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Arctic air mass shattering cold weather records in Alberta, Canada

Phil Heidenreich
Global News
Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:53 UTC
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As Alberta remained mired in a December deep freeze on Tuesday, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) revealed this week's cold snap has already unofficially smashed over two-dozen weather records.

"An Arctic air mass continues to bring extremely cold temperatures to Alberta," the weather agency said on its website. "On Dec. 19, temperatures plummeted over the province, leading to many daily minimum temperature records being broken in the evening hours."

Global Edmonton meteorologist Jesse Beyer noted Tuesday that "wind chill values could drop close to -50 overnight tonight in parts of the province."

"Wind chills between -40 and -47 can lead to frostbite on exposed skin in five to 10 minutes, (while at) -48 and colder it can set in as soon as two minutes," he added.

"The cold will stick around for the entire work week, improving to the -5 to -10 range through the weekend."
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Record-breaking cold, life-threatening wind chills plunge 150 million Americans into deep freeze

Steven Yablonski , Scott Sistek
Fox Weather
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:32 UTC
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A bitter and potentially deadly blast of arctic air is continuing to charge its way across the U.S., dropping wind chills to as low as between negative 50 and negative 70 degrees across the northern Plains, and 30 below zero in the Midwest, triggering rare Hard Freeze Warnings along the Gulf Coast, and helping to fuel a monster blizzard that will bring those frigid temperature across the Great Lakes and into the Northeast.

"Behind this storm is where it's cold," FOX Weather meteorologist Britta Merwin said. "Look at Denver right now. A feels-like temperature of negative 34 degrees. So, if you're waking up in Chicago at 27 (degrees) and feeling like it's cold, there's a whole new reality coming your way. Behind this cold front, it gets dangerous."

The dangerously cold arctic air began its week-long journey by surging to the south out of Canada last weekend, dropping low temperatures Monday morning to negative 20 degrees and lower across northern Montana.

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Arrow Down

Moment the dance floor at graduation party collapses and sinkhole swallows 25 dancing students in Peru

Neirin Gray
Daily Mail
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 13:01 UTC
Once the dust settled and the students got to their feet they started clambering out of the hole

Once the dust settled and the students got to their feet they started clambering out of the hole
Students were celebrating their graduation in Peru when the concrete dance floor collapsed, causing 25 of them to descend into a sinkhole the size of multiple cars.

The group of boys and girls were huddled together in a tight group, jumping up and down in unison to music when the ground cracked and a crater formed.

A video of the disaster was uploaded to TikTok on December 17 with a caption, written in Spanish: 'Prom night turns to tragedy.'

The incident was covered by the Peruvian newspaper El Popular, which reported that there were no fatalities, but it is not clear if there were any severe injuries.

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Family dog kills newborn baby girl in Cave Springs, Arkansas

Alice Gibbs
Newsweek
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:46 UTC
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An investigation is ongoing in Arkansas after a baby girl was reportedly killed by the family dog on December 14.

Benton County prosecuting attorney Nathan Smith said that his office was notified that Cave Springs Police were investigating the death of a 4-day-old girl in Cave Springs.

"On Wednesday, December 14, my office was notified by the Cave Springs Police Department that they were investigating the death of a 4-day-old baby girl. Based on the statements of witnesses and the opinions of medical professionals, it was determined that the fatal injuries were inflicted on the child by the family dog," Smith told KNWA.

Newsweek has contacted Smith for comment.

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2 dead, dozens rescued after floods and landslides in Santa Catarina, Brazil - 10 inches of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:29 UTC
Floods in Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
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Floods in Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 20 December 2022.
Heavy rainfall caused flooding and landslides in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil on 20 December 2022.

State Civil Defence reported incidents of rain damage, flooding or landslides in the 6 municipalities of Jaraguá do Sul, Ilhota, Itapema, Porto Belo, Penha and Camboriú. In total, almost 190 people have been displaced from their homes. Civil Defence said the severe weather conditions have hindered damage assessments and the numbers of affected and displaced are likely to rise. More heavy rain is expected.

The municipality of Camboriú is among the worst affected areas. About 60% of the municipality's territory is flooded, according to data from the Military Fire Brigade and the Secretariat of Civil Protection and Defence. As much as 259.3 mm of rain fell in 24 hours to 20 December 2022.

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Five dead, more than 70,000 evacuated in Malaysia floods - almost 10 feet deep


Times of India
Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:10 UTC
A family sits in a pergola surrounded by floodwaters in Pasir Mas in Malaysia’s northern Kelantan state on December 21, 2022.
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A family sits in a pergola surrounded by floodwaters in Pasir Mas in Malaysia’s northern Kelantan state on December 21, 2022.
At least five people were killed and more than 70,000 rushed to evacuation centres in Malaysia after monsoon-triggered floods inundated the country's north, authorities said Wednesday.

More than 31,000 people have fled their homes in Kelantan state while more than 39,000 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters in neighbouring Terengganu after flooding began over the weekend, the official Bernama news agency said.

Emergency services officials said a total of five people had been killed.

"The water levels reached almost three metres (10 feet)," Muhammad Ameenudin Badrul Hisyam from Kuala Krai district in Kelantan told AFP, as he cleared debris from his home after a nearby river overflowed and forced his family to flee.

Local media reported that four people died in Kelantan on Monday when three sisters were electrocuted while wading in the floodwaters and a 15-month-old boy drowned.


Comment: Also recently: Malaysia landslide: at least 24 killed and 9 missing at campsite near Kuala Lumpur

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Snowflake Cold

Iceland nightmare for thousands of travellers stuck at Keflavik airport during heavy snow


The Independent (UK)
Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:37 UTC
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Thousands of airline passengers have been stuck for days at Keflavik airport in Iceland due to extreme weather.

Heavy snow and blizzards have forced the almost complete closure of the international airport serving Iceland since Saturday.

The Foreign Office warned: "There is a severe weather warning across the whole of Iceland and many roads are closed.

"Police are advising people to stay at home. High winds and dangerous icy road conditions are causing major flight disruption and affecting movement to/from Keflavik international airport due to road closures."

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 18 cattle in Zimbabwe


Pindula News
Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:09 UTC
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A bolt of lightning struck and killed 18 cattle worth US$7 000 on Sunday in Chief Chireya's area in Gokwe North District.

One of the two herders who were tending the cattle in the veld was struck by lightning and thrown several metres away but survived.

The other one almost suffocated after one of the animals, which was struck by lightning fell on top of him.

Gokwe North district development co-ordinator (DDC) Martin Musakanda confirmed the incident.
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Snowflake Cold

Blockbuster storm, bitter arctic outbreak to blast U.S. ahead of Christmas

Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow
The Washington Post
Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:13 UTC

The American GFS model simulates temperature departures from normal over the U.S. in the coming days.
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In the days leading up to Christmas — one of the busiest travel times of the year — two extreme, disruptive and dangerous weather systems will affect large parts of the Lower 48 states: a very intense storm that will produce blinding snow, heavy rain and howling winds, and an associated outbreak of exceptionally cold air.

The large, powerful storm is set to explosively develop in the Midwest and Great Lakes late this week, unleashing heavy snow and strong winds — and the potential for blizzard conditions in some areas.

Possibly qualifying as a "bomb cyclone" because of its projected rapid strengthening, the storm could bring extreme impacts from snow and wind from the Plains to the interior Northeast between Thursday and Christmas Eve, seriously affecting several major population centers including Kansas City, St. Louis, Des Moines, Chicago, Milwaukee and Buffalo.While not everyone will see heavy snow this week, few areas outside California and the Southwest United States will escape what the National Weather Service is describing as "a massive surge of arctic air."

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Hawaii pummeled with near-blizzard conditions just a week after Mauna Loa's eruption simmers - 6 inches of snowfall

Heather Brinkmann
Fox Weather
Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:38 UTC
A view Monday afternoon, Dec. 19, from a Mauna Kea camera looking east.
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A view Monday afternoon, Dec. 19, from a Mauna Kea camera looking east.
The mainland isn't the only one experiencing a major winter storm. Just a week after Mauna Loa stopped erupting, Winter Storm Warnings were issued for Hawaii's Big Island.

The National Weather Service issued the alert for heavy and blowing snow on Monday, with the Winter Storm Warning in effect until 6 a.m. HST on Tuesday.

Up to 8 inches of snow and winds gusting as high as 100 mph are possible on Big Island Summits above 10,500 feet.

Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, sits at 13,680 feet above sea level, and Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano, is just over 13,800 feet. Both are expected to see near-blizzard conditions.

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