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Torrential downpours and mudslides: At least 6 dead in Honduras after tropical storm Michael


TeleSUR
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
A view of the ovCholuteca river rains Tegucigalpa Honduras Oct. 6 2018
© ReutersA view of the overflowing Choluteca river after heavy rains in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Oct. 6, 2018.
Tropical Storm Michael has rained on Honduras for days, killing at least 6 and forcing over 3,200 to evacuate their homes. Several departments are on red alert.

Honduras continues to get hard hit by two low-pressure systems - one from the Caribbean and the other from the Pacific - creating torrential downpours and mudslides that have killed at least six people since Thursday and left another missing, according to local media.

The heaviest rains are falling mainly around the capital of Tegucigalpa and two departments that border the Pacific coast, areas that President Juan Orlando Hernandez placed on red alert on Oct. 6. The rest of the country remains under green alert.

Over 7,000 people have been negatively affected so far by the rains and mudslides that the Permanent Risk Commission of Honduras (Copeco) reports are the result of Tropical Storm Michael. Accuweather reports that the tropical storm is quickly turning into a hurricane and is predicted to affect Cuba and Jamaica before heading up the Atlantic coast of the United States this week.
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Lightning bolt kills two siblings, injures one in Uganda

Denis Omony
Daily Monitor
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:47 UTC
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Lightning has killed two siblings and left another injured in Patrira West village, Purongo Sub-county in Nwoya District.

Those who were killed on Sunday afternoon are Aron Rwot Omara, 4; and his brother Patrick Otema ,18. Ambrose Ogenrwot,3; was seriously injured.

They were struck inside a hut where they had taken shelter following a rainstorm.

Purongo Sub-county chairman, Mr Ben Okot Lutinga said the incident was unfortunate for the family that lost young members at once.

Comment: The following day (8th Oct) in Pakistan lightning strikes killed two people.

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Florida urges residents to brace for 'life-threatening' hurricane Michael


BBC
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:42 UTC
Hurricane Michael
© NOAAClouds cover nearly all of Florida in this US government satellite image
Officials are warning residents along Florida's gulf coast to prepare for a possibly "life-threatening hurricane", which is due to strike later this week.

Hurricane Michael may reach category three strength before it arrives in Florida, possibly on Wednesday, and will then move up the US East Coast.

Michael, which is the 13th named storm of the season, is already lashing Cuba with strong winds and heavy rains.

Officials in areas hit by Hurricane Florence warn of damage from the rains.

North Carolina may receive 1 to 3in (2 to 7cm) of rain, officials say, which could trigger flash flooding due to the existing level of saturation in the ground from Hurricane Florence, which struck North and South Carolina last month.

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Storm Michael: Midterm campaigning in disarray after Florida governor declares state of emergency


RT
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 15:28 UTC
Florida National Guard
© Phelan Ebenhack / ReutersFILE PHOTO: Members of the Florida National Guard
Florida has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Michael which is due to hit the US coast next week. The cyclone has already affected some of the campaign trails of the 2018 midterm election hopefuls.

On Sunday, Republican Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in 26 counties in the Florida Panhandle and in Big Bend, ahead of Tropical Storm Michael, which is now making its way through the Gulf of Mexico. Fearing that the natural calamity could become a Category 2 hurricane with winds up to 100 mph by the time it makes landfall next Wednesday, Scott has mobilized some 500 National Guard troops to assist with planning and logistics. An additional 5,500 guard members could be available for deployment if needed.

Comment: Caribbean depression forecast to be a tropical storm, may develop into Hurricane Michael

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Cloud Lightning

Two children struck dead by lightning bolt in Kenya

Robert Kiplagat
Standard Digital
Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:33 UTC
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A family in Emarti, Trans Mara West Sub County, is mourning after their two children were struck dead by lightning.

Two women escaped with injuries during the incident which occurred as they sheltered from rain inside their huts.

Area Assistant Chief Samuel ole Musekenya said the deceased were pupils at Emarti Primary School. The boys had returned from school when tragedy struck.

Mr. Musekenya confirmed that bodies of the deceased were immediately buried in their father's farm after the ugly incident as the Maa community believe that a person who dies in such incidents is a bad omen in the society and keeping such bodies for a long time would result to more deaths in the family.
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Walaka and Kong-rey become first simultaneous Category 5 storms in 13 Years

Chris Dolce
Weather Channel
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 05:55 UTC
Simultaneous Cat 5 storms
© NOAA/RAMMBSimultaneous Cat 5s: Super Typhoon Kong-rey (left) and Hurricane Walaka (right) roil the Pacific Ocean at 10 pm EDT October 1, 2018.
Hurricane Walaka and Super Typhoon Kong-rey attained Category 5 strength in the Pacific Ocean on Monday, marking the first time in 13 years two storms of that intensity have roamed the tropics simultaneously.

Walaka was deemed a Category 5 by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center at 8 p.m. EDT Monday while it was well to the southwest of Hawaii. Kong-rey hit this top rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale a few hours later at 11 p.m. EDT Monday, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Category 5 tropical cyclones have maximum sustained winds of 157+ mph.

Kong-rey and Walaka did not remain a duo of Category 5 tropical cyclones very long. Both were downgraded to strong Category 4 storms at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday.

The last time two Category 5 strength typhoons or hurricanes coexisted was July 17, 2005, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a tropical scientist at Colorado State University. On that day Hurricane Emily was raging through the western Caribbean as Super Typhoon Haitang pushed toward Taiwan over the western Pacific waters.

Comment: See also: The Day After Tomorrow? A record 7 named storms are whirling across the globe and Unseen in 35 years: Veteran weather reporter on oceans 'exploding with cyclonic activity'.

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Rain bomb explodes over drought stricken Sydney dropping a month of rain in 24 hours

Charlie Coe
Daily Mail
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 03:44 UTC
sydney rain bomb
© AAPParts of the east coast are bracing for wild weather heading into the weekend - accompanied by strong winds
A massive rain bomb has exploded over the east coast of Australia, but it will not be enough to save the crops of drought-hit farmers inland.

Sydney was hit with a month's worth of rain over the last 24 hours and the Bureau of Meteorology said region could see a further 40mm on Friday.

But inland areas of New South Wales like Bathurst and the Central Tablelands have missed out, with the former receiving just 10mm on Thursday.

Zhi-Weng Chua, duty forecaster at the BoM, said western parts of the state would remain largely dry on Friday and predicted only isolated showers in the northern tablelands.

'We're expecting heavy rainfall in the Sydney basin area on Friday, but that's not really going to affect areas further west,' Mr Chua said.

He added, though, that Armidale in the central tablelands could see around 10mm of rain on Friday.

Comment: With predictions that atmospheric rivers will increase in the coming years, we can expect only more chaos to occur with our food supply. Most crops depend on regular intervals of rain in order to thrive, and with a future promising extensive periods of drought followed by flooding, not only will the crop not grow but the impact on the soil could be catastrophic: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: TSI decreasing Southern Hemisphere affected by intensifying Grand Solar Minimum


Adapt 2030
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:08 UTC
Al Gore ice melt
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
TSI forecast out to 2030 indicates that cooler conditions will envelop our planet and expect more sea ice, shorter growing seasons and decreasing global temperatures. Australia loses more wheat crops due to cold.


Comment: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Elements of the Grand Solar Minimum easily explained

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Moving to higher ground: Flooding along the US' coastal areas is fueling a mass migration inland

Oliver Milman
The Guardian
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:00 UTC
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Comment: The following article is awash in global warming hysteria and its predicted catastrophes. Just remember when reading this that although sea levels have been slightly rising, that trend may be reversing. Ice is now growing at both poles (except for areas such as West Antarctica, where undersea volcanoes are providing a heat source) and scientists have noted that the earth is undergoing a major cooling event; many are warning that we are facing an impending ice age. Yes, coastal areas are flooding (and so are other areas). These 'once in a lifetime' floods that are becoming increasingly common along with other extreme weather patterns have nothing to do with rising CO2 levels or man-made global warming, but are part of a natural cyclical pattern. For a much more comprehensive explanation of these changes, read Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection - a review can be found here.


After her house flooded for the third year in a row, Elizabeth Boineau was ready to flee. She packed her possessions into dozens of boxes, tried not to think of the mold and mildew-covered furniture and retreated to a second-floor condo that should be beyond the reach of pounding rains and swelling seas.

Boineau is leaving behind a handsome, early 20th-century house in Charleston, South Carolina, the shutters painted in the city's eponymous shade of deep green. Last year, after Hurricane Irma introduced 8in of water into a home Boineau was still patching up from the last flood, local authorities agreed this historic slice of Charleston could be torn down.

"I was sloshing through the water with my puppy dog, debris was everywhere," she said. "I feel completely sunken. It would cost me around $500,000 to raise the house, demolish the first floor. I'm going to rent a place instead, on higher ground."

Millions of Americans will confront similarly hard choices as climate change conjures up brutal storms, flooding rains, receding coastlines and punishing heat. Many are already opting to shift to less perilous areas of the same city, or to havens in other states. Whole towns from Alaska to Louisiana are looking to relocate, in their entirety, to safer ground.

Comment: People might want to consider moving away from low-lying coastal areas due to the threat of extreme storms, but as mentioned above there is no evidence to suggest that 'global warming' is behind these weather patterns. Extremes of both heat and cold have been witnessed and are all part of a natural process that cannot be halted by ludicrous schemes to reduce greenhouse gasses.

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Ice Age Farmer Report: "End of the World?" - 'Deep adaptation' vs Grand Solar Minimum


Ice Age Farmer
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:57 UTC
crop damage
Media screams IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! (...but only for alarmists!) "Deep Adaptation" incorporates Agenda 21 + GSM preparedness -- can you see through their ruse?

Denmark announces worst crop yields in 100 years as global temperatures continue their decline.

Christian picks apart the alarmist fear mongering -- the world is not ending. BUT IT IS CHANGING...and so must you.


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