Brazil landslides leave hundreds of people deadAround 1,000 left homeless as torrential rainstorms trigger mudslides in mountaintop towns near Rio de Janeiro  The glacier of Hell to increase for the first time in 10 yearslink you may have to translate
Aunque este progreso puede ser un hecho aislado y puntual, la noticia se ha recibido con cierta alegría entre los expertos, ya que rompe la tendencia de constante retroceso, con alguna intermitencia mínima, que ha registrado el glaciar en la última década y tal y como lo demuestran los estudios de seguimiento que vienen realizan sobre este glaciar un grupo de glaciólogos aragoneses y navarros. While this progress may be an isolated incident and on time, the news was received with some excitement among the experts, because it breaks the trend of steady decline, with a minimum flash, which has seen the glacier in the last decade and as demonstrated by the follow-up studies are performed on the glacier a group of glaciologists Aragon and Navarre. En estos momentos y según el testimonio del geólogo y profesor de la Universidad de Zaragoza, José Antonio Cuchí, que recoge el Diario del Alto Aragón, el glaciar central del Infierno cuenta con, “una capa espesa de nieve dura, de unos cuatro metros de espesor, sobre el hielo preexistente, y sobre ella está ya cayendo nieve fresca”. In these moments and the testimony of the geologist and professor at the University of Zaragoza, José Antonio Cuchi, which includes the Journal of the High Aragon, the central glacier has Hell, "a thick layer of hard snow, about four meters thickness on pre-existing ice, and she is already falling on fresh snow. " Las imágenes aportadas de los dos últimos septiembres (que acompañan a este artículo) demuestran la notable diferencia que presenta la masa helada en tan sólo un año. The pictures produced in the last two Septembers (accompanying this article) show the dramatic difference that shows the ice mass in just one year. Según Cuchí, el fenómeno puede ser puntual debido a las condiciones climáticas de este año. According Cuchí, the phenomenon may be on time due to weather conditions this year. El invierno 2009-2010 fue abundante en nieves y este verano se han mantenido neveros en la cara sur del Pirineo, además los temporales de las últimas semanas ha dejado nieve por encima de los 2.500 metros, que ha depositado nieve fresca sobre los neveros, facilitando su conservación. The 2009-2010 winter was abundant in summer snow and snow fields have remained on the south side of the Pyrenees, also storms in recent weeks has left snow above 2,500 meters, which has been deposited fresh snow on the snowfields, providing conservation. A pesar de esto, para el geólogo la noticia es, cuanto menos, “un respiro para este fenómeno singular que son los últimos glaciares del Pirineo meridional". Despite this, to the geologist the news is, at least, "a break for this unique phenomenon are the last glaciers of the southern Pyrenees." Análisis en el geoparque Analysis in the Geopark Precisamente, los glaciares, su estado y su futuro, es el tema que va a centrar el IV Seminario del Geoparque de Sobrarbe, que se va a celebrar en Boltaña del 22 al 24 de octubre. Indeed, glaciers, its status and its future, is the theme that will focus the seminar IV Sobrarbe Geopark, to be held in Boltaña from 22 to 24 October. El curso, titulado “Glaciares: hielo, relieve y clima”, abordará con la ayuda de expertos en la materia diversos aspectos del glaciarismo, ya que en el espacio del Geoparque se encuentran algunos de los últimos reductos del glaciarismo más importantes del Pirineo, como son los glaciares de monte Perdido y Llardana. The course, entitled "Glaciers: ice, topography and climate, deal with the help of experts in the field aspects of glaciation, as in the space of Geopark contains some of the last strongholds of major glaciation in the Pyrenees, as are lost mountain glaciers and Llardana. “Pero su situación meridional con respecto a Europa los sitúa en una condición ambiental límite, será el momento de reflexionar cómo la perspectiva actual del clima está afectando de manera determinante a su rápida desaparición”, indican en la presentación del seminario. "But the situation with regard to southern Europe, situated in an environmental condition limits, it's time to reflect on how the current climate perspective is affecting decisively to its rapid disappearance," they say in the presentation of the seminar. En este contexto, el curso acercará, de primera mano, la evolución y el estado actual de los glaciares, tanto a través de conferencias como con una exposición en la que colabora la Fototeca de Huesca, recordando que estas masas de hielo en la vertiente española de los Pirineos están protegidos por la figura de “Monumento Natural de los Glaciares Pirenaicos” y los que pertenecen al Bien Pirineos-Monte Perdido han sido declarados Patrimonio Mundial por la Unesco. In this context, the course approach, first hand, the evolution and current state of glaciers, both through lectures and an exhibition in which works the Photo of Huesca, remembering that these ice masses on the Spanish side the Pyrenees are protected by the figure of "Natural Monument Pyrenean Glaciers" and those belonging to well-Monte Perdido Pyrenees have been declared World Heritage by Unesco. Monsoon floods kill dozens, displace more than a million in Sri Lanka link  Twenty three people were killed and more than a million displaced by monsoon flooding in Sri Lanka. The center and eastern parts of the island were worst hit, affecting many homes that were devastated by the 2004 tsunami. By News Wires (text) AFP - Flooding in Sri Lanka has forced more than one million people out of their homes, the government said Thursday as it began distributing emergency food, clothing and bedding. At least 23 people have died during a week of monsoon floods, with the centre and east of the island worst hit by rising water levels and mudslides. A spokesman for the disaster management centre in Colombo said the eastern district of Batticaloa, which saw bloody fighting in the civil war that ended in 2009, was badly affected after heavier than usual seasonal rains. "Some 541,000 people have been displaced in Batticaloa district alone where we have set up 275 camps to accommodate them," the spokesman said, adding that a total of 1,081,000 people have been displaced. More than 350,000 people have taken shelter in state-run relief camps while other displaced people have moved to higher ground, often staying with friends or relatives, he said. Retired school principal K. Ratnavel, 63, said half of the coastal village of Ailadivembu, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) south of the Batticaloa town, was under water. "My house is under six feet (two metres) of water and I moved into a government building with my wife and three children," Ratnavel told AFP by telephone. "We only have the clothes we are wearing. Everything else is lost." "There are about 15,000 people at the local council office where we are sheltering and most of them need clothing." He said many homes devastated by the December 2004 tsunami were affected by floods. Rising water and continued rain have swamped vast tracks of land and cut off villages, television pictures showed. President Mahinda Rajapakse said in remarks published in the state-run Daily News that it was "the duty of all to join hands and help them (the victims) at this hour of need without any discrimination or petty considerations." Bad weather forced Rajapakse to abandon a helicopter tour of flood-affected areas on Wednesday. Security forces have been assisting the relief operations and 3,000 soldiers have already been deployed in the east. Air force helicopters and navy boats were also helping out. The United Nations and local and international aid agencies are assisting relief operations, officials said. Seven trucks loaded with UNICEF supplies, including water tanks, tarpaulins, chlorine tablets, sleeping mats and cooking gear, have been sent to Ampara and Batticaloa districts. Sri Lanka depends on monsoon rains for irrigation and power generation, but the seasonal downpours frequently cause death and damage to property in low-lying areas as well as mountainous regions. The island's two main monsoon seasons run from May to September and December to February. Brazil's 'worst natural disaster' kills nearly 500 link  A man carries belonging from the only house not swept away by water after heavy rains in the village of Vieira, 40 km from Teresopolis. Brazil staggered Friday under the worst natural disaster it has ever seen, as it counted nearly 500 dead from mudslides this week near Rio de Janeiro  Scenes of horror unfolded near Rio Thursday, after torrents of mud and water swept down crowded hillsides, killing more than 440 people in Brazil's worst natural disaster in decades.  A collapsed house in the village of Vieira, 40 km from Teresopolis. Brazil staggered Friday under the worst natural disaster it has ever seen, as it counted nearly 500 dead from mudslides this week near Rio de Janeiro. By late Thursday, 480 bodies had been collected in the aftermath of the disaster that struck the mountainous Serrana region just north of Rio the day before, according to officials. That surpassed an estimated death toll of 300 to 430 suffered in 1967, when mudslides crashed through a coastal town called Caraguatatuba that was "up until now seen as the biggest (natural disaster) in Brazil," the news website G1 said. It was feared more bodies were yet to be discovered as rescuers finally arrived in villages cut off because of destroyed roads and bridges in the region. Efforts to locate survivors and bodies were taken under the risk of further mudslides, as rain continued to fall on the waterlogged region, making it even more unstable. "It's very overwhelming. The scenes are very shocking," President Dilma Rousseff said after visiting the area. She pledged "strong action" by her government, which has already released 470 million dollars in initial emergency aid and sent seven tons of medical supplies. The catastrophe was seen as her first big test since taking power two weeks ago, taking over from her popular predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Storms early Wednesday dumped the equivalent of a month's rain in just a few hours before dawn, sending mudslides slicing through towns and hamlets, destroying homes, roads and bridges and knocking out telephone and power lines. The worst affected towns were Teresopolis, which recorded 223 deaths, Novo Friburgo, with 201 deaths, and Petropolis, with 39 deaths. Another 17 fatalities were registered in the village of Sumidouro. The toll of dead from this one disaster was higher than the 473 rain-related deaths recorded for all of Brazil over the span of 2010. Churches and police stations were turned into makeshift morgues, the smell of decomposing corpses heavy in the warm air. Thousands of survivors took refuge in shelters. Outside one morgue in Teresopolis, crowds looked at photos of the dead, searching for loved ones. "I can't go inside. I don't have courage to," said one woman, Ana Maria, 40. "You have no idea how hard it is to see the bodies of so many children... It's horrible," one fireman there told AFP. Elsewhere in the town, in a gymnasium, hundreds of people left homeless by the calamity sat around on mattresses, still in shock, some injured. Edmar Da Rosa, a 44-year-old laborer whose face was badly lacerated, looked lost and unable to comprehend the deaths of family members. He said a retaining wall fell on part of his house that he shared with his wife, three children and a grandson. "My wife died. My grandson ended up dying. And the others are hurt," he said. A few meters (feet) away, 59-year-old Joao de Lima clutched a doll with desolation written on his face. "I lost my four daughters and everything I had," he said softly. Snow in 49 states All but Floridalink |
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| Mauna Kea photo courtesy Adrel Vicente |
12 Jan 11 - According to the National Weather Service, 49 out of 50 U.S. states - including Hawaii - now have snow on the ground. Florida is the only state without snow. It is estimated that 69.4 percent of the country is currently covered by snow.
"It's not typical," NWS public affairs officer James Peronto told LiveScience.com.
"The Southern states don't typically get significant snow amounts through the year," Peronto said. "It takes a special kind of weather scenario to allow that to happen."
Though snow that covers most of the U.S. is a rarity, the last time the NWS recorded snow in all 50 states was last February.
With temperatures up to 25 degrees below average on the way, Florida may still get its chance.
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2011/01/12/snow-state-florida/
Thanks to Clay Olson, Rob Decker, Benjamin Napier, Vern Peterman, Tom McHart and Brad Walton for this link
Thanks to Clay Olson, Rob Decker, Benjamin Napier, Vern Peterman, Tom McHart and Brad Walton for this link
Cyclone outbreak in waters surrounding Australia
September 13, 2011 – Three storms are now churning in waters around Australia.
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Planetary tremor- 7.0 earthquake strikes off coast of Loyalty Islands
January 13, 2011 - “A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands early this morning, but there are no immediate reports of damage. In a revised statement the United States Geological Survey lowered the magnitude of the quake after seismologists reviewed the event. The earthquake struck at 3.15 this morning local time as a shallow depth of 4.6 kilometres, 125 kilometers northeast of Tadine in the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, and 135 kilometres southwest of Vanuatu. A series of aftershocks, the most powerful measuring 5.9magnitude, rumbled through the area after the quake. The crisis unit at the French high commission in Noumea has confirmed the quake was felt by the people in the Loyalty Islands but says there have been no reports of damage so far. A holiday resort in the main village of We on the island of Lifou moved guests from beach bungalows to the main hotel building after the quake. The resort says they have not heard of any reports of damge from the quake so far.” -Radio New Zealand
The warning sign we saw in the Australian seismic pattern has manifested in the quake near Caldonia. And now we see a troublesome sign of a major seismic disturbance in Alaska. Check out the seismic graph of the heavy pattern in Alaska. Stay tuned…
Western Forces buildup for Korean Attacklink
Posted on Pakalert on December 19, 2010 // 3 Comments
Four Multi-role Frigates and two air defense destroyers from Canada will meet up with an undisclosed contingent of Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy vessels for what is assumed to be preparations for action on the Korean Peninsula. The UK, Canada and Australia have some 90 Fast-Attack aircraft that can be deployed with 24 hours to the Korean Theater. The Canadian and Australian Airforces operate the F18s while the UK deploys the Tornado. Allied forces could double the available Naval power in the theater by the end of the year with over 1000 Front-line Allied Aircraft deployed by South Korea, the U.S. and other allies. The sheer volume of Western Forces in the Region signals an inevitable war. Not in the last 55 years has their been such a large Western Military Build-up in the Korean peninsula.
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| Total Population | 48,379,392 | 23,479,088 | ||
| Military Manpower Available | 26,721,668 | 12,414,017 | ||
| Fit for Military Service | 21,966,367 | 10,280,687 | ||
| Reaching Military Age Yearly | 696,516 | 392,016 | ||
| Active Military Personnel | 687,000 | 1,170,000 | ||
| Active Military Reserves | 4,500,000 | 4,700,000 | ||
| Active Paramilitary | 22,000 | 189,000 | ||
| Total Air-Based Weapons | 538 | 1,778 | ||
| Total Land-Based Weapons | 8,325 | 16,400 | ||
| Total Naval Units | 85 | 708 | ||
| Towed Artillery Systems | 4,000 | 3,500 | ||
| Merchant Marine Strength | 812 | 167 | ||
| Major Ports and Terminals | 4 | 12 | ||
| Aircraft Carriers | 0 | 0 | ||
| Destroyers | 6 | 0 | ||
| Frigates | 9 | 3 | ||
| Submarines | 20 | 97 | ||
| Patrol Coastal Craft | 75 | 492 | ||
| Mine Warfare Craft | 15 | 23 | ||
| Amphibious Operations Craft | 28 | 140 | ||
| Defense Budget / Expenditure | $25,500,000,000 | $5,500,000,000 | ||
| Foreign Reserves | $262,200,000,000 | $0 | ||
| Purchasing Power | $1,206,000,000,000 | $40,000,000,000 | ||
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| Roadway Coverage | 102,062 km | 25,554 km | ||
| Railway Coverage | 3,472 km | 5,235 km | ||
| Waterway Coverage | 1,608 km | 2,250 km | ||
| Coastline Coverage | 2,413 km | 2,495 km | ||
| Major Serviceable Airports | 150 | 77 | ||
| Square Land Area | 98,480 km | 120,540 km |
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