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Northeast US braces for 2nd storm in a week as other countries endure extreme weather

Andrea Miller
ABC News
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 16:33 UTC
US storm forecast
© ABC NewsTwenty states from Montana to Maine are under winter storm alerts and 50 million Americans in the path of heavy snow and strong winds Monday through Wednesday.
The Northeast is bracing for its second winter storm in a week after one that hit Friday caused the deaths of at least nine people and left hundreds of thousands without power.

Other parts of the world are meanwhile coping with their own extreme weather, such as Australia's record-breaking heat earlier this year and a sub-zero freeze in the U.K.

The next winter blast in the Northeast U.S. is expected to strike Tuesday night as a storm from the Midwest moves in, with a winter storm watch in place for much of the Northeast from Pennsylvania to Maine.

In fact, 20 states from Montana to Maine are under winter storm alerts, which means that 50 million Americans are in the path of heavy snow and strong winds conditions today through Wednesday.

The storm developing in the Midwest is expected to meet a coastal low, which will form off the Mid-Atlantic and move up the coast bringing snow and rain, and may help form a nor'easter over the East Coast when they meet on Wednesday.

Snowfall of 5 to 9 inches is forecasted for some places in the Northeast, with up to a foot in isolated areas.

The winter storm watch follows a nor'easter that pummeled the East Coast Friday, but this potential nor'easter is not expected to bring as much coastal flooding and wind as the weekend's storm.

Comment: For more information on extreme weather from around the world, check out our Earth Changes Summaries. The latest video: Earth Changes Summary - January 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

To understand how and why these extreme weather events are occurring read Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Bombogenesis landfall USA - Ireland buried in snow - Global jet streams shift (VIDEO)


Adapt 2030
Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:35 UTC
Snow in Wexford, Ireland
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
The Bombogenesis has landed across the Eastern USA with 2+ million power outages and snow visible on MODIS from the coast to the Great Lakes. Hurricane force winds, 40+ inch snow totals all the while Ireland was buried in a once on a 50 year snowstorm with record cold and snow drift depths in the UK. Our jet streams are visibly shifting globally, how long before it affects global food production?


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Governors declare state of emergency as damaging winds leave thousands without power across Washington, DC


WTOP
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 04:50 UTC
high winds power outage washington dc mar 2 2018
© WTOP / Neal AugensteinA tree knocked down by the wind at Queen Street and Ferry Road, pulling down power lines and a pole in Leesburg, Virginia.

Winds toppled trees and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power Friday. The damage prompted Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to both declare states of emergency.

Damaging winds with some gusts topping 70 mph toppled trees and power lines, leading to major power outages and travel delays across the D.C. area.

As of 11:50 p.m. Friday, more than 600,000 customers in the D.C. area were without power. The strong winds are complicating efforts to restore power, officials with local power companies say, and it may take a while to turn the lights back on.
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Fish

Storm Emma's grisly aftermath: Beaches in east Yorkshire, UK blanketed by millions of dead sea creatures (PHOTOS)

Mark Duell
Daily Mail
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:42 UTC
Big tides and Storm Emma's gale force winds are believed to have caused the huge dump of sea creatures in East Yorkshire
Big tides and Storm Emma's gale force winds are believed to have caused the huge dump of sea creatures in East Yorkshire
Beachgoers were left shocked after a devastating scene of millions of sea creatures from fish to lobsters washed up on the shore.

Big tides and gale force winds from Storm Emma are believed to have caused the huge dump of animals along the East Yorkshire coast.

Shocking pictures from Fraisthorpe beach near Bridlington show tonnes of the creatures on the shore, with many people coming and filling buckets and boxes and carrying them away.

It comes after tens of thousands of dead starfish were also washed up at Ramsgate in Kent following the severe weather, with witnesses saying it looked 'like the armageddon'.

Comment: See also: Thousands of starfish killed by "unusually low sea temperatures" on the isle of Thanet, UK (VIDEO)

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Thousands of starfish killed by "unusually low sea temperatures" on the isle of Thanet, UK (VIDEO)

Kathy Bailes
The Isle of Thanet News
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC
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More starfish and other marine life is likely to be washed up on isle beaches with the coming of the Spring tides.

Thousands of dead starfish were piled on beaches across the isle this morning (March 3) including at Ramgate, Dumpton, Westgate, Viking Bay and Palm Bay.

The severe cold spell is the cause as the starfish, which feed on molluscs, gather in great numbers around mussel beds. When strong currents pass through during a storm, the starfish can be lifted up and carried to the shore.

Thanet coastal warden Tony Ovenden said: "With the Spring tides coming up over the next few days there will be more evidence of the winter kill on our shores. The way the starfish have curled up is evident that the sudden drop in temperature killed them off.

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Unseasonal rain, hailstorm damage crops in Rajasthan, India


Hindustan Times
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 13:09 UTC
Farmers with damaged mustard crop at a village near Bhiwadi.
Farmers with damaged mustard crop at a village near Bhiwadi.
Looking into apprehensions that unseasonal rain and hailstorm on Sunday may have damaged standing crop in some villages of Sikar and Alwar districts, the district authorities have been called for a report.

Mild showers also occurred in parts of Jaipur, Bikaner, Churu, Bharatpur and Sriganganagar. The weather took a sudden turn in the afternoon.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje expressed concern over reports of crop damage in parts of the state including Alwar and Sikar districts due to hailstorm and instructed the officials to conduct a survey at the earliest, an official release stated. Officials of the disaster management department and the district collectors have been asked to submit a report on the extent of crop damage.

Deputy director of agriculture in Alwar, PC Meena said that a detailed report has been called from the district. Mustard crop is susceptible to damage at this time of the year.

Comment: Elsewhere in India hailstorms have destroyed crops in the state of Uttar Pradesh as well as killing birds:
Hundreds of acres of crops were damaged on Sunday after hailstorm hit some 36 villages in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district.

Tehsil teams have been sent to ascertain the loss and the report will be out today, officials said. "No casualty has been reported," additional district magistrate Ravindra Kumar said.

Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Shyam Sundar Sharma said hundred per cent loss was reported in Raypur, Manakpuri, Musumna, Khuslagarhi, Tilkagarhi, Khanpur, Managarhi, Bhagwangadhi and adjoining villages, where wheat and mustard crops were damaged.

Rameshwar, block pramukh of Nandgaon, said 15 villages in his region suffered damages due to the hailstorm.

Sub-divisional magistrate Chatta Rajendra Pensiya assured that teams have been sent to affected villages to ascertain the loss as well provide adequate help to those in distress. He said some birds were killed in the hailstorm.


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Windsock

Storm Emma brings worst blizzard to Ireland since 1982

Claire Healy and Harry Manning
The Irish Sun
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:50 UTC
storm emma ireland
Ireland has battened down the hatches as Storm Emma blows in - as parts of Ireland could see ONE METRE of snow.

Met Eireann has issued two Irish red weather warnings as members of the public are told to remain indoors from 4pm.

And Met Eireann's Evelyn Cusack said we could see a METRE of snow as wind speeds of 110kph are predicted.

She said: "Today has been an ice day because nowhere in Ireland saw the temperature rise above zero."


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Windsock

Extreme wind has many passengers vomiting during turbulent descent at Dulles airport, US

Sophia Barnes
NBC
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:38 UTC
Flights full of vomiting passengers have been landing in Washington DC, while the powerful winds meant some planes weren't able to land at all (pictured, a plane was swaying so violently, the pilot decided to pull out of the landing)
© Andrew CleggFlights full of vomiting passengers have been landing in Washington DC, while the powerful winds meant some planes weren't able to land at all (pictured, a plane was swaying so violently, the pilot decided to pull out of the landing)
Passengers on planes landing in Virginia on Friday coped with stomach-turning turbulence amid powerful winds. "I've never experienced anything like that," one passenger said. "I felt like I was just going to throw up all over the place," another said. News4's Mark Segraves reports.

Passengers and pilots on a United Airlines flight bound for Washington Dulles International Airport were in for a sickening surprise Friday, when a windstorm caused severe turbulence.

Nearly everyone on the flight vomited, according to an urgent report filed with the National Weather Service's aviation center.

"Very bumpy on descent. Pretty much everyone on the plane threw up," the report said.

The pilots themselves were not spared.

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Snowflake

Seven feet of snow follows Northern California's drought

Chris White
Daily Caller
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:56 UTC
Seven feet of Snow follows Northern California's drought
© Heavenly Mountain Resort via APIn this photo provided by the Heavenly Mountain Resort, fresh snow covers most of a table and chairs Friday, March 2, 2018, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. A blizzard warning was in effect for parts of the Sierra Nevada, where snow was piling up and travel was difficult due to repeated highway closures and the need for chains in many places. The snow will help the Sierra snowpack, which is vital to the state's water supply and has only been about a quarter of its normal depth for this time of winter. It's also a boon for skiers and snowboarders.
A massive snowstorm Friday in Northern California could bring the state's lengthy drought to end while leaving two feet of snow in the mountains near Los Angeles.

The Sierra Nevada Mountains has seen two feet of snow and winds gusting over 100 miles per hour. Forecasters are expecting seven feet of snow in some areas of the mountain range. Meanwhile, more than 22,000 Montecito residents evacuated their homes as rain continued to pound the area - California's weather comes as a nor'easter clobbers parts of the East Coast.

"The worst of the storm has passed, and we are cautiously optimistic that due to a significant amount of pre-storm preparation we have come through this with minimal impact," Rob Lewin, director of the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management, said in a statement.

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Snowflake

Record snowfall on Calgary, Alberta - month's worth of snow in 40 hours

Dave Dormer
CBC News
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:09 UTC
Calgarians can expect to be doing a lot of this over the weekend.
© Scott Dippel/CBCCalgarians can expect to be doing a lot of this over the weekend.
A 72-hour snow route parking ban will begin Sunday at 10 a.m. after a massive storm swept over the province, dumping a record amount of snow on Calgary.

This is the third parking ban the city has called in recent weeks. Affected streets are marked by a blue sign with a snowflake.

Environment Canada issued snow warnings for a large swath of the province Saturday morning, running from Edmonton in the north to the Crowsnest Pass and Pincher Creek in the southwest.

The warnings were lifted for southern Alberta later in the morning but remained in the northern part of the province.

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