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Hurricane Florence brings whale ashore on Caswell Beach, North Carolina

Zachery Eanes
The News and Observer
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 10:40 UTC
A dead whale washed up ashore in Caswell Beach, N.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.
© Chad Hicks
A dead whale washed up ashore in Caswell Beach, N.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.
Chad Hicks, the town administrator for Caswell Beach, said the small beach town on Oak Island is doing pretty well — at least compared to some of its neighboring towns — in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

"If it wasn't for all the limbs and siding down, it would look almost normal," he said, estimating around 50 people weathered the storm out there.

The golf course on the town's side of the island, around 30 minutes south of Wilmington, probably had the most severe damage, losing a lot of its trees and flooding, he added.

One thing that did stand out to residents, however, was the whale that washed ashore after the storm.
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Warning over whale carcass at Wattamolla beach in New South Wales, Australia

Andrew Pearson
Illawarra Mercury
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 10:46 UTC
The whale carcass floating upside down
© Anthony Turner / Surf Life Saving Illawarra
The whale carcass floating upside down in the water off Wattamolla beach in the Royal National Park on Sunday.
Visitors to a beach in the Royal National Park, north of Wollongong, have been told to steer clear of the water.

A dead whale floating close to Wattamolla beach has increased shark activity in the area, forcing the closure of the popular swimming spot amid safety fears.

An alert on the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) website has urged visitors not to swim, snorkel or scuba dive at the beach "due to a decaying whale carcass and shark activity that is currently in the immediate area".

Penalties apply, the NPWS has warned.
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"Aggressive" green crabs threaten Canada's coastal ecosystem


Sputnik
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:40 UTC
green crab canada
© YouTube/Wochit News
A new variety of green crabs is characterized by its aggressiveness.

Crab-mutants threaten the populations of blue and sand mussels and destroy algae on the rocky coast of Maine, US.

Green crabs have inhabited the northern United States since the late 19th century but have recently interbred with other species of crabs that come from the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada. A new subspecies poses a threat to local inhabitants, LiveScience reported.

Comment: While the human population may be unhappy with the new set up, messing around with nature can often have seriously negative, unintended consequences: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Are Cells the Intelligent Designers? Why Creationists and Darwinists Are Both Wrong

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Summer isn't officially over, but Whistler Blackcomb ski resort in British Columbia is already looking like a winter wonderland

Carol Xu
Global News
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:37 UTC
Whistler Blackcomb

Whistler Blackcomb
The official start to fall is still a few days away, but snow is already falling at Whistler Blackcomb.

Photos from Whistler Blackcomb show a significant dusting of snow at the peak of Whistler Mountain.

The last opportunity to walk the Raven's Eye Cliff Walk and Raven's Eye Cliff Walk was interrupted by snow.

A webcam located 2,182 metres at the Whistler Peak showed a thin layer of snow covering the ground on Tuesday.

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As Hurricane Florence flooding recedes, dead fish cover eastern North Carolina highways


Sputnik
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 16:39 UTC
dead fish road hurrican florence
© Twitter/Matrixity
Hurricane Florence aftermath
US fire crews dealing with the clean-up operation after hurricane floodwaters receded made an unexpected discovery: dead fish spread across the highway.

The flooding from the deadly hurricane pushed the fish from their natural habitat and scattered them along an interstate highway, the Penderlea Fire Department posted on Facebook on Saturday.

"Well, we can add 'washing fish off of the interstate' to the long list of interesting things firefighters get to experience!" it said.

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Tornado rips through Ottawa and Gatinea areas in Canada


Ottawa Citizen
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:50 UTC
tornado ontario
© Michelle Walters/Postmedia
Damage after the tornado that hit Ottawa on September 21, 2018. Quarry Co-Op on McCarthy Rd.
The scenes of destruction began to flood social media Friday evening as the region began to pick up the pieces in the wake of a possible tornado.

Those who had been in the middle of it, others who had captured dramatic shots from a safer distance, began to post their photos and video of the dramatic events.

Vehicles flattened by fallen trees, homes with roofs ripped off, toppled hydro poles and power lines, there was a steady stream of powerful images.

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Snowflake

Saskatchewan hit with early snow - up to 6 inches

Bette Lemke
CBC News
Sat, 22 Sep 2018 11:01 UTC
Bette Lemke, who lives in Elbow, said about 15 cm of snow covered her yard when she woke up Saturday morning.
© Bette Lemke
Bette Lemke, who lives in Elbow, said about 15 cm of snow covered her yard when she woke up Saturday morning.
Kindersley, Rosetown and Outlook receive 15 cm on day of autumn equinox

Summer is leaving Saskatchewan with a rude, and powdery, awakening for residents.

Many woke up to snow across the province on Saturday — the day of the autumnal equinox — with areas including Kindersley, Rosetown and Outlook receiving up to 15 centimetres of the white stuff overnight, according to Environment Canada.

Bette Lemke, who lives in Elbow, said she was surprised when she got out of bed at 7 a.m. to see the fences, trees and deck in her yard were all heaped with snow.

"I looked out my bedroom window to a winter wonderland," she said.
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Snowflake

Ice Age Farmer Report: Snowiest summer ever - Early frost in corn belt - "Why the blurb?"


Ice Age Farmer
Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:22 UTC
Warren Sekulic's crops were flattened under the snow that fell on northern Alberta Wednesday, leaving him in disbelief and more than a little angry.

Warren Sekulic's crops were flattened under the snow that fell on northern Alberta Wednesday, leaving him in disbelief and more than a little angry.
Here in physical reality, the Earth is cooling, and the signs are ubiquitous: Obscene amounts of summer snow in Alberta, and inbound in Iceland. Early frosts returning to the US corn belt. The southern hemisphere as well. Physical reality reigns supreme over the diktat of the global warming alarmists -- although they will try to censor the truth as long as possible -- but we must prepare for the cooler times ahead.


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Rice crop wipe out - 200 year floods - Golden waterspouts


Adapt 2030
Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:43 UTC
The shoreline of the town of Aparri on the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Friday. Typhoon Mangkhut hit Luzon on Saturday
© CreditCreditFrancis R. Malasig/EPA
The shoreline of the town of Aparri on the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Friday. Typhoon Mangkhut hit Luzon on Saturday
Northern Philippines lost almost all agriculture in the fields as Typhoon Mangkhut passed over ripening and mature crops at the end of the summer grow season, an instant flip from export to imports with food inflation expected @10%. Golden sunset water spouts in France, once in 200 year floods in Mexico and expected massive dips in temperature over Europe in the coming week.


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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorms wreak havoc on crops in 6 villages in Uganda

Yazid Yolisigira
Daily Monitor
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:32 UTC
Ms Jane Byakika in her cassava plantation which was destroyed by a hailstorm over the weekend.
© Yazid Yolisigira
Ms Jane Byakika in her cassava plantation which was destroyed by a hailstorm over the weekend.
More than 800 farmers across six villages in Buwunga Sub-county, Bugiri District are counting losses after hailstorms destroyed their crops over the weekend.

The affected villages include; Bubogo, Katala, Nambale, Kayeigu, Mutumba and Bugomba.

According to residents, the heavy downpour which was characterised by windstorm, started on Saturday at about 5pm, destroying plantations of rice, watermelon, cassava, maize, beans, groundnuts, soybeans and bananas among others.

When this reporter visited the affected villages 17 hours later, ice pellets were still visible on the ground.

Ms Jane Byakika, a resident of Nambale Village, one of the affected farmers, said she lost one-and-a-half acres of cassava, dashing all her hopes for a bumper harvest.

"All my hopes are gone! The hailstorms have taken me to zero and I don't know where I will get food," she said.
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