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Dead humpback whale found on Cape Town beach, South Africa

Alexis Haden
thesouthafrican.com
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 17:37 UTC
Dead humpback whale
Dead humpback whale
Cape Town officials have started the task of removing a dead humpback whale from Strand Beach. The whale washed ashore overnight and lodged in the reef, the city's environmental corporate governance director Gregg Oelofse said.

Oelofse said it's "nothing unusual" and that "quite a lot of this" happens this time of the year. News24 reports that Oelofse said their whale stranding team was "pretty proficient" and hoped to get the carcass off the beach on Wednesday. The removal depended on the tides and weather conditions.

"We have asked that the public give us space. We will try and put chains and straps around it and lift it onto a flatbed truck. It is big machinery and if those chains snap, it can be very dangerous."

The carcass will be moved to a landfill site for disposal.

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Young girl killed by dog in Miami-Dade, Florida

Willard Shepard
nbcmiami.com
Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:18 UTC
BULL DOG CROSS
Attacker: Animal Services described the dog as a male American Bulldog mix that weighs 95 pounds and is 5-years-old. The dog remains with Animal Services while an investigation is pending
A South Florida family is coping with a terrible tragedy after a young girl was the victim of a dog attack just days before her second birthday.

Nyjah Espinosa, who would have celebrated her birthday on Christmas, was visiting at her father's Miami-Dade home when his dog attacked her on Sunday.

Espinosa's family was too distraught to speak with NBC 6 Tuesday afternoon.

NBC 6 exclusively obtained a photo of the dog authorities indicated was involved in the attack. Animal Services described the dog as a male American Bulldog mix that is 5 years old and weighs 95 pounds.

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Deadly landslide filmed in Peru


The Straits Times
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:14 UTC
flood
A hillside gave way next to a road nearly 300km east of Lima, with heavy rain sending a landslide of mud into the valley below.

Officials say at least two people were killed.

Rescue workers say they found one body and were trying to recover the other one.

A truck caught in the flow of mud was pushed off the road. Parts of a highway were also buried neaby

Such incidents are not uncommon in rural Peru, where landslides and avalanches kill dozens of people and destroy hundreds of homes every year.


Source: Reuters
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Thousands of dead fish continue to wash up on Florida beaches

Jim Waymer
USA Today
Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:46 UTC
Dead fish
© Chuck CokerDead fish
Thousands of dead herring provided an odious distraction Monday from otherwise hospitable beach conditions, dotting the shoreline from south of Patrick Air Force Base through Melbourne Beach.

They appear to be the same species of fish — thread herring — found washed up along other beaches along the Space Coast last week. Countless thread herring washed up dead Thursday along beaches in Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach.

"There was nothing out here yesterday," said Ron Van Kempen, a seasonal resident from Minnesota, fishing just south of Patrick AFB Monday. He cast his fishing line among floating herring corpses, which also speckled the beach where he stood.

The cause of the fish kill remains unknown.


Comment: See also: Thousands of dead fish found on Brevard County beaches, Florida

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Storm Eva brings fresh flooding fears for Cumbria, UK


BBC News
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:23 UTC
Cumbria floods
© Aidan GreavesThe River Eden burst its banks in Appleby, Cumbria, UK

Rain and winds of up to 70mph could continue to batter northern England in the run up to Christmas, it is feared.

Storm Eva could bring further misery to Cumbria, where some areas are dealing with the aftermath of flooding for the third time in a month.

Appleby, Glenridding, Keswick and Kendal were all hit after rivers burst their banks on Tuesday.

An Environment Agency spokesman said: "We are monitoring the situation closely."

The spokesman added: "There is currently the possibility for further unsettled weather during the festive period which could lead to some disruption in the north of England.

"We will issue further flood alerts and warnings if required."

Roy Ashley, whose garage business and home in Appleby have been damaged once again, said the flooding had destroyed lives.
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Two survivors found alive in rubble nearly 3 days after Chinese landslide, over 70 people still missing


9news
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 03:06 UTC
Shenzhen landslide survivor
© AAPA man is pulled from rubble nearly three days after a deadly in Shenzhen, China
Two survivors have been found amid the rubble nearly three days after a landslide in southern China swept through an industrial park and buried more than 30 buildings.

One man was taken to hospital and was confirmed to be one of the 76 missing after the disaster in Shenzhen, the Guangdong province fire department said on its official microblog. The other was badly injured and was still being removed from the debris.

The man already extracted has been named as 19-year-old Tian Zeming from the southern city of Chongqing. He was rescued around 70 hours after the landslide.

Rescuers at landslide site
© Reuters/StringerRescuers rest on mud as excavators dig through the debris to search for survivors at the site of a landslide which hit an industrial park on Sunday, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, December 22, 2015.

Photos and video footage from the scene showed dozens of armed police, firefighters and men in hard hats gathered around a deep hole dug into the soil where he had been buried.

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Waterspout filmed off the coast of East Java, Indonesia

Portal Madura com
Youtube
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:57 UTC
Waterspout
Waterspout filmed off Madura, East Java.

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Beached whale dies following stranding along Galveston Isle, Texas

Dale Lezon and Harvey Rice
Houston Chronicle
Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:27 UTC
Stranded whale
© J. Patric SchneiderA whale kicks its tail after it got stranded in the shallow water near West Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, in Galveston.
A whale died early Tuesday afternoon after drifting in and floundering helplessly in the surf on West Galveston Island as dozens of onlookers watched.

The whale died at about 12:30 p.m., according to a spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, about five hours after it was spotted. Volunteers had been planning to euthanize the ailing marine mammal once the tide moved it closer to shore.

Officials plan to observe the whale overnight before performing a necropsy on Wednesday.

The whale likely drifted onto the beach in front of the Terramar Beach subdivision because it was ill, said Heidi Whitehead, operations coordinator for the nonprofit Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

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2.7 earthquake hits Bergheim, Germany


thelocal.de
Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:31 UTC
earthquake needle
Residents of a suburb of Cologne were jolted from their sleep on Tuesday morning when an earthquake hit western Germany.

Phones at the local police station were ringing off the hook as shaken locals called in to report the incident, Focus magazine reports.

"We can confirm that the earthquake took place. So far twelve people have called in to tell us about it," a spokesperson for the police in Bergheim said.

"Concerned residents mentioned shaking wardrobes," the spokesperson continued, adding that "we're in contact with the fire services."

Witnesses reported that the tremors lasted around five seconds and were "surprising, sharp and short."

Authorities are now checking houses for possible damage.
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Gigantic 6 kilometre earth crack opens up along Route III in Paraguay


Strange Sounds
Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:48 UTC
Earth crack
How can you drive on this road in Paraguay?
About 6 km of road have been swallowed by a giant crack along Route III between the districts of Yby Yaú and Azotey in Paraguay.

This giant fissure in the gound is the result of torrential rains and the overflowing of creek Guireño on December 10, 2015. Apocalyptic.

Here an amazing aerial video showing the extent of this apocalyptical disaster.


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