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Tornado kills one, damages 165 houses in Indonesia's West Java province


Straits Times
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 06:00 UTC
indonesia tornado
© TWITTER/SUTOPO PURWO NUGROHO
The tornado swept through a village in Cirebon at around at around 3.30pm local time on Dec 30, 2018.
A tornado swept through an Indonesian village in Cirebon in West Java province on Sunday (Dec 31), killing one person and causing widespread destruction.

The powerful winds have reportedly damaged 165 houses in the area.

National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on his Twitter account that "the puting beliung" (tornado), which took place at around 3.30pm local time, had caused blackouts in most parts of the area.

The tornado also caused considerable damage to two Muslim prayer rooms.

Comment: Indonesia really is being battered at the moment with volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides and brutal storms: For more, check out SOTTs monthly documentary SOTT Earth Changes Summary - November 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs:



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Seismograph

Shallow magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Alaska


News.am
Mon, 31 Dec 2018 10:31 UTC
quake Alaska
© USGS
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center recorded a magnitude-6.1 earthquake in Alaska which poses no local threat of a tsunami.

The quake struck at 3:35 p.m. Hawaii time at a depth of about 16 miles and about 632 miles southwest of Anchorage.
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Bizarro Earth

Waves that surprised Florida beachgoers last week caused by rare meteotsunami

Devan Patel
Naples Daily News
Fri, 28 Dec 2018 01:30 UTC
meteotsunami in Florida
© Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News
Strong winds push waves all the way up the beach on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, in Port Royal.
Scientists think a meteotsunami hit Southwest Florida last week, sending surf rushing up beach access walkways.

"It's not like what you see with a tsunami wave caused by an earthquake," said Chris Fisher, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

But it's a fairly rare occurrence. Last week's apparent meteotsunami caused water levels to jump by nearly a foot and forced beachgoers from Naples to Sanibel Island to scurry out of the way of waves last week.

A meteotsunami - not to be confused with a tsunami - consists of large waves caused by air pressure disturbances and quick-moving storms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Tsunamis generally are attributed to large displacements of water, usually from major seismic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or explosions.

At 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, temperatures dropped by almost 10 degrees in Southwest Florida as barometric pressure momentarily rose by 1.6 millibars. Waves were projected to be about 1.7 feet at 1:30 p.m. but reached 5.04 feet before decreasing rapidly over the next hour.


Comment: While events like this have occurred before, all around the world we're seeing them increase in frequency and intensity, along with a variety of related phenomena:

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Snowflake Cold

Sikkim: Indian Army rescues over 2800 tourists stranded near Indo-China border after heavy snowfall


Times Now
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 22:10 UTC
Indian Army rescues over 2800 tourists

Indian Army rescues over 2800 tourists
Indian Army rescued over 2,800 tourists stranded at Nathu La near Indo-China border and some other places in Sikkim a day after the region received heavy snowfall on Friday. The rescue operations continued from late Friday till Saturday afternoon. Among those rescued were many elderly people and children who were provided food and shelter by the Army. As many as 90 people of those who were rescued fell ill and were provided treatment.

"Heavy snowfall left many tourists stranded around 17 Mile & Nathu La, Sikkim. Indian Army offered spontaneous help to people providing warm clothing, shelter, hot meals, medical aid & carrying out physical rescue missions," ADG PI, Indian Army's public information wing said in a statement.

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Snowflake

Aspen-Snowmass ski slopes double snowfall amounts compared to last season - 137 inches for the season so far

Scott Condon
The Aspen Times
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:45 UTC
Chicago resident Cooper Bluhm, 18, slashes through some powder on Bell on Aspen Mountain on Friday morning.

Chicago resident Cooper Bluhm, 18, slashes through some powder on Bell on Aspen Mountain on Friday morning.
Anyone who has hit the slopes this season knows the snow conditions are good, but just how good? Essentially, twice as good as last season, based on snowfall data.

Snowmass Ski Area has received 89 inches of snow in November and December as of Friday, according to Aspen Skiing Co. That's more than double the 43 inches for the same two months last season. More snow is forecast for the Aspen area Sunday night, just before 2019 rolls in.

Aspen Highlands has collected 97 inches of snow this November and December compared with 45 inches for the two months last year. That's an increase of 110 percent.

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Snowflake

Heavy snow wreaks havoc in central, eastern China

Chengcheng
Xinhua
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:15 UTC
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2018 shows
© Xinhua/Su Yang
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2018 shows the view of snow-covered Gan's Grand Courtyard, an ancient architectural complex, in Nanjing City, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
Many parts of central and eastern China have been embracing the heaviest snow this winter since Saturday, with severe traffic disruption during the New Year holiday.

In central China's Hunan Province, high-speed trains linking the capital city of Changsha to Guangzhou and Shenzhen suspended operation. All the passenger bus services in the city were suspended due to the snowstorm.

In the neighbouring Hubei Province, some 10,000 subway staff in the capital city of Wuhan began to clean up the snow since 4 a.m. on Sunday at 206 stations and laid sacks and carpets to ensure safety.

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Arrow Up

Strange 'lava-type flow' oozing from ground creates panic in North East India village


Firstpost
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 13:07 UTC
lava flow in India
A volcanic lava type inflammable liquid has been reportedly profiting out of the ground in Tripura's Jalifa village and has triggered panic among the local residents of the area. It has gradually become a matter of concern for the Tripura state government, in North East India, which is highly vulnerable to earthquakes as it lies in seismic zone V.

This is the third such incident reported this year the state which is very close to Chittagong in Bangladesh.

Earlier in mid-April, at two spots, namely Baishnavpur and Ghagrabasti of Sunroom, lava-like liquid erupted along with fire and gas.

In the recent incident from a few days ago, the local villagers of Jalifa were scared to find lava erupting from the lower portion of the electric pole on the roadside and reported the matter to the fire extinguishing team and local police. A team of firefighters rushed to the spot and tried to spray water and foam, but failed to stop the ongoing eruption that had already burned the spot.

Meanwhile, scientists from the Department of Science, Technology and Environment of the Government of Tripura also visited the spot. After examining the spot and analysing the samples collected from the spot they concluded that the fire, smoke and other materials running out of the ground is due to a fault line that passes through that area beside the displacement of the underground tectonic plates in that region and which is creating huge subsurface heat causing the incident.

Comment: A few months ago a mysterious burning hole with flames shooting out of it was discovered in Midway, Arkansas which baffled geologists. See also:

SOTT Exclusive: The growing threat of underground fires and explosions

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Attention

Powerful explosion at Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka, Russia - Aviation code to red


Volcano Discovery
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:06 UTC
This morning's explosion at Shiveluch volcano seen on the KVERT webcam

This morning's explosion at Shiveluch volcano seen on the KVERT webcam
A powerful, brief explosion has sent ash possibly up to 40,000ft (12km), prompting KVERT to raise the Aviation Colour Code to Red.

Activity has recently returned to a moderate level following a hiatus for most of the year.

Explosions like this are typical for Sheveluch- many have happened in the past 25 years as dome-building continues.
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Attention

Bali's Mount Agung volcano erupts, spews ash over wide area


The Straits Times
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 14:53 UTC
Mount Agung volcano erupts,
© REUTERS
Mount Agung volcano erupts, as seen from Kubu, Karangasem Regency in Bali, Indonesia on June 29, 2018.
A volcano on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali erupted Sunday, belching ash high into the air and over nearby villages as officials warned tourists to keep clear of the area.

Mount Agung has been erupting periodically since it rumbled back to life in 2017, when it grounded hundreds of flights and left 120,000 visitors stranded.

On Sunday morning, the volcano - which is about 70 kilometres from the tourist hub of Kuta - sent ash skywards as it erupted for about three minutes, according to the country's volcanology centre.

"Residents near Mount Agung as well as climbers and tourists should not carry out any activity in the danger zone or within a four-kilometre radius from the crater," the centre said in a statement.
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Cloud Precipitation

Record rainfall in Queensland, Australia - 1.5 meters since the start of December


Cairns Post
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 14:23 UTC
Flash flooding in Queensland

Flash flooding in Queensland
Long-term weather records have been smashed by overnight rainfall, with some parts of the Far North receiving more than a metre of water so far this month.

The Bureau of Meteorology has reported 1.5m of rainfall since the start of December at Daintree Village — eclipsing a previous December record of 900mm set in 1973.

Cairns Airport has received its highest ever rainfall for the soggy month, with 754.4mm filling the rain gauge, as has Cooktown with 675.6mm.

The bureau has also recorded 888mm of rainfall at Kuranda Railway Station, and 750mm at Innisfail wharf, the highest monthly amounts ever for both locations.

Bureau duty forecaster Lachlan Stoney said they were still expecting the heavy rainfall to continue today, with a severe weather warning issued for a large area across Cape York Peninsula, extending northwest of Cairns.

"It's all associated with the tropical low that's formed in the area," he said.

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