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Snowflake

Snowstorms kill 70,000 animals in Bolivia


iceagenow.info
Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:00 UTC
Four farmers killed while trying to rescue the animals.

A cold front with snow storms hit in recent days to the departments of La Paz (west) , Cochabamba (center) , Potosi (southwest) and Chuquisaca ( southeast) .

A report by the Vice Ministry of Civil Defense said that the snow storms impacted on livestock killing "40 000 head of sheep and 30,000 cattle and camels in Cochabamba , Chuquisaca , Potosí and La Paz."

"...most damage is in Cochabamba , La Paz and Potosi, said Oscar Cabrera , Deputy Minister of Civil Defense.

Four farmers were killed and 3500 families were affected by the heavy snow, according to official reports published Friday.

Heavy machinery has cleared snow blocking access to the town , said Mayor Pedro Padilla. The cold weather in Cochabamba caused the loss of at least 2000 head of livestock, including sheep and camels, said Víctor Hugo Vásquez, Deputy Minister of Rural Development.

In the mining center Caracoles (400 km from La Paz ), activities were paralyzed as a result of snow.

"Even doctors left," said a clerk at the Erbol mine.

http://www.hoy.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/bolivia-cuatro-muertos-y-3-500-familias-afectadas-589630.html#cxrecs_s

Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link
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Dash cam video: Driver engulfed in Taiwan landslide, narrowly escapes huge boulder


RT
Sun, 01 Sep 2013 06:07 UTC
Dramatic amateur video captured the moment when a car on a coastal road in Keelung, northern Taiwan, was hit by a landslide and narrowly avoided being crushed by a boulder on Saturday. The driver and his partner, who both escaped from the nearly fatal landslide, were very lucky, they both only suffered minor injuries.


Comment: This happened on mainland China a month ago:


Would it be fair to say that the world's falling apart?!

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Cloud Precipitation

India: Over five million people hit by Bihar floods, say officials


IBN Live
Sun, 01 Sep 2013 05:06 UTC
Bihar floods
© UnknownOver five million people hit by Bihar floods, say officials
There was no let up in the fury of floods in over a dozen Bihar districts on Sunday with major swollen rivers, including the Ganga, affecting more than five million people, officials said.

According to the state government, the toll in floods this year has gone up to 132.

"Major rivers, including the Ganga, Sone, Budhi Gandak, Kosi and Gandak, are not showing receding trend so far, a bad news for hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods," said an official of the central water commission.
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Question

Underground explosion blows manhole covers into the air in downtown Detroit


WXYZ
Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:26 UTC
Underground Explosion
© WXYZ
The City of Detroit's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management says there has been an explosion at an underground electrical substation at Washington and Grand River.

DTE says the problem originated with a underground cable and the situation is ongoing. They are working to resolve the problem.

The scene is near the Rosa Parks Transit Center. Officials are asking people to avoid the area.

The blast launched manhole covers into the air in an alley in the area of Washington Boulevard and State Street. Windows in the alley were blown out by the explosion.

The Detroit Fire Department responded to the situation, but has since cleared the area. DTE crews remain on the scene.

There are no reports of injuries.
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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1- 100km SSW of Atka, Alaska


US Geological Survey
Sat, 31 Aug 2013 02:42 UTC
Atka Quake_310813
© USGS
Event Time
2013-08-31 06:38:37 UTC
2013-08-30 18:38:37 UTC-12:00 at epicenter

Location
51.415°N 174.939°W depth=20.9km (13.0mi)

Nearby Cities
100km (62mi) SSW of Atka, Alaska
1548km (962mi) SSE of Anadyr', Russia
1803km (1120mi) E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1819km (1130mi) E of Yelizovo, Russia
2640km (1640mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada

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Bizarro Earth

Strange sky sounds in Terrace, Canada, 29 August 2013


CBC News
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:21 UTC

Some people in Terrace, B.C., say they were awoken Thursday morning by some strange, whining and grinding noises echoing off nearby hills for several minutes, prompting a wide range of speculation online about the source.

At least three different people recorded the phenomenon, including Kimberley Wookey, who posted a video on YouTube.

Mandi Campbell described hearing the loud sounds rolling through the hills around the city.

"It seemed to be coming from the sky or underground, something so loud though. And I believe it was heard in Hazelton, which is close to here, and as far as the Nass," said Campbell.

Comment: A "city worker grinding down the blade on a grader"... right, that's exactly what it was*

*/sarcasm

Sott Report: Strange Noises in the Sky - Trumpets of the Apocalypse?

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Snowflake

Historic snowfall in Brazil

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:00 UTC
snowfall in Brazil
© Epagri/Ciram/Divulgação
Snow in 113 Santa Catarina cities.
"The record snow for sure is historic , because never in our files , we have the record of the phenomenon in so many cities," says weatherman Marcelo Martins .

In 2010 , there were 23 municipalities with snow during the month of August, says the weatherman. In September of the following year , only 16 cities recorded the phenomenon .

Many cities in the state have not seen snow for many winters. In the Itajai Valley, for example , the phenomenon was not seen for 13 years. In Hill Cambirela in Palhoça, the last snow was recorded in 1984.
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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 7.0 - 94km ESE of Adak, Alaska


US Geological Survey
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:04 UTC
Andreanof Quake_300813
© USGS
Event Time
2013-08-30 16:25:02 UTC
2013-08-30 04:25:02 UTC-12:00 at epicenter

Location
51.610°N 175.361°W depth=33.5km (20.8mi)

Nearby Cities
94km (58mi) ESE of Adak, Alaska
1520km (944mi) SSE of Anadyr', Russia
1769km (1099mi) E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1785km (1109mi) E of Yelizovo, Russia
2649km (1646mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada

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Chunk of cliff falls 200ft and crashes into sea near Sidmouth, Devon, UK

Jennifer Smith
The Daily Mail, UK
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:56 UTC
  • Local residents say cloud of red dust covered town afterwards
  • Area is prone to rockfalls but they are usually less dramatic
A huge section of cliff crashed into the sea at a popular resort, covering holidaymakers and residents in a cloud of red dust.

The rose-coloured rocks fell 200ft after the massive landslide, half-a-mile from the town of Sidmouth in Devon.

The area on the Devon coast is prone to landslides, with some residents worrying their homes will soon be next.

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Holidaymakers and residents were shocked to see the rock falling from the cliff and into the sea
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Attention

Earth's opening up! 'Volcanic vent' opens near Rome airport

Marc Lallanilla
LiveScience
Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:37 UTC

On Saturday morning (Aug. 24), residents of Rome were startled to discover that a steaming vent, spitting out a steady stream of water and mud, had erupted from the ground near a runway at Rome's busy Fiumicino airport.

Geologists and engineers are investigating the vent to ensure that it's not a broken pipe or some other accident, according to VolcanoDiscovery. Assuming that it's not manmade, it could be a fumarole, a vent of steaming-hot hydrothermal water that erupts at the Earth's surface.

"There are a lot of hot springs in the area around Rome, so it might not be surprising that new vents could open," Erik Klemetti, assistant professor of geosciences at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, told LiveScience.

"Likely this doesn't lead to anything more than maybe a new hot spring, if it is related to the normal geothermal activity across the area," Klemetti said. "Once volcanologists can sample the gases being emitted, we might have a better idea of what the ultimate source of the vent might be."
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Comment: "Likely"? "It might not be surprising"? From that we take it that their first reaction was surprise because they don't know what it is and that this doesn't usually happen in Rome!

Between this and all these sinkholes opening up the world over, fireballs in the sky and increased extreme weather events, clearly something strange is happening on, above and below this planet!

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