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Fire crews tackle woodland blaze near Dalbeattie
Fire crews tackle woodland blaze near Dalbeattie
They were called out at about 17:30 on Monday to the incident between Southwick Forest and Edingham Farm, near Dalbeattie.
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They were called out at about 17:30 on Monday to the incident between Southwick Forest and Edingham Farm, near Dalbeattie.
The landslide was mapped with drones, Icelandic Coast Guard airplane and satellites.
Comment: These massive landslides happening all over the world do seem to be connected to torrential rainfall, but there appear to be other factors to consider:
- Monster cracks appear in the ground after landslide and heavy rains destroy over 100 buildings in Cusco, Peru (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
- 8 dead as massive sinkhole swallows eight-lane road in Foshan, China (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
- "Earth splits in two" - Huge fissures appears in the ground in Saudi Arabia (VIDEO)
- GARGANTUAN sinkhole swallows several cars and building is evacuated in Rome (VIDEO)
- Lava fountains, tremors, fissures, toxic fumes: Hawaii braces itself as Kilauea boils over in unusual outburst
- More cracks reported in Kenya as Africa's geographical divide deepens
- 10km earth crack emerges on Elgeyo escarpment, Kenya
- Huge fissures tear through homes and infrastructure after heavy rains in Uganda
- Torrential rain, floods and landslides leave at least 126 dead in Japan; highest death toll caused by rainfall in over three decades (Update)
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Snow falls in Utqiagvik - formerly Barrow - Alaska on July 7, 2018.
Snow falls in Utqiagvik - formerly Barrow - Alaska on July 7, 2018.
Wet snow mixed in with rain Saturday evening in Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, as an Arctic Ocean storm pushed a cold front through, dropping 2 inches of wet snow. This was the heaviest July snow in America's northernmost town since the Fourth of July 1963, according to Rick Thoman, climate science and services manager for the National Weather Service Alaska region.
A web cam Saturday evening showed a light coating of wet snow mainly on building roofs and vehicle tops.
Snow can fall in any month in Utqiagvik. Even during the warmest time of year, average low temperatures are still in the middle 30s, cold enough to allow snowflakes aloft to make it to the ground.
Before Saturday, there had been only five other July days with at least 2 inches of snowfall in Utqiagvik, according to NOAA's ACIS database with records dating to 1902.
Other than July 4, 1963, the four other days occurred either in the 1920s or 1930s, led by a 6-inch snowfall on July 29, 1922.
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Along with the current heat wave, the summer has also brought a completely different phenomenon to North Wales.
Despite clouds being a rare sight in the sky at the moment, this image depicts 'space clouds' shining in the Anglesey skyline.
The noctilucent clouds, which are a summer-only phenomenon, are seven times higher than normal weather clouds, and are made of ice formed around tiny dust particles left behind by shooting stars.
The photograph was taken in Amlwch by John Rowlands, who runs the Facebook page 'Space_Clouds' , where he shares photographs and information about the clouds.
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Despite clouds being a rare sight in the sky at the moment, this image depicts 'space clouds' shining in the Anglesey skyline.
The noctilucent clouds, which are a summer-only phenomenon, are seven times higher than normal weather clouds, and are made of ice formed around tiny dust particles left behind by shooting stars.
The photograph was taken in Amlwch by John Rowlands, who runs the Facebook page 'Space_Clouds' , where he shares photographs and information about the clouds.
The sun on July 9th 2018
Figure 1: F10.7 Flux 1948 to 2018
Comment: There is also mounting data showing that extreme changes on our planet are accompanying this significant dip in solar activity:
- Cosmic climate change: Is the cause of all this extreme weather to be found in outer space?
- Is there a connection between cosmic rays, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?
- Solar minimum: The sun is getting quieter... and its rotation is slowing down
- Revision to 400-year sunspot record makes current solar cycle weakest in 200 years
- Solar minimum is upon us and 20 years of data shows other stars are exhibiting similar signs
Police identified the deceased as Yam Kumar Mahato and his wife Yam Kumari Mahato of Ramgram Municipality-14.
The couple was working in a rice field at the time of the incident.
Critically injured, both husband and wife died as they were being rushed to hospital. Babita Mahato sustained injuries in the incident.
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The dead minke discovered July 2 on the shores of Petit-Pokemouche Bay on the Acadian Peninsula was examined by a MARS team.
The dead minke discovered July 2 on the shores of Petit-Pokemouche Bay on the Acadian Peninsula was examined by a MARS team.
The Marine Animal Response Society is keeping a close eye on the minke whale population in the Maritimes after at least 14 of them have been observed dead at sea or washed ashore since February.
On Thursday, a dead minke was discovered on Inkerman Beach in northern New Brunswick, but it's not yet clear if it's a new case, or one that was previously reported, said executive director Tonya Wimmer.
Normally, the region sees between five and 10 minke whale deaths per year, she said.
"So it's a little bit higher than our normal sort of average, but you know, we're only partway through the year, so I think that's part of the concern."
"Last night, for the first time this summer, noctilucent clouds stretched across our whole sky," reports Danish observer Pernille Fjeldgaard Jensen. "Some of the clouds looked like silver corkscrews spiraling their long arms towards us.""It was a fantastic display," says Jensen, who took this picture from Denmark's Lille Vildmose Wild Life Park.
Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) form when summertime wisps of water vapor rise to the top of Earth's atmosphere and crystallize around specks of meteor smoke. Mesospheric winds gather the resulting ice crystals into clouds that float more than 80 km high. They can be seen long after sunset as they ripple and swirl across the night sky.
Observers in Europe have been seeing these clouds for more than a month. On July 4th, bright NLCs finally visited the continental USA. Dustin Guy saw the silvery forms spreading over Seattle:
Comment: Because meteor activity in our skies is increasing, as well as our planet is cooling, one would expect to see much more vivid displays of noctilucent clouds, and that's not all we're seeing...
Recent fireballs documented on SOTT:
- Bright meteor fireball streaks over Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (July 7th)
- Meteor fireball blazes over Guangdong, southeastern China (July 6th)
- Meteor fireball seen across US Midwest evening skies (July 5th)
- Mysterious lights in the sky over New Zealand probably meteors, experts say (July 5th)
- Stunning daylight fireball explodes with sonic boom over Russia, meteorites possible (June 21st)
- Daytime meteor fireball jets across Toowoomba, Queensland sky (June 21st)
- Noctilucent rocket fumes filmed over Okinawa Island, Japan
- Strange but beautiful skies: Noctilucent 'tornado' cloud, auroras, double and twin rainbow plus a midnight rainbow
- Strange skies: Red Sprites in Oklahoma, aurora Steve in Canada, iridescent clouds in Illinois and noctilucent clouds in Denmark
- Stunning iridescent cloud captured over Ribeirao Claro, Brazil (VIDEO)
- Stunning daylight fireball explodes with sonic boom over Russia, meteorites possible
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The Cleveland National Forest is located in California.
The Cleveland National Forest is located in California.
Wildfires burned through Southern and Central California on Friday, prompting mandatory evacuations as areas across the region experienced record-breaking heat. Wildfires burned through Southern and Central California on Friday, prompting mandatory evacuations as areas across the region experienced record-breaking heat.
Comment: It was hot, but maybe it was not record-breaking - at least perhaps not in Los Angeles. See: Faulty weather stations established the all-time record high temperatures for Los Angeles
Firefighters on Friday were battling blazes in Alpine, Dulzura and Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base in San Diego County, California, where the National Weather Service had issued an excessive heat warning until 9 p.m. A fire also broke out further north in the city of Goleta in Santa Barbara County later Friday night.
The wildfire in Alpine, known as the West Fire, started in the morning and spread to more than 400 acres by the afternoon, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire.
Comment: Back on 29th May three large wildfires broke out in different locations in Scotland, and since then there have been fires reported every day, all over the UK, but particularly the northern regions. The current fires are being blamed on the fact that it hasn't rained for over 50 days and its one of the longest - but not the hottest - heatwaves for over 40 years. So that still makes one wonder what contributed to the fires in Scotland which occurred well over a month ago.
Whether all these fires can be attributed solely to arson is still up for question, but regardless, this is highly unusual for the UK: