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Extreme wet January displaces thousands and floods farmland in Argentina - year's worth of rain in 15 days


Merco Press
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 18:54 UTC
Some areas received a whole year’s worth of rainfall in the first 15 days of the calendar year

Some areas received a whole year’s worth of rainfall in the first 15 days of the calendar year
Intense rainfall in northeast Argentina and neighbouring areas in Mercosur members has caused devastating floods, amplifying the economic burdens of Argentina's recession. Over 5,000 people have evacuated the region, and millions of hectares of crops have been sent underwater.

The flooded region, which extends into Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil, has received about five times more rain than expected since the beginning of the year. Some areas received a whole year's worth of rainfall in the first 15 days of the calendar year.

Damages to farmland ring in around US$2 billion, according Coninagro, an Intercooperative Agricultural Confederation based in Buenos Aires. The group reported that 2.4 million hectares of soybeans are flooded. The greatest losses come from the Pampa Húmeda region, one of the main food producers in the world. Other crops like corn and cotton, along with livestock have suffered across the Northeast.

Comment: A report from 9 days prior: Rivers rising after record rainfall in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay - almost 20 inches in 3 days with 7 inches in 80 minutes

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Ice Age Farmer Report: Tropical frosts: Food prices exploding & 'Pole Shift' in Media


Ice Age Farmer
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:29 UTC
frost crop
Tropical frosts and shifting growing zones -- not "Just Winter." Christian stresses the need for maximum discernment, as a flurry of news articles about the magnetic pole shift hit, muddying the information space.


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Moscow winter thunderstorms - Etna erupts - Middle East snows


Adapt 2030
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 18:17 UTC
Heavy snowfall created traffic problems in areas of the Kingdom on Wednesday night
© Amjad Ghsoun
Heavy snowfall created traffic problems in areas of the Kingdom on Wednesday night.
Unusual fog, thunderstorms, blizzard and lightning in Moscow and parts of Russia, the front is heading to Kazakhstan. More mixed up jet streams with electrical storms over Malta as Etna on Sicily erupts and a second major snow storm blankets Jordan and Lebanon.


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110 goats die mysteriously in Ramban, Kashmir

M M Parvaiz
Greater Kashmir
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 13:17 UTC
goats

File photo
Over a hundred animals of a goatherd have died under mysterious circumstances in Ramban town, puzzling the officers of the sheep husbandry department.

Muhammad Haneif, a resident of Halla Dhandrath, at present Ashari Nai Basti, Ramban, claimed that more than one hundred of his goats have died due to some mysterious disease in Nai Basti of Ramban town, since the past three days.

The doctors of the sheep husbandry department have been unable to detect the cause of death. "We have collected samples from the dead animals to ascertain the cause behind their death. As soon as the results come, we will have a better picture," a sheep husbandry officer said.

Comment: This seems to be very similar to an event that happened last month (December, 2018) in another part of the country, see: Over 50 cows mysteriously found dead in India's Ganjam district.

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Two dead as strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolts Chile


manilastandard.net
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:10 UTC
People outside their houses
© Reuters/Alejandro Pizarro
People outside their houses are seen along a street after an earthquake in Coquimbo, Chile on Jan. 19, 2019.
A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit north-central Chile on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, with police reporting the deaths of two people from heart attacks.

The quake struck at a depth of 53 kilometers (33 miles) with an epicenter some 15 km southwest of Coquimbo, USGS said.

An elderly man and an elderly woman from Coquimbo suffered cardiac arrests as a result of the quake, police said, while there were several landslides reported on national highways.

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Lightning strikes have killed at least 25 people since the start of the rainy season in Zambezia, Mozambique


JournalduCameroun.com
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 20:10 UTC
lightning
© Johannes Plenio
At least 25 people have died since the start of the rainy season, being victims of lightning strikes in Zambezia province, central Mozambique.

According to the spokesperson of Mozambique's National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) in the province, Maria Luciano, "so far at least 25 people have been killed by lightning in the province since the rainy season began on October 1, and in the same period the bad weather also destroyed 450 houses, affecting about 2,500 people", Luciano was quoted as saying by state-controlled Radio Mozambique on Friday.

The official said that some affected families have already begun to rebuild their homes and others are waiting for INGC support.
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'This is hell like': Rare winter thunderstorm & blizzard conditions hits Moscow


RT
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:53 UTC
Winter storm
© Twitter / @Telemaster68
Thunder and lightning amid heavy snowfall stunned people in the Russian capital on Saturday night. Videos show surreal combinations of light, darkness, and blizzard.

Videos shared by Moscow residents show heavy snowstorm coupled with occasional streaks of lightning, while growls of thunder are also heard.
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At least four dead in Lebanon as severe weather sweeps through region


The National
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:34 UTC
An aerial view shows an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley.
© AFP
An aerial view shows an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley.
At least four people have been killed in Lebanon, including a Syrian girl and her brother, after heavy rain and snow battered the country.

Storm Miriam - also referred to by some Lebanese officials as Storm Tracy - is the second to hit the Eastern Mediterranean country this month after Norma, which struck on January 6.

One person was killed and 10 injured on Tuesday in a vehicle collision caused by poor visibility, the Daily Star said.

The first storm had a devastating effect on more than 20,000 refugees living in tents in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and areas in the country's north, displacing many whose shelters were either flooded or destroyed by snow.

Comment: Details of the earlier storm referred to above: Storm packing snow and rain paralyzes parts of Lebanon

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Stunning footage captures snow-covered building in Ennstal Alps, Austria


Aol
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:08 UTC
House Completely Covered
Barbara Reiter captured stunning footage of a snow-covered house in the majestic Eisenerzer Reichenstein mountain range in the Ennstal Alps in Styria, Austria, on January 16.The region had been hit with weeks of heavy snow leading to evacuations. Egineers from the armed forces were working to clear snow off buildings, according to reports.


Credit: Barbara Reiter via Storyful

Comment: Elsewhere across Europe in the Balkans the following image has emerged on social media from Bosnia and Herzegovina depicting the extraordinary depth of the snow for some parts of that region:



While from Poland during the past week the following images were posted:






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Mt Merapi on Java spews incandescent lava 9 times on Saturday, January 19

Luqman Hakim
antaranews.com
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:24 UTC
Mt Merapi in the evening of Jan 15, 2019.
© Hendra Nurdiyansyah
Mt Merapi in the evening of Jan 15, 2019.
Mount Merapi, which straddles the provinces of Central Java and Yogyakarta, spewed incandescent lava nine times on Saturday, the Center for Technological Research and Development for Geological Disasters (BPPTKG) in Yogyakarta stated.

On its official twitter account, the BPPTKG recorded nine lava falls between 00.00 and 6 a.m. local time on that day.

The distance that the lava slid could not be observed, as haze shrouded the volcano. According to seismic data, the duration of the lava falls was 14 to 36 seconds.
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