Man slips to his death from muddy path as ‘Monsoon May’ rain continues to soak Britain

• Tourist, 52, slipped in wet conditions in front of wife and two children
• Snow in Scotland as Met issues early weather warnings for next week
• Flood warnings continue with more persistent and heavy rain expected

By Mail On Sunday Reporter

PUBLISHED: 20:29 EST, 5 May 2012 | UPDATED: 17:29 EST, 6 May 2012

A holidaymaker plunged 50 metres to his death in a horrific cliff fall in front of his wife and two children.

The 52-year-old man was walking on a cliff path in West Cornwall when he is thought to have slipped on ground left muddy by recent heavy rain.

A sea and air rescue was launched after his family raised the alarm but he was declared dead after his body was recovered from rocks at the base of the cliff.

Tragedy: The 52-year-old holiday maker fell 160ft, whilst walking with his wife. and two children on a clifftop path near Mullion in West Cornwall

The tragedy comes as Britain faces a Bank Holiday washout with yet more severe conditions and wet weather expected later in the week.

The Met office issued early weather warnings for next week with persistent heavy rain expected to spread across the country during Wednesday evening and the early hours of Thursday.

The lowest temperature recorded overnight on Friday was in south-west Scotland, where it plummeted to -6C (21.2F).

Yesterday, Scotland experienced snow, while the skies over southern England were grey with patchy rain. Further north, sunny intervals were interspersed with showers.

Snow in May: A car travels through appalling weather along the Inverness-Ullapool Road in Scotland

Forecast: The dismal weather follows weeks of heavy rain which has caused flooding in many areas.

Temperatures in north-east England peaked at about 6C (42.8F), while in Cornwall, the mercury struggled to climb above 11C (51.8F).

‘It’s been pretty cold,’ said forecaster Nick Prebble of MeteoGroup yesterday.

‘We’ve seen flurries of snow over the Grampians and north-west Highlands, and there’s been sleet there, too. There have also been a few light sleet showers in northern England.’

More snow flurries are forecast today over high ground in Scotland.

The unsettled weather is due to continue tomorrow, with a band of heavy rain edging north-east across most parts of the country.

‘It’s looking like most places will see a wet and breezy day,’ Mr Prebble.

The tragedy in Cornwall happened early on Friday morning as the visitor from Basingstoke, Hampshire, was walking at the Cornish beauty spot.

A police spokesman said: ‘A 52 year old male from the Basingstoke area was airlifted from the bottom of cliffs at Mullion around 7.45pm on Friday 4 May.

Snow in spring: The lowest temperature recorded overnight on Friday was in Scotland, where it plummeted to -6C

A hillwalker strolls though the snow-covered heather at Braemore near Inverness today

‘The male was pronounced deceased at hospital. It is believed that the male had been walking with his wife and two young children along the cliff path prior to being found.

Police are treating the man’s death as accidental. The coroner has been informed.

Falmouth Coastguards have warned other visitors to be very careful on muddy paths near unprotected cliffs.

A spokesman said: ‘People who walk along paths should be aware that we have had a lot of wet weather and the ground may be slippery.’

The dismal weather follows weeks of heavy rain which has caused flooding in many areas.

Downpour: A woman walks in the rain past colourful Azalea flowers in Exbury Gardens in the New Forest

Purple haze: A stunning bloom of British bluebells at Enys Garden in Cornwall

Four flood warnings remain in place and the Environment Agency said that while water levels were receding, officials were continuing to monitor the situation.

Yesterday, roads remained fairly clear, with many people opting to stay at home.

The Highways Agency said: ‘The roads haven’t been overly congested, performing well despite the weather.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140240/First-floods–snows-May–just-time-Bank-Holiday.html#ixzz1uGcBtQeH

2MIN News May3: Yellowstone, Climate, Solar/Planetary Update

Published on May 3, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

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Flash Floods Wreak Havoc in Kenya, Seven Children Drowned in National Park

Monicah Mwangi
The Star
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:54 CDT

© KIPLANG’AT KIRUI
A man in Narok town tries save his chair from floods.

Weeks after the long rains season started, Kenyans are feeling its effect as floods wreak havoc in most parts of the country. A church retreat turned tragic when seven youths drowned because of flooding at Hell’s Gate National Park in Naivasha.

Already the floods-prone area of Budalangi has received floods alert after River Nzoia broke its banks. In Kisumu, heavy rains rendered hundreds homeless and destroyed a key road linking the city to Kisii town.

In Nairobi, the most affected area is Syokimau where many houses were submerged after heavy rains on Tuesday which extended the whole night, cutting drainage systems and roads.

A wall surrounding an upcoming building collapsed after a river broke its banks. According to an eyewitness, Origin Shamala, who was working at the building when the wall collapsed, nobody was hurt during the incident. “We managed to run for our lives despite the heavy rains,” he said.

While the land level can be blamed for floods in Syokimau, the cause in Pipeline where water flowed into people’s houses and businesses is said to be man-made.

Residents say poor drainage is the cause of the crisis they have been going through. Laban Mororo, a businessman and a resident in the area, says the problem has been there for years and urges the city council and the government to work on it. “I am counting losses for something which can be solved,” he said while drawing water from his business premise.

Worried of cholera outbreak, another resident, Paul Chumo, says the rain water mixes with sewer, posing a great danger to families. He also adds that security lights cables in the area pass underground and can be disastrous if they get into contact with water.

Many families in the area say they were woken up by water in their houses and were forced to start clearing it up at night. “We pour the water outside the house and since it has nowhere to go it eventually comes back unless the rain stops,” said Francis Ngugi, a shopkeeper.

Twenty nine people have so far died from floods countrywide with scores more displaced, according to the Red Cross. People living in flood-prone areas have been urged to move to safer grounds to avoid more deaths.

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244709-Flash-Floods-Wreak-Havoc-in-Kenya-Seven-Children-Drowned-in-National-Park

NibiruMagick 2012′s Climate Change Update (07 February 201: European Deep Freeze, #2 Reactor Trouble Fukushima, Phillipine Earthquake

I’ve been watching this NibiruMagick do these updates for over a year now and lately he appears to be having a hard time with all the chaos and insanity unfolding at this time, hope he’s not burning out. Most people have no idea how difficult it can be doing this work day in and day out, or the difficulty in maintaining a positive outlook when having to deal with depressing information all the time. Last year I went thru a very depressed phase where it was hard to separate the work here from my personal life, I even questioned if this was “spiritually healthy” work and was I doing the right thing for my own health. Being of Service to Others is key to changing the world, but not at the expense of one’s well being. Also as an empath this work can be very hard and I sense the same nature in Nibiru Magick, so please lets all send love and light energy his way. Drop in at his YouTube channel by clicking his name below, just under the video and say hi…kudo’s, good job etc. Thank you!  In lak’ech, Annette

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WaPo: US gov’t emails reveal serious discussion of setting off explosives to penetrate containment vessel of Fukushima reactor so water could be applied
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Mass evacuation in Australia as flood waters rise
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53 dead in 6.7 earthquake that leaves the Philippines reeling, as region hit by 6.0 aftershock
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A massive dust storm hit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, disrupting road traffic and bringing public life almost to a standstill
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INVOLCAN has just published two high definition videos of today’s flight. We can see how they measured gas levels and took thermal images, which would be useful if they made public. There is a strong degassing, blue stain, that can be observed.
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Major snowfall in Rome — Heating allowed only 10-12 hours per day
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NibiruMagick 2012′s Climate Change Update: Nuclear Fuel Has Gone Missing, El Hierro Update, Nuclear Fallout, Tropical cyclones and the Insanity Continues for 21 January 2012

Uploaded by NibiruMagick2012 on Jan 20, 2012

Tepco Drills a Hole in Fukushima Reactor … Finds that Nuclear Fuel Has Gone Missing
http://www.sott.net/signs/list_by_category/4-The-Living-Planet?page=1

Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast that was the scene of violent protests last week, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported on Thursday. A safe containing radioactive material at the Dabaa nuclear power plant, which is still under construction, was seized while another also containing radioactive material was broken open and part of its contents taken, the newspaper said.
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Increased activity at volcanoes in Guatemala
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Tropical cyclone Funso threat off Southeast Africa, Tropical cyclone Ethel forms in south Indian Ocean
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El Hierro Volcano : Yellow-Red alert — Lava balloon spotted in new location !
http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcan…

Fukushima Worker: Too much liquid dripping inside reactor to be evaporated water — Something must be open from damage
Mark Your Calendars: Next survey inside Reactor 2 containment vessel set for 2017
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You won’t hear this on any mainstream news!!! (Nuclear Fallout)
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NibiruMagick’s Climate Change Update: Christchurch Again, 23 Dead in Tanzania, Pakistan earthquake (24 December 2011)

Uploaded by NibiruMagick2012 on Dec 23, 2011

A series of strong earthquakes struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified holiday shoppers to flee into the streets. There was no tsunami alert issued and the city appeared to have been spared major damage.
http://www.sott.net/signs/list_by_category/4-The-Living-Planet?page=1

Heavy rains wreak havoc in Tanzania leaving 23 dead
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http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

Top Japan Official Hosono admits situation is NOT under control offsite of Fukushima plant
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Philippines steps up search for flood survivors

18 December 2011

Tens of thousands on the north coast of Mindanao are now reliant on food aid

Rescuers are still searching for survivors after floods in the southern Philippines killed more than 650 people and left 800 others missing.

Naval vessels are scouring the coast along the island of Mindanao while soldiers searched swollen rivers.

Officials said many bodies remained unclaimed, suggesting entire families had been swept away.

The flash floods were triggered by a tropical storm that coincided with high tides, trapping many in their homes.

The major ports of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan were among the areas worst hit on Friday night.

Almost 35,000 people were still sheltering in evacuation centres on Sunday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

The Philippine National Red Cross puts the current death toll at 652 with 808 people reported missing.

Many of the bodies were unclaimed after nearly 24 hours, raising the prospect that entire families had died, Philippines Red Cross Secretary General Gwendolyn Pang said.

“The affected area is so wide and huge and I believe they have not really gone to all areas to do a search,” she said.

Power cuts

“This thing happened so fast, it was very overwhelming.”

The navy joined the search for those who had been swept out to sea. About 60 people were reported to have been plucked from the ocean off El Salvador city, about six miles (10km) north-west of Cagayan de Oro.

Former congressman Ayi Hernandez said he and his family were at home in Cagayan de Oro late on Friday when they heard a loud “swooshing sound”.

He said the water rose to about 11ft feet (3.3m) in less than an hour, filling his home to the ceiling.

The rescue effort, boosted by some 20,000 soldiers, continued through Saturday night but was being hampered by flooded-out roads and downed power lines, officials said.

National TV showed scenes of devastation, with streets strewn with mud and piles of debris. The remains of houses lay alongside cars that had been picked up by the water and left in culverts and along riverbanks.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent condolences to the Philippines.

“The US government stands ready to assist Philippine authorities as they respond to this tragedy,” she said.

Weather experts said Tropical Storm Washi dumped more than a month of average rain in just 12 hours over Mindanao.

The BBC’s Kate McGeown in Manila said the storm took everyone by surprise.

Although the Philippines is hit by typhoons or tropical storms every year, Mindanao in the south is usually spared the worst of the damage, she adds.

Washi reached the western island of Palawan before dawn on Sunday and is moving west into the South China Sea, government forecasters said.

The storm has maximum winds of 80km/h (50mph) and is expected to move west, away from the Philippines.

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NibiruMagick’s Climate Change Update: Puerto Rico Quake Swarm (18 December 2011)

Uploaded by NibiruMagick2012 on Dec 17, 2011

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake and a slightly weaker one shook Puerto Rico early on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The epicentre of the stronger quake was 8 miles (13 km) westnorthwest of Puerto Real on the Caribbean island’s west coast at a depth of 14.4 miles (23.2 km), the U.S. Geological Survey said. A weaker quake of 5.1 magnitude struck the same area three minutes earlier.
http://www.sott.net/signs/list_by_category/4-The-Living-Planet?page=1

Tropical Storm Washi leaves 440 dead as it slams into the Philippines
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CBS: New photos from west coast show large amounts of tsunami debris — Field the size of Calif. headed toward US, says estimate
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NibiruMagick’s Climate Change Update: UK Storms, Tropical Storm Flash Flooding Phillipines, Japan “Send us people who don’t mind dying” (17 December 2011)

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Port Angeles, WA – The first piece of debris that could be identified as washing up on the West Coast from the March 11 tsunami in Japan – a large black float – was found on a Neah Bay beach two weeks ago, Seattle oceanographers Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Jim Ingraham said Tuesday night.
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Massive power outages reported as storm batters France
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Tepco: Send us people who don’t mind dying
http://enenews.com/
Former Fukushima Plant Worker – Press Conference (with translator)
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Wash Away Disasters and Tears
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Billion-dollar weather disasters smash US record

AP, December 8, 2011 (4 days ago)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration added two disasters to the list Wednesday, bringing the total to 12. The two are wildfires in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona and the mid-June tornadoes and severe weather. – Reuters Photo

WASHINGTON: America smashed the record for billion-dollar weather disasters this year with a deadly dozen, and counting.

With an almost biblical onslaught of twisters, floods, snow, drought, heat and wildfire, the U.S. in 2011 has seen more weather catastrophes that caused at least $1 billion in damage than it did in all of the 1980s, even after the dollar figures from back then are adjusted for inflation.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration added two disasters to the list Wednesday, bringing the total to 12. The two are wildfires in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona and the mid-June tornadoes and severe weather.

NOAA uses $1 billion as a benchmark for the worst weather disasters.

Extreme weather in America this year has killed more than 1,000 people, according to National Weather Service Director Jack Hayes. The dozen billion-dollar disasters alone add up to $52 billion.

The old record for $1 billion disasters was nine, in 2008.

Hayes, a meteorologist since 1970, said he has never seen a year for extreme weather like this, calling it “the deadly, destructive and relentless 2011.”

This year’s total may not stop at 12. Officials are still adding up the damage from the Tropical Storm Lee and the pre-Halloween Northeast snowstorm, and so far each is at $750 million. And there’s still nearly a month left in the year.

Scientists blame an unlucky combination of global warming and freak chance. They say even with the long-predicted increase in weather extremes triggered by manmade climate change, 2011 in the US was wilder than they had predicted. For example, the six large outbreaks of tornadoes cannot be attributed to global warming, scientists say.

“The degree of devastation is extreme in and of itself, and it would be tempting to say it’s a sign of things to come, though we would be hard-pressed to see such a convergence of circumstances occurring in one single year again for a while,” said Jerry Meehl, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.

Another factor in the rising number of billion-dollar calamities: “More people and more stuff in harm’s way,” such as in coastal areas, said NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco.

“What we’re seeing this year is not just an anomalous year, but a harbinger of things to come,” with heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather, Lubchenco said Wednesday at an American Geophysical Union science conference in San Francisco.

The number of weather catastrophes that pass the billion-dollar mark when adjusted into constant dollars is increasing with each decade. In the 1980s, the country averaged slightly more than one a year. In the 1990s, it was 3.8 a year. It jumped to 4.6 in the first decade of this century. And in the past two years, it has averaged 7.5.

Other years had higher overall damage figures because of one gargantuan disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and a 1988 drought.

But this is not just about numbers.

“Each of these events is a huge disaster for victims who experience them,” Lubchenco said in an email. “They are an unprecedented challenge for the nation.”

Half the billion-dollar disasters were tornado outbreaks in one of the deadliest years on record. More than 540 people were killed in those six tragedies. In four days in April, there were 343 tornadoes in the largest outbreak on record, including 199 in one day, which is another record.

Texas had more than a million acres burned by wildfire, a record for the state, and Oklahoma set a record for the hottest month ever in the United States. The Ohio River Valley had triple the normal rainfall, which caused major flooding along the Mississippi River.

“Too little water in the South, too much water in the North,” said Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist at the University of Victoria in Canada. “It’s a story we are hearing more and more often.”

That’s why the world has to do two things, said Princeton University geological sciences professor Michael Oppenheimer: try to slow global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and prepare better for extreme weather.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/08/billion-dollar-weather-disasters-smash-us-record.html