Earth Changes

Reports of extreme hailstorms in North America and Europe

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 09:54 UTC

"This is Mini-Ice-Age/Wild Jet Stream Age stuff," says astrophysicist Piers Corbyn.

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"The news about damage caused by very large hail keeps popping up on the Internet," says reader Argiris Diamantis. "People are hiding in their basements because of the giant hail stones."

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Hailstones as big as softballs

Three people sustained head injuries on Saturday afternoon near a lake west of Bismarck, North Dakota after a severe storm dropped hailstones as large as softballs.

Hailstones of this size can be fatal. Luckily, it's been 14 years since the last known fatality directly caused by hail in the United States.

A hailstone slightly larger than a baseball can fall at a rate of more than 100 MPH according to NOAA, so it's a surprising fact that more people aren't injured or killed by hailstorms more often.

Hail Seriously Injures Three in North Dakota

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 - 13km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

U.S. Geological Survey
Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:56 UTC

Event Time
2014-07-08 12:56:26 UTC
2014-07-08 23:56:26 UTC+11:00 at epicenter

Location
17.617°S 168.359°E depth=114.0km (70.8mi)

Nearby Cities
13km (8mi) NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
263km (163mi) SSE of Luganville, Vanuatu
382km (237mi) NNE of We, New Caledonia
540km (336mi) NNE of Dumbea, New Caledonia
13km (8mi) NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Scientific data

Vast majority of some 2,500 earthquakes in Oklahoma the last five years linked to fracking

RT
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 22:41 UTC

The last five years have seen Oklahoma experience more than 2,500 earthquakes - the vast majority of which are being connected to the oil and gas exploration process of fracking.

Although past studies have also suggested Oklahoma's earthquake spike is related to fracking, this is the first time scientists have pinned such numbers to the controversial procedure. Notably, they found that fracking could also be responsible for earthquakes occurring nearly 20 miles away from drilling and waste deposit sites.

According to Scientific American, Oklahoma has seen more than 230 earthquakes registering magnitudes of 3.0 or higher in this year alone. Before 2008, the state only averaged one of these earthquakes a year.

In a report published by the journal Science, researchers from Cornell University and the University of Colorado found that roughly 20 percent of all the earthquakes that occurred in the central and eastern United States were caused by activity at just four fracking wells situated near the town of Jones, Oklahoma.

Kamchatka volcano spews new ash plume 8 km into sky

The Voice of Russia
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:18 UTC

Shiveluch, one of the largest and most active volcanos of Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, has spewed a plume of ash as high as 8 km into the air, the Kamchatka Emergency Service reported on Sunday.

"The wind is driving the ash cloud southeastwards. There are no populated centers along its path," the report says.

Although no ash fallouts have been registered in the Ust-Kamchatsky district, rescuers have recommended tourist operators to cancel tours in the vicinity of the volcano. The orange-level volcanic alert has been issued for aircraft flying over the peninsula.

It's the second ash plume ejected by Shiveluch since the beginning of July. On July 1, a cloud of ash shot up 7 km above sea-level. The town of Klyuchi with a population of 5,000 is the nearest community to the 2,500-high volcano, 45 km away from it.

After Shiveluch intensified in May 2009, a crack about 30 m deep appeared in its dome.

Astronaut films amazing lightning footage from Space Station

Andrew Freedman
Mashable
Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:15 UTC

American astronaut Reid Wiseman is currently orbiting the Earth aboard the International Space Station, and has been sending a steady stream of fascinating photos and videos of his home planet.

In this Vine, he captured hypnotic lightning flashes from within a thunderstorm above Houston, Texas.

Recent Brazil flood evacuees increase tenfold to over 50,000

Yahoo News
Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:50 UTC

© AFP
People wait to cross a flooded street during a torrential rain in Recife on June 26, 2014 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

Severe flooding caused by a week of torrential rain in southern Brazil has forced more than 50,000 people from their homes, officials said Sunday, increasing an earlier estimate almost tenfold.

The emergency agency for Santa Catarina state said 40,000 people had been forced to leave their homes, while neighboring Rio Grande do Sul said 10,700 people had evacuated, revising earlier estimates as the extent of the damage became clear.

'Once in decades' super typhoon Neoguri to hit Japan, emergency warnings issued

Elaine Lies
Yahoo News
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:21 UTC

© NASA
An image from NASA's Terra satellite shows Typhoon Neoguri in the Pacific Ocean approaching Japan. Waves of up to 14 metres (46 feet) are expected.

Japan's weather agency on Monday issued emergency warnings to urge people in the country's southern islands to take maximum precautions as a super typhoon described as a "once in decades storm" is set to rake the Okinawa island chain with heavy rain and powerful winds.

Typhoon Neoguri was already gusting at more than 250 km an hour (150 mph) and may pick up still more power as it moves northwest, growing into an "extremely intense" storm by Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

But it was not expected to be as strong as Typhoon Haiyan, which killed thousands in the Philippines last year.

Comment: For more on the growing trend towards weird weather and climate extremes see:
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UK set to sizzle, heat wave to last two weeks

Sarah Wescott
Express.co.uk
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:35 UTC

Britain is set to sizzle in a two-week heatwave with temperatures hotter than parts of the Mediterranean, forecasters said last night

The mercury could even climb as high as 86F (30C) in some areas and swathes of the UK are likely to bask in the high 20s.

This compares to just 70F forecast for Barcelona and the South of France where it will hit 77F in Nice.

Experts say the hot weather will arrive at the end of this week and last for a fortnight.

The South is once again expected to get the best of the warmth and sunshine, but temperatures will also be pleasant in the North.

Comment: Long-range forecast for UK: 2014 will be a scorcher!

More cometary dust in the atmosphere: Noctilucent clouds appear above Gateshead in the UK late at night

Sara Nichol
The Chronicle
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:11 UTC

Residents bemused by coloured lights in night sky above Felling at around 12.45am this morning - did you see something similar?

These strange lights had residents bemused when they appeared in the nighttime sky above Gateshead.

The dazzling lights, which appear to change colour, were initially captured on camera by Chronicle reader Paul Dobson.

They appeared in the night sky above Felling at around 12.45am this morning.

Mr Dobson took video and pictures from his home on Victoria Avenue.

Warning: The video below contains some strong language

Long-range forecast for UK: 2014 will be a scorcher!

Nathan Rao
Express.co.uk
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:27 UTC

The latest long-range forecasting models indicate record temperatures for much of May, with the mercury likely to hit a sizzling 90F within a month.

And the blazing hot early summer will hold out for nearly 100 days with above-average temperatures forecast for each of the next three months.

Experts say Britain is on course for a 'exceptionally unusual' summer which could even put last year's near historic heat wave in the shade.

Jonathan Powell, forecaster for Vantage Weather Services, said next month could break all records with weeks of wall-to-wall sunshine across the UK.

The rest of summer will be charged with extreme 'heat spikes' pushing the mercury up into the 80s or even higher, all the way until the end of August.

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Earth Changes

Reports of extreme hailstorms in North America and Europe

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 - 13km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Vast majority of some 2,500 earthquakes in Oklahoma the last five years linked to fracking

Kamchatka volcano spews new ash plume 8 km into sky

Astronaut films amazing lightning footage from Space Station

Recent Brazil flood evacuees increase tenfold to over 50,000

'Once in decades' super typhoon Neoguri to hit Japan, emergency warnings issued

UK set to sizzle, heat wave to last two weeks

More cometary dust in the atmosphere: Noctilucent clouds appear above Gateshead in the UK late at night

Long-range forecast for UK: 2014 will be a scorcher!

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