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Flash flood hits Indonesian city of Semarang


adelaidenow.com.au
Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:26 UTC
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A rainstorm brought flash flooding to parts of the Indonesian city of Semarang, in Central Java province, on Monday, December 3.

Traffic in the city was subsequently disrupted due to flash flooding and trees were knocked down by heavy winds.

Motorists on the Pantura Route, which connects Semarang and other northern coastal cities on Java island, also reported traffic chaos.

This footage, shared on December 3, shows the West Flood Canal in Semarang almost bursting its banks after flash flooding hit the city.

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Snowflake

30 inches of snow in two days dumped on Cassadaga, New York


Observer Today
Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:47 UTC
Cassadaga saw 30 inches of snow
Parts of Cassadaga saw 30 inches of snow in two days.

The temperature was 28 to 30 degrees.

This is the deck at one home, which is eight inches off the ground, so one can see the depth of snow.

And to think, it is still fall, and winter does not officially begin for three weeks.
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Attention

Capistrano Beach in California crumbles: Walkway destroyed, palms uprooted, old buried cars exposed from surf battering

Laylan Connelly
Orange County Register
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 17:15 UTC
destruction capistrano beach
© Matt Larmand
An area of Capistrano Beach in Dana Point was destroyed by this week’s big surf and high tides. The area is prone to storm damage, but this week’s destruction was the worst yet.
Will Johnson and Keith Miller looked down at the decimated pieces of Capistrano Beach, pointing down at an odd sight.

The popular basketball court was closed, the wooden walkway and seawall just south of where they stood crumbled, and decades-old palms were uprooted, pointing out to the ocean's horizon after this week's storms battered the area.

But the seaside scene of destruction isn't what caught the eye of the two Capo Beach residents out Saturday for an early morning walk.

"Look at all the cars, that's crazy, the steering wheels and tires," said Miller, pointing to the pieces of old cars embedded in boulders, now exposed.
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Question

Dozens of dead cattle egrets litter I-75 in Lee County, Florida

Morgan Rynor
Wink
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:38 UTC
Cattle egret

Cattle egret (not yet dead).
A line of lifeless egrets stretches for miles, and experts think they know what sent them all flying into cars. One expert thinks a fire about 15 minutes away could be to blame.

Dozens of dead birds were littered along the side of I-75 in Lee County Monday after flocks of cattle egrets flew into cars on the highway.

"The past few months we've questioned everything," Eddie Torres said. "You know, as far as possibly even moving out of the state because, you know, what are we doing to better the state? What are we doing to help control everything?"

Red tide and blue-green algae are causing an unprecedented amount of death this year. Naturally, people were concerned about these dead cattle egrets spotted for miles along I-75 between Fort Myers and Naples.

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Cloud Lightning

'Hell of a bang': Lightning strike kills 4 cows at farm in Waikato, New Zealand

Gerald Piddock
Stuff
Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:17 UTC
Four of Clem and Karen Newby's cows were walking back to the paddock after morning milking when they were struck by lightning.

Four of Clem and Karen Newby's cows were walking back to the paddock after morning milking when they were struck by lightning.
Faced with pelting rain, Clem Newby hung back from following his herd out of the milking shed for a few minutes.

It's a move that might just have saved his life.

Five hundred metres down the farm race a lightning bolt from a vengeful sky north of Hamilton struck and killed four cows on their way back to the paddock on Tuesday morning

"It was a hell of a bang," Newby said.

"The lightning was just horrific and it really frightened myself. I had never heard anything like it in my life and it really shook the cowshed."

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Doberman

Roaming dogs attack woman in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Abbie Bennett
The Wichita Eagle
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:01 UTC
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A woman was walking down the sidewalk in a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, neighborhood when she was attacked by a group of dogs, a video shows.

The woman was bitten "on the back of her head, her leg and her arm" Monday morning, Winston-Salem police Lt. A.J. Santos said, according to The Winston-Salem Journal.

Police did not identify the victim of the attack, but Forsyth County Animal Services is investigating, the Journal reported.

A video of the incident shows the woman on the ground being bitten and pulled by at least three dogs. Two other dogs are seen running toward her in the video, but it was unclear if they also attacked her.

A neighbor rushes to the woman's rescue in the video, chasing away the dogs.


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Arrow Down

Landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least 3 in Quindío Department, Colombia

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:50 UTC
Landslide in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia, 01 December, 2018.
© UNGRD
Landslide in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia, 01 December, 2018.
At least 3 people have died and several are still missing after heavy rain trigged a landslide in Quindío department, western Colombia.

The landslide occurred at the educational institution San Rafael in Calarcá, Quindío, early on 01 December, 2018.

Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) said that search operations are ongoing. It is believed that 2 children are still missing in the landslide.

UNGRD said that heavy rain has continued to fall in the region over the last few days and teams have attended numerous emergencies caused by landslides across Quindío. UNGRD said that as many as 50 landslides have been reported throughout the department, mainly in the municipalities of Génova, Buenavista, Córdoba, Pijao, Salento, Calarcá and Circasia.
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Sheeple

Signs and Portents: Two-headed lamb born in Iran


MEHR
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:29 UTC
two headed lamb
© unknown
A sheep in rural areas of Pol-e Dokhtar in Lorestan province has given birth to a live two-headed lamb.

The 60-year-old farmer said that he has not seen anything similar in his life.

There is no other information available about the current condition of the animal.

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Snowflake

Record snowfall hits parts of Alberta, Canada


The Weather Network
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 08:46 UTC
Canada snow
© rdnewsNOW / Sheldon Spackman
It was too much, too soon for Edmonton into Monday morning, as a hefty helping of snow turned Alberta's capital into a winter wonderland -- even though the start of winter is still a few weeks off. Weather warnings dropped early Monday morning, but the snow was still falling through the pre-dawn hours, adding to what was already a record snowfall accumulation. As the city awoke on Monday, upwards of 20 cm had been reported across the city, with a bit more yet to come before the snow tapers off.

The city set a new daily snowfall record on Sunday, chalking up 14 cm of fresh snowfall through the day, and smashing a record set back in 1975. Additional heaviest snow fell late Sunday night into Monday, and that meant Edmonton residents were waking up to some significant shoveling on Monday morning. Local media reported that many roads, especially side streets, were in poor condition as the city began its day
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Snowflake

Akureyri, Iceland buried in over a metre of snow


Iceland Monitor
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:18 UTC
Cars completely buried in snow after storm engulfs Akureyri in Iceland
© VK
Cars completely buried in snow after storm engulfs Akureyri in Iceland.
Snow fell on Akureyri, the largest town in North Iceland last night. The snow was measured this morning at 105 cm by the Iceland Met Office.

Akureyri police have published photos on Facebook of the snow and asked residents to take care when driving to school or work as many streets are difficult to pass.

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