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Snowflake

The Ice Age looms: Heavy snowfall forecast in the Alps this week

Robert Felix
iceagenow.info
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:15 UTC
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More weather that is not supposed to happen.

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11 July 2014 - "Although summertime snowfall high up in the Alps is not an unusual occurrence, snowfall down to 6000 feet elevation IN JULY is something that wasn't supposed to happen nowadays," writes P. Gosselin on notrickzone.com.

20 inches of snow

Last Tuesday, July 8, the Swiss online Blick reported that meteorologists were predicting snowfall down to 1800 meters elevation (6000 ft.), forecasting up to 50 cm (20 inches) of snow in the Canton of Valais.

Blick writes that the snowfall presented a problem for grazing cattle, which would either have to be brought down to lower elevations or housed in mountain shelters stocked with feed.

By evening, passes were closed and avalanche warnings had been issued.
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Cloud Lightning

Two reports of lightning going inside homes and striking people down


ABC News
Fri, 11 Jul 2014 01:37 UTC

Comment: Again, what was thought impossible in the realm of weather a few years ago is now being proven wrong with recent years increase in severe weather phenomena.

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Info

English Bay around Vancouver turns blood red


Huffingtonpost.ca
Fri, 11 Jul 2014 18:59 UTC
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© Via instagram@amberontheair
Vancouver is known for its stunning views of towering mountains and clear blue water, but this week things went a shade morbid. Water in parts of Burrard Inlet and English Bay turned as blood red as Lady Macbeth's darkest dreams.

Authorities say the change in water colour is the result of algae blooms, according to Global News. John Parker-Jervis, a spokesman for the Port Authority, told the Vancouver Sun that there have been no reports of an oil spill or any other unfortunate event that might have discoloured the water.
A rare red tide in English Bay #Vancouver#airpatrolpic.twitter.com/m3fC4Js7bd
- Chad Dey (@chad_dey) July 8, 2014

Comment:
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Another European river turns 'blood' red overnight, this time in Slovakia!
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Waters at Bondi Beach, Australia turn blood red
Pond suddenly turns blood red Wichita, Kansas
Yangtze River turns red in Chongqing, Southwest China

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Snowflake

First ever snow falls in South Urals in mid-summer


Voice of Russia
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 09:44 UTC
Snowfall in South Urals
© RIA Novosti/Aleksandr Kondratuk
Heavy rain in the town of Zlatoust in Russia's South Urals on Sunday, July 12, suddenly gave way to a blizzard in a rare twist of weather for the summer season.

"It wasn't just rain and snow, but real snowfall with snowflakes as white as during winter. T melted quickly, of course. A fantastic sight," ITAR-TASS quotes an eyewitness, Valery Semyannikov, as saying.

In some areas of the Chelyabinsk region, snow lay 5-10 cm thick.

It's the first ever mid-summer snowfall in the South Urals.

The Chelyabinsk weather service predicted "wet and windy weather with moderate to heavy rain throughout the region, thunderstorms and soft hail in the east and ice hail in the mountains."
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Eye 2

Driver finds 9 foot python under the hood, New Mexico

Eric Pfeiffer
news.yahoo.com
Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:22 UTC
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© Santa Fe Police DepartmentA 9-foot long python rests on top of a vehicle engine in Santa Fe.
A woman in Santa Fe, New Mexico, had just left her home early Thursday morning when her car suddenly stalled. A good Samaritan pulled over to help, but when he opened the hood of the car he didn't find a dead battery. Instead, he found a very much living 9-foot, 20-pound python..

"It was looking right at me. It flicked its little tongue, and I kind of freaked out a little bit," Jackson Ault said of the discovery.

So Ault and the woman, who wasn't identified, called the local police to help. The first officer on the scene wasn't anymore interested in dealing with the snake (believed to be a Burmese python) than Ault.

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Cloud Lightning

Second lightning strike fatality in two days at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Sharon Bernstein
news.msn.com
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 05:51 UTC
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View of Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colo.
A lightning strike on Saturday killed a man in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, a day after another strike killed a woman who had been out on a hike.

Four people were injured in Saturday's strike, and eight were hurt on Friday, officials said in a news release.

Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson identified the woman killed on Friday as Rebecca R. Teilhet, 42, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, who had been hiking with her husband and a friend.

She died at the scene as rough weather allowed an air ambulance to land only between "cycles of severe weather," Patterson said.

The man killed in Saturday's incident was not identified. The victims were struck by lightning at Rainbow Curve, where visitors often gather to watch for rainbows after rainstorms.

Patterson said rangers learned of the latest strike at the 11,000-foot high lookout trail shortly before 4 p.m. Mountain Time. The four injured people and the man who died were taken by regular ambulance to Estes Park Medical Center, she said.

Thunderstorms pummeled the area around the park on Saturday, and heavy rain and more storms were expected Saturday night and Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

Source: Reuters
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Fish

Thousands of dead fish found on Oahu's shores in Hawaii

Kristine Uyeno
khon2.com
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:28 UTC
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It's a sight not often seen on the shores of Oahu - fish, by the thousands, washing up on the south and west shores.

Viewers alerted KHON2 of the small dead fish via Report It and beachgoers we talked to say they've never seen such a phenomenon.

From a distance, the shoreline in Nanakuli looks normal with some type of debris or rocks on the sand. But take a closer look and you'll see that's not what it is.

"Stinky and scary because fish are supposed to be in the water, not on the sand," said beachgoer Diamond Briscoe.

"Earlier we were swimming around and we saw little fish parts, like heads and stuff," said beachgoer Jesus Ramos.

The same type of fish and the same size were found dead on numerous beaches. Each fish is about two inches long, but there are hundreds, if not thousands of them on the shores between Nanakuli and Maili.

KHON2 also received reports of this happening at Ko Olina and Waikiki.

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Extinguisher

Wildfires: Greek firefighters battle bushfire near Athens


Press TV
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 03:57 UTC
Wildfire near Athens Greece
A massive bushfire is threatening houses near the Greek capital, Athens, with more than 100 firefighters struggling to contain the flames.

The fire began on Saturday in the town of Keratea, located some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of the capital.

The fire raged unchecked for several hours in the forested hills above the city's houses, with strong winds sparking new fronts for several kilometers.

Local mayor Costas Levantis told Greek media that one house has been burned down by the flames.

Authorities have dispatched 120 firemen, two planes, two helicopters and dozens of firefighting vehicles; however, they have so far failed to extinguish the blaze.

Residents in the affected area have already been evacuated for safety, as dark smoke and orange flames could be seen for kilometers. The flames are now threatening homes on the outskirts of Athens.

Meanwhile, the Greek government has warned that firefighting resources are stretched dangerously thin.

Greece has often been plagued during the summer season by hundreds of fires in the past, some of them deadly.

Last year, wildfires forced massive evacuations in the city of Avra, located some 50 kilometers from Athens, after ten houses went down in flames.

In 2007, over 70 people died in some 3,000 wildfires that destroyed an estimated 10,000 hectares of land across Greece.
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Extinguisher

Wildfires burn 2,000 acres in rural California prompting evacuations


CBS News
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 03:49 UTC
California wildfire
© CBSCalifornia fire officials say the Bully Fire started Friday afternoon in a forested area in Shasta County.
Wildfires in rural California burned through 2,000 acres of brush and timberland on Friday, prompting some evacuations, but no homes were threatened, officials said.

A 1,200-acre fire erupted Friday afternoon in the unincorporated community of Igo, a few miles from Redding in Northern California. It was 10 percent contained by nightfall.

Evacuations were ordered near some roads to clear the way for fire crews and as a precaution in case a wind shift drove flames toward scattered homes in the area, state fire spokesman Dennis Mathisen said.

The fire was burning in a foothill area of brush and oak, he said.

Aircraft and about 280 firefighters were on the scene but the work was challenging because the fire seemed to be heading into steeper areas.

"They still have a lot of work ahead of them," Mathisen said.
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Bizarro Earth

Earthquake aftershocks continue to rattle SE Arizona


KCSG.com
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 16:28 UTC
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Earthquake aftershocks of about magnitude (M) 3 continue to lightly rattle Duncan, Arizona and environs. The latest event, a M3.6 temblor, was felt 30 miles north in Morenci, Arizona. Aftershocks stem from the M5.2 earthquake that struck near Duncan, Arizona, (approximately 40 miles east of Safford) on the evening of June 28.

Since the M5.2 event, 14 felt aftershocks (from M2.8 to M3.9) have rattled the area around Duncan in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Like the main shock, these were shallow events occurring about 3 miles deep. The largest aftershock, at M3.9, occurred at 3:56 p.m. on July 3. Since yesterday, July 10, five felt earthquakes have been reported. The largest were M3.6 temblors at 2:59 p.m. on July 10, and 10:33 a.m. on July 11. Hundreds of smaller magnitude aftershocks - less than ~ M3.0 - have occurred since the onset of activity, and most went largely unfelt.

People in southeastern Arizona should be prepared for ongoing M3.0 to M4.0 earthquakes over the next weeks or even months. In the event of strong ground shaking, follow the "Drop, Cover and Hold On" convention used in earthquake-prone areas. For more information on what to do in the event of an earthquake, please visit the Great Arizona ShakeOut website.
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