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Massive sinkhole swallows buildings in Norhausen, Germany


Strange Sounds
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:45 UTC
Sinkhole
A huge sinkhole opened up between two buildings in Nordhausen, Germany.

The giant 40 to 50 meters deep, 30 meters wide crater is filled with water and still growing. It has already swallowed parts of an office building. Another house is on the verge of collapsing.

A first sinkhole opened up between two farm buildings in Nordhausen at around 7pm on Friday evening.

Then the ground collapsed another time. The two holes than merged into a giant cavity measuring 30 meters in diameter and 40 to 50 meters deep. That is gigantic

As the ground collapsed, witnesses reported a strong rumbling noise like that we hear during an earthquake.

The two buildings were empty as they collapsed into the ground.

In this video, you see one of the house collapse @ 3:33:.


Comment: See in addition: Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills another 3 people in South Africa; total of 10 in a week


iol.co.za
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:06 UTC
Lightning
© Warren Dick
Three more people have died in lightning strikes in KwaZulu-Natal, bringing to 10 the number of people killed in one week, the provincial co-operative governance and traditional affairs department said on Saturday.

"With the province of KwaZulu-Natal still licking its wounds after seven people lost their lives in the area of KwaMachi near Harding in the Umuziwabantu local municipality, another tragedy has struck as more lightning, hail, and storms have hit the neighbouring uMzimkhulu municipality killing three more people and injuring dozens of others as well as damaging homes," MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube said.

In wards 14 and 18 in uMzimkhulu municipality more than 80 household were affected by storms. A team of disaster management personnel led by the local mayor Mphuthumi Mpabanga had been undertaking door-to-door visits to all the affected families and providing first-line support, she said.

Comment: See also these other recent reports from South Africa: Lightning kills four in Harding, South Africa

Lightning strike kills three in South Africa

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Fish

Piranha attacks on swimmers in Brazil leave over 50 people injured in a month

Janet Tappin Coelho
The Independent (UK)
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:37 UTC
A white piranha (Serrasalmus rhombeus)
© Alamy
A white piranha (Serrasalmus rhombeus), aka ‘white bitch’, held by a fisherman in Los llanos, Venezuela
Hundreds of swimmers in Brazil are being warned to stay out of the water following a spate of attacks by shoals of deadly piranha, which has left more than 50 people injured in just over a month.

Unsuspecting tourists have had chunks of flesh bitten out of their hands and feet as drought conditions in the South American country force the lethal predators to migrate from their natural habitat to deeper waters packed with holidaymakers.

This week at least eight bathers were bitten by the man-eaters, known as "white bitches", the 6in-long species blamed for the attacks, on beaches in Palmas, in Tocantins State, north-east Brazil. Three children were among the casualties as people took to the waters to cool off during the hot holiday weekend. A four-year-old boy had a chunk taken out of his heel.
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Fire

'Firenado' filmed during Missouri wildfire

Ben Hooper
UPI
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:20 UTC
firenado
© Southern Platte Fire Protection District/Facebook
A firenado spins flames into the sky during a Missouri wildfire Thursday.
Firefighters battling a massive wildfire in Missouri captured video of a "firenado," or fire tornado, blowing flames into the sky.

The Southern Platte Fire Protection District, one of several agencies battling the wildfire Thursday in Platte County, just north of Kansas City, posted a video to Facebook showing the firenado, also known as a fire whirl, spinning flames high into the sky.

"Oh, that's freakin' awesome," a firefighter can be heard saying in the video.

Authorities said the wildfire, which spread across more than 1,300 acres, was started by sparks that shot from a malfunctioning prison lawnmower near the Centennial Bridge.

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Cloud Precipitation

Flood emergency declared in 6 key farming provinces in Argentina

Hugh Bronstein
Yahoo News
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:27 UTC
Flooded field

The resolution, announced in the government's morning gazette, covers the provinces of Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Chaco, La Rioja and Corrientes. Argentina's top grains producing province of Buenos Aires was not included in the emergency, but floods were reported there as well.

Six of Argentina's main farm provinces were declared flood emergency areas by the government on Friday, making special credit lines and tax breaks available to affected growers in the soy and corn exporting powerhouse.

The resolution, announced in the government's morning gazette, covers the provinces of Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Chaco, La Rioja and Corrientes. Argentina's top grains producing province of Buenos Aires was not included in the emergency, but floods were reported there as well.

This year's El Niño weather pattern, which causes global climate extremes, has worsened floods in some parts of South America, including Argentina. In other areas, such as Colombia, it has brought drought.
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Ice Cube

Pakistan government warns the country to prepare for global cooling

Adapt 2030
Youtube
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:40 UTC
Heavy snow fall in Murree, Pakistan
© Sohail abbasi
Heavy snow fall in Murree, Pakistan. 11.2.2016
The Pakistan Meteorological Bureau put out a lengthy 59 page report warning the citizens of Pakistan that Global cooling will begin in 2019 and there needs to be a strategy with urgent action in order for the society to cope with the changes. This is the second country to now come out and tell its citizens to prepare, Russia was first, now Pakistan.


Comment: See also: Heavy snowfall cripples life in northern Pakistan

30 leading scientists predict global cooling

Ice Age Cometh: Russian Academy of Sciences experts warn of imminent cold period: "Global warming is a marketing trick"

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Attention

15ft basking shark found dead in Skelmorlie, Scotland


BBC
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:50 UTC
Dead 15ft basking shark washes up in Scotland
© Largs Coastguard Recue Team
Dead 15ft basking shark washes up in Scotland
Pictures have been released of a dead 15ft (5m) basking shark which washed up at Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the fish, which weighed "a few tonnes" was found near the A78 Shore Road.

North Ayrshire Council was notified along with Largs Coastguard Rescue Team which photographed the shark.

Basking sharks can be up to 40ft long and are the largest fish found in British waters.

They are the second largest fish in the world, after the whale shark, according to the Shark Trust charity.
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Windsock

Cyclone Winston: Category 5 storm strikes Fiji with record gusts of up to 325km/h (200 mph)


9news.com.au
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:59 UTC
The Bureau of Meteorology released satellite imagery of the eye of the storm making landfall.
© BOM
The Bureau of Meteorology released satellite imagery of the eye of the storm making landfall.
Tropical Cyclone Winston has made landfall on Fiji's main island with estimated wind gusts up to 325km/h, after the government declared a state of emergency and imposed a nationwide curfew this afternoon.

The Category Five storm is thought to be the strongest ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, and is the strongest the island nation of Fiji has ever experienced.

It began to make landfall on the main island of Vitu Levu after the curfew took effect at 6pm local time, after earlier sinking boats and causing flash flooding on the nation's outer islands, including Vanua Levu.

Cyclone Winston has estimated average winds of up to 220km/h and gusts up to 325km/h, according to the Fiji meteorological office.


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Cloud Lightning

7 killed, 9 injured due to lightning strike in Pakistan

Sarfraz Ali
Daily Pakistan
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:35 UTC
Pakistan lightning deaths
Four women among seven people from the same family were killed in devastating lightning strike a double-storey house at Khushab's Purana Chowk here on Saturday, Radio Pakistan reported.

As per media reports, the ill-fated house's roof collapsed when lightning hit it badly and upon this all the family members trapped under the rubble. As result, seven people including four women and two children died in the mishap whereas nine others sustained severe wounds and were shifted to hospital, rescue official said.

The deceased have been identified as Umar Daraz, his wife Razia, eight-year-old Kinza, 15-year-old Farooq, 10-year-old Abdul Rauf, 13-year-old Sobia, seven-year-old Nauman and 17-year-old Sonia.

Comment: Some other lightning fatalities in recent weeks include:

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Ice Cube

60% of Lake Erie freezes over in 2 days


cbc.ca
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:39 UTC
Lake Erie
© National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lake Erie
The weekend cold snap in parts of Central and Eastern Canada was so extreme, nearly 60 per cent of Lake Erie froze over two days.

Environment Canada issued cold or winter storm warnings on Saturday for provinces from Manitoba to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Temperatures in Windsor, Ont., for instance, dipped to - 17 C on Sunday.

On Friday, satellite imagery showed three per cent of the shallowest of the Great Lakes to be covered in ice. By Sunday, it was 64 per cent covered, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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