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Snowflake Cold

Siberian temperatures plunge to -40°C (-40°F)

The minimum temperature is November 12, 2018
© GismeteoThe minimum temperatures on November 12, 2018.
This is considered very cold for this time of year, deviating from the norm by 13 - 16 degrees.

At the end of last week in southern Siberia, daytime temperature dropped from 0 to −20°C.

An interesting phenomenon was observed - the reverse daily temperature variation, when it is warmer at night than during the day.

During the weekend the cold intensified.

On Monday morning in the suburbs of Krasnoyarsk, the thermometer dropped to - 36°C. In Evenkia, the first 40°C of the season was recorded.

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Up to 130cm (51 inches) of snow has fallen in Labrador and winter hasn't even begun

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Bundle up, sit by the fire and warm your hot chocolate before reading this. It's only November 12 and one spot in the country has already picked up four and a half feet of snow!

That lucky (or maybe unlucky) winner is...Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador at a whopping 130+ cm of snow since the start of September.

While Labrador is by no means a stranger to some hefty fall snow, these amounts may even feel excessive by the East Coast standard. This actually marks the most snow on record for this short time frame after a huge bump in totals thanks to a punishing month of October. Happy Valley-Goose Bay picked up nearly 85 cm in October alone with a total of 139.6 cm measured by November 11. That smashed previous October records, which all sat around 60 cm, in the years of 1999, 1996, 1962 and 1944.

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Bubbling pool of mud is on the move in California, and no one knows why

Moving mud pot in CA
© Gregory Bull/APSteam rises from geothermal mud pots near the banks of the Salton Sea in California in 2015.
When it comes to matters of geology and rumbling earth in California, the San Andreas Fault is usually the star of the show. But this time around, the area near the infamous fault has caught people's attention due to a mysterious pot of bubbling mud.

Refusing to stay in place, a roiling mass of carbon dioxide and slurry-like soil is migrating across the state at a pace of 20 feet a year. So far, it's carved a 24,000-square-foot basin out of the earth, and it's set to continue its crusade until whatever's driving it dies out. Scientists currently have no real idea why it's moving or if it can be stopped.

So, what do we know about it?

This curiosity appeared in the Salton Trough, an area of California that's being stretched apart by a tectonic battle between the forces of the San Andreas Fault and the East Pacific Rise, a mid-ocean ridge. This unique environment is where the Colorado River dumps plenty of its sediment, which gets packed up so that the lower layers a few miles down get heated up and squashed a little.

Comment: See also: 'Slow-moving disaster': Mud geyser threatens California infrastructure


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Sinkhole swallows car in Zamora, Spain

The car toppled over and into the gaping hole.
© @Sergio_Hdez_94 via TwitterThe car toppled over and into the gaping hole.
A car has been 'swallowed' by a street in Spain after a sinkhole opened up and the car almost disappeared completely.

The Renault Megane was parked on the Avenue Cardinal Cisneros, Zamora outside the Leon Felipe Park when at around 11.18pm on Friday night, the ground gave way and the car sank into the asphalt toppling sideways, according to local firefighters.

Firefighters report the roadway collapsed due to a damaged sewage pipe which ran beneath the area the car had parked.



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Sinkhole swallows woman in Lanzhou, China

The woman suffered injuries to her ribs.
© CGTNThe woman suffered injuries to her ribs.
Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A woman in China has been given quite the surprise when the footpath she was walking on ceased to exist.

The sidewalk near the 114 bus stop at Reed Avenue in Lanzhou, China usually provides a safe route for those travelling on foot.

However, footage circulating online shows an unsuspecting pedestrian being swallowed by a sinkhole, descending into the depths below.


Cloud Precipitation

Qatar again hit by heavy rainfall - 6 months rain in just a few hours

A motorist drives through the flooded streets,
© Xinhua/NikkuA motorist drives through the flooded streets, due to the heavy rainfall in Doha, capital of Qatar, Nov. 11, 2018.
Thunderstorms brought heavy rains, strong winds and fresh flooding to the desert state of Qatar on Sunday for the second time in less than a month, as bad weather battered the region claiming lives.

Some areas of Qatar received almost half-a-year's worth of rainfall in just a few hours as thunderstorms struck, said the Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD).

It said a northwestern part of the country received almost 31 mm (more than an inch) of rainfall, compared to the emirate's annual rainfall of 77 mm.


Comment: For details of the first event in October, see: Desert state Qatar drenched by floods as almost a year's rain falls in ONE day.


Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods hit 10 provinces of Iran

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Ten provinces across Iran have been affected by flash flood since last week, Rescue and Relief Organization head Morteza Salimi has said.

Provinces of West Azarbaijan, Ilam, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Fars, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Golestan, Gilan and Mazandaran have been inundated by flood for the past week, Fars news agency quoted Salimi as saying on Sunday.

More than 3,000 flood victims were rescued and many were accommodated, he added.

Water was pumped out of 30 houses and victims received food and blankets as well, he concluded.


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Winter is coming: Timelapse video shows 'snow tsunami' covering Siberian city

Snow in Siberia
© Reuters / Ilya Naymushin
An ominous video of a snow tsunami covering the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk reminds us to brace ourselves for the coming winter.

This winter, before complaining about running out of your house to heat your car in the morning, consider that the unfortunate residents of Krasnoyarsk Siberia are currently lucky if they can get their door open in the first place.

If it wasn't enough that the city's residents have to deal with temperatures as low as -50°, on Sunday, the Siberian Times posted a timelapse video to their Twitter account which captures a massive snow cloud rolling over the city like a tsunami. The video has been viewed about 12,000 times, provoking awe over the power of nature, along with stress over the coming seasonal-struggles of winter.


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Ice Age Farmer Report: California wildfires - Psyop? "Paradise Burning" esoteric meaning exposed

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© Reuters / Stephen LamA structure engulfed by fire in Paradise, California

Christian discusses the esoteric significance of Paradise burning, questions the nature of these latest wildfires, and warns that these emotionally charged headlines will fuel calls for censorship of "dangerous climate deniers."


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Flash floods hit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia following 2 hour heavy downpour

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Almost two hours of heavy downpour in the capital on Sunday (Nov 11) once again caused several areas and roads to be affected by flash floods.

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Enforcement Department director Azman Mahmood said the rain, which began at about 4pm, saw water build up in the tunnel heading from Jalan Tun Razak towards KLCC and Jalan Loke Yew.

According to Azman, Jalan Wirawati, Jalan Pudu Ulu, Jalan Pudu Perdana, Jalan Cheras and Jalan Kepong were also affected by flash floods.

He said DBKL personnel had been deployed to disperse traffic and divert vehicles away from the affected routes.