Earth Changes

Record rainfall from Hurricane Florence causes spill at Duke Energy coal ash landfill near Wilmington, NC

Jason Linkins
Think Progress
Sun, 16 Sep 2018 17:40 UTC

Coal ash, the toxic byproduct of burning coal, poses an environmental threat to areas in the path of Tropical Storm Florence.

The intense rainfall from Tropical Depression Florence has caused the collapse of a slope at a coal ash landfill managed by Duke Energy near Wilmington, North Carolina late Saturday.

The slow-moving storm which made landfall on Friday as a Category 1 hurricane has dumped record amounts of rain - potentially up to 40 inches in some areas - and continues to flood rivers and highways. In Florence's path are also numerous coal ash ponds from power plants - the waste can contain toxins such as mercury, arsenic, and lead.

As Michael Biesecker of the Associated Press reported:

Duke [Energy] spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said Saturday evening that about 2,000 cubic yards (1,530 cubic meters) of ash, enough to fill roughly 180 dump trucks, have been displaced at the Sutton Plant and that contaminated storm water likely flowed into Sutton Lake, the plant's cooling pond.

The company hasn't yet determined if the weir that drains the cooling pond was open or whether any contamination may have flowed into the swollen Cape Fear River.

In a statement Saturday, Duke Energy said "the company does not believe this incident poses a risk to public health or the environment. The company is conducting environmental sampling as well."

Comment: Duke Energy has a history of contaminating North Carolina's waterways:

Last year's huge coal ash spill in North Carolina may cost Duke Energy $100M or the cost of a permit

Duke told North Carolina regulators that more than 3 million gallons of toxic chemicals were leaking near local rivers and lakes every day. The leaks have been traced to 200 different seeps at 14 coal-fired plants. Two seeps in particular leak almost 1 million gallons of waste a day.

Rare earthquake, magnitude-5.6, rocks southwestern Australia

ABC News
Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:09 UTC

A magnitude-5.6 earthquake has hit near the West Australian town of Walpole, about 430 kilometres south-east of Perth, with tremors felt as far away as Perth and Albany.

The earthquake happened about 1:00pm (WST).

Walls were cracked at two homesteads in the Lake Muir region, but there were no other initial reports of damage.

The Bureau of Meteorology WA said there was no tsunami risk to Australia. It said the quake was centred near Lake Muir and forecasters working in its West Perth headquarters felt the building sway.

Senior Geoscience Australia seismologist Phil Cummins said it was the second earthquake to hit the region in a week.

"It occurred roughly between Walpole and Kojonup on the south coast, it was felt all the way from Albany up to Perth," he said.

"It is quite a large earthquake, it is large enough to cause damage but it's unlikely to have done so because it occurred in a relatively remote area."

Watch as Super-typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc in Philippines, Hong Kong and southern China

RT
Sun, 16 Sep 2018 08:17 UTC

Terrified residents are holed up inside trembling buildings in southern China, as Typhoon Mangkhut approaches from the Philippines. Winds were seen tearing apart buildings, causing flooding, and flipping over vehicles.

Hong Kong and nearby Macau issued a rare No. 10 warning signal - the highest level possible - for the typhoon on Sunday. The cities are almost entirely shut down and one of Macau's main attractions, local casinos, were ordered to close for the first time in history, CGTN reports. The disaster has already left five people injured in Macao, according to local media.

Comment: The Day After Tomorrow? A record 7 named storms are whirling across the globe

More footage of typhoon Mangkhut:

And check this out - apparently around the same time of the Typhoon, a tornado was reported:

Kilometers-long cracks dry up water reserves in Kerala, India, following worst flooding in a century

Strange Sounds
Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:00 UTC

A total of 491 people were killed in monsoon rains in Kerala since May 29. But, now the flood-hit state has to face a new problem. Giant earth cracks are drying up rivers and wells. Geologists were sent to investigate the strange post-flood phenomenon.

Pamba River is now almost dry after overflowing during the devastating monsoon rains in Kerala since May 2018.

A series of issues including soaring mercury level, unprecedented dip in water level of rivers, sudden drying-up of wells, depletion of groundwater reserves and mass perishing of earthworms have caused widespread concern in various parts of Kerala after the devastating deluge last month.

Comment: Kerala food stocks down by a third following worst flood in a century

The flood-battered Wayanand district, known for its rich biodiversity, recently experienced an unprecedented mass die-off of earthworms, causing concern among farmers who attributed it to the rapid drying up of earth and change in soil structure.

Comment: According to this video, this has been going on in Kerala since at least May 2018, which is when the monsoon rains were reported to have begun:

All around the world bodies of water are disappearing below ground due to earth movements:

And below you can see just some of the monster sinkholes, gaping fissures and devatating landslides reported recently:

Tropical Storm Florence leaves 11 dead as it dumps 'epic' amount of rainfall on North Carolina

Sharon Marris
Sky News
Sun, 16 Sep 2018 07:26 UTC

There are still rescues underway in the North Carolina town of New Bern

Towns have endured more than two feet of rain and forecasters say that more than three feet of water could bring more flooding

Tropical Storm Florence has left at least 11 people dead as it continues to dump an "epic" amount of rainfall on North Carolina.

Rivers are rising towards record levels as thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate the US state.

President Donald Trump has issued a disaster declaration amid fears North Carolina will experience its most destructive bout of flooding in history.

Some towns have endured more than two feet of rain and forecasters say that more than three feet of water could bring major flooding further inland in the coming days.

A mother and her baby are among those who have been killed by Florence, which was initially categorised as a hurricane with 120mph winds.

By Saturday morning the winds weakened to 50mph but the storm's slow speed means that communities in North Carolina are receiving a prolonged battering by torrential rain.

Walnut-sized hail and flash floods hit Turkey's northern provinces

Daily Sabah
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 06:38 UTC

Walnut-sized hail hammered Turkey's northern Kastamonu province

Provinces across Turkey's Marmara and Black Sea regions were hit with flooding and hailstorms on Thursday afternoon and evening, as rain and thunderstorms are predicted to continue into Friday.

In northern Turkey near the Black Sea, the city of Kastamonu was hit with walnut-sized hail for 20 minutes, smashing windows of vehicles and buildings, and puncturing walls and roof tiles.

The city lost electricity amid the storm. Downed trees blocked road transport.

Firefighters and Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) were working to assess and respond to the damage.

The Marmara city of Bandırma in Turkey's northwestern Balıkesir province experienced disastrous flooding, as social media users shared videos of streets that were turned to rivers.

Numerous businesses and homes were flooded by the deluge. Several houses were also struck by lightning, city officials said.

Typhoon Mangkhut heading for China as Philippines death toll rises to 28

Hannah Ellis-Petersen
The Guardian
Sun, 16 Sep 2018 05:47 UTC

© Armed Forces of the Philippines
Rescue workers clear debris from the road after Typhoon Mangkhut swept through the Philippines.

Storm moving towards Hong Kong and China's heavily populated south coast with winds of more than 177km/h

Typhoon Mangkhut killed at least 28 people in the Philippines as it obliterated homes and crops and caused massive flooding, and is now on course to plough into China's coast.

The storm, which was the strongest the world has seen this year, was not as ferocious as feared, though due to the remote areas where the typhoon hit, the full death toll and extent of the destruction is still unknown.

By Sunday morning, it was hurtling towards China's heavily populated southern coast with winds of 177km/h (110mph). It will first pass by Hong Kong, where storm warnings have been raised to their highest level and hundreds of people have been evacuated to storm shelters, with businesses boarded up and most flights cancelled.

The category 5 "super" typhoon hit the northern end of the Philippine island of Luzon early on Saturday morning, with the high winds ripping the roofs off houses and pulling down trees and electricity pylons, and the rains causing fatal landslides and flooding. More than five million people were in its path.

The island is a key agricultural area in the Philippines, producing most of the country's rice, corn and others vegetable crops, and the storm left them ruined a month before harvest, damaging the livelihoods of thousands in the region.

Comment: The Day After Tomorrow? A record 7 named storms are whirling across the globe

The Day After Tomorrow? A record 7 named storms are whirling across the globe

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC

Is something extremely unusual happening to our planet? At this moment, Hurricane Florence is just one of seven named storms that are currently circling the globe. That matches the all-time record, and it looks like that record will be broken very shortly as a couple more storms continue to develop. Back in 2004, a Hollywood blockbuster entitled "The Day After Tomorrow" depicted a world in which weather patterns had gone mad. One of the most impressive scenes showed nearly the entire planet covered by hurricane-type storms all at once. Of course things are not nearly as bad as in that film, but during this hurricane season we have definitely seen a very unusual number of hurricanes and typhoons develop. As our planet continues to change, could this become "the new normal"?

As I mentioned above there are currently seven named storms that are active, but an eighth is about to join them, and that would break the all-time record...

The Hurricane season is causing devastation from the Pacific to the Atlantic as seven active storms are currently swirling across the globe - with high chances an eighth powerful storm will soon develop to break an all-time record.

Man killed in shark attack at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Manoella Macedo
boston25news.com
Sat, 15 Sep 2018 19:19 UTC

A man has died after being attacked by a shark off Newcomb Hollow Beach on Saturday afternoon, officials say.

Wellfleet Police confirmed the shark attack happened just after noon about 300 yards south of the beach.

Wellfleet Police Lt. Michael Hurley tells The Associated Press the victim, identified only as a man in his mid-20s, succumbed to his injuries following the attack.

The man was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.

Comment: Another attack (non-fatal) for the region was reported in August: 'Get me out of the water' man yells following first shark attack in years at Cape Cod, Massachusetts

See also: More than 150 great white sharks spotted stalking coast of Cape Cod

More than 150 great white sharks spotted stalking coast of Cape Cod

The Sun (UK)
Mon, 03 Sep 2018 19:39 UTC

Sharks swim close to shore off Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts

Shark experts are baffled by a sudden surge in shark sightings and encounters in Massachusetts - including the state's first attack since 2012.

Marine biologists spotted 149 great whites off Cape Cod in July, more than double seen in the region last year.

Cape Cod is only a few miles north of Martha's Vineyard, better known to locals as Amity Bay - the island where the Jaws films are set.

The local authority have expressed concern about the safety of beachgoers in the coming weeks, especially when lifeguards stand down.

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Earth Changes

Record rainfall from Hurricane Florence causes spill at Duke Energy coal ash landfill near Wilmington, NC

Rare earthquake, magnitude-5.6, rocks southwestern Australia

Watch as Super-typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc in Philippines, Hong Kong and southern China

Kilometers-long cracks dry up water reserves in Kerala, India, following worst flooding in a century

Tropical Storm Florence leaves 11 dead as it dumps 'epic' amount of rainfall on North Carolina

Walnut-sized hail and flash floods hit Turkey's northern provinces

Typhoon Mangkhut heading for China as Philippines death toll rises to 28

The Day After Tomorrow? A record 7 named storms are whirling across the globe

Man killed in shark attack at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

More than 150 great white sharks spotted stalking coast of Cape Cod

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