It seems this year there has had a record number of record breaking weather events all over the world. I wonder if it is natural, or part of this 'Weather Wars' we are seemingly taking part in. Perhaps a bit of both...
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It seems this year there has had a record number of record breaking weather events all over the world. I wonder if it is natural, or part of this 'Weather Wars' we are seemingly taking part in. Perhaps a bit of both...
maybe the thermal properties of the oil in the gulf has already started affecting the natural heating cooling of the oceans (aside from other more obvious effects) and has assisted increased temperatures further afield ...only a theory (the day after tomorrow)
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Grim search resumes after Ark. floods
Campground death toll at 17; two dozen unaccounted for
CADDO GAP, Ark. - Rescue crews on foot and in kayaks, horseback and ATVs resumed searching Saturday for campers still missing after flash floods swept through a popular campground, killing at least 17 people. About two dozen people were unaccounted for, authorities said.
"There's about 20 miles of river to cover," Capt. Mike Fletcher of the Arkansas State Police told reporters. "It’s a very rugged terrain. It's just going to be very time-consuming."
The pre-dawn Friday surge along the Caddo and Little Missouri rivers caught sleeping campers in and around the Albert Pike Recreation Area by surprise, leaving them little time to try to scramble in the darkness to higher ground and safety.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37637416/ns/us_news-life
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I just ran across this and thought it was interesting. What would cause water to flow between a glacier and the volcano on which it sits? Maybe heat? duh....
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Thousands of 'ice quakes' detected on Mount Rainier
by GLENN FARLEY / KING 5 News
KING5.com
Posted on June 9, 2010 at 5:51 PM
Updated Wednesday, Jun 9 at 9:43 PM
SEATTLE - You can see them on the seismometers at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington. There are thousands of them - little squiggles that come every few minutes. Scientists call them "ice quakes" along with a few other names.
"We think it's glacial noise coming from the bottom of a glacier." said Dr. Steve Malone, a UW professor emeritus and expert on the seismicity of volcanoes. Among other things, he tracked the buildup to the explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
But Malone does not think Mount Rainier is coming back to life because of where the quakes are, high on the mountain and on the surface of the rock, not deep down inside where signs of moving magma would be detected.
The signature on the seismometer is also different. Where volcanic earthquakes start with a sudden bang and then peter out, these start with a whimper, get bigger and then trail off.
There's another one every few minutes, but they are small, less than a magnitude 1. In other words, they can't be felt.
They are also showing up on just three seismometers higher up on the mountain, one of them located near a popular stopping point for climbers known as Camp Muir.
They have been seen before. There were similar swarms in 1990 and 1998, but not this long. This latest wave began on May 21, faded away as June began and has picked up to a steady clip ever since.
"It's interesting. It's one of these scientific curiosities," said Malone.
Wes Thelen with the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash. says there's been nothing unusual noted at the surface by park rangers. But the exact nature of what's going on between the mountain and its glaciers is still a mystery.
Glaciers move, but the last swarm of "ice quakes" like this occurred in 1998, 12 years ago. Thelen says the working theory is that water is moving between the glacier and the rock.
Scientists also don't believe the quakes had anything to do with a fatal avalanche last Saturday. They say these quakes are between the glacier and the rocks. The avalanche was at the surface during avalanche-prone conditions.
1.3 million flee as China flooding kills 155
The Associated Press
BEIJING Unusually heavy seasonal flooding in China has killed at least 155 people and forced more than 1 million to flee as water levels in some areas reached at their highest in more than a decade, the government reported Saturda
Read more: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/0...#ixzz0qrAPuiDv
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Season’s first tropical depression may soon arrive
by Kate Spinner
There’s a 60 percent chance that the Atlantic will see its first tropical depression of the year within two days, according to the latest Tropical Weather Outlook from the National Hurricane season.
The large area of clouds and thunderstorms is located about 10 degrees north of the equator, about halfway between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles. Atmospheric moisture and instability surrounding the storm system give it a high chance of becoming stronger, according to the hurricane center discussion.
http://hurricanereport.blogs.heraldt...y-soon-arrive/
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This just came in on u tube , i too have had these dreams ,so i feel i need to post this ,,,just in case ,,sorry if it turns out to be nothing ,,,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3cMOJR_a_Nc&NR=1
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Earthquakes shake California-Mexico border
A moderate earthquake rattled Southern California Monday evening, just north of the Mexican border, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The magnitude 5.7 quake stuck at 9:26 p.m. PT and was centered 70 miles east of San Diego, California. At least 20 other quakes shook the border region in an hour's time, measuring between magnitude 2.6 and 3.9.
Authorities throughout Southern California reported no damage in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake
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Powerful earthquakes shake Indonesian coast, kill 2 people
CNN) -- At least two people were killed after four earthquakes struck within an hour's time near the northern coast of Papua, Indonesia, midday Wednesday, authorities said. A fifth and sixth quake hit the region a few hours later.
"Two people dead, 20 houses collapsed" on the island of Yapen, according to Papua police spokesman Wachyono, who goes by a single name. There were also reports of fires burning, he added.
A 6.4 magnitude quake quake struck at 12:06 p.m. local time, followed by a more powerful 7.0 magnitude quake 10 minutes later, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Within the next 42 minutes, a 5.1 magnitude quake also rattled the region, along with a magnitude 6.2 quake. Weaker quakes of magnitude 4.9 and 4.8 hit the area after 3 p.m.
The epicenters of the earthquakes were clustered within 90 kilometers (56 miles) of each other and some 180 kilometers (110 miles) north of Enarotali, Indonesia.
"People ran out of their houses and headed for higher ground in fear of a tsunami," said Denni Siregar, the police chief of Yapen Island sector, which lies near the epicenters. "There's no injuries reported yet but at least one house is damaged."
A tsunami watch that was issued by the Indonesian Meteorological Agency was later lifted.
Indonesia is on the so-called Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude underwater earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in 14 countries.
The tsunami, which washed away entire communities, caused nearly $10 billion in damage and more casualties than any other tsunami in history, according to the United Nations. Indonesia was among the hardest hit nations.
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Heavy flooding in France: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-2001954.html
Also: http://www.euronews.net/2010/06/16/d...uthern-france/Quote:
11 killed in flash floods in France
AP
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
At least 11 people have been killed and two are missing after flash floods caused by powerful rainstorms in south-east France, regional officials said today.
Unusually heavy rain in the Var region has transformed streets into muddy rivers that swept up trees, cars and other objects. Floodwaters in the city of Draguignan were about 6.5 feet high.
A regional official told France-Info radio that 1,200 people had spent the night in shelters.
Tens of thousands of people are without electricity, and some schools in the region are closed.
President Nicolas Sarkozy sent condolences to the region's residents and thanked the emergency response personne
Heavy rain forecast to last until Friday is bad news for Saskatchewan farmers
There are 10 million unseeded acres in the province, says agriculture analyst Larry Weber.
"This is the most unplanted acres we've had in the history of our province," said Weber.
Only 70 per cent of the 2010 crop has been seeded, notes Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud. If the latest weather forecast holds, farmers won't get much more than that in the field. "I'll have to commend farmers' efforts if we manage to get 75-per-cent seeded," he said
Read more: http://www.leaderpost.com/Gloomy+for...#ixzz0r2l3Y8SF
European flooding
June 16, 2010
Over the past month, heavy rainfall from different storms across parts of Europe has caused massive amounts of flooding - some water moving slowly across river plains and farmland, some moving swiftly through cities and villages. Dozens have lost their lives, many thousands evacuated their homes, some repeatedly - Poland in particular is suffering its worst flooding in decades. More recently, parts of Spain and France have experienced flash floods that have carried away people and vehicles. Collected here are some images of the flooding in Europe from the past several weeks. (42 photos total)
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http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/b...opean-flooding
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Erupting Volcanoes...
http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_eruptions.cfm
Year
2010---14 And we still have 6 months to go!!!
2009----6
2008----9
2007----2
2006----1
2005----2
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Flash Floods Kill Dozens In Southern China
Floods have killed at least 88 people and left 48 missing amid torrential downpours that have forced around three-quarters of a million people in China to flee their homes.
The rain has been virtually unrelenting since Sunday and with further rain forecast the disaster is set to worsen.
China's second-largest waterway, the Pearl River, which crosses the south, could burst its banks at any time after the water level passed warning markers on Thursday.
In the southeastern province of Fujian alone, 25 people were reported to have died in landslides caused by the rains and 15 more were said to be missing.
State television broadcast images of a bridge in a Fujian town collapsing as water battered its foundations.
In neighbouring Guangdong province houses were shown almost entirely submerged.
Meanwhile, diggers in nearby Jiangxi were seen clearing roads of huge rocks caused by landslides and workers hung off poles as they tried to restore the electricity.
The National Meteorological Centre has issued an orange storm alert - just one level lower than a red alert.
It said: "There will be heavy rain over the next three days, and flood-control work will face enormous challenges."
Some of the rainfall in the south was up to three times greater than normal years, the meteorological centre said.
The latest statement from the nation's civil affairs ministry said the cost of the floods had now reached £1.1bn.
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China flood death toll rises to 132
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The death toll from torrential downpours across large swaths of southern China has reached 132 and more storms are forecast in the coming days, authorities say.
The Chinese ministry of water resources said on Sunday that 86 other people were missing and more than 10 million have been affected by the flooding in nine southern provinces.
The country's National Meteorological Centre has issued its highest alert, saying that flood-control work will face enormous challenges.
The thunderstorms have collapsed reservoirs, caused landslides and damaged highways in the country. Economic losses so far are estimated to be around $1.5 billion.
China witnesses major floods annually along the Yangtze and other major rivers, but this year's flooding has been especially heavy, spreading in the south of the country and along the eastern coast.
The flooding follows on the heels of the worst drought in a century for the Chinese southern provinces and regions of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi.
The drought has left millions without drinking water and destroyed more than 5 million hectares of crops.
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Celia becomes season's first hurricane
MIAMI (AP) - Celia was upgraded to hurricane status Sunday as it howled toward open seas, away from Mexico's Pacific coast.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm was expected to gradually strengthen and it already had maximum sustained winds of about 75 mph (120 kph) with higher gusts. The storm is listed as a Category 1 hurricane
Celia was centered about 365 miles (590 kilometers) south of Acapulco Sunday afternoon, the hurricane center said, and it was moving westward at about 7 mph (11 kph).
That course would take toward the open Pacific and forecasters said it posed no immediate threat to land.
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NASA: Solar storm to hit earth in 2013
NASA scientists predict a solar storm will hit the earth in 2013 mostly affecting electronic devices leading to a major catastrophe.
The once-in-a-generation storm, caused by extremely high levels magnetic energy released by solar flares, "will disrupt communication devices such as satellites and car navigations, air travel, the banking system, our computers, everything that is electronic," says Richard Fisher, head of NASA's Heliophysics Division, quoted in a June 14 Daily Telegraph article.
"Large areas will be without electricity power," says Fisher who emphasizes that the emergence of the storm is certain, though its degree of severity cannot be accurately foretold.
The National Academy of Sciences warned two years ago that a strong solar storm could cause "twenty times more economic damage than Hurricane Katrina," which devastated US Gulf of Mexico coastal city of New Orleans in 2005, killing thousands and living an estimated damage of over $125 billion.
According to Fisher, the storm, which will cause the sun to reach temperatures of more than 10,000 F (5,500 C), occurs "only a few times over a person's life."
Every 22 years, according to the report, the Sun's magnetic energy cycle reaches its highest level as the number sun spots - or flares - peaks every 11 years. These two events, says Fisher, "would combine in 2013 to produce huge levels of radiation."
In recent months, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has offered unique photos of sun spots, which release a vast amount of energy as they light up.
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Landslide occurred in Gedabey region.
Official website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports, that the landslide areas in Ayrivang and Shahdag villages of Gadabay region became more active after the heavy rains on June 17-18.
http://www.news.az/articles/17769
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The Trans-Canada Highway at the boundary between Alberta and Saskatchewan remained closed Saturday morning because of flooding, authorities said.
About five kilometres of the highway were flooded because of heavy rain earlier in the week. Detours were set up Friday and remain in place.
Drivers making their way west to Alberta are being redirected to Highway 7.
Other roads in the area were also affected by flooding, including Highway 271 between Maple Creek and Fort Walsh, Sask.
further reading...
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...#ixzz0rSzyhAuH
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Growing concern in Brazil as number of flood victims increase
CNN) -- Officials in Brazil fear the death toll may rise as four days of flooding has punished the northeastern states of Pernambuco and Alagoas, killing 33 people and leaving thousands homeless, officials said.
More than 1,000 people are missing in the state of Alagoas. Some 500 people are unaccounted for in the town of Uniao dos Palmares alone, a state spokesman said.
According to Brazil's civil defense agency, more than 40,000 are homeless.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is meeting in Brasilia with governors of both states and has promised to facilitate emergency funds to help flood victims.
Pernambuco Governor Eduardo Campos -- who flew over the affected areas -- described the situation as "heart-breaking."
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"What we have seen since Friday is more than a horror-film," Campos said in an official statement.
Alagoas Governor Teotonio Vilela Filho traveled through several affected areas an attempted to reassure public.
"I ask you all to remain calm because we are all invested in helping you," he said.
Alagoas state weather officials are forecasting more rain on Tuesday.
Brazil's Center for Climatic Studies (CPTEC) predicted rain above average in the Northeast for the Autum season, which is now coming to an end. Brazil's winter season officially began on June 21.
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Tornado, storms hit Wisconsin, leaving thousands without power
(CNN) -- At least one tornado touched down in the area of Eagle, Wisconsin, a local sheriff's department said Monday night.
The twister leveled at least five homes and knocked out the power for most of Eagle, a village of about 1,700 people in southern Wisconsin, authorities told CNN-affiliate WTMJ.
The tornado hit at 9:16 p.m. (10:16 p.m. ET), said Daniel Trawicki, sheriff of Waukesha County.
Richard Spurrell, president of the village, said it may take until daylight before authorities will be able to determine the full extent of the damage.
"This is the worst one I've seen in a long, long time," Spurrell said. "Stay inside and safe. We will get to your house as soon as we can."
Spurrell said initial reports indicated there were several minor injuries, but no fatalities.
WE Energies said the Monday night storms knocked out power to 46,000 of its customers in Waukesha and surrounding counties. Spokesman Brian McNulty called the outage "pretty significant."
Weekend storms left 27,000 in the dark.
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