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Blizzard dumps three feet of snow in Pakistan

Zubair Ayub
The Express Tribune
Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:29 UTC
Vehicles wait for the snow-covered roads to open in Murree
Vehicles wait for the snow-covered roads to open in Murree
The Galiyat region received first heavy snowfall of the season that left roads blocked, tourists stranded and schools closed.

Galiyat Development Authority (GDA) was making its all-out efforts to clear the roads, spokesman of the GDA said while talking to media.

Clouds dumped over three feet of snow covering the resort towns with a white sheet. As persistently as the snowfall every year, the authorities were stupefied in managing the situation. Roadblocks, power breakdowns and severed supplies continue to dog the mountain communities.

Owing to precarious weather, Abbottabad DC Aurangzab Haider ordered closure of all public sector schools in nine union councils till December 16. These union councils include Beeran Gali, Seer Gharbi, Seer Sharqi, Tajwal, Nathiagali, Nambli Mara, Patan Kalan, Plakh and Nagri Bala.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills woman at bus stop in Zimbabwe


Bulawayo 24 News
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 14:10 UTC
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A 26-year-old died on the spot after a bolt of lightning struck her while she waited for transport to her home at a bus stop in Filabusi.

Sukoluhle Mkandla of Mahole area under Chief Ndube was killed by the lightning bolt which struck her just before it rained at around 3PM on Tuesday.

Matabeleland South acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Loveness Mangena confirmed the incident.

"I can confirm we received a report of death by lightning. The woman was struck while at a bus stop and she died on the spot," she said.
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13th century USA drought, bizarre bird deaths in Sweden & massive winds hit Slovenia


Adapt 2030
Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:12 UTC
dead birds sweden
© Mikael Lind
Native American populations were tracked as suddenly collapsing twice over a 500 year period. They used corn and pottery production to measure populations. Interestingly these correlate to collapses of Chinese dynasties during Grand Solar Minimums. Ice bridge forms from Greenland to Iceland, massive winds in Slovenia, 50+ above normal temperatures and birds freeze and fall from the sky in Sweden.


Comment: See also: Bizarre sight as hundreds of birds found dead on a road in northern Sweden

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Rare snownado filmed at national park in Poland

Ben Hooper
UPI
Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:41 UTC
A rare glimpse at a snownado
A rare glimpse at a snownado
A Polish man walking in a national park captured video of a rare winter weather phenomenon -- a snownado.

Michal Bielas posted a video to Facebook showing the unusual sight that greeted him Monday during a walk in Tatra National Park.

The video depicts a whirlwind rolling through the snow, creating what is known as a snownado or snow devil.
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Destructive tornado rips through South Africa: 50 people injured, 550 homes damaged (VIDEOS)


Sott.net
Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:11 UTC
Tornado damage in Midvaal, South Africa
© Itumeleng English/ANAA tornado ripped through the Vaal in Midvaal, leaving more than 1 100 shack dwellers homeless and destroying many homes.
A destructive tornado ripped through the Vaal Marina area in Midvaal, South Africa on Monday December 11, 2017. Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi said 50 people were injured, more than 550 homes damaged and more than 1100 people displaced following the storm.

Recalling the two to three minute tornado encounter, local resident Nkutha said:
"I have never seen anything like this. Strong winds just started blowing, followed by a hail storm.

"There was no way I could save my shack, so I took my little niece, Owethu, and put her in the food cupboard. I then lifted my skirt and told the other children in the house to hide."
According to local media reports, it blew off roof tops, uprooting trees and destroying fences and walls in its wake. This video shows the extensive damage caused.

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Extreme weather creates chaos across Europe


France 24
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:24 UTC
Cancelled flights at Brussels Airport
© Eric Lalmand, AFPCancelled flights at Brussels Airport December 11 2017
High winds and heavy snow in Europe on Monday stranded thousands of travelers, kept schoolchildren at home and even played havoc with international diplomacy.

It was the second day running of nasty weather across the continent, with Britain still digging out from its deepest snowfall in four years.

The snowed-over runways in Brussels on Monday provoked about 90 flight cancellations and some 100 delays, including for the plane carrying Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back home.

He tweeted a video from his plane that opened with a shot of the white tarmac at the close of his European visit marked by the US recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital.


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Cloud Lightning

Sott Exclusive: Wild mid-summer weather hits Australia - Hailstones the size of tennis balls, a deluge, and over 133,000 lightning strikes (VIDEOS)

Julian Friese
Sott.net
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:36 UTC
Grafton residents were treated to huge chunks of hail.
Grafton residents were treated to huge chunks of hail.
Extreme weather hit the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland this past weekend. The Australian Daily Examiner described the scene in Grafton, New South Wales, where there were:
more than 50 calls for help after a large hail storm caused widespread damage on Saturday afternoon.

A large thunderstorm hit Grafton around 1.20pm, with hail the size of tennis balls battering some parts of the region.

SES Clarence Nambucca region controller Michael Harper said SES resources from neighbouring towns were called in to respond to the large numbers of requests for help.

"We had about 50 or more call outs on Saturday afternoon, and they were virtually all for broken windows, smashed skylights and roof damage," Mr Harper said.

"It was a busy afternoon for them, we had about 10 crews out cleaning up and helping people, with most jobs completed by 10pm that same day, with only one or two left over the finish the next day."

Mr Harper said Saturday's hail storm was the first major storm to hit Grafton since the start of the storm season.

"There were hail stones up to seven to eight centimetres in size which is quite large," he said.

"The storm went for about 15 or 20 minutes, and in that time it did cause some damage.
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Snowflake

More atmospheric compression snow and rain events happening across the planet


Adapt 2030
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:37 UTC
Heavy snow in Artvin, Turkey
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)Heavy snow in Artvin, Turkey
Second atmospheric snow compression event in a week, first Alaska, now Turkey. Record snow across the S.E.. USA and Mexico, all time record rains in Mumbai India and an increase in the Grand Solar Minimum effects. Out of season everything across the planet, the jet streams are no longer stable.


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Heaviest snowfall in four years brings travel chaos to UK

Tom Herbert
Metro
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:48 UTC
UK travel chaos
© ReutersA lorry jackknifed on the A50 near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire
In case you hadn't noticed, it's snowing today.

And it seems to be pretty heavy in places, with some areas of the country cut off, parts of the London Underground shut, airports closed and a lot of disruption elsewhere.

But just how heavy is the snowfall? Well, according to experts we haven't seen weather like this in the south for four years.

So yeah, it's pretty snowy out there today.

The Met Office told Metro.co.uk that you have to go all the way back to 2013 to get similar weather in the region.

Places like Wales and Shawbury in Shropshire experienced around 15cm of the white stuff, and some Welsh hills even experienced around 80cm of snow. Incredible.

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Atmospheric compression snow event in Alaska and earliest ever snow in Texas

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:30 UTC
Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
© Alaska Department of Transportation and Public FacilitiesSnow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
What can only be described as an atmospheric compression snow event has just occurred in Alaska. The most snow fell ever recorded in 90 minutes. Even in the snowiest city in the USA , they termed this event as extreme. Super cooled ice bows in Finland, atmospheric compression event in Australia with record floods in Victoria. Earliest snow on record in Texas that knocked out power to 88,000 homes with record cold in Mexico.


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Comment: See also: Alaska records one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record, 10 inches per hour; highway near Valdez under 20 foot of snow

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