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From dusting to dumping: Early snowfall in the west of North America - up to 2 feet deep in parts


Onthesnow.com
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 09:31 UTC
Alta was one of many Utah ski areas to receive an early October dusting.
© Rocko Menzyk, Alta Ski AreaAlta was one of many Utah ski areas to receive an early October dusting.
Believe it or not, there's video proof of early October powder turns already surfacing out of the Northern Rockies. A recent storm dropped 2 feet of snow across parts of the region, providing just enough base for some hike-to turns at a local ski area.

While North America has yet to spin its first chairs of the season and declare its first official open ski resort, that's not stopping skiers and riders from seeking out some pre-season turns. Resorts across California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Montana and Washington have received new snow over the last few days, creating some incredible fall scenery.

Scroll through the storm gallery below to see which North American ski resorts have scored early October snow.

Snowbird, Utah

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Cloud Precipitation

Heavy rains lead to significant flooding in Costa Rica

Alejandro Zúñiga
Tico Times
Sat, 06 Oct 2018 20:56 UTC
Major flooding forces evacuations in Nosara
© Surfing Nosara.Major flooding forces evacuations in Nosara on Oct. 5.
Original story:

Heavy rains over the course of the week caused significant flooding throughout Costa Rica on Friday.

Alexander Solís, President of the National Emergencies Commission (CNE), said nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated to at least 16 different shelter sites due to overflowing rivers in the provinces of Puntarenas and Guanacaste.

"Since [Thursday], we've had intense rains, especially in the Central Valley and the Nicoya Peninsula, in addition in the Central Pacific," Solís said. "This has caused multiple situations, especially in the Sector of Paquita [...] and in Puntarenas, especially in Chacarita, El Establo and El Roble, where it was necessary to move people to shelters."

Solís also said landslides have blocked part of Route 160, which traverses the coast of Guanacaste, in addition to other streets in the northern province.

He warned the public to exercise caution as rains are expected to continue throughout Friday. Even shallow flood waters pose drowning risks, and vehicles can stall or be swept away by moving water.

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Cloud Precipitation

At least 7 dead due to floods in northern Iran after heaviest rainfall in 20 years


Xinhua
Sat, 06 Oct 2018 20:33 UTC
Iran flood
© IRNA News Agency
Heavy rains in the northern and northwestern parts of Iran over the past two days claimed the lives of at least seven people, semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.

The unprecedented floods in the three provinces of Mazandaran, Gilan and Golestan destroyed roads, houses and bridges, and caused heavy damage to the infrastructures, the report said.

Cars were stuck in flood, and electricity and gas flows in the rural areas were disrupted.

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Igloo

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Cold begins as the suns output weakens - What will we eat


Adapt 2030
Sat, 06 Oct 2018 19:29 UTC
Firefighters help dig out a stranded bus
Firefighters help dig out a stranded bus at the intersection of 4th Street and 12th Avenue S.W. during a snowstorm in Calgary on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2018.
10.7cm Flux another way to measure our Suns output beyond sunspot count alone shows a downtrend and this is forecast to result in cooler temperatures on Earth. Record snows in Canada reported in Russian media where their crop lands were battered by early snow resulting in losses of thousands of hectares, 2.34 acres = 1 hectare.


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Doberman

Las Vegas woman mauled to death by family dog

Rio Lacanlale
Las Vegas Review
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 15:42 UTC
A Las Vegas woman was mauled to death by her family dog
A Las Vegas woman was mauled to death by her family dog late Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Her husband posted this picture on Sept. 27 on Facebook. (Facebook)
A Las Vegas man came home from work Monday night to find his wife of 26 years mauled to death by the family's newly adopted dog.

What happened moments before the attack remained unknown Friday. Susan Sweeney, 58, was home alone when their 3-year-old rescue dog attacked her on the 5000 block of River Splash Avenue, said city of Las Vegas spokesman David Riggleman.

The woman's husband, Patrick, arrived home from work shortly before 11:40 p.m. Monday and found her dead in their living room, according to the Metropolitan Police Department and the Clark County coroner's office.

She was declared dead about 1:05 a.m. Tuesday in the home. The coroner's office ruled her death an accident by mauling.

"This is really a mystery because she was home alone," Riggleman said Friday. "I can't even imagine what that poor man thought when he walked in that house."

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Snowflake Cold

Blast of winter: Up to 2 feet of snow heads to US Rocky Mountains

Kristina Pydynowski,
Accuweather
Sat, 06 Oct 2018 11:08 UTC
big sky
The first widespread snowstorm of the season is set to excite winter enthusiasts but can cause some travel problems from the Rocky Mountains to the northern High Plains in the upcoming days.

After soaking the Pacific Northwest to end Friday, the storm is expected to track slowly through the Rockies and onto the High Plains this weekend and into Monday.

Small-scale storms have brought snow to parts of these regions already this season, including as recently as Friday. This storm, however, is expected to bring the most far-reaching swath of snow since last winter.

Snow will initially fall in the mountains early in the weekend before spreading to the lower elevations of the northern Rockies and northern High Plains Sunday into Monday.
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Doberman

7-month-old baby girl killed by dog in Clearwater, Florida

Peter Bernard
wfla.com
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 10:22 UTC
a pit bull mix named
A pit bull mix named "Lynnie" attacked the baby.
A 7-month-old baby girl is dead, the victim of a vicious dog bite at her grandparent's house.

It happened at a home on Fairwood Avenue in Clearwater.

The family pet, a pit bull mix named "Lynnie" attacked the baby.

Judging by its size, Lynnie doesn't look like a dangerous animal.

But the dog delivered a fatal bite to a 7-month-old girl.

Clearwater Fire Rescue came to the house, shortly after 2 p.m. Friday.

Neighbor Joshua Scott saw the fire trucks and ambulance rush to the scene.

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Question

Hundreds of birds found dead in Warsaw, Poland


Radio Poland
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 09:43 UTC
Jackdaw.
© Snowmanradio/Wikimedia CommonsJackdaw.
Some 200 jackdaws have been found dead in the Warsaw district of Mokotów since late on Thursday, according to police.

A woman reported that birds were falling out of the trees between apartment blocks, police said.

They found 130 dead birds on Thursday.

Officers also caught 20 live birds which were handed over to Warsaw Zoo, which has a rehabilitation centre for wild birds.

After receiving reports on Friday, police found 70 more dead birds.
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Cloud Lightning

Two children struck dead by lightning bolt in Kenya

Robert Kiplagat
Standard Digital
Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:33 UTC
lightning
A family in Emarti, Trans Mara West Sub County, is mourning after their two children were struck dead by lightning.

Two women escaped with injuries during the incident which occurred as they sheltered from rain inside their huts.

Area Assistant Chief Samuel ole Musekenya said the deceased were pupils at Emarti Primary School. The boys had returned from school when tragedy struck.

Mr. Musekenya confirmed that bodies of the deceased were immediately buried in their father's farm after the ugly incident as the Maa community believe that a person who dies in such incidents is a bad omen in the society and keeping such bodies for a long time would result to more deaths in the family.
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Walaka and Kong-rey become first simultaneous Category 5 storms in 13 Years

Chris Dolce
Weather Channel
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 05:55 UTC
Simultaneous Cat 5 storms
© NOAA/RAMMBSimultaneous Cat 5s: Super Typhoon Kong-rey (left) and Hurricane Walaka (right) roil the Pacific Ocean at 10 pm EDT October 1, 2018.
Hurricane Walaka and Super Typhoon Kong-rey attained Category 5 strength in the Pacific Ocean on Monday, marking the first time in 13 years two storms of that intensity have roamed the tropics simultaneously.

Walaka was deemed a Category 5 by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center at 8 p.m. EDT Monday while it was well to the southwest of Hawaii. Kong-rey hit this top rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale a few hours later at 11 p.m. EDT Monday, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Category 5 tropical cyclones have maximum sustained winds of 157+ mph.

Kong-rey and Walaka did not remain a duo of Category 5 tropical cyclones very long. Both were downgraded to strong Category 4 storms at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday.

The last time two Category 5 strength typhoons or hurricanes coexisted was July 17, 2005, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a tropical scientist at Colorado State University. On that day Hurricane Emily was raging through the western Caribbean as Super Typhoon Haitang pushed toward Taiwan over the western Pacific waters.

Comment: See also: The Day After Tomorrow? A record 7 named storms are whirling across the globe and Unseen in 35 years: Veteran weather reporter on oceans 'exploding with cyclonic activity'.

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