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Snowflake Cold

Extreme cold spell breaks 57 year old record in Toronto


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Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:29 UTC
Snow piles up in parking lots at the Canadian National Exhibition as Toronto tries to stay warm in the extreme cold.
© Steve Russell / Toronto StarSnow piles up in parking lots at the Canadian National Exhibition as Toronto tries to stay warm in the extreme cold.
Polar vortex, schmolar vortex. The winter we're currently living through just saw temperatures dip to -22 C on Dec. 28 for the first time in recorded history.

The previous record was set all the way back in 1960, when a low of -18.9 was recorded on this day at Pearson Airport.

Toronto (obviously) remains under an extreme cold weather alert as a series of cold weather systems continues to roll through Southern Ontario.

A period of "very cold wind chills" is expected today, according to Environment Canada, with wind chill values of minus 30 or below recorded already in the city this morning.
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Ice Cube

Two more freighters stuck in ice near island in Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Tanda Gmiter
mlive.com
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:17 UTC
The Biscayne Bay
© U.S. Coast GuardThe Biscayne Bay
Coast Guard ships from the U.S. and Canada were called on to free two freighters stuck in the ice near the eastern edge of the Upper Peninsula today.

The stopped freighters created a bit of a shipping traffic jam in the St. Mary's River Thursday and marked the third freighter that had to be helped out of that area this week.

Subzero temperatures mean ice is forming faster on The Great Lakes, which is a recipe for some of these big ships getting stuck in tight spots.

On Tuesday, the Coast Guard cutter Biscayne Bay was able to free the Duluth-bound James R. Barker, a 1,000-footer, from ice near Neebish Island.
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Snowflake Cold

Enduring cold snap creates headaches at home, on highways & cancellations of New Year's celebrations

John Seewer
AP News
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 18:30 UTC
Cold snap
Already winter-weary parts of the Midwest and East Coast are dealing with a mounting number of weather-related headaches, from highway pileups to frozen pipes and a rash of car thefts. And there's more to come.

Bitter temperatures and snow squalls have been blamed for a handful of deaths and canceled a long list of New Year's celebrations.

Icy roads in central Michigan caused more than 30 crashes Friday on highways near Flint while a chain-reaction crash involving about 40 vehicles in the southwestern part of the state left three hurt.

Coastal South Carolina saw a rare bout of freezing rain and drizzle on Friday that forced bridges from Charleston to Myrtle Beach to shut down for de-icing.

Comment: See more on the cold weather in the USA:

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Arrow Up

Record-breaking natural disasters from around the world in 2017 (PHOTOS)

Hilary Brueck
Business Insider
Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:17 UTC
Hurricane Maria damage
© Carlos Giusti/APPeople walk next to a gas station flooded and damaged by the impact of Hurricane Maria, which hit the eastern region of the island, in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, September 20, 2017.
2017 was an expensive, deadly year of natural disasters on Earth.

Wildfires relentlessly scorched dry land from California to Portugal. Super-strength hurricanes and tropical storms slammed homes from the Caribbean to Ireland. Famine continued in Somalia and Yemen, while avalanches killed more than a hundred people in Afghanistan.

People around the world recorded record-breaking devastation, much of it caused by higher-than-usual temperatures on land and at sea. Climate experts say that in a warming world, these fatal events will continue to worsen.


Comment: See these related articles on so-called 'global warming':

A November 2017 report released by the Trump Administration cautioned that "extreme climate events" like heavy rainfall, extreme heatwaves, wildfires, and sea-level rise will all get more severe around the globe, and that some of these events could result in abrupt, irreversible changes to the climate as we know it.

Here's a look at some of the deadly power Mother Nature wielded in 2017:

A trio of super-strong hurricanes pummeled the Caribbean and US Gulf Coast, with each storm causing tens of billions of dollars in damage.

Comment: For more information on extreme weather from around the world, check out our Earth Changes Summaries. The latest video for November 2017:

To understand how and why these extreme weather events are occurring read Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.

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Wolf

Stray dogs kill woman in Modesto, California


kcra.com
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:26 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
Deputies are searching for the animals

A woman was attacked and killed by stray dogs Thursday morning in the driveway of a south Modesto home, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department said.

Deborah Onsurez, 56, was found with severe injuries around 7:50 a.m. outside of a home in the 500 block of Crows Landing Road, the sheriff's department said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

During the preliminary investigation, detective determined Onsurez was killed by stray dogs.

Deputies and animal control officers searched the area and several businesses and did not find any stray dogs.
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Attention

Beached sperm whale found in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Paul MIitchell
Stuff
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 15:08 UTC
A family watch a dying whale, after it was stranded on Mahia Beach on Saturday morning.
© Roger FoleyA family watch a dying whale, after it was stranded on Mahia Beach on Saturday morning.
A beached whale has died, surrounded by a sombre crowd, after being stranded at a Hawke's Bay beach.

Onlookers could do nothing but watch as the whale lay in the shallows of Mahia Beach on Saturday morning.

Levin man Roger Foley, who was staying at the motorhome camp across the road from the beach with his wife, spotted the whale at 7am.

The 18-metre sperm whale had been left "fairly high" up the beach as the tide went out.

Foley said about 30 people, including families and children, had alread quietly gathered around the animal.

"It was a sombre sight, people weren't saying much. It's quite sad to see such a beautiful beast in that situation.

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Wolf

Stray dog kills sleeping baby in Kenya

Stephen Thomas
Daily Nation
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 14:25 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A stray dog attacked and killed a one-year-old child and injured his mother in Titila, Tana River County.

Sub-chief Mohamed Hanti said the child was pronounced dead on arrival at Titila Dispensary.

Attack

"We tried to save the child, but he was seriously injured. The dog had started tearing up the child and the wounds were deep." he said.

The dog on Thursday entered the house where the child was sleeping. His mother was outside doing her chores.

The mother heard her child crying and rushed into the house. She found the dog tearing at her baby's flesh.
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Rainbow

Lunar 'fogbow' in the Arctic circle and light pillars in New Hampshire


SpaceWeather.com
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 11:14 UTC
lunar fogbow moon bow aurora
© abiskoguide.com
LUNAR FOGBOW VS. NORTHERN LIGHTS: Deep inside the Arctic Circle, aurora tour guide Tim Nordström of Abisko, Sweden, routinely sees green curtains hanging down from the sky. On Dec. 28th, he saw something different: a pale arc reaching out of the ground:

"It was amazing," says Nordström. "We were hiking through a frost-covered forest. The air was cold (-25 C) and crisp. At first the fog was thick above us, but after a while it started to thin out so we could see the green auroras overhead. A bright shaft of moonlight lanced through the fog --and that's when we saw the fogbow."
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Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Arctic cold grips the US, Asia and Europe - Record snows in Erie, Pennsylvania smash old record by 3x (VIDEO)


Adapt 2030
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:21 UTC
Record snowfall in Erie
© Jill McCormick‏Record snowfall in Erie
Arctic cold grips the US, Asia and Europe. Record snows in Erie, Pennsylvania breaking the old snow record by 3x. Somehow below zero F temperatures are a result of warm Arctic air according to the IPCC. This bitter cold air is 30 F below normal temperatures even for freezing winter, now sub-arctic conditions cover the Northern Hemisphere.


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Snowflake

Snow blankets desert and mountains in Xinjiang, China


CCTV
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:29 UTC
Staff members of railway department clean the snow on the track in early morning in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 28, 2017. As several places in Xinjiang were hit by heavy snow from Dec. 27
Staff members of railway department clean the snow on the track in early morning in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 28, 2017. As several places in Xinjiang were hit by heavy snow from Dec. 27
Snow blanketed the Kumtag Desert and Flaming Mountains in Turpan, of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Thursday morning.

Turpan, known for its sizzling hot climate and sky-high temperatures, has an annual precipitation of only 16.4 millimeters. It rarely snows in winter. According to the Turpan Meteorological Administration, the snow started around 06:00 and fell until around noon today. Snow accumulation was estimated to reach only 1 or 2 centimeters.

The Flaming Mountains, named for their fire red pigment, were covered in a pristine layer of powder.

Likewise, the nearby Kumtag Desert was blanketed by a fine coating of snow.

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