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Massive flooding in Texas; more rain expected for parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas

Sean Breslin
The Weather Channel
Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:30 UTC
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© AP/Tony GutierrezThe rain-swollen Trinity River is seen with the city skyline in the background Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, in Dallas.
After days of flooding swamped towns in Texas, authorities in San Antonio got good news Sunday afternoon. A 41-year-old homeless man who was swept away by floodwaters was located more than a day after rushing water swept him away, according to News 4 San Antonio.

Roel Martinez was caught in the raging water when he chased after his dog, officials said, and after several hours, the search was called off due to unsafe conditions, the San Antonio Express-News reported. More than 24 hours later, Martinez was located. He was treated for minor injuries and released from the hospital, News 4 San Antonio added. "You can call it luck, you can call it blessed, you can call it all of those things," San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood told News 4 San Antonio.


In Louisiana, thousands lost power in Louisiana as a slow-moving storm system compounded by the remnants of Hurricane Patricia continued to bring severe weather and the threat of flooding from Texas east into parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. The National Weather Service in New Orleans reported that an EF0 tornado shifted a mobile home off its foundation Sunday morning near Destrehan, Louisiana, injuring an elderly woman.

However, Texas has seen the worst of the weather so far. Some parts of Houston saw as many as 9 inches of rain this weekend, canceling many outdoor events, including the Houston Half-Marathon and the Gulf Coast International Dragon Boat Regatta.
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© AP/Tony GutierrezA road sign that reads 9 feet, 5 inches, referring to an overpass clearance nearby, is wrapped with caution tape on a flooded roadway into White Rock Lake, Friday, October 23, 2015.
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© Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP

Comment: Chaotic weather is happening all over the planet. See SOTT's latest Earth Changes video summary below.
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Nuke

Fukushima fallout: Throwing radioactive caution to the wind & sea

Cynthia McKinney
Russian Times
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:36 UTC
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© Kyodo / ReutersAn aerial view shows No. 4 (front L), No. 3 (front R), No. 2 (rear L) and No. 1 reactor buildings at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama town, Fukui prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo November 27, 2014.
In the aftermath of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power meltdown following the tsunami of March 11, 2011, the international community has totally failed in keeping the public properly informed and protected from the fallout.

Scientists and environmental officials continue to express concern, even now, at the unusual events and wonder about the causes. At the same time, the media present the facts, but fail to make any connection whatsoever to the ongoing state of affairs stemming from the tragic 2011 events at Fukushima.
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Snowflake

Record snowfall for Chabarovsk in Siberia

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:47 UTC
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Record snowfall paralyzed the main highway in Chabarovsk, in far eastern Siberia.

By ten o'clock in the morning it was practically impossible to get to the airport, or to drive on Krasnorechenskoe in the industrial area.

Motorists admitted that they were not prepared for disaster, and did not have time to change summer tires for winter.

Ice has led to a lot of minor accidents in all areas of the regional center, said the driver of one of the Chabarovsk taxis.

Recall snowfall hit the city streets in the morning on October 24.


Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link
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Cloud Precipitation

Deadly flash floods kill 7 in Alexandria, Egypt

Richard Angwin
Al Jazeera
Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:10 UTC
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© EPAAlexandria would usually only expect to see 5mm of rain during the entire month
At least seven people have died after heavy rain fell in the Egyptian Mediterranean city of Alexandria.

Torrential rain began falling in the early hours of Sunday, and was accompanied by strong winds.

A frontal depression has brought unseasonably unsettled weather to much of the eastern Mediterranean.

The northern portion of the depression brought very heavy rain across Turkey.

Through Thursday and Friday, 246mm of rain fell in Marmaris on the south coast. This is five times as much rain as would normally be expected during the entire month of October.


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Attention

Major 7.5 earthquake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan & India


RT
Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:19 UTC
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© Danish Ismail / ReutersPeople stand on a road after vacating buildings following an earthquake in Srinagar October 26, 2015.
Dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries have been reported following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit in northern Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. There are fears the reported death toll will rise.

The earthquake has been followed by a series of aftershocks, USGS reported. Tremors with magnitudes of 4.7 and 4.8 have hit 42-45 km east of the town of Farkhar, Takhar Province, Afghanistan.

The total death toll from the earthquake that hit Pakistan, Afghanistan and India has risen to at least 180 as Pakistani officials announced that the number of people killed in the quake in that country has reached 145, AP reports. Inayatullah Khan, Pakistan's provincial minister, told AP that the death toll only in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has increased to 121.

Comment: More seismic 'signs of the times'! See also:

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2015: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Fire

Officials confirm 'arc flash' caused electrical explosion which seriously injured workers at Washington state dam

Christine Pratt
Tri City Herald
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 09:25 UTC
Priest Rapids Dam
© Grant PUDSix workers received serious burns after an electrical explosion at Priest Rapids Dam on October 8th 2015.
The explosion that burned six workers at Priest Rapids Dam on Oct. 8 was the result of an electrical heat wave called an "arc flash," Grant County PUD officials have confirmed.

All the injured received serious burns. Two of the six workers remain at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. One remains in serious condition in intensive care but is awake and alert, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. The condition of the other has improved from critical to serious, she said.

Both of the men are in their 40s and undergoing burn surgeries, she said.

The employees were in the vicinity of the dam's P8 generating unit, when the main breaker that turns the unit on or off failed, causing the arc flash explosion, PUD spokesman Chuck Allen said last week.

An arc flash is a phenomenon where an electric current leaves its intended path and travels through the air from one conductor to another, or to the ground, according to workplace safety bulletin on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) website.

Comment: Could the 'grounding' of our Solar System be contributing to some of these incidents of electrical explosions and fires? See also:

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Cloud Grey

Heavy sandstorm hits Syrian refugee camp in Jordan


Accuweather
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:45 UTC
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A heavy sandstorm hit a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan on October 25. A video uploaded by a UNHCR worker in the camp showed a massive sandstorm covering Azraq camp.
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Eye 2

Alligator killed swimmer in Blue Spring, Florida; medical examiner confirms

Elyssa Cherney
Orlando Sentinel
Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:11 UTC
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials fatally shot a 12-foot alligator that was found near a swimmer's dead body
Families were back in the clear waters of Blue Spring State Park on Wednesday, tubing and swimming down the narrow run that becomes packed with manatees every winter.

Park visitors said they weren't deterred by what the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Wednesday was the first fatality from an alligator attack since 2007.

Jennifer Burroughs, 30, visiting with her family from Melbourne, said the news scared her at first. But she had already booked a cabin and spent money to make the visit happen.

"We booked it, we're doing it, we're committed," she said as she was loading her small children into an inflatable ring. "I feel like I'm going to be on the lookout now. I know what happened, so I'm going to be looking out."

Questions into the specific circumstances of 61-year-old James Okkerse's death linger as officials remained closed-mouthed about what park officials did or did not do leading up to the tragedy. The day before, visitors reported two sightings of the 12-foot alligator linked to his death. The alligator was later shot and killed.


Comment: See also: Alligator rips off woman's arm near Wekiva Island, Florida

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Alligator kills man swimming at marina in Orange, Texas

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Fish

Thousands of dead fish turn up in Lake Ivanhoe, Florida

Jeff Allen
mynews13.com
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:57 UTC
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Thousands of fish were found dead in Lake Ivanhoe in Orlando, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.
Florida Fish and Wildlife officials are working to figure out how thousands of fish turned up dead at Orlando's Lake Ivanhoe.

Frank Hilgenberg, who lives near the lake, reached out to us, concerned about what he saw Thursday morning.

"I could smell it when I walked around the corner, because I'm upwind, and I thought, 'Hmm,'" Hilgenberg said. "I saw guys digging around, and as I got closer I realized there's, like, eight or 10 of them, and they're all netting out, unfortunately, the dead fish."

Officials from the city of Orlando and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said they are working to determine what killed the fish.
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Better Earth

One dead, dozens injured as thunderstorms, hail pound Israel

Tova Dvorin
Arutz Sheva7
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:33 UTC
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© Chaya Schulman
Israel's first winter storm entered with a thunderclap on Sunday morning, with unusual weather along Israel's coastal region endangering lives.

A 20-year-old man was critically injured after a wall collapsed on a construction site in Pardes Hana. He was transferred to Hillel Yafeh hospital in Hadera, where he was confirmed dead. "We found an unconscious young man under a pile of cinder blocks, without a pulse and not breathing," Yehuda Haim, an MDA paramedic at the scene, stated to Channel 2.

Dozens injured

A 20 year-old woman was injured late Sunday morning in Hadera after a tree fell on a public bus. She was transported to Hillel Yafeh hospital in serious condition.

In the Samaria community of Har Bracha, a 17 year-old suffered from head trauma after a tent collapsed due to high winds. MDA medics treated him at the scene and transported him to Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikva. A 20 year-old woman at the site also suffered light injuries, but was treated at the scene.

Several crane accidents at building sites in the Central Israel and Sharon areas have been reported. Two specific incidents - a crane crash near Tel Aviv's Azrieli towers, and another in Netanya - have reportedly left no injuries.

In Netanya, a power line went up in flames next to a kindergarten; no injuries are reported. A large tree fell in the yard of a kindergarten in Petach Tikva; no injuries are reported.
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© Fire and rescue service

Comment: Israel is really getting battered. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch!

Crane collapses onto busy Tel Aviv road as storms rage

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