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Toddler dies after family pit bull terrier attack in South Africa

Monique Mortlock
Eyewitness News
Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:37 UTC
Dog attack
A one-year-old girl has died after a pit bull attacked her in Hermanus.

Police say the family dog, a power breed, attacked the child and her grandmother for no apparent reason yesterday.

The girl suffered severe bite marks on her head and body.

Her grandmother is recovering in hospital.

The police's Frederick Van Wyk says, "The pit bull, a family dog, was taken to Hermanus' animal welfare and put down. The grandmother was transferred to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. We've opened an inquest docket for further investigation."
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Fire

Calaveras County, CA: DUI driver charged with starting wildfire

Dana Griffin
KCRA 3
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:45 UTC
burnt car
A woman who was arrested for driving under the influence also faces additional charges in connection with sparking a wildfire in Calaveras County that prompted evacuations Sunday.

The fire was reported just after 1 p.m. east of San Andreas after California Highway Patrol officers were investigating a report of a woman driving up Mountain Ranch Road as her car was emitting sparks, officials said.

Officers arrested Renee Hogan for driving under the influence, CHP said.

Investigators said they determined Hogan was driving her 2002 Kia Rio on a right rear rim that was creating sparks. Her vehicle later burned as the flames spread.
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Ambulance

Aftershock shakes central Italy


RT
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:58 UTC
Itay
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A new 4.4-magnitude aftershock with a depth of about 9 km has rattled the region not far from the town of Arquata del Tronto in central Italy, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported. The area suffered a deadly earthquake four days ago. The aftershock's center is located nearly 7 km from Arquata del Tronto. The tremor was felt in Rome, situated more than 150 kilometers south of the town, according to local broadcaster RaiNews24.

A powerful earthquake hit central Italy on Wednesday night, leaving at least 290 people dead with the death toll still rising. A number of small towns and villages were reduced to rubble. Rescue teams dug deep underneath the rubble in the search for possible survivors. Strong tremors were felt in the Italian capital on Wednesday night as well.

As many as 2,500 people have lost their homes to the earthquake, according to the data released by the Italian civil defense authorities. More than 1,800 aftershocks have rocked the region since Wednesday's quake with Saturday night being the first one without any major tremors. Rescue operations are still in progress.

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Attention

Iceland raises warning after largest volcano starts to rumble

Omar Valdimarsson
Bloomberg
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 05:58 UTC
Iceland volacano
Iceland raised the alarm after its largest volcano was hit by the biggest tremors since 1977.

Two quakes larger than 4 in magnitude early Monday rocked the crater of Katla, the country's Met Office said in a statement. That was followed by at least 10 more tremors at the volcano, which rises 1,450 meters (4,757 feet) into the air on the North Atlantic island's southern coast.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damages to property.

Comment: See also: Weather bomb: The rare, deep-Earth tremor that shook the planet

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Cloud Lightning

323 reindeer killed by lightning in Norway


RT
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:14 UTC
reindeer killed by lightning norway
The reindeer were found dead in an area of 50m radius
If the chances of getting struck by lightning are slim, the chances of 323 reindeer getting struck by lightning must be miniscule, but that's exactly what seems to have happened on a mountain plateau in Norway.

When Knut Nylend, an official from the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate (Statens naturoppsyn - NNI) went out on a routine inspection near Hardangervidda National Park on Friday, he wasn't expecting to see hundreds of dead reindeer lying across a field.

"They were lying there dead in a fairly concentrated area. Reindeer are pack animals and are often close together. During a heavy thunderstorm, they may have gathered even closer together out of fear," NNI spokesman Knut Nylend told Norwegian news outlet NTB, as cited by The Local.

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Cloud Lightning

Flash floods, lightning and golf ball sized hailstones hit UK

Siobhan McFadyen
The Express (UK)
Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:00 UTC
UK lightning storm
© Blids.deA massive lightning storm broke out across the country yesterday
Extreme weather wreaked havoc across parts of the UK yesterday as golf ball sized hail stones rained down and the country was hit by a massive lightning storm.

Emergency crews have spent the day pumping out water from homes after a number of incidents were caused by a massive storm which rolled through the middle of England even taking down a supermarket roof.

Flash floods bringing rainfall of up to 50mm hit parts of the country as a ferocious lightning storm crossed the mid section and headed eastwards in the late afternoon.

The village of Kirkton was deluged in water as golf ball sized hail stones slammed down in the streets of Deeping in Lincolnshire.

They also pelted the ground from morning till afternoon in Oxford.
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Bizarro Earth

7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes North of Ascension Island


Stuff.co.nz
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 05:24 UTC
Ascension Quake
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 has struck 975km northwest of Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

There was no immediate warning of any tsunami triggered by the quake, which was 10km deep, the USGS said.

There were no reports of any damage or casualties.

Source: Reuters
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Creepy mushroom cloud over Russian town scares the hell out of residents


Sputnik
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 04:55 UTC
cumulo-nimbus
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A massive anvil cumulo-nimbus thunderstorm cloud over Siberia left residents wondering if somebody dropped a nuclear bomb. Residents of Kemerovo in Russia's Western Siberia began posting images on Sunday of what looked like the distinctive hallmark of a nuclear explosion - an isolated ominous mushroom cloud surrounded by otherwise undisturbed blue skies.

The shocking and rare sight of such a massive anvil cumulo-nimbus cloud, formed when a major thunderstorm becomes so powerful that it begins to reach the highest levels of the atmosphere causing the cloud tops to be blown to the side by wind shear, startled many local residents who feared a nuclear blast or an explosion at one of the coal mines in the Kuzbass region.

Other residents however joked about the fearsome sight of the mushroom cloud with one Instagram user, @Kemerovo_insta, joking that there was "a nuclear war today in Chusovitino."

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Weather bomb: The rare, deep-Earth tremor that shook the planet

Shivali Best
Daily Mail
Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:27 UTC
storm
The storm that caused the deep-Earth tremor was a 'weather bomb' that struck over the North Atlantic. This is a small but potent storm in which pressure quickly builds, creating a more vigorous storm

A rare deep-Earth tremor has been detected for the first time on the ocean floor in Japan.

Using seismic equipment, researchers have managed to trace its location to a distant and powerful storm between Greenland and Iceland.

The findings could help experts learn more about the Earth's inner structure and improve the detection of earthquakes and oceanic storms.

The storm that caused the deep-Earth tremor was a 'weather bomb' that struck over the North Atlantic.

This is a small but potent storm in which pressure quickly builds, creating a more vigorous storm.

As the storm hit, groups of waves pounded the ocean floor between Greenland and Iceland.
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Cloud Lightning

Woman killed by lightning strike in Grenada Lake, Mississippi; total lightning fatalities for U.S. in 2016 now 32


wapt.com
Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:46 UTC
lIGHTNING
A Yalobusha County woman is dead after she and her boyfriend were struck by lightning Friday while searching for arrowheads at Grenada Lake.

The Yalobusha County Coroner's Office identifies the victim as 51-year-old Donna Hendrix of Coffeeville.

Sheriff Lance Humphreys told WTVA-TV that the lighting struck Hendrix near the Bryant boat landing, in the southern part of the county.

Hendrix's boyfriend was taken to a hospital. There's no word on his condition.

An autopsy will be performed on Hendrix to determine an official cause of death.
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