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Heavy rains, floods leave over 200 dead in central India

China.org.cn
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:14 UTC

Over 200 people have died and thousands rendered homeless in ravaging floods due to heavy rains in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh over the past several days, a state government official confirmed to Xinhua.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the state received 34 percent excess rains compared to the previous year, leading to devastating floods.

State Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Sunday tweeted that incessant rains continued in several parts, including Mandsaur, Neemach, Ratlam, Aagar, Shajapur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Khandwa, Bhopal, and Indore districts.

Child dies from lightning strike in Bath County, Virginia

nbc12.com
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:47 UTC

The Bath County Sheriff's Office 911 center received a 911 call Saturday night about a child being struck by lightning.

According to the Bath County Sheriff's Office, the dispatch center was notified by a Hot Springs Rescue Member that there was a 12 year old boy without a pulse and not breathing.

Hot Springs Rescue Squad requested Air Medical but, due to weather conditions, none was available and the patient was transported to Bath Community Hospital.

The boy was revived by ER staff and transported to Roanoke Carilion Hospital by ambulance but died from sustained injuries at 11:23 am on September 15.

According to the Bath County Sheriff's Office, the victim was visiting family in the Hot Springs area of Bath County. To protect the privacy of the mourning family, no other details will be released.

Large fire tornado forms over farm in Brazil

Phoebe Eckersley
Daily Mail
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:11 UTC

A fire tornado over a farm in west Brazil

A tornado of flames emerged from a fire and swirled several meters into the air on a farm in Brazil, on Tuesday.

The spectacular images show the whirlwind spreading on the banks of the GO-210 motorway near Santa Helena de Goiás, central west Brazil.

It relentlessly flashes its luminous orange flames as local workers step back to watch the spectacle, before the camera turns to the barren and dried land surrounding the blaze.

Otherwise known as a 'fire devil', the bright flame arcs towards the sky with explosions at the base and a rising vortex towards its core.

It is the result of a clash between intense heat and turbulent wind conditions - and can reach a staggering 1,090 degrees.

Farm workers were clearing the land when the rare spectacle occurred.

At the time, the climate in the region was very dry and those at the scene reported the open country area was hit by strong winds.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Cooler global temperatures affecting corporations

Adapt 2030
Sat, 14 Sep 2019 22:48 UTC

Lennox Air Conditioner company earnings fall 9% due to cooler than normal conditions in the USA and higher precipitation. That goes against the claims of hottest year ever. Greenland temperature monitoring equipment maintained by the DMI malfunctioned giving erroneous heat spike over the ice cap, media ran with the story but never followed up when the difference as corrected showing dropping temperatures.

World's worst scientist?

Tony Heller
YouTube
Sat, 14 Sep 2019 19:37 UTC

Michael Mann has done some spectacularly awful science during his time, and he put it on full display on Twitter today.

Horseshoe fire: 200-acre brush fire forces mandatory evacuations near San Jacinto, California

NBC Los Angeles
Sun, 15 Sep 2019 21:13 UTC

brush fire juniper flats san jacinto ca sep 2019

A 200-acre brush fire that erupted Saturday in the Juniper Flats area between Perris and San Jacinto forced mandatory evacuations of more than 200 people and is 10% contained as of Sunday morning, authorities said.

It was reported at 5:52 p.m. in the 21000 block of Horseshoe Trail, Riverside County Fire Department spokesman Rob Roseen said.

The blaze was first reported at 10 acres but jumped to 75 acres by 6:40 p.m., Roseen said. Officials said the fire had grown to 100 acres by 8:40 p.m. There was no containment.

"The first arriving engine reported the fire burning in heavy fuels with a moderate rate of spread," he said.

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210,000 lightning strikes recorded in Sweden this year, a six-fold increase on 2017

The Local (Sweden)
Sun, 15 Sep 2019 11:15 UTC

Lightning strikes the Öresund Bridge on June 15 this year.

If you thought this summer in Sweden was stormy, you weren't wrong. More than 210,000 lightning strikes have been registered in the country so far this year, a six-fold increase on two years ago.

Erik Engström, a meteorologist at state weather forecaster SMHI told broadcaster TV4 that the high frequency of thunder and lightning came down to warm weather.

"This summer we had a lot of warm, wet air coming in over the country and that's one of the main pre-conditions for storms," he said.

Six family members killed by landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Nepal

The Himalayan Times
Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:40 UTC

Six members of a family were buried to death in a landslide at Thawang Rural Municipality, Rolpa, last night.

The landslide triggered by a heavy rain had struck the house at Chherlowang of Thawang Rural Municiplaity-2, at midnight.

Bodies of Thir Kumari Jhankri Budha, 28, and her son Ashal Budha, 4, were recovered this morning.

According to Ward Chairperson Basant Rokka, bodies of Jaya Budha, 38, his wife Muljyoti Budha, 36 and their daughters Devasti, 9, and Karishna, 2, were dug out of the rubble this afternoon.

NOAA sees dramatic increase of ice seal deaths in Bering and Chukchi seas

Anchorage Daily News
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:31 UTC

A dead seal found on a beach near Kotzebue, Alaska, May 24, 2019.

Ice seal strandings have dramatically increased in the Bering and Chukchi seas over the last two years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. Strandings are being reported five times more frequently than they were in years before 2018, the agency said.

Since June 1 2018, NOAA has received reports of 282 dead ice seals in the Bering and Chukchi seas. In 2018, there were 119 ice seal strandings reported, while 163 have already reported this year. NOAA said they typically receive reports of about 29 ice seal strandings a year.

By mid-June this summer, communities along Alaska's western coast were noticing scores of dead ice seals.

British Columbia sets new record for lightning strikes with 422,000 this year - way above average

Randy Shore
Vancouver Sun
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:05 UTC

B.C. set a record for lightning strikes, but enjoyed the quietest fire season in years thanks to timely rainfall.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has recorded 422,000 lightning strikes this year in the province, far above the 18-year average of 266,000. July alone saw 264,344 lightning strikes, said meteorologist Matt MacDonald.

"Leading into the summer people were on edge for another record wildfire season, given how dry it was this spring," he said.

In June, July and August — the meteorological summer — total rainfall was actually below normal in many parts of B.C. and it could have gone terribly wrong for our parched forests. But instead of long, warm spells punctuated by dry lightning storms, electrical activity was accompanied by rain.

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Earth Changes

Heavy rains, floods leave over 200 dead in central India

Child dies from lightning strike in Bath County, Virginia

Large fire tornado forms over farm in Brazil

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Cooler global temperatures affecting corporations

World's worst scientist?

Horseshoe fire: 200-acre brush fire forces mandatory evacuations near San Jacinto, California

210,000 lightning strikes recorded in Sweden this year, a six-fold increase on 2017

Six family members killed by landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Nepal

NOAA sees dramatic increase of ice seal deaths in Bering and Chukchi seas

British Columbia sets new record for lightning strikes with 422,000 this year - way above average

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