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Landslide death toll reaches 53 in Taplejung, Nepal


ekantipur.com.np
Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:19 UTC
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© Nepal Police
Area affected by landslide in Taplejung district, Nepal.
The death toll from the landslide triggered by incessant rainfall in Taplejung has reached 53. As many as 12 people have sustained injury while some others have gone missing.

The landslides were triggered by rain in the areas, it is learnt.

Of the dead, only five including Chameli Limbu and Manamaya Limbu of Lingtepa, Devendra Liwang of Liwang, Sabin Maden and Basant BK of Khokling have been identified so far, according to District Police Office, Taplejung.

The entire area of Liwang, Thokling, Thinglabu and Lingket VDCs have been reportedly severely hit by the mudslip triggered by rainfall. The number of casualties may rise as some locals are yet to come into contact. Some wards of Khalung and Khokling VDCs have also been affected.

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Magnet

Rare U.S. Auroras and lightning visible side by side


Space Weather
Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:09 UTC
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A solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field during the late hours of June 7th, sparking a G2-class geomagnetic storm. In the United States, surprised sky watchers from Maine to Washington witnessed a rare display of summer auroras. Outside of Rochester, Minnesota, photographer Marcella Chester recorded the green glow alongside a June thunderstorm:

"I've never seen auroras and lightning visible side by side before," marvels Chester. "These photos were taken between 2 and 3 am on Monday, June 8th."

At about the same time in Hartford, Wisconsin, Jake Stehli witnessed a similar display. "The auroras were visible to the naked eye with lightning in a thunderhead on the horizon as well," he says.
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© Jake Stehli
Researchers have long known that geomagnetic storms happen most often in spring and fall. In other words, auroras prefer equinoxes. That's why seeing them so close to the summer solstice is remarkable.

The show is subsiding, but might not be finished. NOAA forecasters estimate a 45% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on June 10th as the solar wind continues to blow.
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Sun

Sun halo captured in Maine skies

Jeff Parson
wjbq.com
Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:07 UTC
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© WJBQ
A lot of people in Maine posted photos on social media on Saturday (June 6) of a ring around the sun. I saw two rainbow rings but didn't go all double rainbow guy. Here's what caused the ring to appear overhead.

According to an article by The University of Illinois, the phenomenon is called a 22 degree halo. The website explains, "Halos form when light from the sun or moon is refracted by ice crystals associated with thin, high-level clouds....A 22 degree halo is a ring of light 22 degrees from the sun (or moon) and is the most common type of halo."

Stephen Lenz

Usually the ring is white but on more rare occasions it has color like a rainbow.

I also saw a second ring on Saturday which it turns out is a 46 degree halo. They're less common than a 22 degree halo, but form the same way.

In even more rare instances, a sun dog will form which looks like a mini sun on each side of the halo. Isn't science fun?
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© Stephen Lenz
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Attention

Toba supervolcano showing large emissions of steam and foul smelling gas

Michael Janitch
Dutchsinse.com
Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00 UTC
mount sinabung

Photo from Indonesia press showing new activity (June 2015) at Mount Sinabung, prompting evacuations around the area.
Western Indonesia's Mount Sinabung has been placed on high alert for what is being called a "mega-eruption" for several km/miles around the volcano.

Video reports coming out from the region show ash, steam, and eruptive blasts currently occurring.

In addition to the large eruption at Mount Sinabung, we now have other reports that the nearby Toba supervolcano is showing large emissions of steam (from the ground), as well as foul smelling gas.

According to reports from Indonesian press, locals are alarmed by these recent developments.

Toba supervolcano is indeed a "super-volcano" by all measurements. Actually LARGER in eruptive power to the other more well known "Yellowstone" super volcano (located in Wyoming / United States).

Comment: Mount Sinabung blows its top, sending lava and thick plumes of volcanic ash into the sky

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Cloud Precipitation

Flood alert following heavy rain in Assam, over 80,000 affected

Samudra Gupta Kashyap
The Indian Express
Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:53 UTC
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© PTI
A father hold his child on back to take him to school at waterlogged Anil Nagar in Guwahati on Monday.
Thousands of people across Assam have been affected after incessant rains over the last week caused several rivers, including the Brahmaputra, to overflow. The overflowing rivers have breached embankments, inundated villages and damaged standing crop, affecting over 80,000 people, according to a report by the state disaster management body.

Eighteen revenue circles in 10 districts have been badly affected by the relentless rains, stated the daily flood report issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Tuesday. The districts of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji in eastern Assam, where nearly 45,000 people were affected by the overflowing rivers, were the worst hit.

In Tinsukia, another district hit hard by the relentless rains, authorities have already set up three relief camps. A sizeable portion of the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in the district has been submerged by the rising levels of the Brahmaputra.


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Cloud Precipitation

Hail storm in Gatlinburg, Tennessee looks like a nightmare

Gatlinburg,Tennessee
Las Vegas Review Journal
Sun, 07 Jun 2015 17:37 UTC
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© irishgurrier/YouTube
Hail stones
Summer hasn't officially started, but severe thunderstorms in the midwest and south didn't get the memo.

An intense (to say the least) hail storm hit the town of Gatlinburg, Tenn., last week for about 10 minutes, according to YouTuber irishgurrier, who uploaded video of the June 2 storm.

The video shows hail coming down so hard you can't see past the house he's standing by, as it pounds nearby vehicles, creating a massive pile of ice.

In an aftermath video, the person recording is seen walking through the piles of ice ... in flip flops.

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Dominoes

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile hit with magnitude 6.0 earthquake


USGS
Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:52 UTC
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Time
  1. 2015-06-10 13:52:08 (UTC)
  2. 2015-06-10 09:52:08 (UTC-04:00) in your timezone
  3. Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
  1. 57km (35mi) NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
  2. 62km (39mi) E of Calama, Chile
  3. 195km (121mi) E of Tocopilla, Chile
  4. 252km (157mi) ENE of Antofagasta, Chile
  5. 654km (406mi) S of La Paz, Bolivia
Tectonic Summary

Seismotectonics of South America (Nazca Plate Region)

The South American arc extends over 7,000 km, from the Chilean margin triple junction offshore of southern Chile to its intersection with the Panama fracture zone, offshore of the southern coast of Panama in Central America. It marks the plate boundary between the subducting Nazca plate and the South America plate, where the oceanic crust and lithosphere of the Nazca plate begin their descent into the mantle beneath South America. The convergence associated with this subduction process is responsible for the uplift of the Andes Mountains, and for the active volcanic chain present along much of this deformation front. Relative to a fixed South America plate, the Nazca plate moves slightly north of eastwards at a rate varying from approximately 80 mm/yr in the south to approximately 65 mm/yr in the north. Although the rate of subduction varies little along the entire arc, there are complex changes in the geologic processes along the subduction zone that dramatically influence volcanic activity, crustal deformation, earthquake generation and occurrence all along the western edge of South America.
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Cloud Lightning

Waterspout seen on Lake Moultrie, South Carolina

Ray Rivera
live5news.com
Tue, 09 Jun 2015 15:14 UTC
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© Randy Taylor
Waterspout over Lake Moultrie
A waterspout formed on Lake Moultrie Tuesday afternoon giving some excitement to some nearby workers and vacationers.

Workers at the Cross Generating Station noticed the waterspout around 2 p.m., and took pictures and video as it formed on the lake.

Randy Taylor shot video of it around 2:20 p.m. as it moved slowly along the water.

Several people in surrounding areas also submitted pictures of the waterspout.

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Fish

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigating fish kill on Panhandle beaches

Katie Tammen
newsherald.com
Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:33 UTC
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© Nick Tomecek | GateHouse Media Services
Lauren Denny of Springfield, Mo., moves dead fish out of her way as she wades into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday near a public beach access on Okaloosa Island.
Multiple agencies, including the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), are looking into why hundreds of fish are washing up on some Panhandle beaches.

Reports began rolling in over the weekend from people on beaches across Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties, according to Catalina Brown, the Fish Kill Hotline coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

"It's too early for us to know what it could be," Brown said.

Katy Krueger was out walking on Navarre Beach on Monday morning when she encountered the dead fish.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 3 in Satkhira, Bangladesh


The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:18 UTC
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Three people including a woman were killed and three injured in lightning during a storm that swept through three villages in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira this morning.

The dead were identified as Abdul Hamid of Taranipur village, Sajida Begum, 25, wife of Azet Ali of Patrakhola, and Ziad Ali, 65, of Paranpur village of the upazila, our Satkhira correspondent reports quoting witnesses.

Hamid was killed by lightning when he was going to his shrimp farm while Sajida hit by thunderbolt when she was working at her house, Ramzan Nagar union parishad chairman Akbar Ali confirmed to the Daily Star.

Ziad was struck by thunderbolt at an open space, leaving him dead on the spot.
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