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2 men escape car moments before it topples into sinkhole, China


khou.com
Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:59 UTC
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© KHOU
Sink hole in China
Two men jumped out of a car just in time in China.

A CCTV camera captured the moment a sinkhole formed in the middle of an intersection. One driver apparently couldn't see the whole and partially drove into. Both he and his passenger got out, just as the car fell into the hole upside down.

There were no injuries reported.

According to CBS News, Chinese officials said sand under the road gave way, creating the hole.

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Ice Cube

Freezing rain blankets Budapest causing power outages to 40K homes

Marton Dunai
Reuters
Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:59 UTC
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The entire forest in the hills at Pilis, south-east of Budapest, was covered in cloud and fog, freezing the rain and fog solid on the branches.
About 40,000 homes on the outskirts of Budapest went without electricity on Tuesday as freezing rain blanketed the area and falling trees cut power lines, Hungary's Disaster Relief Agency said.

Heavy branches fell and entire trees toppled as ice as thick as 10 centimeters (4 inches) coated them, threatening entire forests in altitudes above 400 meters, according to people who ventured to higher-lying areas.

Forestry services closed off large tracts of land located higher than 400 meters above sea level to prevent injuries. No deaths or injuries have been reported.

One forestry worker who visited the Borzsony Mountains north of Budapest said the woods echoed with loud cracks and hissing sounds as branches and trunks gave way under tons of ice.
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Bizarro Earth

Northwest Montana rattled by two more earthquakes felt in McGregor Lake area

Justin Franz
Flathead Beacon
Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:49 UTC
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McGregor Lake
Just three weeks after a pair of rare earthquakes rattled windows and bookshelves, two more seismic events were reported in the Flathead Valley and scientists say this could be an indication that a seismic "swarm" has begun in the area.

On Dec. 1 at 5:40 a.m., a 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the McGregor Lake area, almost the exact same area impacted by the 4.0 quake on Nov. 11. The epicenter of the earthquake was 3.6 miles beneath the surface. Less than three hours later at 8:13 a.m., a 3.5 magnitude earthquake 5.3 miles below the surface shook the same exact area.

Mike Stickney, director of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology's Earthquake Studies Office, said there were a number of reports from local residents who said they felt the second quake.

Earthquakes are rare but not unheard of in Northwest Montana and Stickney said the series of shakes could indicate that a seismic "swarm" is beginning.

Comment: 4.7 magnitude earthquake strikes near Sedona, Arizona

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Bizarro Earth

Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano shows increasing signs of unrest


Volcano Discovery
Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:05 UTC
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According to the latest report of the Manizales observatory, the volcano's activity recently changed and is showing increased signs of unrest, which could announce a new eruption to come.

A recent aerial survey by the Colombian air force revealed a deposit of fresh ash on the southern flank, indicating that at least sporadic explosions or ash emissions - presumably phreatic in nature - do indeed occur.

In addition, since about 2 weeks ago, seismic activity has been significantly higher than previously. Phases of tremor and more frequent shallow volcano-tectonic earthquakes suggest increased movements of fluids (magma, gas, water) inside the volcano. Most of the events are concentrated in an area southeast under Arenas crater.

Comment: The Earth is waking up of late:

Japan's huge Mt. Aso belching smoke and ash 1,000 metres into the air

Residents evacuated as Pico do Fogo volcano in Cape Verde erupts after a 20 year silence

Aleutian Islands' Shishaldin volcano being watched following increase in seismic activity overnight

6 volcanic quakes at Philippines' Mayon Volcano in the last 24 hrs

Mexico's Colima volcano erupts, sending ash 3 miles into the sky

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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 - 102km WSW of Sangay, Philippines


US Geological Survey
Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:37 UTC
Sangay Quake_021214
© USGS
Event Time
2014-12-02 05:11:31 UTC
2014-12-02 13:11:31 UTC+08:00 at epicenter

Location
6.138°N 123.168°E depth=617.9km (384.0mi)

Nearby Cities
102km (63mi) WSW of Sangay, Philippines
107km (66mi) WSW of Kalamansig, Philippines
133km (83mi) SW of South Upi, Philippines
146km (91mi) ESE of Isabela, Philippines
920km (572mi) E of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Scientific Data
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Snowflake Cold

Wheat kill-off in the U.S. heartland from extreme cold during November

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Sat, 29 Nov 2014 20:21 UTC
2015-2035 Mini Ice Age - Extreme cold in the U.S. heartland where farming takes place
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With 130-year cold sweeping across the USA, temperatures -50F below normal are bound to have an effect on winter wheat seedlings that are just a few inches tall.

Temperatures dropped to -26F/-32C, which caused an 8% increase in wheat futures.

Thanks to David DuByne, who created this video.
"I think the cold will not be the regular interval of Dalton or Maunder Minimum type cold," says David. "I think we may be heading into a 5125-year cold cycle."

Comment: SOTT has been talking about this for quite some time: Fire and Ice: The Day After Tomorrow

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Ice Cube

Rare ice storm strikes Waldviertel in Austria


thelocal.at
Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:00 UTC
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© APA/FF Ottenschlag/Fichtinger
Firefighters preventing a tree from damaging a power line.
The fire service was called out more than 200 times over the weekend in the district of Zwettl (Lower Austria) as a rare ice storm hit the region, bringing chaos with layers of frozen ice in trees.

Firefighters have been busy clearing away hundreds of trees from the vicinity of homes and power lines. The trees' branches had been bent almost double by the weight of the ice. The area near Ottenschlag has particularly been hit hard. A combination of very low temperatures and high humidity caused many layers of thick frost to form into heavy ice.

Motorists in the region have been asked to exercise extreme caution due to icy conditions on the roads. Northeast Fire Department spokesman Franz Resperger described on Sunday how many trees were destroyed by the ice, including some with trunks more than a meter in diameter.

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Info

Biocide! Abandoned fishing nets trapping the ocean's turtles, seals, sharks and birds

Melissa Hills
Daily Mail, UK
Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:22 UTC
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Experts say up to 14,000 turtles could have died at the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia in the last nine years
These appalling photos reveal the largely unknown damage that abandoned fishing gear dubbed 'ghost nets' in a new campaign is doing to animals in the ocean surrounding Australia.

Turtles are the main victims that get trapped in abandoned nets in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia and experts estimate there could have been 14,000 that have died over the last nine years, large numbers of seals are also getting caught up in the nets across the country's waters.

World Animal Protection has launched the Sea Change campaign with the aim to make fishermen, fisheries and the general public more aware of this problem and they want to save one million animals by 2018.

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Bizarro Earth

UN agency declares emergency due to severe flooding in Gaza


Scoop.co.nz
Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:12 UTC
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© UNRWA Archives/Ahmad Awad
A flooded street in Gaza
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, has declared an emergency in Gaza City, following extreme weather and severe flooding over the past 48 hours exacerbating the already poor humanitarian situation in the enclave, which is dealing with the aftermath of a last summer's conflict, and an acute fuel and energy crisis.

"We are particularly concerned for those families still seeking adequate shelter and preparing for the winter months, and for the impact the flooding is already having on children unable to attend school," said UNRWA's Director of Operations Robert Turner in Gaza on Thursday.

No casualties or injuries have been reported, but hundreds of residents in the flooded areas around the Sheikh Radwan storm water lagoon have evacuated their homes. One UNRWA school and an UNRWA Collective Centre in Gaza City have been affected by the rising waters.

The Agency has established an Area Emergency Operations room in Gaza City following contingency planning undertaken last week. As the largest UN agency in the Gaza Strip, UNRWA supplies emergency fuel to municipalities, water, sanitation and health facilities, partially through the WASH and Health clusters led by UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Bizarro Earth

Southern France recovers from the worst flooding it's seen in years


TheLocal.fr
Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:03 UTC
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As southern France recovers from the worst flooding it's seen in years, The Local takes a look at some of the most shocking images of the damage done by the forces of nature. The latest victim was a 73-year-old man who died of heart failure in Rivesaltes, in the Pyrenees-Orientales region, when trying to force his car through a big dip in a road that was flooded.

Along the banks of the Agly river in the same region, some 2,800 people had been evacuated by late afternoon Sunday, the government office there said. The flooding was considered already more serious than deadly overflows in 1999 and "we are evacuating residents within 200 metres (yards) of either side of the river," the government said.

The prime minister's office dubbed the flooding "exceptional" in a statement but said "the situation is under control."
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