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Cloud Precipitation

At least 10 killed after massive flash floods hit Majorca, Spain, with 9 inches of rain in 2 hours - UPDATE

Gerard Couzens
Daily Mail
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 06:13 UTC
Majorca flash floods
Five people have been confirmed dead and five more are missing after torrential rains turned roads into rivers and swept cars away around Sant LLorenc des Cardassar
Two of the five people confirmed as dead in the Majorca floods are believed to be British.

They have been described as a couple who were caught in a flash flood in the town of Sant LLorenc des Cardassar as they were travelling in a taxi.

The taxi driver is also said to be missing. It was not immediately clear if they were tourists or expats.

Locals sought refuge on their roofs as a torrent of water invaded the ground floor of their homes, sweeping cars out to sea.

The first two victims were aged 71 and 83. One was trapped by a torrent of water that flooded the basement of his home and another was found by a road linking the town of Arta to the coastal resort of Canyamel.

An emergency services coordinator tweeted just after midnight: 'It has been confirmed that a third person has died' before adding around 6am: 'Rescuer teams have informed us of a fourth fatality in the floods on the east of Majorca.


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UPDATE: El Pais reports:
At least 10 people, including a British couple, have died in Mallorca, in Spain's Balearic Islands, after the island was hit by flash flooding on Tuesday night. A child is the only person currently unaccounted for, down from the six people who had been reported missing this morning.

It is one of the most serious floods to hit Spain in the past 25 years. Three deaths occurred in S'Illot, one in Artà and four took place in Sant Lorenç des Cardassar, a neighborhood 60 kilometers from the island capital Palma de Mallorca, according to emergency services.


More than 230 millimeters of rain fell on the area in just two hours. According to a preliminary report by Spain's AEMET national weather service, "the probability of 233 millimeters of rain falling in Colònia de Sant Pere [close to Sant Lorenç] in Mallorca, which was recorded yesterday, is one in a thousand years."


The heavy rainfall flooded the Ses Planes brook, which is typically dry, with water gushing through the historical center, dragging cars, flooding houses and leaving hundreds of residents trapped in their homes. Many waited to be rescued on balconies and the rooftops of their houses. Three people were injured and another 200 people were forced to flee their homes.


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Ice Age Farmer Report: IPCC: Global catastrophe near - Trump in crosshairs - Social programming at MAX


Ice Age Farmer
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:59 UTC
die someday
The IPCC's new rhetoric ("report") is being reported heavily (and emotionally) by the media. Safe spaces and meetings NOW are being held at universities and organizations to "discuss"--and cry about--the IPCC's new report.

Trump is the target of their hatred.

Christian explores this emotionally-laden, trauma-based mind control, drops some climate red pills, and breaks it all down today on the Ice Age Farmer.


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Comment: See also: (Always) Ten years left to save the planet

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Cloud Precipitation

Floods and storms leave 9 dead and 5,000 displaced in Sri Lanka - 13 inches of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:30 UTC
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At least 9 people have died and around 5,000 displaced in Sri Lanka after a period of heavy rain and storms which have caused flooding, landslides and wind damage.

According to Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre (DMC), 4 people have died in floods in the district of Kalutara, 2 in Galle and 2 in Rathnapura. One person died after strong winds downed trees in Kegalle district.

DMC said that a total of 5,834 people from 1,318 families are currently displaced and staying in 21 temporary relocation centers in the districts of Colombo (5,654 people), Kalutara (58) and Nuwara Eliya (122).

Around 1,700 homes and buildings have been severely damaged, with around 35 totally destroyed.

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Cloud Lightning

Torrential downpours and mudslides: At least 6 dead in Honduras after tropical storm Michael


TeleSUR
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
A view of the ovCholuteca river rains Tegucigalpa Honduras Oct. 6 2018
© ReutersA view of the overflowing Choluteca river after heavy rains in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Oct. 6, 2018.
Tropical Storm Michael has rained on Honduras for days, killing at least 6 and forcing over 3,200 to evacuate their homes. Several departments are on red alert.

Honduras continues to get hard hit by two low-pressure systems - one from the Caribbean and the other from the Pacific - creating torrential downpours and mudslides that have killed at least six people since Thursday and left another missing, according to local media.

The heaviest rains are falling mainly around the capital of Tegucigalpa and two departments that border the Pacific coast, areas that President Juan Orlando Hernandez placed on red alert on Oct. 6. The rest of the country remains under green alert.

Over 7,000 people have been negatively affected so far by the rains and mudslides that the Permanent Risk Commission of Honduras (Copeco) reports are the result of Tropical Storm Michael. Accuweather reports that the tropical storm is quickly turning into a hurricane and is predicted to affect Cuba and Jamaica before heading up the Atlantic coast of the United States this week.
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Snowflake

Early season storm dumps 2 feet of snow at Brian Head Resort, Utah


Unofficial Networks
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:20 UTC
Brian Head Resort
Brian Head Resort on October 7th.
It's been dumping since Saturday at Brian Head Resort and Mike Saemisch (AKA @LifeOfBrianHead) indicated this morning that there's a settled base of 20″.

The snow is massive, especially considering how early it is in the season for the southern Utah ski destination.

There's even been a local or two who've grabbed their first powder turns of the season!

Utah residents are hoping this is a sign of the El Nino to come after a lackluster winter delivered one of the weakest snowpacks in the state's 100 year weather history.

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Snowflake

First snow of the season at Wheeler Peak, New Mexico and Purgatory Resort, Colorado


krqe.com
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:04 UTC
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New Mexico and Colorado are getting a taste of winter.

The first snow of the season is here.

A picture from Purgatory Resort shows three inches on the ground, and the ski resort is hopeful they could have as much as 13 inches by Thursday.

New Mexico is getting a taste, too.

Monday morning, Red River Ski Area took a picture of the first snow on Wheeler Peak.

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Snowflake

Early Fall snow blankets Casper Mountain, Wyoming


Oil City News
Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:51 UTC
Snow blankets Casper Mountain
© Dan CepedaSnow blankets Casper Mountain on Monday, Oct. 8.
Winter weather came to Natrona County on Monday, covering Casper Mountain with a blanket of fresh, heavy snow.

Accumulation on the lower elevations was minimal, but the National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a hazardous weather outlook through Wednesday as cold temperatures and snow flurries are expected.
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Seismograph

6.3 Magnitude quake hits off Russia's Kuril Islands


Sputnik
Tue, 09 Oct 2018 10:59 UTC
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An earthquake has been recorded near the Kuril Islands days after the Ebeko volcano on Paramushir Island erupted, according to reports from geophysical services.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake was recorded near the Kuril Islands on October 9, the Sakhalin branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences geophysical service reported.

"At 6:45 p.m. local time, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake occurred with an epicenter 146 kilometers east of the island of Onekotan. The epicenter depth is 56 kilometers," the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station representative said.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills two siblings, injures one in Uganda

Denis Omony
Daily Monitor
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:47 UTC
lightning
Lightning has killed two siblings and left another injured in Patrira West village, Purongo Sub-county in Nwoya District.

Those who were killed on Sunday afternoon are Aron Rwot Omara, 4; and his brother Patrick Otema ,18. Ambrose Ogenrwot,3; was seriously injured.

They were struck inside a hut where they had taken shelter following a rainstorm.

Purongo Sub-county chairman, Mr Ben Okot Lutinga said the incident was unfortunate for the family that lost young members at once.

Comment: The following day (8th Oct) in Pakistan lightning strikes killed two people.

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Indonesia earthquake death toll could reach 5,000 as officials count missing

Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Kate Lamb
The Guardian
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 05:17 UTC
An Indonesian search and rescue team walk amongst the debris in Petobo, Indonesia
© Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty ImagesAn Indonesian search and rescue team walk amongst the debris in Petobo. Thursday will be the official deadline for recovering bodies.

The official death toll is 1,944 but this number could triple as authorities lose hope of finding survivors

About 5,000 people are still missing, feared death, after an earthquake and tsunami hit Sulawesi just over a week ago.

The official death toll stands at 1,944 but officials believe that when casualties from two of the hardest-hit areas of Palu - Balaroa and Petobo - are determined, that number could almost triple.

Those searching the ruins of the villages fear that thousands may have been swallowed up by the ground when the earthquake caused liquefaction, causing the solid surface of the ground to turn to liquid, engulfing homes in the mud.

"Based on reports from the heads of Balaroa and Petobo, there are about 5,000 people who have not been found," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia's disaster agency.

"Nevertheless, officials there are still trying to confirm this and are gathering data. It is not easy to obtain the exact number of those trapped by landslides, or liquefaction, or mud."

Hopes of finding survivors ten days after the double disaster struck the Indonesian island have all but faded, but Thursday will be the official deadline for recovering bodies. After that people will be deemed missing, presumed dead.


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