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Snow hits South Africa as temperatures plummet

Tom Head
The South African
Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:58 UTC
The snow across the Maluti Mountains,
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The snow across the Maluti Mountains, taken in Lesotho
Snow fell on our side of the border with Lesotho over the Easter weekend, with parts of Free State and KwaZulu-Natal getting the best of the white stuff.

If you've noticed a certain drop in temperature this weekend, you won't be the only ones. Many South Africans are now swapping their air-conditioners for heaters as winter slowly stalks us from afar. Things got chillier in Underberg and the border of Free State and Lesotho this week, and the snow came tumbling down.

As we reported on Thursday, Snow Report SA predicted that there'd be about 5cm of snow on our side: The Drakensberg Mountains are usually the first to experience a dusting when the mercury plummets, and that's exactly what we saw on Sunday.
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Tour of Turkey queen stage summit finish shortened due to heavy April snowfall

Jonny Long
Cycling Weekly
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 20:55 UTC
Tour of Turkey has been shortened due to snowy conditions on the summit finish climb.

Tour of Turkey has been shortened due to snowy conditions on the summit finish climb.
Videos from the finish line show heavy snowfall has made it impossible to scale the full 16km final climb

Race organisers have shortened the queen stage of the 2019 Tour of Turkey by 5.5km due to heavy snow falling on the summit finish.

Stage five was set to conclude with riders scaling the 16km Kartepe, but will now only ride the first 10.5km.

The steepest parts of the climb, which top out at a gradient of 12 per cent, will not be affected.


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Attention

Bali volcano erupts again

Hamish Hastie
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 20:25 UTC
Mount Agung

Mount Agung
Mount Agung on Indonesia's resort island of Bali has erupted again, spewing volcanic ash into the sky to a height of two kilometres, an official said.

The eruption comes as Australians flock to the island for school holidays but flights have not been impacted with Denpasar airport still operational.

The active volcano erupted at 3.21am on Sunday and the thick ash column was blown to the southwest, causing a drizzle of volcanic ash in Karangasem, Bangli and Klunglung districts, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency, said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties but the volcano's status remains on alert or level three of four possible levels and authorities continue to impose a four-kilometre exclusion zone.

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The worst April storm in 73 years hits Costa Blanca, Spain - Cities of Valencia and Alicante flooded

Joshua Parfitt
The Olive Press
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:44 UTC
floods
What was that saying about the rain in Spain?

Since Thursday, the Costa Blanca has been hit by the largest April storm in 73 years bringing winds of up to 100 km/h and flash floods all along the eastern coast.

The ports of Valencia, Castellon, Sagunto and Gandia were shut, while in Torrevieja—the worst hit region—the heavens dumped 200 litres/m2 of rain in 48 hours and led to the declaration of a 'level 1 pre-emergency'.



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Snow blocks roads, damages crops across Lebanon


The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:14 UTC
snow
Multiple roads were blocked and crops suffered damaged across the country Sunday due to snow and hail, which is expected to subside in the evening.

Beirut airport's Meteorology Department said snow is expected at altitudes of 1,200 meters throughout the day Sunday, and warned drivers of cars skidding at altitudes above 1,000 meters.

In Bsharri, snow covered areas above 1,200 meters, according to the state-run National News Agency. The Cedars saw 40 centimeters of snow, leaving farmers worried that fruit-bearing trees will be damaged if the temperatures drop further.

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Landslide after incessant rain in northern Malawi kills at least 3, injures dozens

Eric Oteng
AfricaNews
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 13:11 UTC
LANDSLIDE
A landslide washed away an entire village in the Rumphi district of northern Malawi, killing at least three people, leaving five missing and dozens wounded in hospital, police said Sunday.

Rumphi police spokesman Tupeliwe Kabwilo told AFP that the incessant rains in the region had caused the disaster that devastated the village between the Mphompha hills and Lake Malawi in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The dead are two boys aged 12 and 15 and a 35-year-old woman, according to police. Among the missing are a one-year-old boy, two others aged six and ten, and two women aged 35 and 46.

Comment: Unusually high level of landslides worldwide - Over 1000 fatalities so far this year

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Hundreds lose homes as huge wildfires ravage Russia's Trans-Baikal


RT
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:58 UTC
russia trans-baikal wildfire
Massive steppe wildfires, propelled by strong winds, have destroyed more than a hundred houses in the Siberian region of Trans-Baikal, leaving hundreds of local residents homeless.

More than 400 people were affected by the wildfires that got out of control in the remote Russian region on the Mongolian border.

At least, 111 houses in 15 villages were lost in the disaster, the governor's office said. The people evacuated in time and there have been no fatalities related to the fires.

Comment: Wildfires broke records from Europe to Korea due to an unseasonably dry and warm winter, meanwhile many parts of North America are seeing spring snow: Also check out SOTT's monthly documentary SOTT Earth Changes Summary - March 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


And SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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From Anchorage to Fairbanks, April snow is causing havoc on roads in Alaska


ktuu.com
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:59 UTC
Snow on April 19, 2019
© KTUU
Snow on April 19, 2019
Though the warm March and sustained sunshine tricked some into thinking winter was over for good, Alaska pulled its favorite prank of bringing another dump of snow in mid-April.

The snow is causing road conditions to be similar to those of January and December, when just one week ago the roads, and the lawns, were bone dry.

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Snow falls in Western Australia's Stirling Ranges in April for the first time in 49 years

Adrianna Zappavigna
news.com.au
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:38 UTC
A white Easter? Dozens are hiking up to Bluff Knoll this long weekend to catch a glimpse of the extremely rare April snowfall.

snowfall on Bluff Knoll
© David Graham
Snowfall on Bluff Knoll
Locals couldn't have anticipated this: Snowboarding in Western Australia in April?

The state's southwest had more than a Good Friday, with residents waking up to record snowfall. As predicted in news.com.au's weekend weather forecast, the Stirling Ranges have seen snow just in time for Easter — and for the first time in 49 years.

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Tornado warning issued as more deadly storms sweep southern US

Tom Barnes
The Independent
Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:09 UTC
US storms
© Tropical Tidbits
A map of the US on April 18, 2019, showing "brightness temperature" — a measure of atmospheric intensity.

Three dead after new wave of cyclones hit Mississippi and Alabama and egg-sized hail falls in Texas

At least three people have died after a second wave of powerful tornadoes and thunderstorms battered the US south and Midwest.

One person was killed after a tree fell on his vehicle in Neshoba County, Mississippi, Thursday afternoon, local paper the Neshoba Democrat, reported.

A second death in the state was reported in St Clair County, where a tree fell on a home later that evening.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said a third person had also died after a tree fell on a house in Wattsville, Alabama.

The deaths come days after at least five people, including three children, were killed last weekend when a storm system that drove more than 35 tornadoes across southern states.


Comment: At least 8 people dead as severe weather moves across southern US


Communities in central Texas and western Louisiana, already hit by flash floods and cyclones, were hit once more by high winds, tornadoes, egg-sized hail and intense rain Thursday and Friday.

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