Earth Changes 2010 to Date

The nine billion-dollar weather disasters of 2011 (so far); Invest 90L rises again

By Dr. Jeff Masters
Published: 9:32 PM GMT on July 27, 2011
It's been an unprecedented year for weather disasters in the United States, with the dangerous portion of hurricane season still to come. We've already seen nine billion-dollar weather disasters so far in 2011. The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) June disaster report estimates that, through May, 2011 is the costliest year since they began tracking billion-dollar disasters in 1980. The cost of the disasters through May could be as high as $32 billion, compared to a typical year-to-date cost of $6 billion. 2011 to-date now ties the entire year of 2008 for the most billion-dollar weather disasters in one year. Of course, this number could go up if we see some hurricane landfalls this year.

Here are NCDC's estimates of the top-end damages from 2011's billion-dollar weather disasters so far:

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Missouri River Flooding
Snowfall was abnormally heavy in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Wyoming this past winter (over 200% of average), and record rains fell over the Upper Midwest this Spring, the effects of which continue to be felt along the Missouri River. In May, the Army Corps of engineers began releasing a record amount of water through the dams above Gavins Point, including the Garrison Dam in Central North Dakota. The flooding has kept many bridges closed, making it impossible to cross the river for a hundred miles at a time in some places.

Texas Drought & Wildfires
Texas is in the midst of one of the worst droughts of its history. As of June 28, 2011, 91% of Texas was in extreme or greater drought, and 47% of the state was in an "exceptional drought," the most severe category. In April and May of 2011, wildfires burned over 3 million acres across the state. The governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has declared a State of Disaster every month since December 2010. As of June 16, NCDC estimates that the drought and fires in Texas have cost $3.0 billion—an amount that is likely to rise as the event continues.

Mississippi River Flooding
Between the spring snow-melt and two storms that dumped massive amounts of rain in the Mississippi watershed in April, the Mississippi was in for a flood of record proportions. The river began to bulge by the beginning of May, flooding every state from Illinois to Louisiana and Mississippi. A federal disaster was declared by the President in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. In an effort to save Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Spillway on May 14, which flooded 4,600 square miles of Louisiana. The NCDC estimates $4 billion in damages from this flood, although the final amount might not be fully realized yet.

Midwest/Southeast Tornado Outbreak (May 22-27)
This six-day tornado outbreak killed approximately 180 people, and includes the EF-5 tornadoes that rolled through Joplin, Missouri on May 22, and El Reno, Oklahoma on May 24. Tornadoes in this storm were spawned from central Texas to the Upper Midwest. The whole event is estimated to have done $7 billion in damages.

2011 Super Outbreak (April 25-30)
Most of the tornadoes spawned in this storm happened in the Southeast, from Mississippi to Virginia, though a total of 334 tornadoes have been confirmed in 21 states from Texas to New York. April 27th, in particular, was a notably destructive and deadly day, as 188 tornadoes touched down in the Southeast, four of which were rated EF-5. The NCDC estimates that the Super Outbreak resulted in at least $5.5 billion in damages.

Midwest/Southeast Tornado Outbreak (April 14-16)
This storm generated at least 200 tornadoes across 16 states in mid-April, leading to 38 deaths. The system moved quickly from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic, where the most notable tornado of the outbreak occurred near Raleigh, North Carolina. This tornado was rain-wrapped as it headed in the direction of Raleigh, and was later rated an EF-3. The NCDC estimates that this outbreak resulted in $2 billion in damages.

Southeast/Midwest Severe Storms (April 8-11)
Tornadoes were reported in Virginia and Iowa from April 8-11. A significant day of severe weather occurred on April 9th, as a powerful storm over the Upper Midwest spawned tornadoes in Iowa. The strongest of these tornadoes was the huge, 3/4 mile-wide tornado that plowed through the tiny town of Mapleton, Iowa on Saturday evening, leaving a trail of destruction 3.5 miles long. The tornado, preliminarily rated as an EF-3 with 136 - 165 mph winds, flattened 20% of the town of 1200 residents and damaged half of the buildings. The NCDC estimates that this weekend of severe weather caused $2.2 billion in damages.

Midwest/Southeast Severe Storms (April 4-5)
Damaging straight-line winds and tornadoes were spawned by a storm that pushed through the central U.S. in early April. Power outages were extensive across the southern and eastern U.S., and many people were killed by falling trees and branches. Tornadoes touched down in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi. 1,318 reports of damaging wind were submitted to local Weather Service offices on April 4th alone. The NCDC estimates that this tornado and wind event caused $2 billion in damages.

Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011
This storm stretched from northeast Mexico to Canada, but is most memorable for its effect on Chicago, where 1-2 feet of snow fell, combined with winds over 60 mph which led to blizzard conditions. 21.2 inches of snow fell at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, making it the third largest snowfall total in Chicago history. Blizzard conditions were reported in many other large cities during the storm's lifetime, including Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, and New York. This storm also brought ice and wintry mix as far south as Albuquerque, Dallas, and Houston. At least 36 deaths were caused by this storm, most of which were vehicle-related. NCDC estimates this storm did at least $3.9 billion in damage.

NHC Invest 90L, Born Again

Invest 90L spiked in thunderstorm activity and circulation yesterday, leading NHC to re-invest the system. 90L is still south of Cuba moving ever-so-slowly to the west. While low level (850mb) circulation has increased since yesterday morning, the system is tilted southeast with height. This is likely due to the westerly wind shear it's facing right now. As the system moves into the Gulf, shear will become more favorable (if there's shear present, easterly is better than westerly). The wave is still moist and moisture is expected to remain high (4 to 5.5 g/kg specific humidity) as it tracks into the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/Jef...?entrynum=1856

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(NaturalNews) Bizarre reports of weather extremes continue to come in from all over the world. As the northern hemisphere bakes in record breaking heat the southern half of our earth is suffering record breaking cold. In South Africa, for instance they have just experienced one of the worst storms and extreme weather conditions with snow and ice in areas never seen before. A week of the COLDEST freezing weather in 100 years has created a national emergency with roads closed everywhere with thousands of motorists stranded.

Dreadful Combination of Man and Nature

Russel Meadwrites, "Politics, economics, international relations, religion: Everything in our world is getting weirder, and the weirding is happening faster all the time. This change is rapidly propelling us into a century that will be radically different from everything humanity has known before. We have all been given tickets on the wildest rollercoaster ride in the history of Planet Earth. Our governing classes, our academics, our journalists, and our professionals mostly hate this and, with eyes firmly fixed in the rear view mirror, try to pretend that the world of the 20th century can never, will never break up."

Climate catastrophes, harvest failures, droughts, dust and firestorms are raining misery on an increasingly unstableearth. What do we expect when our entire planet has shifted on its axis and unexplainable increases in gamma radiation are being detected, both affecting theweather? Everything is changing around us; even thousands of miles beneath our feet the earth is rumbling loudly with a record number of volcanoes now in various stages of eruption. Floods, tornadoes,earthquakes, tsunamis and other extreme weather have left a trail of destruction during the first half of2011.

There were jaw-dropping heat indexes -- measured as
a combination of temperature and humidity -- across the
Midwest.It felt like 131 degrees in Knoxville, in central
Iowa, and 124 in Freeport, Ill., the Weather Service said.

These "extreme weather" events will become more numerous and deadly as atmosphericconditionsacross the planet become more and more unstable. The sheer force of Nature is increasing (for some reason) and she is deadly, often striking without warning. In the space of hours or even minutes, in the case of tornadoes, unbridled forces ofnaturecan obliterate everything man has created.It's time to face the fact that the weather has changed dramatically in a very short period of time and it's threatening to spin out of control.

In Chicago those looking for some kind of a break from the heat of the last week got it overnight -- a rainstorm that dropped temperatures into the low 70s. But like the heat wave that preceded it, this rainstorm was anything but ordinary. According to ChicagoWeatherCenter.com, the total rainfall at O'Hare -- 6.91 inches as of about 6:50 a.m. -- is thelargest single-dayrainfallsince records began in 1871.-Chicago Tribune

Reports of these kinds of storms have been pouring in from all around the world. Somepeopleare calling them cloudburst storms, which are very intense thunderstorms. In many instances these storms appear to come out of nowhere. Most of them develop late at night where the atmosphere has been heated by record daytime temperatures.They are characterized by very intense lightning strikes. Some unleash hailstones and monstrous amounts of rainfall that often lead to dramatic flash-flooding events like we witness in the video below where we actually see, to our horror, people getting swept away by a very sudden flood.

Video:Patalpani Accident, Indore India (Live)

Climate change is dramatically increasing the scale ofnaturaldisasters threatening worldsecurityas predicted years ago by a 2007 Pentagon study. Though science cannot yet explain all the reasons behind the radicalchangesin the world's climate, "a changing climate is a reality," and one thateffects all sectors of society, saidAchim Steiner, director of the U.N. Environment Program.

While Chicago dealt with too muchwater, Arkansas was preparing for forest fires due todrought. Fires have been burning down millions of acres around the world. Some 40,000 wildfires have torched over 5.8 million in the United States alone and conditions threaten to worsen through thesummermonths.

The hot weather in the nation's breadbasket also posed athreatto farmers' top cash crop,corn, as it enters its key growth stage of pollination. The wet spring led to late planting of corn, and dry hot weather was adding concerns. "Right now we are seeing real stress in the corn plants," said Mark White, adviser to the Missouri Corn Growers Association. Drought, unlike earthquakes, hurricanes and other rapid-moving weather, could become a permanent condition in some regions.

Temperatures in many states have spiked to more than 100 degrees for days at a stretch. And the day of dust storms is suddenly back as dryness overtakes much of the country. Dozens of wildfires raged across much of northwestern Ontario on the weekend as hot, dry weather swept the province, leaving forests tinder-dry. The provincial Ministry of Natural Resources says there are 92 active fires burning in the remote northwestern region.

Floods

Overnight rains dumped nearly seven inches of rain on Chicago
early Saturday, breaking a record for the city, canceling flights,
and causing parts of highways and train lines to shut down.

July 18, 2011-SCOTLAND- A flashfloodcreated havoc for residents and businesses in Perth by turning streets into rivers. About a foot of water collected in some places around East Bridge Street during the one-hour downpour. Chris McCulloch, 44, said: "I'venever seen rain like it inScotland. All the streets coming down off the hill turned into streams." -BBC

July 13, 2011-CANADA- Heavy rains in central Alberta causedfloodingin the town of Eckville Monday. "People are just kind of dumbstruck," resident Sharon Walker said. "We have had washouts of roads. Some people have got 10 to 14 inches of water in their basements ...we've never seen anything like it." On the same day we saw flashfloodsin New Brighton Minnesota burying people and cars waist-high in water.

July 12, 2011-NIGERIA- Lagos experiences 178 mm of rain in 18 hours. It was destructive, but the rains will boost harvest. The Sunday heavy downpour that continued up until yesterday has thrown some families into mourning as no fewer than ten persons lost their lives in the accompanying floods. Last Sunday Lagos experienced a torrential downpour that literally grounded the entire city, sacking homes and paralyzing economic activities. -Business Day

July 10, 2011-SEOUL, (Yonhap) - At least eight people were killed and four were missing after torrential rains hit southern parts of South Korea over the weekend, emergency officials said Sunday. Since Friday, as much as 40 centimeters of rain has fallen in South Gyeongsang and Jeolla provinces,leaving tens of thousands of hectares offarmlandsubmergedand nearly 90 homes flooded. -Yonhap News

July 22, 2011-PYONGYANG(BNO NEWS) - Heavy rains and resulting landslides last week have caused widespread damage in parts of North Korea. Some areas received more than 400 millimeters (15.7 inches) of rain. "Footage from other regions showed flooded fields and damaged crops. Landslides in Sunchon, Tokchon and Pukchang destroyed bridges and railways, scores of homes, public buildings, roads, andtens of thousands of hectares of farmland. Dozens of coalmines were also flooded throughout the country." -Irish Weather Online

It's not just extreme weather but changes in an areas basic climate that is concerning people. For instance lengths ofwinter, summer and rainy seasons inBangladeshhave increased, while spring has decreased, changes that are likely to have an adverse impact on agriculture, said a study based on farmers' perceptions. Winter, traditionally around two-and-a-half months long, now prevails for three-and-three-quarters, while summer takes five months, almost double the past usual length. On the other hand, rainy season, normally two-and-three-quarters, prevails for around three-and-a-half months, while spring is now one-and-a-half months, nearly half a month less than before.

Record Hot and Cold

North Korea's food shortage has reached a crisis
point this year, aid workers say, largely because
of shocks to the agricultural sector, including
torrential rains and thecoldest winter in 60 years.

Just when it is hottest and we are totally convinced that global warming is not just a hallucination we get a report urging motorists in Europe to pre-order cold-weather tires because next winterwill "break all records" in terms of snowfall and freezing temperat.... Specialist long-range forecaster James Madden, of Exacta Weather, correctly predicted the harsh conditions experienced over the last two years and gave his forecast. He warns: "The U.K. is to brace itself for well-below-average temperaturesand widespread heavy snowfall throughout winter 2011/2012 which will result in the fourth bad winter in succession, and will prove to be the worst of them all. "I fully expect records to be broken, with the Highlands of Scotland being once again particularly hard hit. It is vital to start preparing now."

You might have thought not too much out of the ordinary about these super storms if you have not lived through one yet. Lightening striking down from the heavens from thesestorms is killingunusual numbers of people and a few days ago we had a lightning strike actually cause thederailment of a trainin China. We have heard of planes having problems occasionally with lightening, but trains?

Conclusion

The weather has changed dramatically in a very short period of time. One has to be almost brain-dead to not get the implications to our civilization as the world's climate careens out of control. We can't say we did not have any warning but no one alive saw how violent the weather would turn out to be in this first half of 2011. In 2007, NASA scientists also developed a new climate model that indicated that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common.

The media has been falling all over itself denying any connection between these historic, violent storms and climate change. Most meteorologists have been claiming the storms have been due to an out-of-place jet stream. Thesunhas been in a low activity phase so something else has to be the cause of warming even as we suffer through cooling due to diminished solar output. So the question remains, what is causing our violent weather?

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viking your a treasure mate... we think it you post it lol

Something interesting yes the media have been avoiding connecting the dots, but in the UK I find it interesting that the type of moves being aired is changing some what... lots of "10 commandments" stuff and Alien encounter movies etc all seem to reflect topic being spoken about..... lots of old epics being repeated mainly what I call life changing movies....

I think I am becoming paranoid but one thing for sure is the weather is becoming far more unpredictable and this is not helped by the pretty little graphics fed to us by the weather updates on main stream media.... I have to even dig down on the beuro of mets site to get to the real data....

Texas Lake Turns Blood-Red: http://news.yahoo.com/end-times-texa...215004338.html

A Texas lake that turned blood-red this summer may not be a sign of the End Times, but probably is the end of a popular fishing and recreation spot.

A drought has left the OC Fisher Reservoir in San Angelo State Park in West Texas almost entirely dry. The water that is left is stagnant, full of dead fish — and a deep, opaque red.

The color has some apocalypse believers suggesting that OC Fisher is an early sign of the end of the world, but Texas Parks and Wildlife Inland Fisheries officials say the bloody look is the result of Chromatiaceae bacteria, which thrive in oxygen-deprived water.

"It's just heartbreaking," said Charles Cruz, a fish and wildlife technician with Texas Parks and Wildlife in San Angelo, Texas..........

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Chile: Snow, Rain Hit World's Driest Desert http://news.yahoo.com/chile-snow-rai...203055997.html

This has been the wettest winter in decades for Chile's arid northern desert, where fractions of an inch of rain have done major damage in some areas and set the stage for spectacular floral displays in the weeks to come.

July came and went with major storms that together dumped more than five times the annual average of rain and snow on parts of the world's driest desert.

The past weekend's precipitation blocked highways, forced the cancellation of a top Chilean football match and damaged the homes of 1,800 people, said Vicente Nunez, chief of the Interior Ministry's national emergency office.

A similarly wet stretch in early July dumped four years' worth of rain in one day on coastal Antofogasta. That was just a quarter of an inch (more than 6.3 millimeters) but it was still enough to cause collapsed or leaking roofs in homes and businesses that usually have no reason to protect themselves against even minimal precipitation.

That storm also brought as much as three feet (a meter) of snow to mountains that normally receive zero precipitation during the southern winter. Soldiers helped rescue 400 people including busloads of foreign visitors who were trapped in snow drifts and 50 mph (80 kph) winds, said Ernesto Figueroa, chief of Chile's emergency agency in the northern Tarapaca region....................

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All 50 States See Record Highs in July http://news.yahoo.com/50-states-see-...173203227.html

No state in the union was safe from July's blistering heat wave, according to data from the U.S. National Climatic Data Center.

The horrible July heat wave, lasting weeks in some cities, the entire month in others, affected nearly 200 million people in the United States at some point. Preliminary data show that 2,712 high-temperature records were either tied or broken in July, compared with 1,444 last year, according to the NCDC. At least one weather station in all 50 states set or tied a daily high temperature record at some point during July.

Two weather stations tied for the hottest temperature recorded during July. The Blythe station in Riverside County, Calif., and the Gila Bend station in Maricopa County, Ariz., both hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.9 degrees Celsius) in July.

Even Alaska recorded unusually sweaty temperatures. The temperature at the Northway weather station in Southeast Fairbanks County hit a record 97 F (36.1 C) on July 11.

Newark, N.J., set an all-time high at 108 F (42.2 C) on July 22, breaking the record of 105 F (40.6 C), set in 2001.

In Washington, D.C., Dulles International Airport saw its hottest July on record this year and recorded its highest July temperature of all time at 105 F (40.6 C), on July 22. That same day, water in the nearby Potomac River was the hottest ever recorded at 96 F (35.4 C) (records go back to only 1988), reported the Capital Weather Gang blog.

The city of Morehead, Minn., had the dubious distinction as the hottest place on Earth for a day, said meteorologist Heidi Cullen of Climate Central, in an interview on National Public Radio. On July 19, the heat index there — a measure of humidity and temperature that indicates how hot the weather feels — was 134 F (56.7 C). (The National Weather Service later said this reading could be an anomaly due to the local weather station's location in a very wet field, and not representative of the entire town.)

Rare tornado rips through east Russia, kills one:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Lr9D...mbedded#at=104

A small but feisty tornado zipped through the eastern Russia city of Blagoveshchensk on Sunday, reportedly killing one person and harming 28 others....
http://www.wjla.com/blogs/weather/20...eo--12124.html

Charlotte, NC (largest city in NC and the "new" economic center of the East Coast) hit with flood:

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Flooding closed a portion of southbound Interstate 85 and dozens of intersections in Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. Swift water rescue teams waded through waist-deep water to get 30 trapped people out of a northwest Charlotte apartment complex, and firefighters in Mount Holly braved neck-high water to rescue about 10 people trying to avoid floodwaters in the Gaston County town's central business district.

By early Friday evening, the heaviest rain had moved south of Charlotte, but forecasters at the National Weather Service said the Charlotte area will remain under the threat of more downpours for the next 24 hours. Several weak low pressure systems are expected to move across the Carolinas late Friday and Saturday, before clearing and a return to hot weather arrives Sunday.

Residents of at least two apartment complexes in Charlotte were forced to leave their residences because of high water. At the University Garden Apartments, in the 1100 block of Southwest Boulevard, firefighters used boats and waded through waist-high water after Stewart Creek spilled over its banks.

Authorities said about 20 residents reported being trapped when water crept to the first level of the apartment building.

The American Red Cross opened a shelter Friday evening at Northwest School of the Arts, 1415 Beatties Ford Road, to house people displaced from the University Garden Apartments.

Evacuations also were needed at apartments on Andrill Terrace, off Oaklawn Avenue near Interstate 77 in northwest Charlotte.

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China evacuates 200,000 ahead of typhoon
Posted: 06 August 2011 0639 hrs

SHANGHAI: China rushed to prepare Saturday for the onslaught of its worst typhoon in recent years, evacuating more than 200,000 people from its eastern coast and shutting down transport services.

Typhoon Muifa was expected to make landfall near China's commercial capital Shanghai on Sunday morning or afternoon, or possibly head further north, the National Meteorological Centre of China said in a statement on its website.

That timing marks a change from an earlier forecast by the government agency which said the typhoon could make landfall as early as Saturday evening.

The typhoon, which was packing winds of up to 162 km per hour, would bring strong winds and torrential rains to a wide band of eastern China, the centre said.

China's eastern Zhejiang province had evacuated more than 200,000 people and called more than 30,000 fishing boats back to port, state media said.

The typhoon could be Shanghai's worst since 2005, when Typhoon Matsa killed seven people and caused 1.3 billion yuan ($202 million) in damage.

China's three largest airlines all warned of disruption to flights to and from the region, with at least 140 cancellations.

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways encouraged passengers to postpone trips to Shanghai and three other Chinese cities until Monday, a company statement said.

Shanghai warned it may limit or halt metro services for the first time, while bullet train services could also be disrupted.

The Shanghai government urged residents to stay indoors, according to an official statement carried by local newspapers.

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Charlotte, NC (largest city in NC and the "new" economic center of the East Coast) hit with flood:

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Flooding closed a portion of southbound Interstate 85 and dozens of intersections in Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. Swift water rescue teams waded through waist-deep water to get 30 trapped people out of a northwest Charlotte apartment complex, and firefighters in Mount Holly braved neck-high water to rescue about 10 people trying to avoid floodwaters in the Gaston County town's central business district.

By early Friday evening, the heaviest rain had moved south of Charlotte, but forecasters at the National Weather Service said the Charlotte area will remain under the threat of more downpours for the next 24 hours. Several weak low pressure systems are expected to move across the Carolinas late Friday and Saturday, before clearing and a return to hot weather arrives Sunday.

Residents of at least two apartment complexes in Charlotte were forced to leave their residences because of high water. At the University Garden Apartments, in the 1100 block of Southwest Boulevard, firefighters used boats and waded through waist-high water after Stewart Creek spilled over its banks.

Authorities said about 20 residents reported being trapped when water crept to the first level of the apartment building.

The American Red Cross opened a shelter Friday evening at Northwest School of the Arts, 1415 Beatties Ford Road, to house people displaced from the University Garden Apartments.

Evacuations also were needed at apartments on Andrill Terrace, off Oaklawn Avenue near Interstate 77 in northwest Charlotte.

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You beat me to it, MorningSong! I'm in the area. Funny thing about this storm. It came out of nowhere, and the heavy rainfall came directly over Charlotte city center extending a bit over Mt. Holly which is right over the county line. The surrounding areas, of which there are many, all linked, received far less. Here just south of 485, we received only sprinkles.

Just an aside. We have had some wacky weather this year, just like everyone else.

Hi Guys, this is a 6 part series of all the earthchanges this year to date. Quite a handfull I must say

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Unexpected snow storm on the Swiss-Italian border.... goodbye summertime weather that we enjoyed until last Saturday.... Temperature decreased from 32*C at 10:00 AM to 7*C at 10:00 PM....

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L'estate si congeda con la prima neve (Summer gets Frozen By First Snowfall)

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Brusco calo della temperatura nel fine settimana: nei Grigioni la neve è scesa fino a 1'000 metri (Sharp drop in temperatures on the weekend: in Cantone Grigione snow fell at as low as 1000 metres altitude)

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http://info.rsi.ch/home/channels/inf...a-con-la-prima

Typhoon Roke hits Japan, on course to leaking nuclear power plant

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/articl...#ixzz1YZBFymoW

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Fear haunts Sikkim as death toll rises to 90

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sikkim-re.../185999-3.html

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jZ-xg1QcGSM

China floods: Dozens killed after days of rain

Read more : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14981928

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tnVqNcM3mv8

Snow in Italy ... september!

And its coming here in UK ... as early as October...whatever next?

Britain to be hit by SNOW in October... forecasters warn an early winter is on its way

Britain is about to experience an early winter, with snow expected to arrive as soon as next month, forecasters have warned.

Temperatures over the next three months will plummet to below average with one long-range forecaster predicting snowfalls in October.

James Madden, of Exacta Weather, said: ‘I expect to see the first signs of some moderate to heavy snowfalls as early as October or November in certain parts of the UK.

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Deadly mudslides hit Guatemala day after earthquake

GUATEMALA CITY – Mudslides in Guatemala killed one person and left 12 missing on Tuesday, a day after a series of earthquakes hit another region in the impoverished Central American nation, officials said.

http://www.ticotimes.net/Current-Edi...tember-23-2011

Death toll in Pakistan floods rises to 369

At least 369 people have died and 700,000 are living in refugee camps because of flooding in southern Pakistan, the country's national disaster authority said Thursday.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/22/wo...kistan-floods/

Typhoons Nesat and Nalgae Soak The Philippines

In a matter of five days, the Philippines and southeastern Asia were hammered by two intense tropical storms in late September and early October 2011....

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Nat...6&src=eorss-nh

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QNmWKiKfZVk

Worst Thai floods kill 224, threaten Bangkok

Thailand's worst monsoon floods in decades have killed 224 people and affected three quarters of the country, including part of the ancient city of Ayutthaya, officials said today....

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/wo...angkok/855752/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zi3EL_PKXcM

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Thai Flood Death Toll Rises as Waters Threaten Honda, Sony

The death toll in Thailand’s worst floods in five decades rose to 244 and threatened
to disrupt operations of automobile and electronics makers that use the Southeast
Asian country as a production base....

http://www.saudinewstoday.com/articl...en+Honda,+Sony

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On the streets of Bangkok, uncertain residents prepare for the worst

Unlike many of Thailand's flood-ravaged zones in the central plains, Bangkok residents
have been given the rare luxury of time -- a window of at least two days to prepare for
what officials warn could be the worst flooding the city has seen in decades....

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/11/wo...tml?&hpt=hp_c2

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Death toll rises; risk at riverbanks Cambodia

With the death toll from nationwide flooding climbing to 206 over the weekend and lengthy sections of banks along the Mekong, Tonle Sap and Bassac rivers at risk of collapse, the government was urged yesterday to call for international assistance....

http://cambodiatodayz.com/death-toll...iverbanks.html

Vietnam flood toll reaches 24

HANOI: The toll from the worst floods to hit Vietnam's Mekong Delta in a decade has reached 24, most of them children, the government disaster authority said on Monday, as it reported a further six deaths....

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...158366/1/.html