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10 feet of snow falls in Majella, Italy

Robert Felix
iceagenow.info
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:19 UTC
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Snow in Abruzzo
So much snow that chairlifts are buried.

Bad weather in Abruzzo has brought exceptional accumulations of snow to the Apennines, with the Majella the most affected.

It snowed nearly three meters on Majella, on the Passolanciano-Maielletta site at 1,350meters.

Accumulations are even more significant at a higher altitude.

In one of the photos, you can see the chairlift submerged in an exceptional white blanket.

With so much snow, all ski resorts in the region plan to remain open long.

See photos and video:

Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link

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Balkans blizzards trigger landslides, leave thousands without power


Reuters
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:00 UTC
bosnia snowfall

A blizzard which dumped 2.5 meters (8 feet) of snow on mountains around Sarajevo has isolated dozens of Bosnian mountain villages and left them without electricity.
A man was killed in Bosnia and more than 100,000 homes across the Balkans were without electricity on Friday after blizzards brought down power lines and triggered landslides.

The Bosnian died when a tree, dislodged by a landslide, fell on his car near the central town of Zepce.

Dozens of motorists in southwest Bosnia were stranded by the snowstorm, which began on Thursday.

Authorities said more than 50,000 households were without power in Bosnia and over 30,000 in Serbia. Many in Bosnia were also without running water because electricity was cut to pumping stations.

"Teams are out in the field; they are facing heavy and wet snow and have to constantly remove broken trees that damaged power lines," Milovan Glisic, a Serbian electricity official, told Reuters.
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Detroit, Michigan breaks 114-year old cold weather record


CBS News - Detroit
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:09 UTC
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According to the National Weather Service, the low temperature Friday morning was zero degrees, breaking the old record of 2 degrees set in 1901.

It's one of many cold weather records we've broken this winter, according Accuweather Meteorologist Brian Thompson.

"It's the sixth record low that we've hit this year and most of them have occurred in the last few weeks," he said.

It's not going to get much warmer Friday, with highs barely reaching 20 degrees. But don't worry, temperatures will finally feel a little more like normal this weekend, with highs in the 40s and mainly sunny skies.

Here's the local forecast from the CBS Detroit weather team:

Friday: A mix of clouds and sun. High 24F. Low 19F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph.

Saturday: Cloudy with snow showers mainly during the morning. High 39F. Low 28F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 40%.

Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sunshine. A few flurries or snow showers possible. High around 40F. Low 27F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Sun and a few passing clouds. High 43F. Low 29F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
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Cougar captured at Promenade mall in Temecula, California

Peter Surowski
The Press-Enterprise
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 20:45 UTC
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© Joe Fanaselle
A mountain lion lies sedated in the bed of a pickup truck in the Promenade mall parking lot in Temecula.
A mountain lion that wandered into the Promenade mall parking lot in Temecula was tranquilized for removal but died shortly after, an official said.

At least one witness called the Riverside County Sheriff's Department reporting the lion walking near the Macy's store early Friday morning, March 6. The sheriff's department called in a Fish and Wildlife warden who used an air-powered gun to shoot it with a tranquilizer dart, said Kyle Orr, a spokesman with Fish and Wildlife.

As officials were taking the adult male lion into the wilderness, it died, Orr said.

The cause of death is unknown and a necropsy is planned, but in general, when an animal dies after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, the two most common causes are damage done by the needle and a bad reaction to the drug, Orr said.

The animal was not acting aggressively but because the area is so densely populated by humans, removing it was a necessity, he said.
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Aggressive badger shuts down hotel in Stockholm, Sweden

Ben Hooper
upi.com
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:19 UTC
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Another day, another badger. This one was spotted on the prowl in Solna, Sweden in 2009.
A luxury hotel in the Swedish capital was on lockdown early Friday due to "a crazy or stressed-out badger" refusing to let anyone near the door, police said.

Stockholm police said the badger was spotted near the entrance of the Radisson Blu hotel about 5 a.m. Friday and authorities were called when the animal acted aggressive toward anyone who attempted to get in or out of the building.

"A crazy or stressed-out badger is preventing the staff and clients at a major hotel from leaving their cars, and from picking up their bags," a report on the Stockholm Police website said.


Comment: See also: Badgers in shock attack on walker and dog in North Wootton, United Kingdom

More strange animal behaviour: Cyclist reports attack by badger in Swindon, UK

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Indian Air Force rescues 220 civilians trapped by heavy snowfall in Kashmir


china.org.cn
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 17:17 UTC
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Snowfall in Kashmir
Indian military said Thursday that Indian Air Force (IAF) rescued 220 civilians including women and children trapped in a remote snowbound area of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

The people, according to spokesman, were stranded in snowbound villages of Navpachchi and Sondar of Kishtwar district, around 275 km northeast of Jammu city, the winter capital of Indian- controlled Kashmir. "The Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifted as many as 220 people trapped in snow hit Kishtwar district on Wednesday," Indian military spokesman Lt Col Manish Mehta said.

"Braving piercing snow waves, and extreme cold conditions, IAF' s MI-17 Chopper in assistance with the local administration airlifted these people from the villages."

The villagers were stranded in these villages for past several days, following a heavy snowfall that cut off the road links to the area.

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Arrow Down

Family abandons home after sinkhole appears in Sechelt, Canada

John Gleeson
Coast Reporter
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:03 UTC
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© Rik Jespersen
A three-metre-deep sinkhole opened up on this property on Gale Ave. North, in West Porpoise Bay on Feb. 26.
The District of Sechelt was scrambling this week after a three-metre-deep sinkhole emerged on a residential property on Gale Avenue North in the Seawatch subdivision on Feb. 26, prompting the family to leave their home.

The District was scheduling meetings with a geotechnical engineering firm it has retained and the geotechnical firm connected with the developer, Concordia Seawatch Ltd., communications manager Connie Jordison said Wednesday.

Jordison said a second property could also be affected.

"There's a property across the road on lot 9 showing signs of there being an impact on the driveway area, and that house I don't believe is occupied," she said.

A meeting was held Tuesday night with a large group of residents to update them on the problem and the District's response.

The District is continuing to monitor the situation and closed a portion of the road to vehicular traffic as a precautionary measure.
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Agricultural nutrient pollution found to reduce rivers and streams ability to support life


Phys.org
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:56 UTC
stream nutrients
© Jon Benstead/University of Alabama
David Manning, a University of Georgia doctoral student, and John Kominoski, a former UGA postdoctoral researcher who is now an assistant professor at Florida International University, perform maintenance on the pump used to add nutrients to one of the streams in their experiment.
An important food resource has been disappearing from streams without anyone noticing until now.

In a new study published March 6 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by University of Georgia ecologists reports that nutrient pollution causes a significant loss of forest-derived carbon from stream ecosystems, reducing the ability of streams to support aquatic life.

The findings show that the in-stream residence time of carbon from leaves, twigs and other forest matter, which provide much of the energy that fuels stream food webs, is cut in half when moderate amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus are added to a stream.

"This study shows how excess nutrients reduce stream health in a way that was previously unknown," said the study's lead author Amy D. Rosemond, an associate professor in the UGA Odum School of Ecology.

Stream food webs are based on carbon from two main sources. One is algae, which produce carbon through photosynthesis. Nutrient pollution has long been known to increase carbon production by algae, often causing nuisance and harmful algal blooms. The second source is leaves and bits of wood from streamside forests. This forest-derived carbon typically persists year-round, making it a staple food resource for stream organisms.

Comment: More proof that industrial agricultural practices are contributing to the degradation of the environment as well as the overall health of populations.

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Rare snow on Huntington Beach plus waterspouts near Los Angeles

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:31 UTC
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Yes you read that headline correctly. Yesterday in Huntington Beach there was snow. And, in Redondo Beach, waterspouts were reported. I'm sure it won't be long before somebody tries to blame these weather events on "global warming" which is fast becoming the "universal bogeyman" for any weather event.

And in downtown:

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Massive snowfall in mid-Atlantic states

Robert Felix
iceagenow.info
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:11 UTC
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Snow covered much of West Virginia Thursday.
Hundreds of thousands without power - Ice shutting down roads from Virginia to Mississippi to Louisiana to Alabama - D.C. government offices shut down - Almost no mention on national media.

A storm system will continue to blast areas from Texas to New York with widespread snow and flooding rain through Thursday, says accuweather.com.

"Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour will occur at times from south of New York City to Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia," AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said.

Some 40,000 customers are without power in West Virginia and at least 19,000 in Ohio, where snow is hindering restoration efforts in some areas.

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