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'I thought it was an earthquake': Giant sinkhole opens on busy Indonesia road


Inquirer.net
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:36 UTC
An aerial view of the sinkhole on Jl. Raya Gubeng
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An aerial view of the sinkhole on Jl. Raya Gubeng in Surabaya, East Java, on Dec. 19.
A giant sinkhole has appeared in the middle of a busy road in Surabaya, East Java, on Tuesday night, swallowing part of the four-lane Jl. Raya Gubeng and measuring roughly 30 meters wide and 15 meters deep.

The police have cordoned off the area and arranged a traffic detour.

Thousands of vehicles pass the road every day. It usually takes five minutes to travel the entire length of Jl. Gubeng, but now takes roughly one hour.

Rudianto, 47, a resident of Kertajaya subdistrict who was about to drive through the location said he saw trees and lampposts rocking on the roadside just before the incident.

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Shallow 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off Easter Islands


Business Standard
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:10 UTC
earthquake
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on Richter scale struck Easter Islands in South Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the jolts were registered at 7.07 am (IST) with its epicentre located in the southeastern part of the Easter Islands.

The focus of the earthquake was located at the depth of 10.0 kilometres.

No immediate casualties or damages have been reported.

Source: ANI
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Attention

'Stay well back ... or risk certain death': Giant waves slam California coast

Ian Livingston
Washington Post
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 06:53 UTC
Large waves crash ashore in California
© Kent Porter, AP
Large waves crash ashore at Duncan's Landing north of Bodega Bay, Calif., Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, as a large swell train arrive on the Sonoma Coast.
Storm systems, driven by persistent low pressure near Alaska, are churning waters to dangerous levels along the West Coast of the United States.

The focus of the punishment from massive waves is from southern Washington state through central California. The San Francisco Bay area is one region taking the brunt, with waves expected to reach 30 to 40 feet in height through Tuesday. It's even been enough to postpone a surfing competition.

This event is huge, and truly affecting the whole West Coast. High surf warnings extend from north of the Oregon and Washington border to about a two-hour drive north of Los Angeles. High surf advisories or gale warnings stretch from the Canada to Mexico border.

"The dramatic wave heights are related to a consistent fetch of wind action that . . . has origins up near Alaska," Marshall Shepherd, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Georgia, writes at Forbes.

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Dozens of dead seabirds wash ashore in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Tim Renaud
counton2.com
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:45 UTC
It was one of dozens of dead birds to wash up last weekend in North Myrtle Beach.

A dead pelican that washed up. It was one of dozens of dead birds to wash up last weekend in North Myrtle Beach.
Dozens of dead birds have washed ashore in North Myrtle Beach.

Now, the city is trying to figure out what is causing the problem.

One man took pictures of the birds in the Cherry Grove area over the weekend.

The city then sent samples of each species to a lab in Georgia for a full investigation.

There is talk on social media that beach nourishment dredges killed the birds, those claims are unconfirmed.

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Propaganda

Ice Age Farmer Report: 21st Century snake oil: Geoengineering to "fix" Global Warming


Ice Age Farmer
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:20 UTC
The billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is backing a group of climate scientists lobbying for geoengineering experiments
© Bloomberg | Getty
The billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is backing a group of climate scientists lobbying for geoengineering experiments
The history of geoengineering is a checkered one, full of hoaxes and frauds...and the new, highly publicized Harvard experiment by David Keith is par for the course. Christian breaks down how the "experiment" seeks to front-run global cooling in the Grand Solar Minimum.


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Snowflake Cold

Up to 2.5 metres (98 inches) of snow in last 7 days in North America

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:39 UTC
snow
Ski areas in the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and the USDA have reported huge snowfalls over the past week, and there's much more in the forecast for the week ahead.

Mt Baker in Washington state in the Northwest corner of the USA, which holds the record for the most snowfall in the world in a single season, as well as the average biggest snowfall every season, has had 98 inches (over 8 feet or 248cm) of snowfall in the last seven days and is expected to get over a metre more by Thursday.


Comment: See also: From zero to hero: 80 inches of snow in 8 days for the Cascades - Mount Baker 92 inches in 7

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Attention

Humpback whale washes ashore in Lewes, Delaware

Madeleine Overturf
wboc.com
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:41 UTC
dead whale
A young, female humpback whale washed ashore at The Point section of Cape Henlopen State Park this weekend.

On Monday, volunteers and onlookers came out to examine the deceased whale, and eventually bury her on the beach.

"She has been hit by a boat, whether that was post mortem or not we will try to determine," explains Suzanne Thurman with the MERR Institute. "She's been scavenged by sharks as well and we'll see if we can find anything else that indicates other illness or injury as we go through our examination."

Thurman says the whale is a young teenager, and is the sixth to wash ashore in Delaware since 2016. Thurman explains that across the East Coast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has classified humpback whales as dying at an unusual rate.
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Volcano erupts on Kuchinoerabu Island, Japan


NHK World
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:27 UTC
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Japan's Meteorological Agency says a volcano erupted on Kuchinoerabu Island in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Tuesday.

Mount Shindake erupted explosively shortly after 4:30 PM.

A column of volcanic ash rose 2,000 meters into the air, and large rocks were seen spewing from the crater.

A pyroclastic flow reached a distance of about one kilometer down the western slope. It is the first such flow to be observed there since May of 2015, when all residents were evacuated.
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Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano roars to life with two spectacular eruptions

Global News
YouTube
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 08:35 UTC
Eruption of Popocatepetl
© Webcams de Mexico / CENAPRED webcam
Eruption of Popocatepetl.
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano lit up the sky with a large flash from an eruption on Saturday night. The volcano spewed ash and smoke into the night sky. On Sunday morning eruption, a second eruption followed.


Comment: Popocatepetl volcano also lit up the night sky with two eruptions just over a week ago.

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Snowflake Cold

Fresh heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir cripples normal life, temperature dips to minus 15 degree Celsius


Financial Express
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:27 UTC
Fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir cripples normal life, temperature dips to minus 15 degree Celsius

Fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir cripples normal life, temperature dips to minus 15 degree Celsius
Temperatures in the border state of Jammu and Kashmir dipped significantly lower after the state received fresh snowfall on Monday, bringing the movement of traffic to a grinding halt in many areas of the state and severely affecting normal life.

According to news agency ANI, Rajouri town which is known as Vale of Lakes has received around 3 to 4 feet snowfall. The region, around 155 km from Srinagar, has been witnessing heavy snowfall for the last few days.

The famous Mughal Road in the district has been closed due to a heavy spell of snow. The road has been closed for the last seven days due to snowfall in Pir Panjal mountain range. As a result, the local administration on Wednesday deployed officials with heavy equipment to clear the road and restore movement of traffic.

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