By: RT.com, 02/15/2014

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The heaviest snowfall in decades has left 3 dead and more than 800 injured across Japan, local media reports. The snow has paralyzed the public transport system causing numerous traffic accidents. One person died in a snow-related traffic accident in the city of Shizuoka located south of the capital Tokyo early on Saturday, police said. Another two people died in car crashes caused by snow in Shiga central Japan and Oita in the south western part of the archipelago on Friday, according to Kyodo news agency. At least 850 people, including one in a coma, have been injured on the snow-covered roads since the storm hit the country on Thursday, local broadcaster NHK reported.

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By: Sean Breslin, 02/15/2014

Two people were killed Friday as high winds and huge waves battered Britain, adding more misery to coastal communities already hit by widespread flooding. One woman died in central London when part of a building collapsed on the minicab she was driving during a heavy windstorm. One cruise ship passenger also died after high winds kicked up giant waves in the English Channel. The army was also called in to rescue 30 people from a seafront restaurant in Hampshire southwest of London after high winds blew a shingle through its windows, allowing flood waters in. Officials said Saturday that 22 severe flood warnings are in place, meaning lives are in danger at those points. More heavy rain and winds are expected Saturday.

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.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com - 2/14/14

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is now operational and delivering solar electricity to California customers. At full capacity, the facility’s trio of 450-foot high towers produces a gross total of 392 megawatts (MW) of solar power, enough electricity to provide 140,000 California homes with clean energy and avoid 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, equal to removing 72,000 vehicles off the road.

Sprawling across a staggering 5 square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border, it looks damn beautiful. Just look at these amazing images: Read More

Spaceweather.com - 2/13/14

SOLAR ACTIVITY: Solar activity is at moderately high levels as five M-class solar flares and multiple CMEs were observed over the past 24 hours. The primary source is active sunspot AR1974, which has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong explosions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% chance of M-flares and a 10% chance of X-flares on Feb. 13th. Solar flare alerts: text, voice

INCOMING CMES COULD SPARK VALENTINE'S LIGHTS: On Feb. 12th, an M-class exlosion in the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR1974 hurled a faint CME almost directly toward Earth. This SOHO coronagraph movie shows the cloud racing away from the sun: