set to increase across much of Europe over the next few decades--and not just in the temperate countries around the Mediterranean. Even previously unaffected areas in higher latitudes and altitudes, including some parts of northern Europe, could see an increase in outbreaks unless action is taken to improve surveillance and data sharing, and to monitor environmental and climatic precursors to outbreaks, alongside other preventive measures.

"Climate change is not the only or even the main factor driving the increase in vector-borne diseases across Europe, but it is one of many factors alongside globalisation, socioeconomic development, urbanisation, and widespread land-use change which need to be addressed to limit the importation and spread of these diseases", says Professor Jan Semenza from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden.

Comment: The authors of this article have clearly consumed a large carafe of the global warming kool-aid. There will always be vector-borne diseases if the environment is right but considering the evidence pointing toward a period of global cooling we may not have much to worry about when it comes to these flying critters.

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