- Another weather bomb to relieve a crippling drought: Incredible amount of rain bringing sub-tropical drenching with heavy downpours to New Zealand
- Bird flu arrives in Tennessee: Tests confirmed the presence of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI at a facility in Lincoln County
- A little later than expected but..A mag 6.5 strikes Papua New Guinea as massive coronal hole on the Sun begins to turn away from Earth
- Madagascar braces for life-threatening impacts from strengthening Tropical Cyclone Enawo less than a month after Tropical Cyclone Dineo caused havoc in the area
- 10 tons of dead fish suddenly surfaced in a 2 hour period in Zhejiang PuTuo China : Boat Captain "sea fishing for more than 30 years never seen such a thing"
Another weather bomb to relieve a crippling drought: Incredible amount of rain bringing sub-tropical drenching with heavy downpours to New Zealand Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:05 AM PST Earthwindmap Click on image to enlarge.
The Bay of Plenty is being warned to brace for a sub-tropical drenching with heavy downpours so intense the crippling drought affecting parts of the North Island may be finally be broken. Heavy rain is expected to hit the country tomorrow and last for up to a week. This morning Metservice issued a severe weather watch for the Western Bay of Plenty and Rotorua, warning of heavy, possibly thundery, falls from late tomorrow until Thursday. At the same time the South Island is facing an autumnal cold snap with temperatures in some regions barely registering above single digits. MetService said a low pressure system was expected to stay at the top of the country dragging humid air down from the subtropics and bringing rain across northern regions. The downpours were expected be intense there was a possibility warnings would be issued for upper districts of the North Island. The rain was also expected to fall over Gisborne, the Hawkes Bay ranges, and the central North Island high country but not to warning levels. At this stage there was still some uncertainty about which areas would get the heaviest rain. Weatherwatch.co.nz said the rain would finally bring relief to farmers in Northland and Gisborne signalling an end to the drought. Meanwhile, temperatures in the far south had started plummeting with Dunedin and Invercargill reaching just 14C today and expected to be even cooler tomorrow. Weatherwatch.co.nz said Christchurch, which has a high in the mid-20s today, would feel a noticeable nip overnight plunging to 14C before bouncing back later this week. Home Page The Wire |
Bird flu arrives in Tennessee: Tests confirmed the presence of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI at a facility in Lincoln County Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PST Click on RSOE Alert map to enlarge, red squares indicate humans infected or dead Agriculture officials say a commercial chicken breeding facility in south-central Tennessee has been hit by a strain of bird flu. The state Agriculture Department says in a news release that tests confirmed the presence of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, at a facility in Lincoln County. The facility alerted the state veterinarian's office on Friday about an increase in chicken deaths. The statement did not name the facility. The facility and about 30 other poultry farms within about a six-mile radius of the site are under quarantine. Officials said HPAI poses no risk to the food supply, and no affected chickens entered the food chain. The statement says the most recent U.S. detection of HPAI was in January 2016 in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana. Home Page The Wire |
A little later than expected but..A mag 6.5 strikes Papua New Guinea as massive coronal hole on the Sun begins to turn away from Earth Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:09 AM PST USGS It was expected, it is even maybe a little late but a shallow magnitude 6.5 quake struck Papua New Guinea last night. Image..Earth is exiting a stream of solar wind flowing from the indicated coronal hole. Credit: NASA/SDO. There is No Tsunami Warning, Advisory, Watch, or Threat in effect. It was expected because a large coronal hole has been facing the earth for the last few days hurling solar wind at our magnetosphere at incredible speeds of over 700 km/second Coronal Holes are the primary earthquake factor. We are looking for the dark patches, which indicate that the interplanetary magnetic fields connecting earth to sun may be about to experience significant fluctuations of energy. Learn more about why coronal holes are important earthquake factors here, http://quakewatch.net/ The massive coronal hole is now turning away from Earth bringing a huge change in pressure on the Earths tectonic plates. Yesterday's major quake was the is the first of March and the 13th of 2017. Home The Wire |
Madagascar braces for life-threatening impacts from strengthening Tropical Cyclone Enawo less than a month after Tropical Cyclone Dineo caused havoc in the area Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:55 AM PST This visible image of newly developed tropical cyclone Enawo was taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite on March 3 at 0954 UTC (4:45 a.m. EST). The tropical storm formed northeast of the African island country of Madagascar. Credits: NOAA/NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Enawo continues to strengthen into a dangerous tropical cyclone as it nears landfall in northern Madagascar, posing a risk to lives and property this week. As Enawo strengthens through the beginning of the week, Madagascar residents should make necessary precautions as impacts from the dangerous cyclone will begin to be felt as early as Monday in northeastern parts of the country. Enawo is currently as strong as a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific oceans. Rain, wind and seas will build around Enawo’s center as it intensifies, posing dangers to shipping interests. AccuWeather meteorologists expect additional strengthening as Enawo turns towards northeastern Madagascar early this week. Enawo is expected to strengthen into an intense tropical cyclone (the equivalent of a major hurricane) before making landfall on Monday night or Tuesday, local time. "It is becoming evident that northeastern Madagascar will experience increasing winds and heavy rainfall from Monday into Tuesday," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls said. The worst impacts are expected to be felt from Tuesday into Wednesday, when landfall is expected. Home Page The Wire |
10 tons of dead fish suddenly surfaced in a 2 hour period in Zhejiang PuTuo China : Boat Captain "sea fishing for more than 30 years never seen such a thing" Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:42 AM PST Fisherman said they caught nearly 10 tons of dead fish in a two hour period. Translated from Chinese Almost 10 tons of dead fish have suddenly surfaced in a 2 hour period on the afternoon of February 19th in Zhejiang PuTuo China Apparently two fishing boats were in operation when suddenly thousands of glistening yellow croaker floated to the surface. Swarms of them surfaced in the next 2 hours with the fishermen caught nearly 10 tons in total. According to the evening news reports in Zhoushan, Captain Zhang of one of the fishing boats claimed the boats where surrounded by a radius of nearly 100 meters of dead fish. The other fishing boat captain of Xia Guoping said, it felt incredible, he said he had been sea fishing for more than 30 years, and had never encountered such a thing. The fish are thought to have died from a toxic substance. Mass animal deaths Home Page The Wire |
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