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Cyclone Veronica: Destructive winds and rain lash Australia - Second storm system within 48 hours to hit country


BBC
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:33 UTC
Satellite imagery shows Cyclone Veronica just off the north-west coast of Australia
© EPA/NASA WORLDVIEWSatellite imagery shows Cyclone Veronica just off the north-west coast of Australia
A second cyclone within 48 hours has brought destructive winds and torrential rains to coastal regions of Australia.

Cyclone Veronica lingered about 95km (60 miles) off the nation's north-west coast on Monday, officials said.

Despite no longer being expected to make landfall, the category two system is moving slowly and has prompted warnings for locals to remain indoors.

Cyclone Trevor, a category four, hit the Northern Territory on Saturday.

Heavy rain and large waves whipped up by Cyclone Veronica threaten to cause widespread flooding in Western Australia, according to authorities.

An area stretching from Karratha to Port Hedland was enduring gale-force winds of more than 125km/h, the Bureau of Meteorology said.


Comment: Two powerful tropical cyclones loom over northern Australia forcing mass evacuations

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Strong 6.1-magnitude quake jolts eastern Indonesia's North Maluku province


The Straits Times
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:12 UTC
The quake was 150km north-west of the coastal
© USGSThe quake was 150km north-west of the coastal town of Ternate at a depth of 37km, according to the US Geological Survey.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia on Sunday (March 24), US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake was 150km north-west of the coastal town of at a depth of 37km, according to the US Geological Survey.

The quake was felt in Ternate but residents were unconcerned, a local said.

"I was watching TV when the earthquake suddenly happened. The jolt was quite strong but thankfully it was quick so there was no panic," Ternate resident Budi Nurgianto told AFP.

Officials are still assessing the quake's impact but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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Rare south Atlantic tropical storm forms off the coast of Brazil

Jonathan Belles
The Weather Channel
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 20:37 UTC
brazil tropical storm
Rare Tropical Storm Iba in the South AtlanticMeteorologist Heather Tesch says Tropical Storm Iba has formed off the coast of Brazil. It is rare for a tropical system to form in that area. The last time was nearly a decade ago.

A disturbance off the coast of Brazil has become the first South Atlantic tropical storm since 2010.

On Sunday, the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center (BNHC) analyzed Tropical Storm Iba as being located about 600 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, or just off the coast of the states of Bahia and Espirito Santo, Brazil. Satellite imagery shows concentrated shower and thunderstorm activity near the area of low pressure.

Comment: There have been a number of unusual and destructive storms in recent weeks:

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Doberman

Pet owner dead, 'attacked by her two pit bull terriers" in Irving, Texas

Elizabeth Zwirz
Fox News
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 20:48 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A Texas woman died on Saturday after she was "attacked by her two pit bull terriers," police said.

Officers arrived at North O'Connor Road to help out the fire department, who was called to a veterinary facility about "reports of a woman in need of medical attention," Irving Police said in a news release on Facebook.

The fatal encounter took place at the O'Connor Animal Hospital, Fox 4 News reported, citing police.

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Cloud Precipitation

U.S. Government warns of historic, widespread flooding "Through May" - Food prices to skyrocket as 1000s of farms are destroyed

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:10 UTC
map flood
We have never seen catastrophic flooding like this, and the NOAA is now telling us that there will be more major flooding for at least two more months. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned that "historic, widespread flooding" would "continue through May". More than 90 percent of the upper Midwest and Great Plains is currently covered by an average of 10.7 inches of snow, and all of that snow is starting to melt. That means that we are going to transition from one of the worst winters in modern history to a flood season that has already taken an apocalyptic turn for farmers all across America. At this moment, millions of acres of farmland are already underwater. Thousands of farmers are not going to be able to plant crops this year, and thousands of other farmers that have been financially ruined by the floods will never return to farming again. This is already the worst agricultural disaster in modern American history, and it is going to get a whole lot worse.

I posted an article about this crisis yesterday, and I am troubled by the fact that most Americans don't seem to understand the gravity of what we are facing.

Millions of bushels of wheat, corn and soybeans have been destroyed by flood waters, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of livestock have been lost, and all of us will soon be feeling a lot more pain at the grocery store.
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Fish

Lagoon's 'incredible refuge' may hold secret to coral survival

Thomas Moore
Sky News
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:21 UTC
Coral reef
Shoals of fish use the channel as a highway, dodging the prowling sharks
In a huge 'sea' in the Seychelles coral reefs survive rapid changes in temperatures and scientists are keen to find out why.

The secret to coral survival in a warming world could lie in Aldabra's vast inland 'sea'.

Coral reefs in the huge lagoon, which is big enough to swallow Manhattan twice over, survived the mass bleaching event in 2016 in much better health than those that ring the outside of the atoll.

Preliminary results from new research show that tiles placed on the bottom of the lagoon attract many more coral larvae than identical tiles placed on the fringing reef.
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One-year-old boy mauled to death by two dogs in Fresno, California

Brianna Calix
The Sacramento Bee
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:52 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A 1-year-old boy was killed and his grandmother was injured Friday morning after being attacked by two dogs in southeast Fresno, Fresno police reported.

Officers were dispatched about 11 a.m. to a home in the 5900 block of East Kaviland Avenue where they found the child suffering from dog bites, Fresno police Lt. Mark Hudson said. The officers performed CPR and the child was then taken by ambulance to Community Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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Cloud Precipitation

Hundreds of birds die as massive hailstorm hits Newcastle, South Africa


SA People
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:17 UTC
Dead falcons
Dead falcons
Over 1,000 falcon birds are reported to have been injured or died overnight after a massive hail storm swept suddenly into Newcastle in South Africa, wreaking havoc in the space of just 15 minutes (see photos below). Fortunately for the quick thinking of local caring residents, more of the birds - which have migrated to SA from the Amur River bordering Russia and China - didn't die and will be rehabilitated.

Residents of the KwaZulu-Natal town awoke this morning to destruction with car windows smashed and shattered by the hailstones which were the size of golfballs (some said there were even bigger pieces, the size of tennis balls). Many roofs were destroyed, and rainwater flooded into homes. Even some pets sadly died.

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Attention

Passenger video shows cruise ship issue mayday during stormy weather and engine failure off coast of Norway


The Epoch Times
Sat, 23 Mar 2019 12:00 UTC
Viking Sky
© Odd Roar Lange/NTB scanpix via APThe cruise ship Viking Sky as it drifts after sending a Mayday signal because of engine failure in windy conditions near Hustadvika, off the west coast of Norway, on March 23, 2019.
Police say a cruise ship with engine problems has sent a mayday call off Norway's western coast and is making plans to evacuate its 1,300 passengers and crew.

Norwegian newspaper VG said the Viking Sky cruise ship ran into propulsion problems as strong winds and heavy seas hit Norway's coastal regions on Saturday, March 23.

Police in the western county of Moere og Romsdal said Saturday the ship has managed to moor in Hustadsvika Bay, between the western Norwegian cities of Alesund and Trondheim.

Rescue teams with helicopters and boats have been sent to help and evacuate the vessel, a process expected to take several hours.
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Stock Up

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: How much food prices will rise after Midwest USA floods


Adapt 2030
Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:52 UTC
Bartlett Grain Company grain elevators are surrounded by floodwaters in Hamburg, Iowa
© Whitney Curtis for NBC NewsBartlett Grain Company grain elevators are surrounded by floodwaters in Hamburg, Iowa.
The biggest floods to hit the USA Midwest crop growing belts since 1993 and 1927, this appears to be the largest event event ever recorded in that area of North America in the last 150 years. Since the trade war with China, more 6.7 billion bushels in storage of the 17 billion bushels total has been lost due to flooding and contamination. Going by 1993 price rises after the flood a jump of 30% at the minimum is forecast. Global grain production down 7% over the last two years and poor conditions in the fields will make refilling the silos difficult at best.


Comment: Erratic seasons and extreme weather devastating crops around the world

Crop and cattle losses are on the rise everywhere, whether it is due to extensive drought, massive hail, epic flooding, unexpected frosts, and even epidemics. See also:

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