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Volume 2018, Issue No.5, Dated: 1 May, 2018, Time:07:59:36 AM
May 1, 2018: Predator drones, Iran Earthquake 5.2R, Pakistan at 50C, sandstorms hit Rajasthan, Double rain struck North India, Three days hot-weather in Visakhapatnam etc.
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
M.Sc. (Math. Phys.), M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys.), Ph. D. (AU), Int. Edu & Res. (Sweden 1964-65)
While returning from Sweden, spent few days in England, Paris, Egypt and etc. countries.
Visited USA about 12 Universities, several National Laboratories and Institutes
during four months Sept.to December 1988. and in 1989 visited Japan
for about 10 days, and South Korea Conf. in Physics for a week in 1989.
Residential Address: 17- 11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,
Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.
kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com; DOB:23-07-1940.
lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
1 May 2018: Heavy two hours rain in Visakhapatnam. 1 May 2018: Rabi crop hit as Godavari's natural flow records dastardly low, with 1000 TMC amount of water that flowed into the sea this year. Godavari's water flow gradually decreased during the last five decades. Fish fallen in the town Icchapuram on 1 May 2018. An unusual incident: In the sea fishermen boat at 18 nautical miles, was stuck by a thunderbolt and killed one person other two submerged in sea water. THOUGHT: Earth’s magnetic field is generated deep within the core of the planet by metals including iron and nickel. May 2018: CAIRO: Egypt's weather agency says a sandstorm has hit parts of the country, closing several highways in the southern provinces, days after rare heavy rainfall pummeled the capital of Cairo and other parts of the North African country. 2 May 2018: Hindustan Times: 20 hours ago: Trump administration agrees to supply Predator drones to India. 3 May 2018: At least 27 dead, dozens injured as high-intensity squall, sandstorms hit Rajasthan. Several houses collapsed, and many electricity poles and trees were uprooted in sandstorms, followed by rain hit parts of Rajasthan on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday, 03 May 2018 07:44:10 AM Iran Earthquake: Magnitude 5.2 quake strikes western Kohgiluye and Boyerahmad province,100 injured. 3 May 2018: Japanese researchers have wood fermented, pulverising wood into a creamy paste and then adding yeast, an enzyme to start fermentation process by avoiding heat, and retained the specific flavour of each tree's wood. It is a drinkable with different wood flavours, and without heat and sulphuric acid, to decompose the wood. May 3, 2018 15:44 IST: Pakistan reels under hottest April ever with temperature over 50 degree Celsius. Krishna Zillah Agarapalli Mandal vadlamani village Ramagopalakrishna has grown a single mango tree 18 different varities of fruit by natural farming method. May 4, 2018 10:57 IST: 600 Earth quakes: Watch: Kilauea volcano in Hawaii leaks lava after a series of earthquakes. 5 May 2018: 01:30 pm: Decades after the golden era of the state-run Hindustan Machine Tools, a husband-wife team of watch enthusiasts is setting out to revive the lost art of watchmaking in Bengaluru. 5 May 2018: torrent of floodwater surged through Ankara on Saturday, sweeping away lorries and cars after heavy rain poured down on the Turkish capital. 6 May 2018: Solar Study lamps to children Gavane Village, Valpoi. Sun 6 May 2018: Thousand years of Tibetan masterpieces revealed for first time. Writer and photographer Thomas Laird’s 10-year project records crumbling Buddhist murals before they are lost says, Dalya Alberge. Mon 7 May 2018: May Day bank holiday weather breaks temperature record. Confirmed 24.2C recorded in East Sussex, beating previous high of 23.6C in 1999. 07 May 2018: Monday: Parched Shimla struggles with leaking pipes, tourist influx. Residents of the famous tourist destination are struggling with acute water shortage as they receive water supply once in four or five days. On Monday, Mainpuri, Firozabad and Mathura suffered heavy losses after winds over 100-kmph lashed the districts followed by the hail storm. In Mainpuri, a 11-year-old girl was killed as a tree fell on her. In Mathura, the squall damaged hoardings, snapped electric lines and uprooted a number of trees. Thousands of trees have been uprooted and electric poles twisted disrupting power supply to hundreds of villages. Thunderstorm, squall, dust storm and heavy rain in 19 states and 2 union territories (UTs), covering more than 58 per cent of the country’s total area. 07 May 2018: Turkey: The heavy downpour was expected to last for three hours on Saturday afternoon. Instead it came down in just nine minutes, causing the floods. Monday night the high velocity wind at 70 mph swept through the National Capital around 11.15PM, people warned that lightning can travel along water pipes. May 07, 2018 19:10:08 IST: Wellington, New Zealand: A new sinkhole on a North Island farm as deep as four double-decker buses and almost the length of two football fields. 8 May 2018: Massive dead zone in Arabian Sea. Largest under water zone in Gulf of Oman that expanded effecting local marine and ecosystem. 9 May 2018: The new discovery of Rare Light Zone may just begin to scratch the surface of the richness that this oceanic area offer and may be a new beginning of advancement of marine science study. May 09, 2018: Tremors in Delhi, Gurgaon after quake in Kabul. An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck on Wednesday in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan, in its mountainous border region near Afghanistan. The tremor hit at a depth of 96 km (60 miles), about 67 km (42 miles) south of the provincial capital of Khorugh. 16:35 Tremors in Delhi, Gurgaon after quake in Kabul. Andhra Pradesh (160,000 km^2) and for 24 hours, that gives 69,342 flashes. So while this is an active storm, it is not the record breaking. There are three major regions of lightning activity around the globe (called lightning ‘chimneys’). They are Central Africa (highest), South America, and Indonesia/Australia. Notice that all these areas are near the tropics.10 May 2018: The 4.2 billion-year-old zircon in the
rock offers fresh clues about the earth’s origins. A rock sample recovered nearly eight years ago from
Champua in Odisha’s Kendujhar district has put India at the forefront of
geological research in the world. The study suggests that the Earth’s primitive crust was mafic (rich
in iron and magnesium). 11 May 2018, Friday: Bees keep elephants out of harm’s way, create buzz. The sound of honeybees downloaded from the internet to keep elephants away from railway tracks has created quite a buzz. May 11, 2018 10:32 IST: A Wave 8-Floor High, Largest Ever Recorded, Forms Near New Zealand. A buoy recorded the wave during a ferocious storm in the Southern Ocean near Campbell Island, some 700 kilometres (430 miles) south of New Zealand. May 11, 2018: Jakarta, Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted on Friday 7:30PM spewing 5,500-metre high column of volcanic ash. IST: 10:27 AM / 26 minutes ago. May 11, 2018 20:11 IST: Toxic Water Fears In Pakistan Region Infamous For Deformities. According to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 90 percent of factories in and around the city dump their waste untreated in open pits or discharge untreated water in streams. May 11, 2018 2:36:47 pm: Gusty winds with speed reaching 50-70 kmph, accompanied by thunderstorms, are likely to hit for the North-eastern states of Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura. As of yesterday, heat wave condition was observed at one or two pockets over Vidharba. There are two other cyclonic circulations, one over Lakshadweep adjoining southeast Arabian Sea and another over Comorin area. There are two other cyclonic circulations, one over Lakshadweep adjoining southeast Arabian Sea and another over Comorin area. The discovery of the panel is evidence of the Souramana (sun-based) system of reckoning the time in the region during the reign of Rudra Deva (1158 AD – 1195 AD). Rudra Deva was a staunch worshipper of the Sun God. 12 May 2018: The excess mass will finally trigger a thermonuclear reaction, a massive release of energy in the form of X-rays. NICER can detect such releases, but has yet to measure an outbreak from J17062. The study of J17062 is being published this week in the Astrophysical Journal. May 13, 2018 03:34 AM: Man dies in windstorm; property, crops damaged in north Kashmir. The strong winds which lasted for more than 15 minutes. A total of 49 all over India died due
to lightning strikes, 2 in Delhi, Bengal 12 people, UP about 16 people, AP
about 12, and Telangana 5 people were struck down. May 13 & 14, 2018: New Delhi, The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday said that 80 people were killed and 136 injured due to lightning strike and thunderstorm that hit various states across the country since yesterday. May 14, 2018: Thunderstorms also occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Strong winds swept through Haryana as the weather changed suddenly and light rain lashed several areas. May 14, 2018: 17:36 IST: Colombo Over 8,000 people were affected as heavy rains caused flash floods in Sri Lanka. May 14, 2018: Gantaseema, Tutanga, Lieganda, Gedalabanda and Aram villages it rained for nearly three hours, with hailstones, Gales, and Heavy rain. May 14, 2018 07:30am ET: These two stars revolve around each other once every 38 minutes, the fastest orbit ever observed in a pulsar binary system like this. May 15, 2018, Tuesday: India becomes 5th country in world to have fully operational submarine-launched nuclear missile. The launch of the B05 missile from an underwater pontoon, an underwater submersible vehicle that recreates conditions of launching the missile from a submarine, had been made public. The BO5 missiles were launched from a pontoon off the Visakhapatnan in January 2013. 15 May2018: 6 hours ago: TOKYO, A volcano in southern Japan seen in a James Bond film has erupted, shooting grey smoke and ash thousands of meters (feet) into the sky.15 May 2018: Monazite Mining in this Odisha Block is Giving Locals Fatal Kidney Disease.
DETAILS
Fig. A. Bearing Sea off Alaska in middle of February 2018
In the middle of February, one-third of the ice covering the Bering Sea off Alaska’s West Coast vanished within a week when an enormous pulse of heat swept over the Arctic. February and March ice levels were as low as far back as scientists can reconstruct, dating back more than 160 years. Now, the ice is almost entirely gone, just 10 percent of normal levels as of the end of April.
Fig.B Scientists were stunned.
April 21 to 28 total fires in India.
March 2018: The weather bureau and independent meteorologist to the Maharashtra government said the formation of a tropical depression (low pressure weather system) over Arabian Sea is a rare phenomenon for March and is a first for the country.
Fig.C Rare weather system around India.
It rained heavily today 1 May 2018, in Visakhapatnam for two hours from 9AM to 11AM, it was sunny in the morning till 8.30AM.
1 May 2018: Rabi crop hit as Godavari's natural flow records dastardly low, with 1000 TMC amount of water that flowed into the sea this year. Godavari's water flow gradually decreased during the last five decades. 30 April 2018: angamaheswarapuram 43.5C, Kurnool 43.3C, Tirupati 42.2C, Nandigamma 41.8C, Anantpur 41.2C, Nellore41C, Kavali 40.1C, and Vijayawada 39.7C temperatures on 30 April 2018.
May 1, 2018, 06:07 IST:MUMBAI: Over 1.3 lakh citizens will go to various villages in Maharashtra on May 1 to do ‘shramdaan’ (voluntary work) for a day towards the cause of making the state drought-free.
May 01, 2018 08:59 IST: Severe thunderstorms possible over east, northeast India this week: The India Meteorological Department said a cyclonic circulation lies over east Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to Manipur across Meghalaya.
THOUGHT: Earth’s magnetic field is generated deep within the core of the planet by metals including iron and nickel. The magnetic field protects Earth from solar winds and harmful cosmic radiation. It also helps both humans and animals to navigate and protects our telecommunication and satellite systems.
May 01, 2018 08:59 IST: Severe thunderstorms possible over east, northeast India this week: The India Meteorological Department said a cyclonic circulation lies over east Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to Manipur across Meghalaya.
THOUGHT: Earth’s magnetic field is generated deep within the core of the planet by metals including iron and nickel. The magnetic field protects Earth from solar winds and harmful cosmic radiation. It also helps both humans and animals to navigate and protects our telecommunication and satellite systems.
May 01, 2018 16:43 IST: Government to double sewage treatment capacity in 10 cities for Clean Ganga. Ten cities discharge 2,953 MLD of sewage daily into the Ganga. The 10 cities are among the 97 places along the 10-15-km radius of the river that push sewage into Ganga. While Kolkata, Kanpur, Patna and Varanasi top the list, they are closely followed by Allahabad, Howrah, Haridwar, Bhagalpur, Farrukhabad and Bally, discharging 2,392 MLD into the 2,525-km-long river.
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitated the winners of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
2 May 2018: Hindustan Times: 20 hours ago: Trump administration agrees to supply Predator drones to India. In a bid to substantially enhance India’s so-called stand-off weapon capabilities, the Trump administration in the United States has agreed to supply long endurance high-altitude surveillance armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which are capable of hunting and destroying targets across seas and over land borders.
2 May 2018: CAIRO: Egypt's weather agency says a sandstorm has hit parts of the country, closing several highways in the southern provinces, days after rare heavy rainfall pummeled the capital of Cairo and other parts of the North African country.
2 May 2018: Hindustan Times: 20 hours ago: Trump administration agrees to supply Predator drones to India. In a bid to substantially enhance India’s so-called stand-off weapon capabilities, the Trump administration in the United States has agreed to supply long endurance high-altitude surveillance armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which are capable of hunting and destroying targets across seas and over land borders.
2 May 2018: CAIRO: Egypt's weather agency says a sandstorm has hit parts of the country, closing several highways in the southern provinces, days after rare heavy rainfall pummeled the capital of Cairo and other parts of the North African country.
May 02, 2018 07:34 IST: Intense heat wave sweeps nation. New Delhi, May 2: Intense heat wave conditions prevailed in various parts of Rajasthan including Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Kota divisions. Jaisalmer was the hottest place in the state with 46.5 degrees Celsius, followed by Churu with 46.4 and Bikaner with 46.2 degrees Celsius. Thunderstorm with very light rain also occurred at isolated places in Jaipur, Bikaner, Kota and Ajmer divisions in the last 24 hours. Heat wave conditions are likely to prevail over parts of West Rajasthan and Vidarbha during next five days and at one or two pockets over northern parts of Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada. People were seen taking ice creams and cold-drinks in Gujarat's Ahmedabad to beat the heat as temperature rose across the nation. In Punjab's Ludhiana, people covered their heads and faces to shield themselves from heat as mercury rises across nation. "Temperature to go above 40 degrees Celsius in coming days. It's likely to go down on May 2 and 3, some places will receive light showers."
Lightning killed 11 persons: Six casualties in Guntur; hopes of paddy, mango farmers dashed at many places. Heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning killed 11 persons in three districts of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, 1 May 2018. Six deaths were reported from Guntur district and five from Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts. In Guntur district, a massive cloudburst killed six persons, four of them agriculturists, besides causing heavy loss of property. Kondepati Venkat Rao (50) and S. Madhavi (35) died while working in the farm at Pusuluru village in Pedanandipadu mandal. Gutupalli Gopi was also struck by lightning at his field at Pedamakkena village of Sattenapalli mandal. Vejendla Ratna Kumari of Ananthavarampadu village in Vettichrukuru mandal, Kasam Kumari of Rajupalem village and another farmer from Bellamkonda were the other victims. Lightning strikes killed two buffaloes at Mandadam village of Thullur mandal and banana plantations in over 200 acres were uprooted at Uddandrayunivaripalem.
1 May 2018: In mm rainfall in Visakhapatnam,TSR complex 63.5, Arilova 57.9, Gangavaram 6.25, Indore Stadium 3.75, MVP colony 51, Vuda Park 50.25, Appugarh 40.25, Urban MRC Office 47.5, Marine Police Station 44, Mudusarlova Park 42.75, HB Colony 38.5, Revenue Park 38.5, Doctor's colony 37, New Railway colony 37, Bhimunipatnam 34, Rural MRO office 33.5, Endada 3.25, Dhuvada 0.25, Thadi 20.75.
Jnapuram rain water entered houses. Due to winds electric supply curtailed. Till mid-day up to 2 O'clock people felt hardship. Standstill life line. Peddgadili, Arilova, Maddilapalem, KRM colony, Thatichetlapalem, One Town, Purna Market, Chavulamadhum junction and other low lying areas were inundated. At 11 AM the rain gave a relief. In one day it rained 64mm. About 32 KV lines of 83 substations tripped. Thunderbolts killed about 18 people in the state. From 6.39 AM to till one or 2 PM the rain occurred.
Jnapuram rain water entered houses. Due to winds electric supply curtailed. Till mid-day up to 2 O'clock people felt hardship. Standstill life line. Peddgadili, Arilova, Maddilapalem, KRM colony, Thatichetlapalem, One Town, Purna Market, Chavulamadhum junction and other low lying areas were inundated. At 11 AM the rain gave a relief. In one day it rained 64mm. About 32 KV lines of 83 substations tripped. Thunderbolts killed about 18 people in the state. From 6.39 AM to till one or 2 PM the rain occurred.
In Guntur gale winds collapsed Police tents. In Vijayawada several hoardings got destroyed. East Godavari in Yanam-Drakshramam, several trees have fallen down. Kondarajam-palem Chinnammadu saved his boat but strong winds pulled him along with the boat into the sea. Chirala, Ongolu, Darsi, Kanigiri, several trees have fallen down. One tractor got affected by a fallen Chinta tree and injured several people in it. A fallen palm tree killed a person travelling on bike, in Eluru-Chintalur main road. Ten quintals rice got damaged in Mylavaram. Srikakulum city drowned in rainwater.
An unusual incident: In the sea fishermen boat at 18 nautical miles, was stuck by a thunderbolt and killed one person other two submerged in sea water. Guntur Zillah nine people died due to thunder strike.
Fig.1 Tuesday 1 May 2018 picture of arriving clouds.
HOT WEATHER: Rayalaseema Nandikuttur recorded 44.65C, Kurnool and other areas recorded 43C, Tirupati, Kadapa, Nellore recorded 42C, Kavali had 41C, Vijayawada 40C.
2 May 2018: Bolt from the blue: 10 dead and 5 missing. Heavy rain lashes central and north districts throwing normal life out of gear. People of Icchapuram town in Srikakulam district had a bizzare experience on Tuesday 1 May 2018, morning when it started raining fish.
Fig.2 Fish fallen in the town
Icchapuram on 1 May 2018.
Children were notice picking up fish from roads, terraces etc. Three fishermen in Jalaripeta went missing in the sea. Srikakulam two persons died due to lightning struck them.
3 May 2018: Indian Express Report: 41,025 thunderbolts struck state on a single day on Tuesday morning with 13 human lives lost. Rs.150 crore horticulture and agricultural crops got damaged in Srikakulam at 7.15AM, West Godavari, Krishna and Guntur districts, and lightning activity subsided at 11.40PM. 6 persons in Guntur, three in Vijayanagaram, two in west Godavari district, one each in Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam were struck. About 11,955 were reported in Nellore, 4725 in Prakasam, 4700 in Srikakulam, 4,101 in in Guntur, 3,901 in Vijayanagaram, 3,216 in E. Godavari, 2,925 in Krishna, 2698 in Visakhapatnam and 327 in Kadapa were witnessed.
3 May 2018: Japanese researchers have wood fermented, pulverising wood into a creamy paste and then adding yeast, an enzyme to start fermentation process by avoiding heat, and retained the specific flavour of each tree's wood. It is a drinkable with different wood flavours, and without heat and sulphuric acid, to decompose the wood.
3 May 2018: At least 27 dead, dozens injured as high-intensity squall, sandstorms hit Rajasthan. Several houses collapsed, and many electricity poles and trees were uprooted in sandstorms, followed by rain hit parts of Rajasthan on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.
Fig.3 Dust Storm in Rajasthan and
Uttar Pradesh on 3 May 2018.
Several houses collapsed, while electricity poles and trees were uprooted in sandstorms, several have died due to the disaster, including 12 in Bharatpur, 10 in Dholpur and 5 in Alwar. Thursday, 3 May 2018 (). Jaipur too witnessed a dust storm like other parts of the state.
Thursday, 03 May 2018 07:44:10 AM Iran Earthquake: Magnitude 5.2 quake strikes western Kohgiluye and Boyerahmad province,100 injured.
May 3, 2018 15:41 IST: About 400 professionals comprising IT consultants, mental nurses, and others, mostly from India and Pakistan, were seen protesting in the rain.
May 3, 2018 15:44 IST: Pakistan reels under hottest April ever with temperature over 50 degree Celsius. Etienne Kapikian, a meteorologist from Meteo France, made this observation as he took to Twitter to confirm that the city of Nawabshah in Pakistan, which has a population of 1.1 million, had indeed recorded the hottest ever temperature in the month of April.
3 May 2018: SUPERSTORM: India dust storms: Nearly 127 killed in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan. At least 95 people have died and scores more injured in fierce dust storms that hit the northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The storms on Wednesday disrupted electricity, uprooted trees, destroyed houses and killed livestock. Many of the dead were sleeping when their houses collapsed after being struck by intense bursts of lightning. Dust storms are common in this part of India during summer but loss of life on this scale is unusual. Sixty-four people died in Uttar Pradesh, 43 of them in Agra district which is home to the Taj Mahal monument. The storm also hit the capital Delhi, more than 100km (62 miles) away, along with heavy rains late on Wednesday evening. 73 deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh, 39 from Rajasthan, 4 from Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab two people each, after a powerful dust storm swept north India on Wednesday evening. The storm left a trail of destruction with uprooted trees, disrupted power supply, traffic congestion, and various flight delays. The high velocity dust storm affected normal life in various cities of Punjab and Haryana. In New Delhi, the dust storm followed by rain bringing the mercury down bringing relief to residents. Concrete houses came down like pack of cards one after the other. Trees, streetlights and whatever stood taller than a few feet were flattened by the winds. We took out victims from debris of houses and ferried them to hospitals on motorcycles. The freakish thunderstorm activity that resulted in nearly 100 deaths in north and northwest India on Wednesday night was caused by unusually high temperatures, availability of moisture, and an unstable atmosphere which, in turn, led to the formation of a chain of thunderstorms.
May 03, 2018 22:12 IST: About 10 killed as heavy rains, hailstorm lash Telangana, Andhra Pradesh. The unseasonal rain affected normal life and caused widespread damage to crops. Vehicles were damage which brought traffic to a halt. There was power outage as well as water-logging at several places.
3 May 2018: HYDERABAD: Rains lashed the city on Thursday bringing much relief from the scorching heat. The sudden downpour in the city also brought down the mercury level from 40.5 degree Celsius to 24 degree Celsius by Thursday evening. Heavy rain and strong winds were reported from areas such as Ameerpet, Alwal, Saroornagar, Himayath Nagar, Begumpet, Banjara Hills, Madhapur, LB Nagar etc. Due to heavy rainfall, few areas such as Champet were inundated with vehicles found stuck.
Friday May 4, 2018 0:05 AM: Malegaon hottest city in Maharashtra, Sizzles at 44.6 degrees. Malegaon is continuously under intense heat for the last few days. Last Friday the maximum temperature was 44.8 degree Celsius, Saturday the maximum temperature was 44.2 degrees and Wednesday was again 44.6 degree Celsius.
May 4, 2018 10:57 IST: 600 Earth quakes: Watch: Kilauea volcano in Hawaii leaks lava after a series of earthquakes. Authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order for a portion of Leilani Estates, a subdivision in the Puna District on Hawaii Island after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit the area Thursday. After more than 600 earthquakes shook Hawaii's Big Island since April 30 (Monday), Lava from the Kilauea volcano is moving underground and is leaking in residential areas. The tremors hit around 10:30AM and were centered around the south flank of Kilauea volcano. The earthquake was of 4.6-magnitude, but later increased its strength.Just in: WELLINGTON, New Zealand ; A spectacular sinkhole the length of two football fields and the depth of a six-story building has opened up on a New Zealand farm. A worker stumbled upon the chasm before dawn this week when he was rounding up cows for milking on the farm near the North Island town of Rotorua. It appeared after several days of heavy rainfall. Farm manager Colin Tremain told Newshub television he didn't realize just how big the hole was until he saw it in the daylight. He says the area often develops sinkholes due to degrading limestone rock beneath the ground's surface.
Fig.4 A single Mango tree with 18 different of fruits.
Krishna Zillah Agarapalli Mandal vadlamani village Ramagopalakrishna has grown a single mango tree 18 different varities of fruit by natural farming method.
Fig.5 Lightning strikes a BSNL cell tower atop
Tirumala on Thursday 3 May 2018 evening
Friday, 04 May 2018: New Delhi: Fresh thunderstorm, squall warning for 4 states, 124 deaths in 2 days. 124 people were killed while more than 300 injured in five states due to thunderstorm and lightning in the last two days. A fresh warning about thunderstorm and squall hitting West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh today has been issued.
4 May 2018: World Bank. India is doing "extremely well" on electrification with nearly 85 per cent of the country's population having access to electricity, the World Bank has said. Between 2010 and 2016, India providing electricity to 30 million people each year, more than any other country, the World Bank said in its latest report released this week.
May 04, 2018: A classic example of the ancient ingenuity in designing water-harvesting structures to meet the needs of people living in hilly and mountainous areas are the techniques used in ancient hill forts of Maharashtra. Every hill fort functioned as an independent town where everything, from groceries to armour, was available in sufficient amount to sustain in times of an attack by the enemy. Similarly,water, too, needed to be stored efficiently, considering the impracticality of carrying water to the fort on the hills for the daily needs of the people.A number of structures, such as underground water tanks, reservoirs, cisterns, and artificial lakes,were constructed in these forts. The hill fort of Sinhagad in Pune has many water tanks built within its structure.These tanks stored water for four to six months, following the rainy season. Different types of water cisterns are found on forts, some are open to the sky, some are built-in caves in the rocks, while some others are dug under the ground and on the slopes. The tall fort of Rajgad, the first capital of the Maratha kingdom, had facilities to store large amounts of water. Two big lakes, talaavs, and around 39 rock-cut cisterns can be found in the fort.4 May 2018: World Bank. India is doing "extremely well" on electrification with nearly 85 per cent of the country's population having access to electricity, the World Bank has said. Between 2010 and 2016, India providing electricity to 30 million people each year, more than any other country, the World Bank said in its latest report released this week.
5 May 2018: A torrent of floodwater surged through Ankara on Saturday, sweeping away lorries and cars after heavy rain poured down on the Turkish capital. The country's minister for labour and social security said four people were injured in the floods, which damaged more than 160 cars and 25 businesses.
May 05, 2018 01:20 AM: Nadru lake Khushal Sar gasps for breath. Khushal Sar, a vast water body that was considered as pride for its crystal clear water is breathing its last.
5 May 2018: 01:30 pm: Decades after the golden era of the state-run Hindustan Machine Tools, a husband-wife team of watch enthusiasts is setting out to revive the lost art of watchmaking in Bengaluru. The watches, made with sapphire crystal and surgical grade stainless steel, have a simple, classic look, and an exhibition case-back that reveals the sophisticated mechanism on the inside. They’re assembled in Bengaluru from components sourced from manufacturers around the world, including the Japanese firm Citizen. This was a deliberate choice, Joshi says, a way to connect to the history of watchmaking in Bengaluru, where many of HMT’s watches were made in collaboration with Citizen.
5 May 2018: 3.4R earthquake: A woman cries outside the Zofiowka coal mine in Jastrzebie-Zdroj in southern Poland, where several miners were reported missing following a powerful earthquake. Rescuers reached another miner among the 11 who were trapped after a 3.4-magnitude earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland, but he was unresponsive. Four of the miners remained missing, an official said Sunday. The head of the Jastrzebie Coal Co., Daniel Ozon, said the latest miner rescued from the Zofiowka colliery was taken to an underground base Sunday, where a doctor would check him. The miner had been trapped under some metal.
06 May 2018:
Fig.6 Solar Study lamps to children Gavane Village, Valpoi.
Benaulim’s DMD club gives solar lamps to Gavane villagers. the Benaulim-based NGO DMD Youth Adventure Club, on Saturday 5 May 2018, helped the Harijanwada villagers by providing solar study lamps to the children of the Gavane Village in Valpoi.
6 May 2018: Magnetic Storm: A massive solar storm or geomagnetic storm was heading towards earth and was likely to hit the planet on May 6. The sun has opened its three coronal holes, ejecting out a huge amount of cosmic particles towards earth. The cosmic particles would eventually create a geomagnetic storm or solar storm. G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible when the gaseous material arrives. The magnetic storm is also known as the solar storm is a temporary disturbance caused by a solar wind shock wave of the Earth's magnetosphere.
6 May 2018:
Fig. 7 Eta Aquarid meteor shower
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak early in the morning on Sunday (May 6). The Eta Aquarids are usually the richest meteor display for observers in the Southern Hemisphere, producing up to 60 meteors per hour.
6 May 2018: Phonix sizzles at 41C, breaks 70-year old record on Sunday. The previous record was for May 6, 1947 at 40.6C.
6 May 2018: Magnetic Storm: A massive solar storm or geomagnetic storm was heading towards earth and was likely to hit the planet on May 6. The sun has opened its three coronal holes, ejecting out a huge amount of cosmic particles towards earth. The cosmic particles would eventually create a geomagnetic storm or solar storm. G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible when the gaseous material arrives. The magnetic storm is also known as the solar storm is a temporary disturbance caused by a solar wind shock wave of the Earth's magnetosphere.
6 May 2018:
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak early in the morning on Sunday (May 6). The Eta Aquarids are usually the richest meteor display for observers in the Southern Hemisphere, producing up to 60 meteors per hour.
6 May 2018: Phonix sizzles at 41C, breaks 70-year old record on Sunday. The previous record was for May 6, 1947 at 40.6C.
Sunday, 06 May 2018: New tech purifies water using sunlight.
Fig.8 Solar Purifier New technology
Scientists have developed a new technology that uses the sunlight to purify water with near-perfect efficiency. The idea of using energy from the sun to evaporate and purify water was reportedly described by Greek philosopher Aristotle over 2,000 years ago. By draping black, carbon-dipped paper in a triangular shape and using it to both absorb and vaporise water, researchers have developed a method for using sunlight to generate clean water with near-perfect efficiency.
Sun 6 May 2018: Thousand years of Tibetan masterpieces revealed for first time. Writer and photographer Thomas Laird’s 10-year project records crumbling Buddhist murals before they are lost says, Dalya Alberge. The American photographer and writer Thomas Laird spent a decade living among yak herders, farmers and monks while travelling across the Tibetan plateau in search of masterpieces that few have been able to see, let alone photograph. The result is 998 copies of Murals of Tibet, an enormous, more than 2ft-long, publication.
07 May 2018: Strong winds, rain continue to lash several states; UP worst hit. Strong winds with speeds of over 100 kmph swept through parts of Uttar Pradesh this morning. Early morning rains also lashed Chandigarh and adjoining areas today. Himachal Pradesh witnessed rains on Sunday, leading to a dip in temperatures in the hill state. Himachal has been warned of thunderstorms with squall and hail today and tomorrow. The upper regions of the state could get snow and rain till Thursday. In Jharkhand, two people were killed and several injured after being struck by lightning in a village in Saraikela-Kharswan district, 55 km from Jamshedpur. Dust storms and thunderstorms are likely at isolated places in western Rajasthan. Seven persons were injured and about 200 houses were collapsed in a storm in Nadia district of West Bengal today.
Mon 7 May 2018: May Day bank holiday weather breaks temperature record. Met Office confirms 24.2C recorded in East Sussex, beating previous high of 23.6C in 1999.
Mon 7 May 2018: May Day bank holiday weather breaks temperature record. Met Office confirms 24.2C recorded in East Sussex, beating previous high of 23.6C in 1999.
7 May 2018:Monday: Parched Shimla struggles with leaking pipes, tourist influx. Residents of the famous tourist destination are struggling with acute water shortage as they receive water supply once in four or five days. Shimla, which has a population of 170,000, is largely still trying to survive on the water network setup for a population of 30,000 people in the year 1875. While some blame the influx of tourists, a floating population of 70,000 in the city, others say Shimla’s parched status is because it’s perched at a height of 7,000 feet above sea level and can’t hold water that trickles down at a rapid rate. Although these are valid reasons, the crisis is also due to old water pipelines that leak water during distribution. These pipelines were laid down during the British era and never upgraded later. Lowering water levels in reservoirs is another reason. There are six reservoirs in north India monitored by the Centre of Water Commission. As per Reservoir Storage Bulletin dated May 3, the total live storage available in these reservoirs is 3.45 BCM (billion cubic metres), which is 19 per cent of the total live storage capacity (18.01 BCM) of these reservoirs. The water stored in the reservoirs during corresponding period last year was 26 per cent and average storage of the last 10 years was 27 per cent of the live storage capacity. This is when Himachal Pradesh received 49 per cent deficit rainfall last winters.
Monday, 07 May 2018 01:44:16 PM : Agra on 48-hour weather alert. Strong surface winds followed by hail storm turned the weather here in Uttar Pradesh on Monday prompting an alert from the Met office for the next 48 hours till Wednesday. On Monday, Mainpuri, Firozabad and Mathura suffered heavy losses after winds over 100-kmph lashed the districts followed by the hail storm. In Mainpuri, a 11-year-old girl was killed as a tree fell on her. In Mathura, the squall damaged hoardings, snapped electric lines and uprooted a number of trees. Thousands of trees have been uprooted and electric poles twisted disrupting power supply to hundreds of villages.
07 May 2018: Strong winds, rain continue to lash several states; UP worst hit. Strong winds with speeds of over 100 kmph swept through parts of Uttar Pradesh this morning.
07 May 2018: Strong winds, rain continue to lash several states; UP worst hit. Strong winds with speeds of over 100 kmph swept through parts of Uttar Pradesh this morning.
Monday, 07 May 2018 09:37:27 AM: New Delhi: India is facing disastrous dust storms and thunderstorms witnessing loss and lives and property in states like UP, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand and Punjab. Monday night the high velocity wind at 70 mph swept through the National Capital around 11.15PM, people warned that lightning can travel along water pipes.
Fig.8b Dust storm building up over Bikaner on Monday
Fig.8 a Lightning in Delhi at 09:37:27 on 7 May 2018 .
Fig. 8 Delhi Rains and Dust storms.
Parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Karnataka and Kerala are likely to get thunderstorms and rain today.Series of intense, widespread storms in less than a week; 19 states brace for more. Unusually high temperature has aided such intense storms across the country, indicating more turbulent days ahead.
Thunderstorm, squall, dust storm and heavy rain in 19 states and 2 union territories (UTs); covering more than 58 per cent of the country’s total area.
what made these dust storms and a chain of thunderstorms unusually intense and widespread? The answer lies in three factors: unusually high temperatures in northwest India, cyclonic circulation over Haryana and moisture from easterly winds blowing in from Bay of Bengal. Simultaneously, a western disturbance bringing moisture from water bodies in Eurasia. Rainstorms and dust storms have their genesis in long spell of intense heat. Thunderstorms or hail occur when the atmosphere has moisture; in absence of which, dust storms take place. During this time of the year, many parts of India, especially the northern part, witness a build-up of surface heat. Warmer temperature helps in moisture retention and formation of denser clouds, thus, increasing the intensity of thunderstorms.
7 May 2018: at 21:03PM:An hour ago: Vehicles in Turkey were washed away by floods after a torrential downpour. The fast-moving floods injured six people, and damaged several local businesses and vehicles. A torrential downpour in Turkey on Sunday has wreaked complete havoc in the country’s capital. Heavy downpours caused flash floods in the Mamak district in Ankara, turbulent enough that they swept away cars and trucks from the road. The heavy downpour was expected to last for three hours on Saturday afternoon. Instead it came down in just nine minutes, causing the floods.
Thunderstorm, squall, dust storm and heavy rain in 19 states and 2 union territories (UTs); covering more than 58 per cent of the country’s total area.
what made these dust storms and a chain of thunderstorms unusually intense and widespread? The answer lies in three factors: unusually high temperatures in northwest India, cyclonic circulation over Haryana and moisture from easterly winds blowing in from Bay of Bengal. Simultaneously, a western disturbance bringing moisture from water bodies in Eurasia. Rainstorms and dust storms have their genesis in long spell of intense heat. Thunderstorms or hail occur when the atmosphere has moisture; in absence of which, dust storms take place. During this time of the year, many parts of India, especially the northern part, witness a build-up of surface heat. Warmer temperature helps in moisture retention and formation of denser clouds, thus, increasing the intensity of thunderstorms.
7 May 2018: at 21:03PM:An hour ago: Vehicles in Turkey were washed away by floods after a torrential downpour. The fast-moving floods injured six people, and damaged several local businesses and vehicles. A torrential downpour in Turkey on Sunday has wreaked complete havoc in the country’s capital. Heavy downpours caused flash floods in the Mamak district in Ankara, turbulent enough that they swept away cars and trucks from the road. The heavy downpour was expected to last for three hours on Saturday afternoon. Instead it came down in just nine minutes, causing the floods.
7-May-2018: Construction begins on one of the world's most sensitive dark matter experiments. The SuperCDMS SNOLAB project, a multi-institutional effort led by SLAC, is expanding the hunt for dark matter to particles with properties not accessible to any other experiment.
7 May 2018: Monday saying “under the influence of a western disturbance, a cyclonic circulation over Haryana and a west-east tough from northwest Rajasthan to central Madhya Pradesh in lower levels” will bring light to moderate rainfall in north India.
May 07, 2018 19:10:08 IST : Wellington, New Zealand:
7 May 2018: Monday saying “under the influence of a western disturbance, a cyclonic circulation over Haryana and a west-east tough from northwest Rajasthan to central Madhya Pradesh in lower levels” will bring light to moderate rainfall in north India.
May 07, 2018 19:10:08 IST : Wellington, New Zealand:
Fig.9 Netherlands Sink hole after rainfall.
A new sinkhole on a North Island farm as deep as four double-decker buses and almost the length of two football fields. The chasm appeared after heavy rainfall near the town of Rotorua and left a jagged scar on the landscape, exposing rock deposits from 60,000 years ago. Experts believe rain dissolved underground limestone over thousands of years, eventually causing the ground to collapse and create the canyon.
8 May 2018: Massive dead zone in Arabian Sea. Largest under water zone in Gulf of Oman that expanded effecting local marine and ecosystem.
8 May 2018: 12:41PM: The May 2 thunderstorms were the most lethal in six years. Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and parts of Jammu and Kashmir along with the neighbouring areas of Pakistan are facing the worst conditions of heat. The IMD also reported that the day temperatures were appreciably above normal in some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra and Kutch, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha and Coastal Karnataka, and were above normal in some parts of east Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Marathwada. A trickle of moisture from the Bay of Bengal has found its way along the foothills of the Himalayas to these unstable regions. The unusually high temperature zones reacted violently when they came in contact with moisture-laden air to create spells of dust-storms. Down-bursts are thunderstorms characterized by intense downward air movements having huge volumes of dusts. Downbursts are known to travel upto 300-400 km before they lose energy and settle disperse after hitting ground at various places on their way. Prevalence of dry hot air in North and North West India has aided to the intensity of downbursts during thunderstorms over the last one week.May 08, 2018 13:30 IST: snowfall: The shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva reopened for pilgrims on April 29. Hundreds stranded after snowfall in Badrinath, Kedarnath shrines. Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat and other Congress leaders Pradeep Tamta and Manoj Rawat were among those stranded at the Kedarnath shrine due to continuing snowfall. Snowfall of about five inches has been reported at Kedarnath, which has disrupted helicopter services and movement of pilgrims. Haridwar and Nainital also received rains with speedy winds on Tuesday morning.
May 08, 2018 08:08 IST:The Washington Post: While The US Shivered, The Rest Of The World Simmered In Planet's Third-Hottest April. While it was freezing cold and snow fell over much of the eastern United States, it was the third-warmest April on record for most of the rest of the planet. Minneapolis, Chicago and Green Bay, Wis., all posted one of their top-five coldest Aprils. What happened in the back yard of many Americans last month was not at all representative of the experience elsewhere in the world. While it was freezing cold and snow fell over much of the eastern United States, it was the third-warmest April on record for most of the rest of the planet. In mid-April, a rain gauge in Kauai, Hawaii, measured 49.69 inches of rain in 24 hours, which - pending review - is the heaviest 24-hour rainfall total on record in the United States. Nawabshah, Pakistan, reported a temperature of 122.4 degrees April 30, possibly the highest April temperature ever recorded on the planet.
8 May 2018: A jet stream, a narrow band of strong wind, will move south across the country throughout this week. That will bring cooler, more unsettled conditions to the UK, but southeast England could see 28C again today. There will be spells of wind and rain in the north and west over the next few days, but southeast England will see very little rain.
8 May 2018: Deadly flash floods hit east African countries already in dire need. In Kenya, Rwanda and Somalia death toll reaches 300, with hundreds of thousands more people displaced, adding to crisis in region stricken by drought.
May 08, 2018 20:53 IST: 3 dead in Uttarakhand as snowfall strands 400 pilgrims in Kedarnath. Snowfall of about five inches was reported at Kedarnath, which disrupted helicopter services and the movement of pilgrims. Snowfall of about five inches was reported at Kedarnath, which disrupted helicopter services and the movement of pilgrims.
8 May 2018: A jet stream, a narrow band of strong wind, will move south across the country throughout this week. That will bring cooler, more unsettled conditions to the UK, but southeast England could see 28C again today. There will be spells of wind and rain in the north and west over the next few days, but southeast England will see very little rain.
8 May 2018: Deadly flash floods hit east African countries already in dire need. In Kenya, Rwanda and Somalia death toll reaches 300, with hundreds of thousands more people displaced, adding to crisis in region stricken by drought.
May 08, 2018 20:53 IST: 3 dead in Uttarakhand as snowfall strands 400 pilgrims in Kedarnath. Snowfall of about five inches was reported at Kedarnath, which disrupted helicopter services and the movement of pilgrims. Snowfall of about five inches was reported at Kedarnath, which disrupted helicopter services and the movement of pilgrims.
May 09, 2018: Tremors in Delhi, Gurgaon after quake in Kabul. An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck on Wednesday in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan, in its mountainous border region near Afghanistan. The quake set buildings shaking in the Afghan capital of Kabul, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The tremor hit at a depth of 96 km (60 miles), about 67 km (42 miles) south of the provincial capital of Khorugh. Tremors felt in Pakistani cities. the quake was felt in Islamabad, the capital, and the north-western city of Peshawar. Tremors were also felt in parts of northern India, including Delhi & Kashmir:16:35 Tremors in Delhi, Gurgaon after quake in Kabul : Tremors were felt in Delhi and neighbouring Gurgaon this afternoon after an earthquake hit Afghanistan's.
9 May 2018, 11:11 PM: Oxford scientists discover 'Rare Light Zone' near Bermuda with 100 New Marine Species. The latest discovery may change the standard study of life forms, and might be the beginning of an extended research project that shows the diversity of the area and reveals many more things about ocean life. The new discovery of Rare Light Zone may just begin to scratch the surface of the richness that this oceanic area offer and may be a new beginning of advancement of marine science study.
Wednesday 09 May 2018: 'Andhra Pradesh lightning strikes were not record breaking'. On April 24, 37,000 lightning strikes were recorded within 13 hours. Andhra Pradesh recorded more than 40,000 lightning strikes in less than 24 hours on May 1. the Central African region on average has the highest amount of lightning in the world. On a finer scale, Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela was the city with the most lightning in the world in 2017 at 158 flashes per square km per year. Scaling that to Andhra Pradesh (160,000 km^2) and for 24 hours, that gives 69,342 flashes. So while this is an active storm, it is not the record breaking. There are three major regions of lightning activity around the globe (called lightning ‘chimneys’). They are Central Africa (highest), South America, and Indonesia/Australia. Notice that all these areas are near the tropics.
Wednesday 09 May 2018: 'Andhra Pradesh lightning strikes were not record breaking'. On April 24, 37,000 lightning strikes were recorded within 13 hours. Andhra Pradesh recorded more than 40,000 lightning strikes in less than 24 hours on May 1. the Central African region on average has the highest amount of lightning in the world. On a finer scale, Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela was the city with the most lightning in the world in 2017 at 158 flashes per square km per year. Scaling that to Andhra Pradesh (160,000 km^2) and for 24 hours, that gives 69,342 flashes. So while this is an active storm, it is not the record breaking. There are three major regions of lightning activity around the globe (called lightning ‘chimneys’). They are Central Africa (highest), South America, and Indonesia/Australia. Notice that all these areas are near the tropics.
California becomes first U.S. state to require solar panels on new homes. Builders in California will be required to fit solar panels on most new homes from 2020 under new building standards adopted on Wednesday, a move that is the first in the United States and could provide a big boost to the solar industry.
10 May 2018: Astronomers have discovered an unusual carbon-rich asteroid in the Kuiper Belt, the first of its kind to be confirmed in the cold outer reaches of the solar system. This object, designated 2004 EW95, likely formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has been flung billions of kilometres from its origin to its current home in the Kuiper Belt. the asteroid's reflectance spectrum, the specific pattern of wavelengths of light reflected from an object, was different to that of similar small Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), which typically have uninteresting, featureless spectra that reveal little information about their composition. The reflectance spectrum of 2004 EW95 was clearly distinct from the other observed outer Solar System objects. It originally formed in the inner solar system and must have since migrated outwards.
May 10, 2018:
Fig. 10 The ancient rock recovered in Odisha
10 May 2018: The 4.2 billion-year-old zircon in the
rock offers fresh clues about the earth’s origins. A rock sample recovered nearly eight years ago from
Champua in Odisha’s Kendujhar district has put India at the forefront of
geological research in the world. Rajat Mazumder, geologist and one of the authors of the paper,
said that the only instance of zircon older than this discovery was the one
found in Jack Hill, Western Australia, which was 4,400 million years old and is
the oldest known rock sample. But the zircon in this case was from
metamorphosed sedimentary rock, unlike the Singhbhum one, which was formed from
magma. They approached many laboratories in Australia, Canada, Germany
and the US, in vain. The machine used is called Sensitive High
Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP). It is not available in India. The
analyses confirmed the presence of two zircon grains that were 4,240 million
and 4,030 million years old. The study of these zircons will add valuable
information about the presence of water in the first few hundred million years
of the Earth’s history. It will also give us more clues to when plate tectonics
began, adding to the speculation stemming from the Jack Hill Zircons of Western
Australia. The study suggests that the Earth’s primitive crust was mafic (rich
in iron and magnesium).
11 May 2018: Rains leave a trail of destruction. Due to the lightning, a jumper at Ponda sub-station opened and the insulation failed. The showers in the wee hours of Thursday across the State may have provided Goans the much needed relief from the scorching heat, but on the other hand, several thousand people across the State had to spend sleepless nights due to the disruption in power supply. Many areas across the State faced power cuts following strong winds, which resulted in many trees getting uprooted with their branches snapping overhead powerlines thereby disrupting the electricity supply to many households and workplaces. MARGAO: Gusty winds and thunderstorm wreaked havoc in villages and towns of Salcete. Chandor, Benaulim, Curtorim, Chinchinim and several other areas or Salcete were battered by the pre-monsoon showers and high-velocity winds. In Fatorda, the large gantry on the entrance of the town near KTC came down crashing midnight after it was pounded by gusty winds. A mango tree fell on a house at Cuncolim causing extensive damage to the structure. In Cansaulim village, a huge mango tree fell on six vehicles, including two cars and four two-wheelers that were parked below. BICHOLIM: Heavy rains accompanied by cyclonic winds in the wee hours of Thursday morning in Bicholim taluka caused heavy loss to villagers, including farmers. Rain and cyclonic winds hit Bicholim at around 3 am and subsequently there was no power supply in some areas of Bicholim town, Karapur village and many areas in Mayem constituency, Mulgao, Kasarpal, Nanora and surrounding areas. Cuncolim experienced heavy rain, thunder and lightning during the whole night.MAPUSA: The sudden heavy rain accompanied by thunder, lightning and strong winds which lashed Bardez left the taluka and nearby areas damaged on Wednesday night. The calls were received from Siolim, Thivim, Banda, Assagao, Canca and Porvorim.
11 May 2018, Friday: Bees keep elephants out of harm’s way, create buzz. The sound of honeybees downloaded from the internet to keep elephants away from railway tracks has created quite a buzz after the novel idea introduced by the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) brought down the number of accidents. The NFR has this system in place across four of its divisions at select level crossings where elephant zones exist.
May 11, 2018: Jakarta, Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted on Friday spewing 5,500-metre high column of volcanic ash, forcing residents to evacuate. The volcano situated in the borders of Klaten, Magelang and Boyolali districts erupted at 7.30 a.m., Xinhua news agency quoted national disaster management agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho as saying. Volcanic ash rain has occurred in Tugu Kaliurang and is forecast to persist in the south of the crater. IST:10:27 AM / 26 minutes ago.
May 11, 2018 10:32 IST: A Wave 8-Floor High, Largest Ever Recorded, Forms Near New Zealand. A buoy recorded the wave during a ferocious storm in the Southern Ocean near Campbell Island, some 700 kilometres (430 miles) south of New Zealand. Scientists have recorded what is believed to be the largest wave ever in the southern hemisphere, a 23.8 metre (78 foot) monster the height of an eight-floor building. A buoy recorded the wave on Tuesday during a ferocious storm in the notoriously wild Southern Ocean near Campbell Island, some 700 kilometres (430 miles) south of New Zealand.
11 May 2018, Friday: Bees keep elephants out of harm’s way, create buzz. The sound of honeybees downloaded from the internet to keep elephants away from railway tracks has created quite a buzz after the novel idea introduced by the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) brought down the number of accidents. The NFR has this system in place across four of its divisions at select level crossings where elephant zones exist.
May 11, 2018: Jakarta, Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted on Friday spewing 5,500-metre high column of volcanic ash, forcing residents to evacuate. The volcano situated in the borders of Klaten, Magelang and Boyolali districts erupted at 7.30 a.m., Xinhua news agency quoted national disaster management agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho as saying. Volcanic ash rain has occurred in Tugu Kaliurang and is forecast to persist in the south of the crater. IST:10:27 AM / 26 minutes ago.
May 11, 2018 10:32 IST: A Wave 8-Floor High, Largest Ever Recorded, Forms Near New Zealand. A buoy recorded the wave during a ferocious storm in the Southern Ocean near Campbell Island, some 700 kilometres (430 miles) south of New Zealand. Scientists have recorded what is believed to be the largest wave ever in the southern hemisphere, a 23.8 metre (78 foot) monster the height of an eight-floor building. A buoy recorded the wave on Tuesday during a ferocious storm in the notoriously wild Southern Ocean near Campbell Island, some 700 kilometres (430 miles) south of New Zealand.
May 11, 2018 2:36:47 pm : Gusty winds with speed reaching 50-70 kmph, accompanied by thunderstorms, are likely to hit for the North-eastern states of Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura. As of yesterday, heat wave condition was observed at one or two pockets over Vidharba. There are two other cyclonic circulations, one over Lakshadweep adjoining southeast Arabian Sea and another over Comorin area. There are two other cyclonic circulations, one over Lakshadweep adjoining southeast Arabian Sea and another over Comorin area.
May 11, 2018 20:11 IST: Toxic Water Fears In Pakistan Region Infamous For Deformities. According to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 90 percent of factories in and around the city dump their waste untreated in open pits or discharge untreated water in streams.
11 May 2018: The Hindu: A granite stone sculpted with Rasi Chakram (zodiac sign panel) that was recently discovered at Panchalaraya temple. Sculpture shows Sun-based calendar used during Kakatiya reign, in Sayampet Haveli of Warangal district. the ancient Panchalaraya temple constructed by Kakatiya ruler Rudra Deva in 1194 A.D. and discovered the damaged panel at a corner inside the temple complex. The discovery of the panel is evidence of the Souramana (sun-based) system of reckoning the time in the region during the reign of Rudra Deva (1158 AD – 1195 AD). Rudra Deva was a staunch worshipper of the Sun God. He constructed several shrines for Sun God including the famous thousand pillar temple at his capital city Hanumakonda. The panel superbly represents the Rasi Chakram with its twelve important members depicted in an ornate medallion fashion, particularly in clockwise movement. The houses for Navagrahas are thematically arranged in this zodiac panel with their Rasi icons.The second inner medallion is purportedly meant for the placement of nine planetary icons but unfortunately has got eroded. The centre of the Rasi Chakram is embellished with the lotus foot of Suryanarayana, the controlling Lord of the signs of the zodiac and the nine planets.
12 May 2018 08:15:43 AM: Saturday, Science. Astronomers find binary star system with x-ray pulsar in orbit. Astronomers have found a pair of stars orbiting one another at record speed named the unusual pair as J17062 The duo revolves around each other once every 38 minutes, the shortest-known orbital period for its specific class of pulsar binary systems. The system is made up of a rapidly spinning, super dense neutron star called an accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar and a hydrogen-poor white dwarf. Neutron stars are the extremely hot, super-dense stellar cores sometimes left over after supernovae. The stars are so hot, they emanate X-rays. Their violent spin and its accretion from its companion cause intense beams of X-rays to pulse from their poles. J17062 pulses 163 times per second, which means the pulsar is spinning at a speed of 9,800 revolutions per minute. Though J17062 boasts a record orbit, its spin rate is average. Some pulsar spin some 700 revolutions per second, several orders of magnitude greater than J17062 spin rate. The hotspots that create the neutron star's polar pulses are created by the accretion of material from its companion, the hydrogen-poor white dwarf. The material then is pulled into an accretion disk, much like a black hole. Because the pulsar has an intense magnetic field, the material in the accretion disk is pulled into the stellar core unevenly, creating hotspots. Over time, the pulsar will accumulate more material than it can handle. The excess mass will finally trigger a thermonuclear reaction, a massive release of energy in the form of X-rays. NICER can detect such releases, but has yet to measure an outbreak from J17062. The study of J17062 is being published this week in the Astrophysical Journal.
Fig.11 Satellite recognition of areas near
Visakhapatnam where thunderbolts occur.
12 May 2018 : Magnitude 3 earthquake hits Chamba area of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, The earthquake hit at an area whose epicentre was latitude 32.3 degrees north and longitude 76.6 degrees east. The quake at a depth of 5kms. The quake hit at 3:57 hours.
May 12, 2018 20:17 IST: Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar records temperatures of over 45C. Heat wave conditions prevailed in areas of the Bikaner, Kota, Udaipur and Jodhpur divisions. Sriganganagar was on Saturday recorded as the hottest place in Rajasthan with a maximum temperature of 45.7 C followed by Churu, at 45.5C. Kota, Pilani, Jaipur and Bikaner recorded day temperature of 44.4, 44.2, 44 and 43.5C respectively, whereas the maximum temperature at other stations was below 43C.
May 12, 2018 20:17 IST: Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar records temperatures of over 45C. Heat wave conditions prevailed in areas of the Bikaner, Kota, Udaipur and Jodhpur divisions. Sriganganagar was on Saturday recorded as the hottest place in Rajasthan with a maximum temperature of 45.7 C followed by Churu, at 45.5C. Kota, Pilani, Jaipur and Bikaner recorded day temperature of 44.4, 44.2, 44 and 43.5C respectively, whereas the maximum temperature at other stations was below 43C.
May 13, 2018 03:34 AM: Man dies in windstorm; property, crops damaged in north Kashmir.The strong winds which lasted for more than 15 minutes also damaged orchards and crops in the district.Gusty winds lashed across north Kashmir's Baramulla district uprooting trees, electric poles and inflicting heavy loss to the orchards. Soon after the windstorm and heavy rains, entire district plunged into darkness.
May 13, 2018: A handout picture released by Egypt's antiquities ministry shows a fresco found in the ancient tomb of an army general named Iwrhya, discovered by archaeologists in Saqqara, 25 km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Egypt says archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a temple dating back to the second century. On Thursday that the temple, which dates back to the reign of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, was found near the Siwa Oasis in the western desert. It includes the foundations of a large limestone building, bdel-Aziz al-Dimeiry, hid. They found a five-metre-long limestone painting bearing Greek inscriptions and decorated with the sun disc surrounded by cobras. He says the painting, which is believed to be part of the temple’s entrance, was found in good condition and will undergo restoration.
Fig.11 Kandha tree Narasimha Ashram 13 May 2018
every year it grows.
12 and 13 May 2018: Sudden rain from 3PM to 5.30PM occured in Visakhaptnam on Sunday. On Saturday 12 May night and early Sunday morning it rained heavily in Visakhapatnam. Last four days it was scorching Sun in Visakhapatnam.
12 and 13 May 2018: Sudden rain from 3PM to 5.30PM occured in Visakhaptnam on Sunday. On Saturday 12 May night and early Sunday morning it rained heavily in Visakhapatnam. Last four days it was scorching Sun in Visakhapatnam.
Sunday, 13 May 2018 (about 4 hours ago): A dust storm, with a wind speed of 70 kilometres per hour, hit the national capital Delhi and adjoining areas of NCR tonight followed by a squall, bringing down the temperature after a hot day. Delhi, Gurugram and Noida witnessed a sudden change in weather on Sunday afternoon with dust storm hitting the region, bringing down the mercury a few notches down. A rainfall hitting the region, bringing down the mercury a few notches down. The thunderstorm is likely to continue over the next two-three days.Thunderstorm over hill states and its subsequent effect on plains in North India is due to a new western disturbance.
May 13, 2018: 17:51 IST Saturday: :At least 18 people were killed and 54 others injured in rain-related incidents in different areas of Pakistan's northwestern region. In the country's northwest Bajaur Agency at least 10 people died and 20 others sustained injuries as hours-long heavy rains and storm caused havoc in different areas of the region bordering Afghanistan on Saturday.
May 13, 2018: Gravity of Jupiter and Venus plays with Earth’s trajectory, reveals new study. In an astonishing find, researchers have confirmed a longstanding hypothesis that Earth is stuck between the gravity of Jupiter and Venus and both the planets play with the trajectory of our mother Earth. According to the scientists, orbit of Earth if warped by the gravitational pull of Jupiter and Venus in an epic cycle that repeats regularly every 405,000 years. In Milankovitch cycles planet’s circular orbit around the Sun shifts and becomes nearly 5 percent elliptical and then the planet again moves in the circular trajectory.
13 May 2018: Astronomers chance upon mysterious binary companion. A super-sized exoplanet – or a small brown dwarf – can be seen to the right of an over-exposed binary star system embedded in a cloud of dust. The presumed exoplanet apparently has its own dusty disk. This infographic shows the binary system CS Cha, embedded in a surrounding dust disk, and a newly discovered companion body orbiting 32 billion kilometres (20 billion miles) away.
May 13, 2018: 17:51 IST Saturday: :At least 18 people were killed and 54 others injured in rain-related incidents in different areas of Pakistan's northwestern region. In the country's northwest Bajaur Agency at least 10 people died and 20 others sustained injuries as hours-long heavy rains and storm caused havoc in different areas of the region bordering Afghanistan on Saturday.
May 13, 2018: Gravity of Jupiter and Venus plays with Earth’s trajectory, reveals new study. In an astonishing find, researchers have confirmed a longstanding hypothesis that Earth is stuck between the gravity of Jupiter and Venus and both the planets play with the trajectory of our mother Earth. According to the scientists, orbit of Earth if warped by the gravitational pull of Jupiter and Venus in an epic cycle that repeats regularly every 405,000 years. In Milankovitch cycles planet’s circular orbit around the Sun shifts and becomes nearly 5 percent elliptical and then the planet again moves in the circular trajectory.
13 May 2018: Astronomers chance upon mysterious binary companion. A super-sized exoplanet – or a small brown dwarf – can be seen to the right of an over-exposed binary star system embedded in a cloud of dust. The presumed exoplanet apparently has its own dusty disk. This infographic shows the binary system CS Cha, embedded in a surrounding dust disk, and a newly discovered companion body orbiting 32 billion kilometres (20 billion miles) away.
13 May 2018:
Heavy rains
slashed coastal AP. Sunday 13 May 2018, evening from 3 PM to 5 PM the heavy
downpour slashed Visakhapatnam city. Western disturbances, over J&K, and
cyclonic circulation over Haryana, and an east-west trough from Haryana to
Nagaland, and easterly winds from Bay of Bengal raised the wind speed. During
last 15 days thunderstorm and dust storms were reported in several parts of the
country. Sagar Nagar Ocean, in Visakhapatnam was found to be totally disturbed, waves were found to be higher than normal. It has washed ashore huge wooden planks.
Visakhapatnam airport received 6.4cm of rain, while city areas received only 3.1 cm rainfall from3 PM to 5.30 PM on May 13. A north-south discontinuity ran from Rayalaseema to south Tamil Nadu, extending over 0.9km above mean sea level. The cyclonic circulation over south-east Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshdweep and the extending up to 2.1km above mean sea level are less marked.
Four spells during this season has received 161.00 mm against 89.3mm from normal from March 1 to May 9. Vijayanagaram received 140.9mm against normal rainfall of 74.6mm and Srikakulam district received 110.1mm.
Sunday, 13 May
2018:
Fig.12 lightning
Due to lightning strikes in Srikakulam 8
people died, Rampuram one died, Kapusompuram one died, Kadapa Zilla two people
died, Mekalavaripalle one postman died. A total of 49 all over India died due
to lightning strikes, 2 in Delhi, Bengal 12 people, UP about 16 people, AP
about 12, and Telangana 5 people were struck down. May 13 & May 14, 2018 20:15 IST : 80 dead in 5 states due to lightning, thunderstorm: New Delhi, The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday said that 80 people were killed and 136 injured due to lightning strike and thunderstorm that hit various states across the country since yesterday. According to a report published by the Home Ministry, 51 died in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Andhra Pradesh, 14 in West Bengal, two in New Delhi and one in Uttarakhand. Of 136 injured, 123 were injured in Uttar Pradesh, 11 in Delhi and two in Uttarakhand. The figures reported by the MHA were from the intervening nights of May 13 and May 14 when the thunderstorm wreaked havoc across the country.Thunderstorms accompanied with squall hit Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi-NCR.
13 May 2018: There was a heavy downpour in Visakhapatnam from 3PM to 5PM.
Monday, 14 May 2018 05:47:46 AM : Over 40 killed in storms across India. At least 40 people were reported killed as dust storms and thunderstorms wreaked havoc in 4 states – Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi. 18 people were reported dead in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in West Bengal, 9 in Andhra Pradesh and 2 in the national capital. The strong winds also left disastrous trail with uprooted trees, affecting train, bus and air services. In the last dust storm, around 10 days back, 134 people were killed and over 400 were injured.
!4 May 2018: Around 4.30PM the weather has changed from morning hot conditions in Visakhapatnam and it rained slightly not much as on 13 May.
May 14, 2018 07:49 IST: Storm and lightning wreak havoc in Delhi-NCR, UP, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh; 40 killed. Thunderstorm and dust storm with winds speeds of up to 70 km per hour are “very likely” on Monday in 26 districts of Uttar Pradesh, the weather office warned.
14 May 2018: Amaravati that nine people died due to lightning and three were injured in Srikakulam and Kadapa districts of Andhra Pradesh. Seven people were killed in Srikakulam district alone. Lightning struck several places in Srikakulam since afternoon even as rain, coupled with strong gale-force winds, lashed the district. Rain was also reported from Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts. Thunderstorms also occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Strong winds swept through Haryana as the weather changed suddenly and light rain lashed several areas.
May 14, 2018:08:52 IST: 41 killed in 4 states as thunderstorms, lightning wreak havoc. Dust storms and thunderstorms wreaked havoc on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the national capital, killing at least 41 people and leaving behind a trail of destruction. Uttar Pradesh bore the brunt of a thunderstorm and hail that left at least 18 people dead, while 12 people including four children were killed in West Bengal, nine in Andhra Pradesh, and two in Delhi.
14 May 2018: Amaravati that nine people died due to lightning and three were injured in Srikakulam and Kadapa districts of Andhra Pradesh. Seven people were killed in Srikakulam district alone. Lightning struck several places in Srikakulam since afternoon even as rain, coupled with strong gale-force winds, lashed the district. Rain was also reported from Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts. Thunderstorms also occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Strong winds swept through Haryana as the weather changed suddenly and light rain lashed several areas.
May 14, 2018:08:52 IST: 41 killed in 4 states as thunderstorms, lightning wreak havoc. Dust storms and thunderstorms wreaked havoc on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the national capital, killing at least 41 people and leaving behind a trail of destruction. Uttar Pradesh bore the brunt of a thunderstorm and hail that left at least 18 people dead, while 12 people including four children were killed in West Bengal, nine in Andhra Pradesh, and two in Delhi.
May 13, 2018 23:31 IST: First Climbers Of 2018 Reach Mount Everest Summit. The team reached the summit on Sunday afternoon while fixing ropes for foreign climbers, who will begin this week to ascend the mountain. Eight Nepali climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Sunday, the first of hundreds of climbers expected to summit the world's highest mountain in coming weeks.
May 14, 2018: 17:36 IST: Colombo Over 8,000 people were affected as heavy rains caused flash floods in Sri Lanka's Galle and Kalutara districts, the Disaster Management Centre said on Monday. Several people were evacuated from their homes due to the heavy downpour on Sunday but as the rains ceased by Monday morning, the situation was normalising.
May 14, 2018: 17:36 IST: Colombo Over 8,000 people were affected as heavy rains caused flash floods in Sri Lanka's Galle and Kalutara districts, the Disaster Management Centre said on Monday. Several people were evacuated from their homes due to the heavy downpour on Sunday but as the rains ceased by Monday morning, the situation was normalising.
Fig.12c Lightning in Visakhapatnam
Fig.12d A single lightning with offshoots.
Fig12e A bright lightning that led to deaths of people.
14 May 2018: Kolkata: At least 10 persons, including five teenagers, were killed in lightning strikes as a Northwester accompanied by heavy rain lashed parts of the Gangetic West Bengal on Sunday afternoon. While four youngsters lost their lives in a lightning strike in Howrah district's Uluberia, two men each were killed in Nadia and West Midnapore's Ghatal and one in Murshidabad. A 14-year-old boy was killed by lightning at Park Circus Maidan in Central Kolkata on Sunday. Four teenagers in the 10-15 age group were killed by lightning near Uluberia's Damodarpur while returning home through an open field. One of their friends was injured,
May 14, 2018 07:30am ET: These two stars revolve around each other once every 38 minutes, the fastest orbit ever observed in a pulsar binary system like this. Of the two stars, one is an X-ray pulsar, which is a superdense neutron star that shoots out X-rays as it spins. The pulsar, called IGR J17062-6143 (J17062 for short), is closer to its partner. This led the team to conclude that the second star is likely a hydrogen-poor white dwarf, white dwarf stars are small, dense stars, often the size of Earth, that are formed when low-mass stars go through gravitational collapse.The work was detailed May 9 in The Astrophysical Letters.
May 14, 2018: Guntur Zillah Gurazala Mandal, three children playing cricket Nayak(11), Srihari Nyak(14), Pavan Nayak(17), died due to lighting strike in the afternoon. One boy Hari Babu Nayak escaped with minor injuries.
Fig.13 Agency Hailstorm in Rumbrigadda on May 14.
Gantaseema, Tutanga, Lieganda, Gedalabanda and Aram villages it rained for nearly three hours, with hailstones, Gales, and Heavy rain.
Fig.14a Rough Sea in Visakhapatnam
Fig.14b Rough and Vigorous Ocean in Visakhapatnam
May 15, 2018, Tuesday: India becomes 5th country in world to have fully operational submarine-launched nuclear missile. The launch of the B05 missile from an underwater pontoon, an underwater submersible vehicle that recreates conditions of launching the missile from a submarine, had been made public. The BO5 missiles were launched from a pontoon off the Visakhapatnan in January 2013.
May 15, 2018 13:36: A massive asteroid will have a near-Earth encounter on May 15. Watch closest encounter in 300 years. Asteroid 2010 WC9 is going to brush past Earth, roughly 126,000 miles away (0.53 lunar-distances), making it one of the closest approaches ever observed for an asteroid of this size. According to a report by EarthSky, the asteroid's diameter ranges from 197 to 427 feet, moving at a speed of more than 28,000 miles per hour.
15 May2018: 6 hours ago: TOKYO, A volcano in southern Japan seen in a James Bond film has erupted, shooting grey smoke and ash thousands of meters (feet) into the sky. The Shinmoedake volcano erupted Monday, its second major eruption since it exploded in March for the first time since 2011. It had a less-powerful eruption in April. There was no damage from Monday's eruption.
15 May 2018: Monazite Mining in this Odisha Block is Giving Locals Fatal Kidney Disease. The story of disease and debt has become so common that there have been cases of people committing suicide soon after diagnosis, to save their family from the inevitable struggle.
15 May 2018: Monazite Mining in this Odisha Block is Giving Locals Fatal Kidney Disease. The story of disease and debt has become so common that there have been cases of people committing suicide soon after diagnosis, to save their family from the inevitable struggle.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author is indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc.(Madras) D.Sc.(London) for his guidance and inspiration to present these articles on my website. He is grateful to his mother Late Mrs. Peramma Rangadhama Rao for her sustained interest in my ventures.
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The author is indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc.(Madras) D.Sc.(London) for his guidance and inspiration to present these articles on my website. He is grateful to his mother Late Mrs. Peramma Rangadhama Rao for her sustained interest in my ventures.
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