Earth Changes

Deadly storms move through southeastern United States

The Watchers
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC

Intense and damaging thunderstorms moved over the southern Plains and into the Southeast over the past couple of days, dumping heavy rain and producing strong winds and 17 reported tornadoes. At least 2 people have lost their lives, one in Texas and another in Mississippi.

The first storms and tornadoes formed near Dallas and Houston, TX before noon local time, Wednesday, October 31. By the end of the day, the storms extended all the way to extreme southeastern Oklahoma and northern Arkansas.

Large hail was reported in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and far-southeastern Oklahoma Wednesday evening, AccuWeather reports. Parts of Houston experienced heavy flooding.

Trumpeting sounds heard in San Diego, California

Sott.net
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 01:57 UTC

YouTube user 'Sandra Villarreal' posted a clip of 'strange trumpeting sounds' she heard on October 16, 2018.

More than 30 killed & 14 million trees destroyed as extreme storms devastate Italy in 'one of the most complex meteorological situations of the past 50 to 60 years' - UPDATES

RT
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:43 UTC

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The partially submerged home in Calsteldaccia on Sunday, November 4, where a family of nine died

Ten people, including a family of nine, have died in floods around Palermo on the southern island of Sicily. It comes one week into Italy's worst storms and flooding in decades, which have claimed the lives of at least 20 people.

The family, including children aged one, three and 15, were found in their villa in Casteldaccia after the Milicia river burst its banks and submerged their house, rescue services said on Sunday. Separately in Sicily, another person was found dead in his jeep after being hit by flood water, while two other people are still missing.

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Update: Reuters reports death toll rises to 17, 14 million trees destroyed

Heavy rain and gales devastating parts of Italy have claimed two more lives, taking the overall death toll to at least 17, and laid waste to vast swathes of forest.

A German tourist died on Friday when hit by lightning on the island of Sardinia while another person struck by lightning several days ago died in hospital, Italy's Civil Protection Agency said on Saturday.

A spokeswoman said 17 deaths related to the severe weather had been reported to the Agency so far.
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Fallen trees are seen in the water of Piave River near Belluno, Italy, November 3, 2018
Many of the victims to date have been killed by falling trees. Coldiretti, the association of Italian agricultural companies, said in a statement that gales had destroyed around 14 million trees, many in the far north.

Areas from the far northeast to Sicily in the southwest have been affected by the storms, with the worst damage in the northern regions of Trentino and Veneto - the region around Venice - where villages and roads have been cut off by landslides.

In the Alps near Belluno, 100 km (60 miles) north of Venice, pine trees and red spruces were snapped wholesale like matchsticks.
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Fallen trees are seen in the mountain near Belluno, Italy, November 3, 2018.
The surface of the Comelico Superiore dam, farther north near the Austrian border, was covered with the trunks of trees that had fallen into the Piave river.

"We'll need at least a century to return to normality," Coldiretti said.

Update: Nov 5th: Flooding and strong winds from Italy's deadly storms have claimed the lives of over 30 people, rescue services have said.

More footage has emerged showing the devastating storm damage.

'Must be our version of the sound of the apocalypse': Strange sounds heard in western Ireland

Sott.net
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:05 UTC

YouTuber 'Christopher Conroy 666F13' uploaded video footage of 'strange apocalyptic sounds' he heard in Ireland's sky on October 19,2018. He describes the sound as 'metal - bending and warping'.

Moroccans mourn death of shepherd found stuck in snow

Safaa Kasraoui
Morocco World News
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 18:10 UTC

Citizens in Bouiblane mountain, in the Middle Atlas in Taza (northern Morocco), found a frozen dead body of a Moroccan shepherd who was missing for nearly a week.

A week after his disappearance, a group of inhabitants in the region of Taza found the body of Hamid Baali buried in the snow.

A video has gone viral on social media that shows the shepherd dead, frozen, and covered in snow.

The shepherd had gone to the mountain to save his flock from the snowstorm. Citizens who noticed Baali's absence called the authorities to search for the shepherd.

'That is so weird': Strange noise heard in The Netherlands sky

Sott.net
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 17:49 UTC

On October 15, 2018, YouTube user 'Colonel Robert Gould Shaw' uploaded footage of strange sounds he heard in The Netherlands sky.

California struck by 39 earthquakes in 24 hrs, scientists observe 'movement along the San Andreas Fault'

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC

A series of large earthquakes has rattled California over the last 24 hours, and scientists are telling us that the shaking was the result of "movement along the San Andreas Fault system". In recent months there has been an alarming amount of seismic activity all along "the Ring of Fire", and there have been times when the number of global earthquakes has been way above normal. Could it be possible that all of this unusual seismic activity is leading up to something? As you will see below, experts are telling us that we are overdue for the "Big One" to hit California. And when it does eventually strike, it could be far worse than most people would dare to imagine.

Most of the 39 significant earthquakes that have struck California within the last 24 hours have happened along the San Andreas Fault. The following comes from CBS News...

A swarm of earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault, the largest measuring a 4.1 magnitude, rumbled through the Hollister area and the Salinas Valley Friday morning. CBS San Francisco, citing officials, reports the quakes rattled nerves but caused no major damage.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 4.1 quake hit at 5:58 a.m. PDT 12 miles southwest of the small community of Tres Pinos. It was followed by quakes measuring 3.6, 3.2 and 3.0.

Volcano Ebeko on Kuril Islands, Russia spews ash 2.8 miles

Sputnik
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 10:33 UTC

The volcano Ebeko on Paramushir Island, in Russia's Kuril Islands archipelago, spewed out a column of ash to a height of 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles), the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry's department in the Far Eastern Sakhalin Region said in a statement on Sunday.

"On November 4, the emergencies control center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry's department in the Sakhalin Region received information that the Ebeko volcano was seen spewing ash to a height of up to 4.5 kilometers. The plume of ash has moved to the northeast of the volcano, to a distance of up to five kilometers," the statement read.

Strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks the Philippines

Sputnik
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 10:26 UTC

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake occurred at 8 a.m. on November 4 in the Philippines, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMCS) reported.

The epicenter of the quake was located 47 km southwest of the city of Maravi with a population of about 201,000 inhabitants, situated on the island of Mindanao.

The center of the earthquake was at a depth of 603 km (374 miles). Some 35,379,000 people are estimated to have felt weak tremors.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Massive floods Namibian desert - Crop price roundup

Adapt 2030
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 18:55 UTC

One of the driest places on Earth, massive floods, this time Namibia.

World wheat production confirmed at least 4% decrease, and expected further reductions as the last of the delayed harvest are totaled. Oil seed press cake price up so expect meat and egg prices to climb.

Argentina overtakes Australia in wheat experts as Australia continues its descent into a mega-drought.