Earth Changes
This scary video was taken in Plano, Texas, where warming weather caused thick ice sheets deposited by a winter storm to slide from the roof of an apartment complex Sunday. According to WFAA 8, ice several inches thick crushed cars and tore through trees.
Residents recorded the falling ice with their smartphones as it smashed onto sidewalks and cars parked on the street. Luckily, no one was hurt. At least eight cars were damaged, some with collapsed roofs and shattered windshields.
A sonic boom shook homes across parts of Denton County on Wednesday morning.
People from Aubrey, Sanger, Krum and Gainesville called FOX4 about the loud and reverberating noise about 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Some people said it had even knocked items off of walls.
It turns out the boom was caused by test planes.
Lockheed Martin said it had two supersonic aircrafts running test flights over that area of North Texas.
People from Aubrey, Sanger, Krum and Gainesville called FOX4 about the loud and reverberating noise about 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Some people said it had even knocked items off of walls.
It turns out the boom was caused by test planes.
Lockheed Martin said it had two supersonic aircrafts running test flights over that area of North Texas.
Upstate New York is braced to receive an onslaught of lake effect snow by week's end. New Yorkers from Syracuse to Watertown could see as much as three feet thanks to the coldest temperatures to hit the region yet this season blowing across Lake Ontario.
Other lakeside cities like Chicago and Buffalo also expected major snow from the second bitter arctic blast of the year, which is set to chill Americans from Cincinnati to Boston by Thursday. Weather maps of the Great Lakes region show nothing but snow in the forecast through Friday, with the most intense precipitation in Upstate New York.
Frigid days ahead: The air currently blowing across the Great Lakes is the coldest arctic blast of the season and is due to stretch through the Midwest, the South and then chill most of the Northeast by ThursdayLocally intense snowfall east of Lake Michigan, south of Lake Superior and east of Lake Ontario could reach a whopping four feet, according to Accuweather.com.
Lake effect snow occurs when cold, dry air passes over the relatively warm water of the Great Lakes and picks up moisture. That moisture eventually freezes and falls in the form of snow.
Other lakeside cities like Chicago and Buffalo also expected major snow from the second bitter arctic blast of the year, which is set to chill Americans from Cincinnati to Boston by Thursday. Weather maps of the Great Lakes region show nothing but snow in the forecast through Friday, with the most intense precipitation in Upstate New York.
Frigid days ahead: The air currently blowing across the Great Lakes is the coldest arctic blast of the season and is due to stretch through the Midwest, the South and then chill most of the Northeast by Thursday
Lake effect snow occurs when cold, dry air passes over the relatively warm water of the Great Lakes and picks up moisture. That moisture eventually freezes and falls in the form of snow.
Widespread flooding in Malaysia: the government blames 'global warming' (the ordinary people, in other words), but whatever its cause, it's directly impacting the food supply, which is shrinking...
The surge has been triggered after the government cut subsidies on sugar - used in many local dishes.
At the same time, Malaysia also relies on food imports which has made keeping prices in check difficult.
The BBC's Jennifer Pak reports from Kuala Lumpur,
The number of animal attacks on humans has increased in recent years. In last 10 years, 200 people have got killed and more than 500 got injured in human animal conflict in different parts of the Valley.
The reason for the rapid rise of tension between humans and animals is the paucity of living space. According to the World Conservation Union (World Park Congress 2003), conflict occurs when wildlife's requirements overlap with those of human population. The destruction of their habitat due to human activities compels the wild animals to enter human settlements in search of food and water leading to conflict.
Wild life warden of Dachigam National Park, Mohamed Sadiq says killing the animal is not the ultimate solution.
"Human population is increasing rapidly. Forest cover has either decreased or declined in quality due to habitat degradation and people in Kashmir have changed their agriculture fields in to apple orchards, which attract black bear.
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Rani and his family lost everything in the flood.
Rani and his family lost everything in the flood.
They say the measures of the past proved futile this time after the water level rose more than 1m higher than the massive floods in 1971.
"When it started to rain on Dec 3, we went to sleep at my sister's house nearby because it had never flooded there," said 59-year-old Kamariah Othman.
"But at 4am the next day, we were woken by her neighbour when water started flowing into their house.
"Before we knew it, we were up to our waists in water."
The family moved to a cousin's house on a hill and have been staying there for the past few days.
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He said the Government and other parties should not be blamed for the disasters as they were facing a phenomenon which was out of their abilities to tackle effectively.
"Floods are not something unusual in Malaysia as well as other advanced countries like the United Kingdom and the United States.
"One factor is generally the monsoon season which brings heavy rain and strong winds and another factor is global warming and climate change.
"The effects of this phenomenon is difficult to determine but weather experts are certain that there will be heavier rains than usual," Najib said at a flood relief special payment ceremony here Saturday.
He said high moisture content in the air would cause the heavy rains.
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Bobcat (Lynx rufus), taken at Sunol Park near Livermore CA, USA
Bobcat (Lynx rufus), taken at Sunol Park near Livermore CA, USA
She was letting her dog into her county Route 2 home around noon Thursday when a large animal pounced on her, latching onto her face and biting and scratching her.
She was able to fight it off by choking it, but not before it bit and/or scratched her head, shoulder, arms and thigh.
"I turned around and it was leaping right for my neck," Bowman recalled. "It went for my throat."
Bowman was mauled by a large bobcat, a cat that minutes later went after her daughter's boyfriend, Nate Nadeau, and tried to attack him as well.
Nadeau shot and killed it, but state tests later found the cat had rabies, so both Bowman and Nadeau - who was not hurt but did have contact with the cat - had to get two weeks of rabies shots.
The incident has left Bowman shaken and afraid to go out of her house, and concerned that rabies is going to affect other bobcats in the area and make them aggressive as well.
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Cindy Bowman's arm after a bobcat attacked her
Cindy Bowman's arm after a bobcat attacked her
A Jaguar has been destroyed and several others seriously damaged following a spate of ice sheets thawing and falling from sloped buildings in Plano, Texas
Authorities closed streets as maintenance crews worked to push the ice from buildings to prevent any accidents
The ice storm that hit the area this week left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and caused over 1000 flight delays
Shocked bystanders watched aghast as huge sheets of ice slipped off the top of a building in Texas and onto cars below, completely crushing them.
Plano, in north Texas, has been hit hard with snow and ice since the weekend, but thawing temperatures have started to melt the large quantities of snow and ice that have built up.
The affect has caused major damage to vehicles parked in the streets.
In one case, which was caught on video, a Jaguar was crushed in Plano, after its roof collapsed and windows smashed under the weight of the falling freeze.
The sheets also damaged a Corvette and several other vehicles.
Authorities closed streets as maintenance crews worked to push the ice from buildings to prevent any accidents
The ice storm that hit the area this week left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and caused over 1000 flight delays
Shocked bystanders watched aghast as huge sheets of ice slipped off the top of a building in Texas and onto cars below, completely crushing them.
Plano, in north Texas, has been hit hard with snow and ice since the weekend, but thawing temperatures have started to melt the large quantities of snow and ice that have built up.
The affect has caused major damage to vehicles parked in the streets.
In one case, which was caught on video, a Jaguar was crushed in Plano, after its roof collapsed and windows smashed under the weight of the falling freeze.
The sheets also damaged a Corvette and several other vehicles.
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#1 Something is causing large numbers of dead birds to wash up on shores all over Alaska. The following is a report from Alaska Public Media about just one of these incidents...
Scientists do not know why this is happening. Some of them are blaming "harsh weather".Hundreds of dead birds washed up on the shores of St. Lawrence Island towards the end of November. And though the cause of the die off isn't yet known, the quick response demonstrates a mounting capacity for dealing with unexpected environmental events in the region.
Comment: A key suspect was left off the list... the Pacific Ring of Fire is super-active these days.
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