Snow Falls In Parts Of The UK

Parts of the UK woke up to an unexpected winter throwback on Saturday, as snow showers brought an abrupt end to a balmy April.

 

Images on social media showed up to a centimetre of snow across the West Midlands, parts of Wales, Durham, Lincolnshire, and as far south as Oxfordshire.

 

But snow-lovers were advised to quickly build their snowmen and women, with the April sun expected to shine through this afternoon.

 

Chris Page, from the Met Office, said the snow was “very patchy in nature” with “only a few bursts”.

 

“It is very isolated and really it is confined mainly to high ground – but where the showers linger for a time we could see snow showers down to lower levels,” he said.

 

“At this time of year the strength of the sun is quite strong so the snow is not really that likely to hang around.”

 

The snow brought with it a considerable drop in temperature, expected to last for the remainder of the weekend.

 

After 18C and sunshine earlier in the week, temperatures are not expected to top 8C in the north and 10C in the south. 

 

The Met Office puts the weather change down to a a combination of northerly airflow and April showers.

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Severe heatwave continues to grip Haveri, India

Heatwave continued to grip Haveri district. According to the scientists at State Natural Disaster Management centre, Medleri in Ranebennur taluk recorded a maximum day temperature of 42 degrees Celsius on Saturday. The scientists of the centre told Deccan Herald, “The extreme weather, fuelled by El Nino, is expected to continue for next three days. Parts of the state may receive scattered rainfall.”

 

Ranebennur and Shiggaon taluks are experiencing blistering hot weather. 

 

Interestingly, there is a difference of at least five degree Celsius in maximum temperature in the two extremes of Haveri district. While Ranebennur and Shiggaon taluks are singing at 41 and 40 degrees Celsius, it is 36.8 degrees Celsius in Hanagal.

 

Mysuru district, on Saturday, recorded a maximum temperature of 38 and a minimum of 23 degrees Celsius, according to Organic Farming Research Station at Naganahalli in Mysuru.

 

According to the station, the average temperature is expected to be between 37 and 38 degrees during the day and 23 degrees to 24 degree during the night.

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Massive Fire At A Petrochemical Company Kills 12, Injures 11 In Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Twelve people were killed and 11 others were injured with six in critical conditions after fire broke out in a petrochemical factory in Saudi Arabia’s largest industrial area located east of the kingdom early Saturday, state news agency SPA reported.

 

The incident took place in an area that was under construction and during routine maintenance at Jubail United Petrochemical Company plant.

 

The Saudi civil defence and fire fighters were able to extinguish the fire after 10 minutes of its break out at 11:40 am local time. While the fire was small,  it left people with severe smoke inhalation injuries, SPA reported.

 

United is a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corp 2010.SE (SABIC).

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MAGNITUDE 5.1 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005j2i#general

Subject To Change

Depth: 10 km

Distances: 163.0 km (101.3 mi) SSW of Sibolga, Indonesia
172.0 km (106.9 mi) WSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia
261.0 km (162.2 mi) SW of Bandar, Indonesia
269.0 km (167.1 mi) WNW of Pariaman, Indonesia
505.0 km (313.8 mi) SW of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Severe hailstorm causes mayhem to houses, uprooting trees in Assam, India

Severe hailstorm and incessant rain from the past few hours in various parts of the state has lashed Barak Valley and Lower Assam.

 

In areas like Basugaon, Dhing, Mukamuwa, Chirang, Goalpara, Nagarbera, Dibrugarh and other parts of Barak valley many mature trees were uprooted and high voltage power supply lines and posts have also been damaged.

 

More than 70 houses were damaged by hailstorm in Nagaon district and in Bangaigaon.

 

Even though no loss of life and livestock has been reported, three women have reportedly sustained minor injuries in Basugaon.

 

Water level of rivers of Beki, Karachia, Samdiri has also risen much. Notably, in a tragic incident, four children were drowned in the Sumdiri river, in Lakhimpur district on Friday.

 

In Guwahati, flash flood has occurred in many parts of the city and normal life has been hampered due to massive power cut for the past few hours.

Courtesy of thenortheasttoday.com

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Death Toll Climbs After 2nd Japan Quake

MEGA DIP SPIKES ON THE WEAK MAGNETOSPHERE @ APPROX 18:00, 19:00, 19:15, 20:00 HRS UTC

**VERY URGENT**

  MEGA DIP SPIKES ON THE WEAK MAGNETOSPHERE @ APPROX 18:00, 19:00, 19:15, 20:00 HRS UTC. FURTHER EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANO ACTIVITY & ADVERSE WEATHER PATTERNS WILL BE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE COSMIC RAYS STRIKING THE EARTH’S CORE

***BE ALERT***

PROTON PARTICLES HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED

**URGENT PROTON ALERT**

PROTON PARTICLES HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED. FURTHER EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANO ACTIVITY & ADVERSE WEATHER PATTERNS WILL BE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE COSMIC RAYS STRIKING THE EARTH’S CORE

***BE ALERT***

MAGNITUDE 4.7 OWEN FRACTURE ZONE REGION

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Subject To Change

Depth: 10 km

Distances: 280.0 km (174.0 mi) NE of Tamrida, Yemen
316.0 km (196.4 mi) SSE of Salalah, Oman
585.0 km (363.5 mi) ENE of Bereeda, Somalia
706.0 km (438.7 mi) E of Al Mukalla, Yemen
1043.0 km (648.1 mi) SSW of Muscat, Oman