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Attention

Lava lake at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii overflows


Herald Sun
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:32 UTC
USGS photo shows spattering at on the margin of the Halema'uma'u Crater lava lake margin on Sunday, April 22.
USGS photo shows spattering at on the margin of the Halema'uma'u Crater lava lake margin on Sunday, April 22.
Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spilled over the banks of the summit lava lake overnight on April 22, according to the USGS's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).

Lava could be seen spilling onto the floor of the Halemaumau Crater in photographs and videos from the HVO team taken on April 22 and 23. The level of lava has since fallen back below to the level of the rim, according to the HVO update from April 23. "The lower lake level reflected the switch from inflation to deflation at the summit of Kilauea," HVO said in a statement posted on its website.

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Attention

Series of stronger eruptions at Stromboli volcano in Italy


Volcano Discovery
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:25 UTC
Stromboli volcano
A series of stronger explosions occurred yesterday (24 April) morning at 11:05 local time from the southernmost vent of the central crater area, ejecting glowing bombs to approx 250 m and generating a dense ash plume that rose a few hundred meters.
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Attention

Threat remains from 6 active volcanoes on Vanuatu islands


RNZ
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:48 UTC
Ash from the eruption of the volcano on the Vanuatu island of Ambae has smothered crops.
© Penama ProvincialAsh from the eruption of the volcano on the Vanuatu island of Ambae has smothered crops.
As Vanuatu's government prepares to evacuate Ambae Island after volcanic activity intensified, volcanoes on other islands remain in a state of unrest.

Ambae's Manaro Voui crater is at alert level three of five, posing a threat to the health of the island's 11,000 inhabitants, who are being encouraged by the government to evacuate.

Nearby, a level two alert is in place on Ambrym, according to the Geohazards Department, with exclusion zones around the erupting Benbow and Marum craters.

A geohazards analyst Melinda Haru said the main threat for the people of Ambrym outside those zones was gas emitted by the volcano.
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M5.2 earthquake hits Turkey, significant damage reported with dozens injured

Matti K
The Watchers
Tue, 24 Apr 2018 03:34 UTC
turkey earthquake April 2018
A strong and damaging M 5.2 earthquake struck near Samsat, Turkey at 00:34 UTC (03:34 local time) on April 24, 2018, causing significant damage and injuring at least 39 people. The earthquake was registered by the USGS as M5.2 and the agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M5.2 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). According to USGS, the epicenter of the earthquake is 4 km (2.5 miles) NE of Samsat, Turkey which has a population of 9 308 people.

According to Turkish officials, dozens of people were injured after the earthquake. Samsat district governor Sedat Sezik said the earthquake was felt in neighboring cities, adding that search and rescue activities have begun in the province as AFAD teams are reaching the quake site, according to Anadolu news agency.

Turkey's health minister Ahmet Demircan said that 35 were still receiving treatment. The regional governor said the injuries were caused as people fled their homes in panic.

Comment: Were seeing an increase in extreme Earth movements and their associated effects. Scientists have been predicting Earthquakes would be on the rise as the rotation of our planet slows down - but why is it slowing down? For more information, check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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Fire

Seven Southwest US states suffering "exceptional" drought conditions

Rebecca Lindsey
Weather Nation TV
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:00 UTC
drought fire southwest US
The changing of the seasons from winter to spring has brought an unwelcome worsening of drought across the U.S. Southwest and Southern Plains. The animation below shows drought conditions becoming more intense and widespread between the start of the animation on January 9 and the final frame on April 17.

At the start of the year, only a few small areas of extreme drought existed in the contiguous United States, the largest of them in Oklahoma and South Dakota. As the season advanced, extreme drought conditions expanded from Oklahoma into Texas and Kansas, with detached pockets also appearing in Arizona and New Mexico by mid-February.

By mid-March, drought in the panhandle of Oklahoma had reached "exceptional" status, and severe drought had pushed northward from Arizona and New Mexico into Utah and Colorado. As of mid-April, parts of seven Southwest states had progressed into exceptional drought.

Comment: After one of the harshest winters on record, the US is now seeing drought and fire risks much earlier in the season than is usual.

With the sun dipping to its lowest activity in hundreds of years, erratic weather patterns are to be expected; the jet streams are meandering and the Atlantic Ocean circulation is the weakest in over 1000 years, and these are all clues that we are entering an ice age:

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: New internet laws to limit your ability to share crop losses and food price rises?


Adapt 2030
Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:55 UTC
hail
With China enacting the most stringent laws ever in the country against social media news sharing, now following on the heels of FB and Twitter filtering, Asia is in a full push to limit self fed news. You need to ask yourself if this is to do with the ever mounting global crop losses and food price increases. Its to the point now where most countries on our planet are experiencing weather related agriculture damage. Incredible lightning Moscow and UK, hail storm level crops in Vietnam.


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Sun

Heat index over 41 degrees Celsius in several areas in the Philippines


GMA News
Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:22 UTC
heatwave
Filipinos across the country are at risk of heat exhaustion and even heat stroke as the heat index spiked to over 41 degrees Celsius in several areas.

According to data released by PAGASA, the heat index rose past 41°C in at least 14 areas in the country on Sunday, April 22, rising to a high of 47.7°C in Sangley Point in Cavite.

The heat index is the measure of the temperature that a person feels, and is essentially the "apparent temperature" felt by the human body, which is computed by factoring in the humidity as well as the ambient dry bulb temperature (what we usually think of as air temperature in general).
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Snowflake

Double the average: Billings, Montana sees snowiest winter on record


WeatherNation
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:02 UTC
snow on highway
It's official, Billings, Montana: The winter of 2017-18 will go down in the record books as your snowiest on record.

After an additional 2.6″ of snow on Monday, Montana's largest city officially clinched its snowiest winter on record, with 106.1″ of snow so far this winter through Monday afternoon.

The previous snowiest winter on record for Billings took place in 2013-14, when 103.5″ of snow fell. In an average winter, Billings sees only 55.1″ of snow, making this winter's total nearly double the seasonal average.

A persistent pattern of moisture into the Pacific Northwest has led to well above average moisture in this part of the country, while leaving areas further south much drier and warmer. California, Nevada and the Four Corners states have all seen considerably less snow than average.

The snow will clear, though, and the rest of the week and into the weekend looks drier and warmer, with above average temperatures set to not only melt Monday's snowfall quickly, but it'll have locals in t-shirts by the end of the work week.

After the winter you've had, you deserve it, Billings.
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Cloud Precipitation

Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Fakir over Réunion and Mauritius, 2 killed by landslide - 15 inches of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:30 UTC
flood
Tropical Cyclone 'Fakir' formed on 23 April, 2018, over the south-western Indian Ocean, north-northeast of Madagascar, and started moving towards Réunion (France) and Mauritius, where cyclone warnings were issued.

Mauritius

In Mauritius, the storm brought winds of 112 km/h, heavy rainfall and high waves of up to 5 metres on 24 April. Over 100 mm of rain fell in 24 hours in Riche-en-Eau (105 mm), Providence (103 mm) and Mon-Bois (102 mm).

Power supply was cut and some flights were cancelled or delayed. Cyclone warnings have since been cancelled, although some warnings remain in place for storm surge and high waves.

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Cloud Lightning

Two men killed by lightning bolt in Cambodia - 16 such deaths for the country this year so far

Mom Kunthear
Khmer Times
Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:51 UTC
lightning
Two men were killed by lightning on Saturday in Battambang province's Ek Phnom and Sangke districts, bringing the total dead from lighting strikes to 16 this year thus far.

Battambang provincial police said the first to die was a 21-year-old man from Ek Phnom district's Prek Loung commune. He was walking out his home when lighting struck him.

In another case, a 54-year-old man in Sangke district's Raing Kesei commune was riding a motorcycle during rain to visit his rice field when he was hit by lightning.

Comment: Elsewhere in Asia over the past week lightning strikes have killed a farmer plus another 3 individuals in Bangadesh while across India at least 8 have been struck dead.

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