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Landslide triggered by Typhoon Rosita buries building in Philippines, 30 feared dead

Artemio Dumlao
The Philippine Star
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:30 UTC
rescuers dig through the earth to search for survivors after a massive landslide in Natonin ...

Rescuers dig through the earth to search for survivors after a massive landslide in Natonin.
At least 30 persons are feared dead after a landslide buried a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) building in Mountain Province at the height of Typhoon Rosita yesterday afternoon.

Mud, rocks and boulders totally covered the building, which allegedly served as an evacuation center for an undetermined number of villagers and DPWH personnel on duty, in Sitio Imisan, Barangay Alonogan in Natonin town at around 4 p.m.

The building housed the DPWH's Mountain Province Second District Engineering Office in the Cordillera Autonomous Region.

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Ski resorts in the Alps report 1.8m (six feet) of fresh October snowfall since the weekend

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:00 UTC
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Verbier has announced they'll be opening some slopes this Friday, November 2nd, following heavy snowfall across the Alps, which brought the Swiss resort 60cm of fresh snow so far.

"The Indian summer has indeed ended and gave way to a winter scenery that has been on the station for a few days. Indeed, more than 60cm of fresh snow cover the slopes of Lac des Vaux. Thanks to this snowfall and the machine-made snow, we can open our domain as of Friday 2 November with excellent conditions," a resort statement reads.

The opening of the Attelas-Ruinettes sector will follow as soon as possible according to the next weather conditions and the work done by our snowmakers.


Comment: Xinhua reported on Oct 30th that:
According to ANSA, at least 170 people have been stuck in a hotel near the Stelvio Pass in the mountains between Italy's northeastern Trentino region and Switzerland for the past three days due to record snowfall, making access impossible.
(ANSA is an Italian news agency.)

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Heavy snowfall in Algeria

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:59 UTC
Snow Algeria
Army intervenes to provide assistance in snow removal, blocked roads and tracks.

29 Oct 2018 - Detachments of the National People's Army (ANP) in Sidi Bel Abbes intervened at the level of the communes of Dhaya, Oued-Sbaa and Tamlaka to open up these localities which experienced heavy snowfall during the last 48 hours, said Monday a statement from the Department of National Defense (DND).

The statement added that the elements of the ANP" have provided assistance to citizens and proceeded to snow removal. blocked roads and tracks ".

Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for these links

Comment: At the same time just to the west of Algeria early snowfall blanketed Ifrane in Morocco to a depth of 30 centimeters (almost one foot).

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Wildfire kills at least seven people in South Africa


Obiaks News
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:23 UTC
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At least seven people have been killed in a raging fire along South Africa's popular Garden Route in the Western Cape province, officials say.

A pregnant woman, two toddlers, and a baby are among the fatalities.

"The fire remains active on the slopes," Lauren Howard from Working on Fire said about their operation in the mountainous suburb.

The Garden Route is a 300km (185 mile) scenic stretch of road popular with tourists.

It is not clear whether any foreign nationals have been affected by the fires.

George city officials say at least 200 residents have been moved to a hall and that three suburbs, housing more than 1,500 people, have been evacuated as a precaution.

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At least 11 dead as violent storms buffet Italy for two days


The Daily Mail
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:32 UTC
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© Associated Press
Workers cut up and remove a fallen tree a day after strong winds and rain hit the city, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.
Heavy rains and high winds buffeting much of Italy have killed 11 people over two days as Venice officials lamented Tuesday one of the worst floods ever to strike the city's famed St. Mark's Basilica.

Many of the deaths were due to trees crashing down on cars and pedestrians. The victims also included a woman who was buried by mud when a landslide invaded her home near Trento in northern Italy and a man who was slammed against rocks while wind surfing in Emilia-Romagna.

The other fatalities occurred in Naples, Liguria, Lazio and Veneto, where authorities found a 61-year-old man whose body had been swept more than a kilometer (half a mile) away from his car.
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USGS: Yellowstone supervolcano threat level changed to 'high'

Mac Slavo
SHTFplan
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
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The United States Geological Survey has increased the Yellowstone supervolcano threat to "high." This is the first time that the USGS has updated its volcano threat assessments list since 2006.

The USGS said that 11 of the 18 volcanoes they have classified as a "high threat" or a "very high threat" are located in Washington, Oregon, or California, "where explosive and often snow - and ice-covered edifices can project hazards long distances to densely populated and highly developed areas."

According to the Epoch Times, the danger list is topped by Kilauea in Hawaii, which has been erupting continuously in 2018. Mount St. Helens as well as Mount Rainier in Washington, Alaska's Redoubt Volcano, and California's Mount Shasta are also in the top five, according to what the USGS has said.
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Rare waterspout filmed off United Arab Emirates coast

Derek Baldwin
Gulf News
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:06 UTC
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A rare fair-weather waterspout swirled across coastal waters off Ras Al Khaimah late Tuesday morning, said the national weather bureau.

The National Centre of Meteorology in Abu Dhabi posted an eyewitness video of the waterspout air-and-water column moving swiftly along coastal waters appearing to have dropped out of the storm clouds that have draped the north eastern reaches of the UAE since Sunday bringing heavy rains.

There were no reports of any injuries on Tuesday morning from boats that may have been in the area.

The funnel cloud appears to have extended several thousand feet into low-level clouds.

Mohammad Al Khajeh, a national weather forecaster, confirmed the video was posted on Tuesday shortly after 11am on the weather centre's twitter account.

"It's rare," Al Khajeh said


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Rare floods hit Iran's Qeshm Island in Persian Gulf


Tasnim News Agency
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:46 UTC
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Rare floods hit Iran's southern island of Qeshm in Persian Gulf region.

Iran's southern Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf was hit by rain and storm, which caused financial damage to the half a century old city market and floated cars in the middle of the street.

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Ice Age Farmer Report: Egypt: Police for potato shortage - GLOBAL WHEAT CRISIS - Speculators aggravating food scarcity


Ice Age Farmer
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:21 UTC
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The GLOBAL WHEAT CRISIS is arrived. Speculators are aggravating food scarcity as we enter the Grand Solar Minimum. Egyptian police have taken custody of potatoes and are selling them at artificial prices. Expect the state to do much more as conditions worsen - and START GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD NOW.


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Sinkhole swallows car in Woburn, Massachusetts


whdh.com
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:56 UTC
Sinkhole swallows car in Woburn

Sinkhole swallows car in Woburn
A motorist escaped injury early Tuesday morning when their car fell into a sinkhole created by a water main break.

Officers responding to the intersection of Olympia and Wildwood avenues just before 4 a.m. found the back-end of the car sticking out of the sinkhole.

The driver was uninjured.

The intersection has been shut down as crews worked to repair the water main break.

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