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Late winter storm dumps two feet of snow on Kenai Peninsula highways in Alaska

Zach Rover
ktva.com
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:03 UTC
Snow removal underway in downtown Seward.
© City of SewardSnow removal underway in downtown Seward.
A late-season winter storm that brought more than two-feet of snow to parts of the eastern Kenai Peninsula has created hazardous driving conditions along the Seward Highway and dangerous road conditions on the eastern Sterling Highway.

State Department of Transportation and Public Facilities road crews have encountered the heaviest snowfall totals-- more than two-feet deep-- from Seward north through Moose Pass and up to Turnagain Pass.

Due to existing snow and the anticipation of additional snowfall this weekend, DOTPF cautions drivers to expect dangerous to hazardous road conditions through the weekend in the areas hit heaviest by the snow.
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At least 12 dolphins beach and die in Galicia, Spain

Nanuel Méndez
Faro De Vigo
Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:02 UTC
DOLPHIN
The number of dolphins stranded and dead in Galicia in the last two days rises to at least a dozen. But there could be many more. The strong storm at sea during the last days threw these animals onto the coast in places as distant as Muros and Vigo, but also in Ribeira, Porto do Son, A Illa de Arousa and O Grove.

Most belong to the common dolphin species ( Delphinus delphis ), typical of tropical and subtropical waters that did not abound in the interior of the Galician estuaries, where the dominant one is the bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) or arroaz, the most common cetacean known to the family.

Comment: Another 3 dolphins washed up on Porto Santo Island, Portugal recently.

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Cloud Precipitation

Disaster declared after rivers overflow in North Queensland, Australia (VIDEOS)

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:33 UTC
Flooding in Ingham, Queensland, March 2018.
© Queensland’s Fire and Emergency ServicesFlooding in Ingham, Queensland, March 2018.
Several rivers have burst their banks in North Queensland after a 4 days of heavy rain. Many areas have recorded 500 to 700 mm of rain during that time. This is the fourth serious flood event in the state in the last 2 weeks.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said that the "flood situation has seen communities isolated, schools closed and highways cut, with overall flood impacts comparable to the February 2009 flood event."

A disaster declaration was issued on 09 March for the Hinchinbrook Shire Council Local Government area following flooding which has impacted homes and roads around Ingham and Halifax.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) swift-water crews were involved in two rescues in Halifax and Ingham.

Over 70 school children have been left stranded at an adventure camp site near Tully.

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Fish

Thousands of dead birds, sea creatures and even seals wash up on coast in East Anglia, UK after Beast from the East

Emily Townsend
East Anglian Daily Times
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:23 UTC
Steve Piotrowski with a lapwing that has died in the extreme weather and been washed up on Thorpeness beach.
© SARAH LUCY BROWNSteve Piotrowski with a lapwing that has died in the extreme weather and been washed up on Thorpeness beach.
Catastrophe has hit the region's coastline with the fallout of the big freeze culling thousands of birds, scores of sea creatures and even a few seals.

Thousands of starfish, crabs, fish and sea birds have washed up dead in the wake of the Beast from the East - and experts are warning this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Shocking photographs revealing the sheer scale of the deaths on Suffolk and Essex beaches have emerged - with witnesses likening shorelines to graveyards.

Wildlife specialists believe last week's arctic blast froze food supplies for several species of sea bird and they flew to England to escape - only to find the Beast had followed them.

Suffolk-based naturalist Steve Piotrowski said: "It's a pretty drastic scene for wildlife and this is only the tip of the iceberg.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning claims one life in Nepal, two others injured

Rastriya Samachar Samiti
The Himalayan Times
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:17 UTC
lightning
A woman has died after being struck by lightning in Gudel, Mahakulung Rural Municipality-4 of Solukhumbu district.

The deceased has been identified as local Rijamali Rai (56), according to Police Inspector Pradyumna Adhikari.

The incident occurred when the lightening hit the area amidst a windy weather on Friday evening.

Two others were injured in the same incident and are undergoing treatment at the local health post in Gudel. The injured have been identified as local Shanti Rai (25) and Kshitij Karki (14), son of Pritu Bahadur Karki of the same locality. The police have indicated that the injured are recovering after undergoing treatment.

A team of police from the Area Police Office, Sotang are in the incident site for further investigation.
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Rapid earthquakes spark fears of fiery eruption at Mount Etna, Italy


cetusnews.com
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:49 UTC
etna
Mount Etna, one of the word's most active volcanoes, sparked fears of a fiery eruption on Thursday after a rapid succession of powerful tremors rocked the fiery mountain.

Residents of the ancient city of Catania on the eastern shores of Sicily were struck with panic after several shocks reverberated through Etna in just five minutes of each other.

The terrifying Etna which only sits 18miles from the coastal town, was rocked by three shallow tremors on its southern slopes.

The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) of Catania recorded the shocks in the early morning hours.
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Dead gray whale found on Angel Island beach in California

Toby Murphy
Infosurhoy
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:42 UTC
dead whale
The body of a dead whale washed up on the shore of Sand Springs Beach at Angel Island State Park sometime Wednesday.

A team of eight scientists from the Marine Mammal Center, the California Academy of Sciences and UC Davis confirmed Thursday the cetacean is a 28-foot juvenile male gray whale.

The team performed a necropsy that revealed a significant lack of muscle tissue and blubber and they concludedthe whale died of severe malnutrition.

"This particular gray whale was likely in its first year of foraging on its own in the wild, and it's unknown whether this juvenile was following a food source into San Francisco Bay prior to its death," Dr. Padraig Duignan, chief research pathologist at the Marine Mammal Center said in a statement.
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Carcasses of 23 dolphins found along coast in Tamil Nadu, India


The Indian Express
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 15:29 UTC
Most of the dead dolphins varied in size and weight and were in a highly decomposed state. (Representational)
Most of the dead dolphins varied in size and weight and were in a highly decomposed state. (Representational)
In the past two months, 40 dead dolphins (including the present 23) have been washed ashore in the coastal belt of Nagapattinam district.

The carcasses of 23 dolphins were washed ashore in Vedaranyam coast in this district in the past two days, forest department officials said. Most of the dead dolphins varied in size and weight and were in a highly decomposed state, they said.

Ayub Khan, Forest Ranger, Kodiakarai, said the forest department had passed on the information to the district administration and other top government officials.
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Shocking footage shows leopard attacking residents of Indore, India


Sputnik
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 13:58 UTC
Leopard
© CCO

Chaos ensued as people were seen running in panic in the Indian city of Indore's Palhar Nagar neighborhood on Friday morning, when a leopard strayed into a residential area and injured four people.

A video has been released showing a ferocious feline attacking an Indian man, jumping out from a construction site in a busy area.

The leopard was first noticed entering a house under construction; from there it went into the residence of a local businessman, where it sat for about three hours, occasionally jumping out to attack a team of forest officials and onlookers.

Comment: There is something strange going on in India with leopards:

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Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Superfreeze marine life mass die off - Sheep buried in snow - Crop losses spread (VIDEO)


Adapt 2030
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:11 UTC
Stills from video by Juana Salas
Thousands of starfish wash up in Andalusia, Spain after 'Beast of the East'
After the European Superfreeze which the media termed The Beast from the East to avoid talking about Arctic temperatures in March in Southern Europe, the animal die offs are staggering along with the crops. Hundreds of thousands of starfish wash up with countless other types of sea life, sheep buried in snow drifts are being rescued by the tens of thousands as thousands already froze. Vegetable production from Spain to New Zealand being lost due to freak strong weather events sweeping the globe.


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