Earth Changes

Waterspout filmed over lake in Odisha, India

Vikash Sharma
Odishatv.in
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:54 UTC

A whirlwind was caught on camera in Chilika. The visual of the funnel-shaped cloud was reportedly captured by a person in his mobile phone after spotting the whirlwind in Chilika lake yesterday.

The video shows the waterspout swirling water high up into the air over Chilika lake. A house at Gambhari village in Bramhagiri has been damaged under the impact of the whirlwind.

Meanwhile, several localities in Puri were waterlogged following heavy rain that lashed the region yesterday.

This caused severe problems to people as commuters in the city as prominent streeds including Badadanda, VIP road and Talabania were waterlogged for several hours following the downpour.

Global cooling: Snow falls on Scotland as Brits shiver in freezing -2C start to Bank Holiday

Nicholas Bieber
Daily Express
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:41 UTC

Snow shown as pink areas

Brits woke up to a bone-chilling start to the Bank Holiday this morning - with even snow falling on some parts.

Fresh flurries of the white stuff were recorded in the Scottish mountains in the early hours of this morning as temperatures plummeted.

The snowfall was the first of the summer - coming just days after Brits sizzled in the high 20s and weeks after a relentless 35C heatwave.

Temperatures nosedived to single figures across the UK overnight as freezing Arctic air swept in from Iceland.

The bitterly cold air saw rain fall as snow in some parts of northern Scotland at around 5am, including the Cairngorms National Park near Inverness where -2C was felt.

Shallow magnitude 6 earthquake rocks islands off Alaska

Trend News Agency
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:22 UTC

An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude occurred not far from the coast of the US state of Alaska, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), Sputnik reported.

The shocks were registered at 4.50 UTC with the epicenter located 22 kilometers (13 miles) southeast of the island of Amukta. The center was located at a depth of 35.1 kilometers (21.8 miles).

Information about possible victims and destruction is not available at the moment.

Several earthquakes have rocked a remote chain of Alaska islands in the Pacific Ocean this month.

The quake took place two days after other strong tremors of magnitude 6.2 hit the Andreanof Islands and the Aleutian Islands. Prior to that, in early August, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the native Alaskan village of Kaktovik and part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the place where the administration of US President Doland Trump mulls to allow oil drilling.

Tropical storm Lane dumps over THREE FEET of rain on Hawaii as flood hazard lingers

CNBC
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:01 UTC

Pictured is flooding at Wailuku River in Hilo

Hawaii was spared a direct hit by a major hurricane as Lane, once a monster tempest, rapidly weakened into a tropical storm, even as it unleashed severe flooding on the Big Island and threatened to drench Oahu and Maui.

Lane, with maximum sustained winds diminishing to near 70 mph (110 kph), was forecast to slowly make its nearest approach to land just west of the U.S. Pacific island chain over the weekend, bringing tropical storm conditions to Maui and the state's most populous island, Oahu, late on Friday.

More than two feet (60 cm) of rain had fallen in a 36-hour period by Friday night on the windward side of the island of Hawaii, popularly known as the Big Island, where the Weather Service reported "catastrophic flooding." More than 40 inches of rain was recorded in Piihonua and Waiakea on the island late on Friday, the weather service said.

Comment: Local media is reporting that the rainfall totals have reached 3 feet in places.

Toddler killed at home by dog in Bloemfontein, South Africa

The Citizen
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 14:34 UTC

It's not known what type of dog killed the child by biting her on the neck.

A two-year-old child died today after being attacked by a dog in Langenhovenpark in Bloemfontein, the ER24 paramedic service said.

"ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene at 10.15am and were immediately led into the home and into a bedroom, where they found the child lying on the bed," the private ambulance service said in a statement.

Ice Age Farmer Report: Volkswagen 'geo-engineered' Mexican drought? - Wendy's moves farms indoors - Climate-denying Nazis

Ice Age Farmer
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:57 UTC

The fast food industry requires a consistent source of food (much like we do!!) -- that's why they are moving EXCLUSIVELY to INDOOR farming as we enter Grand Solar Minimum. What about you? VW accused of ruining Mexican farms with their geoengineering. Studies link "climate denial" to conservatism. Christian attempts to make sense of it all in this, the Thurs, Aug 23, 2018 episode of Ice Age Farmer.

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Mount Etna volcano in Italy spews plumes of ash and lava as it roars back into action

Sam Lock
Daily Mail
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:05 UTC

Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava as high as 500 feet into the air

Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava into the air.

The volcano, the most active in Europe, initially 're-awoke' in late July but sprang into fuller action on Thursday evening, Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology said.

Chunks of flaming lava as high as 500 feet have been shot into the air almost constantly.

On Friday, INGV said the action was continuing, feeding ash plumes several hundred yards into the air above the crater.

Large sinkholes drain lagoon in Mexico

Strange Sounds
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:00 UTC

Before and after picture of the lagoon in Mexico. Several sinkholes fissured in the bottom of Laguna Chakabacan in Mexico.

Since Sunday evening, the, located in Quintana Roo, Mexico is being drained by large sinkholes, killing a high number of fish, turtles, swamp crocodiles and eels, among other species. The sinkholes are about six meters deep and up to 10 meters wide, and have already drained practically 80% of the water contained in the 200 hectares and up to 10 meters deep lagoon of Chakanbacán. OMG!

According local reports, a loud roar was heard on Sunday. Just after, the lagoon started to drain underground. By Wednesday morning almost 3/4 of the lagoon had dried up. And this is not the first time that such a surprising and unexpected phenomenon has occurred in the area.

Yesterday, the authorities of the Environmental Protection Agency (PPA), Institute of Biodiversity and Natural Protected Areas in Quintana Roo (Ibanqroo), National Forestry Commission (Conafor), National Water Commission (Conagua), Federal Environmental Protection Agency (Profepa), Cocodrilia and ejido authorities, have started investigating the cause of the problem, pictured below: Sinkholes! Large sinkholes!

Comment: The explanation that this is solely due to karst rock below doesn't take into account the other notable geological anomalies, that include gaping fissures, monster sinkholes and devastating landslides, which are occurring all over the world and with a worrying regularity. For more information, see: Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth

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Waterspout filmed off Hilo as Hurricane Lane passes Hawaii island

khon2.com
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:32 UTC

Mahalo to Victoria Naboa for sharing this video of a waterspout that formed Thursday afternoon off Paukaa along Hawaii island's east shore.

A waterspout is a tornado that forms over water due to the instability created by the presence of a thunderstorm.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "A tornado is a narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. Because wind is invisible, it is hard to see a tornado unless it forms a condensation funnel made up of water droplets, dust and debris."

Global cooling: The first sightings of the white stuff on Snowmass Mountain, Colorado

Danika Worthington
The Denver Post
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:00 UTC

Enough with this warm weather, already. It's time to move on to the cooler, snow-filled months so Coloradans can start hitting the slopes. Thankfully, the mountain gods have heard our calls.

Aspen Snowmass tweeted a photo of its mountain sprinkled with white flakes of snow Thursday morning. There's still a long way to go for the ski area's runs to be, well, skiable, but it's a start.

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Earth Changes

Waterspout filmed over lake in Odisha, India

Global cooling: Snow falls on Scotland as Brits shiver in freezing -2C start to Bank Holiday

Shallow magnitude 6 earthquake rocks islands off Alaska

Tropical storm Lane dumps over THREE FEET of rain on Hawaii as flood hazard lingers

Toddler killed at home by dog in Bloemfontein, South Africa

Ice Age Farmer Report: Volkswagen 'geo-engineered' Mexican drought? - Wendy's moves farms indoors - Climate-denying Nazis

Mount Etna volcano in Italy spews plumes of ash and lava as it roars back into action

Large sinkholes drain lagoon in Mexico

Waterspout filmed off Hilo as Hurricane Lane passes Hawaii island

Global cooling: The first sightings of the white stuff on Snowmass Mountain, Colorado

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