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Baseball-sized hail recorded in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Lilly Paltsev
Narcity
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:18 UTC
Hailstones
Baseball-sized hail can do some serious damage.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan got hit with a brutal hailstorm yesterday. Cars are damaged, windows are shattered, and thousands are still without power. Unbelievable photos and videos show enormous chunks of hail raining down from the sky, accompanied by severe winds and thunder.

From Ontario's destructive windstorm on Wednesday to the snowstorm in Newfoundland last week, Canada's had a very bizarre start to the summer this year. At this point, no amount of crazy weather can ever surprise a Canadian.

Weather Canada has even issued a tornado warning, which remains in effect in parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan that are near the U.S. border.

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Kilauea volcano eruption rains down green crystals


USA Today
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:41 UTC
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© U.S. Geological Survey/Associated Press
Lava fountaining at a fissure near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii Tuesday, June 5, 2018.
In the never-ending parade of weird phenomena erupting from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano comes a "rain" of green crystals, which have supposedly been spotted on the ground after falling from the sky.

"It is literally raining gems," tweeted Tucson meteorologist Erin Jordan, who posted a photo sent to her by a friend in Hawaii.

The gems are also known as olivine, "a common mineral in basaltic lava, which is what this eruption is producing," said Concord University volcanologist Janine Krippner. "Olivine is formed in hot and deep magmas and is brought up to the surface during an eruption."
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Sakurajima volcano erupts again in southwestern Japan


Xinhua
Sat, 16 Jun 2018 15:29 UTC
Sakurajima volcano, on Kyushu island in southern Japan, erupted on June 16, blasting smoke thousands of meters into the air, according to Japanese Media.

Sakurajima volcano, on Kyushu island in southern Japan, erupted on June 16, blasting smoke thousands of meters into the air, according to Japanese Media.
The Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, saw an explosive eruption Saturday morning and no injury has been reported.

The eruption was observed at around 7:20 a.m. local time at one of the peaks of the volcano, spewing volcanic ash 4,700 meters into the sky, according to the local weather agency.

Sakurajima is an active composite volcano and a former island in Kagoshima prefecture. The most recent eruption started on May 2, 2017.

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Cloud Precipitation

Deadly floods and landslides in 4 states of India after torrential rain - At least 25 killed

Richard Davies
FloodList
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:57 UTC
flood
Torrential monsoon rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in four states in India over the last few days.

As of 14 June, at least 3 people had died and around 36,000 displaced in Assam. Severe flooding has also affected the north eastern states of Manipur, where 6 people have died, and Tripura, where at least 3 people have died and 15,000 displaced.

Meanwhile monsoon rain, strong winds and high waves continue to batter the south western state of Kerala, where 13 people have died in the last few days.

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Another inconvenient truth: Antarctica's ice sheet is more durable than we thought

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:38 UTC
Mt. Erebus
© Ted Scambos & Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Mt. Erebus rising above the ice-covered continent
On the same day that WaPo and other alarmist media outlets were wailing about a small loss in Antarctic ice balance, another study came out. This study found that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet has survived higher temperatures than we are experiencing now.

From PM:

Summary:
  • Scientists studied the Pliocene epoch, which happened a few million years ago.
  • Temperatures were a little warmer then, so the epoch could be a good preview of a warmer Earth.
  • They found Antarctic ice was more prevalent back then than we'd believed.
One of the biggest potential dangers of increasing climate change is sea level rise caused by the melting of the polar ice caps. As our planet heats up, large ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will melt, potentially triggering several feet of increased sea level rise. If the entire Antarctic ice sheet melts into the ocean, it could lead to dozens of feet of sea level rise, likely enough to wipe out entire cities.

Comment: Sorry, Warmunists: 99.989% of the Antarctic ice sheet didn't melt!

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Bizarre trumpet-like sounds cause panic in Chile


Sputnik
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:23 UTC
Trumpet sounds in Chile
© Youtube/Snippins
A video has emerged showing the moment when animals and people were left frightened by a loud, unknown sound that rang out during the night.

Apocalyptic fears were sparked among people in Chile as a strange trumpet-like noise was heard for two minutes.

Dogs were barking in fear and the atmosphere was eerie, as the sound went on. Wild claims that followed online after the video was uploaded included passages from the Bible.

The clip was uploaded to the YouTube channel ZealotInAll Black3.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills man doing canopy tour in Monteverde, Costa Rica

Laura Alvarado
The Costa Rica Star
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:40 UTC
lightning
The afternoon of this Friday a man died after being struck by lightning while doing canopy tour in Monteverde.

The victim was identified as Pedro Obando, 31 years old, who apparently worked as a canopy tour guide in the area. No additional information has been offered so far regarding the accident or the details on how the tragedy occurred.

This Thursday heavy rainfall affected most of the Costa Rican territory accompanied with an important thunderstorm.

In the past years the month of June registers close to 96 thousand lightning strikes, but this year the first 14 days of June have already registered close to 85 thousand.

Authorities recommend that during a thunderstorm people stay away from metal and water, do not seek shelter under trees and stay away from electrical poles, wires and equipment.

Comment: A day earlier a bolt of lightning killed 2 farmers and seriously injured another in the Philippines.

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Apple Green

Ice Age Farmer Report: Won't hear this on the news! Nations unable to feed themselves


Ice Age Farmer
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:09 UTC
The Benjamin Bridge winery is seen in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley on June 6, 2018.

The Benjamin Bridge winery is seen in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley on June 6, 2018.
As the world has its eyes on Kilauea and Fuego, the demise of modern agriculture continues unabated. Canada, Turkey, and Indonesia offer a glimpse of the future today. Start preparing before food scarcity hits -- grow your own food today.

Please SHARE this video with your friends and family to help them understand what's playing out in the world. A simple link can radically change someone's life. (Indeed, it has mine.)


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Dead fin whale washes up in Bolinas, California - 5th for the region since March

Anna Guth
The Point Reyes Light
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:21 UTC
fin whalw
Almost a year to the day since a spectacular 79-foot blue whale washed up on Agate Beach, a 58-foot fin whale wound up on nearby Brighton Beach after meeting the same fate: death by ship strike. On May 22, the dead fin whale was spotted hung up on Duxbury Reef, according to a letter by Bolinas resident Kent Khtikian published in the Hearsay News last week.

Researchers with the Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences found the whale's skull, vertebrae and ribs fractured. It was one of two fin whales, which are among the fastest species in the ocean, that washed up in the Bay Area in the same week, bringing the total to five since March.

The species is listed as endangered, with the population in the North Pacific at about 1,600.
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Cloud Precipitation

3 killed by flood, landslide in Assam, India - 370 villages under water

Anup Sharma
The Pioneer
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:04 UTC
flood
At least three people were killed — two in landslide and one in flood — and over 1.5 lakh people were affected by the first wave of floods that have hit Assam this year even as 370 villages in seven districts continued to be under water for the second consecutive day on Thursday.

Assam State Disaster Management officials said that flood waters have affected 370 villages in seven districts including Hojai, Cachar, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Karimganj, Karbi Anglong (East) and West Karbi Anglong districts. The flood waters have also affected large tracks of agricultural in different flood affected districts — some with standing crops.

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