Earth Changes

Eurasia's biggest volcano spews 5 km-high plume of ash in Kamchatka, Russia

TASS
Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:17 UTC

The ash cloud spread nearly 10 km to the south of the volcano, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team said

Klyuchevskoy, the tallest active volcano in Eurasia, located in Kamchatka, in the Russian Far East, has spewed ash as high as 5.5 km above sea level, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) said on Thursday.

"On August 1, the Klyuchevskoy volcano belched ash. The column of ash rose 5,500 meters above sea level.

The ash cloud spread nearly 10 km to the south of the volcano," KVERT said.

Thousands evacuated after more floods in Amur and Irkutsk, Russia

Floodlist
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:54 UTC

© Copernicus EMS
Satellite / radar image of flooding in areas near Tulun, Irkutsk region, Russia, July 2019. Water is shown as blue.

A second wave of floods is affecting Russia's Irkutsk region. The recent flooding began around 27 July, 2019 and comes after 25 people died and 7 are still missing from the first wave of floods that began in late June.

According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, 2,699 people in 8 districts of the Irkutsk region have been affected by the new wave of floods that started after heavy rains in the area.

Russian news agency TASS said that the water level in the Iya river in the region reached 11.25 metres on 31 July, which is well above the 7 metre danger mark.

Powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Vanuatu, no tsunami warning

NDTV
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:24 UTC

A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

USGS said the quake hit about 178 kilometres (110 miles) northwest of the capital Port Vila at 2:02 am (1502 GMT Wednesday) at a depth of 179 kilometres.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the quake.

Temperatures dip to 37 degrees in Minnesota, breaking 121-year-old record

WCCO | CBS Minnesota
Tue, 30 Jul 2019 06:59 UTC

While the calendar says Minnesota is in the middle of summer, it felt like fall in northern Minnesota on Tuesday morning.

A new daily low temperature record was set in International Falls, where the mercury dipped to 37 degrees, breaking the record (38 degrees) set back in 1898.

Typically, low temperatures in International Fall, which sits along the Minnesota-Canada border, hover around the mid-50s this time of year.

Temperatures in the area don't typically reach the 30s until late September, early October.

Comment: The record-breaking temperatures, lows and highs, being recorded around the globe these days are likely influenced by a rapidly changing jet stream. See also:

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Record jet stream as Earth's atmosphere shifts to Grand Solar Minimum pattern

Climate crisis - No public comment allowed

Tony Heller
YouTube
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:08 UTC

Muzzled

House Democrats will be holding a "hearing" of their Climate Crisis Committee here in Boulder this week.

Only they are not going to allow the public to speak.

This is a very big money scam, and they don't want it exposed by people like me.

Family of 5 attacked by bobcat at Arizona campground

ABC News
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:45 UTC

A Bobcat prowls through the woods in this undated stock photo.

Five family members were injured by a bobcat at their campsite in Arizona, according to authorities.

The victims, all Arizona residents, were at the Shannon Campgrounds in Mount Graham when a bobcat entered their campsite around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the Graham County Sheriff's Office.

The bobcat first attacked a 4-year-old girl, prompting other family members to hit, kick and grab the animal to get it off her.

Florida beach reports surfer bitten by shark in 2nd attack in 2 days

Enjoli Francis
ABC News
Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:25 UTC

Malpurs told ABC News on Monday that the attack occurred at around 1:30 p.m. and that the teenager had suffered lacerations on the hand from one strike. She said he was treated on the scene but refused to be transported by ambulance.

On Saturday, William Angell, 49, of Arizona, was bitten in the right thigh around 4:30 p.m. by a shark while boogie-boarding at New Smyrna Beach. He was treated on the scene, according to Volusia County officials.

About 100 miles away that same day, professional surfer Frank O'Rourke, 23, faced off with a shark at Florida's Jacksonville Beach.

Massive waterspout filmed on Lake Constance, Switzerland

Yahoo! News
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:01 UTC

Ferry commuters crossing Lake Constance, in Switzerland on July 28 were a little surprised when they witnessed a massive waterspout swirling over the water.

Indonesia issues flight warning as volcano erupts on Sumatra Island

ZX
Xinhua
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:46 UTC

Mount Kerinci volcano

Indonesian authorities issued a flight warning as Mount Kerinci volcano in Sumatra Island erupted on Wednesday, a statement from the energy and mineral resources ministry said.

The volcano erupted at 12:48 p.m. Jakarta time (0548 GMT), spewing a column of ash up to 0.8 km into the air. The volcanic ash tended to spread to the northeast and east of the crater.