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Volume 2017, Issue No.7a, Dt: 16 to 31 July 2017, Time:08:25:00 AM
July 16-31, 2017: Lightning World Wide, thunderclouds, CLOUDBURST, millions of tonnes of precious metals and minerals, Scientists have discovered the ‘angel particle’, qubit, cute drone ball, west Europe hot summer and showers.
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.
kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com; lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
16 July 2017 03:15 PM Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Madhya Pradesh near Sidhi, Rewa, Satna, Damoh, Tikamagarh, Umaria and Datiya. Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can also be seen over Chhattisgarh Korba, Pendra, Mahendragarh, Rajnandgaon, Raipur and Kabirdham. 16 July 2017 06:02 PM : Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Odisha near Cuttack, Jajpur, Phulbani, Sambhalpur, Titlagarh and Rayagada. Moderate intensity thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Rajasthan near Bharatpur, Alwar, Ajmer and Dhaulpur. Heavy rains in almost several states of India, with several places with heavy floods, like Gujarat, Coastal Andhra, Odisha (with lightning), coastal Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and several rivers are in spate. The residents of Puranpadu, Labesu, Kottu, Gompa and Basangi villages were the worst hit. Flood waters on Sunday about 29,000 cusecs were released from Thotapallibarrage by lifting eight gates. July 17, 2017 9:52 AM IST: Monsoon 2017: Floods in Gujarat, Railway Bridge Washed Away in Odisha: Heavy Rains to Continue in Many States: In Gujarat, the heavy pouring lead to swollen rivers and overflowing reservoirs. Around 9 people lost their lives and 400 were rescued. July 18, 2017: Geologists strike seabed treasure in Indian waters. Presence of millions of tonnes of precious metals and minerals deep under waters that India coastline were found early 2014. About 1,81,025 sq. km of high resolution seabed morphological data and established more than 10,000 million tonnes of lime mud within exclusive economic zone. July 18, 2017:Fox News: Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off coast of Russia: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed by several aftershocks above 5.0 magnitude, rocked the area near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula Tuesday morning, triggering a brief tsunami warning. July 19, 2017: Scientists in California have created rewritable paper, printed using light instead of ink. 19 July 2017: 12:41, UK,: Lightning storm over London: A dramatic lightning storm was seen over London on Tuesday night. July 20, 2017: A flash flood washed away cars following a CLOUDBURST at Thathri village in Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. 13 people dead and 11 injured due to flash floods triggered by a CLOUDBURST in Thathri town with dozens of houses were washed away. It is accompanied by hail storm and thunder. Jul, 20 2017 15:07:30 IST: Drought looms over Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu while rest of India experiences normal monsoon. July 23, 2017:Greetings happy B'day to me from Lalitha, Sai and Vani Kotcherlakota. 23 July 2017: Tens of thousands of people in northeast Japan were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday as heavy rain caused major flooding and cut some rail links. The storm follows freak rains in south-western Japan earlier this month that left at least 25 people dead. July 24, 20178:45am: Walmart parking area. Eight dead bodies were found in the truck with 50C temperature.
Jul 24, 2017 17:55 IST: Scientists have discovered the ‘angel particle’, which is the antiparticle of itself, 80 years after it was predicted to exist. The particular type of Majorana fermion the research team observed is known as a “chiral” fermion because it moves along a one-dimensional path in just one direction. Since each Majorana is essentially half a subatomic particle, a single "qubit" of information could be stored in two widely separated Majorana fermions, decreasing the chance that something could perturb them both at once and make them lose the information they carry. Observer report on July 18, 1852 about weather in Europe covering the years 1132 to 1835. J
July 31, 2017: Two girls of age 8 and 16, recovering from a lightning strike after their dog brought help in Utah.
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 12:39: It was a providential escape for 62-year-old Tapati Chowdhury who kept herself afloat for 13 hours in the turbulent Damodar river in flood-hit Burdwan district, till she was rescued 80 km away.
Jul 24, 2017 17:55 IST: Scientists have discovered the ‘angel particle’, which is the antiparticle of itself, 80 years after it was predicted to exist. The particular type of Majorana fermion the research team observed is known as a “chiral” fermion because it moves along a one-dimensional path in just one direction. Since each Majorana is essentially half a subatomic particle, a single "qubit" of information could be stored in two widely separated Majorana fermions, decreasing the chance that something could perturb them both at once and make them lose the information they carry. Observer report on July 18, 1852 about weather in Europe covering the years 1132 to 1835. J
July 31, 2017: Two girls of age 8 and 16, recovering from a lightning strike after their dog brought help in Utah.
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 12:39: It was a providential escape for 62-year-old Tapati Chowdhury who kept herself afloat for 13 hours in the turbulent Damodar river in flood-hit Burdwan district, till she was rescued 80 km away.
The entire night she put up a brave fight to remain afloat and on Sunday morning, her distress calls did not go in vain. She was spotted by some fishermen who rescued her at 7.30 am yesterday.
06:27, UK, Sunday 16 July 2017: Up to five centimetres come down in the city's first snowfall for decades, causing havoc in the Chilean capital. More than 280,000 people have reportedly been left without power in Santiago after a rare blanket of snow hit the Chilean capital. About 3-5cm of the white stuff came down on Saturday in what some reports say is the first snowfall there for 20 years.
16 July 2017 03:15 PM Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Madhya Pradesh near Sidhi, Rewa, Satna, Damoh, Tikamagarh, Umaria and Datiya. Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can also be seen over Chhattisgarh Korba, Pendra, Mahendragarh, Rajnandgaon, Raipur and Kabirdham.
16 July 2017 06:02 PM : Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Odisha near Cuttack, Jajpur, Phulbani, Sambhalpur, Titlagarh and Rayagada. Moderate intensity thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Rajasthan near Bharatpur, Alwar, Ajmer and Dhaulpur.
16 July 2017 06:02 PM : Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Odisha near Cuttack, Jajpur, Phulbani, Sambhalpur, Titlagarh and Rayagada. Moderate intensity thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Rajasthan near Bharatpur, Alwar, Ajmer and Dhaulpur.
Fig. A Double cyclones
17 July 2017: Super-flexible and strong artificial silk developed spun from a soupy hydrogel that is 98% water. The remaining 2% of the hydrogel is made of silica and cellulose, held in a network by barrel-shaped molecules viz., cucurbiturils. Thin threads are a few millionth of a meter in diameter, when the hydrogel stretched for about 30 seconds, the water evaporates leaving the strong fibre. They are eco-friendly textiles and serve as sensors. Different forces hold them and the hierarchy results in complex properties said Y. Wu a Ph. D student in Cambridge.
It was raining in Visakhapatnam since the morning on 17 July 2017. July 17, 2017 17:14 IST: Strange Signals Detected Coming From Star 11 Light Years Away: The signals came from a red dwarf star - Ross 128 (GJ 447) - which is around 2,800 times dimmer than the Sun and is not yet known to have any planets, researchers said. The signals may have come from some kind of manmade object in space, such as a satellite
July 17, 2017 10:08 IST: At Least 9 Killed By Flash Flooding In Arizona, 1 Missing: Heavy rains in the drought-stricken Arizona region caused flash flooding which has killed 9 people.
Weather Forecast for July 17: Rains in Gujarat, Mumbai, Goa, Coastal Karnataka.
July 17, 2017 9:52 AM IST: Monsoon 2017: Floods in Gujarat, Railway Bridge Washed Away in Odisha: Heavy Rains to Continue in Many States:In Gujarat, the heavy pouring lead to swollen rivers and overflowing reservoirs. Around 9 people lost their lives and 400 were rescued.
17 July 2017 09:25 AM: Heavy rains forecast in South Odisha districts in next 72 hours. BHUBANESWAR: Even as flash floods have hit Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, the low pressure formed off Odisha coast is set to induce more rains in the State. As many as 10 districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy showers in next three days. So severe were the showers in the last 24 hours that the rainfall sent two rivers in Kalahandi and Rayagada into spate. On Sunday, when the average rainfall in the State was 17 mm, in Rayagada it was 85 mm whereas in Kalahandi, it was close to 60 mm.
ANDHRA AND ODISHA: Heavy rain throws life in low-lying areas out of gear in the last two days, with 22 trains bore the brunt of rains. 11 trains were cancelled. Railway bridge number 588 between Singapuram Rd--Theruhalli and Rayagada railway section was washed out on Sunday. Alert gangman stopped the approaching goods train that was to pass on the bridge. The residents of Puranpadu, Labesu, Kottu, Gompa and Basangi villages were the worst hit. Flood waters on Sunday about 29,000 cusecs were released from Thotapallibarrage by lifting eight gates. Icchapuram received 24.75 mm, Kaviti and Gara received 24 and 23 mm, GK veedhi received 21.5 mm, and Kurupam received 15.5 mm rain. The low pressure is likely to well marked in next 24 hours.
July 18, 2017: Geologists strike seabed treasure in Indian waters. Presence of millions of tonnes of precious metals and minerals deep under waters that India coastline were found early 2014. About 1,81,025 sq. km of high resolution seabed morphological data and established more than 10,000 million tonnes of lime mud within exclusive economic zone.
July 18, 2017 1:50 PM IST: Monsoon 2017: Heavy Rains Continue to Lash Several Parts of India; Assam, Odisha, Gujarat Flooded. Continuous rains in the past few days have wreaked havoc in many parts of India. Heavy rains have led to floods in parts of Gujarat, Odisha, Assam.
July 18, 2017 1:50 PM IST: Monsoon 2017: Heavy Rains Continue to Lash Several Parts of India; Assam, Odisha, Gujarat Flooded. Continuous rains in the past few days have wreaked havoc in many parts of India. Heavy rains have led to floods in parts of Gujarat, Odisha, Assam.
Visakhapatnam having onslaught of heavy rain last two days 18 and 17 July, 20117 and movement has become very difficult.
July 19, 2017: Scientists in California have created rewritable paper, printed using light instead of ink. Despite the rise of e-readers and smartphones, the United States still uses 70 million tons of paper each year. The chemists at the University of California, Riverside, hope their new paper, which can be erased and reused up to 80 times, can help cut down that amount. At the heart of the new technology are nanoparticles, materials thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHEMISTRY STUDENT RASHED AL EISA, WHO WORKED ON REPRINTABLE PAPER, SAYING: So this is actually the nanoparticles that I'm talking about. So what we do is we mix this one with this dye, which has the blue color and then we coat it on any kind of substrate we want. We can coat it on paper, we can coat it on glass or plastic. And then we can use some sort of mask with the writings we want, and when we shine a light on top of it, then after a couple of minutes, then we can see that the writings remain on this material. The writing fades in five days, as oxygen in the air takes electrons from the dye nanoparticles and turns them back to their original color. The process can be accelerated by heating the paper, making it reusable in a matter of minutes. And taking the idea of a paperless society one step closer to reality.
Wednesday 19 July 2017: 12:41, UK,: Lightning storm over London: A dramatic lightning storm was seen over London on Tuesday night.
Wednesday 19 July 2017: 11:50, UK, : Flash floods hit Cornish village.
Wednesday 19 July 2017: 11:50, UK, : Flash floods hit Cornish village.
July 19, 2017 23:19 IST: 'Don' And 'Hilary' Storm Near US Coast: To have duelling storms with the names Don and Hilary so soon after the bruising presidential election of 2016 might leave some Americans muttering 'too soon'. But it dissipated rapidly overnight Tuesday without ever reaching hurricane status. Its maximum sustained winds of 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour have fallen short of the 74 miles per hour needed for that classification.
Meanwhile, a tropical depression was developing in the Pacific. Designated as storm Eight-E, it
Meanwhile, a tropical depression was developing in the Pacific. Designated as storm Eight-E, it
will become Tropical Storm Hilary only if it reaches wind strengths of at least 39 miles per hour.
Thu, Jul 20, 2017: SEISMOLOGISTS are drilling into an earthquake hotspot in India, sparking fears that it could lead to huge tremor. India scientists are going to bore a hole into a site where earthquakes frequently occur in a bid to determine whether they are caused by nearby water reservoirs. Experts have been drilling into a mountain side in the Western state of Maharashtra where there is a nearby hydroelectric dam. In 1962, an earthquake at the dam caused the reservoir to be filled with more than a trillion litres of water. Since then there have been 22 earthquakes in the area, ranging from 5 to 5.9 on the Richter scale.
Thu, Jul 20, 2017: SEISMOLOGISTS are drilling into an earthquake hotspot in India, sparking fears that it could lead to huge tremor. India scientists are going to bore a hole into a site where earthquakes frequently occur in a bid to determine whether they are caused by nearby water reservoirs. Experts have been drilling into a mountain side in the Western state of Maharashtra where there is a nearby hydroelectric dam. In 1962, an earthquake at the dam caused the reservoir to be filled with more than a trillion litres of water. Since then there have been 22 earthquakes in the area, ranging from 5 to 5.9 on the Richter scale.
July 20, 2017: A flash flood washed away cars following a CLOUDBURST at Thathri village in Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. 13 people dead and 11 injured due to flash floods triggered by a CLOUDBURST in Thathri town with dozens of houses were washed away. It is accompanied by hail storm and thunder. On July 1, 20016 it occurred in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, for 13 hours and about 1,372mm rain.
On Thursday a giant tree fell on the government higher secondary school building, in the strong wind in Kochi, luckily no one was hurt in the incident.
Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 08:46: An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the Fukushima Prefecture and northeast Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake was registered at 9.11 am at a depth of 40 km with an epicentre located off the coast of Fukushima.
Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 14:34: The typhoon also caused 175 houses to collapse, ripped roofs off nearly 6,200 houses, sank 57 fishing ships and boats and damaged roads and bridges, Xinhua news agency quoted the officials as saying. The typhoon also caused 175 houses to collapse, ripped roofs off nearly 6,200 houses, sank 57 fishing ships and boats and damaged roads and bridges, Xinhua news agency quoted the officials as saying. Talas was the second tropical storm the hit country this year.
Jul, 20 2017 15:07:30 IST: Drought looms over Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu while rest of India experiences normal monsoon. Despite India experiencing normal monsoon this year, the southern region covering the old Mysore region and coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are seemingly coming closer to a drought-like situation. Kerala and Tamil Nadu are facing an unprecedented drought, the worst ever in over a century, Karnataka's northern districts are also without water for the third consecutive year.
July 21, 2017: 04:37 IST: Thursday morning showers wreak havoc on Capital roads. Sudden change in the weather led to traffic in various parts of Delhi-NCR and forced schools to shutdown. A wind-driven deluge lashed Delhi as well as adjoining Noida and Ghaziabad on Thursday morning, flooding streets and basements while chopping down trees and snapping umbrellas inside out. Waterlogged roads were teeming with traffic for hours, especially in south Delhi and parts of Noida. Broken down traffic lights worsened the situation.
05:15, UK, Friday 21 July 2017: Rescuers are checking for trapped people inside houses after the quake struck in the middle of the night. At least two people have been killed and more than 120 injured on the Greek island of Kos after a strong earthquake hit the region. The 6.5 magnitude quake struck on Thursday night with an epicentre approximately 6.4 miles (10.3km) south of Bodrum, Turkey, and 10 miles (16.2km) east of Kos.It was just six miles deep, and dozens of aftershocks have been reported.
Skeleton Lake, India: The glacial lake of Skeleton in Roopkund, Uttrakhand, India is situated in the isolated corners of the Himalayan mountains at a height of about 16500 feet (5029 m). In 1942, British forest guards discovered skeletons of more than 200 people frozen in the lake. The skeletons were initially thought to be Japanese soldiers who had invaded the territory in the World War II but a re-examination dated the samples back to 850 AD. The skulls all had odd cracks in them leading to much speculation but scientists now claim the cracks were from a freak hail storm that killed the entire community.
July 23, 2017:Greetings happy B'day to me from Dr. Lalitha, Sai and Vani Kotcherlakota.
TOKYO (Reuters) 23 July 2017: Tens of thousands of people in northeast Japan were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday as heavy rain caused major flooding and cut some rail links. The storm follows freak rains in south-western Japan earlier this month that left at least 25 people dead. Almost 25,000 people in Akita prefecture were ordered to evacuate and around 65,000 more people were advised to leave or told to prepare to leave the area. Several rivers were flooding and more than 100 houses had been inundated by floodwaters. No injuries or deaths have been reported, but the authorities were still investigating. Some bullet trains running to and from Akita have been suspended because of the heavy rains, East Japan Railway said on its website. There is a significant amount of water accumulating in the land. Even if the heavy rains stop, we will continue to warn people to stay vigilant.
July 24, 20178:45am: Walmart parking area. Eight dead bodies were found in the truck with 50C temperature. One person died later at hospital. Based on initial interviews with survivors, Thomas Homan, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said there may have been more than 100 people in the truck. Thirty-eight were found inside.
Jul 24, 2017 17:55 IST:
25 July 2017: It was very hot in Visakhapatnam and a small trip by me to SBI, Muralinagar, in the day time from 10.15 AM to 11 AM made me suffer a heat stroke and bathing in cool water revived me normal.
Rains havoc in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka: Mount Abu scales about 770mm in 24 hours and created a flood-like situation. Heavy downpour for third consecutive day created flood like situation in Sirohi, Jalore and Pali districts. These rains are a fallout of global warming. It is located at a height of 4000 feet above sea level. Large number of people were marooned. In Gujarat about 15,000 people were relocated and the state continues to be in high alert. After Saurashtra it is now the North Gujarat facing the brunt of heavy rain. Several state high ways were closed. Schools and Colleges were closed on Tuesday, 25 July. Monsoon weakened in Karnataka with no rainfall in south interior the Cauvery Basin remain deficient. So far it received 344 mm which is 16% lower than normal rain (412 mm)
July 23, 2017:Greetings happy B'day to me from Dr. Lalitha, Sai and Vani Kotcherlakota.
TOKYO (Reuters) 23 July 2017: Tens of thousands of people in northeast Japan were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday as heavy rain caused major flooding and cut some rail links. The storm follows freak rains in south-western Japan earlier this month that left at least 25 people dead. Almost 25,000 people in Akita prefecture were ordered to evacuate and around 65,000 more people were advised to leave or told to prepare to leave the area. Several rivers were flooding and more than 100 houses had been inundated by floodwaters. No injuries or deaths have been reported, but the authorities were still investigating. Some bullet trains running to and from Akita have been suspended because of the heavy rains, East Japan Railway said on its website. There is a significant amount of water accumulating in the land. Even if the heavy rains stop, we will continue to warn people to stay vigilant.
July 24, 20178:45am: Walmart parking area. Eight dead bodies were found in the truck with 50C temperature. One person died later at hospital. Based on initial interviews with survivors, Thomas Homan, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said there may have been more than 100 people in the truck. Thirty-eight were found inside.
Jul 24, 2017 17:55 IST:
Fig.1 Angel Particle
Scientists have discovered the ‘angel particle’, which is the antiparticle of itself, 80 years after it was predicted to exist, a finding that could one day help make quantum computers more robust. However in 1937, physicist Ettore Majorana predicted that in the class of particles known as fermions, which includes the proton, neutron, electron, neutrino and quark, there should be particles that are their own antiparticles. Scientists from the Stanford University and University of California in the US have found the first firm evidence of such a Majorana fermion. The particular type of Majorana fermion the research team observed is known as a “chiral” fermion because it moves along a one-dimensional path in just one direction. Since each Majorana is essentially half a subatomic particle, a single "qubit" of information could be stored in two widely separated Majorana fermions, decreasing the chance that something could perturb them both at once and make them lose the information they carry.
25 July 2017: This was a part of the Silk Route, till the time Tibet was a separate country. The Silk Route began from Kalimpong and ended in Lhasa. My father would carry kerosene oil, HMT watches, food and spare parts to Lhasa, and bring back silk thread. He would trek for 25 days to get to Lhasa and would be paid 75 paise a day for it a person in Kalimpong says. 25 July 2017: It was very hot in Visakhapatnam and a small trip by me to SBI, Muralinagar, in the day time from 10.15 AM to 11 AM made me suffer a heat stroke and bathing in cool water revived me normal.
Rains havoc in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka: Mount Abu scales about 770mm in 24 hours and created a flood-like situation. Heavy downpour for third consecutive day created flood like situation in Sirohi, Jalore and Pali districts. These rains are a fallout of global warming. It is located at a height of 4000 feet above sea level. Large number of people were marooned. In Gujarat about 15,000 people were relocated and the state continues to be in high alert. After Saurashtra it is now the North Gujarat facing the brunt of heavy rain. Several state high ways were closed. Schools and Colleges were closed on Tuesday, 25 July. Monsoon weakened in Karnataka with no rainfall in south interior the Cauvery Basin remain deficient. So far it received 344 mm which is 16% lower than normal rain (412 mm)
NAIROBI, 17 March 2017: Farmers, traders and consumers across East and Southern Africa are feeling the impact of consecutive seasons of drought that have scorched harvests and ruined livelihoods.
SOMALIA: As of February 2017 a drought ravages Somalia that has left more than 6 million people, or half the country's population, facing food shortages with several water supplies becoming undrinkable due to the possibility of infection. According to the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Government, over 2.9 million people in Somalia face crisis or emergency level acute food insecurity and need emergency food aid
2017 will not be a surface water drought for California. Precipitation and snowpack in much of the state already exceeds that for an entire average water year. And we still have two months to go in California’s wet season. Despite these wet conditions, California has remnants of drought, some of which will persist for decades. Some Central Coast reservoirs remain very low. Groundwater in the southern part of the Central Valley remains more than 10 million acre-ft below pre-drought levels. Most of the groundwater deficit is in dry parts of the San Joaquin and Tulare basins, which could take decades to recover – with long-lasting effects on local wells. The millions of forest trees which died from the drought will need decades to recover
Pollution in Europe caused a drought in India that was one of its worst ever natural disasters, affecting more than 13 crore people, according to new research. Sulphur dioxide produced mainly by coal-fired power plants causes a number of harmful effects, like acid rain, heart and lung diseases, and damage to plant growth. But sulphate aerosols also have a cooling effect on the atmosphere because it reflects sunlight back into space. However, emissions from the northern hemisphere can change the relative rate of warming in the south, causing the tropical rain-band to shift -with potentially devastating results.
July 18, 2017.Facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG in Hinwil: A facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG is placed on the roof of a waste incinerating plant in Hinwil, Switzerland.
SOMALIA: As of February 2017 a drought ravages Somalia that has left more than 6 million people, or half the country's population, facing food shortages with several water supplies becoming undrinkable due to the possibility of infection. According to the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Government, over 2.9 million people in Somalia face crisis or emergency level acute food insecurity and need emergency food aid
2017 will not be a surface water drought for California. Precipitation and snowpack in much of the state already exceeds that for an entire average water year. And we still have two months to go in California’s wet season. Despite these wet conditions, California has remnants of drought, some of which will persist for decades. Some Central Coast reservoirs remain very low. Groundwater in the southern part of the Central Valley remains more than 10 million acre-ft below pre-drought levels. Most of the groundwater deficit is in dry parts of the San Joaquin and Tulare basins, which could take decades to recover – with long-lasting effects on local wells. The millions of forest trees which died from the drought will need decades to recover
Pollution in Europe caused a drought in India that was one of its worst ever natural disasters, affecting more than 13 crore people, according to new research. Sulphur dioxide produced mainly by coal-fired power plants causes a number of harmful effects, like acid rain, heart and lung diseases, and damage to plant growth. But sulphate aerosols also have a cooling effect on the atmosphere because it reflects sunlight back into space. However, emissions from the northern hemisphere can change the relative rate of warming in the south, causing the tropical rain-band to shift -with potentially devastating results.
July 18, 2017.Facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG in Hinwil: A facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG is placed on the roof of a waste incinerating plant in Hinwil, Switzerland.
OBSERVER JULY 18, 1852: In 1132 the rivers and springs disappeared in Alsace. Rhine was dried up. In 1152,heat was so great that eggs could be cooked on the sand. In 1160, great battle of Bela, soldiers died due to excessive heat. In 1276 & 1277 France had failure of grass and Oats. In 1303 & 1304 Seine, Loire, Rhine and the Danube were passed over dry-footed. In 1393 & 1394 animals died, crops were scorched up. In 1440 heat was excessive. In 1538, 1539, 1540, and 1541 the rivers dried up. In 1556 there was a great drought all over Europe. In 1615 & 1616, heat was overwhelming in France, Italy and Netherlands. In 1646 there were 58 consecutive days of excessive heat. In 1678 recorded excessive heat. in 1718 it didn't rain from April to October. In 1723 & 1724 heat was extreme. In 1748, 1754, 1760, 1767, 1778, & 1788 heat was excessive. In 1811 the days of Celebrated COMET HALLEY, summer was warmer. in 1818 theatres were closed for a month due to excessive heat. In 1835 the Seine was dried up.
July 24, 2017: Cars swept away in rushing water as flash floods play havoc in Kentucky. Cars and a home were swept away in floodwaters after a bout of heavy rains pummeled parts of Northern Kentucky early Sunday.The flood waters were so powerful that they sent cars smashing into one another in a cluster against a tree, according to one photo posted on Instagram by user Sara Celi. The image shows the cars lying abandoned in a pool of tan, muddy water.
Monday July 24, 2017: Rain-battered Odisha is likely to be further hit by heavy to extremely heavy showers coupled with gusty surface winds by tomorrow due to a well marked low pressure in the region.
July 24, 2017: Intense lightning patches and thunder clouds can be seen over Rajasthan near Jaisalmer, Pokhran, and Ajmer.Isolated patch of lightning strike can be seen over Punjab near Chandigarh.FLOOD NEWS
July 24, 2017: Cars swept away in rushing water as flash floods play havoc in Kentucky. Cars and a home were swept away in floodwaters after a bout of heavy rains pummeled parts of Northern Kentucky early Sunday.The flood waters were so powerful that they sent cars smashing into one another in a cluster against a tree, according to one photo posted on Instagram by user Sara Celi. The image shows the cars lying abandoned in a pool of tan, muddy water.
Monday July 24, 2017: Rain-battered Odisha is likely to be further hit by heavy to extremely heavy showers coupled with gusty surface winds by tomorrow due to a well marked low pressure in the region.
July 24, 2017: Intense lightning patches and thunder clouds can be seen over Rajasthan near Jaisalmer, Pokhran, and Ajmer.Isolated patch of lightning strike can be seen over Punjab near Chandigarh.FLOOD NEWS
During the last 24 hours, at least 12 talukas of Banaskantha, Patan and Sabarkantha districts received over 200 mm of rainfall. Nineteen people were rescued from Jalore on Tuesday including seven who had taken shelter on a tree to escape the swirling waters.
Fig.2 School children moving in a indigenous boat
Fig. 2a Rayagada District in Odisha
with flood waters.
In a positive development, the situation in flood-ravaged Assam improved considerably as the swollen Brahmaputra and Barak rivers, along with their tributaries, started flowing below the danger mark at most places.
In West Bengal, lowlands in Birbhum, Purulia, West Medinipore and Hooghly districts were inundated. With the meteorological department predicting more rains in the Gangetic region of the state in the next 24 hours, chief minister Mamata Banerjee held a monitoring meeting with senior officials at the secretariat this afternoon. However, she said there is no flood-like situation in the state yet.
In West Bengal, lowlands in Birbhum, Purulia, West Medinipore and Hooghly districts were inundated. With the meteorological department predicting more rains in the Gangetic region of the state in the next 24 hours, chief minister Mamata Banerjee held a monitoring meeting with senior officials at the secretariat this afternoon. However, she said there is no flood-like situation in the state yet.
Incessant rains continued to disrupt normal life in several parts of Jharkhand with many rivers, including Damodar, Konar and Siwane, in spate. The district administrations of Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Hazaribagh, Bokaro and Giridih have declared a holiday on Wednesday for students up to Class VIII in view of incessant rains.
In Bihar, light rainfall occurred at a few places in the northern part of the state, while heavy showers were witnessed at a few places in the south west, an IMD bulletin said. The national capital, too, witnessed scattered rains that brought the mercury down.
Tuesday July 25, 2017: An aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Gujarat this afternoon was made, a day after nearly 25,000 people were evacuated to safety from the inundated areas in the north and central parts of the state. A high alert has been issued in Gujarat and Rajasthan after the Met office has forecast heavy rain in the next four
July 26, 2017: Hikers in Arizona floodwaters form human chain to help pull one another to safety. A large group of hikers were caught on video forming a chain to help one another after monsoon rain on Sunday resulted in flash flooding in Arizona’s Sabino Canyon.Tuesday July 25, 2017: An aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Gujarat this afternoon was made, a day after nearly 25,000 people were evacuated to safety from the inundated areas in the north and central parts of the state. A high alert has been issued in Gujarat and Rajasthan after the Met office has forecast heavy rain in the next four
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BERLIN (AP): Heavy rains led to flooding Wednesday in some parts of northern Germany, forcing some evacuations and prompting residents to pile sandbags in front of their homes to protect themselves from a swollen river. The centre of the town of Goslar, in the mountainous Harz region of northern Germany, west of Berlin, was closed off and a hotel and a home for the elderly were evacuated as its central market square was flooded. Elsewhere, streets were flooded and basements had to be pumped dry of water in the Harz region, and two stretches of railway lines were closed. In nearby Hildesheim, people stacked sand bags along the banks of the swelling Innerste River.
Gujarat facing heavy rains since last couple of days.
July 27, 2017 22:46 IST: Chandigarh Witnesses Heaviest Rain In Past Decade. The joint capital of Punjab and Haryana received 120.8 mm of rain that caused water-logging at roundabouts and roads, and choked traffic on several routes till late afternoon.
Gujarat facing heavy rains since last couple of days.
July 27, 2017 22:46 IST: Chandigarh Witnesses Heaviest Rain In Past Decade. The joint capital of Punjab and Haryana received 120.8 mm of rain that caused water-logging at roundabouts and roads, and choked traffic on several routes till late afternoon.
Jaipur, July 27, 2017: 00:22 IST: Two gates of Jawai Dam, which happens to be the biggest in western Rajasthan, were opened on Thursday after the level of water in the dam rose above 60 feet. Heavy rains and rise in water levels of rivers have affected many parts of Rajasthan. Earlier, 41 civilians, stranded in flood-hit villages including Killua, Kilua ka Golia and Bawarla under Sanchore area of Jalore district, were rescued. Also, 29 bus passengers, including children and ladies, were rescued from flood-affected Godan-Badanwari road of Jalore. Around 1.5 lakh cusecs of water was released from the dam following heavy rains in neighbouring Rajasthan, which resulted in inundation of several villages along the banks of the river in Banaskantha.
Jul 27, 2017 23:54 IST: Heavy rain is expected in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, UP, Vidarbha, Jharkhand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, northeastern states, Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa.
July 28, 2017: Sudden rainfall, from a upper air circulation, on Friday morning brought relief from intense heat to Visakhapatnam people. Formation of south-west monsoon the reason of the sudden downpour. Next three to four days there would be rain. A circulation is hovering over Machilipatnam at a height of 5.8 km from sea level. On Friday 10.75 mm, at Sriramnagar, 11.5 mm at Mulapetar, Anakapalli 3.75 mm and at Pendurthy 1 mm rainfall was recorded.
Fig. 3 The Sravana Puja on auspicious day
29 Jul Saturday. 2017: The well marked low pressure area over northwest Madhya Pradesh and neighbourhood lay over northwest Madhya Pradesh adjoining east Rajasthan, yesterday evening. It has become less marked today morning. However, the associated cyclonic circulation now lies over east Rajasthan and neighbourhood and extends upto 7.6 km a. s. l. tilting south-westwards with height. A cyclonic circulation extending between 1.5 & 2.1 km a. s. l. lies over Saurashtra & Kutch and neighbourhood. The cyclonic circulation at 5.8 km a. s. l. over west-central Bay of Bengal now lies over west-central Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts. The western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over western parts of Afghanistan and neighbourhood now lies over central parts of Afghanistan and neighbourhood and extends upto 9.5 km a. s. l. System is likely to move east-north eastwards.
Visakhapatnam 29 July 2017: Lightning struck at HPCL crude oil tank on Saturday evening around 6:30pm. Fire was brought under control with an hour by the fire tenders, the 01-D crude oil tank was struck but did not affect the refining process.
July 28, 2017: Sudden rainfall, from a upper air circulation, on Friday morning brought relief from intense heat to Visakhapatnam people. Formation of south-west monsoon the reason of the sudden downpour. Next three to four days there would be rain. A circulation is hovering over Machilipatnam at a height of 5.8 km from sea level. On Friday 10.75 mm, at Sriramnagar, 11.5 mm at Mulapetar, Anakapalli 3.75 mm and at Pendurthy 1 mm rainfall was recorded.
first Friday 28 July 2017
Jul 29, 2017: More rain is predicted in isolated areas of Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Saturday and Sunday.29 Jul Saturday. 2017: The well marked low pressure area over northwest Madhya Pradesh and neighbourhood lay over northwest Madhya Pradesh adjoining east Rajasthan, yesterday evening. It has become less marked today morning. However, the associated cyclonic circulation now lies over east Rajasthan and neighbourhood and extends upto 7.6 km a. s. l. tilting south-westwards with height. A cyclonic circulation extending between 1.5 & 2.1 km a. s. l. lies over Saurashtra & Kutch and neighbourhood. The cyclonic circulation at 5.8 km a. s. l. over west-central Bay of Bengal now lies over west-central Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts. The western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over western parts of Afghanistan and neighbourhood now lies over central parts of Afghanistan and neighbourhood and extends upto 9.5 km a. s. l. System is likely to move east-north eastwards.
Visakhapatnam 29 July 2017: Lightning struck at HPCL crude oil tank on Saturday evening around 6:30pm. Fire was brought under control with an hour by the fire tenders, the 01-D crude oil tank was struck but did not affect the refining process.
Jul 29, 2017: Heavy rains will drench the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and central Appalachians on Saturday after flooding overnight closed roadways and forced water rescues across the region, forecasters said. A swathe of land from eastern North Carolina up through Washington D.C. and southern Pennsylvania could expect an additional 2 to 5 inches (5 to 13 cm) on Saturday after more than 4 inches (10 cm) fell in parts of the region, the National Weather Service said in advisories. Flash flooding from heavy rain will cause a potentially life threatening situation overnight.
Jul 30, 2017: Lightning kills fisherman of age 37 yrs in Rajam and injured another three when lightning struck at Chinna Cheruvu on Sunday evening. The four were guarding a shed at Chnna Cheruvu, at 4pm lightning struck and Sreenu died while the rest sustained injuries. Heavy thunder showers lashed Rjam, Palakonda and its neighbouring areas. Peapally 5 cm, Cheepurpalle 3 cm, Chodavaram 2 cm, Garivid 2 cm and Anakapalle 2 cm rainfall was recorded.
Jul 30, 2017: Lightning kills fisherman of age 37 yrs in Rajam and injured another three when lightning struck at Chinna Cheruvu on Sunday evening. The four were guarding a shed at Chnna Cheruvu, at 4pm lightning struck and Sreenu died while the rest sustained injuries. Heavy thunder showers lashed Rjam, Palakonda and its neighbouring areas. Peapally 5 cm, Cheepurpalle 3 cm, Chodavaram 2 cm, Garivid 2 cm and Anakapalle 2 cm rainfall was recorded.
Jul 30, 2017, 09:14 AM IST: Typhoon injures 81 in Taiwan as another storm approaches. Typhoon Nesat made landfall on the northeast coast of Taiwan Saturday evening with maximum sustained winds of 137 km (85 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 173 kph (107 mph), according to the national weather bureau. The typhoon also left shops and streets in agricultural Pingtung county knee deep in muddy water after dumping about 600 mm (23.6") of rain.
30 July 2017:The axis of Monsoon trough continues to pass through Bikaner, Shivpuri, Fursatganj, Buxar, Malda and is extending up to Mizoram. A fresh Western Disturbance is seen over Afghanistan and adjoining areas. The axis of Monsoon trough continues to pass through Bikaner, Shivpuri, Fursatganj, Buxar, Malda and is extending up to Mizoram.A cyclonic circulation is seen persisting over East Rajasthan.
Another cyclonic circulation is seen over Saurashtra and Kutch region. A feeble trough is also seen extending from North Maharashtra up to North Kerala Coast. Another cyclonic circulation is seen over West Central Bay of Bengal off Andhra Pradesh Coast.
30 July 2017 11:30 AM: During the last 24 hours, moderate rains along with few heavy spells at few places occurred over Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In fact, isolated pockets of Assam also recorded a few good spells of rain. At present, Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra is the rainiest place in India with 60 mm rainfall.CURSE OF HEAVY MONSOON: Flood hit Ghatal sub-division in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on Sunday. In Visakhapatnam Palakonda gets 7.1 cm rainfall, and several towns, villages and remote areas in north coastal Andhra region received moderate to heavy rains on Sunday. Kasimkota received 6.5 cm.
July 30, 2017 07:01 IST: On Saturday, Nesat, the ninth typhoon this year in China, was travelling at a speed of 20 kilometres per hour in a northwest direction, packing gusts of wind up to 144 kilometres an hour. About 111 people were affected. But following the Saturday rain another storm is taking shape that would hit Sunday night.
The last four days were very hot in the mornings though in the evening it was raining almost for one and half hours, in Muralinagar, Visakhapatnam. For Bangalore it was warm and a dry July. This year rain gauges recorded just 83 mm of rain, nearly two-thirds lesser at Bangalore. The rainfall recorded was at a seven-year low.
30 July 2017: Anandapuram: Thunderbolt killed about 20 goats in Bhimannadorapalem on Sunday afternoon around 3 PM with a big sound on the hill where the goats were being grazing. The ryot is weeping and expects the state government help him support his daily living.
July 31, 2017: Two girls of age 8 and 16, recovering from a lightning strike after their dog brought help in Utah. They were struck while crossing a meadow during a family trip when lightning struck them. Dog alerted at the camp site family members and followed the dog to the unconscious girls.
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 12:39:
It was a providential escape for 62-year-old Tapati Chowdhury who kept herself afloat for 13 hours in the turbulent Damodar river in flood-hit Burdwan district, till she was rescued 80 km away.
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 12:39:
It was a providential escape for 62-year-old Tapati Chowdhury who kept herself afloat for 13 hours in the turbulent Damodar river in flood-hit Burdwan district, till she was rescued 80 km away.
The entire night she put up a brave fight to remain afloat and on Sunday morning, her distress calls did not go in vain. She was spotted by some fishermen who rescued her at 7.30 am yesterday.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
The author is deeply indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London). The author also expresses his gratitude to him for the inspiration and constant guidance provided for his research and investigations. A summary of all his disciples, to my knowledge, and list of publications by him, are listed by the present author and is available on INTERNET. (His lifetime: 1899 Sept. 9 early morning to 1972 June 20 at 9:10 AM). He initiated several researches in wide variety of subjects, and earned respect from the several followers. Hundreds of his research students are well-spread over many countries. Many a foreign visitors to Andhra University remember his unselfish work, and promotion of youngsters to aspire for world recognition. Special respects to my mother Mrs. Peramma Kotcherlakota, (from DOB 1904 to 1971 December 31) an enigmatic lady, who completed SSLC from Queen Mary's High School, Visakhapatnam, in year 1919.
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