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Tropical Storm Emily triggers state of emergency in Florida but no evacuations


RT
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:50 UTC
July 31, 2017 - St. Petersburg, Florida
© Dirk Shadd / Global Look PressJuly 31, 2017 - St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in 31 counties as Tropical Storm Emily hit Florida's west coast. The order comes as the tropical depression was upgraded to a tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center.

"At this time, there are no evacuation orders in effect," Scott said in a statement released on Monday, after the storm made landfall. "The Florida National Guard stands ready to assist with any storm-related impacts."

A state of emergency order gives the state more flexibility to work with local government to keep people safe.
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The latest mass animal die-offs around the world

Gary Walton
The Big Wobble
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:31 UTC
dead fish
27th July The Birmingham Mail reported thousands of dead fish 'mysteriously' found on a lake in Birmingham, England.

Thousands of dead fish have mysteriously floated to the surface of a city lake popular with anglers - weeks after the authority said the water was 'NOT hazardous'.

Bream, perch, tench, eels, roach and carp have been found dead at Salford Park, in the shadow of Spaghetti Junction.

And the remains of swans and birds have also been uncovered close to the lake in Nechells. Fisherman Krisstian Smith made the grim discovery when he visited the park on Wednesday, weeks after he first raised the alarm of worrying algae in the water.
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India floods: 213 dead in Gujarat as receding waters reveal more victims


The Guardian
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:41 UTC
Flood victims, including a patient needing kidney dialysis, await an airlift from a rooftop in Abiyana village, Gujarat after monsoon floods hit
© AFP/Getty ImagesFlood victims, including a patient needing kidney dialysis, await an airlift from a rooftop in Abiyana village, Gujarat after monsoon floods hit
Severe monsoon flooding has killed 213 people in western India, an official said on Sunday, as rescuers continue to sift through villages devastated by torrential rains.

The death toll in Gujarat state jumped from Wednesday's total of 123 to 213, the government said, as waters receded from low-lying areas, allowing rescue workers to reach remote spots.

Overwhelmed authorities, which expect the toll to rise further, said they had struggled to cope with the number of bodies needing identification and postmortems, resulting in delays in confirming the latest deaths.

An official at the state's emergency control room explained that "only after a postmortem is conducted we can officially confirm death of a person".

"Since many bodies were found, postmortems took time, hence the sudden jump in numbers," the official, who requested anonymity, said.

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Brilliant electric-blue noctilucent clouds captured over the Arctic from space


Spaceweather
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:29 UTC
This week, sky watchers near the Arctic Circle have reported nightly displays of bright noctilucent clouds. The silvery ripples of NLCs look amazing from the ground, but they look even better from space. NASA's AIM spacecraft took this picture of the entire Arctic surrounded by an electric-blue glow on July 24th:

Noctilucent clouds from space
© NASA
Regular readers of Spaceweather.com have been waiting for this image since June. Normally, AIM transmits pictures of NLCs every day, but the regular flow of data was interrupted months ago. The reason has to do with the spacecraft's orbit. Since AIM was launched in 2007, its orbit has been precessing--that is, slowly rotating with respect to the planet below. Eventually, accumulated changes in AIM's orbital elements required a new way of pointing the spacecraft's instruments. Mission controllers have been working on that problem all summer long--and it has finally been solved.

Comment: For an explanation of noctilucent clouds and its place in the unusual atmospheric events we've been having on the planet lately, see: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection.

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Repeat weather cycle of 1967 as double typhoons cross Taiwan in 2 days

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 09:19 UTC
Soldiers were in an amoured vehicle to deliver food and drinking water to people stranded in flooded areas in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, on Sunday
Soldiers were in an amoured vehicle to deliver food and drinking water to people stranded in flooded areas in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, on Sunday
With a second typhoon passing over Taiwan in two days we need to jump back to 1967 to find the same occurrence. This gives us a 50 cycle that is repeating in the Western Pacific climate system. We know that we are also repeating a 206 year grand solar minimum cycle which gives us two overlapping cycles. Now the question is what strength is the 206 year cycle and its multiples and where do we stand on the timeline.

Just using the 50 year cycle we can see possible floods in Japan, blizzards in Chicago, record cold Siberia, drought in the Middle East, now add the effects of the grand solar minimum. Its all about the repeat cycle of double typhoons. Dont forget the Earth spot connection, as the typhoons rolled over Taiwan earthquakes were triggered.


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Lightning strikes claims 16 lives in a day across Odisha, India


The New Indian Express
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:59 UTC
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Lightning strikes claimed 16 lives across seven districts of the State which were lashed by monsoon rains on Sunday.

As many as five deaths were reported from Bhadrak districts alone. Three persons also sustained burn injuries after lightning struck them in three blocks of the district.

Balasore reported at least four casualties while reports of three deaths came in from Kendrapara. Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Angul and Ganjam also reported one death each.

The deceased in Bhadrak included Baidhara Rout, Narahari Das and Purnachandra Jena, all from Chandabali block. The other two deceased - Mrutyunjaya Behera and Santosh Sethi - belonged to Tihid and Bhadrak blocks respectively.

Comment: On the same day in another Indian state (Jharkhand) 3 people and 2 cows were also killed by lightning.

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Woman attacked by her own dogs in Chisholm, Minnesota

Amy Adamle
wdio.com
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:29 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
The Chisholm Fire Department confirmed that a woman was attacked by a dog Saturday night.

Witnesses said it happened after 8 p.m. in her neighborhood. Alan Williams was working on a car with his friend nearby.

"We heard a woman screaming for help, so we ran over there and we saw the neighbor trying to get the dogs off her," Williams said. "There were three dogs on top of her."

The Chisholm Fire Department said the woman was attacked by her own dog. Witnesses said they believe there were multiple dogs.

"We ran and tried to distract dogs, get them off her," Williams said. "It worked for a little bit. Both dogs came at us trying to get them away until back up arrived and then the police finally came in."

Comment: Other recent serious dog attack reports include that of a four-year-old girl mauled by a pit bull terrier in Nuneaton, UK and of a teenager savaged by an akito in Fife, Scotland.

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Two more North Atlantic right whales found dead on west coast of Newfoundland; total now at least 9


CTV News
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:17 UTC
An endangered North Atlantic right whale that was found lifeless in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is being towed for a post-mortem examination in this file photo
© Marine Animal Response SocietyAn endangered North Atlantic right whale that was found lifeless in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is being towed for a post-mortem examination in this file photo
Two more dead whales have washed ashore on Newfoundland's west coast.

The federal fisheries department says the discoveries bring the total of confirmed North Atlantic right whale deaths to at least nine.

The department says one of the animals had not been counted amongst the previous eight right whale carcasses that have been spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in recent weeks.

Officials didn't immediately say when the carcasses washed ashore.

Scientists are working to confirm the identities of the whales and learn more about the causes of death.
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7 unusual weather events noted by US meteorologists in late July

Chris Dolce
The Weather Channel
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 06:45 UTC
Harrisburg rainfall
© Weather ChannelThe orange and red area illustrates the very localized nature of the heavy rain near the Harrisburg International Airport. Locations shaded green saw far less rainfall.
July is wrapping up with several unusual weather events.

Among them are several rainfall extremes, strange tropical cyclone interactions and out-of-season conditions.

Here's a look at what we've seen so far and what's to come.

1. A Rain Event That Had a 0.1-Percent Chance of Happening

Abundant tropical moisture fueled a rare rain event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 23.

Harrisburg International Airport received 4.27 inches of rain in a single hour, from 5:56 to 6:56 p.m. EDT. A rainfall event of this magnitude in Harrisburg has just a 0.1-percent chance of happening in a given year, according to data from NOAA.

The total rain for the day at Harrisburg International Airport tallied up at 4.71 inches. This now stands as the wettest July day on record, and the fifth-wettest day overall for any month of the year at that location.

This downpour was extremely localized. Harrisburg's Capital City Airport, just a few miles to the northwest, saw less than a half-inch of rain during the same evening.

Comment: For more coverage on the extreme weather affecting the entire planet, check out our monthly SOTT Earth Changes Summaries. Last month:

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - June 2017: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Menacing tornado forms over central Ukraine (VIDEOS)


RT
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 07:24 UTC
Ukraine tornado
© Curtis nikkelpickle / YouTube
Dramatic footage captured an ominous tornado twisting above buildings on Friday in Krivoy Rog in central Ukraine.

Two eyewitness videos show the menacing tornado's size multiplying over a number of minutes time, hovering closer to the roofs below before eventually fading.

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