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Several states of Mexico flood after heavy rains


Laprensalatina.com
Thu, 13 May 2021 14:35 UTC
The rains caused severe flooding in different parts of Xalapa.
© Isabel ZamudioThe rains caused severe flooding in different parts of Xalapa.
After heavy overnight rains, several areas of the Valley of Mexico were flooded Thursday, prompting protests from affected residents who say that the situation keeps happening.

The Valley of Mexico, a region that includes Mexico City and the states of Mexico, Hidalgo, and Tlaxcala, accumulated large amounts of water, causing roadblocks, and flooding of the subway network, businesses and private homes, a situation also experienced in areas of states such as Jalisco and Veracruz.

The capital and the state of Mexico were most affected by the red alert due put in place.

The east of Mexico City and the neighboring area of the state of Mexico required urgent action from the authorities, and water system officials attended various areas to try to deal with the floods, which persisted Thursday afternoon.

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Attention

River ice jam floods Buckland in Alaska to levels not seen in years

Tess Williams
Anchorage Daily News
Thu, 13 May 2021 14:19 UTC
Buckland is experiencing heavy flooding due to an ice jam in the Buckland River, May 13, 2021.
© John JonesBuckland is experiencing heavy flooding due to an ice jam in the Buckland River, May 13, 2021.
An ice jam downstream from Buckland has caused significant flooding throughout the Northwest Alaska village.

Water levels began to rise Wednesday night and were continuing to rise Thursday, said Karen Endres, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks.

Ice jammed on the Buckland River about a half-mile downstream from the village of more than 400 people, said Jeremy Zidek, a spokesman for the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

Flood waters hit the bottom of most homes in the village but hadn't yet flooded into homes by Thursday afternoon, Zidek said. Utility services were not impacted so far, he said.
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Attention

Dead gray whale washes ashore at Francis State Beach - 10th found in San Francisco Bay Area this year

August Howell
Half Moon Bay Review
Thu, 13 May 2021 13:18 UTC
A dead gray whale washed ashore at Francis
© Adam PardeA dead gray whale washed ashore at Francis State Beach on Tuesday. It was drifting in and out with the tides on Thursday.
A dead gray whale washed ashore on Tuesday evening at Francis State Beach in Half Moon Bay. It had disappeared by Thursday morning, officials say, but much of the remains had drifted back to shore by this afternoon.

The California Academy of Sciences received reports of the whale from California State Park rangers on Tuesday, said Marine Mammal Center spokesman Giancarlo Rulli. By the time an expert from the academy arrived at the beach Thursday morning, the decomposing whale was gone.

Because no necropsy was performed, experts don't know how it died or how old it was. The whale's appearance is the latest in a slew of sightings over the last five months. This was the eighth gray whale to wash ashore in the Bay Area since April 1. An adult female gray whale was found beached at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve on April 3.
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Cloud Precipitation

Worst flooding in 20 years hits northern Romania

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 14 May 2021 13:10 UTC
Flooding in Satu-Mare County, northern Romani
© Satu-Mare County GovernmentFlooding in Satu-Mare County, northern Romania, 13 May 2021
A short period of torrential rain early on 13 may 2021 caused severe flash flooding in parts of northern Romania.

Local authorities in Satu-Mare County reported severe flooding in Răteşti and Supur. Authorities said tributaries of the Crasna river had broken their banks after 70 mm of rain fell in 3 hours early 13 May. The flooding was described as the worst in 20 years. Flood water was reportedly up to waist height.

As of 13 May, around 150 people had evacuated flooded homes in Răteşti and nearby Beltiug. Flooding in areas of Supur affected 49 households, with 7 people temporarily evacuated.

Tánczos Barna, Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests, visited the affected areas. He said the volume of rainfall in such a short period is unprecedented in this region. Hundreds of livestock have been lost and over 1,000 affected households, some of them isolated. "It is practically a miracle that we have no loss of human lives," the Minister added.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 22 goats in Haryana, India


The Tribune (India)
Fri, 14 May 2021 12:25 UTC
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As many as 22 goats died when a tree under which they were standing was struck by lightning in Pirthipur village of Yamunanagar district.

The incident took place when Fazla of Taharpur Kalan village, Yamin and Shakeel, both residents of Jaitpur village, were grazing their goats in Pirthipur village on Wednesday afternoon.

A source said three goats of Fazla, Yamin and Shakeel were standing under a tree to take shelter from the rain. "In the incident 22 goats died and one had a narrow escape," the source added. The source said a veterinary doctor, a patwari and policemen visited the spot after getting the information of the incident to take stock of the loss.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills herd of 18 elephants in Assam, India


The Hindu
Fri, 14 May 2021 12:12 UTC
Elephants died after being struck by lightening near Bamuni Hills in Kandali, Nagaon district, in Assam on Wednesday night.
Elephants died after being struck by lightening near Bamuni Hills in Kandali, Nagaon district, in Assam on Wednesday night.
A bolt of lightning is believed to have killed a herd of at least 18 elephants in central Assam's Nagaon district on Wednesday night.

The incident happened in the hilly Kandali Proposed Reserve Forest in the Forest Department's Kathiatoli Range, officials said.

"The local staff said 18 elephants have died and lightning is most likely the cause," Assam's Chief Wildlife Warden, M.K. Yadava told The Hindu.

"There have been cases of lightning striking animals down. Lightning claimed five elephants in West Bengal some time ago, but this is huge," he said.

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Solar Flares

Earth's magnetic field just struggled with a weak CME: Sign of the times

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Fri, 14 May 2021 05:47 UTC
City blackout


On May 12, a weak Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) released from the Sun hit Earth. The event was supposed to pass by uneventfully — it would perhaps spark a few auroras, but nothing more. So how did a strong G3 geomagnetic storm ensue?

Nobody was expecting a level 3 event from this CME.

Nobody saw the KP Index hitting 7.

Comment: See also:

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Seismograph

Shallow M6.6 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra


India Today
Fri, 14 May 2021 07:40 UTC
Sumatra earthquake map
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck off the northwest coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The Indonesia earthquake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

Indonesia's weather and geophysics agency, BMKG, put the quake at 7.2 magnitude and at a depth of km but said it had no potential to trigger a tsunami wave.

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of northwest Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.
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Seismograph

Strong M6.0 earthquake strikes off Japan's Fukushima prefecture


Yahoo News
Fri, 14 May 2021 02:39 UTC
Japan earthquake map
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has rattled northeastern Japan, but authorities have not issued a tsunami warning.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property on Friday and no abnormalities were found at the region's nuclear power facilities, including the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, according to the Nuclear Regulation Authority.

The quake occurred at 8.58am (0958 AEST), its epicentre off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of 40 kilometres, the Meteorological Agency said.

In February, a magnitude-7.3 quake also struck the northeast, killing one person and injuring about 190 others.

Japan recently observed the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 quake and resulting tsunami in the same region on March 11, 2011, which left about 18,400 dead or missing.
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Tropical storm Andres forms in Pacific, earliest on record; another busy Atlantic hurricane season expected

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Mon, 10 May 2021 19:38 UTC
hurricane andres earliest 2021
© National Hurricane CenterAndres is the earliest eastern tropical Pacific (to 140°W) named storm formation on record
Tropical Storm Andres is the earliest named storm to develop in the eastern Pacific Ocean, surpassing Adrian in 2017. Andres became a tropical storm on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

Andres formed off the southwest coast of Mexico Sunday, had sustained winds of 40 mph and moved out to sea at six mph.

"Increasing southwesterly to westerly shear and drier air to the west of the cyclone should prevent any significant additional strengthening," the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.
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