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Etna volcano current activity: new paroxysms from New SE crater (Video)

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Volcano Discovery Update Sat 23 Feb 19:47

Tall lava fountains are visible from the webcam images:

Tall lava fountains are visible from the webcam images:

 

The 5th paroxysm of the New SE crater is occurring. Tall lava fountains are erupting from the fissure vent of the New SE crater. This time, the eruption is much bigger than the previous ones. Judging from webcam images, lava fountains might be reaching one km in height.

Flooding death toll rises as NSW towns evacuated

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ABC News Australia - 2/23/12

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Photo: Locals look on at the submerged Bellingen Bridge on Saturday. (Audience submitted: Mel Bradbury)

Residents are being evacuated from parts of northern New South Wales as the discovery of a man's body raises the death toll to two.

Evacuation orders are in place in several towns along the mid-north coast, including Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Bellingen, and emergency services are asking people not to enter floodwaters.

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Train passengers trapped in wild weather for 17hrs

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ABC News Australia - 2.22.13

Passenger train arrives after ordeal

Photo: The passenger train arrived back in Coffs Harbour after the ordeal. (ABC)

 

Following a destructive storm that brought heavy rains and high winds, 100 people were trapped on a train in New South Wales for 17 hours. First the train was stopped by fallen trees on the tracks, then it hit floodwaters and then it was stopped for a third time by a landslide.

 

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Cyclone Haruna kills one in Madagascar, threatens towns

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GlobalPost.com - 2/22/12, Agence France-Presse

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Tropical cyclone Haruna has hit the large Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar, claiming one life and threatening some 30 southern towns, authorities said.

The cyclone struck Madagascar 15 hours earlier than expected, having "deviated from its trajectory and landed 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the (southeastern) town of Morombe at around 6:00 am (0300 GMT)", the head of the forecasting division of the meteorological service, Ndinizara Newsman de Priscofe, told AFP.

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Floods sweep through Greece and Italy

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RT.com - 2/23/13

A woman is rescued from flood waters by a resident standing on top of her car during heavy rain in Chalandri suburb north of Athens February 22, 2013. (Reuters/John Kolesidis)

A woman is rescued from flood waters by a resident standing on top of her car during heavy rain in Chalandri suburb north of Athens February 22, 2013. (Reuters/John Kolesidis)

Unusually heavy rains have caused floods in Greece and southern Italy with torrents of water strong enough to carry away vehicles. One woman died of shock after being trapped in her car surrounded by raging waters.

In Athens a woman in her 20s died of a heart attack prompted by a shock when she became trapped in her car by floodwaters. Another woman was rescued from her stranded vehicle as streams of water overturned several nearby vehicles.

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Big Story Weather – February 22, 2013

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redOrbit February 22, 2013

Daily weather forecast and wrap-up provided by redOrbit meteorologist Joshua Kelly.

 

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Big Story Weather from February 21: A major winter storm moved through the Central Plains dumping over one foot of snow for many places in Kansas and Missouri along with parts of Nebraska. This storm then moved into Iowa and the Northern Plains. Some severe weather developed over Eastern Texas, Northern Louisiana and Central Mississippi with a few tornadoes and wind damage reported. The remainder of the country enjoyed a nice day, except for the Northwest where showers overtook the day.

Volcanoes Today, 23 Feb 2013 - recent updates on world-wide volcanic activity: Colima, Tangkubanparahu, White Island, Suwanose-jima

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Volcano Discovery Saturday Feb 23, 2013 10:39 AM

Current seismic signal from White Island (GeoNet)

Current seismic signal from White Island (GeoNet)

Current seismic signal from Colima (SOMA station, Univ. Colima)

Current seismic signal from Colima (SOMA station, Univ. Colima)

 

Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): A swarm of earthquakes occurred over the the past days in an area a few km south of the island at about 10 km depth.

 

Video: Thundersnow Clobbers Kansas

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Accuweather.com - 2/22/13, Samantha-Rae Tuthill
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A massive winter storm system gave Kansas some of the highest snowfall amounts it's ever seen. The Wichita Mid-Continent Airport recorded 14.2 inches of snow on Feb. 21, an amount only topped by a storm in 1962 that left them covered in 15 inches of snow. This storm also brought reports of thundersnow.

 

 

"Wichita didn't miss the record amount by much," said AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Dan Pydynowski. "This storm brought around a foot of snow to the Plains, with areas in Kansas being the hardest hit."

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January 2013 Earth's 9th warmest on record; Category 2 Haruna hits Madagascar

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Wunderground.com - 2/22/12, Dr. Jeff Masters

 


Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for January 2013, the 9th warmest January for the globe since record keeping began in 1880. Colder than average conditions occurred in the Western U.S., northern Canada, and northern Russia. The Southern Hemisphere was record warm over land for the second month in a row, with record high monthly temperatures observed over northeastern Brazil, much of southern Africa, and northern and central Australia. No land areas in the Southern Hemisphere were cooler than average. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).

 

January 2013 was the globe's 9th warmest January since records began in 1880, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) on Thursday. January 2013 global land temperatures were the 13th warmest on record, and global ocean temperatures were the 8th warmest on record. January 2013 was the 335th consecutive month with global temperatures warmer than the 20th century average and the 37th straight warmer-than-average January.

 

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