Earth Changes
Lillehammer - Reportedly this weird phenomena has been happening for years on the river Gudbrandsdalslågen, north of Lillehammer in Norway. But this is the first time that someone has actually caught it on camera.
The peculiar ice flow is perfectly circular in shape, and spins round and round on the river. Trond Stordal, who took the video told Norway's NRK (in Norwegian) that, "I have seen this for years, and many times thought that I would try to get it on film."
"I spent some time one morning and got myself some good pictures," he added. Stordal, 48, a resident of nearby Otta, took several still pictures with an SLR and also filmed a video with his cell phone.
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Mount Kinabalu looms majestically over the village of Bundu Tuhan.
Mount Kinabalu looms majestically over the village of Bundu Tuhan.
A report submitted to Sabah Parks by their head ranger Martin Mogurin indicated that there were signs of snow at the summit area of the 4,101m-high mountain along the Crocker Range around 4am.
Martin said guides at the mountain submitted a report but were unable to back it up with pictures as it was dark. Sabah Parks officials are trying to verify the report.
Sabah Parks chairman Tengku Zainal Adlin, who has climbed every face of Mount Kinabalu in the last five decades, is not surprised over the snow report.
It took about six hours for PECO to return power to residents in West Philly. Power Returns After Transformer Fire
As these exclusive videos show, the transformer turned into a ball of fire that scared residents and knocked out power as neighbors scrambled to get help.
The transformer fire knocked out power to much of the 1600 block of Willington Street at Cecil B. Moore Avenue right near Temple University.
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Ohio snow rollers.
Ohio snow rollers.
Known as snow rollers, the delicate formations are as light as meringues and may crumble when touched, but others are icy enough for play. They were a social media phenomenon today (Jan. 27), sweeping Twitter and Facebook as people from Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania posted images of their yards dotted with strange snowballs.
According to the National Weather Service, snow rollers need just the right combination of light, sticky snow, strong (but not too strong) winds and cold temperatures to form. It's been about 10 years since snow rollers were reported in western Pennsylvania, but snow rollers appeared in near Spokane, Wash., in 2009.
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Supermarket damaged by the earthquakes on Kefalonia, western Greece. Schools have been closed and a state of emergency has been declared.
Supermarket damaged by the earthquakes on Kefalonia, western Greece. Schools have been closed and a state of emergency has been declared.
Hundreds of the island's residents slept in their cars after a quake listed by the US Geological Survey as having 6.1 magnitude struck near the town of Lixouri on the western Greek island on Sunday, and was followed by dozens of aftershocks.
Seismologists noted it was too soon to tell whether the Sunday quake, was the main earthquake or whether a stronger one is to come.
"We need 48 hours to say with 99% certainty that this was the main quake," Thanassis Ganas, head of research at the Athens Geodynamic Institute, said on Skai television. He added, however, that the situation after the quake appeared to be as well as could be expected, and that multiple aftershocks were normal and expected.
The warm water Kemp’s ridley turtle was reported to the Marine Conservation Society after being found dead at Cefn Sidan beach, Pembrey.
A critically endangered marine turtle more at home in the Gulf of Mexico has been washed up on a beach in Carmarthenshire.
The warm water Kemp's ridley turtle was reported to the Marine Conservation Society after being found dead at Cefn Sidan beach, Pembrey.
Dog walker Louise Panes discovered the animal while walking her three dogs on the beach. The dogs became interested in a patch of washed up sea grass, and Louise initially thought it was a dead seagull.
"I went over to pull them away and was surprised to find what looked like a turtle lying alongside the grass," she said.
"At first I thought it looked like a large tortoise but I could see from its front legs that these were more like flippers than legs.
"I could see it was dead as it had been damaged by something around the back of its neck, but as I had never seen a turtle on the beach before I was pretty certain that it was an uncommon sight in the waters around Wales."
Met Eireann said that the severe weather warning would remain in place for many parts of the country today, with the potential for it to be upgraded to a 'Red' warning if conditions worsen.
A status orange wind warning was in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Kerry and Limerick throughout yesterday.
ESB crews worked yesterday to restore electricity with around 2,000 homes without power in pockets throughout the country, but crews had managed to restore supply to well over half of those affected by lunchtime.
In Co Galway alone, more than 500 ESB customers were without electricity yesterday.
The worst affected areas included Renvyle and Clifden, where over 350 customers were without power.
Parts of west Mayo were similarly hit as the high winds tore down power lines and left customers in the dark.
Siobhan Ryan, a Met Eireann forecaster, warned the winds will only really "begin to ease off" tomorrow.
"But even at that stage there is still the risk of scattered heavy, squally thundery downpours. The weather is very unsettled," she explained.
The Met Office issued an amber warning of rain for the Somerset Levels, where villages have now been dubbed ‘islands’
Residents in Chobham, Surrey, told BBC News the storm which swept across Kent, Sussex and Surrey yesterday afternoon whipped up a tornado so powerful that "shattered" buildings.
The Met Office issued an amber warning ahead of severe weather across the southwest today, and a band of heavy rain has now moved across the country to the east.
UK Power Networks said yesterday's storm left around 13,000 homes without power, and stable owner Shirley Blay described a "mini-tornado" which was lifting roofs.
"My granddaughter went to make some food up for the pony and the shed she was in lifted," she told BBC News. "She jumped out of it and it just shattered, it was thrown backwards and broke into four pieces.
"We've got four feral cats in the yard and they were being lifted off the ground, they just went round like a big paper bag." Ms Blay added that none of the people or animals involved were injured during the storm.
Meanwhile, Somerset County Council has declared a "major incident" for all areas affected by flooding in the county.
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Forest Service officials say the blaze began about noon Friday and has closed all trails within the Little Blakely Trail System. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire is located in a remote location and away from private lands or structures. Officials say it is expected to burn over the next several days.
Officials are managing the wildfire using a strategy that will allow it to burn to existing barriers such as roads or creeks, resulting in less damage to natural resources.
They say managing the fire that way will also reduce the chance that current wind conditions move heavy smoke through the Hot Springs area.
Source: Associated Press
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The number of people missing in the storm, which hit the area Thursday and Friday, was reduced from an earlier estimate of 25, Telam said, citing government figures.
A mudslide hit the towns of El Rodeo and Sijan Thursday night.
Extensive damage was reported in the region and hundreds of people have been evacuated, and emergency services personnel have not ruled out the possibility that the death toll could climb as the search for the missing continues.
"This was a disaster, but we are going to rebuild all the affected areas," Catamarca Governor Lucia Corpacci said.
Corpacci visited the towns affected by the mudslide Saturday.
A cold wave followed by strong thunderstorms, heavy rains, powerful winds and hail hit much of Argentina Thursday.
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