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Trans-Siberian train narrowly escapes inferno of raging wildfire


RT
Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:20 UTC
Fire
© Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov
Dramatic footage posted on Youtube shows a train battling through a wall of fire and smoke in Russia's Far East as wildfires reduced the region to a hellscape.

In the terrifying video captured by passengers, the flames are seen coming close to the train while the railway completely disappears in a cloud of smoke. The inferno is rapidly extending across the region and threatening to paralyze railway traffic, including the legendary Trans-Siberia railway connecting Moscow to Vladivostok.

Comment: 2nd wildfire in 24 hours hits UK: Arthur's seat in Edinburgh ablaze

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Attention

Shark attacks are on the rise in the US and Australia

Chase Purdy
Quartz
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:35 UTC
Shark attacks
The news headlines are what caught Stephen Midway's attention. It all seemed so unusual to him.

Researchers would later chalk it up to especially warm water off the coast of North Carolina during that summer in 2015, or, in some cases, to an unusual distribution of tasty fish, or to the fact that more people went to the beach that year. Whatever it was, one thing was clear: the sharks were out, and they seemed to be nipping people at a higher rate than usual.

Curious about it, Midway, an oceanography professor at Louisiana State University, decided to partner with scientists at the University of Florida to embark on a research project to figure out if the seemingly rising number of shark bites were statistically important. It started as a question local to the US but morphed into a project that is the first of its kind to look at shark attacks on a global level across a half-century.

Comment: Also pertinent is this recent January 2019 report which again points to an increasing trend in attacks: Fisherman killed by shark off Réunion Island - 23rd attack since 2011, with 10 fatalities

The above report is perhaps even more noteworthy because the large number of attacks that occurred were off a small island within a relatively short time frame.

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Sierra ski resort hits 300 inches of snowfall in February, and that smashed monthly records

David Caraccio
The Sacramento Bee
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:03 UTC
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
© Richard Hurn
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
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Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resort hit 300 inches of snowfall for February, smashing monthly records at the Lake Tahoe area ski resort.

Squaw Valley came away from the most recent storm with 42 inches in 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service. The mountain smashed the previous February record by more than 100 inches, the resort reported, and the record for most snow in any month by 18 inches. Even more snow may fall before the month is out on Thursday.

As far as the two-day snowfall totals go, Boreal ski resort saw the most accumulation with 55 inches over two days, followed by 54 inches at Sugar Bowl, according to the National Weather Service.

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Attention

Seven dolphins, whale wash up in a week on the coast of Cork, Ireland

Roisin Burke
Irish Examiner
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:11 UTC
Schull, West Cork, Ireland. A dead dolphin was found on Schull beach with fishing line around its beak. Helen Tilson of Schull Sea Safari measured the animal, which was a mature adult and 2 metres long.
© Andy Gibson
Schull, West Cork, Ireland. A dead dolphin was found on Schull beach with fishing line around its beak. Helen Tilson of Schull Sea Safari measured the animal, which was a mature adult and 2 metres long.
Seven dolphins and a sperm whale have been found dead in the past week along the Cork coastline.

Mick O'Connell, stranding officer with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG), said that is an unusually high number of strandings in a short space of time.

"We normally get the same thing every year. It is usually more in the southwest and west, but this year, I suppose we have had more southeast winds, which probably explains it."

The eight mammals that washed up on Cork beaches were a sperm whale on Long Strand in West Cork, a bottleneck dolphin, a striped dolphin, four common dolphins and another unknown species of dolphin.

Mr O'Connell said it was a lot of dolphins to be found dead in a week.
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Cloud Precipitation

Unseasonal rain, hailstorm damage crops in parts of Odisha, India

Tanima Ray
Odishatv.in
Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:21 UTC
crop damage
Unseasonal rain and hailstorm destroyed crops in several parts of the State on Wednesday leaving farmers in distress.

Acres of vegetable crops have been damaged in some coastal parts of the State in districts of Balasore, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Khurda, Cuttack and some other areas like Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar which witnessed spells of thunderstorm and rain in last 24 hours.

Kharif crops and various types of vegetables like brinjal, pumpkin, chilies, cucumber been badly damaged due to heavy rainfall in Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj and Jajpur.
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Windsock

Record-breaking 171 mph February wind gust recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire


WCAX
Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:08 UTC
Mount Washington Observatory
© File Photo

Monday's winter storm was one for the record books on New Hampshire's Mount Washington, where forecasters recorded the highest wind gust for the month of February -- 170 mph.

"We've now hit a peak gust of 171 miles per hour," said Tod Padham, a meteorologist at the Mt. Washington Observatory.

The previous February record for a wind gust was a 1972 measurement of 166 mph.

This is also the strongest wind recorded here in any month since 1985.

"Oh yeah! My coffee mug was actually rattling on the table just from the vibration of the building here. The windows were kind of flexing back and forth from the pressure changes with the wind," said Padham.

Forecasters are still safe up there because the observatory can handle wind gusts of up to 300 mph.

A 231-mph gust on the 6,288-foot mountain in 1934 remains the highest wind speed ever observed by man.

Comment: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Winds across our Earth have shifted

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Windsock

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Winds across our Earth have shifted


Adapt 2030
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:56 UTC
Himawari-8 infrared image of Super Typhoon Wutien at 2:10 am EST Monday, February 25, 2019.
© NOAA/RAMMB.
Himawari-8 infrared image of Super Typhoon Wutip taken at 2:10 am EST Monday, February 25, 2019. At the time, Wutip was a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds--the first Northern Hemisphere Category 5 tropical cyclone on record in February.
It is apparent with the increased wind speeds across the Northern Hemisphere that there has been a shift in Earth's jet streams, cloud cells and atmosphere. Looking at 171 mph winds on Mt Washington, world record commercial flight times as tail winds propel jets to hyper-sonic speeds, Norway 120 mph winds, Iceland 120 mph winds, Croatia 120 mph winds, fish blown from the sea in Malta and Sicily, huge waves in Sicily, never before seen cloud formations in Romania and first ever super typhoon in the Pacific in February all in the last week.


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Snowflake

Too much snow! Soldier Mountain ski area in Idaho to close while crews continue 'digging out' - 5 feet in 5 days


IdahoNews.com
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:15 UTC
snow
Too much of a good thing?

Soldier Mountain said on Wednesday that the ski resort near the small town of Fairfield will be closed on Thursday due to too much snow. Most of Idaho's central mountains are under extreme avalanche danger and workers "continue digging out and getting the Mountain safe for skiing" the ski resort said.

Idaho's mountains have been hit especially hard by several feet of snow this month. In Featherville, for example, a weather spotter measured 60 inches of snow since Feb. 22, the National Weather Service said.
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Arrow Down

Deadly floods and landslides hit the city of Huancavelica, Peru


Al Jazeera
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:53 UTC
At least 50 people have been killed as intense rain
© Reuters
At least 50 people have been killed as intense rains plague northern and central coastal regions of Peru
Two more people have been killed in a landslide in Peru, bringing to at least 50 the number of people who have died since the rainy season started in September, according to the Centre for National Emergency Operations.

The landslide was triggered by torrential rain in the city of Huancavelica, where hospitals and schools have been inundated, and severe flooding has blocked roads and damaged bridges, the centre said.

Thousands of families have been affected by the flood waters, with many calling on the government to do more to alleviate the situation.

The National Institute of Civil Defence and the Navy have sent more than 723 tonnes of humanitarian aid, equipment and heavy machinery to the northwestern port of Paita, which has seen some of the worst floods.

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Attention

Experts on high alert after dead, sick dolphins wash ashore on coastline of California


losangeles.cbslocal.com
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:40 UTC
dolphins
From Laguna to Huntington Beach, an unprecedented number of dolphins are washing ashore dead or so sick that they have to be humanely euthanized.

"It's a shock and not happy about it whatsoever," said Newport Beach resident Eric Fritz. "They're our friends, are you kidding? I've rode waves with dolphins before."

In the last two weeks, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center says five common dolphins and one bottlenose dolphin have washed ashore. Compare that to just one dolphin last year.

Scientists are desperate to find a cause.

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