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French vineyards 'burned' in intense heatwave damage


The Connexion
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:08 UTC
The grapes on the vine look as though they have been
© Jérôme Despey
The grapes on the vine look as though they have been "burned with a blowtorch", winemakers said
Vineyards in the south of France have been damaged in the scorching heatwave this week, with local winemakers saying they have not seen such burns in "over 30 years".

The departments of the Gard and the Hérault have been particularly affected, with locals saying the grapes appear to have been "burned with a blowtorch". The area was placed on Météo France red alert for the heatwave (canicule) this week. Temperatures reached over 45°C in some places.

Winemaker and president of the Hérault chamber of commerce, Jérôme Despey, said: "Temperatures reached such levels that some vines appear to have been blowtorched; literally grilled...grapes were burned, and the leaves dried out."
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Lightning kills woman in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria


novinite.com
Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:57 UTC
lightning
A 48-year-old woman died at the spot after being struck by lightning in the Rhodopes, Darik learned.

The information was confirmed by the head of the police in Smolyan, Senior Commissioner Nikolay Dimov.

The incident happened shortly after 2:00 pm in the Borinovo village of Madan.

The woman is from Yambol but she was a guest in the Rhodope village and at the same time she was on a trip with another three people.

The rest of them were unharmed.
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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorm, heavy rains damage crops and orchards again in north Kashmir - 3rd time in a month

Ghulam Muhammad
Greater Kashmir
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:36 UTC
hailstorm
Several areas of north Kashmir's Sopore on Monday witnessed heavy rains and hailstorm causing extensive damage to crops, apple orchards and vegetable fields, locals said.

They said that areas like Zaingair, Warpora, Dangarpora, Janwara, Dooru and other surrounding areas witnessed heavy rains and hailstorm at around 8:30 today morning thereby resulting in tremendous loss to farmers and fruit growers in the area.

Pertinently, this is third time that hailstorm has hit parts of north Kashmir since last month.

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Ice Age Farmer Report: USDA fraud - Masking crop losses in Grand Solar Minimum


Ice Age Farmer
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:12 UTC
indiana corn crops 2018 and 2019
© Kyle and Tori Kline
A picture is worth a thousand words: 2018 and 2019 photos of corn crops in Indiana.
The USDA's June 28 report drew criticism widely for including dated data to hide our worst season on record. Are agencies "kicking the can," forestalling the inevitable realization, satisfying algorithmic traders, until a late-season wake up call, knowing that seasons are only getting worse from here? If so, this is a crime against all humanity. Prepare now -- before everyone else! START GROWING FOOD!


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See Naples and die? Garbage truck falls into gigantic sinkhole in Italian city

Lucia I. Suarez Sang
Fox News
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 10:50 UTC
A garbage truck plunged into a massive sinkhole in the Italian city of Naples. (Vigili del
© Vigili del Fuoco
A garbage truck plunged into a massive sinkhole in the Italian city of Naples.
A garbage truck plunged into a massive sinkhole in the Italian city of Naples on Monday, sparking the evacuations of several homes nearby.

The truck was traveling down the Casoria area of the southern Italian city when the ground beneath it opened up. Much of the vehicle was left buried under dirt and rubble as a result of the collapse.

The driver was rescued by firefighters and taken to a local hospital. His condition was not immediately known.


Comment: The same thing happened in 2011: Italy, Naples: Garbage Truck Swallowed by Sinkhole

Other past huge sinkholes in and around the city:

2015: Over 380 people evacuated in Naples, Italy after massive sinkhole opens up

2016: Two trees and a Renault disappear into huge sinkhole near Naples, Italy

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Cloud Precipitation

Evacuation advisories issued for over 1.2 million as heavy rain lashes Japan


The Mainichi
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 06:15 UTC
Houses are seen buried in mud in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
© KYODO
Houses are seen buried in mud in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday after heavy rain triggered landslides.
Heavy rain from a seasonal rain front has continued to lash southern Kyushu in southwestern Japan and other areas, killing one person and sparking evacuation advisories for over 1.2 million people and triggering at least one landslide.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has warned of heavy rain in eastern Japan on July 1 and in western Japan through July 4, with a possibility of localized downpours and thunderstorms. The agency is calling for people to be on their guard against landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, lightning and other extreme weather.

By 9 a.m., evacuation advisories were in place for more than 1.21 million people in 558,715 households in 21 municipalities in the three southwestern Japan prefectures of Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Kumamoto. The advisory for the city of Kagoshima covered almost the entire municipality.

In the town of Honjo in Kagoshima Prefecture, a hillside gave way, resulting in a landslide that hit the home of a 78-year-old woman. She was rescued by her husband and neighbors and admitted to hospital, but later died.

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Extremely rare, large tornado hits southern Taiwan

Lee Shien-feng and Emerson Lim
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 10:57 UTC
Taiwan tornado damage
Two people were hurt, several houses were destroyed and more than 7,000 households were left without power in two villages in southern Taiwan after a tornado ripped through the area at around 3 p.m. Monday.

The tornado left plenty of damage in its wake, including uprooted electric posts, a collapsed scaffolding and several destroyed houses built with light materials in Zhen'an village in Linbian Township and Wanhua village in Nanzhou Township in Pingtung County, 390 kilometers south of Taipei.

Around 7,400 households in those villages lost electricity due to the downed electric posts or damaged transmission lines, Taiwan Power Co. said.

Local disaster response units were still assessing the damage as of 5 p.m., the Pingtung Fire Department said.

Big tornadoes are extremely rare in Taiwan, and people in the area had never seen a tornado as strong and powerful as this one, according to Linbian Township chief Chen Chun-chi (陳俊吉).

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Fire

More record-breaking heat and wildfire smoke forecast for Alaska

Michelle Theriault Boots
Anchorage Daily News
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 00:00 UTC
Sunset obscured by wildfire smoke in AK
© Marc Lester/ADN
The sunset view is obscured by smokey air in Anchorage in this view from Flattop Mountain Saturday, June 29, 2019. Smoke from the Swan Lake wildfire near Sterling has affected the air quality in Anchorage in recent days.
After a brief cooldown Sunday night, a new wave of hot, dry weather is expected to stoke the Swan Lake wildfire burning on the Kenai Peninsula -- with continued smoke and record-breaking temperatures forecast for the Fourth of July holiday week across Southcentral Alaska.

And in Interior Alaska, a wildfire burned close to cabins and homes in the Fairbanks area Sunday.

Residents of a handful of subdivisions in the Murphy Dome area northwest of Fairbanks were told to evacuate early Sunday morning due to the 5,000-acre Shovel Creek Fire. About 52 homes are in the evacuation area, according to Fairbanks North Star Borough Emergency Operations. Three other subdivisions are under evacuation alert.

The Swan Lake fire has been burning in an area of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge since June 5.

As of Sunday, the fire was at 68,060 acres with 17 percent contained, said Jonathan Ashford, a spokesman for the Alaska Incident Management Team. There are now 487 firefighters and other personnel working the fire.
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Cow Skull

Devastating crop losses are being reported all over the globe

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse Blog
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 19:43 UTC
crop losses 2019
© Google Maps
Crop losses world wide in 2019
Let me warn you right up front - the information in this article might freak you out. If what some experts are telling us is true, a global food crisis appears to be inevitable. Even during good years we have a really difficult time feeding everyone on the planet, and now a major climate shift appears to be happening. Our sun has become exceedingly quiet, and many experts believe that this is a sign that a solar minimum is now upon us. Of course we have seen solar minimums happen quite regularly in the past, and if this is just a normal solar minimum then conditions should begin to return to normal after a couple of years. Unfortunately, evidence continues to mount that we have entered what is known as a "grand solar minimum". In fact, Professor Valentina Zharkova says that what we are facing is a "super grand solar minimum", and if that is true we are going to be facing climate chaos like we have never seen before. During previous "grand solar minimums" the globe was gripped by devastating famines and vast numbers of people died. Could a similar scenario potentially be in our future?

Comment: The signs are all around. Are you paying attention?

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Snowflake

Intense snowfall in northeastern Italy a day after summer solstice

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:02 UTC
snow
Snow has returned to the Dolomites . Intense snowfall on the Marmolada with -2 ° C . At the beginning of summer.

The Marmolada, the highest peak in the Dolomites at 3,343 meters, has been whitened by a heavy snowfall, as shown by the video.


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