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Flooding in Otama new Zealand 10 September.
Flooding in Otama new Zealand 10 September.
Thames Coromandel District Council said that more than 260mm of rain fell in 24 hours in the Pinnacles mountains in Coromandel Forest Park.
Flooding left some areas isolated and prompted some evacuations. Landslips also left roads closed. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
( Warning - Below video contains strong earthy kiwi language.)
The cabbie, named Guo, ran from his car after the 13ft deep chasm opened up in Ningxia, northern China.
The 33-year-old had just dropped off a fare. 'After my passenger got out, I drove forwards, then my car suddenly began sinking into the ground. I was shocked and immediately tried to open my door to get out,' he said. 'But my car became misshapen in the sinkhole, so I had to kick it open and ran out.'
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Roughly five years ago, a huge patch of unusually warm ocean water appeared off the coast of North America, stretching from Mexico's Baja California Peninsula all the way up to Alaska.
It was nicknamed the Blob, after a horror film monster that consumes everything in sight. The heatwave, which lasted for several years, was an equally indiscriminate killer.
According to estimates, during this time the southern coast of Alaska lost more than 100 million Pacific cod. Thousands of seabirds were found washed up on the shore, and about half a million were decimated in total. In one year alone, populations of humpback whales dropped by 30 percent. Salmon, sea lions, krill, and other marine animals also vanished in astonishing numbers, as toxic algae bloomed.
The Blob caused ecosystems and industries alike immense losses - so much so that researchers from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are now closely tracking these events.
The current heatwave, they say, has not only popped up in the same area, it's grown in much the same way and is almost the same size.
Side by side, a comparison of both their early stages is ominous. Like the blob, the current marine heat wave emerged only a few months ago, as the winds that cool the ocean's surface began to die down.
"Given the magnitude of what we saw last time, we want to know if this evolves on a similar path," says marine ecologist Chris Harvey from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center.
© Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Webcam
Rendezvous Peak
Rendezvous Peak
The 2020 Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting that this winter, there'll be s'no escape from shivers, snowflakes, and slush: "Snowy, icy, and icky" conditions, "wet and wild" periods, and "a parade of snowstorms" will transform the landscape.
The snow fell on Bald Mountain in the Uinta Mountains early Tuesday morning.
The area is about 12,000 feet above sea level.
" Gladmelding! Due to cold temperature and good weather we get opened Saturday 14. September well a week before planned. We still have a lot of work with snow tablecloths but have received good help from breførerene at juvasshytta. Pictures are from writing moment. There are 40 cm nysnø on the glacier."
BIG SKY RESORT
As clouds cleared this morning, 11,166 foot Lone Peak revealed a dusting of snow.
For the record - there are just 80 more days until ski season begins.
Winter is just around the corner.
© Spencer Robinson
Light snow fell in Labrador after post-tropical storm Dorian swept through.
Light snow fell in Labrador after post-tropical storm Dorian swept through.
After Dorian made landfall as a hurricane-strength post-tropical storm in Nova Scotia Saturday and tracked east, it left behind more than a trail of damage and power outages -- it even dropped some light flurries in parts of New Brunswick and Labrador, later that evening and overnight Sunday, respectively.
What led to the dusting of the white stuff (no accumulations) was a trough merging with Dorian. As it transitioned into a post-tropical storm, the wind field expanded and the storm lost its tropical characteristics, Weather Network meteorologist Matt Grinter explained.
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