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Landslide during heavy rain kills 2 tourists in West Java, Indonesia


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Sun, 17 May 2026 18:20 UTC
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Two tourists visiting Curug Cileat in Subang Regency, West Java, were found dead after being buried in a landslide while on vacation on Friday, May 15, 2026. The victims were discovered on Saturday morning, May 16, 2026, a day after the search operation began.

Udin Jazudin, Head of the Subang Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), stated that the victims were swept away and buried under approximately two meters of debris. Their bodies have since been handed over to their families. "For the time being, we are closing the tourist spot; no visitors are allowed to enter," Udin said on Sunday, May 17, 2026.

Udin noted that while Curug Cileat is renowned for its beauty, the area is historically prone to landslides. At the time of the incident, heavy rain had lashed the tourist site. "They and three surviving friends were on their way back from the waterfall," he explained.

Ade Dian Permana, Head of the Bandung Search and Rescue (SAR) Office, said his team received reports of the disaster in Mayang Village, Cisalak District, on Friday evening. SAR officials believe high-intensity rainfall triggered the slide.

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5-month-old child dies following dog attack at home, authorities say in South Carolina

Anisa Snipes and Jordan Gartner
whsv.com
Sat, 16 May 2026 17:56 UTC
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Authorities in South Carolina say a boy has died after the child was attacked by a dog earlier this week.

According to Anderson County authorities, the reported dog attack occurred on Thursday afternoon. Deputies were called to a home on Wilson Street, where a 5-month-old child and an adult were seriously injured.

Officials said the victims were treated at the AnMed Medical Center. However, the young boy had to be flown to Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville due to the life-threatening injuries he sustained.

Sadly, the child died on Friday afternoon. The Anderson County coroner said the boy died from multiple traumatic injuries, with his death being ruled accidental.

The adult victim suffered serious injuries but was able to be released after receiving medical treatment.

The Anderson County Sheriff's Office said the animal in question initially ran away from the house following the attack, but deputies were able to secure it later.

The dog was taken to Anderson County PAWS, an animal shelter, while law enforcement investigates.

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Lightning kills 30 sheep in Telangana, India

Nirupa Vatyam
Times of India
Sun, 17 May 2026 17:45 UTC
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As many as 30 sheep were killed in a lightning strike on the outskirts of Enmanabetla village in Kollapur mandal of Nagarkurnool district on Saturday, while the shepherd narrowly escaped. The incident occurred around 4.30 pm when Magdham Chinna Venkataiah, a shepherd from the village, had taken his sheep out for grazing.

"At around 4.30 pm, it started raining. To protect the sheep, Venkataiah guided them onto a big rock. However, since about 15 to 20 sheep had not climbed onto the rock, he went down to bring them up, leaving 30 sheep there. That was when the lightning struck, killing all 30 sheep instantly. He narrowly escaped as he had just stepped down," said Madhavi B, tahsildar of Kollapur mandal.

She said officials prepared a report soon after being informed about the incident and submitted it, seeking compensation for the shepherd. On Sunday, tourism minister Jupally Krishna Rao, who was in the district reviewing the paddy situation, extended ₹50,000 as immediate financial assistance to the shepherd.

The minister visited Venkataiah, inquired about the incident, and consoled him, assuring him of full govt support. He also met farmers in the mandal who suffered crop losses due to heavy rains and reviewed the ground situation.
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Powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattles Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda

Kevin Fitzgerald
FOX Weather
Sat, 16 May 2026 18:12 UTC
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The Leeward Islands in the Caribbean were shaken by a powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake on Saturday morning.

The epicenter was measured about 43.5 miles (70.1 kilometers) from the village of Codrington on the island of Barbuda at around 10:50 a.m. local time.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), shakes were reported as far west as Puerto Rico and as far south as Martinique.

There is no threat of a tsunami at this time.
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Rivers overflowed and flooding swept away cars in Jiangxi, China - 8.2 inches of rain in just 12 hours

IDH Weather News
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Sat, 16 May 2026 12:46 UTC
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Jiangxi's Shangyou County was hit by record-breaking torrential rain
Severe extreme weather hit southern China on Saturday. Shangyou County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province experienced heavy rain, causing rivers to overflow and flash floods in some roads and residential areas.

The heavy rain caused floods as high as 1.5 meters in low-lying areas in some counties and districts in Ganzhou, submerging vehicles and roads, and causing landslides in some areas, disrupting traffic.

Extremely intense rainstorms pounded the area since Friday evening, causing small and medium-sized rivers to overflow within hours.

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Man dies after shark attack off holiday island in Australia

Timothy Jones AFP, Reuters
Deutsche Welle
Sat, 16 May 2026 12:05 UTC
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A 38-year-old man has been killed in a shark attack at Rottnest Island, a popular holiday destination off Perth, Western Australia.

Australia has seen a recent rise in shark attacks that scientists believe could be caused by a change in the animals' migratory patterns amid increasingly crowded waters and warming oceans.

What do we know about the shark attack?

Officials have said the attack occurred around 10:00 a.m. (0200 GMT) on Saturday in the water at the island's Horseshoe Reef.

Police said the man was carried to the shore and was treated at the scene by paramedics from the St John ambulance service but could not be revived.


Comment: See also: Unprovoked shark attacks up sharply in 2025, with 12 human deaths worldwide

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SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - April 2026: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


Sott.net
Fri, 15 May 2026 18:14 UTC
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April 2026 closed with the Sun once again reminding us who runs the show. On the 23rd and 24th, Active Region 4419 fired off two back-to-back X-class flares, an X2.4 followed hours later by an X2.5, flanked by a string of M-class events and several coronal mass ejections. Earth's sunlit side took the hit in the form of shortwave radio blackouts, and forecasters watched for at least minor G1 geomagnetic storming in the days that followed. The monthly sunspot mean came in around 79, modest for Cycle 25 on paper, yet these late, high-energy outbursts make the same point we've been making for years: the cycle's "decline" looks nothing like the textbook curve, and the Sun continues to drive what we see on the ground. Given recent patterns, we should expect more of the same through the coming months.

That solar context is also why it's worth highlighting the ongoing Super Niño, which mainstream climatology continues to file under "symptom of warming" while missing the deeper signal. Historically, the strongest El Niño events have not been heralds of a runaway greenhouse; they have clustered near major climatic inflection points, preceding sharp cooling phases.
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10-foot sinkhole nearly swallows car whole, closes 2 lanes on Long Island Expressway

Brandon Cruz
New York Post
Fri, 15 May 2026 21:46 UTC
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© . NBC New YorkA massive sinkhole on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 49 in Melville caused traffic to shut down just before rush hour, May 14, 2026

A massive sinkhole on the Long Island Expressway shut down traffic and nearly swallowed a car whole Thursday, forcing the closure of two lanes just before rush hour, police said.

The 8-foot-deep and 10-foot-wide hole suddenly opened up on the westbound lanes of the expressway near Exit 49 in Melville just after 1 p.m., according to Suffolk County cops.
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Japan hit by powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake as warnings issued for five prefectures

Rituparna Chatterjee & Rebecca Whittaker
Independent (UK)
Fri, 15 May 2026 14:56 UTC
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A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 6.7 has struck off the coast of the Japanese region of Miyagi, north of Tokyo, prompting the government to issue emergency warnings to people in five prefectures.

The Japanese authorities rated Friday's earthquake a five on its 1-7 intensity scale, but said there was no immediate risk of a tsunami.

A high speed railway line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori stations was suspended following the quake, according to operator JR East, but there has been no immediate reports of injuries or damage, according to reports in the Japan Times.

The focus of the 8.22pm (local time) quake was off the coast of Miyagi prefecture.

The US Geological Survey said the earthquake's epicentre was 50km east of the town of city of Ofunato and revised the magnitude of the quake from 6.6 to 6.7.

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Up to 2 feet of May snowfall in 72 hours on Alpine glaciers in Austria

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Fri, 15 May 2026 11:29 UTC
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High altitude ski slopes in the Alps have reported up to 59cm of snowfall over the past few days. Snow has also been falling to low elevations as temperatures plummet.

Only seven glacier ski areas are still open for snow sports with several of those closing their 25-26 seasons this Sunday.

The biggest accumulation has been reported on the Stubai Glacier near Innsbruck (pictured above this morning), one of those closing this weekend. It has reported nearly two feet of snowfall in the past 72 hours taking its upper base to 3.2m, the second deepest in the Alps.

Five of the seven still-open ski areas in the Alps are in Austria, with Hintertux, open until July and with the most terrain still open (42km of slopes), posting 30cm. The Kaunertal Glacier, also closing at the end of this weekend, reports 20cm. The Mölltal Glacier got just 5cm and the Kitzsteinhorn is the fifth Austrian option.

Les 2 Alpes, the only ski area open in France, reported 15cm (6"). It has Europe's deepest base at 3.4m following a 60cm fall earlier this month. The year-round cross-border Zermatt-Cervinia Matterhorn Glacier Paradise ski area is also open.

Snowfall was initially reported down as low as high altitude ski villages like Livigno, Obertauern and Val d'Isere but in the past 24 hours has been falling still lower to valley floors.

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