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El Reno Tornado Upgraded to EF5, Widest Ever Measured
The National Weather Service (NWS) has upgraded the El Reno tornado of May 31, 2013 to an EF5 mega tornado with maximum wind speeds of 475km/h (295 mph).
The mega tornado measured 2.6 miles wide at its widest, making it the widest tornado ever recorded in the U.S.
“This is still preliminary and stats may be tweaked as more information becomes available.” NWS said
The mega twister touched down southwest of El Reno at 6:03 pm CDT on Friday, making a 40-minute detour around the city, effectively missing El Reno.
El Reno Mega Tornado Path. The Mega Twister touched down southwest of El Reno at 6:03 pm CDT on Friday, making a 40-minute detour around the city, effectively missing El Reno. Source: NWS
The previous record for the widest tornado was set on May 22, 2004, when an EF4 tornado measuring 2.5 miles at its widest raked through Hallam, Nebraska.
The Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale – Quick Chart
EF0: 65 TO 85 MPH
EF1: 86 TO 110 MPH
EF2: 111 TO 135 MPH
EF3: 136 TO 165 MPH
EF4: 166 TO 200 MPH
EF5: Wind speeds greater than 200 MPH
OKC Mega Tornado Destroyed or Damaged 13,000 Homes
The mega tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday has destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and caused about $2 billion in damage, officials have said.
FIRE-EARTH models show that about 50,000 people have been displaced as a result of the twister.
The deadly Moore tornado was EF5, according to NWS:
Rating: EF5
Peak Winds: 200 – 210 mph (338 km/h)
Path Length: 17 miles
Maximum Width: 1.3 miles
Begin Time: 2:45pm CDT
Begin Location: 4.4 miles west of Newcastle
End Time: 3:35 pm CDT
End Location: 4.8 miles east of Moore
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Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
Rioting Spreads in Stockholm, Sweden
Rioting in Swedish capital continued for a fourth night, with at least one large building, reported to be a a restaurant, and 4 dozen cars torched by the rioters described by police as a “mixture of every kind of people.”
The rioting began in the deprived suburb of Husby on Sunday, several days after police shot dead an elderly man for allegedly threatening to kill them with a machete.
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Montreal Residents Told to Boil Drinking Water
Up to 1.4 million Montrealers have been told by the City Council to boil their drinking water.
An urgent message posted on the official City portal read:
Boil water advisory
“You must boil your tap water (bringing it to a bubbling boil) for at lea[s]t one minute be[f]ore drinking it, or use bottled water instead, if you live in many boroughs or related cities.”
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DISASTER CALENDAR – May 23, 2013— SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,024 Days Left
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,024 Days Left to ‘Worst Day’ in the brief Human History
NWS damage teams have upgraded the deadly tornado that struck Moore to EF5.
Rating: EF5
Peak Winds: 200 – 210 mph (338 km/h)
Path Length: 17 miles
Maximum Width: 1.3 miles
Begin Time: 2:45pm CDT
Begin Location: 4.4 miles west of Newcastle
End Time: 3:35 pm CDT
End Location: 4.8 miles east of Moore
This is a preliminary track outline of the powerful EF-5 tornado that struck Newcastle and Moore during the afternoon of May 20, 2013. This path may change as we continue to survey the damage. Notice how the tornado path contracts toward the right side of the image. Source: NWS
Tornado Damage and Casualties
Preliminary estimate for the damage is put at $3 billion.
The tornado has left thousands of people homeless.
Most of the 91 or so people killed by the tornado were resurrected within hours, thanks to the political will. Current death toll stands at only 24. (See also the ‘Joplin Syndrome’).
About 240 others were injured.
The Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale – Quick Chart
EF0: 65 TO 85 MPH
EF1: 86 TO 110 MPH
EF2: 111 TO 135 MPH
EF3: 136 TO 165 MPH
EF4: 166 TO 200 MPH
EF5: Wind speeds greater than 200 MPH
Major Disaster Declared in Oklahoma after Mega Tornado Kills Dozens
The Disaster President has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma in the area affected by severe storms and tornadoes beginning on May 18, 2013, and continuing.
The areas worst affected are the counties of Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, and Pottawatomie.
At least 91 people, many of them children, are feared to have been killed and about 240 others injured after a mega tornado ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs, leveling numerous blocks in the city of Moore (pop: ~ 55,000), Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
The death toll included 51 confirmed deaths and an additional 40 bodies on their way to the Medical Examiner’s office. (See also the ‘Joplin Syndrome’).
The tornado was rated as at least an EF4, with winds of up to 200mph, according to NWS preliminary damage ratings.
The tornadic event began at 2.56pm CDT on Monday and lasted for 40 minutes.
Moore twister was as much as two miles wide, and carved a 20-mile path of destruction.
The tornado left obliterated many hundreds of homes and other buildings in Moore.
This is a preliminary tornado track for the tornado that affected Newcastle, Moore, and Oklahoma City on May 20, 2013. The tornado touchdown at around 2:56 pm in Newcastle, OK and moved through Moore and south OKC before lifting at around 3:36 pm. The path length is estimated to be about 20 miles long with a preliminary damage rating of at least EF4. —NWS
“Our hearts are broken,” Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said. “This is bigger than anything I’ve ever seen. It’s absolutely huge. It’s horrific.”
More Severe Weather Expected from Great Lakes to Central Texas on Tuesday
More severe weather is expected on Tuesday from the Great Lakes across the Mississippi River Valley and into central Texas. Primary threats will be very large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. Some of the storms could also produce heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding concerns, especially in the Ark-La-Tex region. —NWS
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Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
Average CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory: Last 5 days of preliminary daily average CO2
May 20 – 400.15 ppm
May 19 – 400.06 ppm
May 18 – 399.77 ppm
May 17 – 399.87 ppm
May 16 – 399.74 ppm
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Groundwater depletion in the U.S. has accelerated
Groundwater depletion in the United States during 1900–2008 was about 1,000 cubic kilometers (km³), according to a new study released by USGS.
The rate of groundwater depletion has increased significantly since about 1950, with maximum rates occurring during the most recent period (2000–2008), said the report.
The average depletion rate climbed to about 25 km³ [6.6 trillion gallons] per year during 2000–2008, compared to 9.2 km³ per year averaged over the 1900–2008 period.
Map of the United States (excluding Alaska) showing cumulative groundwater depletion, 1900 through 2008, in 40 assessed aquifer systems or subareas. Colors are hatched in the Dakota aquifer (area 39) where the aquifer overlaps with other aquifers having different values of depletion. [Konikow, L.F., 2013, Groundwater depletion in the United States (1900−2008): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013−5079. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5079.(Available only online.)]
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Kamchatka, Russia
At least 2 dozen significant quakes, measuring between 5.0 and 6.0Mw, have struck off the east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia since Monday May 20, 2013.
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DISASTER CALENDAR – May 21, 2013— SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,026 Days Left
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,026 Days Left to ‘Worst Day’ in the brief Human History
At least 37 killed, many injured in OKC gigantic twister attack
The massive tornado first touched down in Newcastle and barreled toward Interstate 44, Moore and South Oklahoma City, killing at least 37 people, as of posting, injuring scores of others, destroying hundreds of buildings and leaving a path of destruction behind.
The deadly twister was at least an EF4 tornado packing winds of about 200mph (320km/h) and was reportedly as much as ‘two-miles’ wide.
It struck about 15:00 CDT (UTC -5hrs) on Monday in Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb south of Oklahoma City, and remained on the ground for at least 40 minutes.
Massive tornado hits Okla. Screen grab of damage in Moore, Oklahoma from massive tornado that swept through on Monday afternoon. Credit: CBS News
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, who had already declared a state of emergency in 16 counties after the previous round of tornado attack, told CBS: “Well, we know we’ve had a massive tornado that has come through a major metropolitan area in Moore, Okla. It was a very wide tornado, a very strong tornado. It has damaged lots of neighborhoods, it’s hit two schools that possibly had school children in them. It’s also it a hospital and a big movie theater and a commercial area.”
Tornadoes rip through Alabama, killing at least 128
The deadly storms included a mile-wide twister, believed to be the worst ever tornado to hit Alabama, that ripped through the university city of Tuscaloosa, killing at least 15 people.
Storm-related incidents also left hundreds of people injured in six states.
Storms leveled hundreds of homes, tossing cars and uprooting trees, cutting off power lines and injuring up to a thousand people. About half a million homes were without electricity, Alabama Power said.
Death toll from tornadoes and storms in Mississippi has reached at least 32, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said.
In Arkansas the storms have killed at least 13 people, as of posting.
At least a dozen people were killed in storm-related incidents throughout Georgia, Louisiana and Tennessee.
Storm Shuts Down 3 TVA Nuclear Reactors at Browns Ferry in Alabama
The 3 reactors at TVA’s 3,297-megawatt Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama switched over to emergency diesel generators to supply power for the reactors cooling system at 5:30 EDT (22:30 UTC) after storms knocked out transmission lines that supplied power, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency said. More…
A total of 643 severe weather reports, including 161 tornado sightings, were received by SPC, as of posting.
Tuscaloosa
“The city experienced widespread damage from a tornado that cut a path of destruction deep into the heart of the city,” Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox said.
Mega Tornado touching down at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Frame grab from a video clip posted at Tuscaloosa-dot-com.Image may be subject to copyright.
States of Emergency
The White House has declared a state of emergency in Alabama.
Arkansas and Tennessee have both declared a state of emergency following the devastation caused by the violent storms
Georgia’s governor has declared a state of emergency in four counties: Floyd, Dade, Catoosa and Walker. At least 13 people were killed as a result of violent storms.
Floyd County and the city of Jeffersonville in southern Indiana have both declared a state of emergency because of severe flooding.
Too Bad Climate Juggernaut Delivering Deadlier Loads Next Year! Based on various climatic indicators and recent weather trends, FIRE-EARTH forecasts an increase of about 24% in the severity of extreme weather events during the next 20 months, compared with the previous period.
THE NEXT MAJOR DISASTER COULD STRIKE THE U.S.
The next major anthropogenic or human-enhanced natural disaster [e.g., climate related] could occur in the United States with a probability of 0.75
Climatic Extremes, Primeval Geophysical Activities and WILD Weather to Wreak Mega Havoc in 2011/2012 and Beyond …
NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO POWER DOWN AND START THINKING HARD.
Encourage your folks, friends and neighbors to join in!! BECAUSE for most of us the GAME would be OVER soon.
Flooding and fires, earthquakes and eruptions, deadly tornadoes and strong storms … are just some of the items you’ve ordered from the climate change quick menu!
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