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Taste of winter as 6 inches of snow falls on Apex Mountain, British Columbia

Brennan Phillips
Kelowna Capital News
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 14:39 UTC
A dusting of about 15cm of snow left on Apex Mountain on the morning of Sept. 20.
© Apex Mountain Resort
About 15cm of snow left on Apex Mountain on the morning of Sept. 20.
The ski season is still a couple months away

The first taste of winter arrived on Sept. 20 as Apex Mountain got an early dusting of snow.

About 15 centimetres fell on the mountain, but this early on it's not likely to hang around to the start of the ski season.

"It's not anything we get insanely excited about, I mean we're excited but we're not jumping up and down because we know it doesn't last," said Apex Resort general Manager James Shalman. "A couple of years ago we did have three feet of snow fall on Sept. 27, and we lost three-quarters of that before the season."
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Doberman

Woman dies after being mauled by pitbulls inside her home in Kennewick, Washington

Wendy Culverwell, Cameron Probert
Yahoo! News
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:12 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A Tri-Cities woman died this week after she was reportedly mauled by two pitbulls who entered her home on West Victoria Avenue in an unincorporated Kennewick neighborhood.

Billene "Billi" Cameron, 65, died Thursday, Sept. 21, of complications related to surgery at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland after she was mauled the day before.

She and her husband, Dwayne Woodard, are well known business owners. They and their son, Jackson, established Woody's BullPen Bar & Grille at the former Billy's Bull Pen Tavern in Kennewick in 2018.

The Benton County Coroner's Office confirmed the attack was Wednesday. An autopsy is planned Wednesday in Thurston County.
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Propaganda

The climate scaremongers: Shoddy dams to blame for Libyan floods, not global warming

Paul Homewood
Conservativewoman.co.uk
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:28 UTC
the failed dams of Wadi Derna

One of the failed dams of Wadi Derna
I sometimes think there is a competition among the MSM to see who can publish the most absurd climate change stories.

Last week Sky News's Tom Clarke, who calls himself 'Science and Technology Editor', claimed that climate change had 'set the stage' for the Libyan floods, and that the disaster highlighted the 'injustice of climate change' which affects poorer countries most.

The floods and resulting deaths had nothing at all to do with climate change, and were instead caused by the collapse of two dams built by a Yugoslav company in the 1970s and which had had no maintenance for the last 20 years. It was a tragedy waiting to happen.

Clarke failed to provide any evidence that the heavy rainfall which triggered the dam failures was in any way unprecedented or made worse by climate change. But facts don't seem to matter any more to Sky News.
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Snowflake

Snowbasin resort in Utah sees early snowfall


unofficialnetworks.com
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:49 UTC
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Although fall is still two days away, snow is already piling up at Snowbasin Resort!

With white fluff coating the bright fall colors, we are experiencing a two-for-one on seasons today.

This is officially the first snow of the season, and it's coming a whole month earlier than last year's first recorded snowfall happening on October 22, 2022. Is this a sign predicting another historic winter? We sure hope so.

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Cloud Lightning

Man dies in lightning strike whilst asleep in Cambodia


Khmer Times
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:06 UTC
The dangers of lightning in Cambodia were once again illustrated graphically after a man died whilst sleeping in a field

The dangers of lightning in Cambodia were once again illustrated graphically after a man died whilst sleeping in a field
The incident happened at 2:40 pm on September 20, 2023 at Tuol Khchak point in Tuol Sdey village, Tuol Sdey commune, Chantrea district, Svay Rieng province.

According to the district police, the victim was named Won Wang Long, 23 years old, a farmer

Villagers stated that the man was asleep in a field when he was enveloped by a heavy storm and struck by a bolt of lightning, causing instant death

The body of the victim were handed over to his parents by the police to be taken to a traditional ceremony with great emotion.

Chantrea district authorities have called on all residents to be extremely careful when it rains and there is wind, thunder and lightning to make sure they go to a safe place to prevent possible accidents.
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Seismograph

6.1-magnitude quake hits 41 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu: USGS


Xinhua
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:41 UTC
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 41 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu at 21:11:49 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 188.4 km, was initially determined to be at 14.00 degrees south latitude and 167.19 degrees east longitude.
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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorm affected 22,000 hectares of crops in Valencia, Spain causing more than 43 million euro in losses


Fresh Plaza
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:26 UTC
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La Unió Llauradora stated that Sunday's hailstorms, rain, and winds had affected more than 22,000 hectares of crops and that, according to an initial emergency assessment, caused an estimated more than 43 million euro in losses.

"The damages are mainly focused on the regions of Utiel-Requena and Camp de Túria, but there were also damages in Ribera Alta, Ribera Baixa, Camp de Morvedre, La Serranía, and La Costera, as far as the province of Valencia is concerned, as well as on the southern coast of the region of Plana Baixa."

"The main crop affected was citrus with 43% of the losses, followed by persimmon with 20% and wine grapes with 16%. It's worth noting that approximately one-third of the grapes expected for this season in the affected area of the municipality of Requena and its villages had already been harvested, which helped minimize the damage. Other crops affected are olive groves with 10%, ornamental crops and nurseries with 8%, and vegetables with 7%.

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Large landspout swirls near Nekoma, Kansas

Storyful News
YouTube
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:10 UTC
A shot of the base of the landspout in Nekoma, KS.

A shot of the base of the landspout in Nekoma, KS.
What the National Weather Service said was a landspout was seen swirling near Nekoma, Kansas, as the area was under a severe thunderstorm warning on September 19.

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Seismograph

Shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake in East Pacific Rise


Earthquake Track
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:15 UTC
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6.0 magnitude earthquake

UTC time: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 14:45 PM
Your time: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 3:45 PM GMT+1
Magnitude Type: mww
USGS page: M 6.0 - central East Pacific Rise
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 1 person

10 km depth

Central East Pacific Rise
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Seismograph

New Zealand hit by magnitude-6 earthquake, no serious damage reported


ABC News
Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:28 UTC
new zealand earthquake september 2023
© ABC News/GeoScience Australia
The earthquake hit at 9:14am local time near Geraldine, New Zealand at a focal depth of 11 kilometres.
A magnitude-3.4 shake followed at 11:42am local time, according to GeoNet

A magnitude-6 earthquake has struck in the centre of New Zealand's South Island, government seismic monitor GeoNet says, but initial reports indicate no injuries or significant damage.

The earthquake, the largest in the country this year, hit at 9:14am local time near Geraldine at a focal depth of 11 kilometres.

GeoNet said more than 14,000 people reported feeling the shake, some as far north as Auckland on the North Island.

Sarah Hussey, a farmer close to the epicentre, said the quake had been stronger than others she remembered.

"There's no damage here, but I thought it was thunder for a start. The house lifted up for a bit," she told TVNZ's 1News.

Timaru Deputy Mayor Scott Shannon told Radio NZ there had been no immediate reports of damage but checks were ongoing.

GeoNet said a magnitude-3.4 shake followed at 11:42am local time, causing light shaking 45 kilometres north of Geraldine at a depth of 6 kilometres.

The quake struck not far from where a 6.3 magnitude quake hit in 2011, killing 185 people and causing major damage in the South Island city of Christchurch.

Via Reuters
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