Earth Changes
Severe hailstorm hits Shahrood (شاهرود , Shahrud), Iran - 26 April 2020
The fruit industry suffered another jolt as the speedy hailstorm lashed horticulture rich areas of Boniyar and Uri and badly damaged fruit orchards in leaving the farmer community high and dry.
"Hammering relentlessly for about 10 to 15 minutes in many areas, the hailstorm left about a layer of white icy stones on the ground. Blossoming fruit orchards and vegetables suffered extensive damage due to the hailstorm," said an orchardist Irshad Ahmad of Uri.
Rubble litters a street in Puerto Rico after Saturday's temblor.
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake was recorded off the waters of southern Puerto Rico early Saturday, rattling the city of Ponce, according to the US Geological Survey.
Other earthquakes ranging from 3.4 to 4.9 on the Richter scale have hit the same area.
No tsunami advisory has been issued.
Ponce Mayor Maria "Mayita" Melendez said several buildings were damaged.
Officials are assessing the quake's effects and checking on citizens, she said.
The Electric Energy Authority tweeted that its EcoElectrica power plant was offline, but crews were working to restore service. It was not clear how many residents had lost power.
Its epicentre was 118 kilometres south of Ierapetra at the depth of 10 km.
Ierapetra is a town on the south coast of Crete.
According to reports, the quake was felt in Heraklion and Lassithi.
It is not yet known the level of damage or injuries on the island.
In a Facebok Live Friday, the museum featured the two-headed turtle with some information about it (them?).
Employees said the turtle was found by a resident in Williamsburg.
As soon as the news spread, villagers streamed to Inghi’s house to have a glimpse of the piglet.
The malformed piglet has two heads with two noses and as many as three eyes.
Inghi, who has been rearing pigs for over five years, said he was spooked.
"I was there when a cloven-hoved piglet popped out, which left all my family members shell-shocked. The piglet requires constant care, which we are giving by using baby formula to strengthen his weak legs," Inghi said.
The deceased was identified as Sheikh Safura. According to Machavaram police sub-inspector Lakshmi Narayana, the incident happened at around 7 in the morning when Safura was playing outside her house.
Suddenly, a pack of stray dogs attacked her. By the time locals took note of the incident and chased the dogs away, Safura was bleeding profusely from her neck and hands. She succumbed to her injuries soon after.
Police said at least four dogs attacked the girl. Residents said there has been several incidents in the past where dogs have attacked people and children .
The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for April, 2020 was +0.38 deg. C, down from the March, 2020 value of +0.48 deg. C.
The Northern Hemisphere temperature anomaly fell from +0.96 deg. C to 0.43 deg. C from February to April, a 0.53 deg. C drop which is the 2nd largest 2-month drop in the 497-month satellite record. The largest 2-month drop was -0.69 deg. C from December 1987 to February 1988.
The linear warming trend since January, 1979 has now increased to +0.14 C/decade (but remains statistically unchanged at +0.12 C/decade over the global-averaged oceans, and +0.18 C/decade over global-averaged land).
Various regional LT departures from the 30-year (1981-2010) average for the last 16 months are:
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Wildfires in Siberia
Wildfires in Siberia
Disturbing pictures and video shows the scale of wildfires engulfing Siberia and the Russian Far East after the winter snow melt.
With the government's focus on coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin called for vigilance over the annual challenge from forest and steppe fires worsening due to climate warming.
Emergencies Minister Evgeny Zinichev warned in a video conference with the president that a combination of factors now poses a threat to many regions of Russia.
Comment: Just to emphasize how warped the weather patterns have become, in Australia: Melbourne's wettest April since 1960, cold temperatures dropping to record levels
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