“During its rapid intensification, Kyarr’s pressure bombed out to 915 millibars. The lower the pressure, generally the more intense the storm. And in the case of Kyarr, the 915 millibar reading set a new record for Arabian Sea cyclones (a 1999 cyclone that formed on the other side of the Indian Ocean holds the all-time low pressure record for the basin)…
“Beyond individual superlatives, Kyarr also pushed the Indian Ocean to set a record for its most intense cyclone season on record.”
https://earther.gizmodo.com/cyclone-kyarr-the-strongest-storm-on-earth-is-breakin-1839417139
“Seven people have died and 11 have been injured due to the hail in Hafr Al Baten city in Saudi Arabia… Pictures on social media show the chunks of hail were the size of a hand.”
Video:
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/saudi-arabia/video-hail-the-size-of-rocks-lash-saudi-city
“Weather experts say Malawi will continue experiencing record-breaking heatwave conditions with temperatures running up to 39c due to a warm and dry northeasterly airflow into the country.”
https://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-should-brace-for-record-breaking-heatwave-met/
“South African residents are being urged to use their water sparingly as hot, dry weather pushes the country toward another water shortage.
“The South African Minister of Human Settlements, Water, and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu made the announcement Monday at a press conference to address the issue.”
gizmodo.com.au/2019/10/south-africa-rations-water-as-it-tries-to-avoid-day-zero-again/
“The scientists were also able to link this [coral extinction event off Namibia] with a shift in the Benguela upwelling system, and an associated intensification of the oxygen minimum zone in this region.”
“Over 100 villages in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Adamawa have been trapped by floods, caused by persistent rainfall in that part of the country, a local official said on Monday.
“While confirming the development to reporters, Muhammad Sulaiman, head of the state emergency management agency, described the current flood situation as the worst ever experienced in the state.”
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/29/c_138510649.htm
“After three straight years of crop losses due to soaring temperatures and crippling droughts, Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has had enough and is taking Europe’s most powerful government to court.
“The dairy farmer from the edge of the Spreewald forest, just south of Berlin, blames German chancellor Angela Merkel’s government for stoking climate change and wants to know why efforts to rein in greenhouse gas emissions have fallen short and put his livelihood at risk.”
“The area of the fountain covered about five metres, with water ‘so violently boiling with methane bubbles’ that scientists skipped using plastic cones for sampling and instead collected the gas in buckets.
“‘This was the most powerful seep I have ever observed. No one has ever recorded anything similar’ said head of the expedition Igor Semiletov, who has participated in 45 Arctic expeditions.”
“With a poor start for ice forming in northern Alaska waters this season, the latest climate forecasts predict sea ice may not reach Western Alaska until December.
““Here in Western Alaska I think the most common question is: where is the sea ice at?” Thoman said. “And it’s still very far north, we’re at record low sea ice extent in the Chukchi Sea, near record low in the Beaufort Sea.””
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/10/28/chukchi-sea-ice-coverage-reaches-record-low/
“Anchorage broke a daily temperature record on Monday, hitting a balmy 54 degrees mid-afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record, 52 degrees, was set in 2013.
“Anchorage’s high on Monday was a full 20 degrees over the average high temperature for Oct. 28…”
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2019/10/29/anchorage-breaks-daily-temperature-record/
“The western U.S. state of Utah was the first to get blasted by a powerful arctic air mass surging south from Canada, where a -37.1 degree centigrade record was set Monday.
“”Peter Sinks, Utah has likely broken the national cold record [lower 48] for October this morning,” weatherman Timothy Wright posted on Twitter at 9 am…”
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/29/c_138512296.htm
“An estimated 1.5 million more people in California are set to lose power on Tuesday as a utility firm tries to stop damaged cables triggering wildfires.
“Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) already faces an investigation by regulators after cutting supplies to 970,000 homes and businesses. It announced that another 650,000 properties would face precautionary shut-offs on Tuesday amid high winds.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50216280
“A record number of 176 swimmers were stung by stingrays at a California beach on Saturday.
“Officials at Huntington Beach said a record number, for this time of year, were injured by the sea creatures after swimming too far out at low tide.”
“More record temperatures [Hawaii], meanwhile, were logged over the weekend.
“A record high of 91 degrees was set at Honolulu, surpassing the previous record of 90 set in 1995.
“A record high of 93 at Kahului broke the old record of 91 set in 2017.”
“Widespread flooding in Japan brought by Typhoon Hagibis’ torrential rains has damaged countless items of furniture and other household goods, producing huge volumes of trash, or disaster refuse, which is in need of dumping.
“In the city of Nagano alone, where the Chikuma River burst its banks and inundated some 5,000 homes with floodwater, temporary official trash dumps have been set up.”
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191029/p2a/00m/0na/013000c
“A new report from the Coalition for Urban Transitions finds that, because sea level rise exacerbates flooding and storm surge, it is a critical threat to urban coastal areas.
“More than 10 percent of the world’s population now resides in urban centers or quasi-urban clusters situated at less than 10 meters above sea level. Research and analysis by Columbia University’s CIESIN contributed to the new findings.”
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-seas-threaten-low-lying-coastal-cities.html
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