CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Felix walloped Central America's remote Miskito coastline and Henriette slammed into resorts on the tip of Baja California as a record-setting hurricane season got even wilder Tuesday with twin storms making landfall on the same day. Felix roared ashore before dawn as a Category 5 storm along Nicaragua's remote northeast corner - an isolated, swampy jungle where people get around mainly by canoe. The 160 mph winds peeled roofs off shelters and a police station, knocked down electric poles and stripped humble homes to a few walls.
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Felix walloped Central America's remote Miskito coastline and Henriette slammed into resorts on the tip of Baja California as a record-setting hurricane season got even wilder Tuesday with twin storms making landfall on the same day.
Felix roared ashore before dawn as a Category 5 storm along Nicaragua's remote northeast corner - an isolated, swampy jungle where people get around mainly by canoe. The 160 mph winds peeled roofs off shelters and a police station, knocked down electric poles and stripped humble homes to a few walls.
"The metal roofs are coming off like straight razors and flying against the trees and homes," Lumberto Campbell, a local official in Puerto Cabezas, near Felix's landfall, told Radio Ya shortly before his phone line went dead.
Emergency official Samuel Perez said most of the port's buildings were damaged and the dock was destroyed, although there were no reports of deaths.
By late afternoon, Felix had weakened to a Category 1 storm with winds of 80 mph. But forecasters were still worried that the tempest would do great damage inland over Honduras and Guatemala. Up to 25 inches of rain was expected to drench the mountain capitals of Tegucigalpa and Guatemala City, where shantytowns cling precariously to hillsides.
Towns across Honduras were flooding, and residents waded through waist-deep, garbage-strewn water in La Ceiba, on the northern coast.
In 1998, Hurricane Mitch parked over the same region for days, causing deadly flooding and mudslides that killed nearly 11,000 people and left more than 8,000 missing.
"The major concern now shifts to the threat of torrential rains over the mountains of Central America," said senior hurricane specialist Richard Pasch at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The Honduran government was draining water from behind dams in an attempt to reduce the flooding danger, and 10,000 people were being evacuated from high-risk areas of the capital, mostly from poor neighborhoods and street markets that ring the city.
"If they don't do it voluntarily, we will force them," Tegucigalpa Mayor Ricardo Alvarez said. "We have 500 soldiers and 200 police for just that purpose."
At 5 p.m. EDT, Felix's center was 110 miles west of Puerto Cabezas, moving westward at nearly 14 mph toward Honduras, the U.S. Hurricane Center said.
In the Pacific, Henriette's top winds increased to 85 mph and it made landfall just after 2 p.m. on the southern tip of Baja, a resort area popular with Hollywood stars and sports fishermen.
Few tourists or residents had expected much trouble, but they awoke Tuesday to dangerous winds, closed airports and forecasts of a direct hit.
"I've been hearing it from the wife, coming to Cabo during the hurricane season," said Derek Dunlap, a 45-year-old engineer from San Francisco. "I was going to roll the dice, and well, here we go."
Fifteen-foot waves chewed away beaches, crashed against seawalls at beachfront hotels and bashed catamarans against their moorings.
At 5 p.m. EDT, Henriette's eye was 25 miles inland over the peninsula, on a path to drench Mexico's northern deserts and then drop an inch or two of rain on Arizona and New Mexico in the Southwest on Thursday night. The Mexican government declared a state of emergency in southern Baja California.
Felix was the 31st Category 5 hurricane seen in the Atlantic since record-keeping began in 1886 - and the eighth in the last five seasons. Some meteorologists say human-caused increases in sea surface temperatures are making storms stronger, while others say the numbers are up because new technology allows us to measure their intensity better.
In Guatemala, presidential elections were still scheduled for Sunday, but authorities prepared supplies and equipment for heavy rains and flooding from Felix. In Honduras, schools were closed and 11,000 soldiers went on alert as Tegucigalpa residents emptied supermarket shelves and waited in long lines for gas.
"I've been standing in lines for two days at different places to buy food and home supplies," said housewife Cristina Segura.
In the Nicaraguan mining town of Bonanza, 1,000 refugees crowded into 16 shelters. Mayor Maximo Sevilla said most roads were washed out or blocked by debris.
"We are cut off and being beaten by Hurricane Felix ," Sevilla told The Associated Press by phone, pleading for help from emergency officials.
As soon as Felix moved inland, the Nicaraguan army sent in a planeload of soldiers, life jackets and building materials, joining 700 troops patrolling against looting and clearing debris.
Tuesday was historic for two reasons: It was the first time on record that two Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes made landfall in the same year, with Felix coming two weeks after Hurricane Dean slammed into southern Mexico.
And Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes had never made landfall on the same date, according to records that began in 1949. However, at 5 a.m. on Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated southern Florida 23 hours after Lester hit Mexico's Baja California, the Hurricane Center said.
"Today hurricanes are becoming increasingly violent. For example, water from the Carribean, the ocean, is two degrees hotter than before," Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Tuesday, siding with those who blame climate-change. "This makes steam rise off the ocean more quickly: Hurricanes form faster and are more violent."
Dr. Chris Landsea, science operations officer at the National Hurricane Center, agreed that global warming is a factor - but a very small one.
"All of the studies suggest that by the end of this century, hurricanes may become stronger by five percent because of global warming. So a 100-miles-per-hour hurricane would be 105 miles per hour," he said. "Most of what we're seeing is natural fluctuations."
Henriette's leading edge brought driving rain and 15-foot waves that sent plumes of whitewater 30 feet high at the main Cabo San Lucas marina. Waves also washed away sand and licked at the walls of beachfront hotels. Catamarans crashed against their moorings and palm trees bent in the wind.
Cynthia White, a 64-year-old retiree from Fort Myers, Fla., watched waves nearly cover the resort's famous rock arch after her deep-sea fishing trip was canceled.
"We're Florida tourists, so we know what it's about," White said. "It didn't ruin the vacation, but it ain't helping the case."
Henriette claimed seven lives even before it strengthened into a hurricane.
Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruises changed itineraries for six cruises to avoid ports in the area.
Associated Press writers Freddy Cuevas in Tegicugalpa, Honduras; Filadelfo Aleman in Managua, Nicaragua; Traci Carl in Mexico City; Jennifer Kay in Miami; and Arthur H. Rotstein in Tucson, Ariz., contributed to this report.


An insurance group says spring storms across Texas caused more than $1.5 billion in property losses.
April through June typically marks the stormy season for the state, but in March of this year multiple severe thunderstorms rolled in across the state producing large hail, tornadoes and heavy rainfall.
The Insurance Council of Texas on Thursday provided the damage estimate for April and May storms. After the spring storms, Texas experienced what meteorologists called a “flash drought” followed by Memorial Day weekend flooding in parts of Central Texas that claimed more than two dozen lives. In early June, flooding continued from the Red River to the Texas coast.
Council spokesman Mark Hanna says paid residential property losses in April and May were close to $900 million from 114,000 claims. These losses did not include business or auto claims. The same months last year had about 72,000 claims and $650 million in paid losses.
Texas homeowners and businesses reported almost 8,000 flood claims to the National Flood Insurance Program from the spring storms.
In comparison, the total number of flood claims from all of Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma for the same time period was 579.
“Windstorm losses in both April and May were much higher than 2013 and 2014,” said
Mark Hanna, a spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas. “There wasn’t one catastrophic storm that caused all of the damage. It was a non-stop pattern of severe storms that literally blanketed the entire state.”
Council officials say, with 95 percent of the claims settled, Texas flood losses to homes and businesses topped $400 million. Texas insurers say losses from vehicles in floodwaters added $300 million.
Greg Carbin, meteorologist with the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma,
described our springtime weather as “incredibly extreme.”
Carbin said, “The combination of severe hail, tornadoes, and especially heavy rainfall, was devastating in some areas. Above normal severe weather activity was most prominent over northwest and central portions of the state. Historic rain and flooding extended across many areas.”
In June, the rainfall suddenly stopped and by the end of the summer, wild
fires started erupting in north and central Texas with the Bastrop area getting hit the worst with the loss of nearly 60 homes.
“As soon as fall arrived, the drought-like conditions turned to another round of severe
flooding in much of central and southeast Texas. Record rainfall flooded homes and submerged vehicles in the Austin and Houston areas,” Hanna said. “Total auto insurance losses for 2015 could reach $1 billion.”
The Insurance Council of Texas is the nation’s largest state insurance trade association.
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Cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ to stay over Bangladesh till 4 pm; 12 killed
Nearly 12 people have been killed after cyclone ‘Fani’ struck Bangladesh on Saturday morning. It is expected to stay over the country until 4 pm today. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the cyclone eye was located west of Dhaka.
Five people, including a two-year-old toddler, lost their lives due to the cyclone in Naokhali and Barguna. This takes the total death toll to 12, ever since Fani hit landfall in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the United Nations has undertaken efforts to protect the 1.2 million Rohingya in Bangladesh in the wake of the cyclonic storm.
More than 4000 centres in 20 districts across Bangladesh were prepared to take in 22,00,000 to 25,00,000 people on Friday as the nation braced itself for Fani. Also, more than 55,000 members of Cyclone Preparedness Program (CPP), including the navy, police, coast guard, fire service, Red Crescent, scouts, local representatives, and the district administration were put on standby.
While in India, cyclone Fani wreaked havoc in Odisha and West Bengal, killing 3 people and injuring more than 150 people.


OTTAWA – With recent rainfall in some parts of LaSalle County and dryness in others has left some farmers hurting. According to LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann, South and East parts of LaSalle County experienced more damage to crops due to dry weather. However, North and West parts were hit with more rain, which may have not affected the crop much, due to its maturity. Isermann says overall, the County is ahead of schedule, despite losing a week due to rain delays. Last year, LaSalle County yielded an average of over 200 bushels per acre of corn.


A "light snow" is expected to blanket the Lower Hudson Valley Tuesday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service.
The agency issued a special weather statement calling for a mix of snow and rain for Putnam, Rockland, Westchester and many of the surrounding counties. In the afternoon and evening, the precipitation is likely to change back to snow alone.
"The snow should accumulate on area roadways, causing slippery conditions," the statement reads.
Yorktown and Somers are looking at 2 to 4 inches during the day, and up to half an inch in the evening, before 8 p.m., according to NWS.
Local conditions Wednesday will likely include sunny skies and a high of about 40 degrees.
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The Yorktown Central School District will be on an early dismissal schedule today, Nov. 27 due to the snow. There will be no afternoon kindergarten and no afternoon Tech Center. All afternoon and evening activities are cancelled.
Here is the order of dismissal:
- Yorktown High School at 12:30 p.m.
- Mildred E. Strang Middle School at 1:15 p.m.
- Crompond at 2 p.m.
- Mohansic and Brookside at 2:45 p.m.
Yorktown Head start will also dismiss early at 11:30 a.m. The Lakeland Children's Center has been closed – there will be no after school programs.
Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School will dismiss at 1 p.m. today. The high schools and elementary schools will dismiss at their regular time. All after school activities are canceled.
The Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES has cancelled all afternoon and evening activities.


IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – The threat of severe weather Sunday and concerns about the safety of runners, spectators and volunteers, led to the cancellation of the 2017 Irving Marathon.
It was scheduled to begin at 7:00 a.m.
The Irving Marathon said on its Facebook page a little more than an hour before the scheduled start of the race:
In consultation with the City of Irving, Irving Police Department, National Weather Service and other officials we have determined that conditions on the race course will be unsafe for runners, volunteers, spectators and event staff. The latest forecast models provided by the National Weather Service are indicating significant weather events including heavy rains, lightening, hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and the continued potential for tornadoes in the Irving area during the event window (beginning at 830AM – 230PM).
The statement went on to say the marathon will not be rescheduled this year:
While we are disappointed and share your frustration, the Irving Marathon is committed to ensuring your safety on race day. Due to the amount of planning and coordination required to facilitate the event, we will be unable to reschedule for 2017.


At least eight people have died in rain-related incidents across the country since Tuesday as the Met Office forecast heavy to light showers throughout the week.
In Gujranwala, six people died when the roofs of their houses caved in Wednesday morning due to heavy rain.
The first incident took place near Awan Chowk in the city, where a woman, her daughter and son died under the debris when the rain brought down the roof of their house. Another girl was injured in the incident and taken to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital .
Similarly, in Arif Town near Jhangi, a woman, identified as Saima, and her two children died when the roof of their house collapsed.
Moreover, the heavy downpour inundated the only government health facility in Gujranwala — the DHQ Hospital.
Gujrat recorded 138 millimetres (mm) of rain whereas Gujranwala 106mm and Sialkot 113mm.
Similarly, in Zhob, Balochistan, two people were reported dead from drowning in a storm drain.
Moreover, heavy rains are expected to lash Kalat, Zhob, Naseerabad and Sibi districts of Balochistan from Friday, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
The deputy commissioners of the relevant districts have been directed to take necessary measures to prevent any untoward incident, the authority stated on Wednesday. PDMA has also ordered that Section 144 be imposed in the likely-affected areas to prevent people from gathering at popular picnic spots.
In Mansehra, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), landsliding from heavy rain resulted in the closure of Shahra-e-Kaghan, the route linking Naran with Mahandri. The area is a popular tourist destination in the summer.
In Swabi, low-lying areas were flooded after heavy rain. Local administration officials directed residents of the vulnerable areas to move out of their homes.
In Mianwali, Punjab, an underpass was completely flooded owing to the substandard rainwater drains.
Rescue officials were called in to recover a vehicle stuck in the rainwater.
In Rawalpindi, the water level in Nullah Lai started increasing once again due to the relentless rain. The Water and Sanitation Agency has issued an alert and requisitioned heavy machinery to clear the drain.
The agency’s spokesperson said officials were monitoring the canal at various areas. The water-level was recorded at eight feet near the city’s Kattarian locality on Wednesday morning.
While it rained heavily in other parts of the country, light drizzle continued in Karachi on Wednesday, turning the weather pleasant.
Dust-thunderstorm and light showers with gusty winds are expected at isolated places in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, Dera Ismail Khan, Sahiwal, Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).
Rivers and canals in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Dera Ghazi Khan and Islamabad, alongside some areas of KP and Kashmir, are predicted to overflow due to the monsoon rains.
Consequently, rain is expected to flood the low-lying areas of Sindh and Punjab, as well as parts of Balochistan.
There is also a risk of landslides in Malakand, Hazara division, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Kashmir.
Ansar, Rana. Eight die in rain-related incidents; low-level floods in various areas. Geo, July 12, 2017.


Canada’s record-setting wildfire season hiked the country up global pollution rankings — and for the first time made its air quality worse than the U.S., according to a new report by air quality technology company IQAir.
“In previous years, Canada had the cleanest air quality in all of North America,” said Glory Dolphin Hammes, CEO of IQAir’s North American division.
“This year we saw just the exact opposite. Our top 13 most polluted cities [in North America] are actually in Canada.” Fort McMurray and Peace River in Alberta, along with Yellowknife, took the top three regional spots.
As the climate warms, priming conditions for longer and more intense wildfire seasons, experts say protecting our air quality will be critical to our health and development.
The report measured annual average concentrations of fine particulate matter designated as PM2.5 — linked to numerous health issues — from more than 30,000 air quality monitoring stations around the world.
It then compared those amounts to the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines.
Only 10 out of 134 countries featured in the report fell into that acceptable range.
Canada ranked 93rd, with an annual average PM2.5 concentration of 10.3 micrograms per cubic metre of air (μg/m³) — considered two to three times beyond the WHO’s recommended level.
The more populous U.S., for comparison, had an annual average concentration of 9.1. Daily and hourly amounts were not included, but it’s worth noting some Canadian cities crossed PM2.5 concentrations many times higher on particularly smoky days.
Sarah Henderson, scientific director of Environmental Health Services at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (CDC), says it adds uncertainty to the gains made on air quality in North America.
“We’ve reduced what cars can emit, we’ve reduced what industry can emit and you see these air quality improvements,” Henderson said. “Wildfire smoke is a wild card. We don’t get to regulate that.”
Small size, big impact
PM2.5 refers to particulate matter that’s less than 2.5 microns in diameter. For context, the width of a human hair is around 75 microns.
“These are really, really small particles,” explains Sumil Thakrar, environmental scientist at the University of Minnesota. Wildfires spew these particles out and their small size allows them to travel far — and deep.
“When you breathe them in, they can deposit deep into your respiratory system and they can actually pass from your lungs into the bloodstream,” said Thakrar.
PM2.5 is a well-known health risk, and beyond inflaming and irritating the lungs, experts say it can cause cardiovascular issues like heart attacks and strokes as well as potentially long-term and short-term neurological issues.
“The really important thing to keep in mind is that there’s no safe amount of particulate matter to inhale,” says Dr. Anne Hicks, pediatric respirologist at Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton.
Hicks works with children with severe asthma and allergies, but they’re not the only ones at risk during smoky days from intense wildfires. She notes children tend to be more active, and their physiology means they have a faster breathing rate.
“A kid sitting still will breathe in more chemical particles than an adult who’s sitting still,” Hicks said.
‘Like an elephant sitting on my chest’
Sitting still indoors is not where Payton Knight wants to be. Her mom, Alyssa, says the 12-year-old loves the outdoors and being with the animals on their farm southeast of Edmonton. Last year’s wildfires made it harder.
“It reeked,” described Payton, who lives with complex asthma and allergies. “It’s like an elephant sitting on my chest. It gets harder and harder for me to breathe every time.”
Alyssa said she noticed a problem when Payton would ask for her rescue inhalers more often, just to get a few hours of relief at a time.
“And it came to a point where I had to be like ‘OK, no more going outside, we have to stay inside’,” Alyssa said. While she and Payton have “backup plans to backup plans” when it comes to her health, they are still nervous about this year — especially an upcoming family wedding in B.C. that’s potentially outdoors.
“Something that everyone looks forward to like going to their aunty’s wedding and being a part of that…. It’s now, because of our current climate, turned into something nerve-racking.”
Plan ahead for smoky days and weeks
Hicks advises patients, parents and schools to develop action plans for smoky days — including moving recess indoors, rearranging schedules for outdoor sports and getting kids used to wearing personal protection like masks. The long-term value of kids avoiding particulate exposure is high.
“We’ve shown that when air quality improves and when pollutants go down, kids grow stronger, healthier, bigger lungs,” Hicks told CBC News from her office in Edmonton, “And they have better lung function, and that lasts a lifetime.”
Henderson at the B.C. CDC says since everyone is exposed, efforts and interventions to improve air quality can have profound effects.
“You can make really big gains by actually making small changes that improve the air everyone is breathing.”
One of the tools Canadians can use to know about air quality in their area is the Air Quality Health Index, or AQHI. It measures PM2.5 as well as two other pollutants, nitrogen oxide and ozone, combining the risk into a score out of 10.
But Amy Li, air quality researcher and assistant professor at the University of Waterloo, says it shouldn’t be the only measure you rely on to gauge personal risk.
“You only have one to two air quality stations per city,” Li said. “So even if you see the numbers from the nearest weather station, it may not be a good representation of the exposure you’re getting.”
Both Hicks and Li advise using your senses as well. If it looks hazy and smells like smoke, these are good signs to tell if you’re getting exposed to higher than safe amounts of particulate matter. Li also suggests that better air filters for your ventilation systems can help on smoky days you’re forced to be indoors with the windows closed.
“Take actions now,” Li told CBC News from Kitchener, Ont. “I think it may be a little bit late if we only start to react during the wildfire smoke. I think now is a good time to make improvements to your existing systems [and] find the right filters.”


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Manila: One was killed, four others were injured and 17,374 families or 87,139 people in 51 villages in two regions in the southern Philippines were affected by floods and landslides due to tropical depression ‘Crising’, officials said.
Francisco Digayon drowned while crossing Taytayan River in Andap village in Compostela Valley as Crising hit with maximum winds of 45 kilometre per hour, said Undersecretary Eduardo del Rosario, also head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
Anatallo Nacua, 29, Maria Nacua, 20, Dodong Nacua, 8, and Boy Nacua, 9 months old, were injured when their home was buried by a landslide in Malasalug Village, Sapad town, Lanao del Norte, del Rosario said, adding the number of dead and injured might rise.
Many affected families were forced to seek higher ground to avoid being swept away by flash floods, del Rosario said. Hundreds were also stranded because air and sea voyages were cancelled, he added.
Some displaced residents were in seven evacuation centres that were established earlier. The same region was devastated by Typhoon Bopha which killed almost 2,000 and displaced more than half a million people in early December.
Crising is over the Sulu Sea and could merge with a potential cyclone which was located 220 kilometres northwest of Puerto Princesa, in Palawan, southwestern Philippine, the state weather bureau said.
Crising’s rainfall, estimated at 5 to 15mm per hour, has a diameter of 300 kilometres, the weather station said.
Public storm warning signal No.1 was hoisted over Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Basilan, Sulu and Southern Palawan, in the south.


NJ governor declared a state of emergency in their area by the stroke of a second winter storm in less than a week.
The state of New York has declared a state of emergency due to the snow storm that started falling since Tuesday night, which has deranged public transport, blocked roads and caused the cancellation of thousands of flights.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, after declaring the emergency, the state does not have enough for sprinkling on asphalt and concrete, will cut through the snow and allow the roads and highways are passable salt.
For residents of much of the U.S., after the winter storm that comes is another storm with more snow.
The government also banned the movement in at least one state highway, the 84, which borders the states of Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Meanwhile, the National Weather Service issued a storm warning from Tuesday night and 18:00 hours on Wednesday, due to snow, sleet and freezing rain falling intermittently expected during the day.
Forecasters expect snow accumulation of up to ten inches in the city, but warned that the greatest danger will be caused by the accumulation of ice, which could collapse tree branches and power lines.
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“Tourism is extremely dangerous,” said the service, which echoed the warning issued by the government of New York, who recommended to the people who do not employ their cars unless it was absolutely necessary, and what better to travel by public transport.
The conditions, however, have also hampered the normal functioning of meters from the city of New York.
During Wednesday morning, stopped working line 7, which connects Manhattan with Queens County, while the partial suspension of lines 1, 2 and 3 was declared, and serious delays were reported in services lines 4, 5 and 6 of the city.
Meanwhile, the website FlightAware.com, which monitors the status of flights in the U.S., said little more than two thousand 500-city had been suspended due to bad weather.


I was born in Pali, a small town in Rajasthan, the largest state of India with a major portion of the Thar desert. Although it is located around the desert region, once every few years it also receives its share of wetter than usual Indian monsoon. And this year in 2016, this part of India is once again flooded as are several other parts of India including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and in the recent memory, many other parts such as Kashmir and Chennai. These intense weather patterns in India are of course not isolated incidents as they are matched with similar examples of droughts, hurricanes, typhoons, floods, and other natural disasters throughout the world.
While it is common to read analyses by scholars in which the rise of global terrorism is at least partially blamed on American foreign policy, how can the rise in recent natural disasters be explained? It is true that unplanned and mismanaged urbanization has insufficient ways to deal with natural disasters in most of the African and Asian countries. The effects and the response for these disasters will definitely need to be handled by the local administrations but is the underlying cause for the increasing disasters?
As we know, natural disasters are not new phenomena for our planet and for millions of years, humans have survived them but the underlying cause for the recent upsurge in these disasters is indeed rooted in the recent human activities. Here is how the Nobel prize winning scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are cited on the NASA website:
Climate change may not be responsible for the recent skyrocketing cost of natural disasters, but it is very likely that it will impact future catastrophes. Climate models provide a glimpse of the future, and while they do not agree on all of the details, most models predict a few general trends. First, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will probably boost temperatures over most land surfaces, though the exact change will vary regionally. More uncertain--but possible--outcomes of an increase in global temperatures include increased risk of drought and increased intensity of storms, including tropical cyclones with higher wind speeds, a wetter Asian monsoon, and, possibly, more intense mid-latitude storms. (For more information, see Global Warming: Potential Effects of Global Warming).
Until recently, USA has been the leading country for the greenhouse gas emissions thus the biggest reason for climate change and yet, very little change in American lifestyle or energy consumption or food habits has been accepted in the USA even as America continue to directly or indirectly preach other countries how to "develop." American appetite for beef (cattle meat) is another leading cause for massive deforestation across the world, fueling further the climate change and thus more natural disasters and yet no foreseeable change in decreasing the beef craze in America.
For the majority of the scientists and environmentalists, the above underlying cause for the upsurge in natural disasters and climate change is now common knowledge but for the American administration, this still seems like a blind spot. Sooner, they realize the problem, sooner they will begin to address it and prove their accountability not only to the American taxpayers but also to the mother earth and mother nature.
Several scientists in the late 20th century had coined a phrase the butterfly effect. It explained rather poetically that even flapping of a butterfly in one part of the world can cause hurricanes in other remote parts of the world. We in America are certainly much more significant players than a mere butterfly as far as our carbon footprints are to be counted as the cause for climate change and natural disasters.


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Mercury moves upwards in North India Last Updated : 12 Feb 2013 08:45:04 PM IST File photo related to snowfall in different states of North India.
The cold wave sweeping north India on Tuesday loosened its grip as mercury moved upwards in several places even as the weather office predicted a fresh bout of snowing and rains in the region.
Delhi experienced a pleasant weather with the day temperature settling at 23.4 degrees Celsius even though thick fog in morning disrupted the flight schedule.
"Visibility dropped to below 100 metres at the airport at around 8AM leading to delays in the departure of around 15 flights," airport officials said.
The minimum in the city rose by a notch to touch 9.5 degrees on a sunny day.
Depite a marginal rise in the mercury, cold conditions persisted in mountainous Himachal Pradesh where the MeT office has forecast a fresh spell of snowfall and thunderstorms from February 15 due to a western disturbance.
Mercury moves upwards, weatherman predicts another wet spell:
The mercury rose in upper reaches with the minimum touching -8.4 degrees and -7 degrees at Keylong and Kalpa in Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur districts.
The tourist resort of Manali reeled at -0.2 degrees while state capital Shimla recorded a low of 6.1 degrees.
Kashmir Valley got a slight respite from the cold as the minimum temperatures appreciated by a couple of degrees.
Srinagar recorded a low of 0.5 degrees Celsius as compared to -2.1 degrees the previous night while the mercury settled at -8.6 degrees in Gulmarg after rising 1.4 degrees.
Leh and Kargil in Ladakh witnessed a slight increase in night temperatures and recorded lows of -14.1 degrees and -16 degrees respectively.
Cold conditions persisted in Punjab and Haryana with the weather bureau predicting a wet spell later this week.
Hisar in Haryana was the coldest place across the two states recording a minimum of 5 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, while Karnal experienced a cold night at 6.8, two degrees below normal.
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To date it has proved difficult to make seasonal forecasts of tropical cyclones, particularly for landfall and in East China specifically. This study examines sources of predictability for the number of landfalling typhoons in East China on seasonal (June–October) and sub‐seasonal time scales. East China landfall count is shown to be independent of basin‐scale properties of TC tracks, such the genesis location, duration, basin track direction and length, and basin total count. Large‐scale environmental climate indices which are potential basin scale drivers are also shown to be largely uncorrelated with landfall prior to and throughout the season. The most important factor is the steering in the final stages to landfall. The seasonal landfall is strongly anti‐correlated with the more local zonal mid‐tropospheric wind field over the East China sea (r = −.61, p < .001). It is proposed that geopotential height anomalies over Korea/Japan cause anomalous easterly winds in the East China Sea and enhance landfall rates by steering typhoons onto the coast. Early, peak, and late sub‐seasonal landfall counts are shown to be independent of each other yet share this predictor. This local feature may be dynamically predictable allowing a potential hybrid dynamical‐statistical seasonal forecast of landfall.


Social Media News, Nation, (New Delhi), May 3:-Social networking giant Facebook has activated ”I am safe” to help its users know about the people in areas affected by severe cyclonic storm Fani, which made landfall in Odisha on Friday, throwing normal life out of gear.
”The ‘I am Safe’ option for Cyclone Fani has been activated by Facebook. This will help people to know about people in affected areas. Users may kindly use the feature which will prompt on the opening of the Facebook app,” the social networking platform said.
The ‘I am Safe’ option also appears on Facebook’s page dedicated to India which reads ”Tropical Cyclone Fani Across Eastern India.”
It asks a user to confirm if he or she is in Cyclone Fani affected areas.
The social networking platform did its bit to help people in the most hit areas after Cyclone Fani made landfall on the eastern coast wreaking havoc in Odisha on Friday. Despite extensive damage caused by near 200 kmph winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall, no loss of life has been reported so far.
Damaging houses, thousands of trees and electricity poles, uprooting trees, the eye of Fani almost 25 km in diametre is sending off wind velocity of 150 to 175 kmph and even above at some places touching 180 or more, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
The eye of the cyclone which was even an hour back party over the Bay of Bengal has completely moved inland.
The cyclone started crossing into the Odisha coast close to Puri between 8 AM and 10 AM on Friday. The process of landfall will continue till 1 PM.
The cyclone has completely thrown normal life out of gear with heavy to very heavy rains lashing the coastal districts since Thursday night.
The road network in several districts suffered extensive damage. The power distribution network has also been severely affected. Asbestos sheets of temporary housing facilities have been ripped off.
-(NAV, Inputs: Agencies)


North-east Vic braces for flood threat
A flood watch is in place for the Goulburn, Broken and north-east catchments.
Widespread rain with falls of between 50 to 100 millimetres is expected in parts of north-east Victoria on Wednesday and Thursday.
The State Emergency Service (SES) will establish a control centre in Wangaratta today, to focus on public information and warnings.
Keith O'Brien from the SES says it is early stages but computer modelling suggests the highest rainfalls will be in the alpine areas and Wangaratta.
"The highest rainfalls are expected in an area sort of Mount Buller up to Hunters Hill and around to Wangaratta and Falls Creek," he said.
"So that will certainly influence those catchments but we're looking at over the two days most of the region getting between 75 and 100mm of rain and with wet catchments that could see a number of streams rising to a flood category."


PennDOT ready for more snow
After catching their breath from a midweek storm that caused problems across Western Pennsylvania, transportation officials geared up for another blast of winter weather expected to bring up to 4 inches of snow on Saturday.
“We'll have our plows on the road long before the first flake of snow hits the ground. We're ready to go,” said Pennsylvania Turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo.
Officials said they were ready for the last storm, too, but it wreaked havoc on highways, city streets and air travel.
A storm Wednesday dumped 2 to 6 inches of snow on Allegheny County, plus sleet and freezing rain, said Bill Modzelewski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Moon. Almost all of the precipitation came down during a five-hour period.
“Quite a bit of snow and ice fell over a short amount of time. That's what caused the big impact,” Modzelewski said.
He said forecasters expect 2 to 4 inches of snow between 3 a.m. and mid-afternoon Saturday — perhaps more in the Laurel Highlands — with temperatures hovering in the upper 20s and lower 30s. He didn't expect any sleet or rain.
PennDOT District 11 spokesman Jim Struzzi said the agency palns to put a full shift of workers on the clock starting at midnight, about 70 to 80 workers in all for Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties. If needed, he said PennDOT would keep workers who end their shift at 8 p.m. Friday.
The agency factors overtime expenses into its budget, and expenses have been well under budget so far this winter because of mild conditions.
Todd Garrison, director of maintenance for the Turnpike Commission, said the agency was “going to be fully staffed for the storm,” with crews working regularly scheduled shifts around the clock. The agency will bring in more on-call workers if necessary, Garrison said.
Pittsburgh Public Works said a “full complement of crews will be working 12-hour shifts around the clock,” according to an alert issued Friday.
“Our 311 service center will not be accepting calls for streets to be cleaned during a snow event. Our goal is to have streets treated within 24 hours once the snow has quit falling,” the alert said.
Tom Fontaine is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7847 or email@example.com.


Today's rain worries officials
Heavy rains caused minor problems throughout the region yesterday, but flood watches continue for several communities today, and there'll be no glimpse of sunshine until Wednesday.
While Gov. Mitt Romney declared a state of emergency yesterday morning, area residents escaped much of the flooding rains that wreaked havoc on Essex County and in North Shore communities.
Emergency personnel in the Milford area reported no weather-related calls yesterday. They said they were more worried about today.
Public safety officials whose purview includes the Charles River and Blackstone River said firefighters took rides around the bodies of water to check for flooding.
A Millis Police dispatcher said ambulance crews checked out the Charles River, and, so far, "Everything was fine."
Blackstone Valley area towns kept an eye on the Blackstone River.
In Uxbridge, firefighters monitored "trouble areas" that are hit first by flooding.
"The Blackstone River is rising, but we haven't noticed any problems as of yet," Uxbridge Fire Capt. Steven Tancrell said yesterday. "The problem may be (today)."
Tancrell said firefighters would be prepared today to answer calls for a number of weather-related problems, including flooded basements, accidents and electrical issues stemming from wet wires.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, including the emergency operations center in Framingham, was fully activated Saturday morning.
Romney, who visited MEMA officials in Framingham yesterday morning, also activated four units of the Massachusetts National Guard. About 100 soldiers, along with the operation center at the Guard's Joint Force Headquarters in Milford, were activated yesterday to help support MEMA.
With the hardest rainfall to hit between midnight and 6 a.m. today, MEMA was to remain fully activated until at least 8 a.m. today, said Peter Judge, spokesman for the agency.
There were no significant problems around MetroWest, "which is good," Judge said.
Essex County saw street flooding, small stream flooding and ponding on the roads, Judge said. Those towns had sandbags and emergency plans in place, he said.
MEMA provided assistance to towns, including Melrose, that were really "getting beaten" by the rain, with about 14 inches expected before the end of the storm, he said.
MassHighway assisted with road closures, and the National Guard helped with evacuations at apartment complexes in Peabody and Melrose, Judge said.
Several communities including Waltham, Southborough, Hudson and Framingham reported no street closings or flooding last night, according to police. Sudbury had some minor puddling on its roads, according to police.
State police also reported minor problems in MetroWest.
"There were no major road closures nor major highway closures as a result of the weather," state police Sgt. David Paine said yesterday evening.
State police advised commuters to buckle up, take note of local forecasts and plan accordingly for delays expected with traffic and rain.
Slick roads pose a problem when drivers don't reduce their speed, Paine said. There were a few minor spinouts yesterday morning, but "thankfully nothing too serious in nature," he said.
By 10 a.m. yesterday, Hudson had already received 3.3 inches of rain, Newton 4.9 inches and Natick had 3.1 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Taunton.
The Boston-area received 6.9 inches of rainfall for the month as of Saturday night. The average monthly rainfall totals 1.4 inches, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Alan Dunham.
Flood warnings remained in effect overnight for Northern Worcester County, and all of Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk counties, Dunham said.
There's a flood warning for the Assabet River, which was expected to reach flood level by 9 last night, and rise to 7.1 feet by tomorrow afternoon, according to the weather service.
There's also one for the Sudbury River, which reached 9.1 feet at 10 a.m. yesterday and was expected to reach flood stage of 10 feet by last night, Dunham said.
The Sudbury River is expected to reach 12.6 feet by 8 a.m. tomorrow.
And no surprises about the weather this week. Today's forecast includes rain with highs in the mid-50s, tomorrow will bring more showers with temperatures in the mid-60s, and Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, with peaks of sunshine, and a 40 percent chance of rain, according to the weather service.
(Lisa Gentes can be reached at 508-490-7461 or firstname.lastname@example.org.)


No surprise here: the hottest spot in the U.S. is Death Valley, Calif. With high temps recorded over 130 degrees Fahrenheit, no spot within the U.S. can even compare to the extreme heat offered in this desert within the Mojave Desert. Average temperatures in July easily climb to 115 degrees and come close to that again in August.
How Hot Can It Get? The 10 Hottest Places in the U.S.
With much of the U.S. suffering through a heat wave, a look at the various heat records around the country.
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Mon July 6, 2020
Here’s the latest update from the KRON4 Weather Center.
Taking a break from the heat today and really for much of the week ahead of us. Temperatures will range from the 60’s at the coast to 70’s along the bay with our warmest temperatures in the 80’s for inland valleys.
Sunshine remains with us as we kick off the work week with fog free conditions for most areas yet again and abundant sunshine to look forward to this afternoon. Along with the sunshine winds will pick up later today making for a pleasant but blustery finish to you Monday.
As for the rest of the week temperatures remain cooler than average for this time of year through Thursday before we warm up again into the upcoming weekend. Highs will rise back into the 90’s inland by Saturday, staying that way into early next week.
Sunrise in San Francisco is at 5:54am. Sunset is at 8:35pm.
Don’t forget you can always get the latest weather updates and traffic alerts with the KRON4 app.
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|Synopsis: A developing low pressure area is causing cloudy skies, showers and thunderstorms across the area creating unstable conditions which will persist for most of the forecast period today. Until then, very warm weather will prevail during the day, with the possibility for more showers today and into the evening.
Winds: The wind will be southerly or variable with speeds generally less than 19 km/h or less than 10 knot, becoming calm most nights.
Seas: The seas will be moderate, at most, with heights less than 1.5 metres or less than 5 feet.
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Wednesday Scattered showers and storms across interior. Cool, showers in south. Dry in west. Hot in north.
Thursday Showers and thunderstorms northern inland. Cool, showers in south. Dry in west. Hot in north.
Friday Showers and thunderstorms inland, mainly north. Cool in south. Dry on west coast. Hot in north.
Saturday Showers and thunderstorms in western inland. Cool in south. Dry on west coast. Hot in north.
Sunday Colder, gusty change & showers crosing south. Warm inland with showers and storms. Hot in north.
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18:21 EDT An Australian Urban Search and Rescue taskforce has returned from Vanuatu after a 10-day operation to repair schools and hospitals in Port Vila after Cyclone Pam.


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A television reporter watches waves hit a pier before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012 just off the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Much of the eastern United States was in lockdown mode October 29, 2012 awaiting the arrival of a hurricane dubbed 'Frankenstorm' that threatened to wreak havoc on the area with storm surges, driving rain and devastating winds.
As Hurricane Sandy moves closer and closer to the East Coast, it promises plenty of damage and destruction. With winds reaching speeds of over 90 miles per hour, millions of people are expected to lose power.
New York City is already flooding, and expecting a storm surge of up to 11 feet tonight when Sandy is expected to make landfall. Meanwhile, cities near the water are already feeling the storm’s impact. Our team of reporters on the East Coast weigh in on the effects of Hurricane Sandy. How do you prepare for natural disasters?
John Lacorte, senior meteorologist, national weather service
Kitty Felde, KPCC reporter, KPCC reporter, currently in Maryland's Eastern Shore along Chesapeake Bay
Mark Austin Thomas, veteran news anchor; former KPCC mid-day host, currently in Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York
Mary Plummer, KPCC producer for Take Two, currently in Manhattan, New York
Brian Watt, KPCC reporter, currently stranded in the Bronx, New York


The 2006 Southeast Asian haze event was caused by continued uncontrolled burning from "slash and burn" cultivation in Indonesia, and affected several countries in the Southeast Asian region and beyond, such as Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, and as far as Saipan; the effects of the haze may have spread to South Korea. Local sources of pollution partly contributed to the increased toxicity, particularly in high-pollution areas such as ports, oil refineries, and dense urban areas. In the highly urbanised and industrialised Klang Valley of Malaysia in particular, the surrounding terrain acted as a natural retainer of polluted air, aggravating the situation when the haze set in.
There is also a link to El Niño. The haze was made worse than during previous occurrences by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation which delayed the year's monsoon season. Fires in Kalimantan produce great amounts of smoke, burn a long time and are difficult to extinguish because they are on peatland, and once lit the fires can burn for months and release gases that produce sulfuric acid.
Air quality across the region appeared to improve in late October as heavy rainfall doused fires in Indonesia.
While the haze largely spared Singapore with 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index readings within the "Good" range for 15 days in September and the rest in the "Moderate" range and no higher than a reading of 66, its harmful effects became more prevalent in October.
On 7 October 2006, the 3-hour PSI reading breached the 100 mark at 8 a.m. and entered unhealthy levels for the first time in the year, as winds from neighbouring Sumatra blew the haze to Singapore. At 10 a.m., it hit 130, the highest in three years, before subsiding to 80 at 4 p.m. and climbing rapidly to 150 at 9 p.m., the worst since 1997, before ending the day at 136, still in the unhealthy range.
Although the air quality was set to improve with the arrival of the Northeast monsoon rains in mid-October, southeasterly winds extended the hazy season. A mild El Niño effect delayed the starting of the showers to late October or early November, or even until the end of November. The prolonged haze could be attributed to the extended dry season, which put the rains on hold and affected wind patterns which brought the haze to Singapore. Intermittent showers could occur in the pre-monsoon period, but these would do little in increasing air quality. The unpredictable winds in the pre-monsoon period could bring haze from either Sumatra or Kalimantan.
Air quality remained in the moderate range for the next week until 14 October, when the 3-hour PSI readings gradually increased from 53 at 6 a.m. to peak at an unhealthy 116 at 10 p.m. This time, majority of the haze came from Kalimantan.
Similarly, on 15 October, the PSI readings increased from 69 at 6 a.m. to 98 at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., 3 points short of reaching the unhealthy range. This eased to 82 by midnight. As winds remained southeasterly, haze from Kalimantan blew across the South China Sea to Singapore.
The next day, on 16 October, the PSI stayed in the 80s in the morning, before shooting up once again into the unhealthy range, hitting a high of 130 at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. The 3-hour PSI remained in unhealthy levels for 8 consecutive hours, between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. The haze obscured the sun, and symptoms of exposure to haze resurfaced in the general population. The 24-hour PSI for 16 October reached 98, just 3 points short of unhealthy. Visibility dropped to as low as 1 km in some areas, compared to the usual 20 km.
The PSI on 17 October gradually increased from the moderate range in the morning to slip into the unhealthy range at 4 p.m., reaching 106, before declining back to 100 in the moderate range at 10 p.m. The hazy conditions were expected to persist.
Throughout the early morning on 20 October, the PSI kept in the 90s, before reaching a high of 103 at 8 a.m. This dropped to 74 by 7 p.m., although the PSI remained in the 90s in the afternoon. Even though rain fell in some areas, this was not enough to "alleviate the haze situation". The NEA forecast thunderstorms over the weekend, but the southeasterly winds would continue to prevail. The 24-hour PSI on 20 October also reached the unhealthy range at 102.
Later in October, though, the situation began to improve, with the PSI hitting a low of 11 at 2 p.m. on 26 October.
However, in early November, intermonsoonal winds brought slight haze back to Singapore, with the 3-hour PSI in the moderate range most of the time.
The highest 3-hour average PSI recorded prior to that point 226 in September 1997.
While some Singaporeans began donning face masks, others frequented shopping malls and public places like VivoCity, with many shopping before Deepavali at Little India, and going to Geylang Serai's annual Hari Raya bazaar. Stallholders said that the haze had not affected their business. However, Singaporeans generally kept indoors, with some staying away from East Coast Park.
The government announced plans for a haze action plan if the situation became "extremely dangerous", which included priority treatment for haze-related illnesses. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that there was "very little that (could) be done to stop the haze", and advised people to remain indoors, especially those with prior respiratory conditions.
Some minor haze-related illness began to surface, but free clinics across the island did not report any increase in patients with this symptoms. However, attendance figures at polyclinics islandwide increased by 600 cases to about 15,000 cases of haze-related conditions in the first week of October as compared to the same period last month. This is despite the National Healthcare Group reporting that the number of people "complaining of the same ailments" has decreased from the same period last year.
Air purifier sales shot up during the hazy period. Best Denki, an electronic store, sold S$350,000 worth of air purifiers and related items in 4 days, a 300 percent increase. However, experts from the Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University said that only some of these products, like High Efficiency Particulate air filters, would effectively remove small particles from air. Other kinds of air purifiers like ionizing purifiers gave off ozone which could cause symptoms similar to those caused by the haze. The experts recommended regularly cleaning the filter media and opening windows to get some fresh air at night.
The western region, which includes Boon Lay, Choa Chu Kang and Jurong, seemed to be the "epicentre" of the haze. Residents there complained of the worse conditions in their area, saying that it felt "hotter than usual", and health problems were more widespread. The air quality levels in the west have consistently been the worst, but only by several points. Some speculated that the more polluted air was caused by the many construction sites and industrial parks in Jurong and Tuas, but NEA refuted this, claiming that they did not contribute to the haze. Polyclinics in Jurong and Bukit Batok have an increase of 20 percent for patients with respiratory problems and asthma.
Schools islandwide restricted outdoor activities and had to rethink post-examination activities and training or revert to wet-weather programmes. The Singapore Sports School's swim team had to cut back on training when the haze reached unhealthy levels even though they were in the midst of various international competitions. The Ministry of Education recommended that schools suspend all outdoor activities when the PSI reading passes 100, but some schools chose to move indoors regardless of the PSI.
Many Singaporean "fitness buffs" have also made the move indoors. Fitness clubs reported increases in turn-outs and check-ins, utilizing gym facilities rather than outdoor activities. Rock climbers were also affected, and began to move activities indoors instead.
The National Environment Agency website received about 170,000 hits on 14 October, as compared to the usual 60,000, and caused the server to temporarily go down due to the sheer volume of traffic.
According to economists, Singapore suffered a US$50 million economic loss due to the onset of the haze in 2006.
|24-hour PSI readings in October 2006|
0–50 Good 51–100 Moderate 101–200 Unhealthy 201–300 Very unhealthy 301- Hazardous
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The mountain weather forecast suggested that perhaps the only good place to go today would be somewhere in the West Highlands, but south of Lochaber. We've climbed every Munro in Scotland south of Fort William, so Jim & I, unusually, decided to climb one we'd been up before, and ended up climbing Ben More (the Crianlarich one). This paid off as we found ourselves in a wonderful cloud inversion, saw our brocken spectre, and walked up to the col into a fog bow, (also known as a fog dog, cloud bow or white rainbow).
I've seen partial cloud inversions before, but they've been where I've been sandwiched between a high and a low layer of cloud, or have been above low lying mist in valleys, but this was my first bona fide cloud inversion with brilliant blue skies above, the cloud encircling the mountain. What a fantastic thing to experience. The battery on my camera had died, so all these photographs have been taken by Jim.


Under the large system of low pressure over Europe we will continue to be influenced by humid air. Such weather conditions will hardly make us jump for joy of course: the weather will be changeable with temporary clear spells and periods of thick cloud. Predominantly over midday and in the afternoon showers may occur.
The area of low pressure is moving on very slowly and will not leave us until Tuesday. Until then, the weather will remain cold and unstable.
Finstertaler Stausee reservoir (2325 m/3 h) Start and finish: Kühtai tourist office (2020 m) Height gain: 305 m Ascent/descent: 1.5 h/1.5 h Route description: Walk to the dam of Finstertaler Stausee reservoir and walk past Hotel Astoria to the Finstertal valley below the impressive dam. Then follow trail AV 146 uphill and cross the road twice to get on top of the dam. After enjoying the stunning view of Kühtai and the reservoir, walk back along the high-alitutde path to Drei-Seen-Hütte (2310 m). From there follow the high-altitude path below the chair lift to the east and walk past lake Mittlerer Plenderlessee (2317 m) and lake Hirschebensee (2164 m) before getting back to Kühtai.


The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been highlighting the importance of early warning systems to the hurricane prone region, at COP 24 – the Climate Change Conference taking place in Katowice, Poland.
The CARICOM Secretariat’s Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development Dr Douglas Slater joined an international panel discussion at the Conference on Tuesday to address the question, “After the devastation from last year’s hurricanes, how is the Caribbean recovering and how important are early warning systems for the region?”
The 2017 hurricane season included the high-impact Category Five hurricanes Irma and Maria, and officials say the widespread damage and tragic loss of life they caused could have been worse without forecasts and warnings.
The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative – a partnership between the World Meteorological Organisation, World Bank and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) for enhancing climate resilience – has been collecting and compiling lessons on the effectiveness of the region’s early warning systems for the 2017 hurricane season and these were presented at the event.
COP 24, which runs from 2 – 14 December is seeking to advance the practical implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the heat wave spreading across the southern U.S. (all times local):
A forecast of excessive heat this weekend has prompted the cancellation of the weekend’s racing at a North Texas thoroughbred horse racing track.
In a post to its social media channels, Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie says the live racing was canceled for the sake of “the safety and welfare” of the horses and jockeys. The decision is based on a recommendation of the state veterinarian.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for northern, eastern and central Texas effective through 7 p.m. Sunday. Forecasts called for high temperatures of almost 110 degrees (43 Celsius) all weekend.
Mother Nature is bringing the heat at the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers.
The temperature was 107 degrees (41.6 Celsius) for the first pitch just after 7 p.m. Friday, when the Rangers played the Cleveland Indians in their first game after the All-Star break. It was the highest temperature ever at the start of a game at the Texas ballpark, which is in its 25th season — and the second-warmest in the majors this season.
When the Los Angeles Angels hosted the Dodgers on July 7, it was 108 degrees (42.2 Celsius) at first pitch, a record for a game in Anaheim, California.
At Texas, there were two games with 106-degree (41.1-Celsius) temperatures in 2011 during an extended stretch of warm weather and 100-degree days in North Texas.
There will be extreme heat for the entire series against the Indians. The expected high on Saturday is 109 degrees (42.8 Celsius), when the teams again play at night, and the forecast for Sunday’s afternoon finale calls for a high of 108 (42.2 Celsius).
Texas prison officials are offering cold water, cold showers and opportunities to cool off in air-conditioned chapels and offices to thousands of inmates in lock-ups without central air-conditioning in a wide swath of the state under an excessive-heat warning.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jeremy Desel says the policy was expanded statewide for the first time in the agency’s history on Friday.
The measures come after a class-action settlement in May filed by six inmates who contended the oppressive heat at the Wallace Pack Unit in southeast Texas was unconstitutionally cruel punishment.
A federal judge ruled last summer the nation’s largest prison system was “deliberately indifferent” to the heat risks at the Pack unit. The settlement ordered the agency to come up with a plan to keep the heat index there no higher than 88 degrees (31 Celsius).
Including Pack, Texas has 29 air-conditioned prisons. Another 75 are either partially cooled or have no cooling. About one in five beds overall are considered air-conditioned. Texas has about 145,000 inmates.
Scorching heat is spreading across much of the South, where temperatures are expected to soar over 100 degrees.
The National Weather Service posted heat advisories and warnings Friday from the New Mexico-Texas border eastward to parts of Alabama.
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi and west Tennessee were all under heat advisories or warnings Friday morning.
Forecasters say the hot temperatures will combine with high humidity, which could be lethal to some people. They warn that children, older people, those without air conditioning and outdoor workers will be particularly at risk.
There’s also a threat of severe storms, which could spawn tornadoes in parts of the South. The national Storm Prediction Center says the area at greatest risk of storms Friday includes parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.


by Steve Goddard
Tamino has named me “Mr. Cherry” for picking start dates of graphs which are different from the ones he chooses to cherry pick. For instance, he considers 1975 to be the start of “the modern global warming era.”
Living up to his high standards, I declare August 16, 2010 to be the start of “the 2010 La Niña cool down”. Since August 16, UAH channel 5 global temperatures have been dropping at a rate of 1,554 degrees per century.
See below how that plots out.
If the trend continues, the earth will reach absolute zero in about 15 years.
That’s ridiculous, of course.
But the demonstration above is based on a similar logic of picking a start date of 1975 for measuring the global temperature record.
Why pick 1975? It makes the best pie.


The natural phenomenon known as El Nino in Indonesia is on the brink of transitioning to a neutral phase, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). This transition will soon be followed by the emergence of La Nina. But what exactly is La Nina, and should we be concerned about it?
“El Nino is expected to reach neutrality by May, June, July 2024,” stated BMKG’s Head, Dwikorita Karnawati, during a virtual press conference.
La Nina is predicted to make its presence felt starting from July 2024. However, it is anticipated to weaken after the third quarter, from July to September.
Several forecasts align with these expectations, including one from the Institute for Climate and Society (IRI).
“Although the climatological probability of La Nina occurring during the boreal summer of 2024 (June-September) is significant, it is most likely to manifest between July and September 2024 and beyond,” as per IRI’s official statement.
El Nino and La Nina are two distinct weather phenomena. Here’s a breakdown of their differences, as outlined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
El Nino, which means “the child” in Spanish, occurs when trade winds weaken, leading to the eastward movement of warm water towards the west coast of America.
This warm water influences weather patterns. For example, regions in the northern US and Canada experience drier and warmer conditions, while areas along the Gulf Coast and Southeastern US face increased precipitation and flood risks.
El Nino also affects marine ecosystems. During normal conditions in the Pacific Ocean, upwelling brings cold, nutrient-rich water from the depths to the surface.
However, during El Nino events, upwelling weakens or halts altogether. This disruption in nutrient supply leads to a decline in phytoplankton populations, impacting the entire marine food chain.
Another consequence is the migration of tropical species to colder regions, such as yellowfin tuna and albacore tuna.
In contrast, La Nina brings cooler ocean temperatures due to enhanced upwelling, which brings cold, nutrient-rich water to the surface.
These colder waters contribute to drought conditions in the southern US and increased rainfall with flood risks in the northwest Pacific and Canada.
La Nina also influences winter temperatures, making them warmer in the southern regions and colder in the northern regions. Additionally, it tends to intensify storm activity.
Despite these potential impacts, La Nina can also benefit marine life by attracting cold-water species like squid and salmon to regions like the California coast.


Potential for Road and Bridge Closures Due to Winter Weather
Published 9:18 am Friday, February 12, 2021
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is urging Texans along the Gulf Coast region to prepare for severe winter weather.
Dangerous winter weather can come in the form of freezing precipitation and ice. During icy conditions, roads, bridges and elevated structures will likely be impacted.
DPS urges motorists to pay attention to quickly changing weather conditions and prepare for possible road and bridge closures.
Citizens should stay turned to local television and radio stations for weather and traffic updates. For current road conditions, visit DriveTexas.org.


States up and down the East Coast are preparing for Hurricane Sandy, which sent rain to portions of North and South Carolina on Saturday. Sandy could strike the U.S. coast beginning Sunday evening anywhere from the North Carolina-Virginia border to Connecticut, a 700-mile stretch that has state and local authorities rushing to prepare for potentially devastating effects.
From north to south, here is a look at how coastal states are getting ready:
The Maine Emergency Management Agency is warning that Sandy has the potential to create "significant problems" in the state, starting Monday. The concerns range from high surf to strong winds to coastal erosion, the agency says.
In anticipation of widespread power outages, Gov. Paul LePage signed a "limited emergency declaration" so power crews from other states and Canada can help the state prepare for Sandy. The declaration also extends the hours that power company crews can drive.
Gov. John Lynch joined local and state emergency management officials on a conference call to discuss preparations for the storm. The governor also is discussing preparations with the state's utilities, according to his office.
Sandy could bring winds of up to 60 mph and between 2 and 4 inches of rain to parts of the Granite State, likely starting Monday, the governor's office said.
"While the exact path and severity of the storm remain uncertain, it is clear New Hampshire will experience a significant weather event and I urge everyone to be prepared," Lynch said.


A winter windstorm carrying gusts up to 70 mph ripped through Maryland on Friday, uprooting large trees, closing or clogging many of the state’s gateway bridges and roads, and leaving a quarter of a million people without power.
The powerful storm also claimed at least one life — a Baltimore County woman died after she was struck by a falling limb as she walked to her mailbox.
Major bridges across the region — including Maryland’s Bay Bridge spans across the Chesapeake — were closed at times for safety reasons. MARC service was suspended, and Amtrak canceled trains between Boston and Washington. Dozens of roads closed at least briefly due to fallen trees and power lines as crews scrambled to respond.
Public school systems, including Baltimore City and Baltimore, Howard and Carroll counties, closed Friday due to the storm, and many canceled after-school activities.
The National Weather Service called the windstorm “one of the most powerful… in recent years.”
“We rarely get these kinds of winds for such a long period,” said Ray Martin, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Baltimore/Washington forecast office.


FLOODING caused chaos for commuters this week as heavy rainfall affected the whole of Scotland and prompted a Met Office weather warning.
Downpours on Monday and Tuesday led to flooded roads, delayed train services and traffic disruption across Glasgow — and in the southside, drivers were among the worst affected.
Motorists travelling on Thornliebank Road were forced to a halt as flooding worsened heavy single-lane traffic, due to roadworks ongoing until December 23. Roads joined by the nearby roundabout, including Pollokshaws and Nether Auldhouse roads, were also affected.
Lindsay Pond, from Thornliebank, told The Extra: “It took over an hour for me to get to work yesterday — what would normally be a 10 minute journey.”
Southsiders reported a car trapped under the Haggs Road railway bridge, and over at King George V Park in Thornliebank, football pitches and pathways were once again flooded.
An alert remained in place for Strathclyde until 10.30am this morning.
Removing the flood alert, a statement from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency read: “Further rainfall is not expected. River levels have peaked and will continue to fall during Wednesday.”
However, further rain is predicted for the weekend, with relatively clear skies today and tomorrow making way to more rain on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
A Met Office spokesman said that the forecast “looks unsettled into the weekend and indeed into the start of next week as well.”


Lucknow, July 1 (IANS) More than 570 villages of Uttar Pradesh have been hit by floods following incessant downpour in most parts of the state since Sunday, officials said Monday.
Most districts in the flood-hit areas have received 25 to 30 mm rainfall in the last one day and the rivers are in spate in these areas, leading to flooding of villages.
Regional met director J.P. Gupta told IANS that there was a low pressure over eastern Uttar Pradesh and in such conditions more rains would come in this week.
Teams of the provincial armed constabulary (PAC), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other wings of the state police have been pressed into service to evacuate people to safer places.
In eastern UP, rivers like Boodhi Rapti, Ghaghra and Sharda are flowing above the danger level at many places and a bridge near Chowki Didai on the Siddharthanagar-Basti national highway has been washed away by the Jamuar Nala.
The regional met office has predicted continued rains in most parts of the state over the next two days, with “very heavy rains” in the eastern parts of the state.
The state machinery has been put on high alert in 12 districts of this region with the possibility of river waters entering new areas in the next day or two.
The maximum battering in the last one day was taken by Basti (190 mm), Sant Kabeernagar (170 mm), Gorakhpur (144.8 mm) and Lakhimpur Kheri (134 mm).
Rains continued to drench the state capital with the month of June being declared the wettest month in the last one decade.
The maximum temperature came down to 25.9 degrees, which is well over 10 degrees down the normal temperature in this part of the year.
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February 1, 2013. Due to the fact that near the Seychelles enhanced tropical cyclone Felling, on the largest island of the archipelago Mae announced a state of emergency because of heavy precipitation and flooding occurred. Hardest hit three districts of the island, where the element has destroyed about 150 homes.
Flood captures all the new space on Seychelles, information appeared first landslides and rock falls. Last day in Pointe-au-Ciel in the south-east of the island of Mahe 184 mm of rain fell, accounting for nearly half of the January monthly norm. In other localities rainfall close to 100 mm. January is the wettest month of the year on Seychelles.
Fortunately, there were no injuries among the islanders, but to maintain those whose property is affected by the floods created by the National Fund for assistance. Residents of the neighboring islands of Mahe and Preslin and La Digue is recommended not to make unnecessarily long trips and walks to the water subsides. It will also help relieve the road for the passage of transport to emergency services.
Currently cyclone Folling continues to gain strength over the waters of the Indian Ocean on the east. Madagascar and moving south at a speed of 24 km / h Therefore, for Madagascar, as well as for Fr. Mauritius and Reunion there is the possibility of heavy rains and floods. Incidentally, the active cyclone has named the strongest shopping center in the 2012-2013 season, from February 2012.


Tornado touched down in Ottawa Monday
Videos sent in to CBC News show the tornado forming over east Ottawa
Environment Canada has confirmed that a small tornado touched down at Pine View Golf Course in the east end of Ottawa.
The tornado, spotted in the Blair and Montreal roads area in east Ottawa, was part of a sudden storm that hit the nation's capital Monday evening.
- LISTEN | How a tornado touched down in east Ottawa from CBC Radio's All in a Day
"To be honest, it looked like a bomb went off here on the fourth tee. It really did," said Nathan Battigelli, an assistant superintendent at Pine View Golf Course, who was working when the bad weather hit.
"It was sunny, it was warm, it was pretty calm, and within minutes it was overcast, freezing and pouring rain sideways," said Battigelli.
"It's bizarre because it's about a 30-yard-wide path, almost a straight line, diagonally through the property," said Scott Mikkelsen, who also works at the course.
"On either side of that 30-yard-wide path, things are untouched," said Mikkelsen.
Staff estimate that somewhere between 20 to 30 trees were taken down and it will be a week before everything is cleared out, although the course remains open.
You sent us your videos
Ottawa residents sent CBC Ottawa climatologist Ian Black their videos of the clouds forming over the supper hour Monday.
Michel White sent in the video seen above from an apartment building in Gatineau, while Nancy Adams sent in the video seen below from her home in east Ottawa.
The video above shows the funnel cloud moving closer to the ground. The one below shows a cloud that resembles a "cinnamon roll" forming amidst a dark, gloomy sky.
Pine View Golf Course tweeted out photos Tuesday morning of the damage caused by the storm. Trees were torn down as workers began to cleanup.


Video - Weather News
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:54 PM
Updated Wednesday, Jan 9 at 11:17 PM
Non-stop rain since Tuesday has its ups and downs for North Texas. The deluge comes at a much-needed time for North Texas, which still sits in a drought from last year. However, the rains have caused headaches for drivers.


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Published on May 10, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO5xZ... (still processing) Dr. Pieter Tans, senior scientist, Global Monitoring Division of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder. Dr. Tans discusses the recent 400 ppm measurement of CO2 at Mauna Loa, and what it means.


September 9, 2016
The first big cold front of the fall was set to push through the St. Louis, MO area on this day. Storms had formed out in Kansas and western Missouri late on the 8th and moved across the St. Louis region early on the 9th, setting up an outflow boundary over southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois. These early morning storms left behind clouds that lingered through the morning, causing temperatures to be a little cooler, which is not a good thing if you want convection later in the day. That changed quickly, as by 10-11am, it got uncomfortably warm and muggy with breaks in the clouds. The previously mentioned outflow boundary was forecast to push northward as a warm front and serve as the lifting mechanism for storms, which models had firing around 3-4pm. Parameters along this boundary were good enough for supercells and maybe a quick tornado or two. At about 3pm, a storm fired over Arnold, MO and quickly became supercellular as it moved into southern Illinois. Michelle and I left St. Louis and headed eastward on I-64, skirting the northern edge of its forward flank. We finally got a clear view of it north of Mascoutah, IL. At first, it was not visually impressive:
But within about 10 minutes, it began to really pull itself together, as it was displaying some decent mid-level features:
We made our way south into Mascoutah, at which point the storm was approaching the city limits:
This was a rather unsettling scene, given that school had let out and so many people were out walking, unaware of the impending storm. While it wasn't tornado-warned, or even severe-warned at the time, it still posed a threat and could have intensified at any minute. If the storm were to have done so, it fortunately skimmed the northern part of town. We continued out of Mascoutah to the east, stopping off of Highway 177 to watch it as it passed just north of town:
After this point, the storm cycled and temporarily lost any good low-level features as it made its way eastward toward New Baden, IL. We tracked south of it on Highway 177 and then went directly toward it on Highway 168, at which point it was over New Baden and exhibiting a well-defined wall cloud:
We continued east of New Baden and watched as the storm moved over Albers and Germantown, IL, still maintaining a healthy wall cloud (first photo below). At the same time, another supercell had developed to our west and was tracking along the same path as the first (second photo below).
We followed the first storm to Posey, IL, and watched as it gave one last try (photo below). Unfortunately, its low-level features disintegrated due to a strong rear flank downdraft surge shortly thereafter. The storm still survived several hours after this, but never really became organized again.
The previously mentioned second storm was still following the same track as the first and still going strong. We sat in place and watched as it approached from the west; putting off a lot of lightning and displaying a nice wall cloud:
As it drew closer, we dove south on Highway 127, getting off Sassafras Rd. (mentioned only because it's fun to say). This put us just to the south of where the storm would pass and offered a clear view of the meso as it really geared up. A drastic RFD surge cut into the meso, throwing out some dramatic coloring and almost getting things to spin just enough for a tornado:
We went further south to New Minden, IL and then followed the storm to the northeast of Hoyleton, IL, but it wasn't able to re-organize and became as bland as the storm before it. At this point, a cluster of storms had formed to our west. We could see on radar that there were some weak, embedded supercellular structures in the mess. However, nothing stood out as chase-able, so we decided to make our way back to St. Louis. That did, however, mean that we would have to punch through said mess. As we began to head north to the interstate, we started to see some faint storm structure to the west, associated with the leading edge of the storms. We pulled off and watched it approach, and luckily for us, the portion heading for us started to get its act together, both on radar and visually:
We raced back the way we just came to get south of it, as it began to really pull together and display some nice coloring (first photo below). We stopped north of Hoyleton to grab some quick pictures as the meso began to really broaden (second photo below).
At this point we still weren't 100% sure what we were dealing with. It seemed like it was trying to go supercellular, but visually and on radar, it just didn't look convincing. We quickly tried to get south of it...right when it did decide what it wanted to do. A massive rear flank downdraft surge pushed a circulation across the road in front of us. This circulation really started to spin just to the east of the road, kicking up small debris and causing power flashes (photo below). I swore a tornado was going to form right outside the car window. Luckily for the farm beneath the circulation, nothing happened. We continued into Hoyleton where we tried to decide if it was worth it to continue to chase it. Like the other storms, it made our decision easy by falling apart, so we decided to make our way back home to St. Louis.
Make sure to check out the timelapse below for clips of all three supercells from this days chase!
The Storm Prediction Center's summary for this event can be found HERE.


‘Crising’ kills 1, hurts 2-A A +A
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
MANILA (Updated) -- At least one was reported killed while two others were injured due to heavy rains brought by Tropical Depression "Crising," according to the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) on Tuesday.
OCD-Davao Region head Lisa Mazo identified the fatality as Francisco Digaynon Jr., who drowned while crossing the Taytayan river in Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley.
Maria Nacua, 20, and Dodong Nacua, 8, were injured after a landslide triggered by "Crising" destroyed their house in Lanao del Sur.
The two were brought to the Lanao del Norte Provincial Hospital in Kapatagan for medical treatment, said the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
The tropical depression was located at 80 kilometers (km) southwest of General Santos City by 4 p.m. Tuesday. It is moving west northwest at 24 kilometers per hour (kph) with maximum winds of 45 kph near the center, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
At least 23 areas have been placed under storm signal number 1. These are Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Samal Island, Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley, southern part of Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Sur, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, North Cotabato, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and Southern Palawan.
Pagasa said Crising made landfall over the southern tip of Davao del Sur Tuesday.
The tropical depression is expected to be at 250 kms west of Zamboanga City by Wednesday afternoon, and 500 kms southwest of Puerto Princesa City in Palawan by Thursday afternoon.
Pagasa said Crising still brings estimated five to 15 millimeters of rainfall per hour within its 300 km diameter. Residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under public storm warning signal number 1 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.
Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are still advised not to venture out into the northern, eastern and southern seaboards of Luzon and Central and Eastern seaboards of Visayas and eastern seaboard of Mindanao. (Sunnex/With reports from PNA)


Today’s USCG Port Coordination Team Tropical Storm Gordon Update:
NOAA (From 1115 CDT NWS Update)
Here are the changes from the last update:
- The track has shifted slightly eastward
- The intensity forecast has been nudged upward to near 60kt just before landfall.
- This means there is some potential for Gordon to attain hurricane strength before landfall and a Hurricane Watch has been issued for the Mississippi Coast
- The Storm Surge Watch has been upgraded to a Storm Surge Warning from Shell Beach eastward across the Mississippi Coast.
- The Tropical Storm Warning has also been expanded to include Washington Parish and Pearl River County
Impacts will generally occur Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday.
- Potential for winds of 60-70 mph across areas generally along/east of a line from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Kenner to McComb with potential for 40-60 mph winds southwest of that line
- There is some potential for hurricane force winds – especially in gusts across the Mississippi coastal counties
- 3-5 ft inundation possible along the open coast from Shell beach eastward to the MS/AL border
- 2-4 ft inundation possible along the open coast from the Mississippi River eastward to Shell Beach
- 1-2 ft inundation along the shores of Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas, and along the open coast west of the Mississippi River
- Widespread 3-7 inches over the next 3 days
- Potential for significantly higher local amounts where rain bands move over the same area for a prolonged period
- Not looking at RNA impacts or lock closures at this time.
- The Harvey-LaPalco Flood Sector gate (not the lock) will close today.
- X-Ray set as of 2200 yesterday. (Click here)
- Patrols and Port Assessment Teams will be out today and tomorrow.
- Anticipate setting Port Condition Yankee sometime this afternoon.
- Yankee – Possible Vessel Traffic Control Measures in Effect (Click here)
- No Reports.
BAR – A shutdown operations expected at midnight tonight ’subject to change’.
More definitive times to be provided this afternoon.
CRPPA – Northbound ships stop at midnight.
Harbor movements remain open at this time.
NOBRA – Monitoring. Normal ops at this time.
No outbound ships at the point past 1800 today.
Federal – Monitoring. Will make decision of continuity of operations around 1800 tonight.
Notifications will be made at that time.
GICA – Ops normal at this time.
GNOBFA – Monitoring.


Live Tropical Storm weather cam in Manila and Cebu in the Philippines
Over 100 people were killed and more than a quarter of a million displaced after tropical storm Ketsana dumped the heaviest rain on The Philippines capital city, Manila, in more than 40 years, officials said yesterday.
Manila and surrounding areas were lashed with rain for nine hours on Saturday, leading to flash floods that inundated about 80 per cent of the city of 12million inhabitants.
The deluge left some areas under up to 6m of water, stranding families on rooftops and forcing the government to declare a state of disaster.
Highways were turned into raging rivers that swept away shanty towns and cars. Video footage from military helicopters showed marooned residents pleading for food and help.
The Tropical storm, Ketsana, displaced nearly 280,000 people in Manila and five provinces, with more than 41,000 people finding refuge in 92 evacuation centres. More flooding may hit northern provinces if the reservoirs and dams overflow.
Check out the live weather conditions in the capital city of Manila by viewing our live streaming Manila web cam here. Click on our below weather cam Manila image to see a number of live webcam views in the Philippines capital city – Manila. Watch the progress of the Tropical storm, Ketsana, via our live streaming Philppines weather cams – HERE
Check out our live Philippines weather cams overlooking the capital city of Manila and the Philippines holiday resort island of Cebu. Our live weather cams in Manila and Cebu will let you see when the Ketsana Tropical storm finally departs the Philippines.


Viewer interest in the impending landfall of Hurricane Irene helped The Weather Channel top the other news networks in the adults 25-54 demographic for total day-viewership on Thursday, Aug. 25.
The Weather Channel's total-day delivery stood at 376,000 in the key demo, just above Fox News Cjannel's 371,000 and topping CNN's 218,000 and MSNBC's 139,000, according to reported figures. Thursday's total-day number was 288% above The Weather Channel's quarter-to-date average of 97,000 viewers.
In total viewers, The Weather Channel was second behind Fox News Channel with 925,000, a 292% jump over its QTD average of 236,000 total viewers. FNC had 1.4 million for the day, CNN followed with 643,000 total viewers and MSNBC had 458,000.
On Thursday Weather.com also had its highest pageview level associated with a hurricane (99 million) and Weather.com Social registered over 310,000 pageviews, also a high.