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Popocatépetl Volcano spews ash on Mexico City


wtnh.com
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:10 UTC
Popocatepetl volcano

Popocatepetl volcano
Ash spewing from the Popocatepetl volcano has reached the southern neighborhoods of Mexico's capital.

The National Center for Disaster Prevention warned Mexicans on Saturday to stay away from the volcano after activity picked up in the crater and it registered 183 emissions of gas and ash over 24 hours.

The center was monitoring multiple rumblings and tremors. Images on social media showed thin layers of ash coating car windshields in neighborhoods of Mexico City such as Xochimilco.

Geophysicists have noticed an increase in activity at the volcano that sits 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of the capital since a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked central Mexico in September 2017. The volcano known as "Don Goyo" has been active since 1994.


Source: AP
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Turrialba Volcano shows high ash emission in Costa Rica


Prensa Latina
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:04 UTC
Turrialba Volcano

Turrialba Volcano
The Turrialba volcano has shown a strong ash emanation on Monday, after the strong eruptions of the past 12 hours on this Costa Rican hill in the province of Cartago, some 70 kilometers southeast of San Jose.

A report from the Vulcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (Ovsicori) states the Turrialba began its emanations at 22:00 local time this Sunday and still remains, when the column rises to about 500 meters above the crater.

At dawn, Turrialba Volcano is covered with a great amount of ash emanation, which is blowed by the wind towards the northeast with influence on Guapiles, Pocora and surrounding places', in the direction of the Caribbean coast, indicates Ovsicori, belonging to the National University.

The eruptions of the 3,340-meter-high colossus -the second highest in the country after Irazu, measuring 3,432 meters- have been active since January 2010. They generally affect the Central Valley, home to 60 percent of the country's five million inhabitants.

Arenal, Irazu, Poas, Rincon de la Vieja and Turrialba are the five active volcanoes out of the 150 existing in Costa Rica, according to the most recent geological data.
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Earthquake swarm in monster volcano Bárðarbunga, Iceland


Iceland Magazine
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:59 UTC
One of the cauldrons in the ice cap of Vatnajökull
© Tómas Guðbjartsson
One of the cauldrons in the ice cap of Vatnajökull above the monster volcano Bárðarbunga.
A sharp earthquake swarm was detected in the Bárðarbunga caldera early morning today, Monday. A 3.0 magnitude quake, with an epicenter 7.6 km (4.7 mi) east of Bárðarbunga peak, on the eastern edge of the caldera of the central volcano, at a depth of 3.4 km (2.1 miles) was detected at 6:09 in the morning. Half a dozen smaller aftershocks were detected.

The Bárðarbunga system has been showing increasing levels of activity for the past year or so, following the 2014-15 Holuhraun eruption at the northern edge of the system.
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Barren Island volcano (Indian Ocean): new eruption since late September


Volcano Discovery
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:49 UTC
Hot spots at Barren Island volcano suggesting
© MODIS / Univ. Hawaii
Hot spots at Barren Island volcano suggesting lava flows from the crater on the northern flank of the cone
A new eruption seems to be going on at the remote island (the only active volcano of India): since around 25 Sep, a strong thermal signal has been visible on satellite data and suggests lava flows on the north flank of the active cone, probably reaching the NW coast.
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Lightning bolt kills two teenagers, hits nine others in Nigeria

Taiwo Jimoh and Stanley Ihedigbo
New Telegraph
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:29 UTC
lightning
Panic has gripped residents of Kuniyi community in Shagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, as lightning struck 11 people, killing two teenagers on Sunday.

The victims, a boy and girl, were said to have been struck dead while playing football. The deceased are identified as Emmanuel (male) and Ogechi (female). Bodies of the victims were not removed until yesterday morning. An early morning rain was said to have fallen on the bodies.

According to witnesses, the incident occurred about 2p.m. on Sunday at Kuniyi Primary School Football Pitch.
It was learnt that immediately the lightning struck, its bolt got 11 people, but nine were later revived by residents, while the two teenagers died.

A resident of the community, Pastor Idowu Johnson, described the incident as unfortunate.
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Powerful aftershocks strike Indonesia days after deadly earthquake & tsunami


RT
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:16 UTC
Indonesia quake damage

Antara Foto / Muhammad Adimaja via Reuters
A series of powerful aftershocks, ranging between 5 and 6 in magnitude, have rattled Indonesia just days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc across the island of Sulawesi, killing hundreds.

The most powerful 6.0 aftershock, according to the USGS, was recorded off Sumba Island, some 30km southwest of Nggongi at a depth of 10km, after at least four other jolts, measuring between 5.0 and 5.9, shook the region. There were no immediate tsunami alerts or reports of casualties or damage.

The country's National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure meanwhile measured the most powerful jolt at 6.3 magnitude, emphasizing that no tsunami was expected following the aftershocks.

A devastating 7.4 earthquake hit the region of Sulawesi on Friday, triggering a huge destructive tsunami. So far, 844 have been confirmed dead with the death toll expected to climb.


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The government is still struggling with the scale of destruction, with locals becoming desperate to receive food and other emergency supplies.
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SilverStar, Big White ski resorts in British Columbia, see early snowfall


Keremeos Review
Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:06 UTC
Snow falling at SilverStar Mountain Resort Sunday, Sept. 30.
© Brieanna Charlebois/Morning Star
Snow falling at SilverStar Mountain Resort Sunday, Sept. 30.
While September is ready to give-way to October in the Valley, it seems Mother Nature has decided to skip straight to winter at SilverStar Mountain Resort.

The fluffy white stuff began to fall and leave a thin blanket in the village Sunday, Sept. 30, nearly two months before the Nordic season tentatively starts Nov. 16 and the Alpine season Nov. 22.

Last year, which was a record-breaking year at the resort, saw its first snowfall Sept. 18.

Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna also saw light snow Sunday.

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100-year-old September cold record broken, snowy start to October in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Peter Quinlan
Global News
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:57 UTC
September 2018 was 4 degrees colder than normal with slightly above average precipitation in Saskatoon.
© SkyTracker Weather
September 2018 was 4 degrees colder than normal with slightly above average precipitation in Saskatoon.
Century-old cold record shattered as snow slides in to start October.

Cool and wet September

September 2018 was way colder than normal in Saskatoon with temperatures trending a whopping four degrees cooler than normal overall.

Most of that was on the daytime high side of the scale with the mercury averaging out an impressive 5.4 degrees cooler than seasonal with overnight lows 2.5 degrees below normal.

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Snowflake

Southern Saskatchewan hit with snow on first day of October

Shawn Knox
Global News
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:52 UTC
On the first day of October southern Saskatchewan woke up to a white blanket of snow covering the ground.
© Taryn Snell / Global News
On the first day of October southern Saskatchewan woke up to a white blanket of snow covering the ground.
On the first day of October southern Saskatchewan woke up to a white blanket of snow covering the ground.

According to Environment Canada, Regina and area have seen periods of light snow that will last throughout the morning but by afternoon we should see a high of eight degrees.

On Tuesday Southern Saskatchewan will see periods of mixed snow and rain throughout the day with a high of three degrees.

"We are looking at another system moving in tonight so that will spread some snow and rain in the south west into the evening and that will be pushing through southern Saskatchewan tomorrow, so a better chance of accumulating snow tomorrow maybe looking at a few centimetres especially in areas just to the north of Regina," said Environment Canada Meteorologist Mark Melsness.
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'Catastrophic' floods rising on Amazon River, say scientists


Floodlist
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:30 UTC
Flooding near Manaus, Brazil 2009. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 Team

Flooding near Manaus, Brazil 2009. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 Team
Severe flooding on the Amazon has increased amid changing weather patterns, and is harming the health and incomes of people living along the world's biggest river, scientists said.

Analysing more than 100 years of records measuring Amazon River levels in the port of Manaus in Brazil, they found extreme floods that occurred roughly once every 20 years in the first part of last century are now happening about every four years.

"There are catastrophic effects on the lives of the people as the drinking water gets flooded, and the houses get completely destroyed," said Jonathan Barichivich, environmental scientist at the Universidad Austral de Chile.
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