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Winter storm 'Draco' wreaks havoc across U.S. with 5,200 flights delayed and heavy snow stranding millions trying to get home for Christmas

Mail Online - 12/22/12

Earth & Space Weather

Bigger Round 2 of Northern Calif. Storm Expected

Weather.com - 12/23/12, John S. Marshall

AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Kent Porter

Sandy LeDuc braves floodwaters to gather her mail on Piner Road on Friday, Dec. 21, in Santa Rosa, Calif., as a large winter storm barreled into Northern California.

SAN FRANCISCO — A weekend winter storm system that moved through Northern California proved a nuisance for holiday travelers, but an even bigger wave of mountain snow and coastal rain Sunday could create even more problems.

Heavy snow is expected in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada, bringing the two day total to about five feet. At the same time, the San Francisco Bay area could be seriously doused.

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Earth & Space Weather

Researcher says the Hawaiian Islands are slowly dissolving

Source: The Extinction Protocol - 12/22/12

December 22, 2012 – HAWAII - Reporting in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, researchers at Brigham Young University say that the Hawaiian Islands are slowly dissolving. Eventually, Oahu’s Koolau and Waianae mountains will dwindle to little more than a flat, low-lying island like Midway. While erosion is certainly a guilty party, researchers contend that the mountains of Oahu are, in fact, dissolving from within. Researchers spent several months collecting samples of groundwater and stream water to determine which source removed more mineral material. They also put to use surface water estimates from the U.S. Geological Survey to calculate the quantity of mass that vanished from the island each year.

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3D News

Winter solstice brings deadly cold wave to northern Europe

Source: The Extinction Protocol - 12/22/12

December 22, 2012 – MOSCOW – A vicious cold snap across Russia and Eastern Europe has claimed nearly 200 lives, officials figures showed Friday, as forecasters warned it would last until Christmas Eve. In Russia, the cold has killed two people in the past 24 hours, the Ria-Novosti agency reported, citing medical sources, bringing the total number of deaths over the past week to 56. The freeze had also left 371 people in hospital. Thermometers have been stuck below minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit) in Moscow — and below minus 50 degrees (minus 58 F) in some parts of Siberia — for a week.

Earth & Space Weather

Season of misery: Southwest of England plagued by heavy rain and flooding

Source: The Extinction Protocol - 12/22/12

December 22, 2012 – UNITED KINGDOM - Hundreds of homeowners across the south west of England are likely to have their festive season ruined with forecasters predicting that heavy rain will batter the flood-hit region until Christmas Eve. Heavy rain has already left Christmas travel plans for millions in tatters while homes and businesses in south-west England were hit by flooding.