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Electrical storm causes fire in Almeria province, Spain


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Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:59 UTC
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A violent electrical storm was the cause of a bush fire this morning in the province of Almeria. Fire planes have been working since dawn to extinguish six points of fire that are still burning being fanned by strong winds in the area.

The zone affected is scrubland with little vegetation and quite a distance from the nearest populated area in the Huercal-Overa region.

Javier Madrid who is co-ordinating the work by INFOCA said that there was no risk to homes or people but that some families had been evacuated as a safety precaution.

According to the authorities, last night's storm caused over 2,000 lightening strikes which set off three major fires in Turre, Mojacar and Huercal Overa.
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Toronto mops up after record-breaking storm


Associated Press via Yahoo News
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:47 UTC
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Toronto-area residents mopped up Tuesday after a record-breaking storm and driving wind caused flash floods which set cars afloat, stranded rail commuters and caused widespread power outages in Canada's largest city.

"It is really, probably the most intense, wettest moment in Toronto's history," Environment Canada senior climatologist David Philips said.

Phillips said two separate storm cells moved over the city at the same time, and then stalled over Toronto for hours.

"It's almost like Toronto was a target with a bull's eye," he said.

Pearson International Airport reported 12.6 centimeters (4.96 inches) of rain throughout Monday, breaking the previous single-day rainfall record for the city set back on Oct. 15, 1954, when Hurricane Hazel dumped 121 millimeters (4.76 inches) of rain.

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Mudslide in western China buries about 30


Associated Press via Yahoo News
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:44 UTC
Flooding in western China, the worst in 50 years for some areas, triggered a landslide Wednesday that buried about 30 people, trapped hundreds in a highway tunnel and destroyed a high-profile memorial to a devastating 2008 earthquake.
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Torrential rains pummel China's Sichuan Province, causing flooding that has swept away homes and bridges.
Meanwhile, to the northeast, at least 12 workers were killed when a violent rainstorm caused the collapse of an unfinished coal mine workshop they were building, said a statement from the city government of Jinzhong, where the accident occurred. The accident Tuesday night came amid heavy rain and high winds across a swath of northern China, including the capital, Beijing.

There was no immediate word on the chances of survival for the 30 or so people buried in the landslide in the city of Dujiangyan in Sichuan province, but rescue workers with search dogs rushed to the area, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

State-run China Central Television said hundreds of people were trapped in a highway tunnel between Dujiangyan and Wenchuan - the epicenter of the earthquake five years ago that left 90,000 people dead or missing. Authorities were not able to make contact with the people, the report said.
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Cloud Lightning

Waterspout forms over Florida bay - Video


The Daily Telegraph, UK
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:24 UTC
A large waterspout has come ashore over the coastline of Oldsmar in Florida, to the amazement of onlookers who captured the phenomenon on video.

Residents of the Tampa Bay area of Florida were amazed to see a huge column of water hovering over their homes on Monday.

The waterspout came over the coastline of Oldsmar before hitting land and becoming a tornado.

Cleanup crews worked quickly and, by Tuesday afternoon the only signs of damage were an uprooted mailbox, and knocked down tree branches. No injuries were reported.

"I was so excited, I just wanted to see this thing," said David Necker, who recorded video on his mobile phone before and after driving away from his house in case the waterspout caused significant damage. "I couldn't believe it. Fifteen years living here, and it's the first time I've ever seen anything so incredible."

Abram Carawan was also mesmerised by the sight and posted this video clip of it on YouTube.

The National Weather Service has confirmed that isolated thunderstorms in the Tampa Bay area produced the waterspout. Generally, waterspouts are tornados that occur over water in which a continuous vortex, sometimes hundreds of metres high, extends from a cloud to the water surface.
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Cloud Precipitation

Sichuan, China bridge collapse triggered by floods; 3 rescued from raging river


Huffington Post
Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:48 UTC
Sichuan flood bridge
© AP Photo
In this image taken by mobile phone camera, what remains of the Qinglian bridge that was swept away by heaving flood waters is seen in the city of Jiangyou in the western province of Sichuan on Tuesday, July 9, 2013.
Three people were pulled from a raging river but six others remained missing following a bridge collapse Tuesday in mountainous western China amid heavy flooding that has forced thousands to evacuate their homes.

The official Xinhua News Agency said one sedan, three minivans and one SUV fell into the torrent when the more than 40-year-old Qinglian bridge broke apart just before noon in the city of Jiangyou in the western province of Sichuan.
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Bizarro Earth

Largest Nevada fires still growing near Vegas, Reno

Ken Ritter
Miami Herald
Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:46 UTC
Fire crews worked Tuesday to stop two large Nevada wildfires advancing through rugged mountain areas, including one that billowed smoke visible from downtown Las Vegas and another southwest of Reno, while administrators added resources and began looking to the weather to help contain flames.

Fifty firefighters were added to the lines on the Carpenter 1 Fire on Mount Charleston northwest of Las Vegas, bringing to more than 800 the number of personnel battling a blaze identified as the top priority in the West, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Jay Nichols said.
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Smoke from the Mount Charleston wildfire is shown against the mountains in this view looking north on Rainbow Boulevard at sunset Monday, July 8, 2013.
"We've got a fire running from 11,000 feet to about 5,000 feet," Nichols said of the elevation of the blaze sparked by lightning July 1 and still just 15 percent contained eight days later. He said some of the increase in the fire size was due to backfires set to burn forest fuel and protect homes.

The fire area of almost 31 square miles was nearly the size of Manhattan. It charred pinion, juniper and bristlecone pine forest in steep territory and crept to within about a mile about 400 homes in mountain hamlets. More than 500 residents and another 98 teenagers at a youth correctional camp remained evacuated since the weekend. State highways into the area are closed.
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Cloud Precipitation

Freak Alberta hailstorm leaves behind 10-Mile ice strip across Airdrie, Canada

Rebecka Schumann
International Business Times
Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:36 UTC
Alberta hailstorm
© Twitter
The aerial image of the 10-mile-long hailstorm that hit Alberta, Canada, was captured by Captain Daryl Frank north of Calgary.
What appears to be a giant white strip in the middle of Canada is actually the aftereffect of a freak hailstorm in the province of Alberta this past weekend. The photograph, taken by a pilot, shows the remains of the storm in the city of Airdrie.

The now-viral photo, first shared on Twitter, was reportedly taken by a Jazz Aviation pilot, Captain Daryl Frank, north of Calgary on Saturday. According to a report from the Huffington Post, the hailstorm and high winds hit not only Airdrie but also Cochrane and north Calgary Saturday afternoon. The storm, although leaving behind up to 12 inches of accumulation that measured two miles wide and 10 miles long, only lasted an estimated 30 minutes, reported WunderGround.
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Fish

DEC investigating reports of fish kills on several Finger Lakes, NY - including Cayuga and Skaneateles

David Figura
syracuse.com
Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:15 UTC
Reports of fish kills on several of the Finger Lakes has prompted testing by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, officials confirmed this week.

David Lemon, fisheries manager for the DEC's Region 7, said Tuesday, "I've heard that several of the western Finger Lakes are experiencing significant fish mortality events." Locally, he mentioned Cayuga and Skaneateles lakes.

"We've had no reports of significant die-offs in either Owasco and Otisco Lakes," he said.

Dennis Rhoads, a veteran angler from Summerhill, said he's seen dead fish on Cayuga Lake. He said he's also been talking to other anglers on Cayuga and Seneca Lakes and has been reading reports from fishermen on LakeOntarioUnited.com, an online fishing forum. Earlier this week, he said:

"Last several weeks we have seen lots of dead fish on Cayuga Lake. Bass, perch, sunfish etc.," he said. "We were on lake yesterday at latest and saw recent dead fish. Guys are reporting big kills on all Finger Lakes from Hemlock, Canandagua to Cayuga."

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Yellow Perch, (Perca flavescens)
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Fish

Shinnecock Bay bluefish mysteriously washing up dead in droves, NY

Lyn Mccabe
longisland.com
Sat, 06 Jul 2013 09:18 UTC
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1,000 to 1,200 pounds of dead bluefish have been hauled in from the Shinnecock Bay, but not other fish species is showing signs of a ...

Shinnecock Bay fishermen have been scratching their heads as to what is happening to the bluefish, which have been washing up dead on the shores since last weekend. Now, the Marine Animal Disease Laboratory at Stony Brook University is stepping in to investigate the unusual die-off of this particular species.

According to Southampton Town trustee Ed Warner, the dead bluefish started turning up last Sunday, June 30. They first were found floating in the center of the bay east of the Shinnecock Reservation in small numbers, but the number of dead fish found rose exponentially. By midway through this week, town trustees had removed 1,000 to 1,200 pounds of dead cocktail bluefish, each weighing between 2 and 4 pounds, Warner said to Newsday.
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Third killer whale found dead off Queensland coast, Australia


ninemsn.com.au
Sat, 06 Jul 2013 08:46 UTC

A third killer whale carcass has been found by wildlife rangers at Fraser Island, off the southern Queensland coast.

The whale was discovered late on Friday in a creek north of Kingfisher Bay on the island by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service staff.

The discovery comes two days after two whales, believed to be a mother and calf, died on Wednesday when their pod became stranded on a sandbar in the Great Sandy Strait which separates the island from the mainland.

It's believed the whale discovered on Friday, which measures seven metres, had been dead for at least 24 hours before its discovery.
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