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Moscow sees 17 inches of snow in a day - heaviest ever recorded and half its average monthly total (VIDEOS)


Hindustan Times
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:26 UTC
Record Blizzard Hits Central Russia: Moscow Under Snow Siege (VIDEO)
© Sputnik/ Evgeny Biyatov
At least one person died and several were injured after Moscow experienced its heaviest day of snowfall since records began, the city's mayor and agencies said Sunday.

Russia's meteorological service said Moscow had seen more than half its average monthly snowfall in the space of 24 hours, with 43 centimetres (17 inches) blanketing the capital by Sunday morning, agencies reported.

"One person died from a falling tree that hit an electric power line," Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his VKontakte social media page, adding that 360 trees had already been brought down by the extreme weather.

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Ice Cube

Avalanche hits central Italy ski resort - two dead


Sputnik
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 12:46 UTC
avalanche Italy campo felice ski resort
© Associated Press/ La Repubblica
The ski resort "Campo Felice" in the Italian region Abruzzo was hit by an avalanche, emergency services reported Sunday.

According to reports, two people died as they were skiing off-piste at Campo Felice. Rescuers managed to save the third skier, who was slightly injured, and transfer him by helicopter to L'Aquila hospital.

Last January one of the deadliest avalanches struck the Abruzzo region, having engulfed the Italian luxury resort Hotel Rigopiano, leaving twenty-nine people dead and eleven injured. In total nine people, including four children, were pulled out alive.

The Italian Fire Brigade also rescued several puppies from the avalanche-hit hotel which became a symbol of hope amid tragic developments in the country.

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Attention

17 rare river dolphins die in 4 months in Bangladesh

Anwar Hussain
Dhaka Tribune
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:11 UTC
The river dolphin population in Bangladesh is dwindling
The river dolphin population in Bangladesh is dwindling
The official status of river dolphins is "critically endangered"

As many as 17 river dolphins have been found dead in Chittagong's Halda River since October last year.

Experts have mainly blamed pollution, river dredging and the plying of mechanized vessels for the deaths.

River dolphins, locally known as Shushuk, have been classified as "critically endangered" in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.

Fifteen dolphins were found dead between October last year and January 5. Bodies of two more were found floating in the Halda River on January 20 and February 1.

According to Halda River Research Laboratory, the river dolphin population will not exceed 1,200 across the globe and about 250 of them are believed to be found in the Halda River.
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5 dead dolphins found on the coast of Almeria, Spain


Soltimes
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 11:59 UTC
SAD SIGHT: One of the dolphins to become stranded last month.
© EquinacOne of the dolphins to become stranded last month.
Five dolphins have been left stranded on the Almeria coast since the turn of the year.

According to animal rescue agency Equinac, in the first month of 2018, five dolphins, one of them common, have been found dead, washed up on various parts of Almeria's coastline.

The animals were reportedly found on the Playa de los Genoveses, Nijar, Almerimar, El Ejido, Roquetas, Retamar and in the Cabo de Gata. The numbers follow an alarming trend in the region, which saw more than 155 animals stranded on Almerian beaches between 2013 and 2015. And data released by Equinac earlier this year revealed that an estimated 80 sea animals, including dolphins, whales and sea turtles, died on Almerian shores last year.
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Cloud Precipitation

Snowfall record doubled in Grande Prairie, Canada

Erica Fisher
My Grande Prairie Now
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC
Grande Prairie nearly doubles snowfall record Feb 2018
Grande Prairie got 23.2 centimetres of snow Friday, nearly doubling the previous record and topping off five days straight of heavy snowfall. The previous record snowfall for February 2nd was 12.2 centimetres set back in 1999.

RCMP issued a travel advisory Friday, due to snow and icy road conditions, especially along Highway 40. Since Monday, 51.2 centimetres of snow has fallen in the city.

Comment: Meanwhile in Russia, Moscow saw similarly record breaking snow: Russia's coldest winter at -67C, 'once in a century' blizzard buries Moscow expected to continue through Monday (PHOTO, VIDEO)

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Ice Cube

-40C forecast for Finland's Lapland as possible record breaking cold front moves in


YLE
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 09:59 UTC
finland lapland feb 2018 -40C
© Aku Häyrynen / LehtikuvaLapland municipality of Muonio on January 6
Winter took its time coming to southern Finland this year, but recent snowstorms put an end to mild conditions there. The coming week will see temperatures drop throughout the country.

A high pressure front will move in over Finland this weekend, bringing below-zero temperatures that will linger for over a week. The drop in the mercury will combine with scattered snowfall in places to make road conditions hazardous.

Weather forecasts say temperatures of up to minus 10 degrees Celsius will be seen in the south, growing colder as the crow flies north.

Comment: Finland isn't the only place predicting a brutal week of biting weather: Britain facing one of the coldest weeks this winter with temps of -7C predicted, to continue into next week

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Britain facing one of the coldest weeks this winter with temps of -7C predicted, to continue into next week


Telegraph
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 08:11 UTC
7 Winter walkers in the Snow at Ribblehead, North Yorkshire on Saturday, February 3
© Charlotte Graham7 Winter walkers in the Snow at Ribblehead, North Yorkshire on Saturday, February 3
The coldest week of the winter could be just around the corner, with most of the population likely to see a few flakes of the white stuff.

A series of weather warnings are in place, forecasting snow and ice from Sunday and throughout next week, the Met Office said.

The mercury could plummet as low as minus 7C (19.4F) in some parts of the UK, while the bulk of the population can expect to shiver through sub-zero temperatures.

Comment: If weather elsewhere in the world is anything to go by, it could be a doozy for Britain - which in December 2017 experienced the heaviest snowfall for 4 years:

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Cloud Precipitation

Storm kills 2 in flash floods days after devastating king tide in New Zealand (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Harrison Christianson
Stuff.nz
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 13:58 UTC
flash flood auckland new zealand february 2018
Flash floods in West Auckland's Waitakere Ranges claimed two teenagers' lives on Saturday evening.

The two people who died after being swept away in a flash flood were both teenage boys, police have revealed.

Mitch Woolley​ and Sosi Turagaiviu, both 17 years old, were swept away while trying to cross a swollen river in West Auckland's Waitakere Ranges about 5pm Saturday.

Comment: Both hemispheres of the planet are being slammed by extreme weather: Also see:

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Snowflake Cold

Russia's coldest winter at -67C, 'once in a century' blizzard buries Moscow expected to continue through Monday (PHOTOS, VIDEO)


TRT World
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 18:33 UTC
moscow blizzard century record breaking
Frozen eyelashes and broken thermometers. This is what winter in Russia looks like this year with the country experiencing record lows.

In the Siberian region of Yakutia, home to nearly one million people, brutal winters are a normal part of life.

But even there, the temperatures are unusual this year going as low as minus 67 Celsius.

Comment: When countries famed for dealing with extreme cold struggle to cope, and with records for snow and ice being broken all over the world, it's clear we're seeing serious, ominous, planetary cooling:

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Thousands of dead penguins wash up on beaches in Northland, New Zealand


Newstalk ZB.
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:36 UTC
Thousands of blue penguins are dying on New Zealand's east coast, including in Northland.
© NZ HeraldThousands of blue penguins are dying on New Zealand's east coast, including in Northland.
Rough seas and strong easterlies - and a successful breeding season - could be behind the deaths of possibly thousands of little blue penguins on Northland's east coast.

Many east coast beaches have been strewn with bodies of the world's smallest penguin species, in Maori called korora, along with shearwaters, petrels and other seabirds.

Although the sight has shocked some visitors to the region, even locals used to seeing dead seabirds are concerned at the number of birds in trouble and carcasses, Whangarei birdman Robert Webb said.

The Whangarei Bird Recovery Centre which he manages is caring for dozens of injured or exhausted seabirds brought in this week.

Comment: See also these 2 recent reports from other areas of New Zealand: Hundreds of dead and starving seabirds wash up on beaches at Tasman Bay, New Zealand

Mass of dead and dying seabirds on Bay of Plenty shores in New Zealand

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