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16 dead after landslides and floods in La Paz Department, Bolivia


Floodlist
Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:27 UTC
Floods in Caranavi, La PAz Department, Bolivia
© Government of Caranavi
Floods in Caranavi, La PAz Department, Bolivia, February 2019.
At least 16 people have died in landslides in La Paz Department, Bolivia.

Heavy rain from 02 February caused 2 landslides along the Yolosita-Caranavi highway in Caranavi Province, burying several vehicles. Local authorities said that at least 16 people died and 53 were injured.

Rain in the area has also caused the overflow of the Coroico and Yara rivers. Flooding has been reported in 11 districts of the city of Caranavi, in particular La Costanera and 13 de Diciembre, prompting evacuations.

Schools have been closed in affected areas and a disaster emergency declared by the provincial government.


Comment: See also: Landslide after heavy rainfall kills at least 11 on Bolivian highway

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At least five dead in Brazil after powerful storm lashes Rio de Janeiro

Gabriel Stargardter and Pedro Fonseca
Times Live
Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:09 UTC
flood rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second-largest city, awoke to scenes of chaos on Thursday after thrashing wind and rain whipped through neighbourhoods, felling trees, flooding streets and sweeping away buses in a storm that killed at least five people.

Some of Rio's most iconic neighbourhoods, including tourist hot-spots like Ipanema and Copacabana, were battered by winds of up to 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph) on Wednesday night, with precarious hillside favelas hit by mudslides that closed roads.

At least five people died, with one more person potentially killed in a bus that was hit by a mudslide, Rio's mayor, Marcelo Crivella, told local news media.

"It was a lot of water that ended up causing this tragedy," Crivella said. "It was unexpected."

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Heavy rain and melting snow cause flooding across Bosnia and Herzegovina


RSOE EDIS
Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:40 UTC
Big floods in Busovača, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Big floods in Busovača, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Heavy rain and melting snow caused rivers to burst their banks and cause flooding across Bosnia, damaging houses and blocking roads. A bridge in the capital, Sarajevo, collapsed after the River Zeljeznica overflowed.

Milder weather has been witnessed following last month's sub-zero conditions. In the space of 24 hours, temperatures jumped from 0C to 15C, causing snow to melt rapidly and trigger floods in central parts of the country.

Zenica and Kakanj, towns in central Bosnia, declared a state of emergency as streets in some neighborhoods were inundated by water and rescue services began evacuating people from their homes on rubber boats.

Schools in the most affected areas of central Bosnia were also forced to stay shut on Monday.

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Signs and Portents: Conjoined twins born in Yemen sharing the same body but with their own heart, lungs and backbones

Vanessa Chalmers
Daily Mail
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:14 UTC
The babies have spent the first days of life in an incubator at Al-Thawra hospital, Yemen

The babies have spent the first days of life in an incubator at Al-Thawra hospital, Yemen
Parents of conjoined twins born in Yemen fear only one will survive as doctors say they need medical treatment abroad.

The twins, Abdul-Khaliq and Abdul-Rahim, were born in January joined at the neck down, a condition known as parapagus dicephalus.

The rare phenomenon doesn't leave much hope for the survival of the babies.

They have spent their first days of life in an incubator in intensive care at Al-Thawra hospital, in Sana'a.

Doctors predict their health will decline unless they can be saved and moved away from the war-striken country.
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Canadian Prairies: Record cold causes burst pipes, 31K calls for roadside assistance


The Weather Network
Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:37 UTC
cold weather
Dangerous, record-breaking cold has settled into the Prairies, causing water pipes to burst and cars to become frozen in place. Meanwhile, more than 31,000 weather-related calls for roadside assistance have been logged over the past few days.

Keep reading for the impact of the storm so far, followed a look at the Prairies, in photos.

Cars frozen in place after water pipe bursts

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University of Alabama scientists take issue with claims that global warming causes extreme cold

Valerie Richardson
The Washington Times
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:51 UTC
bitter cold
© Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP
Bitter cold creates icy conditions on the Saint Joseph River, near Howard Park, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in South Bend, Ind.
Numerous media outlets cited last week's polar vortex as an example of extreme weather caused by climate change, but it turns out such cold snaps are actually on the decline.

Roy Spencer, principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, posted a graphic of November-March cold waves in the East and Midwest dating back to 1895 that flies in the face of the "global warming causes extreme cold" argument.

The theory has it that the decline of Arctic sea ice, which has dropped by about 15 percent over the last 40 years, has disrupted the polar vortex, causing it to move southward, but the data assembled by Mr. Spencer and UAH professor of atmospheric science John Christy showed otherwise.

Comment: One of the problems with so-called 'climate science' is its myopic obsession with a very narrow range of planetary influences (greenhouse gases, arctic ice, etc.). It's not a surprise then that most skeptic reactions also focus on these same issues in describing how 'there is nothing to see here' because the climate alarmists are so wrong.

The problem is there actually is much more to see and understand. Check out the links below to see how deep this rabbit hole goes:

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Interview with Laura Knight-Jadczyk and Pierre Lescaudron
Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Interview with Laura Knight-Jadczyk and Pierre Lescaudron (Part 2)

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Cloud Precipitation

Winter brings a year's worth of water for 9 million Californians

Peter Chawaga
Water Online
Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:05 UTC
The Almaden Reservoir

The Almaden Reservoir
California may have a reputation for persistent drought and water scarcity, but already this year the state's freshwater reserves are worth celebrating.

Storms in the beginning of January brought an influx of snow to the Sierra Nevada and heavy rains elsewhere in the state, boosting its water reservoirs exponentially.

Over the first three weeks of January, "47 key reservoirs that state water officials closely monitor added 580 billion gallons of water — as much as roughly 9 million people use in a year," according to the Chico Enterprise-Record. "The combined storage in the reservoirs ... has expanded 15.96 million acre feet on New Year's Day to 17.74 million acre feet now. Each acre foot is enough water to flood an acre of land a foot deep, 325,851 gallons."
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This is what more than 6 feet of fresh snow looks like at a Tahoe ski resort

Alyssa Hodenfield
The Sacramento Bee
Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:43 UTC
Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort near South Lake Tahoe.

Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort near South Lake Tahoe.
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resort got more than six feet of snow over the course of the weekend's snowstorm.

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Attention

Large tiger shark bites surfer in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii


Star Advertiser
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 17:47 UTC
SHARK
A surfer was bitten by a large tiger shark off Kauai this afternoon, prompting the closure of Hanalei Bay.

The shark bite happened shortly before 1:45 p.m. as the man was surfing at a spot known as "the bowl," according to Kauai ocean safety officials.

He suffered multiple cuts to his leg and was taken by medics to Wilcox Hospital, officials said. His condition was not immediately released.

Lifeguards have posted "Shark sighted" and "No swimming" signs along Hanalei Bay and are warning people to stay out of the water, officials said.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources was notified, officials said, and lifeguards will reassess the water Tuesday morning to determine if it is safe for swimming.
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Wrong place, wrong time: Songbird that should be wintering in Mexico turns up in Ottawa, Canada

Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:32 UTC
A Lazuli Bunting, photo by Bruce Di Labio on February 4, 2019.
© BRUCE DILABIO
A Lazuli Bunting, photo by Bruce Di Labio on February 4, 2019.
When Denise Smith spotted a songbird on her backyard feeder, she wasn't prepared for how rare it would turn out to be, or for having her home staked out by enthusiastic birders.

The lazuli bunting is a little fluffball from the southwestern United States. It is the eleventh time the species has been spotted in Ontario, and its first time in winter anywhere in Canada. It should be in Mexico now.

Now the power of listservs — an electronic mailing list for subscribers — has kicked in, bringing birders from all over Ottawa with cameras and binoculars.
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