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Eight-year-old Santhosh used to study at a school which is around 200 metres away from his house. He used to walk to school. In the evening, he used to walk back to the school to play. To reach faster, he used to cross the fields instead of taking the road.
On the day of the incident, Santhosh did not return even after 6 pm. Reportedly, his parents got worried and started searching for him with the help of other villagers. While looking for Santhosh in the fields, the villagers found a pack of stray dogs.
When they pointed their flashlights in the direction of the dogs, the villagers saw that they were biting Santhosh. Santhosh's father Sethupathi and the villagers then chased the dogs away. The villagers called a local doctor who said that the eight-year-old boy had died.
Maurice Msuha, a senior official with the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority, said the elephants that strayed from Mkomazi National Park raided two villages, killing the four villagers.
Msuha said three people were killed in Toloha village and one in Ngulu village, adding that seven other villagers were injured by the jumbos and they were being treated in health centers.
The storm has damaged houses in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture
Life in the capital had ground to a halt even before Typhoon Hagibis made landfall just before 7 p.m. local time on the Izu Peninsula southwest of the capital, with public transport suspended, shops shuttered and the streets empty.
The storm disrupted the Rugby World Cup, with two games just outside Tokyo canceled, and played havoc with the build-up to Sunday's Formula One Grand Prix in Suzuka.
For several hours, typhoon rains drenched one of the world's most densely populated urban areas, with tens of millions of people trapped indoors watching with concern as rivers filled to dangerous levels. The government sent out a series of high-level alarms telling people first to evacuate —and then just to do whatever they could to save their lives.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol posted a photo from 8 a.m. Friday showing road conditions on Hwy 20 2 miles south of Devils Lake.
Snow began accumulating in towns across North Dakota Thursday morning as storm developed over the state. More than 48 hours later, some areas are reporting more than 2 feet of snow.
'Explosive' Typhoon Hagibis has Tokyo area in its sights after rapidly gathering strength in Pacific
© KyodoAn image captured by the Himawari-8 weather satellite shows Typhoon Hagibis located in the south of Japan as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 9, 2019. | KYODO
Typhoon Hagibis, which the U.S. military's forecasting agency has put on par with a Category 5 hurricane, is approaching Japan's main island of Honshu after a rapid intensification in the Pacific and could make a direct pass over the Kanto region this weekend.
The storm, which tracked near the Ogasawara islands through Wednesday, is forecast to continue moving toward Honshu, weakening only slightly before a possible landfall on Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
More precise forecasts for its path are still difficult, and a turn to the west toward central Japan or the east toward the sea remain among the possibilities.
© Global NewsThundersnow Oct. 11 2019.
But the rare weather phenomenon has been part of the early blast of winter pummeling southern Manitoba.
Thunderstorm activity associated with a Colorado Low's winter storm began Friday morning close to the American border.
Around the Vita area, thunderstorm activity was observed and radar imagery shows thunderstorms taking place in an area of mixed precipitation or ice pellets and snow as well.
These thunderstorms continued and moved further north.
Comment: Also filmed further south recently in Nebraska:
More Thundersnow. Melbeta, Ne. 10-9-19. @KNEBStormCenter @NWSCheyenne @severestudios #newx pic.twitter.com/Cz4oySx9ou
— Dan Fitts (@Dan_Fitts) October 10, 2019
© EPAHuge waves are pounding sea walls as the storm approaches
Japan is bracing itself for what could be its heaviest rain and winds for 60 years as Typhoon Hagibis edges closer.
Winds reaching 180km/h (111mph) could cause floods and landslides, the Japan Meteorological Agency has warned.
Tens of thousands of homes are already without power and one person died when a car overturned in high winds.
Shops, factories and train networks have been shut down while the Rugby World Cup and the Formula One Grand Prix are facing disruption.
Hagibis is due to make landfall near Tokyo later on Saturday.
Authorities have issued evacuation advisories in areas at particular risk, while supermarkets are running low as people stock up before the typhoon hits.
Even while the storm was still out to sea, tornado-like winds battered Chiba, east of Tokyo, damaging homes and toppling a car, killing its occupant.
© Lawrence_Bear/Twitter
Calgary has already seen its fair share of snowfall and Vancouver managed to break several weather records for its cold temperatures this week, one of which was 103-years-old.
Now, much of Manitoba, including Winnipeg, is seeing blizzard-like snowfalls. Environment Canada issued a winter storm warning as parts of southern Manitoba are pummeled with snow.
The weather agency says that parts of Manitoba have already received between 20 to 40 cm of snow, with an additional 20 cm expected over the next 12 hours.
The snowfall is also accompanied by very strong winds, with gusts between 80 to 100 km/h.
"Travelling will remain difficult if not near impossible into Saturday as the heavy accumulating snow, strong winds, and temperatures near zero result in treacherous conditions," says Environment Canada's website.
"The combination of heavy, wet snow and strong winds will likely result in more downed trees and power lines."
Comment: Hagibis is passing over several prefectures still trying to recover from Typhoon Faxai, which wreaked havoc in Japan just over a month ago...
Powerful Typhoon Faxai kills three, injures 40 and wreaks havoc on Tokyo transport system
Update: RT reports on 13th October: