Angola news agency ANGOP reports that 11 people have died and 13 are missing after heavy rain and strong winds struck parts of Luanda Province early on 18 April, 2020.
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Angola news agency ANGOP reports that 11 people have died and 13 are missing after heavy rain and strong winds struck parts of Luanda Province early on 18 April, 2020.
No trace of missing man as more avalanches hit Lahaul
Two days after Border Roads Organisation (BRO) cleared snow from Rahni nullah on Manali-Rohtang pass highway, a massive avalanche again blocked the highway on Sunday.
Another avalanche near Koksar had also blocked the highway. Border Roads Organisation officials said work is on to clear the debris. Rohtang Pass has received over 60cm of snow in the last three days.
There has been an ongoing problem with a narrowing of the banks of a stream which runs into the Rio Carrion and whenever very heavy rain falls, it immediately overflows and floods the town.
Reports suggest that although the rainfall lasted just a few minutes, it was so heavy that the inevitable occurred meaning that firefighters from the city of Palencia were called out and with the assistance of local residents managed, with some difficulty, to combat the deluge.
The video of the two-headed calf is widely being posted on social media platforms, specifically on Facebook for the past few days.
The calf was reportedly born in Kata Khel Village of Balkh district in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan.
Besides lives lost, heavy rains damaged public infrastructure mainly roads in Gicumbi District.
Local media are reporting that at least 9 people have died as a result of landslides and flash flooding in Rwanda. Meanwhile in Burundi, around 27,000 people have been affected by flooding in Bujumbura Province.
Rwanda
According to the New Times in Rwanda, 6 people died after heavy rain triggered landslides in Gicumbi district in Northern Province. The worst affected areas are Nyankenke and Kageyo Sectors. Property, infrastructure and livestock have all been damaged or destroyed. Authorities urged residents in high-risk zones to relocate to safer areas.
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Floods in New Caledonia, April 2020.
Floods in New Caledonia, April 2020.
Authorities declared "a dangerous meteorological event", referred to as an ORSEC EMD, for several communes including Hienghène, Poindimie, Houailou, Canala and Thio.
The heavy rain also triggered several landslides. Flooded or blocked roads left some communities isolated. Power supply was interrupted in some areas. Almost 200 mm of rain fell in just 6 hours in Hienghène.
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Gigantic Jet is an electrical phenomenon from the upper atmosphere, a rare type of Transient Luminous Event (TLE) that starts as a blue jet from above the storm clouds (~ 20 km altitude) and becomes reddish, extending in some milliseconds to the upper limit of the mesosphere (~ 95 km altitude).
Music: Deep Noise - Kevin MacLeod (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7DG1...)
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A warning was issued for parts of the Central Coast, Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfield districts, including Rockhampton, Gladstone and Yeppoon, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Weatherzone said over 180,000 lightning strikes were recorded within a 100km radius of Rockhampton, with over 5000 ground strikes.
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Taken on April 20, 2020 @ Kalispell, Montana, USA
Taken on April 20, 2020 @ Kalispell, Montana, USA
"Northern lights danced across the entire northwestern Montana sky early this morning," reports Philip Granrud. "I photographed them with a wide angle lens on top of my car several miles outside of Kalispell."
"It was such a nice break from everything that's been going on in the world lately," he says.
This is the first geomagnetic storm of 2020. In fact, the last time storm levels reached G1 on NOAA Storm Scales was more than a year ago: March 16-17, 2019.
Comment: It is evident that rare, strange and stunning sights in the sky are on the increase everywhere:
- Breathtaking circumhorizontal arc rainbow captured above Lake Sammamish, Washington
- Stunning iridescent clouds snapped above skies of Siberia's Belukha mountain
- Gigantic jet photographed piercing the sky in China
- Our changing atmosphere: Stunning iridescent cloud over Mexico, complex solar halo over Russia and a triple rainbow over Norway
Also check out SOTT radio's:- Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?
- Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Interview with Laura Knight-Jadczyk and Pierre Lescaudron
As well as SOTT's monthly Earth Changes Summary - March 2020: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs: