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6 dead as 70% of Venice is flooded following high winds and highest tide in a decade

Venice flood
Nearly three-quarters of Venice, Italy, was flooded Monday because of a storm system that brought strong winds, driving up water levels more than five feet in the lagoon city, officials said.

High winds push water in from the lagoon, flooding parts of the city frequently, but Monday's levels were far higher than normal. At its peak, Monday's water level reached nearly 61.5 inches, the highest since December 2008. Water levels were forecast to reach 63 inches above normal levels, which would have been the first time that had happened since December 1979.

"A strong low-pressure system is spinning through southern Europe, spreading heavy rain and strong winds across northern Italy," said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce. "The strong winds triggered the inundation in Venice as they blew from south to north through the Adriatic Sea."

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Strong and shallow M6.3 earthquake strikes under Drake Passage off southern Argentina

Drake Passage quake
© USGS, EMSC
Quake struck at depth of 10 km

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the southern tip of Argentina.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit 324 km south of the resort town of Ushuaia, on the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego.

It occurred in the ocean, in a hazardous stretch of water known as the Drake Passage.

The quake is thought to be shallow and struck at a depth of 10 km, at 2:54 am local time, according to the US Geological Survey.

Additional reporting by agencies

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Incredible tornado strikes in Waikato, New Zealand

Sam Owen, who lives at Eureka, was heading west along State Highway 26 in his tractor when he spotted a strange cloud formation in the distance.

Sam Owen, who lives at Eureka, was heading west along State Highway 26 in his tractor when he spotted a strange cloud formation in the distance.
A sharemilker watched in awe from his tractor as a giant tornado formed near Hamilton.

Sam Owen, who lives at Eureka, was heading west along State Highway 26 in his tractor when he spotted the strange cloud formation in the distance.

"I was really weird. I didn't really know what it was until I got a photo of it just as it was reaching down and it just kind of pulled out and all of a sudden it started to suck out what looked like soil or dust into the atmosphere."


Cloud Lightning

Two people killed after being hit by lightning bolt outside church in Kenya

lightning
Two people died on Saturday evening after they were struck by lightning while sheltering from heavy rains outside a church in Lower Solai Sub-Location, Nakuru county.

According to area Assistant Chief Stanley Bett, the deceased include a 21-year-old woman and a Class Six pupil.

The woman was in the company of three children, one of them being her niece, when lightning struck them outside AIC Church, Kapkirem.

The four were rushed to a dispensary at Lower Solai hospital, where the woman succumbed to injuries.

Comment: Elsewhere in the last few days lightning strikes have also killed individuals in Saudi Arabia, Ghana and Nigeria.


Attention

Cat 5 hurricane wipes Hawaiian island off the map

hawaii island hurricane gone
The island, located about 550 miles northwest of Honolulu, is part of a chain of small island groups in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. When the chain was swept by powerful storm surges from Hurricane Walaka earlier this month, East Island was submerged.

The island was uninhabited, but scientists are worried because it was a refuge for two of the most endangered animals in the world: the Hawaiian green sea turtle and the Hawaiian monk seal.

A paradise for animals

Almost 96% of Hawaii's green turtle population travels to the island chain, known as the French Frigate Shoals, for safe nesting during their breeding season, according to Chip Fletcher, an earth science professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Comment: Nowadays it doesn't take a hurricane to alter coastlines:


Cloud Precipitation

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Record floods continue across the planet

record flooding
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Through the last six month we have seen an uptick in floods intensity with the "six months worth of rain in a day" and "a months of rain in three hours" events and was forecast if the Grand Solar Minimum was intensifying we would see a "one year of rain in a day" event. Now we have two in two weeks in the Middle East. Qatar and Jordan. Plus record floods in Kenya, Spain, France with six+ feet of snow dropped during the event. There is an uptick happening.


Comment: For more information check out SOTT's latest monthly summary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs




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Strong and shallow M6.1 earthquake hits off the coast of El Salvador

El Salvador quake
© EMSC, USGS
A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake has hit in the Pacific off the coast of El Salvador. The US Geological Survey said, the tremor occurred 24 kilometres under the surface last night, and its epicentre was some 94 kilometres southwest of coastal town of Acajutla. There are no reports of any damage or injuries.

Snowflake

Heavy snowfall in Turkey

snow Turkey
26 Oct 2018 - 10 people rescued due to snowfall.
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Roads are white in Uludag, Turkey. Snowfall in high parts of the city gives drivers a hard time.

On the Bolu Mountain drivers are warned by light boards and traffic teams to keep track of their distance and to comply with speed limits.

Wow! This video tells the real story.


Snowflake

Heavy snowfall hits Switzerland - up to 28 inches overnight

Cows look for grass in the snow in the Vallee de Joux in the Jura on Sunday morning
© JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT
Cows look for grass in the snow in the Vallee de Joux in the Jura on Sunday morning
The end of summer time on the clocks was mirrored by the weather in Switzerland on Sunday as many places woke up to snow - with over 70 centimetres in the resort of Arosa.

The eastern Alps were affected in particular, where it snowed to quite low altitudes, the Swiss weather service MeteoSwiss told Keystone-SDA.

Parts of the eastern canton of Graubünden saw 30-70-centimetres of snow at over 1,200 metres above sea level.


Snowflake

October snow hitting Ireland as temperatures plummet

Snow in Donegal
© @pripfeiffer /Twitter
Snow in Donegal
Snow has officially arrived in Ireland following a night of freezing temperatures.

A light dusting of the fluffy "white stuff" can be seen Lugnaquilla, County Wicklow, ahead of further cold weather into next weekend.

Currently, we are braced for forecasts as cold as Iceland with the mercury predicted to drop to as low as -5 degrees celcius.