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Floods have affected nearly 20 million people in China

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Xinhua
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:02 UTC
Floods affect 19.91 mln people in China

Floods affect 19.91 mln people in China
A total of 19.91 million people have been affected by floods since the beginning of the flood season this summer in China, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

The country had relocated about 1.3 million people due to floods, while 582,000 people were in need of emergency aid, the ministry said.

The disasters caused total losses of 53.4 billion yuan (about 7.7 billion U.S. dollars), with 34,000 houses collapsed and over 1.76 million hectares of farmland affected.


Comment: Record-high of 377 rivers reporting floods in China

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Signs and Portents: Mutant cow born with two heads and three eyes caught on camera in Argentina

Simon Green
Daily Star (UK)
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:32 UTC
SAD: A deformed cow has been born with two heads
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SAD: A deformed cow has been born with two heads
The footage shows the poor creature's conjoined heads being held up by a farmer.

While it has three eyes and two mouths, the creature does have two ears as normal.

The bizarre incident took place on a farm in the small village of Nasalo, located between the municipalities of Quimili and Anatuya, in the northern Argentina province of Santiago del Estero.

It is not known if the animal is still alive after the birth but local reports state the farmers were shocked by the strange calf.

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Floods kill over 100 in India, Nepal and Bangladesh with 4 million forced from their homes


India Today
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:27 UTC
Flood affected villagers with their belongings
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Flood affected villagers with their belongings travel on a boat in Katahguri village in river Brahmaputra, east of Guwahati, India, Sunday, July 14, 2019
Floods have forced more than 40 lakh people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc.

The Assam and Bihar are among the worst hit. Some 43 lakh people have been displaced from their homes in Assam in the last 10 days due to rising waters across the mostly rural northeastern region, according to a government release on Monday.

Television channels showed roads and railway lines in Bihar submerged, with people wading through chest-high, churning brown waters, carrying their belongings on their heads.

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Bali rocked by magnitude 6.1 earthquake


Canberra Times
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 09:48 UTC
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An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has struck south of Indonesia's Bali, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC says, causing some residents and visitors on the tourist island to briefly rush out of buildings.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake on Tuesday and no tsunami warning was issued by the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

The epicentre was 102km southwest of the island's capital, Denpasar, and was 100km deep, the EMSC said.

The US Geological Survey recorded the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7.

A Twitter user with the handle Indounik in the city of Ubud on Bali said the quake was "strong enough to make me adopt the drop, cover & hold approach recommended to survive a quake".
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Blue Planet

Giant jellyfish spotted off coast of Cornwall, UK

Mattha Busby
The Guardian
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:58 UTC
jellyfish
A giant barrel jellyfish has been spotted off the coast of Cornwall by divers.

"I've never seen one that big," said Lizzie Daly, a biologist who saw the creature near Falmouth. "We had seen a few smaller jellyfish at a beautiful reef nearby, and then out of the murk came this huge, beautiful jelly fish. You just take a double look and ask yourself if it's actually a metre and a half long."

She said swimming alongside the "gentle giant" was "such a serene, grounding experience".

Thousands of the creatures, the largest jellyfish found in British coastal waters, flock through the Atlantic Ocean towards warm coastal waters in the west of the UK each year and are often found washed up on beaches across May and June.

Comment: It makes sense that along with our cooling climate and the rise in extreme weather events, the behaviour of the creatures on our planet is changing too: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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Big snowfall totals at ski resorts in Australia - up to 3.5 feet in 5 days

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:07 UTC
Falls creek

Falls Creek
Nearly a week of heavy snowfalls have brought great powder snow conditions to the slopes of Australia and total accumulations of more than a metre at some areas.

Aussie ski areas have been giving the huge snowstorm different names, some going for "Polar Express" others "The Godzilla Snow Storm."

Thredbo Resort has been one of the big winners with nearly three feet of snowfall since last Wednesday. It reported 15cm (6 inches) last night taking storm total there to 85cm (34 inches).

However Perisher has posted the biggest total at 106cm (3.5 feet).

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Huge waterspout filmed off Corsican coast, France

Bastia, Corsica
Yahoo! News
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 13:26 UTC
waterspout
A waterspout was sighted off the Corsican coast on Monday, July 15, as seen in this video, shared by Talasani resident Fernand Orsini.

Waterspouts are a relatively common sight off the coast of Corsica, particularly in the late summer and early autumn. Several social media users shared video and images of the waterspout on July 15.

Corsica was placed under an orange alert for storms and rainfall on July 15, according to Corse Matin.


Credit: Fernand Orsini via Storyful

Comment: Other footage is available:








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Ice Age Farmer Report: WHERE ARE THE PEAS? Walmart's nationwide shortages don't add up


Ice Age Farmer
Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:07 UTC
shortage
Walmarts across the United States are bereft of canned peas. The media blames Beyond Meat's Bleeding Burgers for creating pea protein -- but does this add up? Christian breaks down the facts and offers some high-octane speculation.

Start growing your own food today!


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Cloud Lightning

Storm kills at least 22 at market in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Aamir Latif
Anadolu Agency
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:46 UTC
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At least 22 people were killed when lightning struck a market in Azad Kashmir on Monday, local media and officials reported.

The deceased included nine members of Tableegi Jamaat, who were staying at a nearby local mosque, and two army troops, local broadcaster Aaj News reported, quoting officials of Azad Kashmir Disaster Management Authority.

The incident took place in Leswa town of Neelam Valley -- a famous tourist destination -- near Line of Control, a de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir valley between Pakistan and India.

Comment: There appears to be conflicting accounts as to the cause of the fatalities, another report puts them down to flash flooding:
At least 24 people are feared dead after flash flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on July 15, according to local officials.

"At least 24 people were swept away and have gone missing," said Saeedur Rehman Qureshi from the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) for Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

"We cannot declare the missing as dead at this point but have not found any of the missing persons so far," he added.

He said five people were injured.

Both Pakistan and India control parts of Kashmir, divided by Line of Control (LoC). Both countries lay claim to the entire valley.

The flash flood occurred in Leswa town of Neelam Valley, a popular tourist destination near the LoC, early on July 15. More than 100 houses were damaged while a mosque was swept away, Qureshi said.


"The army is assisting the local administration in the rescue and recovery mission," said Saqib Mumtaz, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).


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Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills man, injures woman on Flagstaff Mountain, Colorado

Justin Doom
ABC News
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:33 UTC
LIGHTNING
A man was killed and his wife was injured when he was struck by lightning as they hiked in Colorado on Sunday.

The couple was on the Bear Creek Trail on Flagstaff Mountain when the bolt struck him around 1 p.m., according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office. Another hiker spotted the couple an alerted authorities.

Initial investigations from the scene show that the man was struck directly in his upper body, and his wife was injured from "ancillary electrical current from the strike that hit her husband," the sheriff's office said.
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