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Unseasonal rain, hailstorm damage crops in parts of Odisha, India

Tanima Ray
Odishatv.in
Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:21 UTC
crop damage
Unseasonal rain and hailstorm destroyed crops in several parts of the State on Wednesday leaving farmers in distress.

Acres of vegetable crops have been damaged in some coastal parts of the State in districts of Balasore, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Khurda, Cuttack and some other areas like Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar which witnessed spells of thunderstorm and rain in last 24 hours.

Kharif crops and various types of vegetables like brinjal, pumpkin, chilies, cucumber been badly damaged due to heavy rainfall in Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj and Jajpur.
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Record-breaking 171 mph February wind gust recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire


WCAX
Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:08 UTC
Mount Washington Observatory
© File Photo

Monday's winter storm was one for the record books on New Hampshire's Mount Washington, where forecasters recorded the highest wind gust for the month of February -- 170 mph.

"We've now hit a peak gust of 171 miles per hour," said Tod Padham, a meteorologist at the Mt. Washington Observatory.

The previous February record for a wind gust was a 1972 measurement of 166 mph.

This is also the strongest wind recorded here in any month since 1985.

"Oh yeah! My coffee mug was actually rattling on the table just from the vibration of the building here. The windows were kind of flexing back and forth from the pressure changes with the wind," said Padham.

Forecasters are still safe up there because the observatory can handle wind gusts of up to 300 mph.

A 231-mph gust on the 6,288-foot mountain in 1934 remains the highest wind speed ever observed by man.

Comment: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Winds across our Earth have shifted

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Winds across our Earth have shifted


Adapt 2030
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:56 UTC
Himawari-8 infrared image of Super Typhoon Wutien at 2:10 am EST Monday, February 25, 2019.
© NOAA/RAMMB.
Himawari-8 infrared image of Super Typhoon Wutip taken at 2:10 am EST Monday, February 25, 2019. At the time, Wutip was a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds--the first Northern Hemisphere Category 5 tropical cyclone on record in February.
It is apparent with the increased wind speeds across the Northern Hemisphere that there has been a shift in Earth's jet streams, cloud cells and atmosphere. Looking at 171 mph winds on Mt Washington, world record commercial flight times as tail winds propel jets to hyper-sonic speeds, Norway 120 mph winds, Iceland 120 mph winds, Croatia 120 mph winds, fish blown from the sea in Malta and Sicily, huge waves in Sicily, never before seen cloud formations in Romania and first ever super typhoon in the Pacific in February all in the last week.


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Too much snow! Soldier Mountain ski area in Idaho to close while crews continue 'digging out' - 5 feet in 5 days


IdahoNews.com
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:15 UTC
snow
Too much of a good thing?

Soldier Mountain said on Wednesday that the ski resort near the small town of Fairfield will be closed on Thursday due to too much snow. Most of Idaho's central mountains are under extreme avalanche danger and workers "continue digging out and getting the Mountain safe for skiing" the ski resort said.

Idaho's mountains have been hit especially hard by several feet of snow this month. In Featherville, for example, a weather spotter measured 60 inches of snow since Feb. 22, the National Weather Service said.
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Deadly floods and landslides hit the city of Huancavelica, Peru


Al Jazeera
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:53 UTC
At least 50 people have been killed as intense rain
© Reuters
At least 50 people have been killed as intense rains plague northern and central coastal regions of Peru
Two more people have been killed in a landslide in Peru, bringing to at least 50 the number of people who have died since the rainy season started in September, according to the Centre for National Emergency Operations.

The landslide was triggered by torrential rain in the city of Huancavelica, where hospitals and schools have been inundated, and severe flooding has blocked roads and damaged bridges, the centre said.

Thousands of families have been affected by the flood waters, with many calling on the government to do more to alleviate the situation.

The National Institute of Civil Defence and the Navy have sent more than 723 tonnes of humanitarian aid, equipment and heavy machinery to the northwestern port of Paita, which has seen some of the worst floods.

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Attention

Experts on high alert after dead, sick dolphins wash ashore on coastline of California


losangeles.cbslocal.com
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:40 UTC
dolphins
From Laguna to Huntington Beach, an unprecedented number of dolphins are washing ashore dead or so sick that they have to be humanely euthanized.

"It's a shock and not happy about it whatsoever," said Newport Beach resident Eric Fritz. "They're our friends, are you kidding? I've rode waves with dolphins before."

In the last two weeks, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center says five common dolphins and one bottlenose dolphin have washed ashore. Compare that to just one dolphin last year.

Scientists are desperate to find a cause.

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Cloud Precipitation

Over 520mm (20 inches) of rain in 48 hours, evacuations as rivers rise in Northern California

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:52 UTC
Russian River at Guerneville, California,
© Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
Russian River at Guerneville, California, is predicted to reach 46 feet later today. Evacuations orders have been issued.
Heavy rain brought by an atmospheric river caused river levels to increase dramatically in Northern California from 26 February, 2019.

NWS Bay Area said that Venado in Sonoma County has recorded "an incredible 20.48 inches" (520.19 mm) of rain in 48 hours to 27 February, 2019.

NWS forecast that the Russian River at Guerneville in Sonoma County would reach 46 feet by Wednesday 27 February, which is 14 feet above its flood stage. The Russian River's record flood level is 49.5 feet set in February 1986.

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued on 26 February for thousands of people living in over 20 communities along the river. Some schools and roads have been closed and there is a high risk of mudslides according to County of Sonoma Emergency.

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Hailstorm kills 'several thousand birds' in Narail, Bangladesh


UNB
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:28 UTC
The park authorities have gathered the dead birds and will bury those, said the Erfan Ahmed

The park authorities have gathered the dead birds and will bury those, said the Erfan Ahmed.
Several thousand birds, mostly migratory birds, were killed in 'Anurima Eco Park' at Panipara village of Kalia upazila in hailstorm accompanying rain that ripped through the country in last three days.

Erfan Ahmed, the managing director of the Ecopark, said that heavy rainfall accompanied by stormy wind and hailstorm lashed Narail like other parts of the country on February 25 and February 26.

After the storm, they found carcasses of several thousand birds lying scattered in the park, he said.
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Fire

2nd wildfire in 24 hours hits UK: Arthur's seat in Edinburgh ablaze

Ella Wills
Independent
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:42 UTC
arthurs seat fire
© Holyrood Park, Edinburg PA
Scene of a gorse fire below Salisbury Crags inHolyrood Park, Edinburg
PA
Firefighters are battling a large gorse fire on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.

Around 800 square metres of gorse is ablaze on the Salisbury Crags.

Two fire engines from Edinburgh went to the scene after the alarm was raised at around 6.30pm on Tuesday.

Comment: See: Major moorland fire in Yorkshire, UK - In February?

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Snowflake Cold

Global Warming? Los Angeles experiences coldest February in 60 years

Joel B. Pollack
Breitbart
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:08 UTC
Los Angeles
© Mario Tama / Getty
Los Angeles is officially experiencing the coldest February in nearly 60 years, according to the National Weather Service, as the city has endured a series of storms and is bracing for more later this week.

The Los Angeles Times reported Monday evening:
This month is the coldest February in downtown Los Angeles in nearly 60 years, with the average high temperature at 60.6 degrees as of Sunday. That's a full 8 degrees below the normal average temperature, the National Weather Service said in a news release announcing the record lows.

It hasn't been this cold since 1962, when the average high temperature for the month in downtown L.A. was 59.8 degrees, the weather service said.
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