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The state of ice and snow in Northern Hemisphere 2017

Arctic sea ice graphs
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
With the media continually talking about global warming and melting ice, I thought I would take a minute to show you up to date statistics of Greenland Ice Growth, the way NSIDC change the visuals on ice metrics, the amount of new Arctic ice and the amount of snow cover across the N. Hemisphere. You will question what you see in the mainstream media after this video.


Cloud Precipitation

'It's raining, but there's a noise': Weird sky sounds heard in south central Illinois

Strange sounds in Illinois
© YouTube/Pugs Morgan
Weird unexplainable sky sounds Tinley Park, IL:


Cloud Precipitation

Cumbria in the UK hit by a month's rain in 24 hours

Roads are almost unusable for most vehicles

Roads are almost unusable for most vehicles
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Cumbria throughout most of tomorrow as the county braces itself for more heavy rain.

The warning came as the county continued to be affected following a day of disruption when torrential rain battered much of the county, with two flood warnings and 15 flood alerts currently still in force across the county.

The latest forecast is predicting up to 80mm of rain tomorrow on the county's high fells.

At Honister in the Lake District, records showed the area was hit by a month's worth of rain in 24 hours, with 200mm falling in that time. Elsewhere, schools were forced to close and key routes became impassable as roads turned into rivers.

It was particularly bad on the A595 - the key route connecting east and west Cumbria.


Attention

Man attacked by shark near Kekaha, Hawaii

Shark attacks
A Kauai man says he was attacked by a shark Monday.

Mitch Milan and his friend were surfing at Davidson's beach, a surf break south of Kekaha.

That's when he says a shark bit his left hand and his board.

The two were able to make it to shore.

Milan says he received 50 stitches on his left hand.



Attention

Kayaker fights off aggressive hammerhead shark near Santa Barbara, California

shark attack
A California man fought off a hammerhead shark while kayaking in Santa Barbara.

The man says he was out fishing when he felt a bump on the back of his kayak.

That's when he realized it was a hammerhead shark trying to attack him.

In the video, you can see he used his paddle to make sure the hammerhead stayed away but the shark just kept on trying to attack..


Rainbow

Stunning fire rainbow illuminates the sky in a multi-colored display of light in northern Thailand

Fire rainbow over Thailand
This was the stunning moment a large fire rainbow appeared through the clouds.

Onlookers captured the beautiful sight in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, last Friday at 4pm local time.

The phenomenon - known as a circumhorizontal arc - is caused by sunlight shining through tiny ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

It causes a stunning rainbow-like effect that appears like a glowing ball of multi-coloured bright light in the sky.


Wolf

Three rottweilers kill security guard in South Africa

canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
The family of a security guard killed by three Rottweilers at a Shakaskraal stable yard recently was given R5 000 by the owners "to say sorry".

Khulekani Mthembu worked at La Maine stable yard, a few kilometres inland of Shakaskraal village, as a security guard along with his brother, Collin.

Two weeks ago, the dogs attacked and killed Khulekani - in spite of the fact that he had been feeding them for the past three months.

The yard is popular with local horse owners, stabling about 24 horses. One horse owner, who told the Courier of the attack, said he was angry that this terrible tragedy had been deliberately kept "under the radar". Speaking from their family home near Gingindhlovu, Collin Mthembu described his brother as a very friendly, helpful person.

"We were working together, saving money to build a nice house for our family at Wumbana area, between Eshowe and Gingindlovu. Now that he is dead, I have lost hope that I will achieve our dream," he said. He said his brother, who was 33 years old, has been working there for the past three months and part of his job was to feed the dogs.

Attention

Dead humpback whale found off Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland

DFO says it does not know how the whale died.
© Fred Cox
DFO says it does not know how the whale died.
A dead whale floating in the waters off the Burin Peninsula is a humpback, scientists at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirmed Wednesday.

Pictures of the carcass were posted to social media Tuesday and it's believed the creature is near the community of Lamaline, which had another bloated whale carcass wash ashore in 2014.

DFO said it does not know the cause of death.

Don't touch

"Situations like these are unfortunate ... we remind the public that physical contact with whale carcasses is discouraged due to the possibility of disease transmission or injury," DFO said in a statement.

The department added that Fisheries and Oceans Canada "does not have a role in the disposal of this whale."

Cloud Lightning

Huge damage after deadly supercell thunderstorm hits three South African provinces

Durban flooding
© Thoko Mubere/Storm Report SA.
Flooding on the South of Durban on 10 October 2017.
South Africa is recovering from the deadly storm that hit parts of Gauteng and spread to KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape killing at least nine people.

The "supercell thunderstorm" started on Monday in Gauteng and wreaked more havoc in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday where two patients of a hospital died after a wall collapsed on them. Others including a baby and a schoolgirl were found dead in the waters.

The storm was characterized by a rotating updraft amid strong winds and flash flooding like a tornado, the South African Weather Service explained.

Thousands of homes were flooded, trees fell and the ships were grounded at the Durban port which was closed on Tuesday after ships were drifting away, local media report.


Cloud Precipitation

Floods and landslides in Vietnam kill 37 people, thousands evacuated

Vietnam floods
© AFP PHOTO / Vietnam News Agency / VIETNAM NEWS AGENCYVIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/AFP/Getty Images
This picture from the Vietnam News Agency taken on October 11, 2017 shows a man (R) walking with his motorcycle through a flooded area in the central province of Nghe An.


A tropical depression hit central Vietnam on Tuesday


Floods and landslides after a tropical depression have killed at least 37 people, left another 40 missing and damaged homes and crops in northern and central Vietnam, officials said.

The disasters injured 21 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 houses, submerged another 16,740 homes and damaged infrastructure and crops in six central and northern provinces, the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority said in a statement on Thursday.

In the hardest-hit northern province of Hoa Binh, 11 people died and 21 others were missing.

The casualties include four families whose houses were buried in a landslide early on Thursday while they were sleeping, killing six and leaving another 12 missing, disaster official Quach Viet Hoang said.

Rescuers were trying to search for the missing, Mr Hoang added.

Evacuations were ordered for 200,000 people in Ninh Binh province in the north.