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The most powerful existing volcano emits ash, clouds of steam 7,500 meters high in Kamchatka, Russia


Prensa Latina
Mon, 04 May 2015 11:50 UTC
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The Kliuchevskoi, the most powerful existing chain giants in the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka volcano, today launched clouds of gas-steam and ash to a height of seven thousand five hundred meters above the level the sea.

Emissions were captured by the observatory of geophysics and volcanology, a subsidiary of the Academy of Science of Russia in the Far East.

The wind spread the ash cloud at a distance of 40 kilometers to the northeast, toward the Gulf of Ozernovskiy, and does not represent a danger for the populations, the regional Emergency Situations Ministry, in a report televised on federal channels said.

However, civil defense declared code yellow -alert averagely for aviation security and recommended to travelers refrain from organizing tourist expeditions in the area of the volcano, active since 1 January.

Kliuchevskoi ranks as the largest and most powerful active basaltic volcano in Eurasia, with four thousand 850 meters.

Actually it gives its name to a group of giants (Kliuchevskaya) located near the east coast of the peninsula as Ploski Tolbachik, Shiveluch and Kizimen responsible for the intense seismic activity in the region since late 2012.

The Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, is part of the zone of high seismic activity on the planet, the Ring of Fire.
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Bizarro Earth

Researchers think underwater volcano off Northwest coast is erupting - right on schedule

Bill Chadwick
Oregon State University
Thu, 30 Apr 2015 00:28 UTC
Hydrothermal vent
© Bill Chadwick, Oregon State University, Copyright Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A “snowblower” hydrothermal vent spews hot water and white bits of bacterial mat that are blooming in the chemical-rich hot-spring water, showing that the lava flow that was erupted in 2011 at Axial Seamount is still cooling.
Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and Washington, appears to be erupting - after two scientists had forecast that such an event would take place there in 2015.

Geologists Bill Chadwick of Oregon State University and Scott Nooner of the University of North Carolina Wilmington made their forecast last September during a public lecture and followed it up with blog posts and a reiteration of their forecast just last week at a scientific workshop.

They based their forecast on some of their previous research - funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which showed how the volcano inflates and deflates like a balloon in a repeatable pattern as it responds to magma being fed into the seamount.

Since last Friday, the region has experienced thousands of tiny earthquakes - a sign that magma is moving toward the surface - and the seafloor dropped by 2.4 meters, or nearly eight feet, also a sign of magma being withdrawn from a reservoir beneath the summit. Instrumentation recording the activity is part of the NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative. William Wilcock of the University of Washington first observed the earthquakes.
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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 7.5 - 130km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea


US Geological Survey
Tue, 05 May 2015 02:07 UTC
Kokopo Quake_050515
© USGS
Time
  1. 2015-05-05 01:44:07 (UTC)
  2. Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
  1. 133km (83mi) SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
  2. 196km (122mi) E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
  3. 346km (215mi) SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
  4. 408km (254mi) W of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
  5. 680km (423mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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Cloud Precipitation

Surf's up: Recent New Zealand storm bringing massive waves to southern California


RT
Mon, 04 May 2015 18:20 UTC
waves southern california
© Reuters / Mike Blake
A recent storm near New Zealand is being blamed for major waves thousands of miles away off the coast of California this week.

The National Weather Service says Californians can expect to encounter massive waves through Tuesday this week as a result of the storm that erupted on Thursday and Friday in the southern hemisphere, the Los Angeles Times reported.

According to the paper, a high-surf advisory has been issued for the west coast upon concerns that waves as tall as 15 feet could crash onto Newport Beach in Orange County.

"Once those waves are created, they keep traveling until they reach land," David Sweet, a weather service meteorologist, told the Times. "So we can thank our friends Down Under."
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Drought in California kills 12 million trees since last year

Susan Murphy
kpbs.org
Mon, 04 May 2015 17:26 UTC
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© U.S. Drought Monitor
This color-coded map shows drought conditions across the U.S., on April 30, 2015. Much of San Diego County, shown in red, is in an "extreme" drought. At this level, major crop and pasture losses are common, fire risk is extreme, and widespread water shortages can be expected, requiring restrictions.
An estimated 12 million trees across California's forestlands have died over the past year because of extreme drought conditions, according to an aerial survey conducted April 8-17 by the U.S. Forest Service.

In San Diego County, 82,528 trees, mostly Jeffrey pines across Mt. Laguna, have succumbed to a lack of rainfall, with many more struggling to survive, said Jeffrey Moore, interim aerial survey program manager for the U.S. Forest Service.

There is "very heavy mortality, a lot of discoloration in the pine trees that probably will expire sometime during this growing season, as well as oak trees that are suffering," Moore said.

Moore was part of a team that surveyed the trees visually, using a digital mapping system while flying in a fixed-wing aircraft 1,000 feet above ground.

A tree's survival often depends on its proximity to other trees, he said.

"A lot of trees are competing for whatever available moisture there is in a drought situation," Moore said. "When you have too many trees in an area, it makes it hard on all of the trees."
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Heavy rains bring death toll to 6 along Australia's east coast


The Standard
Mon, 04 May 2015 16:44 UTC
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© ABC TV News
The death toll from heavy rains that inundated Australia's east coast has climbed to six, as flood warnings continued following a severe deluge that cut power to thousands of homes and isolated numerous communities.

The eastern states of Queensland and New South Wales faced a huge clean-up task ahead, but were forecast to experience easing conditions following two days of wild weather.

"Never before have we seen such a huge volume of rain drop in such a short period of time," Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told broadcaster Channel Seven.

Comment: Also see:
  • 3 die in floods after 'off the scale' downpours in Caboolture, Australia: Nearly 11 inches of rain in 3 hours
  • Thousands displaced by floods in Java and Lombok, Indonesia

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Cloud Precipitation

Thousands displaced by floods in Java and Lombok, Indonesia

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Mon, 04 May 2015 16:56 UTC
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© BNPD
Floods in Grobogan Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, May 2015.
Floods in two provinces of Indonesia have forced several thousand people from their homes over the last 3 days.

West Nusa Tenggara

West Lombok regency has been the worst affected area in the province of West Nusa Tenggara where a river overflowed after 2 days of heavy rain. Three people have been reported injured in the floods.

The latest figures from local National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) officials say that 1,229 families have been displaced by floods in at least 5 communities in Kediri district in West Lombok regency.

Floodwater is said to have reached 1.5 meters in some places. Eight houses have been damaged or destroyed and 100 hectares of rice fields inundated.
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Arrow Down

Sinkhole again in Allentown, Pennsylvania - this time it closes Lehigh Parkway South

69 News
WFMZ
Mon, 04 May 2015 10:32 UTC
Allentown police car
© WFMZ
A sinkhole developed in the 2400 block of Lehigh Parkway South, near the entrance of Mack Truck Customer Center late Sunday, according to Allentown police.

The 15-foot-wide hole has been stabilized but traffic is being diverted because of the presence of gas mains under the road in the area, police said.

The hole is also about 50 yards from the main entrance to the Mack Trucks facility. Mack workers are being diverted to the Oxford Drive entrance of the Allentown Recycling Center and then to the rear entrance of the Mack facility, police said


Comment:


The current sinkhole isn't the first one in Allentown. Another opened 6 months ago, as you can see in the video above. In 2013 a large sinkhole threatened a family home in Bethlehem Township (video below).


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Attention

New Zealand shaken by 6.0 magnitude earthquake

John Carney
Daily Mail Australia
Mon, 04 May 2015 12:17 UTC
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The magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Wanaka (pictured) in New Zealand's South Island
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck near Wanaka in New Zealand.

Buildings in Wanaka and Queenstown were reportedly swaying when the quake hit but there are no reports of damage or casualties.

The quake, located 30km northwest of the town, struck at 2.29pm (local time). It was at a depth of 5km and its intensity was 'severe', GeoNet reports. By late Monday afternoon GeoNet had reviewed the quake to a 'moderate' intensity one.

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Bug

Huge swarms of locust "black out the sky" in Queensland, Australia

Matthew Killoran
The Sunday Mail (Australia)
Sun, 03 May 2015 11:07 UTC
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Magnified spectrum image of locust taken through an electron microscope by the CSIRO.
Plagues of locusts have been devouring their way through the state's central west compounding the hardships suffered by drought-affected farmers.

More than 150 swarms have been reported to Biosecurity Queensland so far this year, with some reported to be more than 40ha in size and thick enough to "black out the sky".

While their activity has been dying down as winter approaches, there are fears eggs are lying dormant waiting to return in favourable weather conditions.

There were only 15 swarms reported throughout the state from 2011 and 2013.

But Biosecurity Queensland figures show there were 40 swarms reported in January, 59 in February, 43 in March and 16 in April and conducted aerial sprays over 20,000ha of central Queensland to tackle them.

Locust activity has been reported mostly in the central west including Blackall-Tambo, Emerald, Longreach, Barcaldine, Banana, Boulia, Cloncurry and Diamantina.
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