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At least six dead as Europe battered by storms, floods and a landslide

Alastair Jamieson & AFP
Euronews
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:31 UTC
The A6 bridge near Savona Italy was swept away by a huge landslip on Sunday
© REUTERS
The A6 bridge near Savona Italy was swept away by a huge landslip on Sunday
Six people have been killed following a weekend of storms, floods and a landslide across parts of Europe.

In France and Italy, torrential rain killed four people and left one missing after it caused flooding and a landslide that swept away a motorway viaduct.

Meanwhile, thunderstorms and strong winds in western Greece led to the deaths of two people who were aboard a boat moored next to a pier in Antirio.

Two French departments were still under Meteo France amber weather warnings on Sunday night, while flood sirens sounded once again in waterlogged Venice.

In Greece, the country's meterological service said the extreme conditions would dissipate as the storms moved further east by Monday.

The rain was the latest in a two-week wave of extreme weather in the region.

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Two dead and one missing after rains of "historic" intensity drench south France


The Local (France)
Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:10 UTC
Two people lost their lives and at least one more was missing Sunday after historic rain levels drenched the south of France, provoking major floods that are only now starting to recede, officials said.
floods france
© Valery Hache/AFP
Abandoned cars half submerged on the streets of Le Muy, near Cannes.
The high floodwaters buried cars underwater, turned roads into rivers and even allowed kayakers the chance to paddle down a highway.

One corpse was found in the village of Le Muy, just north of France's Mediterranean coast, close to where a rescue dinghy had capsized on Saturday evening with three members of the fire brigade and three civilians aboard, the local authorities in the southern Var region said. One of the civilians had been reported missing.

Members of the French civil defence take took part in rescue operations in flooded areas such as Le Muy, near Cannes in southeastern France.

The second body, of a man in his 50s, was found in the village of Cabasse in a car, said the local authorities, without giving further details. Meanwhile, another man, in his 70s, was still missing in the village of Saint-Antonin-du-Var after going out during the night amid heavy rain. Searches are continuing.
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Cloud Precipitation

South Dakota endures historic precipitation in 2019

Erik Kaufman
The Daily Republic
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:43 UTC
Flood waters run over Interstate 90, two miles west of Mt. Vernon on Thursday, Sept. 12.
© Mike Deinert
Flood waters run over Interstate 90, two miles west of Mt. Vernon on Thursday, Sept. 12.
State's soak continues in wettest season on record, Mitchell third wettest

South Dakota is in the midst of its wettest year on record and Mitchell has seen its third-wettest year after historic spring and summer rains swamped fields and flooded cities, roads and homes throughout the state.

"I think the story of the year is precipitation," said Laura Edwards, state climatologist for South Dakota. "Statewide we already have the wettest season on record, and we still have five or six weeks to go. That doesn't even count November."

Edwards said South Dakota has received a statewide average of 29.37 inches of precipitation so far this year. The previous wettest season in the state was in 1915, when 27.97 inches of precipitation fell.

Weather statistics from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration indicate the Mitchell area has received 34.09 inches of precipitation so far in 2019, which already ranks it as the third-wettest year for the area. The highest amount of precipitation recorded in Mitchell for a full year was in 1993, when the area received 36.19 inches of precipitation, and in 1908, when 36.14 inches of precipitation was recorded.
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Cloud Precipitation

Flood alerts as heavy rain lashes parts of France and Italy


Euronews
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:30 UTC
FLOOD
Parts of France have been hit by storms and heavy rain and remain on high alert of flooding over the weekend.

Eleven départements have been put on alert for storms, high winds and flooding.

Some communities have had to evacuate and head for shelter in halls and public spaces.

In Italy, Genoa and the other parts of the Liguria region endured heavy rainfall overnight and remained on red alert on Saturday.

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Umbrella

Republic of Congo declares state of natural disaster as severe flooding displaces 50,000 people


RT
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:16 UTC
congo floods
© UNITAR - UNOSAT
Satellite-detected flooded structures, as of 15 November 2019, over Libenge, Libenge Territory, Sud-Ubangi Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Republic of Congo's government has declared a state of natural disaster in three territories after severe flooding displaced at least 50,000 people.

The Council of Ministers said weeks of heavy rains in the Likouala, La Cuvette and Plateaux territories have destroyed homes and infrastructure.

The government says severe flooding has caused the loss of plantations, livestock and food reserves, and has led to a resurgence of waterborne diseases. Some 50,000 people along the Congo River are in a state of distress, according to the council.

Victor Ngassi, secretary general of Makotipoko, more than 400km (248 miles) upstream of Brazzaville, says people in his district are starving and waiting for government help, AP reports.
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Snowflake Cold

Martin Armstrong Warns Of The Coming "Big Freeze"

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:25 UTC
big freeze ahead sign


The BIG FREEZE is upon us.

The volatility in weather that our computer has been forecasting on a long-term basis should result in this winter being colder than the last. In Britain, the snow has hit an already flood-ravaged country as temperatures plunged to -7C. This is part of the problem we face. The ground freezes down and this prevents winter crops.

During the late 1700s, the ground froze to a depth of 2 feet according to John Adams. When John Adams set out to travel to Philadelphia, it was bitterly cold and there was a foot or more of snow that covered the landscape that had blanketed Massachusetts from one end of the province to the other. Beneath the snow, after weeks of severe cold, the ground was frozen solid to a depth of two feet. Packed ice in the road made the journey very hazardous.

Comment: See also: David DuByne of Adapt 2030 recently had a two part discussion with Laura Knight-Jadczyk and Pierre Lescaudron, editors at SOTT.net and authors of Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection: The Secret History of the World.

See here for Part 1 and Part 2.

Review of Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection. The book is available to purchase here.

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Cloud Precipitation

Rivers overflow in Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, Italy


Floodlist
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:24 UTC
The flooding Idice river in Bologna Province, Italy, November 2019.
© Comune di Budrio, Vigili del Fuoco
The flooding Idice river in Bologna Province, Italy, November 2019.
More severe weather is affecting parts of northern Italy, with snowfall and avalanches in mountainous areas and flooding rivers in Emilia-Romagna Region and neighbouring Tuscany. Italy's fire service Vigili del Fuoco said it had carried out 8,000 interventions during the past week due to bad weather, including 500 in 36 hours to 18 November in Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany.

Emilia Romagna Region

In Emilia Romagna region the Idice River broke its banks in the municipality of Budrio, Bologna Province, on 17 November. Around 300 people were evacuated. Local media reported that over 100 livestock in the area have drowned. Civil protection is working to repair a dyke on the river that broke on 18 November. Several roads have been closed in the area.

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Attention

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Propane and onion shortages, ham prices up


Adapt 2030
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 04:13 UTC
US propane shortages
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Propane shortages rock eight midwest states in the middle of harvest season as the Arctic blast and record blizzard covered crops in snow which requires excessive drying, but lack of propane grinds USA harvest to a trickle. Ham prices USA doubling for Thanksgiving. India onion shortage causes civil unrest that is spilling to Bangladesh.


Comment: Officials are using the word 'disaster' to describe the widespread crop failures happening all over America

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Bizarro Earth

Oman hit by huge tsunami 1000-years-ago


University of Bonn
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 06:33 UTC
Oman Tsunami
© Gösta Hoffmann/Uni Bonn
Klaus Reicherter from the University of Aachen examines a boulder that the tsunami carried onto the cliffs.
A natural event of similar magnitude would have devastating consequences today, warn researchers at the University of Bonn.

15-meter high waves that pushed boulders the weight of a Leopard tank inland: This is more or less how one can imagine the tsunami that hit the coast of today's Sultanate of Oman about 1,000 years ago, as concluded by a recent study by the universities of Bonn, Jena, Freiburg and RWTH Aachen. The findings also show how urgently the region needs a well-functioning early warning system. But even then, coastal residents would have a maximum of 30 minutes to get to safety in a similar catastrophe. The study will be published in the journal Marine Geology, but is already available online.

Oman lies in the east of the Arabian Peninsula. The coasts of the Sultanate are repeatedly struck by tsunamis, most recently in 2013. Even with the most severe of these in recent times, the Makran event in 1945, the damage remained comparatively low. Back then, the tidal wave reached a height of three meters.

The scientists have now discovered evidence of a tsunami which is likely to have been much more powerful, with waves of up to 15 meters. For this purpose, the researchers from Bonn, Jena and Aachen concentrated their terrain investigations on a 200-kilometer coastal strip in northeastern Oman. "There we identified 41 large boulders, which were apparently carried inland by the force of the water," explains Dr. Gösta Hoffmann from the Institute for Geosciences at the University of Bonn.
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Cloud Precipitation

Deadly flash floods hit Tunisia


Middle East Monitor
Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:03 UTC
Heavy rain hit Tunisia causing floods
© Twitter
Heavy rain hit Tunisia causing floods, 13 November 2019
A 12-year-old girl has died after being swept in flash floods which hit Tunisia yesterday.

"A 12-year-old schoolgirl from the city of Fernana, in the province of Jendouba, was killed on Tuesday when she returned home from school," civil defence spokesman Moez Tereia told Anadolu Agency.

Tereia added that "flash floods caused by heavy rains swept away the child and caused her death."

Earlier yesterday, the Tunisian Ministries of Education and Higher Education and Scientific Research suspended classes in all educational institutions in a number of governorates as a result of the heavy rainfall.
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