Earth Changes

Massive mudslide destroys farms and crops in Embu, Kenya

John Muchangi and Nancy Agutu
The Star (Kenya)
Wed, 24 May 2017 15:12 UTC

Farms destroyed after a massive landslide in Kanyakiri village, Embu North subcounty, May 20, 2017.

Farmers in Kanyakiri village, Embu, watched helplessly as a mudslide destroyed crops worth about Sh3 million last Saturday.

Video footage shows large tracts of land moving along a river for about a kilometre, felling trees and destroying vegetation along the way.

The mudslide came after a heavy rains that have hit the area for the last two weeks.

Speaking to the Star on Wednesday, Kinyua Njeru said they had woken up early to pick tea when they found their farms moving and the boundaries changed.

"We were forced to scamper for safety. This is the work of the devil. I have never seen anything like this in my entire life," said the 50-year-old resident.

Area Chief Mark Karangi said crops worth about Sh3 million were destroyed but noted that no one was injured.

Tornado confirmed near Clinton, North Carolina; storms expected to bring heavy rain, flood risk

Abbie Bennett
News and Observer
Tue, 23 May 2017 21:43 UTC

A fire truck of the Autryville Fire Department is covered with rubble at the damaged fire

A tornado was confirmed by radar Tuesday afternoon near Clinton in Sampson County, moving east at 25 mph, according to the weather service.

A tornado warning was issued for Sampson County on Tuesday afternoon, and most of central North Carolina already was under a flood watch through late Wednesday night.

A spokesman for Sampson County says multiple structures have been damaged after what's believed to be a tornado touched down.

Spokesman Richard Carr says the town of Autryville and the Bearskin community suffered property damage from the storm on Tuesday. Carr said there was "substantial" damage to the Autryville Fire Department.

Earlier, Sampson County Emergency Management said the fire department was destroyed.

3200 people displaced/affected by 25 feet deep flood waters in Guyana

Gary Eleazar
Demerara Waves
Tue, 23 May 2017 14:33 UTC

Floodwater in Guyana

A total of 3,274 persons and hundreds of farms have been affected in the recent flash flooding in Regions Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) in as much as 25 feet of water in some places—a disaster that has already cost the state $8M in relief efforts.

That was the grim report provided today (May 23, 2017) by Deputy Director of the Civil Defense Commission (CDC), Major Kester Craig.

So far $2.8M have been spent on the flights alone into the affected areas, according to the CDC Deputy Director.

He reported that 327 relief food hampers were distributed in Chenapau, Kaibarupai, Waipa, Sand Hill, Itabac, Kanapang. He said 209 relief cleaning hampers have been distributed to Kaibarupai, Waipa, Sand Hill, Itabac, Kanapang.

According to Major Craig, the food hampers were envisaged to cater for a small family for two weeks.

Government has spent some $4.1M on hampers, this minus the donation from corporate Guyana.

More than 50 cm of snow in Cartwright, NF as snow marks unofficial start of Summer for May 24 weekend

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:15 UTC

© Nancy Smith
Nancy Smith says: 'Here is a picture of my husband Nelson Smith with Frosty the Snowman on May 2-4 weekend in Mary's Harbour, Labrador.'

Snow marks unofficial start of summer for May 24 weekend - People reaching for mittens instead of sunscreen. Cartwright, Nfld. officially received 51.6 cm (20.3″) over the weekend.

About 30 cm (12 inches) of snow fell Roddickton and Englee areas, while about 20 cm fell in La Scie.

Thanks to Terry Homeniuk for this link

Argentina - Hail and snow seriously affect horticultural production

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:15 UTC

Nieve es San Luis. Municipalidad La Carolina.

In Cordoba, hail seriously affected horticultural production and it snowed in San Luis.

Heavy rains in the southern region of Misiones over the last few hours have caused flooding of urban streams and flooded homes, streets, schools and hospitals, a source in the provincial government's Civil Protection Subsecretariat reported Monday.

Snowiest May 20 in St John's, NF since 1874

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:22 UTC

Snow plows out clearing a path in Conche

Breaks record that had stood for 143 years.

With 4.0cm of snow, yesterday was #StJohns's snowiest May 20th since records began in 1874. #NLWx

With 4.0cm of snow, yesterday was #StJohns's snowiest May 20th since records began in 1874. #NLWx pic.twitter.com/bx3ZkBCWRs

— YYT Weather Records (@YYT_Weather) May 21, 2017

Thanks to Terry Homeniuk for this link

Flash flooding in Hong Kong after 1 foot of rain in 24 hours

Asia Times
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:16 UTC

A stricken taxi in Shau Kei Wan at the height of the storm.

Heavy rain brought flooding to several districts in the city on Wednesday as the Hong Kong Observatory issued the first black rainstorm warning of the year.

Among the worst hit areas were Shau Kei Wan and Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island.

At 6:40am, the Observatory issued an amber rainstorm signal and by 9:15am it was raised to red, forcing the Education Bureau to suspend all afternoon school classes.

At 11:30am the black rainstorm warning was issued, which advises people to stay indoors. An hour later it was downgraded to amber and by 3pm no warnings were in affect.

Floods were seen on Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, sections of the Island Eastern Corridor, Robinson Road, King's Road in North Point and Kai Yuen Street, RTHK reported.

"Smoking gun" on Ice Ages revisited

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Wed, 24 May 2017 14:02 UTC

Paleoclimatologists Rock -Two million years of radical climate change is significant.

David C. Greene writes:

"The smoking gun of the ice ages" is the title of an article in the Dec. 9, 2016 issue of Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The author, David A. Hodel, is listed with the Laboratory for Paleoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, at Cambridge University in the UK.

Hodel cites a 40-year-old paper in Science, 194,1121 (1976). In that paper, Hays, Imbrie and Shackleton reported that their proxies for paleo sea surface temperatures and changing continental ice volumes exhibited periodicities of 42,000, 23,500 and 19,000 years, matching almost exactly the predicted orbital periods of planetary obliquity, precession and eccentricity. They also found that the dominant rhythm in the paleoclimate variations was 100,000 (±20,000) years.

Other climatologists have identified 20 glacial/interglacial oscillations over the past two million years with glacial parts of the cycles lasting about four times as long as the warm, interglacial parts. The last glacial maximum was about 18,000 years ago. We have been enjoying the present warm interglacial for about 12,000 years.

Sightings of whales spiked around New York City in 2016, nonprofit says

Lisa L. Colangelo
AM New York
Tue, 23 May 2017 12:33 UTC

The non-profit Gotham Whale logged an increase in whale sightings around New York City in 2016, including this one seen near the Statue of Liberty in November.

© D Gallagher
The non-profit Gotham Whale logged an increase in whale sightings around New York City in 2016, including this one seen near the Statue of Liberty in November.

Turns out 2016 was a whale of a year for New Yorkers who love the massive marine mammals.

The nonprofit Gotham Whale recorded a whopping 152 whale sightings in the waters around New York City. The group also identified 166 individual whales during that time.

"This phenomenon is brand new but it's also fraught with danger," Paul Sieswerda, the founder of Gotham Whale, said Monday. "They are coming into these areas when there is an increasing number of ships coming into New York Harbor."

Sieswerda said the group logged 87 sightings and 106 individual whales in 2014 and 62 sightings and 69 individual whales in 2015.

He believes the uptick is due to an increase in whales in the area, who are likely attracted by higher levels of food partly as a result of some restrictions on fishing, as well as a greater interest from the public to help track their movements.

Lightning strikes kill two teenage boys in Thane, India

Outlook India
Wed, 24 May 2017 12:12 UTC

Two teenage boys were killed in separate incidents after lightning struck them in Murbad here, police said today.

According to district rural police, Murbad taluka experienced heavy thundershowers last evening, disrupting normal life.

In the first incident that occurred in Modal Wadai village, 15-year-old Sandeep Pokhla sustained serious burn injuries after lightning struck his house yesterday at around 5 pm, reducing it to ashes.

Sandeep succumbed while he was being taken to the nearby government hospital, police said.

In another incident, a 18-year-old boy, identified as Gotya Ugada died after lightning struck him while he was standing under the shade of a mango tree in Zadghar village.

Police have registered a case of accidental death in connection with both the incidents.

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Earth Changes

Massive mudslide destroys farms and crops in Embu, Kenya

Tornado confirmed near Clinton, North Carolina; storms expected to bring heavy rain, flood risk

3200 people displaced/affected by 25 feet deep flood waters in Guyana

More than 50 cm of snow in Cartwright, NF as snow marks unofficial start of Summer for May 24 weekend

Argentina - Hail and snow seriously affect horticultural production

Snowiest May 20 in St John's, NF since 1874

Flash flooding in Hong Kong after 1 foot of rain in 24 hours

"Smoking gun" on Ice Ages revisited

Sightings of whales spiked around New York City in 2016, nonprofit says

Lightning strikes kill two teenage boys in Thane, India

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