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© Ari/CanWestAirIce jams on the Peace River near Fort Vermilion on Saturday.
A critical alert due to high water levels and flooding remains in effect for Woodlands County, around 150 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. Six homes were evacuated a few kilometres east of Fort Assiniboine due to high water levels, Woodlands County spokesman Luke Mercier said Sunday morning.
Ice jams on the Athabasca River have created the high water levels, which have risen rapidly in the Pride Valley area.
Aerial footage Saturday shows severe flooding over Flats Road near Whitecourt in Woodlands County, where 10 people were forced to leave their homes on Saturday.
The road remains closed due to localized flooding.
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"I was working in the yard doing spring cleaning when I saw these most unusual halos around the sun," says Thomas. "I have really never seen multiple halos around the sun before. It was so funny. I was running around on the street looking for the right tree to block the sun, and people were asking what I was looking at. At first they couldn't see it--then it was Wow what is that!?"
The answer is odd-radius sun halos. They are caused by ice crystals in the shape of pyramids. Sunlight passing through these unusual crystals creates rings with radii of 9, 18, 20, 23, 24 and 35 degrees. At least 2 or 3 of those are present in Thomas's photo.
Residents in western New York shared photos on social media showing their displeasure of this wintry weather on the next to last day of April.
Accumulations, if any, were light in most areas, but the snow was a fitting end to one of the coldest Aprils on record in parts of upstate New York.
Although it wasn't snowing in the western Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Sunday morning, the cold temperatures did set several daily record lows.
© Alamy Live NewsReunion volcano: Dramatic images show lava and steam spewing from the volcano
The eruption began at 11.50pm local time on Friday, April 27, and continued into Saturday.
The eruptive fault opened on the southern flank of the volcano inside the Enclos - the central caldera of the volcano.
The area around the volcano is totally uninhabited and the eruptions pose little danger to the population of Reunion.
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Civil defence spokesperson Colonel Farouk Achour told AFP the children and a man died when a wadi flooded late Wednesday in the Tiaret region, 330km southwest of Algiers.
One of the children was earlier reported as missing.
Three other people drowned on Tuesday night when a river burst its banks in El-Bayadh, 800 kilometres southwest of the capital.
Emergency services said they carried out several rescue operations for Tiaret residents stranded in their homes or cars and at a school in the neighbouring region of Tissemsilt.
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© GettyCharging elephant
The deceased have been identified as Sambhu Bhoi (65) and Daimati Bhoi (70).
After getting information about the presence of a herd of elephants in the area, Daimati had gone to the house of Sambhu to sleep yesterday. Daimati, who had a poor vision, was attacked by an elephant after she came out of the house. Later, the pachyderm entered into the house and trampled Sambhu to death while he was sleeping.
Sources said, villagers are having sleepless night as a herd of elephants has been camping in the area for last few days.
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