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Yellowstone National Park sees the world's largest active geyser erupt for third time in weeks

Tom Barnes
The Independent
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
geyser yellowstone
Increased activity at Steamboat Geyser after three years sat dormant

The world's largest active geyser has erupted for the third time in less than six weeks.

Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park, erupted at around 6.30am local time on Friday morning, geologists said.

The eruption is the latest event in a rare period of activity at the geyser this year, following similar water discharges on March 15 and April 19 this year.

Before this year, Steamboat had not erupted since September 2014.

Comment: Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser sees rare eruption weeks after tremor swarm (VIDEO)

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Bizarro Earth

Invasion of the moths: Britain under siege from toxic caterpillars that can cause asthma attacks, vomiting and infections

Colin Drury
The Independent
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
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London is under siege by an invasion of processionary moths.

A plague of toxic caterpillars which can cause life-threatening asthma attacks, severe vomiting and skin rashes have invaded the UK, environment officials have warned.

The larva of oak processionary moths have been spotted across the south-east of England.

And with more than 600 nests appearing in parks and gardens, the Royal Forestry Society has warned: "It's time to be vigilant."

But how dangerous are the creatures and what is the best way to protect against them?
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 19, injure at least 16 others across Bangladesh


bdnews24.com
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:05 UTC
Lightning strikes from freak storms during the monsoon season have left 19 people dead in eight districts of Bangladesh.
Lightning strikes from freak storms during the monsoon season have left 19 people dead in eight districts of Bangladesh.
At least 16 others were injured when lightning bolts slammed into the ground in Sirajganj, Magura, Naogaon, Rangamati, Noakhali, Sunamganj, Brahmanbaria, Gopalganj and Gazipur on Sunday.

In Sirajganj, five people were killed and four others injured by the outburst of lightning different areas of the district on Sunday.

Two died in Shahjadpur Upazila, two more in Kazipur Upazila and one in Kamarkhanda Upazila.

The dead have been identified as 'Nabil', 17, 'Polin', 15, Shamsul Mandal, 55, Mandal's 14-year-old son 'Arman' and Kader Hossain, 37.

Shamsul and his son were working in a peanut field on Sunday morning when the two were struck by lightning, said Kazpur UP Chairman Md Harun.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills dog in Te Puke, New Zealand

Samantha Motion
New Zealand Herald
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:54 UTC
Matt Petuha in front of his family's rented Te Puke home surrounded by the remains of a tree struck by lightning.
© Andrew WarnerMatt Petuha in front of his family's rented Te Puke home surrounded by the remains of a tree struck by lightning.
A 9-year-old girl was pulled her from her bedroom by her parents seconds before lightning split a huge tree outside sending a branch smashing through her window.

Shaken by the near miss, the Te Puke family went outside to find their dog dead, believed to have been electrocuted by a lightning strike.

Much of the North Island was doused with rain yesterday causing flooding throughout Rotorua and the Coromandel. A state of emergency was declared in Ngongotaha after a stream burst its banks.
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Green heron from North America turns up in Pembrokeshire, Wales


BBC
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:21 UTC
Green Heron
© Richard StonierGreen Heron at Llanmill
A rare green heron, native to north and central America, has been spotted in Wales for what is believed to be only the second time.

The bird turned up in the garden of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart, in Llanmill, near Narberth, Pembrokeshire.

Posting an image on Twitter, he wrote: "Completely amazed to welcome a green heron to west Wales."

Naturalist Iolo Williams said the sighting was "exceptionally rare".

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Arrow Down

Landslide in northern China kills 9 people


570News
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:36 UTC
landslide
A landslide in northern China trapped and killed nine people Monday morning beneath the falling earth.

More than a hundred firefighters, rescue workers and medical staff were sent to the scene in Shanxi province, the Luliang municipal government said on its official social media account.

The landslide hit shortly before 5 a.m., the post noted. Rescuers with four large machines and five ambulances looked for the people who had been trapped but the search concluded by early Monday afternoon.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the landslide or the identities of the deceased.

The mountainous Luliang prefecture has been hit by a number of landslides over the years, including one in 2008 that killed 19 people.


Source: Associated Press
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Sun

Rare green flash sunset photographed flickering into even rarer blue in Norway


Space Weather
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 12:00 UTC
green flash sun April 2018 US
© Ronny TertnesThe Green Flash
Green flashes at sunset are rare. Indeed, they were once thought mythological. Blue flashes are rarer still. Yesterday, Ronny Tertnes of Bergen, Norway, saw them both in a single sunset:

"There was a visible green flash in the sunset on April 29th," says Tertnes. "But that's not all. Just before the green flash, there was a very blue glow visible along the sun's upper edge--even more blue than I managed to capture in the photo."

Green flashes are formed when the prismatic action of the atmosphere splits the setting sun into basic R-G-B colors. Temperature inversions create a mirage, magnifying the green into an eye-catching flash.

Comment: From the activity in the skies to the shifting ground beneath our feet, our world is changing, and this is evidenced by the increasingly regular sightings of what once were rare phenomena, as well as sights that have never been seen before and remain unexplained:

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Attention

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: US Planting Report: Delays, cold damage, drought and disease


Adapt 2030
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:43 UTC
crop damage
With the totals from the USDA as 3% of Spring Wheat planted vs 25% in the 30 year average, and corn at 5% vs 16% for the average and descriptions as "despicable" and a "snail's pace" for planting along with cold damage and drought across the central U.S. states they have described it as the "most stress" a wheat crop can handle. I've included a full timeline for crop losses moving forward to 2025 and this weeks incredible lack of planting. If this video doesn't not wake you up, nothing will.


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Attention

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: State of US agriculture losses as the Grand Solar Minimum intensifies


Adapt 2030
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:35 UTC
corn
With the totals from the USDA as 3% of Spring Wheat planted vs 25% in the 30 year average, and corn at 5% vs 16% for the average and descriptions as "despicable" and a "snail's pace" for planting along with cold damage and drought across the central U.S. states they have described it as the "most stress" a wheat crop can handle. I've included a full timeline for crop losses moving forward to 2025 and this weeks incredible lack of planting. If this video doesn't not wake you up, nothing will.


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Ice Cube

Ice jams cause flooding for central and northern Alberta communities


CBC
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:12 UTC
Ice jams on the Peace River near Fort Vermilion on Saturday.
© Ari/CanWestAirIce jams on the Peace River near Fort Vermilion on Saturday.
Flooding continues to plague parts of central and northern Alberta, with more evacuations issued in Woodlands County and park areas of Grande Prairie.

A critical alert due to high water levels and flooding remains in effect for Woodlands County, around 150 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. Six homes were evacuated a few kilometres east of Fort Assiniboine due to high water levels, Woodlands County spokesman Luke Mercier said Sunday morning.

Ice jams on the Athabasca River have created the high water levels, which have risen rapidly in the Pride Valley area.

Aerial footage Saturday shows severe flooding over Flats Road near Whitecourt in Woodlands County, where 10 people were forced to leave their homes on Saturday.

The road remains closed due to localized flooding.

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