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Chaotic situation due to snow on the Gotthard in Switzerland

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Sott.net
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 11:44 UTC
Gothard snow
Heavy snowfalls fell on the plain. However, vehicles can only use the Gotthard Tunnel in dropper mode.

31.03 Night snowfalls in the plain of the canton of Uri made the A2 unusable on Saturday morning.

31.03 Night snowfalls in the plain of the canton of Uri made the A2 unusable on Saturday morning. The highway had to be closed in both directions by the time the snowplows were cleared. The important North-South road link was partially reopened around 8.00 am. However, vehicles could only use the Gotthard Tunnel in dropper mode.

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Ice Cube

Long cold winter continues for western Canada


Sott.net
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 10:18 UTC
Icy lashes
© ReutersTemperatures have dipped more than 10 degrees lower than normal in many parts of Saskatchewan.
Several stories appearing in local media this week highlight changing environmental conditions in western Canada, and suggest a continued overall pattern of cooling and not warming, as some climate change pundits still maintain.

From The Weather Network spring forecast...
Much of Canada has struggled to maintain any consistent warm weather, and that struggle will continue through most of April as winter will still have a few more parting shots for most Canadians. The coldest weather (relative to normal) will be found across western and central Canada.
British Columbia

The arrival of consistent spring weather will be delayed this year across the province. Cooler than normal temperatures are expected, especially during the first half of the season across most of B.C.
Prairies

Consistent spring weather will be delayed this year as we expect a colder than normal March and April across the region.
Ontario and Quebec

A sluggish start to spring is expected as colder than normal temperatures will dominate during the second half of March and much of April. In addition, we have a higher than typical threat for winter-like storms, especially for central and northern regions.
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For the first time in 20 years: Turtles return to nest on a Mumbai Beach

Josh Davis
IFLScience
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:53 UTC
Mumbai sea turtles
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For the first time in nearly two decades, a beach in Mumbai - one of the most populated cities in the world - is crawling with tiny baby turtles, proving that life truly does, uh, find a way.

Versova beach stretches along the eastern side of Mumbai, looking out onto the Arabian Sea. While olive ridley turtles are known to nest on other beaches around India, this is the first time in close to 20 years that they have done so in Mumbai, with around 90 hatchlings making their way into the sea.
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Cloud Precipitation

Rivers overflow flooding areas of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:14 UTC
Floods in Erdine Province, Turkey, late March 2018.
© Government of Erdine ProvinceFloods in Erdine Province, Turkey, late March 2018.
Several rivers in the Balkans have broken their banks over the last few days, causing flooding in parts of northern Greece, southeastern Bulgaria and northwestern Turkey.

Greece

In Greece, the Evros (Meriç / Maritsa) river which forms the border with Turkey, has been at dangerous levels in the Evros Region since 25 March, 2018.

Local media said that officials have called upon the government to declare the region in a state of emergency after the river swelled above danger levels in Didymoteicho, Evros Region.
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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorm damages crop and property in Bhutan


Kuensel
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:13 UTC
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Hail and windstorm in several gewogs in Sarpang yesterday afternoon damaged crops and property.

No casualties or injuries have been reported so far.

Preliminary disaster assessment report found damage in three gewogs of Shompangkha, Dekiling and Gakidling. Shompangkha is the most affected gewog.

As of late evening yesterday, assessment could be carried out in just half of Darjaythang and Kencholing chiwogs. Roofs of six houses were blown away and over 10 poultry farms were damaged. The disaster left over 400 poultry birds, six goats, and a cow dead.
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Cloud Precipitation

Massive storm with hail the size of tennis balls damages crops, house roofs in Nepal

Prabhat Kumar Jha
The Himalayan Times
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:58 UTC
Piles of hailstones deposited in Matsari area of Durga Bhagawati Rural Municipality, in Rautahat district, on Friday, March 30, 2018.
© Prabhat Kumar JhaPiles of hailstones deposited in Matsari area of Durga Bhagawati Rural Municipality, in Rautahat district, on Friday, March 30, 2018.
A massive hailstorm has severely damaged crops and tiled roofs of more than 200 houses in around a score of villages in Rautahat today.

Most of the hailstones, as big as lawn tennis balls, weighing about 500 grammes hit the villages of the municipalities — Madhav Narayan, Devahi Gonahi, Gadhimai, Gajura, Rajdevi and Garuda — including Durga Bhagawati Rural Municipality for 35 minutes since 8:00 am on Friday morning.
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Massive 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Papua New Guinea

Hannah Moore
Daily Mail
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:43 UTC
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Friday morning, sending people running out of buildings and triggering a tsunami warning
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Friday morning, sending people running out of buildings and triggering a tsunami warning
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami warning for nearby coastlines.

The quake struck at a depth of 10km, about 162 kilometres from the town of Rabaul on New Britain Island, about 7.25am on Friday.

There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties, though one hotel worker told Reuters her guests ran out of the building in fright.

The tsunami warning was later called off.

Little more than a month ago, the country suffered a lethal 7.5 magnitude earthquake.
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Car falls into sinkhole in downtown St. Louis, Missouri


KMOV
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:09 UTC
Car falls into sinkhole in MO
© KMOV
As the clock hits 5 p.m., many are racing to jump in their cars to go home. However, News 4 Assignment Editor Bob Cyphers didn't expect his Wednesday to end like this.

Cyphers was walking to get his car from a parking lot near Busch Stadium in St. Louis when he saw the back end of his Kia SUV had fallen into a large sinkhole.

"I was walking to get my car from work and we see the police scene here," Cyphers said. "And I think what is the excitement is over here and the closer I get the worse it looks."

Police said they do not know when the sinkhole in the lot opened up.
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Bizarre cloud formation over western Arizona turns heads


Sputnik
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:42 UTC
Bizarre cloud over AZ
© Twitter/Madalyn Heimann
A bizarre cloud formation over western Arizona Monday night had locals in Phoenix and Yuma pondering whether there was a rocket launch out of California's nearby Vandenberg Air Force Base or maybe even a visit from some rainbow friends.

However, there were no rocket launches scheduled to take place at the base Monday night, so it is most likely to be a curious cloud phenomenon, KVOA reported.

According to some viewers, the formation looked like cloud iridescence, which occurs when tiny water droplets or ice crystals in clouds diffract light producing beautiful rainbow colors in clouds.
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Ice Cube

Extreme weather and avalanches isolate Arctic community in Norway

Matti K
The Watchers
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC
norway mountains finnmark
Finnmark, Norway
The municipality of Berlevåg, in Norway's Lapland (Finnmark) has been experiencing problems of food deliveries and transport for six consecutive days. An avalanche and heavy snowing blocked the county road leading to the village on Friday, March 23, 2018. In addition, the ship from Hurtigruten cruise lines has had problems to dock due to bad weather conditions. On March 26, The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate issued nationwide avalanche warnings due to the huge amounts of snow in the mountains and suddenly shifting temperatures.

Since Friday, the only road leading to Berlevåg, county road 890, has been largely closed due to the danger of avalanche. It was managed to be opened for short periods of time on Sunday and Monday by Norwegian Public Roads Administration. On Tuesday evening, a Hurtigruten ship was allowed to dock in the village, which was empty of food supplies like vegetables and milk. The avalanche danger level remains high, level 4 on many parts in Norway's Lapland (Finnmark).

Comment: This winter has brought unprecedented events to the entire North hemisphere - and winter in the southern hemisphere wasn't much different:

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