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Landslide induced mega-tsunami 'could happen at anytime' at Alaska's Barry Glacier

Adam Voiland
NASA
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 21:04 UTC
barry glacier

Barry glacier June 2019
While kayaking in Barry Arm fjord in June 2019, Valisa Higman, an artist-in-residence at Alaska's Chugach National Forest, noticed some odd fractures on a cliff overlooking the fjord. Curious if the slope might be in the process of collapsing, she emailed photos (see one of them below) to her brother, Bretwood Higman. "Hig" is a geologist with Ground Truth Alaska, and he has studied landslides and tsunami deposits for decades.

He was soon inspecting the area using Google Maps, zooming in to the maximum extent possible and searching for signs of slippage. He saw the cracks as well, but nothing about them struck him as strong evidence of a big landslide. "But it turns out I had made a geology 101 error," he said. "I hadn't zoomed out enough, and I missed the big picture." Still, he kept Barry Arm on a list of possible landslides to investigate more someday.

A few months later, Chunli Dai offered that chance. The Ohio State researcher was working on a NASA-funded project to develop new ways to automatically detect landslides in the Arctic, and she was looking for test sites to check how well the tool was working. Her project makes use of a high-resolution dataset called ArcticDEM and machine learning to automatically search for and flag landslides.

Comment: From giant fissures, gaping sinkholes, and epic landslides to methane deposit explosions, earth movements of all kinds appear to be on the increase: For insight into what may be driving this shift, SOTT radio reports:

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 3 teens in the Philippines

Erwin Beleo
Tempo.co
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 20:54 UTC
lightning
Three teenagers were killed and their relative was injured by a lightning strike while swimming on a beach in Barangay Lingsat here Saturday night.

Police Lt. Col. Orly Pagaduan, city police chief, identified the fatalities as brothers Ivan and Christian Apayo, 18- and 15-years-old; and Rhian de Guzman, 17.

Injured was Patrick de Guzman, 21. He was taken to the Ilocos Training Regional and Medical Center in Barangay Parian here.
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Snowflake

Early snow covers local ski hills in British Columbia - up to 10 inches in depth

John Lawless
Castanet
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 19:57 UTC
Gnorm the Powder Gnome (27cm | 10.6in tall)

Gnorm the Powder Gnome (27cm | 10.6in tall)
Several ski resorts hit by first significant snowfall of the season

Ski and snowboard fanatics rejoice, as it looks like we are getting closer to the winter season.

Ski resorts across the Interior got their first taste of the snow season Saturday night, ranging from a light dusting to serious snowfall.

Silver Star Mountain got its first significant dump Saturday night, covering the village with a blanket of snow Sunday morning. The hill got a dusting of snow at the end of September, but this Thanksgiving weekend marks the first real snowfall up on the mountain.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 4 people, 35 buffalo and 9 goats across Telangana, India


Telangana Today
Sat, 10 Oct 2020 19:28 UTC
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Four, including two teenagers, died after being hit by lightning in Nirmal, Kamareddy and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts on Saturday.

In Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, lighting claimed the lives of two buffalo ranchers at Jilukalagutta (hillock) near Garmillapally village. The deceased were Salupala Komuraiah (45) and Merugu Naresh (17) of the same village. Besides, 35 buffalos were also killed in the incident. Komuraiah is survived by his wife and three sons.
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Cloud Precipitation

Hundreds of migrating swallows found dead in south west France due to bad weather

Hannah Thompson
The Connexion
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 19:13 UTC
Swallows usually migrate in September but the mild start to October has left them stuck in the Lot in southwest France

Swallows usually migrate in September but the mild start to October has left them stuck in the Lot in southwest France
French bird protection association La Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) in the Lot in southwest France has launched a campaign to save swallows, after hundreds have been found dead due to bad weather.

Residents in the Lot, in the Midi-Pyrénées, Occitanie, have reported that many swallows have been suffering in the cold and wet weather conditions, and have been dying from exhaustion after becoming drenched and freezing.

Stéphanie Plaga Lemanski, director at LPO Lot, told local newspaper La Dépêche: "One school in the department counted almost 50 dead swallows in its playground, and the commune of Corn found around 20 dead. It's a massacre; a desolate spectacle of corpses."
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Boat

Flash floods cause traffic chaos in Accra, Ghana - roads turn into raging rivers up to 1 metre deep


Floodlist
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 18:52 UTC
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Flooding struck in Accra and surrounding areas in Ghana on 10 October after heavy rainfall.

Media reported a heavy downpour lasting several hours, early on 10 October, causing floods in areas of Accra and neighbouring Kasoa in Central Region. Just over 78 mm of rain was recorded at Kotoka International Airport in Accra in 24 hours to 10 October.

The floods caused traffic chaos, with some reports of vehicles being abandoned or swept away. Images shared on Social Media showed roads turned to rivers, with raging flood water up to 1 metre deep. Reports also suggest homes have also been damaged, although there are no reports of displacements or fatalities.

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Boat

Widespread flooding leaves at least 10 dead across Cambodia - 40,000 hectares of crops inundated


Floodlist
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 18:28 UTC
The heavy rains have caused flashfloods throughout Cambodia.
© Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology.
The heavy rains have caused flashfloods throughout Cambodia.
Days of heavy rainfall in South East Asia have caused flooding in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. More severe weather is on its way as Tropical Storm "Linfa" approaches central Vietnam.

Cambodia

Flooding in parts of Cambodia over the last few days has left at least 10 people dead and thousands affected.

The first of the recent spate of flooding began in early October 2020 when around 150 people were evacuated from their homes in areas of Banteay Meanchey province, in particular Ou Chrov District close to the border with Thailand.

Several other provinces were also affected by heavy rain at the time, including Pursat, Battambang, Kampong Speu and Kampong Chhnang.

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Attention

Small pod of pilot whales stranded in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania only weeks after mass stranding at the same location

Kelsey Wilkie, Lauren Ferri
Daily Mail
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:15 UTC
The Department of Primary Industries, Parks,

The Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment are responding to reports four whales have become trapped in Macquarie Harbour, on Tasmania's west coast where 470 of the mammals were stranded last month (pictured)
A small pod of pilot whales have become stranded in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's rugged west coast, only weeks after a mass stranding in the same harbour left hundreds dead.

The Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment are responding to reports a large pilot whale became stuck in the harbour near Strahan on Saturday afternoon.

Three smaller pilot whales, which were swimming with the large whale before it became stranded, also remain in the harbour.

The whales appear to be healthy and should be returned to sea on Sunday, wildlife biologist Sam Thalmann says.

Comment: 380 whales dead in worst mass stranding in Australia's history

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Seismograph

Shallow M6.0 earthquake hits Easter Island Region, Chile


Volcano Discovery
Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:13 UTC
Easter Islands region quake
© Volcano Discovery
Date & time: Saturday, 10 October 2020 13:14 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 10 Oct 6:14 am (GMT -7)
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 28.67°S / 112.3°W (Chile)
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Attention

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Interlaced reset loop - 2021 food prices


Adapt 2030
Sat, 10 Oct 2020 21:58 UTC
Two fishermen watched as a waterspout developed before their eyes over Lake Erie

Two fishermen watched as a waterspout developed before their eyes over Lake Erie
We are beginning to see the interlacing of Grand Soar Minimum intensification reducing the length of growing seasons, leading to higher food prices where people cannot afford to eat after all of the business closures across continents. This is pushing the need for food banks, but China experienced the worst crop wipe out in the last 200 year and are actively buying grain and commodity crops across the planet, driving up prices further. This in turn adds 10% to food prices where more people can't afford food, sending them to food banks. Record waterspout count in the Great Lakes as South America enters a drought further reducing global grain totals. The spiral is in play.


Comment: Waterspout outbreak over the Great Lakes sets world record of 232 for a 7 day period

As well as natural disasters devastating crop growth, the insane response to the coronavirus crisis and losing value of currency in Western nations in particular, have made the production, availability, purchasing and distribution of food - a MAJOR global issue the likes of which we haven't seen in generations.

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