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Landslides leave 20 dead in northwest Philippines


Press TV
Wed, 25 Sep 2013 03:01 UTC
Flooded street in Manila
© Unknown
A Filipino banana vendor crosses a flooded street in Manila, Philippines Sunday September 22, 2013.
Deadly landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed 20 people in northwestern Philippines, raising the death toll from storms across Asia to 47.

Soldiers and villagers were also looking for at least seven people missing in mountainside villages struck by the landslides in the province of Zambales, Philippine officials said on Monday.

According to Subic Mayor Jeffrey Khonghun, 15 people died in two landslide-hit villages in his town. Five people were also killed in landslides in two other towns in Zambales.
"This is the first after a long time that we were hit by this kind of deluge," Khonghun said.
Meanwhile, Chinese officials said that Typhoon Usagi, which hit the country after passing by the Philippines, killed 25 people in China's southern province of Guangdong.

Two other people also died after their boat capsized in northeastern Aurora province in the Philippines late on Sunday.
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Video: Extreme weather events of the first two weeks of September 2013

Last Messages
Youtube
Sat, 21 Sep 2013 11:59 UTC
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2013 is strange, part 18: September 2013

Last Messages
YouTube
Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:41 UTC
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The green fireball that turned night into day over Ferrara, Italy on September 3rd 2013, the second major fireball to explode over Italy in a week.
'2013 is strange, part 18' covers the 8 days from August 27, 2013 to September 4, 2013 - during which we saw major wildfires in Southern California and elsewhere, volcanic eruptions in Japan and elsewhere, fireballs in Italy and elsewhere... we live in interesting times!

This series include strange phenomena of all kinds and awesome natural events or beautiful phenomena in 2013. Enjoy my editing!

You can find all my other videos for the collective awakening on my channel 2013MESSAGE.


This is an educational/teaching and research purposes only video.

This application is not commercial and is free to use.

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1) Pip John - Dante's Riddle
2) How To Dress Well-Take It On (Holy Other Remix)
3) Sun Glitters - The Wind Caresses Her Hair
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Bizarro Earth

Signs of change in September 2013

HawkkeyDavis Channel
YouTube
Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:21 UTC
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A snapshot of the weather around the planet in the past week or so. Floods devastate parts of the U.S., Mexico and India; tornadoes wipe out Tokyo and Bangkok suburbs; mass fish deaths in the U.S. and China; a smokenado in the U.S. (?! yes, it's new to us too!); massive fireballs over Italy (for the second week running) and the U.S. (where they're now being reported daily); major hailstorms in the UK... what in the world is going on?

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Bizarro Earth

Cloud seeding not to blame for Colorado flooding

Laura Poppick
LiveScience
Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:02 UTC
Colorado Flooding
© NOAA
This image from the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS sensor from the evening of September 11, 2013, shows the storm system that has devastated towns in the foothills of the Rockies in central Colorado.
Colorado's recent massive flooding, which has left hundreds of people unaccounted for, has been called an anomalous 100- or even 1,000-year event by the scientific community.

Such floods have a 1 percent and 0.1 percent chance of occurring, respectively, during any given year. While those odds make them rare events, they are the result of natural larger-scale weather and climate patterns, with perhaps an assist from climate change.

Still, some Internet users have voiced alternative views, suggesting that the destructive rainstorms were more directly human-induced, the result of Colorado's cloud-seeding program.

Cloud seeding, in which tiny silver iodide particles are sprayed into clouds to provide a core for ice crystals to form around, falls within the Colorado Weather Modification Program that is overseen by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and is used primarily by ski resorts to increase the snowpack during the winter.

The program - which has been reported to increase the snowpack by 10 to 15 percent each year - remains controversial among those concerned about the unknown repercussions of manipulating weather in this way.
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Chaos as floods submerge Mexico's Acapulco, death toll rises to at least 55

Luis Enrique Martinez and Alberto Fajardo
Reuters
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:48 UTC
Acapulco flood
© Reuters/Oscar Martinez
Soldiers search for survivors after a bus and two nearby houses were buried by a mountain landslide in Altotonga in Veracruz state, along Mexico's Gulf coast, September 16, 2013.
Mexico's famous beach resort of Acapulco was in chaos on Tuesday as hotels rationed food for thousands of stranded tourists and floodwaters swallowed homes and cars after some of the worst storm damage in decades killed at least 55 people across the country.

Television footage showed Acapulco's international airport terminal waist deep in water and workers wading out to escape floods that have prevented some 40,000 visitors from leaving and blocked one of the main access routes to the city with mud.
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Utah flooding hits schools, homes as wet weather continues

Benjamin Wood
Deseret News
Sat, 14 Sep 2013 09:13 UTC
flooding issues near Herrriman High
© Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
City crews work on flooding issues near Herrriman High School due to heavy rain in Herriman on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013.

Heavy rains caused flooding problems Saturday, particularly in areas of southern Salt Lake County, where water went over roads and into homes and schools.

In Herriman, flooding near 11600 South and 6000 West sent water into two buildings of the Farmgate Apartment complex around 3 p.m., affecting 18 apartment units and displacing 10 people, Unified Fire Authority Capt. Clint Mecham said.

A minimal amount of water also entered nearby Herriman High School, but the water level later abated and crews were working on cleanup efforts. Mecham said it did not appear that the flooding would impede classes from being held Monday morning.
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Search-and-rescue teams to respond in flooded Colorado county


Fox News
Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:45 UTC
Colorado
© Fox News

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will meet with FEMA administrator Craig Fugate on Monday to inform the public how they are responding to massive flooding in the state.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending two 80-person search-and-rescue teams to assist with continuing rescues in Larimer County and providing aid to other communities following massive flooding that began Wednesday along the Front Range.

Hickenlooper told ABC's "Good Morning America" that 16 or 17 helicopters will resume searching for stranded residents Monday. Noting that many people have been without any kind of phone or Internet communications since the middle of last week, he says the focus of the effort is to make sure everyone in harm's way gets "out of there."
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What a difference a year makes! Space image shows the devastating impact of flooding


The Siberian Times
Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:33 UTC
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© Russian Emergencies Ministry
The flooding has caused severe damage to the Russian Far East for more than a month with Khabarovsk region the worst-hit.
The swollen Amur River reached a depth of 910cm near Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Sunday, with fears it could hit 940cm, the highest since records began 120 years ago.

Recent days have seen students from the Emergencies Ministry literally holding back the tide, a human wall keeping in place containment booms to save the city, as our picture shows. Some have needed treatment for exposure to cold.

High winds of 15 metres per second produced high waves and made the task of rescuers even more difficult as they seek to prevent the bursting of a dam protecting the city of 264,000.

On Sunday Mi-8 helicopters were flying concrete slabs onto the dam to strengthen the barricades.
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Bizarro Earth

Colorado flooding: Evacuations, broken oil pipeline in Weld County

Bruce Finley
The Denver Post
Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:47 UTC
Tommy Meyer leads one of his horses
© Doug Conarroe, North Forty News)
Greeley resident Tommy Meyer leads one of his horses to safety as floodwaters from the South Platte River swamped his farm at 22378 Highway 34 east of Greeley on Sept, 13, 2013.
Greeley - As Front Range floodwaters continued to drain into the swelling South Platte River Saturday, authorities scrambled to evacuate stranded residents from homes and deal with a broken oil and gas industry pipeline.

They also braced for the possibility of more rains in the mountains.

Weld County rescue crews used boats and helicopters to evacuate about 30 residents east of Greeley during the night Friday.

And county commissioners also said at least 140 roads have been closed, including parts of Interstate 25.

"It is no doubt an epic event. It is a once in 500 years or 1,000 years situation, Commissioner Sean Conway said.

"This is a fluid situation. It can change any moment. We are anticipating more rainfall in the mountains. That water level (in the South Platte River) could rise rapidly," Conway said.

"Put together a to-go box. Get together your papers... Please, listen to the local authorities."

Families such as the Turners - Mike, Susan and their two kids east of Greeley - stayed put in their homes despite evacuation orders as the South Platte rose slowly around them.

Mike Turner stayed awake until 3 a.m. while the other slept, watching the water engulf his horse pen and farm fields and an oil
tank and well. Saturday morning he saw the damage.

"There is some crude in the water - not a huge amount," he said.
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