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Australia's worst drought in 116 years is decimating animals and livestock

Belinda Cleary
Daily Mail
Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:35 UTC

The drought is getting so bad even native wildlife are starving and dying from dehydration - these animals are roadside near Broken Hill in the outback

A severe drought gripping much of rural Australia has become so intense that even native animals - fully adapted to the harsh environment - are starving to death.

It has been the worst drought in 116 years for parts of New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Queensland, leaving paddocks bare and drying up dams.

And it isn't just the sheep and cows struggling to survive in the record dry - the Australian fauna which is supposed to thrive in Australia's dry climate is being hit hard.

'This is the worst drought I have seen in 40 years. Droughts come and go but this one is severe,' the farmer said.

Tamworth has had 93.4mm of rain so far this year, which is a quarter of the average.

Comment: Meanwhile Australia's winter is bringing some some of the coldest temperatures in more than a decade. We're seeing the same patterns all around the world; seasons are increasingly erratic, droughts are increasing in severity and flooding is of epic proportions.

Also check out SOTTs: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - May 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

Heavy downpours continue in Beijing, causing widespread flooding

Xinhua
Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:43 UTC

© Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang
A man rides on a waterlogged road in Beijing, capital of China, July 16, 2018. The city issued a rainstorm as well as flood alert Monday.

The meteorological authorities of Beijing said Monday that the heavy rain that started Sunday night would continue to hit parts of the city until Wednesday.

The city issued a rainstorm as well as flood alert Monday.

From 8 p.m. Sunday to 2 p.m. Monday, the city saw an average of 39.9 millimeters of precipitation, with some areas in Miyun District experiencing over 300 millimeters.

Zhang Linna, chief forecaster with Beijing Meteorological Service, said that part of the city would be hit by short-time heavy downpours from Monday to Wednesday, with the heaviest rain expected on Tuesday, about 30 to 40 millimeters.

Local authorities have warned the residents about possible natural disasters caused by rain.

2 dead, thousands suffer heat exhaustion as heat wave continues in Japan

Kyodo News
Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:53 UTC

Two people died and about 2,000 people suffered heatstroke or exhaustion on Sunday, as a heat wave continued scorching Japan during a three-day weekend, a Kyodo News tally showed.

Temperatures rose above 35 C in many parts of western and eastern Japan with the highest for the day at 38.8 C recorded in the city of Fukuchiyama, Kyoto and the town of Ibigawa, Gifu.

The extreme heat made it harder to carry out relief operations in the regions ravaged by the recent flooding and landslides.

Comment: Torrential rain, floods and landslides leave nearly 200 dead in Japan; worst weather disaster in 36 years (Update)

In the hardest-hit prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima and Ehime, a total of 184 people, including volunteers for removing and cleaning up debris, were taken to hospitals, as the mercury reached 36.0 C in some areas in the prefectures.

Comment: Elsewhere around the world:

Ice Age Farmer Report: "DOES NOT BODE WELL." (and The Younger Dryas)

Ice Age Farmer
Sun, 15 Jul 2018 11:20 UTC

"Global Cooling" talking points introduced this week include an ominous warning. Why is the media pushing so hard on the idea of warming-induced global cooling? This propaganda establishes a narrative for continuity of their agenda as temperatures cool, and the Grand Solar Minimum brings food scarcity. As hunger spreads, "Climate Deniers" will be blamed, persecuted, and even eliminated. Also, coverage of Swedish farmers killing animals for lack of feed as the European drought drags on.

Spread the truth - these are natural cycles.

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Worldwide volcanic activity uptick update, and new volcano discovered on Jupiter's moon Io

Strange Sounds
Sat, 14 Jul 2018 12:00 UTC

© USGS
A tiny new island of lava has formed on the northernmost part of the ocean entry. During this morning’s overflight, HVO’s field crew noticed the island was oozing lava similar to the lava oozing from the broad flow front along the coastline. By

Volcanoes are exploding everywhere, even deep in our Solar System: A small lava island formed off Kapoho, Hawaii. The Piton de la Fournaise volcano on La Reunion Inland stared erupting again on July 13, 2018. The Öræfajökull volcano in Iceland is inflating and preparing for a next major eruption. Continuous intense explosions of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia are heard over 42 kms around. A new volcano has been discovered on Io, one of Jupiter's moon. And some other pictures and videos from around the world.

A tiny new island of lava has formed on the northernmost part of the ocean entry. During this morning's overflight, HVO's field crew noticed the island was oozing lava similar to the lava oozing from the broad flow front along the coastline. By USGS

New lava island is forming in Hawaii

Comment: New tiny island of lava forms off Hawaii island

A tiny new island of lava has formed on the northernmost part of the ocean entry off Kapoho, scientists say, as Fissure 8 continues to be the primary erupting vent on Kīlauea's lower East Rift Zone.

Comment: Along with volcanic activity there's an increase in landslides, fissures and sinkholes, and we're seeing a similar rise in events occurring throughout our solar system:

Yemen shaken by shallow magnitude 6.2 earthquake

Matt Drake
Sunday Express
Sun, 15 Jul 2018 19:48 UTC

Earthquakes of that magnitude are felt up to hundreds of miles from the epicentre

A HUGE earthquake registering magnitude 6.2 has struck Yemen, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The quake struck 213 km northwest of Socotra island in the Gulf of Aden. There was no immediate no tsunami warning.

Earthquakes registering between 6.0-6.9 on the Richter Scale are expected to result in moderate damage to a number of well-built structures.

It is felt in wider areas, up to hundreds of miles from the epicentre.

Comment: Earthquake Track reports the depth as only 10 kms.

Hawaii gets new island as erupting volcanic crater continues to spew lava flow into sea

RT
Sun, 15 Jul 2018 18:09 UTC

Lava flows that have been cascading into the sea have formed a brand new, small island off the coast of Hawaii after a crater at Mount Kilauea exploded with the force of a 5.2-magnitude earthquake.

Friday's crater explosion sparked a slow-moving flood of lava that destroyed hundreds of homes at Kapoho, on the Big Island. A once-scenic bay dotted with idyllic beach homes, parkland, and turquoise water used for swimming and scuba diving was quickly turned into a menacing, steaming dark pool. When the lava cooled, the sea peeled back to reveal a small island jutting out from the depths only a few meters from the mainland.

According to Hawaii News Now, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory estimated that the island is about 20 to 30 feet in diameter. The new island formed at the northernmost part of the ocean entry and is "oozing lava similar to the lava oozing from the broad flow front along the coastline."

Comment: See also: Hawaii: Is the cone of Kilauea's fissure 8 a new volcano?

Huge crack appears in rock wall in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - Area not far from Yellowstone

Strange Sounds
Sat, 14 Jul 2018 12:00 UTC

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Grand Teton National Park has closed the Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point tourist attractions because of concerns that a fissuring rock wall could pose a danger, as growing cracks and fissures were observed in the large buttress above Hidden Falls. The main crack is about 100 feet (30 meters) long and runs horizontally along a rock wall that's at least 100 feet tall.

Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point are located in the popular Jenny Lake area and are among the park's busiest attractions. Other Jenny Lake attractions, including the ferry, remain open.

Grand Teton National Park officials say there is no estimate for when the park's popular Hidden Falls area will reopen to the public.

Comment: As demonstrated in the video below, with the dramatic increase in activity all around the world of earthquakes, sinkholes and general instability of the earth beneath our feet, one would do well to exercise extreme caution in particularly risky areas. Worryingly, Yellowstone has shown a surge in activity recently:

Hail damage to croplands in South Dakota so immense it can be imaged from space

Adam Voiland
earth observatory NASA
Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:00 UTC

The long lines of damage visible in these satellite images of South Dakota may look like a product of tornadoes. However, the width of the damage swath -well over 10 kilometers (6 miles) in many areas - is a clue that it was hail that pummeled these croplands. According to Jordan Bell, a research meteorologist with NASA's Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center (SPoRT), tornado tracks rarely appear wider than a few kilometers.

The storms that produced these hail swaths came in a one-two punch, according to a summary from the National Weather Service. The first arrived on June 27, 2018, charting a southeasterly path of destruction as it moved across Sully and Stanley counties, narrowly missing the city of Pierre, South Dakota. A second storm left an even longer swath, stretching from the Wyoming-South Dakota border for hundreds of miles before ending east of the Missouri River. Some areas reported hail larger than 4 inches (10 centimeters) in diameter, about the size of a grapefruit. The large hail-in conjunction with strong winds-stripped corn stalks bare and pummeled soybean leaves.

Comment: And this isn't the first devastating hail storm the area has experienced in recent years:

Severe hailstorm pounds buildings, crops in Newell, South Dakota (19th July 2017)
Severe hail storm strikes Watertown, South Dakota (12th July 2017)
6 inches of hail falls on Custer, South Dakota (28th July 2015
Huge hailstones pound Nisland, South Dakota (22nd July 2015)

Lightning bolt kills 2 in Odisha, India

India.com
Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:06 UTC

Two persons were killed after lightning struck a field they were working on at Dhben Surda village in Kalahandi district, police said today.

Lightning accompanied by rain struck when the two were working in a paddy field on the outskirt of their village located under M Rampur block yesterday.

The deceased were identified as Srikara Majhi and Biswakarma Majhi.

Source: PTI

Comment: On the same lightning strikes killed 4 and injured 5 across the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Earth Changes

Australia's worst drought in 116 years is decimating animals and livestock

Heavy downpours continue in Beijing, causing widespread flooding

2 dead, thousands suffer heat exhaustion as heat wave continues in Japan

Ice Age Farmer Report: "DOES NOT BODE WELL." (and The Younger Dryas)

Worldwide volcanic activity uptick update, and new volcano discovered on Jupiter's moon Io

Yemen shaken by shallow magnitude 6.2 earthquake

Hawaii gets new island as erupting volcanic crater continues to spew lava flow into sea

Huge crack appears in rock wall in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - Area not far from Yellowstone

Hail damage to croplands in South Dakota so immense it can be imaged from space

Lightning bolt kills 2 in Odisha, India

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