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Huge dead humpback whale washes up dead on Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro (VIDEOS)

Kelly-Ann Mills
Mirror
Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:31 UTC
A dead whale on the shore of Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
© Pilar Olivares/Reuters
A dead whale on the shore of Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A huge dead whale has washed up on a beach in Brazil as authorities warn holidaymakers to stay away from the decomposing animal.

The 30-tonne whale is thought to have been dead for at least a week, before it arrived on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro.

The dead whale is releasing a bad smell and people have been warned to stay back.

The animal's jaw has come away from the rest of its body and is due to be removed for further investigation in the next dew days.

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Cloud Precipitation

Greece: At least 14 dead after 'Biblical' flash floods and rain continues to fall (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Jen Mills
Metro (UK)
Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:00 UTC
At least 14 dead after ‘Biblical’ flash floods in Greece (PHOTO, VIDEO) Nov 2017
© AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris
Cars were flipped over in the torrent
Greece has declared a day of national mourning after flash floods left at least 14 people dead.

Roads turned into raging torrents of mud and debris, with drivers scrambling out as their cars were washed away.

Many of the dead were elderly people found inside their homes.

'Everything is lost. The disaster is biblical,' Mandra Mayor Yianna Krikouki told state broadcaster ERT.

Comment: This has actually become a rather common sight in Greece (and the wider eastern Med) in recent years, where deluges have repeatedly inundated coastal towns and cities. For a snapshot of the extreme weather occurring around the world, check out our Earth Changes Summary video for October 2017:



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Seismograph

South Korea 5.4 earthquake leaves 1,500 homeless, dozens injured


USA Today
Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:31 UTC
Debris from a collapsed wall is scattered in front of a shop after an earthquake in Pohang, South Korea.
© AP
Debris from a collapsed wall is scattered in front of a shop after an earthquake in Pohang, South Korea.
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake that was South Korea's second-strongest in decades damaged infrastructure, injured dozens of people and left about 1,500 homeless, officials said Thursday.

No deaths have been reported since the quake rattled the southeastern coastal region around the port city of Pohang on Wednesday afternoon.

As of Thursday morning, 1,536 people had been forced to evacuate their homes and 57 people were injured, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said in a statement.

More than 1,000 houses and dozens of other buildings and cars were damaged or destroyed, and cracks and other damage were found in military facilities, bridges, port facilities and water supply facilities. Media images showed crumbled walls piled on damaged cars, broken windows and cracks in buildings.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills man on bicycle in Malawi

Bright Malenga
Malawi24
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:58 UTC
LIGHTNING
The rainy season is here and with it are the casualties.

A 33 year old man in Mchinji has died after being struck by lightning.

BlantyreAccording to a brother of the deceased, the man Innocent Nthere was electrocuted by lightning that struck him in the evening hours of November 11, 2017 within Mchinji Boma.

Malawi24 caught up with Mchinji police spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino who confirmed about the death.

Lubrino told Malawi24 that Nthere was cycling from his maize garden towards his home and at the time there was a thunderstorm.
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Snowflake

Early season snow pounds Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies, ski areas open weeks ahead of schedule

John Hopewell
The Washington Post
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:42 UTC
Midwinter conditions in November at Bridger Bowl ski area in southwest Montana on Monday.
© Doug Wales
Midwinter conditions in November at Bridger Bowl ski area in southwest Montana on Monday. While the lifts aren’t operating yet, the locals have already taken to the slopes.
A conga line of powerful winter storms parading off the Pacific Ocean over the past several weeks has dumped a huge amount of early-season snow on the Cascades and Northern Rockies, allowing many ski resorts to open weeks ahead of schedule.

Skiers and snowboarders at Bridger Bowl in southwest Montana were stoked to hear that the lifts will be spinning Thanksgiving weekend for the first time since the 2010-2011 season.

Big Sky resort, also in southwest Montana, is cashing in on the early-season snows as well. "Lone Mountain looks incredible right now," said Chelsi Moy, public relations manager. "Big Sky has received 76 inches so far this preseason and crews are putting final touches on the mountain. Things are shaping up nicely for a great opening day on November 23rd."
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Camera

Southern Arizona treated to beautiful halo around the sun

Jeff Beamish
KVOA
Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:28 UTC
Some very observant KVOA viewers captured atmospheric awesomeness on Sunday.
Sun halo over Tucson, AZ
© Shane Gillies
Every so often, Southern Arizona is treated to a huge ring surrounding the sun or moon. So what causes it? Let's explore the world of optics. (I promise to keep it simple.)
Optic diagram of sun haloes
© University of Illinois
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Snowflake

Thanksgiving outlook: Brutal cold and snow will blast the Midwest; storm may brew in the East

Alex Sosnowski
Accuweather
Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:33 UTC
US weather
While warmth builds in the Southwest, re-surging cold air may trigger frequent snow in the Great Lakes and help spin up a storm along the East Coast around Thanksgiving Day.

Following a storm and shot of cold air that sweeps across the northern part of the nation into this weekend, there is the potential for very cold air with a punishing wind to take root over the Midwest and Northeast during the long Thanksgiving weekend.

"If indications are correct, some locations may be hit by up to one foot of snow, while gusty winds sweep cold air from the northern Plains to the Gulf Coast, Appalachians and eventually the Atlantic Seaboard," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson.

It is during that press of arctic air when another storm may come about with a swath of steady rain, ice and snow in the Northeast.

A piece of the Polar Vortex may break loose and settle in the swath from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The jet stream is a high speed river of air at the level where jets cruise at.
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Snowflake Cold

Egyptians collapsed in Grand Solar Minimum, record cold in British Columbia

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:11 UTC
egypt
Record cold blankets British Columbia smashing old records kept since 1880 by 5C, Arctic sea ice seems to be increasing as this 2017 melt season ended the earliest on record and the last Pharaoh of Egypt's reign was ended by a major volcanic eruption that reduced food production in a Grand Solar Minimum circa 245BC.


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Tornado1

Devastating rainfall hits Greece: At least 14 people killed in flash-floods outside Athens

Elena Becatoros
ABC News
Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:31 UTC
athens flooding november 2017
© AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris
People are reflected in the front window of a flooded bus as water engulfs an interchange of a highway in Elefsina, western Athens, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017.
Flash floods turned roads into raging torrents of mud and debris on the fringes of Greece's capital Wednesday, killing at least 14 people, inundating homes and businesses and knocking out a section of a major highway.

There were fears the death toll could rise further as rescue crews searched for potentially missing people in flooded homes and streets on the western outskirts of Athens.

The flooding came after a severe overnight storm brought driving rain to the area. Roads turned into muddy rivers that carried away vehicles, tossing them into piles on roadsides and against fences and buildings. Several walls from yards and low buildings collapsed, filling the streets with rubble.

Twelve of the people killed - four women and eight men - were found in or near Mandra, a small town on the western outskirts of Athens that was hardest-hit by the flood. The coast guard recovered the bodies of two more men believed to have been swept out to sea by the flood.


Comment: This has actually become a rather common sight in Greece (and the wider eastern Med) in recent years, where deluges have repeatedly inundated coastal towns and cities.

For a snapshot of the extreme weather occurring around the world, check out our Earth Changes Summary video for October 2017:



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Eye 2

17-foot long cobra fights with python in Thailand

Catherine Chapman
Daily Mail
Sat, 11 Nov 2017 16:14 UTC
The python, pictured, only 5-feet long, desperately tried to evade the attack by wrapping itself around the cobra’s head

The python, pictured, only 5-feet long, desperately tried to evade the attack by wrapping itself around the cobra’s head
A king cobra stretching 17-feet long makes a python its dinner, chomping down on the smaller snake as it desperately tries to break free at a holiday resort in Thailand.

The two serpents were spotted by Krabi residents under a palm tree yesterday, where they immediately called the emergency services to remove the predator from the premises.

Three hours went by before the five person rescue team could do anything, forced to watch the black coloured cobra sink its deadly fangs into the python.

The python, only 5-feet long, desperately tried to evade the attack by wrapping itself around the cobra's head.

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