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Massive flooding hits Cagayan de Oro, Philippines following Storm Vinta (UPDATE: More than 130 dead)

Pamela Jay F. Orias
Sun Star
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 14:52 UTC
Flood in Cagayan de Oro
Flood in Cagayan de Oro
Massive flooding, reminiscent of the deadly 2011 Tropical Storm Sendong, hit this city Friday morning, December 22, after Tropical Storm Vinta (international codename: Tembin) battered Mindanao Thursday night.

The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Department (CDRRMD) placed the city on red alert Friday morning as the Cagayan River reached its critical level.

"It was like Sendong all over again, but only this happened in the morning," a resident said.

Sendong (international codename: Washi) ravaged Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions on the night of December 16, 2011, leaving more than 1,200 people dead -- at least 900 bodies were found in Cagayan de Oro.


Comment: UPDATE 12/23/2017:
Philippines tropical storm: More than 130 dead after flooding

Dozens of people are said to be missing, while power and communication lines are down, complicating rescue efforts.

Mudslides and flooding triggered by a tropical storm in the Philippines have killed 133 people, officials have said. [...]

Most of the deaths were in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur, and on the Zamboanga Peninsula, Romina Marasigan from the government's disaster response agency said.

In the fishing village of Anungan, more than 30 people were swept away by flash floods. Sibuco town mayor Bong Edding said five bodies had been recovered so far.

"The floodwaters from the mountain came down so fast and swept away people and houses," Mr Edding said.

"It's really sad because Christmas is just a few days away. But these things happen beyond our control."

Mr Edding blamed the tragedy on years of logging in the mountains near Anungan.


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Tropopause freeze anomaly & sparkler electrical storms in South Australia


Adapt 2030
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:56 UTC
Tropopause anomaly
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Serious disturbance in the Tropopause where a segment of the atmosphere has dropped super cooled air to the surface of our planet. USA set for all time record cold of -21C in Louisiana and on into Mexico and across the SE USA. Arctic sea ice recovering to nearly the baseline of 1981. Also temperature measurements are being used to still push the CO2 global warming narrative.


Comment: Spectacular 'spider lightning' display turns Adelaide sky pink (VIDEO)

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Record snowfall for Calgary, Canada


Calgary Herald
Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:08 UTC
Road conditions worsen in Calgary
Road conditions worsen in Calgary
As much as 31 centimetres of snow fell across Calgary since Tuesday afternoon, creating commuter headaches and leaving roads and sidewalks dangerously icy.

Data released by Environment Canada indicate southern portions of the city bore the heaviest brunt of the storm, receiving almost twice as much snow as Calgary's northern areas before it tapered off late Wednesday morning.

The storm also broke the day's previous snowfall record of 11.7 cm set in 1953.

Calgary's snowfall was part of a larger system that blanketed much of southwestern Alberta in snow, with the hamlet of Beaver Mines west of Pincher Creek getting as much as 60 cm of precipitation.

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Killer whale calf is found dead after being blown 25 yards onto land after Storm Caroline on Shetland, Scotland

Phoebe Southworth
Daily Mail
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:22 UTC
A killer whale calf is believed to have died in agony after being blown ashore by the ferocious 90mph gales of Storm Caroline
A killer whale calf is believed to have died in agony after being blown ashore by the ferocious 90mph gales of Storm Caroline
A killer whale calf is believed to have died in agony after being blown ashore by the ferocious 90mph gales of Storm Caroline.

Tragic images show the young orca's body on a grassy Shetland shoreline almost three weeks after the storm hit.

The three-metre long whale is thought to have died of dehydration or been crushed by its own body weight after becoming stranded.

It was discovered by a member of the public on the west coast of Shetland's main island at least 25 metres from the shoreline

The orca was probably separated from its mother by the weather, according to the Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary

Hillswick, the island's only wild animal rehabilitation centre, reported the beaching to the Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme (SMAS) who have carried out a post-mortem.
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Cloud Lightning

Spectacular 'spider lightning' display turns Adelaide sky pink (VIDEO)

Daniel Keane
ABC Local
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:27 UTC
Adelaide spider lightning
© YouTube/Storyful (screen capture)
If you needed proof that nothing quite manages to compare with the power of nature, one Adelaide local has provided it, capturing dazzling footage of so-called "spider lightning" over a suburban beach.

The video - shot by Adelaide man Caleb Travis and uploaded to YouTube - shows lightning illuminating the sky over Glenelg.

The lightning leaves a lasting trace as it forks and snakes across the sky, and was filmed during Monday night's thunderstorms over the city.

The Bureau of Meteorology said two lines of thunderstorms moved across Adelaide on Monday night, and more than 280,000 lightning strikes were recorded over 24 hours around the state and over coastal waters.

"We wouldn't see that very often. It was a pretty dynamic system as it moved across so it was electrically active for a long period of time," senior forecaster Vince Rowlands said.


Comment: See also: Electric universe: Lightning strength and frequency increasing and Picket fence auroras and plasma ropes, electrical phenomenon in Earth's skies intensifies

The Electric Universe model is clearly explained, with a lot more relevant information, in the book Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.

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Cloud Lightning

Severe thunderstorms hit Victoria, Australia

Stephanie Chalkley-Rhoden
ABC Local
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:30 UTC
Melbourne experienced large hail
© Twitter: Jenna BlythA number of suburbs across Melbourne experienced large hail.
Victorians are cleaning up after severe thunderstorms swept across the state, bringing strong winds and rain that has damaged houses and uprooted trees.

The State Emergency Service (SES) said they had received hundreds of calls for assistance after storms brewed on yesterday afternoon.

A severe thunderstorm warning for damaging winds, heavy rain and large hailstones remains current for much of the state.

More than 30,000 homes properties are still without power, down from about 100,000 around the state last night.

Power was also out in parts of suburban Melbourne but the impact was far less significant.

The weather bureau's Dean Stewart said Melbourne received 20 millimetres of rain within 15 minutes, causing flash flooding in many suburbs.

"The highest wind gust in the state was up at Kilmore Gap to the north of Melbourne - 117 kilometre per hour - but a lot of towns reported gusts over 100kph, [followed by] Wangaratta with 113kph, Bendigo 111kph, Mangalore 107kph, Laverton 98kph," he said.
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Cow

CO2 meat tax, more sun halos & heavy snow hits Germany


Adapt 2030
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 05:57 UTC
Meat tax
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
New CO2 tax planned for meat producers and consumers globally to hit IPCC targets. Massive blizzard across European Alps stops fuel deliveries in Germany. Hail blankets the desert in UAE and Oman along with biblical flooding. Out of season typhoon and way south latitude track across Philippines. Sun halos across the planet. Our atmosphere is changing with the intensifying grand solar minimum.

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Brazilian DJ Kaleb Freitas killed as stage collapses in storm at music festival

Katie Scott
globalnews.ca
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:44 UTC
freitas dj accident
DJ Kaleb Freitas has been killed and three others are injured after part of a stage collapsed during a storm at the Brazil Atmosphere Festival on Dec. 17.

The accident was captured by people in the crowd at the electronic music festival in Esteio near the southern city of Porto Alegre in Brazil.

The fan-caught footage shows the moment when the stage buckles and falls over while a crowd of around 5,000 people watched.


Comment: Forgive us while we go biblical...
Matthew 24:38

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark...


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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes man to death in Zambia


Lusaka Times
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:29 UTC
lightning
A 22 year old man of Lupili compound in Luwingu district has died after lightning struck him at the weekend.

Northern Province Deputy Police Commissioner Edwin Bwanga confirmed the development to Zambia News and Information Service in Luwingu today saying the incident happened on Saturday in the afternoon.

Mr. Bwanga named the deceased as Shame Mwape 22 who was struck by lightning in Maiteneke compound where he was working as a casual work of Freshino's company Limited engaged by China Henan Construction Company to construct drainages on the township roads.

It is alleged that Mwape was drawing rain water pouring from the roof of the building before he met his fate on Saturday afternoon around 15:00 hours.
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Cloud Precipitation

More than 30 dead, 90k evacuated after Tropical Storm Urduja (Kai-Tak) hits Philippines

Jonathan Belles
The Weather Channel
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 09:30 UTC
Tropical Depression Urduja hits Philippines
© AFP PHOTO / ALREN BERONIOA mother sits with her children on fallen banana trees in Barangay San Mateo Borongan in eastern Samar on December 17, 2017, after Tropical Depression Urduja (International name Kai-Tak) blew through the area.
More than 30 people in the Philippines and have been killed and others are missing after Tropical Storm Kai-Tak drenched the country with heavy rainfall that caused flooding and landslides.

Kai-Tak, known as Urduja in the Philippines, has been crawling slowly westward over the Philippines since late last week. Eastern portions of Visayas, including Samar, have received more than 35 inches of rainfall since Dec. 13.

Sofronio Dacillo Jr., a disaster-response officer, said 26 villagers died and 23 others were missing mostly due to landslides in different areas in the island province of Biliran.

At least seven other people were killed in landslides and floods in four central areas due to Kai-tak.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said it was trying to confirm the reported deaths caused by the storm, which forced more than 89,000 people to flee to emergency shelters. Thousands of Christmas holiday travelers were stranded due to canceled inter-island ferries and flights.


Comment: Deadly Tropical Storm Urduja (Kai-Tak) dumps over 1000 mm of rain on Philippines

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