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Cyclone Idai batters Mozambique - 19 dead, flooding, widespread damage, power and communication loss


Deutsche Welle
Sat, 16 Mar 2019 02:30 UTC
Damage in the city of Beira, Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Idai landfall
© Anouk DelafortrieDamage in the city of Beira, Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Idai landfall.
With heavy rain and winds of up to 170 kilometers per hour (105 mph), Tropical Cyclone Idai unleashed widespread damage and destruction Friday on the port city of Beira, leaving more than a dozen dead and cutting off communications and electricity.

After making landfall late Thursday, Idai felled pylons, destroyed houses and blew the roofs off seven schools. The airport was shut down after suffering damage to its control tower and runways. Flooding also swamped Beira's roads, and the hospital suspended surgeries due to the storm.

"There has been a lot of damage. Many homes have been left without roofs," said Alberto Mondlane, the provincial governor.

The power and communication outages left Beira's roughly 530,000 residents cut off.

Power outages also affected the provinces of Manica and parts of Inhambane.

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Historic blizzard blasts 100mph winds across central US

Chaffin Mitchell and Brian Lada
AccuWeather.com
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:21 UTC
A person works on clearing snow during a winter storm Wednesday morning, March 13, 2019 in Casper, Wyo.
© Josh Galemore/The Casper Star-Tribune via APA person works on clearing snow during a winter storm Wednesday morning, March 13, 2019 in Casper, Wyo.
A monster winter storm that slammed the Rockies into the Central Plains contributed to the death of a Colorado State Patrol corporal on Wednesday, officials report.

The 'bomb cyclone' packed blizzard conditions, tropical storm-force winds, and hazardous travel.

The storm turned deadly when a Colorado State Patrol corporal was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was outside helping a car that slid off of Interstate 76 in Weld County, Colo.

A Volvo lost control and ran into Corporal Daniel Groves, 52. Corporal Groves was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The National Weather Service deemed the storm a "cyclone of historic proportions."

As the blizzard developed, heavy snow lashed northern Colorado, including Denver, western Nebraska, eastern Wyoming, central South Dakota, and southeastern North Dakota.

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#PropagandaWatch - Shoving 'climate grief' down our throats

James Corbett
Corbett Report
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:20 UTC
Climate Grief
© HypnoArt/Pixabay
The propagandists are in overdrive shoving "climate grief" down our collective throats. And the next step in that indoctrination, the acceptance of climate eugenics to atone for our climate sins, is almost here. Join James for this week's important edition of #PropagandaWatch dissecting the dangerous lies that are being pushed in the name of the environment.

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Storm Gareth causes travel disruption in UK with 80mph winds and heavy rain


Sky News
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:03 UTC
Waves crash onto the harbour in Dover, UK
© Sky NewsWaves crash onto the harbour in Dover, UK
Storm Gareth has been causing widespread disruption to road and rail links as gales and heavy rain sweep across the country.

The Met Office has issued two yellow warnings for high winds covering Northern Ireland, Wales, most of England and the west coast of Scotland.

Dozens of flood alerts have been issued by the Environment Agency in England, including two warnings for the River Ouse at York.

Gusts of up to 80mph are being felt in western Scotland, Northern Ireland and the northwest of the Republic of Ireland.

Winds of over 60mph swept widely across western parts of the UK in the early hours of Wednesday, after gusts of up to 75mph were felt in Scotland on Tuesday night.
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Mozambique issues red alert over approaching tropical cyclone Idai

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Xinhua
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:53 UTC
Tropical Cyclone
© NASA Terra/MODISTropical Cyclone "Idai" on March 12, 2019.
Mozambican government on Tuesday issued a red alert over the tropical cyclone Idai expected to make landfall on Friday, which is likely to hit the country's central region with devastating storms and flooding rains.

"The main reason (for the alert) is the approaching of the tropical cyclone Idai, an intense cyclone that requires monitoring measures and caution, because as predicted, strong winds and thunderstorms represent a high risk for people and properties," said government spokesperson Ana Comoana.

The cyclone's intensity is equal to that of a Category Three hurricane in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific oceans, and the winds can cause devastating damage, including to well-built framed homes, in the vicinity of landfall, reported AccuWeather.

As Idai moves inland, flooding downpours will spread throughout the interior of central Mozambique and into eastern Zimbabwe from Friday into this weekend, said AccuWeather.

Comment: Malawi and Mozambique - Death toll rises after widespread flooding, 37 reported so far

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Near-perfect snow devil touches down in Quebec

Cheryl Santa Maria
The Weather Channel
Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:00 UTC
snow devil
It's rare, but they do happen.

Charlene Capassissit was on the way to the airport in Oujé-Bougoumou, Quebec Tuesday when she saw something that made her pull over.

The video she captured -- featured a near-perfect snow devil -- has since gone viral.

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Video shows man narrowly misses roof collapse due to high winds in London

Megan White
Standard
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:52 UTC
cafe roof uk wind
© Twitter / @Joanne10785485High winds caused this part of this building to collapse in Stoke Newington.
A man narrowly avoided being crushed after the roof of a café collapsed onto a busy high street seconds after he walked past.

The passerby was strolling past Stokey Vintage Café on Stoke Newington High Street on Sunday when high winds caused a shower of bricks to fall onto the road.

A video of the incident, which has had more than 100,000 views, prompted many to suggest the "very lucky man" should go and buy a lottery ticket.

​Petulia Mattioli, who had walked past the building a few seconds before, told the Standard: "You never realise how death is real until you face it.

"I cannot believe this, I was just shocked. I stopped at the cafe windows for a few seconds before crossing the road - I was lucky."

Comment: Wind storms are causing havoc throughout many areas of Europe at the moment: A succession of stormy weather and even snow in some parts follows one of the hottest February's ever in the UK. Just a few days ago in the UK strong winds knocked over scaffolding::


And as noted in the article, more is predicted for the UK in the coming days:




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Deadly storm 'Eberhard' sparks travel chaos in Germany


The Local Germany
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:58 UTC
A fallen tree lies on three cars in Düsseldorf's Cecillienallee
© DPAA fallen tree lies on three cars in Düsseldorf's Cecillienallee.
At least one person died after a storm dubbed "Eberhard" wreaked havoc across Germany.

Trees fell, buildings were damaged and the traffic network was severely hit as high winds and rain battered western and southern parts of the country, signalling that winter isn't quite over yet despite the recent mild temperatures.

A 47-year-old man died near Bestwig in the Sauerland region when an uprooted tree fell on the car he was driving.

On Sunday afternoon, train operator Deutsche Bahn cancelled services in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the most populous federal state, with far-reaching consequences for the entire country.

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10 reported tornadoes hit Arkansas, Louisiana as severe storms continue to sweep across country

Daniel Manzo
ABC News
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:27 UTC
A tornado damaged home is shown as President Donald Trump flies above en route to Auburn, Ala., Friday, March 8,
A tornado damaged home is shown as President Donald Trump flies above en route to Auburn, Ala., Friday, March 8,
A week after tornadoes killed 23 people in Alabama, 10 reported twisters touched down in parts of Arkansas and Louisiana Saturday, as severe weather continued to sweep across the country.

One tornado was reported in Prairie County, Arkansas, while another was observed in Hosston in Caddo Parrish. Strong wind gusts caused across the entire state of Arkansas -- with some reaching 60 mph in some areas.

The National Weather Service confirmed en EF-1 tornado touched down Saturday morning outside Little Rock with peak winds of as much as 110 mph. Two people were injured when the storm struck Toltec, Arkansas, at 10:23 a.m.

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Wetter than ever: Winter 2018-19 was USA's soggiest in recorded history

Doyle Rice
USA Today
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:40 UTC
Winter 2018-19 was the wettest on record
© NOAAWinter 2018-19 was the wettest on record in the Untied States
Umbrellas and snow shovels would have been wise investments over the past three months.

The winter of 2018-19 was the wettest winter ever recorded in the United States, according to a report federal scientists released Wednesday. (Climate scientists define winter as the months of December, January and February.)

In all, 43 of the "Lower 48" states had above-average levels of rain and snow from December to February, the report said. Tennessee was record wet while Wisconsin had its second-wettest winter.

In Tennessee, the colossal rains caused deadly flooding across the state in February. The floods killed four people, washed out homes, buried two stretches of interstate highway under tons of mud and rock, and led to a statewide declaration of emergency.
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