Man killed, baby missing in Lebanon winter storm

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The Daily Star - 1/07/13, By Mohammed Zaatari, Rima S. Aboulmona

Cars stranded in Karantina after heavy rainfall turned the road into a river Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir)

BEIRUT/SIDON, Lebanon: Strong winds and floods killed a man and washed away a baby boy and caused travel misery as it swept across Lebanon for a second day Monday, in what the Meteorological office described as a "rare storm."

The Education Ministry announced the closure of all public and private schools Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Stormy weather causes damage, injures more than 10 Israelis

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Haaretz - 1/07/13

Weather across Israel causes injuries and floods, knocks down trees; Herzliya train station is still closed and flights to Eilat are rerouted as strong winds and rain continue.

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A car blocked by a tree knocked down by wind, Jerusalem, January 7, 2013. Photo by Yair Etinger
 

The stormy weather continued to cause damage Monday throughout the country, as more than 10 Israelis were injured by trees that were knocked down during the storm.

Russian volcano erupting with gas, ash

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Plosky Tolbachik on December 9, 2012.

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The ongoing eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia has sent gas and ashes almost 2-1/2 miles into the sky, officials say.

The plume of vapor and gas with a high gas content has stretched for 12 miles northeast of the volcano, the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported Monday.

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Powerful Winds Trash Hawaiian Islands

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Firehouse.com - 1/07/13, Michael Tsai/The Honolulu Star-Adviser

Jan. 06--Violent winds caused by a high-pressure system northeast of the Hawaiian islands blew apart roofs, felled trees and knocked out power in communities across the state on Saturday.

A wind advisory for Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Kahoolawe and the lower slopes of Hawaii island is in effect through 6 p.m. today. Winds of at least 30 mph, with gusts of more than 50 mph, are expected in the affected areas.

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North India cold snap toll rises to 170

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Indian laborers warm themselves on a fire in a market on a cold morning in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan 7, 2013.

Delhi has experienced its coldest day for 44 years

More than 170 people have died in a cold snap sweeping across northern India, reports say.

The majority of deaths were in Uttar Pradesh state. Punjab and Haryana are among the other northern states badly hit by the cold weather.

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China's Coldest Winter in Decades

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China's Coldest Winter in Decades

A Tree in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin province is left covered by ice on December 8, 2012. (Getty Images)

BEIJING — China is experiencing unusual chills this winter with its national average temperature hitting the lowest in 28 years, and snow and ice have closed highways, canceled flights, stranded tourists and knocked out power in several provinces.

China Meteorological Administration on Friday said the national average was 25 degrees Fahrenheit since late November, the coldest in nearly three decades.

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2013 is here and I think we will be seeing our purpose for being here pick up speed. As the old paradigm begins to disintegrate quickly beneath our feet, the newly awakened who are beginning to question the old way of being are now desperate to find new ways to keep the foundation beneath them together. They are now sensing and slowly learning about the lies they have been spoon fed forever and their whole world is beginning to unravel. How well we all know! They are scared and feeling very vulnerable and are in dire need of finding answers to all of their questions. We knew this time was coming and now it is upon us. The world is falling apart in the sleepers eyes and there is panic, and yet the new world is strong with a solid foundation, but they are not fully aware of it, they just know they need something that works and quick! It is our time to come forward and guide the hopeless to the new world.

 

Record January Warmth in France and Australia while Record Cold in China and India Persists

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Wunderground.com - Christopher C. Burt, 1/07/13


Investigators inspect ships frozen to their docks in the port city of Jinzhou, Liaoning Province in China. Photo from REUTERS.

January has gotten off to an extreme start temperature-wise for many parts of the world although it has been fairly normal so far in the U.S.

European warmth

On January 5th the temperature peaked at 25.2°C (77.4°F) at Llau, France, the warmest January temperature on record for the country on the mainland and aside from the French Mediterranean Island of Corsica. The record for Corsica is 25.5°C (77.9°F) set at Solenzara on January 2, 1962. Switzerland also saw near record warmth for the month with a 23.7°C (74.7°F) temperature measured at Brissago. The January record for Switzerland remains 24.1°C (75.4°F) at Grono on January 19, 2007.

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Januari 2013 Decree – Master Kuthumi – 8 January 2013

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pleiadedolphininfos Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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I AM Light
I AM light, glowing light,
Radiating light, intensified light.
God consumes my darkness,
Transmuting it into light.


This day I AM a focus of the Central Sun.
Flowing through me is a crystal river,
A living fountain of light
That can never be qualified
By human thought and feeling.

I AM an outpost of the divine.
Such darkness as has used me is swallowed up
By the mighty river of light which I AM.

 

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