Earth Changes

Floods wreak havoc on croplands in Bangladesh

Sohel Parvez and Abdul Wahed
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:18 UTC

© Abdul Wahed.
Sitting on a raft made of banana trees, a farmer of Uttar Nawabash in Kurigram shows his vegetable plants destroyed by the floods on his two bighas of land yesterday.

The ongoing flood has submerged 60,000 hectares of paddy and vegetable fields, mainly in the northern districts, affecting both farmers and consumers, as crop loss has sent the vegetable prices soaring for reduced supply in the market.

The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) estimated that floods affected farmlands in 26 districts until Friday, including 39,000 hectares of aush fields, 11,000 hectares of aman seedbeds, and 10,000 hectares of vegetable farms.

The flooded aush fields constitute 3.39 percent of the total acreage of aush this year.

A senior official of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) said 20 percent of the submerged aush crop might get damaged fully. This would mean the loss of 20,000 tonnes of paddy if the average aush output of last year is considered.

Mount Bromo in East Java erupts

antaranews.com
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:11 UTC

Mount Bromo's volcanic ash passes through Ngadas Village, Malang District (PVMBG

in East Java erupted on Friday evening, coupled with cold lava flows owing to rains.

The 2,329-meter-high volcano erupted for a duration of some seven minutes from 4:37 p.m. local time, but the height of the ash column was not observed, Chief of the Volcano Mitigation Section of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) Hendra Gunawan remarked on Friday night.

The seismogram recorded the eruption at a maximum amplitude of 37 millimeters, lasting for a duration of some 14 seconds, he noted.

Heavy rain hits western Japan, tens of thousands ordered to evacuate

The Straits Times
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 05:02 UTC

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Forecasters warned of mudslides, flooding and swollen rivers on the island of Kyushu and the Chugoku region in Japan.

Authorities issued an evacuation order to tens of thousands of residents in western Japan on Sunday (July 21) as torrential rain lashed the region.

Forecasters warned of mudslides, flooding and swollen rivers on the island of Kyushu and the Chugoku region, as Typhoon Danas, which was moving over the Korean Peninsula, dropped record-breaking rain on some parts of western Japan.

About 300mm of rain had been dumped on the cities of Tosu and Kurume on Kyushu for 12 hours until 10am local time (9am local time), according to the Meteorological Agency.

Authorities issued an evacuation order to tens of thousands of residents in the prefectures of Fukuoka and Hiroshima.

As of 9 am, the eye of the storm was over the Korean Peninsula, travelling north-east at 30 kilometres per hour with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h and gusts of 90 km/h, the agency said.

Mini tornado causes damage in Manchester, UK

BBC News
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:36 UTC

A miniature tornado hit south Manchester on Friday

Buildings and cars were damaged when a tornado swept through parts of Greater Manchester and Cheshire.

Rain caused havoc near Manchester Airport and the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park for about an hour from 16:30 BST on Friday. There have been no reports of any injuries.

Rebecca Jeffery said debris "swirled through the air" at Stamford Park.

"My son says I just shouted: 'Stay beside me' over and over again as I was panicking he'd get blown away."

She added: "I turned the pram away from the wind and grabbed my six-year-old and then we stood as the wind went crazy and metal and wood swirled through the air above the houses.

"I've never seen trees move like that.

"I saw the tree branches fall down behind us and then suddenly it was all gone again. It was surreal."

Baby girl born in India with three head-like protrusions

George Martin
Daily Mail, UK
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:43 UTC

A remarkable baby has been born with three heads in India, which has stunned doctors.

The unique birth took place on July 11 at a primary health centre in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district.

The pregnant mother, from the district's Pilua village, was admitted to the health centre after suffering extreme pain in the build up to her labour.

However, family members and the doctors were left 'in shock' when she delivered a baby with three 'heads'.

Aside from the usual head, the baby girl has two large protrusions formed from the back of her skull.

'The girl child had three heads. She looked like an alien,' said Bijji Thakur, who witnessed the bizarre birth.

Flash floods in northern Turkey's Düzce leave 1 dead, 6 missing - year's worth of rain hit in a day

Daily Sabah
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:52 UTC

A gendarmerie personnel looks at a house tipped over due to floods in Esmahanım village, Düzce, July 19, 2019.

Six people remain missing while search and rescue crews found one body on Friday after floods and landslides wreaked havoc in Akçakoca and Cumayeri, two districts of the northern province of Düzce.

Düzce was hit by flash floods on Wednesday and early Thursday. Three people from one family and four members of another went missing in the village of Esmahanım, near Akçakoca.

Crews combing the area found a woman's body in a river bed, between Esmahanım and another village and were trying to identify the victim. Among the missing were a mother and her three daughters between the ages of 7 and 9.

Rescue crews from the Turkish Red Crescent, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) and gendarme units were mobilized to find the victims. Sniffer dogs also searched the area while helicopters and drones were dispatched to remote, mountainous areas of the region to find the missing.

Comment: An earlier report: Turkey's northwest struggles with flash flood

Italy's Etna volcano erupts on Sicily, disrupting flights

Deutsche Welle
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:38 UTC

Mount Etna

Italy's Mount Etna began spewing hot ash and lava overnight, forcing authorities to close two airports in eastern Sicily. Experts detected "lively spattering" at the volcano last month.

Europe's biggest active volcano, Mount Etna, erupted early Saturday with fiery explosions and lava flows, the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) said.

Plumes of ash prompted authorities on the island of Sicily to close the Fontanarossa and Comiso Airports in the city of Catania, local media reported.

La Repubblica newspaper said a Ryanair flight from Rome was diverted to Palermo on Friday night, while several flights were delayed from landing or taking off on Saturday.

Signs and Portents: Two-headed turtle hatched in Malaysia

Yahoo! News
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:08 UTC

A baby turtle with two heads born in Malaysia

A two-headed baby turtle has been born in Malaysia, captivating conversationists, but it only survived a few days after being discovered.

It was found Monday on Mabul island, off the Malaysian part of Borneo, in a nest alongside more than 90 other recently hatched green turtles.

David McCann, marine biologist and conservation manager for group SJ SEAS -- which oversees the nesting site -- said the creature was "utterly fascinating".

Russian city breaks 107-year-old July cold record

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:30 UTC

Cold records broken in a number of Russian cities.

On July 14 in the city of Vytegra in the Vologda region, the temperature dropped to 0 °C !!! So the previous record more than 100 years old was broken! In 1912 here, the temperature dropped only to 1.9°C (35.4F).

In a number of cities in the past days, new minimum temperature records were also set:

15 cold weather records broken across Queensland, Australia

Toby Crockford
Brisbane Times
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:16 UTC

Dalby records coldest temperatures in Queensland

The mercury dropped to almost minus 5 degrees in Queensland on Monday as cold and dry air swept across the so-called Sunshine State, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

In total, 15 locations in southern and central Queensland recorded their coldest morning of the year on Monday and the chilly spell was expected to hang around for much of the week.

Brisbane had a relatively warm minimum of 9.8 degrees, which did not break any records, but it felt colder in the River City because of the wind-chill factor.

However, plenty of other areas did surpass previous cold weather milestones.

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Earth Changes

Floods wreak havoc on croplands in Bangladesh

Mount Bromo in East Java erupts

Heavy rain hits western Japan, tens of thousands ordered to evacuate

Mini tornado causes damage in Manchester, UK

Baby girl born in India with three head-like protrusions

Flash floods in northern Turkey's Düzce leave 1 dead, 6 missing - year's worth of rain hit in a day

Italy's Etna volcano erupts on Sicily, disrupting flights

Signs and Portents: Two-headed turtle hatched in Malaysia

Russian city breaks 107-year-old July cold record

15 cold weather records broken across Queensland, Australia

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