Earth Changes

'Hey winter you're early!' Snow falls at Perisher and Thredbo ski resorts in Australia

Sally Whyte
Brisbane Times
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 20:09 UTC

Helaina Gardiner enjoys the snow at Thredbo.

At the start of March it didn't quite feel like summer had ended, and now at the tail-end of the month you could be forgiven for thinking we've arrived at winter very early.

While some might be mourning autumn, excitement has taken over on the slopes of Thredbo and Perisher, where the first snow of the year fell over the weekend.

The flurries began about 11am Saturday at Perisher, providing a small four centimetre dusting, spokesman Joss McAlpin said.

It was not unusual to get a bit of snow at this time of year, he said, with a few small snow falls generally expected in April before more consistent falls in May ahead of the official season.

Floods wash away homes in Peru

CGTN
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 19:50 UTC

Homes in rural Peru were washed away on Friday (March 29) after the Perene River burst its banks.

More than 13,000 people have been affected by floods, and at least 51 have died this wet season.

Authorities mobilized rescue teams to evacuate residents and rescue animals.

Lima has also declared a state of emergency in Chanchamayo and surrounding areas.

Comment: South America - Thousands affected by floods and landslides in Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: US Midwest floods - Flooded corn must be destroyed not sold

Adapt 2030
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:20 UTC

FDA now requiring and flooded grain holding bins, facilities or warehouses that river water touched to destroy the grain, and cannot even be used for animal food. There will be no top vacuum to save dried untouched grain, the entire bin will be disposed of. Massive record floods move down the Mississippi toward the largest grain storage facilities in the USA which will be breached. Hoping the pumps can keep water out, but doubtful.

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Latest study shows an increase in levels of Fukushima-related contamination in Alaskan waters as Tokyo reassures the world all is well with 2020 Olympics

Gary Walton
The Big Wobble
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:56 UTC

The latest study shows an increase in levels of Fukushima-related contamination off the shores of Alaska, regular readers of The Big Wobble will know Bill Laughing-Bear has been keeping an eye on fish in Alaskan waters and has warned us all of rising radioactive contamination for years now.

Recently other warnings have been published as the slow drip-drip-drop of information is slowly increasing.

In 2017, A study by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa revealed almost 50% of fish consumed on the islands of Hawai'i were contaminated with caesium 134 the radioactive finger-print of Fukushima.

The report also showed that migrating organisms can transport the Fukushima-signature (caesium 134) over significant distances as they showed detectable 134Cs (6.3±1.5 Bq/kg) in Pacific bluefin tuna caught off the California coast only a year after the incident.

Another study found caesium 134 in longfin tuna (Albacore) along the western coast of the US just one year after the Fukushima disaster.

Mass death of krill near Powell River, British Columbia

James Wood
mypowellrivernow.com
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:10 UTC

A photo of the krill, sourced from the Facebook page of Darlene Williams.

An apparent mass death of krill near Powell River has a fisheries scientist concerned.

The die-off was first discovered along the shoreline just southeast of the Beach Gardens Resort and Marina, on Wednesday evening. A post by Powell River resident Darlene Williams stated that she saw what appeared to be "1000 dead baby prawns".

Photos show many small animals washed up on the beach.

The MyPowellRiverNow.com newsroom reached out to DFO for comment on what took place. According to zooplankton taxonomist Moira Galbraith, who works at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Patricia Bay, the animals appeared to be female krill in the process of mating, or having recently mated.

Flooding threatens more than a million private wells in U.S. Midwest

Michael Burke
The Hill
Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:42 UTC

Flooding in the Midwest is posing a risk of contamination to more than 1 million private wells that supply drinking water to rural areas in the region, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.

The AP reported that the National Ground Water Association, a trade group, said there are 1.1 million private wells in 300 flooded counties across 10 states in the Midwest.

Those states are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to the AP.

Flooding creates the possibility that water from the flood will get into the wells and contaminate the water.

Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits near the coast of Ecuador

Sputnik
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:27 UTC

There have been no immediate reports of damages and injuries as a result of the strong quake.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of Ecuador 27 kilometres north of the city of Santa Elena, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

According to the USGS, the quake struck at a depth of 18.5 km.

The quake was followed by numerous aftershocks, according to the EMSC.

According to The Watchers, there are around 1,560,000 people living within 100 km (62 miles) of the epicentre of the quake.

Hail as large as golf balls pummels parts of Florida

Jan Wesner Childs
The Weather Channel
Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:25 UTC

Florida town wakes up to piles of hail

Hail as large as golf balls pelted a large swath of central Florida Wednesday morning as heavy storms battered the region.

Florida Today reported that windows were shattered, pool screens blown apart and cars damaged, while piles of ice up to two inches high covered the ground in some areas along the Space Coast in Brevard County.

"It's been a long time since Brevard has seen this," Matt Volkmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Melbourne, told the newspaper. "This system was a little stronger than expected."

Wind gusts up to 47 mph were recorded later in the day at Port Canaveral as the blustery weather continued, bringing with it rough seas and waves of 7 to 9 feet.

Horrific video shows pit bull kill Pomeranian before helpless owner's eyes in New York

Joseph Ostapiuk
silive.com
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:47 UTC

A 16-year routine for two dog owners from Eltingville ended in horror after the couple's Pomeranian was brutally attacked and killed by a passing pit bull who overpowered the child who was walking it.

The couple, who spoke to the Advance under the condition their name not be published, said that their beloved dog would commonly follow the female homeowner without a leash as she took out the garbage for the evening.

The couple's dog, as shown in the dramatic and gruesome video captured by the family's Ring doorbell on March 16, follows the homeowner and walks to the curb a few feet away before urinating by a mailbox.

Shortly after, a pit bull being walked on a leash by a small grade-school child crosses paths with the family pet.

The pit bull viciously and unexpectedly latches onto the Pomeranian "like a chew toy," the homeowner said, "and threw him around."

Fresh flash floods kill 17 in Afghanistan, worsen already desperate situation

Al Arabiya
Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:31 UTC

© Reuters
People salvage items from a house destroyed by flood in Enjil district of Herat province, Afghanistan March 29, 2019.

Heavy rains caused flash floods in western Afghanistan that killed at least 17 people, destroying homes and sweeping through makeshift shelters that housed displaced families, a government official said on Saturday.

Two days of flooding that started on Thursday killed 12 people in Jawzjan and two in Badghis, provinces that border Turkmenistan, said Hasibullah Shir Khani, a spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority.

Two others were killed in Herat and another in Sar-e Pul province, he said.

More than 500 houses were destroyed.

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Earth Changes

'Hey winter you're early!' Snow falls at Perisher and Thredbo ski resorts in Australia

Floods wash away homes in Peru

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: US Midwest floods - Flooded corn must be destroyed not sold

Latest study shows an increase in levels of Fukushima-related contamination in Alaskan waters as Tokyo reassures the world all is well with 2020 Olympics

Mass death of krill near Powell River, British Columbia

Flooding threatens more than a million private wells in U.S. Midwest

Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits near the coast of Ecuador

Hail as large as golf balls pummels parts of Florida

Horrific video shows pit bull kill Pomeranian before helpless owner's eyes in New York

Fresh flash floods kill 17 in Afghanistan, worsen already desperate situation

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