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Heavy snowfall across the Alps again - nearly 2 feet in 24 hours

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:15 UTC
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The latest heavy snowfall is impacting ski areas across the Alps with skiers and boarders waking up to deep fresh snow outside.

More than 150 ski areas have reported 20cm+ accumulations in the past 24 hours with some as much as 56cm (almost two feet) overnight.

Switzerland has reported the biggest accumulations so far with several resorts in the Bernese Oberland, Valais and Central Switzerland reporting more than 50cm of snow since Sunday.


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Poás Volcano in Costa Rica registers overnight eruption, National Park closed

Alejandro Zúñiga
The Tico Times
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:58 UTC
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Poás Volcano erupted early Monday morning, prompting the closure of its national park.

According to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), the eruption began at 1:50 a.m. Monday and sent a column of ash 200 meters above the crater.

OVSICORI shared a time-lapse video of the volcanic activity:

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Cloud Precipitation

Burst dam kills 3 in West Java, Indonesia following heavy rainfall

Arya Dipa
The Jakarta Post
Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:30 UTC
A man checks out the condition of his housing
© JP/Arya Dipa
A man checks out the condition of his housing complex in Pasir Jati, Bandung regency, West Java, on Sunday, following heavy rains on Saturday.
Heavy rains in Bandung, West Java and its surrounding areas on Saturday night caused the dam holding the Cinambo River in Pasar Jati, Bandung regency to burst, resulting in flooding that claimed three lives.

The flooding hit residential areas in Cigending subdistrict, Ujungberung district and several houses in the Endah regency complex, where eight people were dragged away by the strong currents.

The Bandung search and rescue (SAR) office said three people, including a baby, had been declared dead, while five people had been rescued.

The victims were identified as Phida, 40, Hani, 25 and Raifan, 1.

"The joint SAR team has moved all residents affected by the flooding to a safer location," Bandung SAR spokesperson Joshua Banjarnahor said on Sunday.
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Up to 500,000 cattle die due to flooding caused by record rainfall in Queensland, Australia (UPDATE - with video)

Ben Smee and AAP
The Guardian
Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:53 UTC
Dead cattle at Eddington Station in western Queenand. Photograph: Rachael Anderson
© Rachael Anderson
Dead cattle at Eddington Station in western Queensland.
The Queensland government has announced an inquiry into the historic flooding in Townsville, as evidence mounts that local authorities failed to anticipate the extreme nature of the recent record rainfall.

The independent inquiry will look into "key preparedness and response elements" to the storms that dumped more than one metre of rain on Townsville in less than a week.

In the west of the state, graziers have been confronted with scenes described by one mayor as "hell", as it became clear up to 300,000 cattle had died in the floods. The premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, said the sight so many cattle that had died agonising deaths made her "sick in the stomach".


Comment: Update: The Guardian reports on the 11th of January:
In north-west Queensland it hadn't rained, any decent rain, for more than five years.

When the downpour finally came last week, graziers were elated. Now it's feared up to 500,000 cattle, mostly from severely drought-stressed herds, have been killed in widespread flood waters.

The full extent of the losses won't be known for weeks; some properties remain underwater and the flood waters are moving south. But the agricultural industry's peak body says the situation has already become "a massive humanitarian crisis", affecting an area twice the size of Victoria.

After a prolonged drought, some rural parts of Queensland received three years' worth of average rainfall in a week.


Dead cattle at Eddington station 20km west of Julia Creek, Queensland.
© Rachael Anderson
Dead cattle at Eddington station 20km west of Julia Creek, Queensland.


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Cloud Precipitation

2 dead, 100 rescued after floods in Saudi Arabia

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:42 UTC
Severe floods hit the Madinah Region in Saudi Arabia, 08 to 10 February, 2019.
© Said Civil Defence
Severe floods hit the Madinah Region in Saudi Arabia, 08 to 10 February, 2019.
Further severe flooding has affected parts of Saudi Arabia, displacing around 100 people and leaving 2 dead.

Saudi Civil Defence report flooding in Madinah Region from 08 February, 2019. Around 111 people were rescued by Civil Defence teams, many of them from vehicles stranded in flooding wadis. Flooding in the region also caused damage to homes and 14 families (around 100 people) have been displaced.

Civil Defence reported on 08 February that 1 person had died and another was still missing after flooding in the Al-ʿUla governorate of the Madinah Region. Search and rescue operations for the missing person continued and Civil Defence reported late on 10 February that they had found a body near a flooded wadi.

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'Terrifying loud noise' heard at 2am in Austin, Texas


Sott.net
Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:32 UTC
Strange sounds (stock)
© vexels.com
On February 5, 2019, YouTube user 'Jared McClain' published footage of weird noises he heard in Austin, Texas around 2:00 am:
Hello all. I was up late at night and this sound began out of nowhere. It reminded me of the soundtrack of a scary movie. It freaked me out so much I grabbed my phone to record the noise. I begin my video in my room, then go out front to hear the noise better. It seemed to be coming from a few blocks away, so I went back upstairs to put on my shoes and get my keys to drive to see what was making the sound. As soon as I put on my hoodie to leave, the noise stopped. It freaks me out to listen back to the noise. I'm not sure if it's a natural phenomenon or something out of the ordinary (aliens?).

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Sinkhole swallows river in Indonesia


Strange Sounds
Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:00 UTC
sinkhole swallow indonesia river
Normally, rivers flow horizontally. Now the water of this river in Babadan Village, Indonesia disappears in a deep sinkhole underground, drying up the stream. Very disturbing, isn't it?

This Youtube video was first uploaded today by the chef of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, via his twitter account @Sutopo_PN:

As seen in both videos, the water is vanishing in a deep and probably very large underground hole. Freaky! Hopefully the river will not completely disappear.
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First time snow falls at Hawai'i State Park


Big Island Now
Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:19 UTC
Snow covered Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area on Maui over the weekend
© Evan Mazingo
Snow covered Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area on Maui over the weekend
The Hawai'i DLNR Division of State Parks reports that for perhaps the first time ever, snow has fallen in a Hawai'i State Park on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.

Polipoli State Park on Maui is blanketed with snow. It could also be the lowest elevation snow ever recorded in the state.Polipoli is at 6200 feet elevation.

Personnel from numerous DLNR Divisions continue monitoring the impacts of the major winter storm bearing down on Hawai'i.

DLNR Chair Suzanne Case and Sam Lemmo administrator of the DLNR Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands spent the day on Oahu's north shore where there is particular concern about coastal erosion and wave inundation. They watched as the height of coastal waves steadily increased across the day. Case said, "The conditions are impressive but extremely dangerous. We don't know yet the extent of sand loss on north-facing beaches."

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Winterstorm dumps up to 42 inches of snow in 24 hours at Lake Tahoe ski resorts


Tahoe Daily Tribune
Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:23 UTC
Tahoe
© John Andrechak
A winter storm dumped over 3 feet of snow at some Lake Tahoe ski resorts in 24 hours.

The impressive numbers follow a light dusting Friday night and early Saturday morning.

Here are some snow totals from ski resorts on Lake Tahoe's South Shore and the Incline Village area as of Sunday morning:

Kirkwood Mountain Resort reports 31 inches in 24 hours and a storm total of 35 inches.


Comment: This is the latest in a series of storms to hit the region and dump prodigious amounts of snow since the turn of the year. Here are some of the reports of these events starting with earliest first: Weekend storms deliver 3 feet of snow to Lake Tahoe ski resorts

Storm dumps up to 18 inches of snow in a day on Lake Tahoe resorts, blizzard warning issued for next 24 hours

Storms bring 4 feet of snow in 48 hours to Sierra Nevada resorts

Lake Tahoe ski resorts receive 1 ½ feet of snow in 24 hours - just days after storms dumped 4 feet in 48 hours

Lake Tahoe ski resorts report up to 34 inches of fresh snow - more in the forecast

Sierra blizzard drops so much snow that some ski resorts close - 9 feet at June Mountain, California

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Hyena mauls boy to death in Kenya, injures father

Steve Njuguna
Daily Nation (Kenya)
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:17 UTC
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Hyena
A 12-year old boy was on Monday morning mauled to death by a hyena in Leleshwa village Ol Moran area, Laikipia County.

The animal ate the body, leaving only a skeleton during the 5am incident.

The boy's father, who suffered serious injuries while trying to fight off the animal to save their son, is admitted at the Nyahururu County Referral Hospital.

According to Ms Anne Wambui, the Class Two pupil at Mwireri Primary School was preparing for school when the animal attacked.

"The boy's mother was preparing breakfast in the kitchen as the victim and his brother dressed for school when the animal attacked," said Ms Wambui.

"On hearing the commotion, the boy's father rushed to rescue his family from the beast," said Ms Wambui, the boy's aunt.

Comment: Other reports from Africa over the last 5 years involving hyena attacks on humans: Baby girl mauled to death by hyena in Kenya

Boy saves older brother from attack by man-eating Hyena in Somaliland

Boy killed by lone hyena in Kenya; third attack in less than 3 weeks

Hyena kills four people in Tana River, Kenya

Hyena kills two children and injures five people in Kenya

Hyena kills two children in Tanzania

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