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Met Office issues severe weather warning - heaviest and most persistent over southwest Scotland

Ashleigh Barbour
The Press and Journal
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:24 UTC
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The Met Office is predicting heavy rain and gales for the north-east.
A severe weather warning has been issued for the north-east as torrential rain continues to hit the region. The Met Office has warned people living in Grampian to "be prepared" for the risk of flooding and treacherous conditions on the road and issued an "amber" warning for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

The rain is expected to continue throughout the rest of the day, overnight and into tomorrow. A forecaster said: "This will be heaviest and most persistent over southwest Scotland, and the southern Highlands from Argyll across to Angus. The rain will gradually clear from the west later on Friday."The public should be prepared for the risk of localised flooding and potential disruption to transport, particularly within the Amber area."
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Cloud Precipitation

Rome on high alert amid severe weather - rainfall up to 110 millimetres in 24 hours expected


Shanghai Daily
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:16 UTC
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Heavy rainfalls and strong winds have hit Rome since Wednesday night and hundreds of schools remained closed on Thursday after a severe weather warning was issued by local authorities. The whole capital city and surrounding areas were put on the highest alert, as more rainfalls up to 110 millimetres in 24 hours were expected, according to Italian civil protection's forecast.

Rome always proved to be particularly susceptible to flooding in case of heavy rains, given its old water network and infrastructures. Major traffic disruption was registered on Thursday morning. At least four major metro stations were flooded by rains and shut, and water swamped several roads in the historical centre and other districts.

The main highways to and from the city were also flooded, and the Rome's ring road GRA was jammed with traffic.
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Attention

Deer crashes through window into home in Strykersville, NY

Ben Hooper
upi.com
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:22 UTC
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A New York state woman was trapped inside her bedroom when a young buck crashed through a front window of her home.

Wyoming County Sheriff Deputy Matthew Sage said the Strykersville woman called police at 8 a.m. Monday and reported being woken by the sound of a deer crashing through a front window.

The homeowner locked herself and her Rottweiler in the bedroom to keep them safe from the intruder.

Sage said he arrived at the home to find the buck, which appeared to be about a year and a half old, standing in the woman's living room. He said the woman was on the phone giving him information on where to find a key to the house when the deer jumped back out of the home through another front window.

"He landed in the lawn ... Got his balance. Just trotted off across Main Street and into a field of woods," Sage told The Buffalo News.

Sage said the deer may have been confused by his reflection in the window.

"Maybe he thought it was another buck and jumped after it," he said. "This time of year we do deal with a quite a few deer complaints."
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Fish

Victims of methane vents? 4 kilometres of dead sardines wash up on the coast of Hokkaido, Japan


fukushima-diary.com
Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:51 UTC
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On 11/3/2014, numerous sardines were found washed ashore in Pacific coastal area of Hokkaido. A fisherman found them around 6AM in the day.

The location was Mukawa-cho in Hokkaido. The dead sardines were approx. 15 ~ 20cm long, which were fully grown. They were found washed ashore for 4km along the coast.

The local fishermen state they have been fishing there for 60 years but haven't seen such a thing.

Comment: See also: Millions of dead herring wash up on Isle of Man coast, UK

Casualties of seafloor methane gas release? Hundreds of thousands more fish found dead in Plymouth tidal pool, UK

Hundreds of methane plumes erupting along U.S. Atlantic coast

Creatures from the deep signal major Earth Changes: Is anyone paying attention?

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Cloud Precipitation

8 killed and 4,500 evacuated in Haiti floods

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:09 UTC
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© Jean-Junior JOSEPH / TwitterFlooded streets of Cap-Haitian.
Torrential rain since Friday has left northern parts of Haiti suffering sever flooding. At least 8 deaths have been reported, and 4,500 people have been forced to evacuate. Over 2,000 homes have been damaged by the flooding.

The severe weather in this region of the Caribbean has also affected Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, where one person died in floods earlier this week.

In Haiti, the worst affected areas are Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, Limonade, Limbé and Dondon, according to local authorities.

Haiti government departments are organising temporary accommodation and distributing food, bedding and water purification tablets. Authorities have also warned of possible further flooding along rivers, and potential landslides.

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Cloud Precipitation

Floods in France and Italy following 6 inches (163mm) of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:28 UTC
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© Meteo EuropeFloods in Eyrieux, Ardèche, France, November 2014.
Severe weather has swept across parts of southern and central Europe over the last 3 days. Some of the worst was seen in France and Italy, which have both been badly affected by major flooding since 04 November 2014.

France

In a 24 hour period between 03 and 4 November, 163 mm of rain fell in Nice and 95 mm in Dijon (WMO figures). One woman was killed in a mud slide, roads were flooded, over 10,000 homes suffered power cuts and numerous rivers burst their banks.

Heavy rainfall was seen across central and south-eastern France, resulting in major flooding in the region of Burgundy. Flooding also affected parts of the Cévennes area, in particular the Ardèche. Floods and landslides also hit parts of Alpes-Maritimes department where one person died in a landslide in the village of Saint Blaise. Dozens were evacuated from their homes in Lamotte-du-Rhône, near Avignon, where 2 campsites also had to be evacuated.
Floods in Eyrieux, Ardèche, France, November 2014.


Comment: See also: Slovenia on red alert as storms and flooding hit the entire country

Tuscany residents saved as flooding hits Italy

And for a global view of flooding in the past 2 months alone.



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Snowflake

Early heavy snowfall in the Northern Hemisphere


youtube.com
Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:57 UTC
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Early and unusually heavy snowfalls effected several regions across the Northern Hemisphere in October 2014.


Source: Adapt 2030
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Snowflake

2 metres of heavy snowfall in Turkey - 36 village roads closed

Robert Felix
iceagenow.info
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:10 UTC
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50 cm (20 inches) of snow in Artvin. On a plateau near Rize a car was stuck in 2 meters of snow.

According to Special Provincial Administration teams, the snow was 50 cm (20 inches) deep in higher elevations.

A written statement from the General Directorate of Meteorology asked citizens to be cautious due to the expected heavy snowfall in some provinces. It warned: 'Heavy Snow Coming!'

Artvin, Ardahan and northern districts of Rize and Erzurum expected heavy snowfall in the higher parts.

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Snowflake

Heavy snowfall closes Brenner motorway in Austria


thelocal.at
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:57 UTC
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© APA/BARBARA GINDLSnow in Tyrol.
Heavy snowfall brought traffic on the Brenner motorway (A13) to a complete standstill for several hours on Thursday morning in Tyrol.

Trucks formed long convoys in both directions and even snowploughs had trouble getting through.

Due to dangerous driving conditions and the need to clear snow the motorway was closed between the Brenner pass and Schönberg for a distance of around 20 km to all traffic for several hours, a spokeswoman for the Austrian motoring association (ÖAMTC) told the Austrian Press Agency.

Trucks travelling in the direction of Italy were stopped at Vomp and had to park on the hard shoulder of the Inn Valley motorway.
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Snowflake

Over 2,000 people evacuated in Iran due to heavy snowfall

Temkin Jafarov
en.trend.az
Wed, 05 Nov 2014 11:25 UTC
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Over 2,000 people were evacuated in 11 provinces of Iran due to heavy snowfalls and blizzards, the Iranian Red Crescent Society's representative, Hussein Derahshan said Nov. 5, the Fars news agency reported.

He said some 220 of people evacuated were provided with temporary shelter.

Derahshan added that classes were suspended at schools in the cities of Sereyn, Ardabil and Nir of Ardebil province, and the city of Firozkoh of Tehran province due to heavy snows.

It has been three days that the snowfalls are continuing in Iran's northern regions, including in the provinces of Qazvin, West Azerbaijan, Gilan, Mazandaran, Ardabil, Gulistan, East Azerbaijan and others.

In some places the snow depth is over 10 centimeters.
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