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Indonesian Mount Tangkuban Perahu volcano spews ash into sky

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The Extinction Protocol Posted on March 8, 2013

March 8, 2013 – JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia scientists say they are closely monitoring a smoking volcano on Java Island, urging villagers and tourists to stay off the mountain’s slope. Government volcanologist Hendra Gunawan said Thursday that Mount Tangkuban Perahu in West Java province shot up smoke and ash nearly 500 meters (1,640 feet) into the air since Monday, and was placed at the second-highest alert level. It does not send debris or lava far down its slopes and nearby towns and villages were in no danger, but authorities warned tourists off limit its danger zone of 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) from the crater, citing a build-up of poison gas inside the peaks. The 2,084 meter (6,837 feet)-high mountain is one of Java’s most popular tourist attractions where people can hike to the edge of the crater to view boiling mud up close. It last erupted in 1983. –News Observer

 

U.S. Drought Intensifies in Texas and Florida

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Source: ClimateCentral.org - 3/07/13, Daniel Yawitz

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Drought expanded in two key areas of the country last week – Florida and West Texas – where several weeks of low rainfall have allowed already dry conditions to intensify, according to an update to the U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday.

While much of the East Coast has seen heavy precipitation over the past two weeks, very little of that has extended into the Florida peninsula. According to the Drought Monitor, “abnormal dryness” pushed into all of southern Florida, while conditions of “severe drought” expanded in the eastern and central parts of the state. Meanwhile, relatively wet conditions in the Florida Panhandle have kept the northwestern part of the state out of drought.

Storms soak SA's Lower Eyre Peninsula and West Coast

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Slow-moving thunderstorms soaked South Australia's Lower Eyre Peninsula and West Coast yesterday, with some places seeing their heaviest rain in over a decade.

The highest totals were seen across the state's Lower Eyre Peninsula, with Coulta picking up 54mm, its heaviest rain since 2006. This is also Coulta's seventh heaviest fall in 129 years of records. Further north, Lock received 45mm, its heaviest rain since 1997, while Coles Point received 34mm, its heaviest March fall since 2006.

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Winter Storm Inflicts More Damage to Already-Suffering Towns

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MANTOLOKING, N.J. (AP) — A late-winter storm inflicted new damage Thursday to parts of the Jersey shore still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy, as New Englanders braced for potential evacuations and coastal flooding.

The storm buried parts of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions with snow but barely laid a glove on Washington, D.C.

Italy’s Mount Etna volcano erupts again in dramatic fashion, lighting up the night sky

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The Extinction Protocol Posted on March 6, 2013

March 6, 2013 – ITALY – Mount Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano sent plumes of ash and lava into the night sky on the island of Sicily. Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology has recently registered increased explosive activity by the volcano, Italy’s Civil Protection agency said. There are several inhabited villages on the slopes of Mount Etna. Eruptions are not infrequent, and Italian airliners sometimes have to alter their routes to avoid flying through ash clouds. Tuesday’s eruption did not cause any interruption to air traffic at the airport serving the nearby town of Catania, according to reports. -Telegraph

 

Southern Schools Damaged by High Winds Tuesday

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At least two schools in the south - one a daycare, the other a middle school - are among the buildings damaged by severe weather Tuesday.

Photos show damage to Columbiana Middle School in Shelby County, Ala. The National Weather Service office in Birmingham says damaging winds around 70 to 80 m.p.h. tore large chunks of the roof off the school. Two classrooms were also damaged.

Winter Storm Saturn: Snowfall Totals, Storm Reports

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Weather.com- March 6, 2013- Nick WiltgenMidwest Snowfall from Saturn

Above: The latest observed snowfall totals from Winter Storm Saturn, updated hourly.

Snow hit the central and northern Rockies on Sunday, March 3, and spread into North Dakota by Monday, March 4. By Tuesday, March 5, the most significant snows had shifted into the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes region. Now, Saturn is spreading snow into parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Below are selected top snowfall totals so far in Winter Storm Saturn's path as of early Wednesday morning. 

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