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Covid in Mink - According to the CDC, the list of animals susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 includes: cats, dogs, ferrets, fruit bats, hamsters, and tree shrews. Receiving special mention and a USDA inventory are mink farms. At least ten farms in Utah, Michigan, Wisconsin and Oregon have had outbreaks. In Europe outbreaks have been reported as far North as Sweden, and in Denmark 17 million where recently culled even through the infections there came originally from people. The reason for culling is prevention, as crowded mink farms could be incubators for mutation of virus into new forms. This week Canada had its first mink farm outbreak in BC's Fraser Valley. You can read about this event and related articles, as well as a remarkable "thundersnow" in Scotland, methane ice formations in Russia, and how an atmospheric river parked over Southeast Alaska is delivering record rainfall and devastating landslides. Mike Brubaker, Editor

	COVID-19: Outbreak declared at Fraser Valley mink farm Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver Sun / December 7, 2020 Minks have been discovered to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A coronavirus outbreak has been declared at a Fraser Valley mink farm after eight people at the site tested positive for COVID-19. Read article on Vancouver Sun
	Record-breaking rainfall leaves muddy mess across Southeast Alaska Juneau, Alaska, United States Jennifer Pemberton, KTOO / KTOO / December 2, 2020 High winds, flooding and landslides caused moderate to severe damage in communities across Southeast Alaska Wednesday, as an atmospheric river stalled over the region and brought record-breaking rain. Read article on KTOO
	Dozens of Haines residents evacuated from their homes as rain and landslides continue Haines, Alaska, United States Claire Stremple / KHNS Haines / December 5, 2020 Dozens more homes in Haines were evacuated Thursday night as rain continued to saturate the mountainsides near residential neighborhoods. Read article on KHNS Haines
	Disruption after thundersnow hits Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom BBC News / December 4, 2020 Hundreds of residents reported hearing explosions in the early hours of Friday caused by the weather phenomenon. After receiving a number of calls, Police Scotland took to Twitter to reassure residents that there was no need to be alarmed. Read article on BBC News
	Vermilion flycatcher - A big red surprise Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Bruce Mactavish / The Telegram / December 3, 2020 Late on the afternoon of Nov. 18, Kathy Marche, birding in Stephenville, came across a very colorful bird unfamiliar to her. She took photos but had to wait until she got home to look up the identification. Read article on The Telegram
	Moscow Sees Warmest Fall on Record Moscow, Moscow, Russia The Moscow Times / December 1, 2020 The average temperature for September, October and November was 3.2 degrees C, which is 4.4 C above normal. Read article on The Moscow Times
	Beauty of frozen methane bubbles on the world’s deepest lake shown in stunning video Khuzhir, Irkutsk, Russia Siberian Times / November 24, 2020 Baikal is located in a rift zone, a deep crack in the Earth's crust which narrows at depths of several dozen kilometers. A tranquil video of white and silver bubbles of methane caught in newly-formed ice was filmed at Maloye More, a strait that separates the lake's largest island from the western shore of Lake Baikal. Read article on Siberian Times

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