On Friday, November 14, 2014 10:39 PM, The Big Wobble Almanac <noreply+feedproxy@google.com> wrote:
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| Posted: 14 Nov 2014 12:37 PM PST  The Indian River Lagoon system is experiencing a major fish die-off. Here Bardarbunga volcano update: Continuing eruption formed a 70 km² lava flow and caused 44 m of caldera subsidence since its onset on August 31 Here Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake- 74km SW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. Here At least 47 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said. Here KAILUA-KONA Hawaii - A slow-moving lava flow from an erupting volcano on Hawaii's Big Island incinerated a house on Monday, marking the first home devoured by a stream of molten rock that has crept toward the village of Pahoa for weeks, civil defense officials said. Here The first faint traces of radioactivity in the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear disaster have been detected 100 miles off Eureka, a scientist who has been monitoring radiation levels across the Pacific reported Monday. Here For the second time this week, huge numbers of sardines on Thursday were found washed ashore along the Hokkaido coast. Here A 10 foot deep sink hole that opened up Monday in a driveway is growing and threatening to destroy everything nearby. Here Touchdown! Rosetta's Philae probe lands on comet Here Late last month, the biggest sunspot in nearly 25 years crossed the face of the sun, blasting Earth's upper atmosphere with dozens of solar flares. Its name was AR2192, and now it's back. Here Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said that Pavlof Volcano entered a "new phase of eruptive activity" Wednesday, prompting a heightened alert level as the volcano spewed an ash plume into the atmosphere. Here For the second straight day cold temperatures are breaking snow records across the US and we are only in the second week of November. Here Heavy rain and severe gales have been causing problems in the Devon, Cornwall and Somerset today, with rail services and roads disrupted and winds of up to 93miles per hour recorded. Here |
| Posted: 14 Nov 2014 12:54 AM PST  Heavy rain and severe gales have been causing problems in the Devon, Cornwall and Somerset today, with rail services and roads disrupted and winds of up to 93miles per hour recorded. Promenades across the Westcountry were sealed off and rail services interrupted for the second time in days along the coastal line in Devon as giant waves were whipped up by gale-force winds and sent crashing over sea defences. The Met Office posted an amber-grade warning for wind, the second highest alert, and the Environment Agency raised a dozen flood alerts across the South West. In Cornwall a set of ancient stone steps at Polperro harbour was washed away by a high tide and the force of the waves. Will Fathers, who has lived there for 13 years, said he had been stunned by the force of the sea. "They were heavy granite steps and they were just washed away," he said. "The south easterly direction of the wind was just the right angle to cause a lot of damage." The bad weather once again forced cancellations of mainline train services passing through Dawlish, where new sea defences costing L35 million were built after the destruction in February were severely tested. Before the closure trains passing through the resort were being swamped as waves swept over the sea wall. A row of sea containers filled with stones remain in place at the point where the sea wall was breached and bore the brunt of the breakers. One cyclist was pictured being dwarfed by a giant wave as he pedalled along the sea wall towards Dawlish station. It was the second time this week that rail services had been cancelled - after bad weather on Tuesday - and left trains running between 8am and 10am to be terminated at Exeter St Davids. Forecasters at the Met Office said winds were generally between 60 and 70mph at coastal spots such as Plymouth. Rainfall was relatively low for the time of year, just 8mm in Devon and 7mm in Cornwall over a 12-hour period. However, a gust of 93mph was recorded at Berry Head, near Brixham shortly before midday today. Spokesman for the Exeter-based organisation Laura Young said the measurement came at one of the region's most notoriously windy places. "We are treating it as a one-off as Berry Head is one of those very exposed spots, like the Needles," she added. "It has been very windy but is starting to calm down now. A fresh storm will bring heavy rain overnight - up to 20mm in a sort period - but by 6am the majority will have cleared leaving a dry day. "Saturday and Sunday will see strong gusts but nothing like we have seen today. "The beginning of next week is looking calm and settled, at least until Wednesday afternoon." In Torquay the seafront remained closed for a second day as waves smashed in to the sea wall and lapped over in to the road. Source Related For the second straight day cold temperatures are breaking snow records across the US and we are only in the second week of November.The Polar Vortex... Coming to a State near you! Severe cold and wintry weather has arrived and it's not even winter yet! US By ThursdaySign of things to come? It was like a kick in the teeth, severe cold and wintry weather blew into parts of the Rockies and Upper ... Written and analyzed by Gary Walton Just over two weeks ago I posted an article "The Day AfterTomorrow" Is the "Gulf Stream" stalling? a huge... Harsh Winter? We could be looking at cold temperatures humans shouldn't have to bare and probably ne... Average snow cover extent for the latest month. Remember how evidence was mounting last month that early snowfall was accumulating across... |
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