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Earthquake at 6.1 magnitude strikes off Colombia coast

magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck near the Colombian coast
© USGS
A massive magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck near the Colombian coast on Saturday
An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck off the Colombian coast on Saturday, and while there was no major tsunami threat, there was a possibility of tsunamis along the nearby coast, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

The quake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) southeast of Mountain, Colombia, and at a depth of 10 km (six miles).

Ice Cube

Over 80 sea turtles killed by freezing temperatures along Cape Cod, Massachusetts

A sea turtle is found dead along frozen waters in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts around 6 a.m. Friday.
© Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
A sea turtle is found dead along frozen waters in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts around 6 a.m. Friday.
Back-to-back nights of single-digit overnight temperatures in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, this week have killed over 80 sea turtles, most of which were endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. The turtles were found washed ashore frozen solid on beaches in Brewster, Orleans and Eastham.

On Wednesday morning, 87 turtles were found washed ashore, but most survived. The 82 sea turtles found on Thursday morning were not so lucky. Since late October, over 400 cold-stunned turtles have been reported, according to Jennette Kerr, Communications Coordinator of the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.


Snowflake

Loveland Ski Area in Colorado has already reached 100 inches of snow before winter has even begun

Breckenridge

Breckenridge Resort
Loveland Ski Area officially reached 100″ of snow for their 2018-2019 season. A snow storm from Friday into Saturday helped get them there with 11″ of new snow in the last 24 hours.

Skiers can expect more terrain to open up, Loveland says.

At Arapahoe Basin, they opened their Pali Lift which 8″ of new snow; 10″ total from the storm.

Keystone and Breckenridge reported 4-5″ of fresh snow with more expected.


Snowflake

Record heavy first snowfall for Seoul, South Korea

snow
The first snow of the winter arrived in Seoul on Saturday, which marked the heaviest level for the first snowfall in history, the state meteorological office said.

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said it lifted the heavy snow warning at 9:40 a.m., some three hours after it first issued the notice.

It said Seoul saw a record 8.8 centimeters of snow as of 10:00 a.m., outnumbering the earlier record of 4.5 cm tallied in 1990.

The KMA started to compile related data in 1981.


Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Record cold Thanksgiving temperatures caused by 'global warming' & dust storms in Southern hemisphere

record cold Thanksgiving
© Kena Betancur/Getty Images
A parade watcher covers up in the cold during the 92nd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday in New York City.
I was wondering how long it would take for media outlets to start with the "Record Cold Thanksgiving caused by Global Warming" headlines, the answer - less than 24 hours. They state CO2 is to blame, and summer will be hotter, so we look at the Southern hemisphere where record cold and snow dump in Australia, Southern Africa way cold, South America way cold and frost on crops. Yep, hotter summers which is a week away as the official date, but its going to snow in Australia at the beginning of SUMMER.


Sherlock

Thundersnow, bushfires, heatwaves, dust storms: What is going on with Australia's weather?

australia dust storm snow fire
© Barrier Daily Truth/supplied/AAP
A week of crazy weather. From left: dust storm in Broken Hill, the Snowy Mountains near Khancoban, and bushfires along Lemon Tree Passage Road near Newcastle.
Every Australian state and territory has been impacted by wild weather over the past few days.

In South Australia, 40,000 properties were left without power and several homes were damaged as wind gusts of over 100 kilometres per hour hit on Wednesday night.

Victoria also saw severe thunderstorms, with the State Emergency Service reporting it had received over 750 calls for assistance by Tuesday night.

On Thursday morning, South East Queensland was hit with a band of gusty storms, storm warnings were issued for the Northern Territory, and parts of Tasmania were on flood watch and damaging wind warnings were issued.

In New South Wales, a dust storm travelled across the state from west of Broken Hill to Sydney.

Comment: Weather everywhere is increasingly erratic and intensifying: For more, check out SOTTs' monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - October 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs




Attention

Rare Atlantic walruses spotted in the White Sea, Russia for first time in several hundred years

Walrus
© S.A. Sonsthagen/U.S. Geological Survey
Rare Atlantic walruses have been spotted in the White Sea again after several hundreds of years of not appearing in the area after unlimited exploitation, research fellow at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Alexander Agafonov told TASS on the eve of the Walrus Day.

"Atlantic walruses are still considered endangered species. Their population decreased initially because of intensive exploitation. For instance, they have not appeared in the White Sea since the 18th century. However, our records indicate that walruses returned to the White Sea, which most likely signals a positive dynamic," Agafonov said.

It is currently prohibited to hunt Atlantic walruses. When it comes to Pacific walruses whose population is currently estimated at 200,000 animals, only indigenous peoples are allowed to hunt them in limited quantities, Agafonov noted.

Snowflake

Early snow falls around Croatia

Snow falls in parts of Croatia on Tuesday

Snow falls in parts of Croatia on Tuesday
It may be still autumn, but the first snow of the season has arrived for parts of Croatia on Tuesday morning.

Zagreb, Karlovac, Gorski Kotar, Lika, Slavonia and central and northwestern Croatia woke to snow on Tuesday as temperatures dropped to around 0°C.

Snow and strong winds have caused problems on the roads also on Tuesday, especially for trucks with a number of roads closed for heavy vehicles.

The most snow has fallen in Delnice in the Gorski Kotar region where 17 centimetres fell by 7 am this morning. In Slunj there were 15 centimetres of snow, whilst Sisak had 5 centimetres, Slavonski Brod and Bjelovar 2 centimetres and Zagreb 1 centimetre, Vecernji list reports.

Cloud Lightning

Double lightning strike starts house fire in Cornwall, England

lightning strike house cornwall

Emergency services are trying to stop the fire spreading to the house next door
A house caught fire when it was struck twice by lightning.

The three-storey property on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula was hit just after 11:30 GMT, with the blaze spreading from the roof to the top floor of the building.

No-one was injured in the blaze, in the village of Ponsongath, near Coverack, which caused extensive damage to the top of the house.

Fire crews attended amid storms which swept across the South West.

"We did have warnings of quite severe thunderstorms in the area which last throughout the whole weekend, but it is very unusual for a strike to cause a fire," Gary Rich from Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said.

"When the crews arrived within five or ten minutes of the call the roof was well alight."

Comment: The increase of cometary dust in our atmosphere along with grand solar minimum and Earth's weakening magnetosphere - all likely related to the approach of Nemesis - are changing the nature of weather on our planet: For a detailed discussion on the matter, check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

And for the strange happenings on our planet, watch SOTTs monthly documentary: Earth Changes Summary - October 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs




Snowflake Cold

Novem-brrrrr! Chilly weather smashes cold records across Canada

People take pictures as mist rises from Lake Ontaro
© THE CANADIAN PRESS / Lars Hagberg
People take pictures as mist rises from Lake Ontario during a winter cold snap in the area in Kingston, Ont. on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018.
In many parts of Canada, the final month of fall started off feeling a lot more like winter.

At one point early Thursday morning, 11 of Canada's 13 provincial and territorial capitals were experiencing below-freezing temperatures. The exceptions were St. John's, N.L. - which just barely snuck above freezing at 0.1 C - and Victoria, where it was a balmy 8 C.

Record-breaking cold was reported in dozens of communities across Eastern Canada, including Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Environment Canada said more than 20 communities in Ontario experienced temperatures Thursday morning colder than they had ever recorded on Nov. 22.

In Toronto, a temperature of -15.4 C was recorded at Buttonville Municipal Airport, breaking the previous daily record of -14.1 C from 2008.