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Cloud Lightning

Tornado kills 23: injures over 500 in Bangladesh, as it sweeps through 25 villages


The Extinction Protocol
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:23 UTC
The death toll from a tornado that swept through some 25 villages in eastern Bangladesh, rose to 23 with rescuers finding three more bodies in debris, a day after the deadly storm which also left nearly 500 people injured. The storm which hit the area on Friday, left a trail of destruction in 20 villages of Brahmanbaria sadar, Bijoynagar and Akhaura upazilas. "Three more bodies were recovered today. One of them was Yasmin, who is the mother of two young boys and was found inside the tank of a sanitary latrine," a local journalist at the site said.

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Bizarro Earth

New Florida sinkhole in same Florida town - 3rd sinkhole in Florida in a month


Christian Science Monitor
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:18 UTC
A new sinkhole opened up in Seffner, Fla., the same town where a sinkhole swallowed a man. This is at least the third sinkhole in the Florida town in a month

Authorities say a sinkhole has opened between two homes in Seffner and the houses have been evacuated as a precaution.

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© ABC Action News-WFTS TV/APThis video image shows an aerial photo of a sinkhole earlier this month in Seffner, Fla., that opened up underneath a bedroom and swallowed Jeffrey Bush. Florida is one of only two states where insurers of residences have to cover damage related to earth movement.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Jessica Damico said the hole was estimated at 8 feet across and 10 feet deep. It opened about 7 p.m. Saturday. Seffner was also the site of a massive sinkhole that swallowed a man in his bedroom, killing him about a month ago.
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Cloud Precipitation

Trend to colder winters continues in UK

Paul Homewood
Watts Up With That?
Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:31 UTC
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Figures released by the Met Office show the UK mean temperature for the 2012/13 winter finishing at 3.31C. This is below the long term 1981-2010 average of 3.83C.
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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - NW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji


US Geological Survey
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:41 UTC
Fiji Quake_240313
© USGS
Event Time
2013-03-24 08:13:44 UTC
2013-03-24 20:13:44 UTC+12:00 at epicenter

Location
20.777°S 173.407°E depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities
162km (101mi) NW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji
534km (332mi) SW of Nadi, Fiji
603km (375mi) WSW of Suva, Fiji
631km (392mi) ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
639km (397mi) E of We, New Caledonia

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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia


US Geological Survey
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:04 UTC
Russian Quake_240313
© USGS
Event Time
2013-03-24 04:18:34 UTC
2013-03-24 15:18:34 UTC+11:00 at epicenter

Location
50.718°N 160.155°E depth=9.7km (6.0mi)

Nearby Cities
269km (167mi) ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
274km (170mi) SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
278km (173mi) SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
300km (186mi) SSE of Yelizovo, Russia
2341km (1455mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan

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Ambulance

Canada: Traffic nightmare in Edmonton morning after snowstorm kills three, creates 100-car pile-up

Chris Purdy
National Post
Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:07 UTC
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© Stephanie Williams / The Canadian PressVehicles litter Highway 2 near Leduc, Alta. on Thursday March 21, 2013. A blizzard that has been blasting through the Prairies is being blamed for a multi-vehicle crash south of Edmonton that has injured about 100 people.
As snow continued to fall throughout the night, City of Edmonton spokeswoman Laura McNabb warned commuters to expect longer-than-usual travel times.

"If the snowfall stopped, it would be far better," McNabb told the Edmonton Journal. "It's a lot of snow. Our guys are doing their best to get the snow off the road and lay down abrasives ... and they're just going to keep at it."

McNabb said the entire city fleet, consisting of more than 200 pieces of equipment, would clear the streets but commute times might be approximately doubled.

"There will be delays, that's just to be expected in these conditions," McNabb said, "If you don't have to be on the roads tomorrow, it might be a good day to take a day off."

A 23-year-old woman, a four-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy were killed Thursday morning when the compact car they were in crashed head-on with a truck about 180 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. Three others were seriously injured.

Mounties say it was snowing heavily at the time and visibility was poor.

The driver of the truck, a 46 year-old male, is facing several charges, including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death.
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Snowflake

Hungary sends tanks to rescue thousands of people from snow trap


Russia Today
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:43 UTC
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© Reuters / Laszlo BaloghA member of the Hungarian rescue team walks on top of the snow at the M1 highway, 80 km west of Budapest, March 15, 2013
Thousands of people in Hungary found themselves trapped in heavy snow after a sudden cold snap and high winds swept over Eastern Europe. Budapest has deployed tanks to reach motorists trapped by the conditions.

The heavy dump has trapped people in cars, buses and trains as dozens of major roads across the country were blocked by the snowfall.

Tanks and other military vehicles with caterpillar tracks have been dispatched to rescue motorists as trucks jackknifed causing huge traffic jams on the main motorway that links Budapest and Vienna.

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© AFP Photo / Szilard GergelyA police car arrives at the site of an accident involving a truck and cars at the E71 motorway, nearby the Croatian, Slovenian and Hungarian borders on March 15, 2013 a day after a heavy snow storm hit the area
"The situation is most critical on the M1 motorway where hundreds of cars are stranded in the snow, most of them for 18-20 hours now," Reuters cites Marton Hajdu, spokesman for the National Directorate for Disaster Management.
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Snowflake Cold

APC's deployed on Kiev streets, emergency as record snowfall turns Ukraine into chaos


Russia Today
Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:56 UTC
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© RIA Novosti / Alexei FurmanThe military is also involved in rescuing the city from its snowbound condition.
A state of emergency has been declared in Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on Saturday as the city is paralyzed by heavy snowfall and blizzard totally abnormal for March.

"Due to the deterioration of weather conditions [heavy snowfall, blizzards, snow-banks] a state of emergency is declared in the capital," the statement by the Kiev State Administration said.

The situation in the city is so dire that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has signed a special decree urging all government agencies to provide maximum assistance to victims of the snowstorm.

The military is also involved in rescuing the city from its snowbound condition as 550 servicemen are deployed to the capital to aid the community services.

Besides 253 snow-cleaning vehicles, 13 armored fighting vehicles are being used to tow stranded cars, with 270 trucks, 540 cars, 83 buses and 15 trolleybuses already removed from snow banks.
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Snowflake Cold

UK: Snow causes travel and power disruption


BBC
Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:02 UTC
Aerial video showed vehicles completely buried under snow drifts in Cumbria


Snow and sleet have disrupted transport and power supplies as severe wintry weather continues in much of the UK.

A number of roads and airports have closed, with many of the weekend's sporting fixtures affected too.

A Met Office warning for snow covers Northern Ireland, much of England, northern Wales and south-west Scotland.

Motorists were trapped in their cars overnight in Dumfries and Galloway and 35,000 homes in Northern Ireland are without electricity.

It follows snowfalls across parts of the UK on Friday which also led to the closure of hundreds of schools.

The continuing wintry weather sees snow falling across central and northern parts of the country and spreading to the South and South East of England on Saturday.
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Bizarro Earth

100 pelicans found dead in Brevard County; cause unknown


WESH.com
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:57 UTC
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About 100 brown pelicans have been found dead in Brevard County in the past two months and officials are not sure why, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

The birds are found emaciated and filled with parasites.

"The pelicans are emaciated and have heavy parasite counts, and, to our knowledge, other bird species have not been affected," said FWC researcher Dan Wolf in a press release.

Researchers are assessing the birds to figure out what is going on. They sent samples to the National Wildlife Health Center for testing but have not yet heard back.

Additional testing will tell researchers whether botulism is the cause. According to officials, botulism is sometimes the cause of die-offs like this.

But botulism usually kills birds too quickly for them to become emaciated.

People should report any dead or sick pelicans online at MyFWC.com/Bird or by calling the FWC's Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-3922.
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