Beaufort Scale

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Search and rescue mission ongoing near Chios

Ekathimerini 26 Oct 2021

The boat had a passenger capacity of 10 ... Wind speed in the area is approximately 5-6 on the Beaufort scale. .

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Greek Coast Guard Recovers Three Bodies Off Chios After Boat Sinks

The National Herald 26 Oct 2021

According to sources, the 27 foreign nationals aboard the boat called for help via the European emergency number 112, saying that their boat was in danger ... Winds of 5 to 6 on the Beaufort scale are blowing in the area ... .

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Three dead, three missing after refugee boat sinks off Greek island

Sina 26 Oct 2021

A rescue operation was underway, despite winds of up to 5 on the Beaufort scale blowing in the area, AMNA ...

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4 migrants die off Chios Island of Greece

Anadolu Agency 26 Oct 2021

Strong winds reaching up to force 6 on the Beaufort scale (39-49 kilometers per hour, 25-31 miles per hour) are reported in the area ... .

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Climate-change clues contained in whaling logbooks kept in the Providence library

The Providence Journal 21 Oct 2021

By the mid-19th century, the Beaufort Scale, a standardized system to describe wind conditions, had been developed, but many of the logbooks Ummenhofer and Walker are using predate its wide adoption. So they’ve had to match the whalers’ language to points on the scale, which in ...

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Chios: Comoros-flagged cargo ship drifted off the island on Friday night

Greek City Times 16 Oct 2021

A cargo ship registered in the Comoros is adrift in the waters west of the island of Chios, it was reported late Friday evening ... Heading towards the cargo ship were a rescue vessel and a tugboat, while the weather was fair stable and winds did not exceed 4 on the Beaufort scale. READ MORE. ELSTAT. Greek economy contracted 9% in 2020. Tags ... .

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Severe Weather Front "Ballos" Barrels Toward Greece

The National Herald 12 Oct 2021

During the meeting, it was stressed that all the various agencies involved must be in a state of readiness and high alert to immediately respond to possible problems that may arise ... Stylianides noted that the top priority was and will be the protection of human life ... Wind velocity will reach 5 on the Beaufort scale ... .

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Storm brings heavy rain, disrupts travel plans

Taipei Times 11 Oct 2021

By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter ... People should avoid visiting the Hehuanshan Forest Recreation Area in Nantou County, as the maximum wind speed there reached force 14 on the Beaufort scale, the Forestry Bureau’s Dongshih Forest District Office said ... The storm had a radius of 250km and maximum sustained winds of 101kph ... .

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Problems in Ferry Routes in Northern Greece

The National Herald 08 Oct 2021

... 7 on the Beaufort scale in some areas of the northern Aegean and the Ionian.

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Storm in western Greece closes schools, disrupts flights, ferry services

Ekathimerini 07 Oct 2021

Civil Protection send SMS messages though the emergency 112 number to residents of Corfu and Paxoi urging them to limit their travel in areas that may flood ... when a new announcement is expected ... Corfu Port Authority said winds in the Ionian reached 7-8 on the Beaufort scale. .

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Know how to stay safe when wind causes dangers

The Sentinel Echo 07 Oct 2021

While weather reporting stations, such as the Kentucky Mesonet, measure wind speeds and gusts accurately, you can also estimate the wind speeds you are encountering by using the Beaufort Wind Scale. According to the scale, winds of 32 to 38 mph will send whole trees into motion ... • Trim tree branches away from structures and power lines ... .

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More than 200,000 children sexually abused by French Catholic clergy, damning report finds

CNN 06 Oct 2021

Read More ... "In this hell, there have been atrocious crimes committed for decades ... Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, the head of France's Conference of Bishops, said Tuesday that the scale of abuse outlined in the report was "more than we ever could have imagined," and asked forgiveness to "those who were victims of such acts." ... "They ... .

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‘Shame and horror’: French bishops react to report on sexual abuse of 216,000 children

The Irish Times 05 Oct 2021

The president of the French conference of bishops, Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, has expressed his “shame and horror” at the staggering scale of clerical abuse revealed by a 2,500-page report released on Tuesday ... Msgr de Moulins-Beaufort received the report directly from Mr Sauvé ...

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Sailing boat sinks off Poros, nine rescued

Greek City Times 01 Oct 2021

Nine people were rescued from a Greek-flagged sailing boat that sunk 1.9 nautical miles west of the island of Poros, south of Athens, on Thursday. . The passengers, nine Romanian nationals, were in good health ... It was not clear what caused the accident. Local winds measured 4 to 5 on the Beaufort scale in the area. Tags ... No Newer Articles. 0 ... .

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