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Tungurahua erupts spewing glowing ash and pyroclastic material

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The Watchers By Nix – Posted on March 11, 2013

 

After eruption on Saturday, activity intensified at Ecuadorian volcano Tungurahua on Sunday, March 10, 2013. It spewed glowing ash and pyroclastic material 1.24 miles (about 2 km) into the air, reported CBS12. The head of the risk unit for the nearby municipality of Banos del Agua Santa, Javier Mayorga said; as a precautionary measure, access to the area around the volcano had been restricted. He further said, “We have determined sites from where we can see the volcano. We have searched for safe look-out sites because in the areas where there is greatest visibility towards the volcano, we cannot guarantee the safety of...

After eruption on Saturday, activity intensified at Ecuadorian volcano Tungurahua on Sunday, March 10, 2013. It spewed glowing ash and pyroclastic material 1.24 miles (about 2 km) into the air, reported CBS12. The head of the risk unit for the nearby municipality of Banos del Agua Santa, Javier Mayorga said; as a precautionary measure, access to the area around the volcano had been restricted. He further said,

The covers are on as temperatures hit record low but Cheltenham Festival gets the go-ahead

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Mail Online - Marcus Townend, 3/11/13

Deep freeze: The Cheltenham course is covered in weather protection after a cold snap saw temperatures plummet in the Southern Counties.

Deep freeze: The Cheltenham course is covered in weather protection after a cold snap saw temperatures plummet in the Southern Counties.

The four-day Cheltenham Festival will open tomorrow to the coldest temperatures on record but track officials insist there is not threat to the biggest meeting of the jumps season.

Light flurries of snow at the circuit this morning were accompanied by the unusual sight of both tracks – the Old Course used in the first two days and the New Course for the final two days  - insulated from the cold by giant back covers.

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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano erupts (Video)

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BBC News 11 March 2013 Last updated at 03:48 ET

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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has continued erupting, spewing lava for a second day.

Local reports say ash stretched up to 2kms (1.4 miles) in the air on Saturday.

Access to the area around volcano has been restricted following the increased activity.

 

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Snow blows spring back as icy weather returns to UK

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The Guardian Monday 11 March 2013 06:54 EDT

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A frozen statue in Trafalgar Square, in central London. Photograph: Andy Hepburn/PA

Snow and icily low temperatures have returned to the UK in force, with blizzards in southern parts of England and the freezing weather threatening even the Channel Islands.

Ferries have been interrupted between Jersey and St Malo, in France, as stormy weather moves along the Channel, possibly bringing snow to all parts of the country by nightfall.

NASA finds particle accelerator in solar winds

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 3/10/13

March 10, 2013 – SPACE - The solar wind is a hot and fast flow of magnetized gas that streams away from the sun’s upper atmosphere. It is made of hydrogen and helium ions with a sprinkling of heavier elements. Researchers liken it to the steam from a pot of water boiling on a stove; the sun is literally boiling itself away. “But,” says Adam Szabo of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “solar wind does something that steam in your kitchen never does. As steam rises from a pot, it slows and cools. As solar wind leaves the sun, it accelerates, tripling in speed as it passes through the corona. Furthermore, something inside the solar wind continues to add heat even as it blows into the cold of space.” Finding that “something” has been a goal of researchers for decades. 

 

Melbourne equals March heat record

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Weatherzone Brett Dutschke, Sunday March 10, 2013 - 15:03 EDT

Melbourne has equalled its March record for consecutive days of 30 degrees or hotter and on Monday is almost certain to equal the record for all months.

Sunday was the city's seventh consecutive day of 30 degrees or hotter, equalling the March record, set in 1985, 1940 and 1914.

 

 

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