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Record-breaking snowfall for February in Idaho

Mike Price
EastIdahoNews.com
Sat, 02 Mar 2019 15:43 UTC
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Five weather records were broken in February and one record was broken by more than two feet.

February was a recording breaking month for snowfall in eastern Idaho and just over the border into Wyoming. Island Park, Picabo in Blaine County, Stanley, Swan Valley and Jackson, Wyoming all broke snowfall records for February.

"A lot of near-record or record-breaking snowfall totals for the month of February. Island Park takes the proverbial cake with this one," National Weather Service Meteorologist Alex DeSmet told EastIdahoNews.com.

Island Park received a total of 105.6 inches of snow in February. The previous record was 78 inches in 1949. That's a difference of 27.6 inches.

"It's already a snow place and to break the record by that wide of a margin is pretty impressive," DeSmet said.
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Fire

Australian bushfire emergency: Eastern Victoria's rolling inferno


The New Daily
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 13:44 UTC
Fires rage in Bunyip State Park

Fires rage in Bunyip State Park
A fire in Victoria's east is worse than the Black Saturday blaze that burned in the same spot 10 years ago, a firefighter says.

More than 30 fires are burning across the state, following lightning strikes, blistering temperatures and searing winds.

Five buildings, including three homes, were destroyed by Sunday afternoon.

Two of those homes were in the Garfield North area near the Bunyip State Park, where a fire has already burned through 6000 hectares and is racing towards the Princes Highway.

"This is an active fire. It is moving, and there is every likelihood there will be further property losses," Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp told reporters.

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Snowflake Cold

Ice Age Farmer Report: Massive, crushing snows - Seismic shifts in food retail - Grand Solar Minimum


Ice Age Farmer
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:14 UTC
roof collapse
© Amy Penterman
Seismic shifts afoot in the Big Food industry, consolidating power over your food. Insane snow loads have led to catastrophic failures of barns and other structures and infrastructure. How are you preparing for the Grand Solar Minimum?


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Cloud Precipitation

4 months' worth of rain in 30 hours floods desert city of Kandahar, Afghanistan - At least 20 killed, 2000 homes damaged


Skymet Weather
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 06:04 UTC
Floods in Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 1, 2019.
© Elham Shaheem
Floods in Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 1, 2019.
Yesterday, heavy floods devastated the southern parts of Afghanistan, thereby leading to several adults and children reported getting drowned in this mishap. An official report was released by the United Nations (UN) regarding the heavy loss that has been reported as a result of heavy floods.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, heavy rains have led to killing of 20 people, including children. Kandahar city and six other districts including Herat province as well as Zheri, Dand, Damand, Arghandab, Spinboldak and Takh have become the victims of these floods. The floods have even devastated 2000 homes and swept away several cars.

'Hundreds of houses in Herat province were destroyed in flash floods, Afghan government officials said'. Moreover, at least 10 people, including children, are still missing in Arghandab, Daman, Spin Boldak and Dand districts.


Comment: Although 97 mm (3.81 inches) of rain doesn't sound very much, this region has a desert climate with about 176 mm (6.92 inches) of rain in an entire year and a downpour such as this in just 30 hours is devastating.

Extreme precipitation events are becoming the new norm. A small selection of recent related articles include:

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Snowflake Cold

Coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver, Canada

Elana Shepert
Vancouver Is Awesome
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:31 UTC
coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver
© ricarg63 / Instagram
Coldest February on record for Vancouver
While Metro Vancouver saw a great deal of snow this February, the snowfall wasn't the most exceptional component of last month's weather.

In fact, February 2019 was the coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver since the records began in 1937. Not only did the month see some frigid temperatures, but they also persisted throughout the month.

Vancouver Is Awesome spoke to Matt MacDonald, Meteorologist, Environment Canada, who explained just how the chilly the month was.

"We typically see around seven days in the double digits during the month of February," he described. "We didn't have a single day above 10 degrees this month."
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Snowflake

Snowfall in February averaged 22.5 inches across Iowa, a new record

O. Kay Henderson
RadioIowa
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:02 UTC
SNOW
Mother Nature set a new record for Iowa in February.

"The preliminary numbers have us at 22.5 inches of snow, averaging across the state, which would break the record set in 1962," State Climatologist Justin Glisan announced this morning.

Having nearly two feet of snow fall in Iowa in February is not normal.

"In a given February, we typically get 6.8 inches over the 30 year average, so — yes — it's a lot more snow than we tend to get," Glisan told Radio Iowa.
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Snowflake

February snowfall records broken in the US Upper Midwest

Mace Michaels
Weather Nation
Sat, 02 Mar 2019 14:24 UTC
record-breaking snow, Minneapolis

Record-breaking snow, Minneapolis
Storm after storm over the last month produced record snowfall across the Upper Midwest.

In Minneapolis, it was the snowiest month since 1991 and now is the 4th snowiest month on record.

The February record was shattered with 39.0″ (previous record was 26.5″ from 1962).
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Arrow Down

Roof of dining hall collapses under heavy snow in Oconto County, Wisconsin

Nina Sparano
nbc26.com
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:16 UTC
ROOF COLLAPSE
A Boy Scout dining hall is flattened due to heavy snow. It happened in Oconto county at the Bear Paw Scout Camp. The heavy snow was too much for roof to bear.

Video was rolling just before the roof caved in. Thankfully no one was inside when the building caved in. No one was hurt.

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Doberman

Man dies following dog attack in Sydney, Australia


abc.net.au
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:36 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0

A man attacked by two dogs in Sydney's west five weeks ago has died in hospital, as figures reveal an increase in attack incidents across NSW.

The 40-year-old man was staying at a home in Tregear with two American Staffordshire Terriers when he was attacked.

He went into cardiac arrest and was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.

The man, who had injuries to his ears, face, abdomen and chest, was placed in an induced coma, but died on Friday.
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Doberman

Elderly woman mauled to death by pack of 6 dogs in Pall Mall, Tennessee


wvlt.tv
Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:21 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
An 88-year-old Pall Mall woman was mauled to death outside her home by a pack of six German Shepherds belonging to a neighbor.

Jill Peterson left her home Tuesday night to clear a drainage ditch overflowing from recent heavy rain. That's when the dogs attacked.

"They dragged her down the yard and all of her clothes were off, her shoes, everything. They tore all of her hair out, the casket can't be open, it's like a nightmare. It's hard to believe," Nina Brown, Peterson's sister, told Nashville CBS affiliate WTVF.

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