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Record snowfall hits Havre, Montana, power out with reports of up to 15 inches of snow

Jon King
newstalkkgvo.com
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 19:06 UTC
Paula Brady captured this picture of her yard at her home in Havre on Monday where as much as 15 inches of snow fell.
© Paula Brady
Paula Brady captured this picture of her yard at her home in Havre on Monday where as much as 15 inches of snow fell.
While the mountains in western Montana received a dusting of snow early this week, Havre Montana was pounded by what appears to be a record snowstorm. Meteorologist Paul Nutter from the National Weather Service in Great Falls explains.

"Snow accumulations in Havre have seen widespread reports of a foot, maybe as much as 15 inches in the Havre area," Nutter said. "Potentially, what is more significant is that snow stuck to all the leaf covered trees and the result has been broken limbs and power outages. Our understanding is that power is out for all of Havre... as far as we know."

Nutter said the snowfall increased dramatically on Monday and began to dissipate by around 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 3. Up to this point, the record snowfall for the Havre area at this time of year was between five and eight inches.


Comment: See also: Winter storm at the start of October dumps 30 inches of snow at Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana

The Weather Channel reports that the 13 inches of snow in Havre, Montana on Tuesday set a new record for heaviest two-day October snowfall total at the Havre City-County Airport. The previous two-day October record was 12.6 inches, which was set in 1898.

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Snowflake

Over half a metre of snow drops on Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan

Peter Quinlan
Global News
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:43 UTC
Cypress Hills Provincial Park reported 35 centimetres of snow on the ground as of 3 p.m. CST. Monday. This photo was taken near Maple Creek, Sask
© Tara Martice
Cypress Hills Provincial Park reported 35 centimetres of snow on the ground as of 3 p.m. CST. Monday. This photo was taken near Maple Creek, Sask
Over half a metre of snow falls in Saskatchewan to start October.

Wintry October kickoff

Snow plastered parts of Saskatchewan to start October with over half a metre falling in Cypress Hills.

While the southwest corner of the province was hit hardest with the white stuff, resulting in travel not being recommended in the area, other regions were drenched in rain.
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Attention

Man fights off grizzly bear attack in British Columbia

Barry Coulter
The Free Press
Mon, 02 Oct 2017 18:27 UTC
Bear attack
Jake Blackmore of Cranbrook was released from Elk Valley Hospital in Fernie on Monday, October 2 after being attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting elk on September 30.

"I'm the luckiest most blessed hunter and dad in the world and can't wait to get back out there and chase some more bulls around," said Blackmore on a Facebook post on September 30.

On October 1, Blackmore posted, saying that he'd been asked to share his story about the bear encounter and described the harrowing event in detail.

He and his hunting partner, his 16-year-old son Jeron were hunting elk along the Elk River when he saw a bull. Jeron moved ahead while Blackmore watched the animal through his binoculars. That's when he heard a noise to his left.

"I turned my head just in time to see mama G Bear coming at me at full speed," he wrote.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 5 cattle in West Bengal, India


Siliguri Times
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:13 UTC
LIGHTNING
Four cows and a calf died after they got struck by a bolt of lightning in the Bhagalramjot area of Naxalbari. The cattle belonged to a man named Sheeten Barman.

Barman shared that on Sunday, his cattle was grazing in a field near his house. Suddenly, a lightning streak flashed and the four cows as well as the calf died instantly.

Another cow got injured in the impact of the lightning and is currently getting treated. On receiving the news, Gram Panchayat Head Radhagovind Ghosh also arrived in the area and informed the veterinarian as well.
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Cloud Lightning

2 killed and 3 injured by lightning bolt in the Philippines

Lady Nicor and Joseph Jubelag
Manila Bulletin
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:06 UTC
lightning
Two persons were killed, while three others were hurt, after they were hit by lightning in Sitio Lambugad, Barangay Tamban, Malungon, Sarangani Province around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon.

The casualties were identified as Edgar Kong, 45 and Ariel Diagan, 22 and both are residents of Barangay Tamban.

Based on the investigation conducted by the Malungon PNP, the five victims were playing billiards in the open when heavy rains hit, and lightning struck.

The rescue team of Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council brought them in Malungon Municipal Hospital but Kong and Diagaon were declared dead on-arrival.
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Fish

Fish fall from the sky in Tamaulipas, Mexico


ABC News
Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:22 UTC
Fish fall from the sky in Mexico
© Tamaulipas Civil Defense via Facebook
Civil defense officials in northeast Mexico say a light rain was accompanied by small fish that fell from the sky.

Tamaulipas Civil Defense says in a brief statement that rain Tuesday in the coastal city of Tampico included fish. Photos posted on the agency's Facebook page show four small fish in a bag and another on a sidewalk.

According the U.S. Library of Congress, it's a phenomenon that has been reported since ancient times. Scientists believe that tornadoes over water - known as waterspouts - could be responsible for sucking fish into the air where they are blown around until being released to the ground.

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Sheeple

Signs and Portents: Five-legged lamb born near York, UK

Alex Matthews
Daily Mail
Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:31 UTC
Fiver's extra limb (pictured) was making it hard for the lamb to feed, so Mr Norton decided to amputate

Fiver's extra limb (pictured) was making it hard for the lamb to feed, so Mr Norton decided to amputate
A five-legged lamb nicknamed 'Fiver' was saved from the dinner table thanks to a one-in-a-million extra limb.

Fiver caused quite a stir when she was born on Andrew Bell's farm near York.

But shortly after she took her first wobbly steps - the lamb appeared destined for the knife.

Thankfully for Fiver it was the vet's scalpel rather than the butcher's blade.

Mr Bell's vet daughter, Katy, helped deliver Fiver and said neither she or her father had ever seen a lamb like her before.

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Attention

Signs and Portents: Two-headed buffalo calf born in Karachi, Pakistan

Liz Dunphy
Daily Mail
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:07 UTC
The two-headed buffalo calf was born on September 27 at Lucky Foods Dairy Farm in Karachi. It has a condition called polycephaly - where an animal has two or more heads but one body

The two-headed buffalo calf was born on September 27 at Lucky Foods Dairy Farm in Karachi. It has a condition called polycephaly - where an animal has two or more heads but one body
A two-headed buffalo calf has been born - and welcomed as a miracle - in a farm in Pakistan.

The calf was born on September 27 at Lucky Foods Dairy Farm in Karachi and has yet to be named.

It has one body, two heads, four eyes, two mouths, two noses and four ears as the result of a rare condition called polycephaly in which an animal is born with more than one head.

The condition is believed to occur when an embryo begins to split into twins but stops so that the twins remain attached.

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Cloud Lightning

Cloudburst kills 7 in Hyderabad, India; 5 inches of rain in 5 hours


India Samvad
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:21 UTC
Flooding in Hyderbad

Flooding in Hyderabad
The rains which started at 5 pm continued till 10 pm. As per the Hyderabad Meteorological Department's (HMD) record, the city received 13 cm of rains in the span 5 hours.

A sudden heavy downpour in Hyderabad on Monday killed seven people in the city and its surrounding areas.

Along with the deaths, the thunderstorm created heavy traffic jams at many places in the city due to waterlogging and failed traffic signals.

The rains which started at 5 pm continued till 10 pm. As per the Hyderabad Meteorological Department's (HMD) record, the city received 13 cm of rains in the span 5 hours.

The HMD called the heavy downpour "cloudburst". It has forecasted similar heavy downpour in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana over the next 48 hours, as reported by HT.

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Horse

Immigrant megafauna are re-wilding the world

Erick Lundgren, Arian Wallach, Daniel Ramp & William Ripple
The Conversation
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:33 UTC
wild horses
© Andrea Harvey
Most of the world’s wild horses, such as the Australian brumby, are outside their historic native range.
Throughout history, humans have taken plants and animals with them as they travelled the world. Those that survived the journey to establish populations in the diaspora have found new opportunities as they integrate into new ecosystems.

These immigrant populations have come to be regarded as "invaders" and "aliens" that threaten pristine nature. But for many species, migration may just be a way to survive the global extinction crisis.

In our recently published study, we found that one of the Earth's most imperilled group of species is hanging on in part thanks to introduced populations.

Megafauna - plant-eating terrestrial mammals weighing more than 100kg - have established in new and unexpected places. These "feral" populations are rewilding the world with unique and fascinating ecological functions that had been lost for thousands of years.

Today's world of giants is only a shadow of its former glory. Around 50,000 years ago, giant kangaroos, rhino-like diprotodons, and other unimaginable animals were lost from Australia.
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