Earth Changes

Snow cover reaches early-December record in Lower 48 U.S. states after back-to-back storms

Jason Samenow
Washington Post
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:34 UTC

Albany digs out from heavy snowfall

The two powerhouse storms that swept across the nation over the past week have left behind the most extensive early-December snow cover in at least 16 years.

Snow covered the ground on nearly half of the real estate in the Lower 48 — 46.2 percent of land area — on Monday morning, the largest area on Dec. 2 since snow cover records from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began in 2003. Normally, a little more than a quarter of the nation has snow on the ground at this time of year.

The back-to-back storms instigated miserable pre- and post-Thanksgiving travel conditions, resulting in hundreds of flight cancellations and delays, and scores of highway accidents.

Last Monday and Tuesday, the first of the two storms dumped double-digit snowfall totals from the Rockies to the northern Great Lakes, including 22.3 inches of snow in Boulder, Colo., and 9.2 inches in Minneapolis.

Three people missing after giant 100ft sinkhole swallows up lorry and scooter in Guangzhou, China

Tiffany Lo
Mirror
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:41 UTC

Water started to fill up the sinkhole while the rescue work was underway

Three people including a father and a son are missing after a giant sinkhole swallowed a street sweeper and an electric bike before filling with water.

CCTV footage from captured the moment a sanitation lorry carrying a driver, 51, and his son, 26, disappeared into the ground in Guangzhou, southeast China.

Witnesses are screaming as they walk around the sinkhole when more ground collapses, making it increases in a size of 100 feet across.

Municipal officials say the freak accident happened at the junction of Guangzhou Avenue and Yodong West Road at around 9.30am local time on December 1.

Shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off the coast of Chile

Daily Mail
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:19 UTC

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile around 5.45am Tuesday, though there were no immediate reports of damage

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake struck in the sea, 20 miles southwest of the port city of Arica at around 5.45am local time, at a depth of 20 miles, the USGS said.

Half a million people are estimated to live within a 60-mile radius of the quake and are likely to have felt it.

However, there were no immediate reports of damage and the USGS said the likelihood of casualties was low.

Lightning bolt kills 5 footballers in Zambia

Chris Phiri
Zambia Reports
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:11 UTC

Five people belonging to a local football team died while three of their colleagues survived after they were struck by lightning in Chienge District of Luapula Province.

Zambia Police Service acting spokespersons Danny Mwale has identified the victims as Jackson Kabwe aged 20, Seleman Kapembwa aged 19 and Joe Chansa aged 19 and Mpundu Nasri and Joe Katai aged 16 and 17 respectively.

"Investigations revealed that the victims belonged to a local football team known as Chilondo Football Club (aka Barcelona) and were hired to cultivate a piece of land in order to raise funds at Chikalipa Village. Before they finished working, rain started and the Eight players went to seek refuge under a mango tree were lightening struck killing the five on the spot," he said.

2 kids dead, 1 missing after truck swept away in Arizona flood

abc7news
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:32 UTC

The bodies of two children were found Saturday, but searchers were still looking for a third child who went missing after a truck they were in was swept away while attempting to cross a runoff-swollen Arizona creek in what a sheriff's official called a "horrible and tragic incident."

Gila County sheriff's Lt. Virgil Dodd said the first body found was of a 5-year-old boy. The second child's age and gender weren't provided in a statement released by the Sheriff's Office.

Dodd said the 5-year-old boy's body was found about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) downstream of the crossing which had been closed hours before the truck tried to cross Friday despite barricades and warning signs.

Drivers "really need to not ignore that. It's very dangerous. It's very hazardous," Dodd said in announcing the first death. "In this case, this horrible and tragic incident ... that's what happens when you ignore these types of signs."

The Sheriff's Office said emergency personnel and law enforcement helicopters on Friday rescued two adults and two children who also were in the military-style truck swept downstream in Tonto Creek near the small community of Tonto Basin, which is about 52 miles (83 kilometers) northeast of Phoenix.

Heavy snowfall in the Victoria Alps, Australia on second day of SUMMER - up to a FOOT of snow overnight

9News Staff
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 09:27 UTC

Falls Creek

It's the first week of summer and rather than sunshine and heat, it's snowing.

Many parts of Victoria have shivered through a cold and wet start to the hotter months, with snow blanketing the alps, leaving Victorian's reaching for their winter woollies.

Falls Creek and The Hotham Alpine Resort in Victoria and Perisher Ski Resort in New South Wales all saw significant dumps of snow this morning, with falls of between 15cms-30cms recorded.

Three rescuers killed in helicopter crash as major flash-flooding hits southeastern France for second week in a row

Deutsche Welle
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 08:16 UTC

Three rescuers died in a helicopter crash during an overnight mission near the southern French city of Marseille, the French Interior Ministry said Monday.

The crew had been on a reconnaissance and rescue flight in the Var region when their EC145 helicopter lost radio contact.

The helicopter and its three occupants were found at 1:30 a.m. local time (0030 UTC) near the town of Rove, the ministry said.

"An investigation will determine the exact circumstances of this tragedy," it added.

The country's Civil Defense said a pilot, an engineer and a firefighter were on board.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Highest CO2 concentrations on record and coldest in Europe in decades

Adapt 2030
Sat, 30 Nov 2019 19:27 UTC

Global CO2 levels are the highest on record despite all of the measures and cuts through the last decades but remarkably we are still here and coastal cities continue to be inhabited. Some emergency. Bawwwwk. Europe freezes with Russia leading a full 10C+ drop in the last week from -40C to -52C, yes that is below zero. Otherworldly snowscapes pelt Romania and Austria.

Comment: FRIGID cold spreads across northeast Russia, down to -54 °C reported in Verhojansk!

Family escapes truck engulfed in flames after it was struck by lightning near Ottawa, Kansas

kwch.com
Sun, 01 Dec 2019 07:54 UTC

The Gillihan family was on their way back home to Hutchinson on I-35 near Ottawa Friday night after visiting a dying family member in Overland Park when their truck was struck by lightning.

"They say you see the light before you die, and I thought we were all dead," said John Gillihan, who was driving the truck.

The lightning struck the truck, causing it to go airborne, then it slid to a stop on the side of the road. The five members of the Gillihan family inside of the truck got out just in time.

Shallow 6.0-magnitude quake hits 60km east of Amatignak Island, Alaska

Xinhua
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 07:40 UTC

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 60 km east of Amatignak Island, Alaska at 0501 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 27.33 km, was initially determined to be at 51.3218 degrees north latitude and 178.2425 degrees west longitude.

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Earth Changes

Snow cover reaches early-December record in Lower 48 U.S. states after back-to-back storms

Three people missing after giant 100ft sinkhole swallows up lorry and scooter in Guangzhou, China

Shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off the coast of Chile

Lightning bolt kills 5 footballers in Zambia

2 kids dead, 1 missing after truck swept away in Arizona flood

Heavy snowfall in the Victoria Alps, Australia on second day of SUMMER - up to a FOOT of snow overnight

Three rescuers killed in helicopter crash as major flash-flooding hits southeastern France for second week in a row

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Highest CO2 concentrations on record and coldest in Europe in decades

Family escapes truck engulfed in flames after it was struck by lightning near Ottawa, Kansas

Shallow 6.0-magnitude quake hits 60km east of Amatignak Island, Alaska

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