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Cloud Precipitation

Male' in the Maldives islands records highest rainfall of 5 inches in 24 hours, flooding roads


avas.mv
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 20:39 UTC
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Male' experienced the highest amount of rainfall over the last 24 hours, Maldives Meteorological Service (MET Office) has reported.

According to MET Office, between 8:00 am on Friday to 8:00 am on Saturday, Male' recorded 130.7 millimeters of rain. While airport island, Hulhule' recorded 79.5 millimeters, AA. Thoddoo island experienced 70.3 millimeters.

Roads of Male' were flooded due to the heavy rainfall. The Maldives National Defence Force are actively pumping floodwaters to clear the roads.

The MET office has said heavy rain and flooding are also expected in some islands today.

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Tsunami

Heavy rains causing deadly floods and mudslides kill 16 in Bolivia


uniindia.com
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:21 UTC
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Rainy season downpours have claimed at least 16 lives and impacted more than 16,000 families in Bolivia since last November, authorities said on Wednesday.

Heavy rains from November through the first week of January have wreaked havoc in the South American nation, sparking deadly floods and mudslides, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, Bolivia's deputy civil defense minister, said at a press conference.

According to the official, some 36 municipalities have seen substantial damage. In the municipalities of Apolo, La Asunta and Luribay, all in western La Paz department, authorities have declared a "state of disaster" to deal with the aftermath.

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Snowflake

Farmers in Galtee Mountains, Ireland search for sheep under deep snow


The Journal
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:05 UTC
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Sheep farmers in the Galtee Mountains on the Limerick-Tipperary border have been out since first light, every morning for the last week to save a large number of sheep buried beneath snow.

The mountain range, home to thousands of sheep, has been covered in a deep layer of snow this week as extremely cold and icy weather swept over the country - creating a "nightmare" scenario for farmers in the area.

Ann Drake, whose family members own dozens of sheep in the mountains, told The Journal that local farmers all over the Galtees are anxious that their livelihoods could be at risk due to the snow.

"The last time it was like this, it would've been during the Beast from the East in 2018," Cunningham said. She added that the snow has now stopped and largely frozen over.

Farmers have managed to rescue dozens of sheep over the last week but many fear that a large number of the animals have died due to the weather and being stuck under the snow.

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Snowflake Cold

UK weather: Scottish hamlet reaches -18C in coldest January night in 15 years


Sky News
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:51 UTC
A Highland cow grazing near Shotts, North Lanarkshire.
© PAA Highland cow grazing near Shotts, North Lanarkshire.
Temperatures in a hamlet in northern Scotland fell to -18.7C (-1.66F) overnight - the UK's coldest January night in 15 years, the Met Office has said.

Altnaharra, in the northern region of the Highlands, reached the lowest temperature while nearby Kinbrace reached -17.9C (-0.22F).

It is the coldest January overnight temperature since 2010, when temperatures dropped below -15C several times at locations across the UK, including -22.3C (-8.14F) on 8 January in Altnaharra.

Forecasters had previously said there was a very small probability it could reach -19C.
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Tsunami

2 dead, 27,000 displaced as Bicol, Philippines remains flooded


Inquirer.net
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:35 UTC
Rescuers place in a body bag the remains of an unidentified man found near Bilog Falls at Barangay Cabotonan in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, on Friday amid heavy rains that triggered widespread flooding and landslides in the Bicol
Rescuers place in a body bag the remains of an unidentified man found near Bilog Falls at Barangay Cabotonan in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, on Friday amid heavy rains that triggered widespread flooding and landslides in the Bicol region.
Amid relentless heavy rains brought by a shear line in the Bicol region, an unidentified man believed to have drowned was found in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, while a 53-year-old farmer died after being swept away by floodwater in Irosin town in Sorsogon province on Friday.

The Lagonoy Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) reported that the body of the elderly man, estimated to be 60 years old, was discovered near Bilog Falls in Barangay Cabotonan around 10 a.m.

The other fatality was identified as Florentino Echane, a resident of Barangay (village) Batang in Irosin, whose body was recovered some 6.5 kilometers away in Barangay Macawayan around 8 a.m., said Police Staff Sergeant Joemel Alama of the Irosin police in a phone interview.

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Doberman

Stray dogs fatally attack child in Kirkuk, Iraq


Rudaw
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:25 UTC
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A child lost his life after a pack of stray dogs attacked him in Kirkuk on Saturday. He was mauled after leaving school, according to an official.

"The child died at the hospital and was sent to the forensic medical examination" office, Kirkuk health directorate spokesperson Saman Yaba told Rudaw on Saturday.

"He is in the third grade of primary school. He was injured after passing his exams," Yaba said.

The attack happened outside of two housing projects in Kirkuk - Kirkuk City and Jwan City. When the security guards heard barking, they ran to the site and saw four or five dogs leaving a ditch where they had attacked the child, one of the housing project owners told Rudaw.
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Windsock

206-mph winds hit Kirkwood Mountain Resort on January 7, approaching California record

Martin Kuprianowicz
SnowBrains
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:50 UTC
Wind readings from Kirkwood show the extreme speeds gusts reached on the night of January 7.
© Kirkwood Mountain ResortWind readings from Kirkwood show the extreme speeds gusts reached on the night of January 7.
Kirkwood Mountain Resort, near Lake Tahoe, experienced an extraordinary weather event on Tuesday night when winds at the summit reached a staggering 206 miles per hour. The gusts were measured at the resort's summit weather station, situated at an elevation of approximately 9,186 feet.

This extreme wind speed is among the highest ever recorded in California. In February 2020, a similar event saw winds peak at 209 mph at the same resort, which would be a California record, but the National Weather Service questioned the validity of the reading, according to a social media post shared by Kirkwood. Either way, last night's measurement stands as one of the most significant wind events in the state's history.
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Ice Cube

Watch: Avalanche of snow, ice crashes off roof in Louisville, Kentucky


The Weather Channel
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:15 UTC
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People across Louisville, Kentucky are still digging out from the snow dumped by Winter Storm Blair. Watch the moment all the snow and ice became just too heavy on the roof of an office building.

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Seismograph

Best of the Web: At least 126 people killed in China as 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Tibet holy city of Shigatse (UPDATE)


Sky News
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:13 UTC
Rescue teams tend to casualties in the aftermath of an earthquake near Shigatse city in Tibet Photograph: Tibet Fire and Rescue
© Tibet Fire and RescueRescue teams tend to casualties in the aftermath of an earthquake near Shigatse city in Tibet
At least 95 people have died and many are feared trapped after a strong earthquake in China, according to state media.

It struck in the autonomous Tibet region, in the west of the country, shortly after 9.05am (1.05am GMT), according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said it was 7.1 magnitude.

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) put the epicentre in Tingri county, about 240 miles from Tibet's capital Lhasa and about 14 miles from its second-largest city of Shigatse - also known as Xigaze.

At least 130 people have also reportedly been injured.


Comment: Update January 10

Reuters reports:
At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week's earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China's National Earthquake Data Center shows.

Quakes are common in China's areas of Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan, especially on the edges of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau above the plate boundaries where the earth's crust is more prone to movement.

A quake of magnitude 8.0 that killed 69,227 people in May 2008 was one of China's deadliest natural disasters in decades.


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Arrow Down

Videos show large sinkhole opening up on a Philadelphia street on December 23rd, 2024

Dan Stamm
nbcphiladelphia.com
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:16 UTC
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A large sinkhole got covered in snow Monday as it continued to block a Philadelphia street a week after the street collapsed shortly after a SEPTA bus passed.

The Philadelphia Water Department had earlier repaired a water main break along North 6th Street between Hunting Park and Erie avenues in the Hunting Park neighborhood, PWD spokesman Brian Rademaekers said on Jan. 6, 2025.

PWD crews need to inspect the sewer before next steps can be taken to work with other utilities to restore the roadway, Rademaekers said.

Surveillance video obtained by NBC10 shows the sinkhole opening on Dec. 29, 2024 around 1 p.m.

Less than 10 minutes before the road collapsed, another camera captured a SEPTA bus traveling down the stretch of road and take a hard bounce where the sinkhole would later open.

Videos show people inspecting the roadway and backing away moments before it collapses.

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