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"Exceptional" snowfall in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy

Robert Felix
iceagenow.info
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:14 UTC
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"Not only is North America experiencing power outages, so is Cortina d'Ampezzo, famous skiing area in Italy," says reader Mirco Poletto. "Due to snow Cortina has had no electrical power for several hours. Trees are falling and there is avalanche and landslide danger."

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Belluno ) has been without electricity since early morning due to exceptional heavy snowfall that is creating considerable discomfort around the Cadore.

The fresh snow has reached half a meter in height, closing several roads leading to Ampezzo and Cortina, which are currently only accessible from the main road. Mountain passes are closed.

On Falzarego six people were trapped in their cars by the snow and were recovered by rescuers and taken to the shelter Col Gallina.

Even the tourist town of Madesimo (Sondrio ) in high Vallespluga remains isolated from the rest of Lombardy for the entire night because of heavy snowfall .

On the whole alpine it has been snowing copious hours without a break, and is still snowing heavily.

"Exceptional" snowfall in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy

Thanks to Dr Mirco Poletto in Italy for this link
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Snowflake Cold

'Heavy snowfall may disrupt Sochi Games'


Business Standard
Wed, 25 Dec 2013 12:59 UTC
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No shortage of snow has been forecast for the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics, but potential heavy snowfall may cause real problems, a Russian official said.

"There will be enough snow, that issue doesn't disturb us," head of the Russian Weather Service, Rosgidromet, Alexander Frolov told reporters, reports Xinhua.

On the contrary, he said, there are concerns that heavy snowfall could seriously disrupt the competition in Sochi.

He warned that weather in that subtropical zone is very volatile and snowstorms there, once started, might last for two or three consecutive days .

In December, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry has once issued an avalanche warning in Sochi, anticipating blackouts, disruption of communications, housing services and transportation in the mountainous area.

Source: IANS
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Ice Cube

China icebreaker close to trapped Antarctic ship frozen in ice that is supposed to be disappearing according to Global Warmists


bbc.co.uk
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:13 UTC

A scientific mission ship, trapped in dense pack ice off East Antarctica since Christmas Day, is close to being rescued as a Chinese icebreaker nears.

The crew can see the Snow Dragon icebreaker, which will try to cut a path through the ice allowing the research vessel to reach open water.

The Russian Academic Shokalskiy ship has 74 on board and is being used by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

They are following the route explorer Douglas Mawson travelled a century ago.

One of the leaders of the expedition, Chris Turney, tweeted an image of the Snow Dragon icebreaker on the horizon as it approached the ship.
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Eye 2

Security guard crushed to death by 15ft python in front of terrified crowd outside luxury Bali hotel

Simon Tomlinson
Daily Mail, UK
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:40 UTC
A security guard was strangled to death by a python in front of terrified onlookers today outside a luxury hotel on Indonesia's resort island of Bali.

Ambar Arianto Mulyo, 59, who worked at a nearby restaurant, had offered to help capture the 15ft-long snake which had been spotted several times near the hotel in Bali's Sanur area.

Mulyo managed to secure the snake's head and tail and put it on his shoulders, according to Agung Bawa, an assistant security manager at the hotel, which is closed for renovations until 2015.

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Strangled to death: A security was killed by a 15ft-long python like this one when he tried to capture it outside a luxury hotel on Indonesia's resort island of Bali
But the python wrapped itself around his body and strangled him to death, Bawa said.

People watching the incident were unable to help and called the police, who came but failed to save the man.

The python escaped into nearby bushes and police were still searching for it.

The incident happened at around 3am as the python was crossing a road near the Bali Hyatt hotel.

'It happened so fast,' Bawa said. 'We were sad because we could not do anything to help him.'
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Arrow Down

Two-year-old falls into Tennessee sinkhole, saved by pants leg

Natalie Potts
wbbjtv.com
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:17 UTC
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One West Tennessee family saves their two-year-old child from a being swallowed by a massive sinkhole in Stanton, Thursday.

Haywood County deputies told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News the toddler slipped in and fell into an open sinkhole around 5 o'clock on Circle Drive in Stanton, TN. Family members said the toddler was outside playing with her mother before she fell catching her pant's leg onto the concrete.

"I have a bad heart so you can imagine how I felt. I was crying, I couldn't remember any numbers... we just moved over here about 5 or 6 months ago and we didn't know this hole was here," said grandmother Regina Williamson.

The child's mother told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News that she found her daughter half way into the hole, dangling by her pants. Officials said they believe the hole was around 5 to 7 feet deep and 10 feet wide underground.

"She was bringing out her Christmas boxes and stuff and she looked back and half of her was gone and her pants leg was holding her to keep her from falling to the bottom... I was afraid, I thought I had lost her," said Williamson.
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Windsock

High winds and heavy rain lash UK and Ireland again


The Guardian
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:28 UTC


Authorities warn of difficult conditions in many areas only days after Christmas Eve storm

Heavy rain and gales of more than 100mph have returned to Britain - just days after the last storm caused Christmas misery for tens of thousands of people.

The Met Office issued yellow and amber weather warnings, indicating "severe or hazardous weather" with potential to "cause danger to life or widespread disruption" and urged many people to prepare for flooding.

Police warned drivers to use extreme caution as trees were being blown on to the roads by ferocious winds.

Cheshire police reported "awful driving conditions" and a number of roads had been blocked by fallen trees overnight.

"Many trees down due to strong winds. We would ask all drivers to exercise extreme caution whilst driving tonight," the force tweeted.

About 4,000 customers in Northern Ireland were without electricity on Friday morning after trees fell across power lines and electricity poles were broken. Emergency crews and engineers were assessing the damage and carrying out repairs.

The storm was forecast to spread east across the whole of the UK throughout the morning, with the worst-affected areas expected to be northern England and northern parts of Wales, the Met Office said.
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Ice Cube

Holiday havoc as winter weather causes two massive Pennsylvania pileups and widespread power outages continue for nearly 100,000 families


Daily Mail UK
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 08:53 UTC
Two Pennsylvanian highways became parking lots Thursday after nasty winter weather snarled roadways across the state as part of holiday storm havoc that's robbed nearly a million homes of power in the U.S. and Canada.

Traffic was backed up four miles on the Pennsylvania Turnpike west of Philadelphia thanks to a 35-vehicle pileup. In the very same county, 30 cars slipped and slid into one another on the state's I-78, halting traffic for five miles.

While both roads were reopened by evening, the threat of continued power outrages and resulting frigid homes continued Friday as thousands of utility workers from the Great Plains to Eastern Canada fought to restore power knocked out by the fierce, wide-ranging storm.
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Winter weather caused an unbelievable pileup on the Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Reading on Thursday. No deaths were reported despite the shocking jam but traffic was halted for four miles
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Cloud Precipitation

Brazil: 60,000 left homeless, at least 44 dead from flooding and landslides


Agence France-Presse
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 00:00 UTC
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At least 44 people have died and more than 60,000 have been left homeless following torrential rain in southeast Brazil over the past few weeks, officials said Thursday.

In Espirito Santo state, Civil Defense officials reported a total of 27 fatalities, including eight Thursday, in what they described as the worst rains in 90 years.

They said 61,379 people were forced to leave their homes.
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Blue Planet

Carnivorous fish attack bathers in Argentina - "Exceptional Event"


BBC News
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:56 UTC

A school of carnivorous fish related to the piranha has attacked bathers in an Argentine river, injuring about 70.

Thousands of bathers were cooling off in the Parana River in Rosario, 300km (186 miles) north of Buenos Aires, on Christmas Day when the attack happened.

Officials blamed the attack on the palometa fish, describing the event as "exceptional".

Paramedics said dozens of people had their extremities attacked and some had lost digits.

Director of lifeguards in Rosario, Federico Cornier, said bathers suddenly began to complain of bite marks on hands and feet as they cooled off in a heat wave.

He said the palometa was "a type of piranha, big, voracious and with sharp teeth that can really bite".

Mr Cornier said: "This is not normal. It's normal for there to be an isolated bite or injury, but the magnitude in this case was great... this is an exceptional event."
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New cracks fracture Louisiana sinkhole in South Berm


BeforeItsNews
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 04:56 UTC
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In this latest video from Dahboo7 we learn that new cracks have fractured the southern berm of the Louisiana sinkhole. We also learn that there have been an increasing number of micro earthquakes in the area in recent days.

Work is once again on hold at the giant Louisiana sinkhole after workers found another crack in the levee.

The new cracks are in the same spot where previous cracks were repaired in the lowest part of the south berm near the massive sinkhole in Assumption Parish.

Authorities also report an increase in the micro-earthquakes in the area.
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