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Arizona authorities find elderly couple dead in snow

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sun, 08 Dec 2019 17:49 UTC

Richard Alexander, 74, and his wife, Elizabeth Alexander, 79, both from Ash Fork, were found dead, most likely from hypothermia, as they were found beneath a snowdrift, KNXV reported.

Detectives said the couple's car was found a mile from where the bodies were found, the television station reported.

The bodies were found outside a private property on land along Old Route 66, KTVK reported.

Mike Haas and Diane Haas were heading out of their Ash Fork home when they noticed two figures in their yard, KNXV reported.

"(Mike) wondered if they were sleeping, so he got out and yelled at them and they didn't respond," Diane Haas told the television station.

Heavy floods in Sri Lanka's North and East displace thousands, reservoirs overflow

Colombo Page
Sat, 07 Dec 2019 12:14 UTC

Thousands of people have been displaced as a result of torrential rains in Northern and Eastern provinces, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) reported.

According to the latest report released by the Disaster Management Center, in Eastern Province over 79,000 people are affected by the floods and 2,507 people from 798 families have been displaced.

In Batticaloa district 51,434 people from 15019 families have been affected in the due to heavy rains and 2,303 people have been relocated to 15 shelters, according to the Batticaloa District Secretary Manikkam Udayakumar.

The government has allocated Rs. 1.7 million for the provision of cooked meals to the displaced people at shelters and dry rations to the people temporarily staying with friends and relatives.

The District Secretariat has requested Rs. 16.6 million from the Disaster Management Center to provide relief to all those affected by the floods and inclement weather.

Comment: About a week ago: 3 dead, hundreds displaced by floods and landslides after heavy rain in Sri Lanka - up to 9 inches in 24 hours

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Antarctic rescues, five cyclones and coded messages

Adapt 2030
Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:56 UTC

French Antarctic researchers were stranded and awaited extraction because the two year old French icebreaker's propeller broke. Australia sent a different icebreaker to finish the rescue. This is summer in the S. Hemisphere. U.N running out of money and using Extinction Rebellion to push global carbon taxes. Five cyclones form at the same time in the Indian Ocean.

Comment: Three tropical cyclones lurk near Africa and one has set a new rapid intensification record

Flooding prompts State of Emergency in Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Floodlist
Sat, 07 Dec 2019 19:00 UTC

A local state of emergency has been declared in the Timaru District in Canterbury Region, New Zealand, due to the flooding in the Rangitata area. Timaru Distrct Council warned that the Rangitata River could its highest levels in 20 years.

Around 300mm of rain fell in the upper catchment of the Rangitata River from 05 to early 06 December. As of the afternoon of 07 December, the Rangitata River was flowing at around 2265 cubic metres a second (cumecs) and was rising rapidly. Timaru Distrct Council said that extreme flows of 3000 cumecs or more are anticipated on 07 December, the highest in 20 years. This extended period of very high flows increases significantly the risk of further bank erosion and breakout flows.

Campers along the river have been told to evacuate and authorities warned people in Rangitata Township to be ready to evacuate at short notice. At least 7 roads in the area have been closed in affected areas.

Trekkers suffering hypothermia due to metre of snow, freezing temperatures in summer in Tasmania, Australia

Monte Bovill
abc.net.au
Sat, 07 Dec 2019 13:18 UTC

Rescue efforts to extract three injured hikers from the Tasmanian wilderness will continue on Sunday morning after severe weather hampered the operation on Saturday.

The trio remains in the Kitchen Hut on the Cradle Mountain National Park, where they sought refuge after they began to suffer from hypothermia on Friday afternoon.

Strong winds, thick snow and freezing temperatures have halted the efforts of the police, paramedics and SES to rescue the group, believed to be from India.

It follows a failed attempt to rescue them on Friday night when winds of 100 kilometres per hour forced a police helicopter to return to Hobart.

M3.2 earthquake rattles homes in Somerset, England

BBC
Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:49 UTC

An earthquake has struck in the west of England, causing homes to shake in several villages, the British Geological Survey has said.

The 3.2 magnitude quake's epicentre was recorded near the town of Bridgwater in Somerset, the BGS confirmed.

Residents reported the "whole house rattled", with another another saying there was a "big rumble and [the] house [was] given a definite shove".

The quake hit at 22:49 GMT at a depth of three miles (5km), the BGS said.

'Bed shake'

Comment: Bridgwater is 121 miles (2 hours by car) from the Surrey fracking operation, and even further away from the one in Blackpool, where unusual but likely fracking-related quakes have been occurring with a worrying regularity. It's worth noting that also recently there was an unusually strong earthquake in France that caused a crack in the Earth's crust, leaving scientists puzzled.
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Three tropical cyclones lurk near Africa and one has set a new rapid intensification record

Jonathan Belles
The Weather Channel
Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:52 UTC

Current Tropical Systems in the Indian Ocean

The tropics are getting crowded once again during this record season in the Indian Ocean as a phenomenon similar to a strong El Niño keeps waters warm near Africa.

Three hurricanes - or tropical cyclones, as they are called in that part of the world - continue to spin in the western Indian Ocean as of late Thursday.

Tropical Cyclone Pawan (locally, Cyclonic Storm Pawan) is a weak system that will bring increased moisture and may bring heavy rain and flooding to Somalia and other parts of eastern Africa into this weekend.

Tropical Cyclone Belna is intensifying well off the northern coast of Madagascar, and could become a heavy rain and wind threat to the Comoros and Madagascar early next week.

Tropical Cyclone Ambali is also spinning well to the northeast of Madagascar as the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane, but is not expected to threaten land before dissipating. Ambali rapidly intensifying by 115 mph in 24 hours, making it the most rapid intensification in a 24-hour period in the Southern Hemisphere by a name storm on record and the second most rapid intensification globally. It also reach the equivalent of a strong Category 4 hurricane.

Thanksgiving 'bomb cyclone' set record for biggest wave (75 feet) and lowest pressure in California

Paul Duginski
LA Times
Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:02 UTC

A satellite image shows the storm off the Oregon coast on Nov. 26.

The Thanksgiving-week "bomb cyclone" storm that drenched California not only set a record for the lowest pressure recorded in the state, but also generated a 75-foot wave off Cape Mendocino.

At 7:33 p.m. on Nov. 26, the No. 94 Cape Mendocino buoy operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography Coastal Data Information Program recorded a maximum significant wave height of 43.1 feet, and that night also measured a wave of 75 feet. These waves were in water 1,132 feet deep and were at 13.3-second intervals.

Also at 7:33 p.m., the program's No. 168 Humboldt Bay North Spit buoy recorded significant wave heights of 37.6 feet, but in shallower water.

Significant wave height is the average of the biggest one-third of waves over a 30-minute period, according to James Behrens, a program manager at the Coastal Data Information Program. Typically, some waves at a given station are expected to be about twice as large as that average, hence the 75-footer.

The only significant wave height that the program has measured — higher than the one recorded at Cape Mendocino — was on a buoy at Ocean Station Papa, far out in the North Pacific, in December 2012. That was 49.8 feet.

Early winter storm pummels Northeast

Vanessa Swales and Sarah Mervosh
The New York Times
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 06:59 UTC

© Rick Friedman for The New York Times
The bad weather that swept across the Midwest during the holiday weekend is now pelting the Northeast with rain and snow.

Parts of New England are in for more heavy snow on Tuesday.

The winter storm that blanketed much of the Northeast with snow on Monday, disrupting travel and closing schools, is expected to keep hammering parts of New England on Tuesday.

As the storm system moves slowly northeastward, some areas could get an additional foot of snow overnight and into the morning, forecasters said. Winter storm warnings and advisories were posted for most of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.

"It's going to get cranking tonight and tomorrow morning," said Frank Nocera, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Norton, Mass. Metropolitan Boston, which already had four to eight inches of snow in some suburbs, could see those amounts double by Tuesday, he said, and further school closings and commuting problems were possible.

The storm delivered the first major snowfall of the season in the Northeast, but other than coming at a relatively early date, it did not pack many surprises for weather experts.

Michigan just had the wettest water year in 119 years of records

Mark Torregrossa
MLive
Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:27 UTC

Water year (Nov.1-Oct. 31) statewide precipitation total for Michigan

It should be no surprise that Michigan has had abundant precipitation over the past year. The Great Lakes water levels are a good sign of the above-average precipitation. Now NOAA has given us the numbers on just how much precipitation has fallen across Michigan.

First, there are two different calendars to track precipitation amounts. A common timeframe used for water from precipitation is called a "water year," which runs from Nov. 1 of one year to Oct. 31 of the next year. A water year is often used because some of the snow that falls in November and December isn't melted and released into the soil until the next spring. The other calendar for precipitation is simply a Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 timeframe.

The water year from Nov.1, 2018 to Oct. 31, 2019 has been declared the wettest water year on record across Michigan. Records date back to 1901 for this type of data. The whole state of Michigan average 39.85″ of precipitation in the water year.

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Earth Changes

Arizona authorities find elderly couple dead in snow

Heavy floods in Sri Lanka's North and East displace thousands, reservoirs overflow

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Antarctic rescues, five cyclones and coded messages

Flooding prompts State of Emergency in Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Trekkers suffering hypothermia due to metre of snow, freezing temperatures in summer in Tasmania, Australia

M3.2 earthquake rattles homes in Somerset, England

Three tropical cyclones lurk near Africa and one has set a new rapid intensification record

Thanksgiving 'bomb cyclone' set record for biggest wave (75 feet) and lowest pressure in California

Early winter storm pummels Northeast

Michigan just had the wettest water year in 119 years of records

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