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US Midwest braces for yet another major storm

WINTER STORM
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It's been less than a month since a bomb cyclone hovered over parts of the Midwest, dumping a mix of snow, sleet, and rain on the region. The system wreaked havoc on people, animals, infrastructure, and destroyed over $440 million in crops in Nebraska alone. Now, a similar weather event is headed that way again.

Wyoming and Colorado will get a healthy coating of snow in the mountains tonight and tomorrow, but the storm won't get really worked up until it moves into the central portion of the country midweek.

Forecasters aren't yet sure if we can call this storm bomb cyclone 2.0, but it will bring snow, high winds, and possibly thunderstorms to the Plains and Upper Midwest starting on Wednesday. Winter storm watches are in effect in six states. Folks in the High Plains, Northern Plains, and upper Midwest are bracing for what could amount to more than 6 inches of snow, though models show the heaviest band of snow potentially delivering upwards of 30 inches in some places.

While the snowstorm itself is certainly cause for concern, it's the snowmelt that will occur after the system dissipates that's truly troubling for a region still struggling to recover from the March deluge.

Cloud Precipitation

Hail up to softball size smashes cars in Texas

This was the hail in Flo
© Chase Lee
This was the hail in Flo
Hail the size of softballs and suspected tornadoes caused extensive damage in parts of Texas.

Spring severe weather season is well underway across the U.S. South, with 125 tornadoes already reported this year across the country. In addition to generating some possible tornado sightings, Saturday's storms across Texas also produced some massive hail. Hailstones up to softball size resulted in some dramatic images of both the storms themselves and the damage they caused, including the battered car featured in the video.


Snowflake

Spring snowfall closes mountain roads in Portugal

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Access to the central highlands of Serra da Estrela has been cut today (Friday) following snow and adverse weather conditions.

The local rescue operations centre told Lusa that at around 9am on Friday morning there were road closures between Piornos/Torre, Torre/Lagoa Comprida, Lagoa Comprida/Loriga and Lagoa Comprida/Cruzamento do Sabugueiro.

The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) is forecasting "periods of very cloudy sky with showers that may fall as hail and snow above 800/1,000 metres in the north and centre of the country ".


Cloud Precipitation

Five dead after flooding in Accra, Ghana

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The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has confirmed five deaths after Accra got flooded Sunday night.

Speaking on Morning Starr, the Greater Accra Regional Director of NADMO, Archibald Cobbinah said the incident involves a woman and her child, two men and one other who was electrocuted.

The police have conveyed the bodies to the morgue.

Parts of Accra got flooded, especially the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and its environs leaving most roads unusable.

Mr. Cobbinah told Morning Starr host Francis Abban on Monday there is a need for drastic change in the habit of citizens who litter indiscriminately.


Cloud Precipitation

Severe hailstorm lasting an hour destroys crops in Trongsa and Yangtse, Bhutan

Hailstorm destroys crops
A severe hailstorm on Tuesday, that lasted for about an hour, covered Changrey and Drakteng in white.

The storm destroyed all the chili saplings, buckwheat, cardamom, maize, potatoes and oranges in the area. The farm road in the area was also affected. Every household in Changrey cultivated acres of chili and buckwheat.

With chili -the main source of cash for the people- destroyed, citizens are worried about the coming year. The municipal administration and other relevant agencies were all informed about the disaster.


Cloud Precipitation

Greece - Crete hit by flash flooding again - third time since February

Sitia, Crete on Saturday, April 6.
© Giannis Fountoulakis
Sitia, Crete on Saturday, April 6.
Heavy rain fell in parts of Greece over the weekend 05 to 07 April, 2019, causing some flash flooding, in particular on the islands of Rhodes and Crete. This is the third wave of flash flooding to affect Crete since mid-February.

The Fire Service reported that from 05 to 07 April they rescued 14 people from flood water in Sitia and 5 in Ierapetra, both in the regional unit of Lasithi, Crete. The Fire Service also evacuated over 20 people to safer locations. The service said it had received a significant number of calls for assistance to pump flooded houses. A house in Lasithi was completely destroyed by the rain and flooding.

Flash flooding also damaged crops and roads. Landslides triggered by the rain also caused some damage. No fatalities or injuries have been reported however.


Cloud Lightning

773 people killed by lightning in 7 years across Nepal

lightning
© Johannes Plenio
The National Emergency Operation Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs has appealed all to adopt necessary safety and precautionary measures to minimise lightning risks, both indoors and outdoors.

The appeal was made in the wake of frequent deaths and injuries from lightning across the country. According to NEOC, Prakash Raut was killed and two others injured after being struck by lightning in Mechinagar Rural Municipality-15, Jhapa, yesterday. Three persons were injured after lightning struck them while they were using mobile phones outside their house in Baitadi district.

Although the country has witnessed deaths caused by lightning in all geographical regions, casualty is higher in central and eastern hills and eastern Tarai.

Lightning mainly occurs before the onset of and immediately after rain due to natural electrical discharge in the atmosphere and due to the imbalance between positive and negative charges, according to Nepal Disaster Report. Maximum people are killed by thunderbolt in the months of February, March, April, June, July, August and September.

Attention

Earthquake swarm and huge "slow-slip" event at New Zealand's North Island

New Zealand 7.8 earthquake map
© Google Earth/ GNS Science
The 2016 Kaikoura earthquake was a magnitude 7.8 (Mw) earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT (11:02 on 13 November UTC).
A swarm of earthquakes has been triggered off the North Island's east coast by a large seismic event similar to what preceded the 2011 Japanese quake and tsunami. GNS Science has confirmed one of the largest "slow-slips" ever observed in New Zealand is currently underway off the coast of Gisborne in the Hikurangi subduction zone.

This slow-slip began last week and so far scientists have recorded "up to 3cm of eastward displacement," said Wallace.

"This is caused by up to 10-15cm of movement on the Hikurangi plate boundary offshore of Gisborne."

While these events are fairly common, happening every one or two years, this slow-slip is on track to be "as large at the previous slow-slip" recorded off Gisborne in 2010.

Since Monday, 85 quakes have been recorded in the area.

Comment: Activity around the ring of fire has seen an uptick recently: A total of 12 major quakes, (Mag 6 or higher) occurred in March with all 12 recorded around the Pacific ring of fire

Also check out SOTT's monthly documentary: Earth Changes Summary - March 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs




Snowflake Cold

Oppenheimer Ranch Project Report: Record cold & snow - Epic flooding continues - More snow on tap - Yellowstone fear mongering fraud

The fourth snow survey of the water year
© Department of Water Resources
The fourth snow survey of the water year recorded 106.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 51 inches, which is 200 percent of average for this location, 90 miles east of Sacramento in El Dorado County.
Snow and cold smash Tri-City records.

April records also could fall .

'A California Water Supply Dream': Record Snowpack Measured In Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe Region.


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Snowflake

Spring snow hits the far south of Spain

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This is the moment snow fell on the hills behind Estepona this weekend.

The footage was shared by the El Refugio restaurant which said even more snow fell on the sierra yesterday.

It comes as a cold snap has swept across the country following a warmer than average winter.

Snow has also fallen on the sierras behind Malaga and areas around Ronda.