Earth Changes

Flood emergency declared in 6 key farming provinces in Argentina

Hugh Bronstein
Yahoo News
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:27 UTC

The resolution, announced in the government's morning gazette, covers the provinces of Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Chaco, La Rioja and Corrientes. Argentina's top grains producing province of Buenos Aires was not included in the emergency, but floods were reported there as well.

Six of Argentina's main farm provinces were declared flood emergency areas by the government on Friday, making special credit lines and tax breaks available to affected growers in the soy and corn exporting powerhouse.

The resolution, announced in the government's morning gazette, covers the provinces of Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Chaco, La Rioja and Corrientes. Argentina's top grains producing province of Buenos Aires was not included in the emergency, but floods were reported there as well.

This year's El Niño weather pattern, which causes global climate extremes, has worsened floods in some parts of South America, including Argentina. In other areas, such as Colombia, it has brought drought.

Pakistan government warns the country to prepare for global cooling

Adapt 2030
Youtube
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:40 UTC

The Pakistan Meteorological Bureau put out a lengthy 59 page report warning the citizens of Pakistan that Global cooling will begin in 2019 and there needs to be a strategy with urgent action in order for the society to cope with the changes. This is the second country to now come out and tell its citizens to prepare, Russia was first, now Pakistan.

15ft basking shark found dead in Skelmorlie, Scotland

BBC
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:50 UTC

Dead 15ft basking shark washes up in Scotland

Pictures have been released of a dead 15ft (5m) basking shark which washed up at Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the fish, which weighed "a few tonnes" was found near the A78 Shore Road.

North Ayrshire Council was notified along with Largs Coastguard Rescue Team which photographed the shark.

Basking sharks can be up to 40ft long and are the largest fish found in British waters.

They are the second largest fish in the world, after the whale shark, according to the Shark Trust charity.

Cyclone Winston: Category 5 storm strikes Fiji with record gusts of up to 325km/h (200 mph)

9news.com.au
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:59 UTC

The Bureau of Meteorology released satellite imagery of the eye of the storm making landfall.

Tropical Cyclone Winston has made landfall on Fiji's main island with estimated wind gusts up to 325km/h, after the government declared a state of emergency and imposed a nationwide curfew this afternoon.

The Category Five storm is thought to be the strongest ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, and is the strongest the island nation of Fiji has ever experienced.

It began to make landfall on the main island of Vitu Levu after the curfew took effect at 6pm local time, after earlier sinking boats and causing flash flooding on the nation's outer islands, including Vanua Levu.

Cyclone Winston has estimated average winds of up to 220km/h and gusts up to 325km/h, according to the Fiji meteorological office.

7 killed, 9 injured due to lightning strike in Pakistan

Sarfraz Ali
Daily Pakistan
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:35 UTC

Four women among seven people from the same family were killed in devastating lightning strike a double-storey house at Khushab's Purana Chowk here on Saturday, Radio Pakistan reported.

As per media reports, the ill-fated house's roof collapsed when lightning hit it badly and upon this all the family members trapped under the rubble. As result, seven people including four women and two children died in the mishap whereas nine others sustained severe wounds and were shifted to hospital, rescue official said.

The deceased have been identified as Umar Daraz, his wife Razia, eight-year-old Kinza, 15-year-old Farooq, 10-year-old Abdul Rauf, 13-year-old Sobia, seven-year-old Nauman and 17-year-old Sonia.

Comment: Some other lightning fatalities in recent weeks include:

60% of Lake Erie freezes over in 2 days

cbc.ca
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:39 UTC

The weekend cold snap in parts of Central and Eastern Canada was so extreme, nearly 60 per cent of Lake Erie froze over two days.

Environment Canada issued cold or winter storm warnings on Saturday for provinces from Manitoba to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Temperatures in Windsor, Ont., for instance, dipped to - 17 C on Sunday.

On Friday, satellite imagery showed three per cent of the shallowest of the Great Lakes to be covered in ice. By Sunday, it was 64 per cent covered, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Man killed in massive house explosion in Yorkshire, UK

Frances Perraudin
The Guardian (UK)
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:20 UTC

© Jordan Clift/SWNS.com
Powerful: Properties surrounding the levelled house were left with their windows blown out, had smashed roofs and were covered in debris

Police declare major incident after suspected gas explosion at property in Haxby kills 63-year-old man

A 63-year-old man has died after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a house in Haxby, near York, police said.

Insp Steve Breen of North Yorkshire police said: "At this stage we believe it to be a gas explosion. We can't confirm that, but preliminary investigations with our partners suggest that is the case. There's no reason to believe it is anything else at this stage."

The victim was named locally as Paul Wilmott, and Breen said the man's next of kin had been informed and officers were supporting his family.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident at 7.30am on Friday and four fire crews and a hazardous area response team attended the scene, while firefighters carried out a search of what was left of the property.

The neighbouring houses - the nearest of which were evacuated - were severely damaged, with blown-out windows and fallen roofs.

The area was cordoned off and a centre was set up for those displaced by the incident at the nearby Haxby Memorial Hall.

Police said they were treating the incident as an accident and that there was no further threat to members of the public. "We don't believe there were any suspicious circumstances," said Breen.

Comment: There seems to have been an increase in the number of massive house explosions around the world in recent months, with investigators still attempting to determine the cause in many cases. Could a 'cosmic' source of ignition be responsible for some of these incidents?

Bush fire blazes near New Jersey oil refinery

RT
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 02:43 UTC

A brush-fire nearing a Sunoco oil refinery in West Deptford Township, New Jersey has already covered 25 acres.

The fire, which began at about 9:00 pm Friday remains at "one alarm," meaning a small unit of firefighters have been dispatched, though a local NBC station reports backup has been called. Officials are saying there is no threat to the facility. There are no reports of injuries.

Meteorologist Scott Derek reports westward winds coming from the refinery toward the fire. It is unclear at this point if this will hinder firefighter efforts.

The refinery holds about 6 million barrels of refined oil and regularly stores crude oil, ethanol, gasoline, heating oil, jet fuel, and other petroleum products. It sits on the Delaware River bank not far from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

BREAKING: Brush Fire Burning in South Jersey Town https://t.co/ZaNnmqpkkm pic.twitter.com/Oxe7N96zZ6
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) February 20, 2016

Cyclone Winston lashes Fiji with 300kph winds

The Guardian
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 06:08 UTC

Residents told to take precautions and flights cancelled as island faces arrival of intense tropical storm

Flights to and from Fiji were cancelled on Saturday as the country braced itself for the arrival of Cyclone Winston.

Winston was forecast to pass between the two main populated islands on Saturday night. Many domestic and international flights were cancelled as authorities urged people to secure their homes and not venture outside.

Fiji's prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, said on Saturday that the island's evacuation centres were operational and the government was prepared to deal with a potential crisis.

"As a nation we are facing an ordeal of the most grievous kind," he wrote. "We must stick together as a people and look after each other."

The US government's typhoon warning centre said gusts from the cyclone were reaching 360km/h (224mph).

Lightning kills four in Harding, South Africa

SABC News
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:46 UTC

Four people have died and 20 others sustained injuries when storms and lightning caused havoc at Harding in southern KwaZulu-Natal Thursday.

Provincial Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Robert McKenzie says the four died in hospital after they had been struck by lightning.

He says all the injured were treated at the scene before being transported to hospital for medical care.

The storm left houses destroyed and roofs being blown.

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Earth Changes

Flood emergency declared in 6 key farming provinces in Argentina

Pakistan government warns the country to prepare for global cooling

15ft basking shark found dead in Skelmorlie, Scotland

Cyclone Winston: Category 5 storm strikes Fiji with record gusts of up to 325km/h (200 mph)

7 killed, 9 injured due to lightning strike in Pakistan

60% of Lake Erie freezes over in 2 days

Man killed in massive house explosion in Yorkshire, UK

Bush fire blazes near New Jersey oil refinery

Cyclone Winston lashes Fiji with 300kph winds

Lightning kills four in Harding, South Africa

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