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Driest January-February Since 1852 for Northern California

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Wunderground.com - 3/4/2013, Christopher C. Burt

 

After a wet November and December the past two months have been the driest start to a year since 1852 for most of central and northern California. San Francisco (downtown) has picked up only 1.34” of precipitation since January 1st, its 3rd driest such period on record (since 1849). Normal for the two months is 8.96”.

 

Locust alert in Middle East as plague descends on Egypt and creates panic in Israel

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Mail Online - Alex Ward, 3/04/13

  • Israel's Agriculture Ministry set up an emergency hotline and task force
  • The swarm is estimated to be made up of 30million insects
  • The infestation has been devastating crops in Egypt ahead of Passover

Swarms descending: A swarm of an estimated 30million locust has descended on Egypt (including these insects seen over the Al-Mogattam district of Cairo) as Israel braces for the infestation to head their way

Swarms descending: A swarm of an estimated 30million locust has descended on Egypt (including these insects seen over the Al-Mogattam district of Cairo) as Israel braces for the infestation to head their way

Florida sinkhole visible after victim's home demolished

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Los Angeles Times - Matt Pearce, 3/04/13

Florida sinkhole

On Monday, workers exposed the sinkhole, seen in an image taken from video, that swallowed a Florida man in his home Thursday evening. (WFTS-TV / March 4, 2013)

Demolition crews in Seffner, Fla., on Monday knocked down walls of the house where Jeff Bush, 37, was living before a sinkhole swallowed his bedroom on Thursday night.

The hole was not visible outside the home before an 80-foot excavation arm knocked down the walls and revealed the chasm, which experts thought extended dozens of feet into the earth, where Bush's body is thought to remain.

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Sinkhole opens up near causeway in Gayndah

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Sunshine Coast Daily.com-3/4/2013, Leah Kidd

 

 

 

A SINKHOLE has opened up north of Gayndah.The North Burnett Regional Council reported the sink hole, which was reported to be more than 5m deep, had formed on Scanlans Rd.North Burnett Mayor Don Waugh believed the sinkhole had opened on the right side of the causeway.

 

The mayor said after initial observations it was estimated the sink hole was six to 10m wide and dropped between five to 10m below the causeway.The shocked mayor was lost for words."It's incredible - you've got to see it to believe it," Cr Waugh said.

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Jurupa Valley Fire Fully Contained After Burning 311 Acres

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NBC Los Angeles.com/ 03/02/2013, Melissa Palmer

 

 

A wildfire that burned an estimated 311 acres over two days in Riverside County was fully contained by firefighters as of 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

 

The blaze, which began late Thursday afternoon in the Jurupa Valley area, had quickly spread 150 acres and continued to grow Friday morning.

 

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Southwest China Quake Destroys 700 Homes

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Weather.com-3/3/13, Assoc.Press

 

 

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BEIJING — A moderate earthquake in southwest China has caused hundreds of homes to collapse and injured more than 20 people.

The earthquake bureau in Yunnan province, where Sunday afternoon's quake occurred, says three of the injuries were serious.

 

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Efforts to retrieve man from Florida sinkhole are stopped

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Los Angeles Times - 3/02/13, Marisa Gerber

Police tape surrounds a home where a sinkhole opened beneath the bedroom of Jeff Bush in Seffner, Florida, on Friday, March 1. Sinkholes caused by acidic groundwater corroding the limestone or carbonate rock underground are common in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Take a look at sinkholes throughout the world.

Police tape surrounds a home where a sinkhole opened beneath the bedroom of Jeff Bush in Seffner, Florida, on Friday, March 1. Sinkholes caused by acidic groundwater corroding the limestone or carbonate rock underground are common in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Florida officials said Saturday evening they hadn't found the body of the man swallowed by a sinkhole two days earlier, and planned to stop looking.

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