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Millions of jellyfish wash up on various shores of Malta


TVM
Sat, 05 May 2018 11:17 UTC
Jellyfish
© Alan Deidun
Large numbers of jellyfish were spotted today in seashores to the East of Malta, including Marsaskala, Xgħajra, Imsida and Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq.

Photos show a great amount of jellyfish, of the Pelagia Noctiluca species, at San Tumas bay in Marsaskala. Jellyfish was even spotted on the quay.

Maritime biologist, Prof. Alan Deidun, said that there are millions of jellyfish in seashores to the East of Malta and described the scene as a violet carpet.

He stated that this jellyfish most probably arrived earlier than usual and in larger quantities due to the drought and hot period we had in January.
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"A dry winter and dismal spring": Dozens of wild horses fall victim to Southwest US drought

Felicia Fonseca
azfamily.com
Sat, 05 May 2018 02:12 UTC
dead horse drought
(AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca). This Thursday, May 3, 2018 photo shows dozens of horse carcasses lying in a dry watering hole now surrounded by a barbed wire fence near Cameron, Ariz.
Off a northern Arizona highway surrounded by pastel-colored desert is one of the starkest examples of drought's grip on the American Southwest: Dozens of dead horses surrounded by cracked earth, swirling dust and a ribbon of water that couldn't quench their thirst.

Flesh exposed and in various stages of decomposition, the carcasses form a circle around a dry watering hole sunken in the landscape.

It's clear this isn't the first time the animals have struggled. Skeletal remain are scattered on the fringes and in an adjacent ravine.

It's a symptom of a burgeoning wild horse population and the scarcity of water on the western edge of the Navajo Nation following a dry winter and dismal spring runoff. Conditions aren't forecast to improve anytime soon, and tribal officials suspect other animals have died with not enough to eat or drink.

Comment: We can expect the tragic stories to continue considering repeated crop failures and this years delayed planting. From flooding in the Middle East to hailstones the size of softballs and snow drifts in Springtime, all over the planet we're seeing increasingly erratic and unusual weather patterns: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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Fire

Lava fountains, tremors, fissures, toxic fumes: Hawaii braces itself as Kilauea boils over in unusual outburst

Caleb Jones and Audrey McAvoy
AP
Sun, 06 May 2018 11:59 UTC
Kilauea volcano road
© U.S. Geological Survey via APIn this image released by the U.S. Geological Survey, steam rises from cracks in the road shortly before a fissure opened up on Kaupili Street in the Leilani Estates subdivision, Friday, May 4, 2018, in Pahoa, Hawaii. The Kilauea volcano sent more lava into Hawaii communities Friday, a day after forcing more than 1,500 people to flee from their mountainside homes, and authorities detected high levels of sulfur gas that could threaten the elderly and people with breathing problems.
Hundreds of anxious residents on the Big Island of Hawaii hunkered down Saturday for what could be weeks or months of upheaval as the dangers from an erupting Kilauea volcano continued to grow.

Lava spurted from volcanic vents, toxic gas filled the air and strong earthquakes - including a magnitude 6.9 temblor on Friday - rocked an already jittery population. The trifecta of natural threats forced the evacuation of more than 1,700 people from communities near the lava and prompted the closure of parks, college campuses and a section of the main road through the area on the Big Island's southern tip.

Five structures have burned and thousands of customers briefly lost power from one of the larger quakes.

Tesha "Mirah" Montoya, 45, said toxic fumes escaping from the lava vents weren't enough to make her family evacuate, but the tipping point were the earthquakes.

"I felt like the whole side of our hill was going to explode," she said. "The earthquake was what made us start running and start throwing guinea pigs and bunnies in the car."

Comment: For the low down on the unusual activity at Kilauea check out: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Are Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes related to cosmic ray increases?

Also see: And check out the eerie but epic videos below:











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Earthquake at coal mine in Poland leaves 1 miner dead and 3 missing, shakes houses

Monika Scislowska
Global News
Sun, 06 May 2018 14:58 UTC
NoneFamilies waiting for a word about miners who have gone missing after a tremor at the Zofiowka coal mine in Jastrzebie-Zdroj in southern Poland
Families waiting for a word about miners who have gone missing after a tremor at the Zofiowka coal mine in Jastrzebie-Zdroj in southern Poland, on Saturday, May 5 , 2018. Seven miners went missing after the strongest ever tremor at the mine. Two of them were found hours later conscious but hurt, while rescuers continued their search for the other five missing miners.
Polish rescue workers on Sunday found the body of 38-year-old coal miner, the first fatality after an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland.

Three other miners have been missing some 900 meters (2,950 feet) below ground since Saturday morning at the mine in the town of Jastrzebie-Zdroj, close to Poland's border with the Czech Republic. One of them has been located but was not rescued yet, a mining official said Sunday.

The head of the Jastrzebie Coal Company, Daniel Ozon, said the latest miner pulled out of the Zofiowka mine was pronounced dead after he had been trapped under some metal. He had worked for the company for 10 years.

More than 200 workers were involved in the rescue operation. Ozon said emergency workers were pumping air into the affected area to lower the level of methane gas before they can safely move ahead.

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Wolf

Stray dogs kill 9-year-old boy in Sitapur, India - 12 such deaths for the district since November 2017


NEWS18
Sun, 06 May 2018 11:45 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
The Sitapur district administration blamed the incidents on closure of illegal abattoirs, which provided leftover meat to stray dogs. Including this, the number of deaths due to canine attacks has reached 12 since November last year.

The nightmare continues for UP's Sitapur district residents as the menace of feral stray dogs continues to hound people and their kids. On Saturday, a nine-year-old boy was attacked and killed by hounds in Talgaon area when he went out to graze goats in a field.

Speaking about the incident, SHO Yogesh Shah said, "Talgaon is almost 20 kilometres away from Khairabad and this is the first such incident in the area. We have been instructed by to patrol the area in the morning." This was confirmed by IG (Lucknow range) Sujeet Pandey.

However, the Sitapur district administration blamed the incidents on closure of illegal abattoirs, which provided leftover meat to stray dogs. Including this, the number of deaths due to canine attacks has reached 12 since November last year.

Comment: See also this recent report from the same region of the world: Raging pack of stray dogs maul 3 children to death on the same day in Uttar Pradesh, India - 14 such deaths in the state since January

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Wolf

Pack of 4 pit bull terriers attack 2 people, one critically injured in Oklahoma City

Luke Overmyer
kfor.com
Sat, 05 May 2018 10:52 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
One person is in critical condition and another is injured after being attacked by several pit bulls Saturday night.

Police say two people were walking near NE 29th street and Lindsay Ave when the dogs started charging towards them.

When the authorities arrived they found 4 pit bulls attacking a male and female victims.

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Wolf

Infant dies following mauling by dogs in Sherman Oaks, California

Erika Martin
ktla.com
Sat, 05 May 2018 10:33 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
An infant was dead after she was attacked by multiple dogs in a Sherman Oaks home on Saturday, according to Los Angeles Police Capt. Lillian Carranza.

The incident occurred in the 14400 block of Benefit Street on Saturday afternoon, Carranza said in a tweet.

The 3-month-old child was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later pronounced dead.

Carranza indicated the girl was in her own home when she was attacked.

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Waterspout filmed near Biloxi, Mississippi

Annie Johnson
wlox.com
Sat, 05 May 2018 09:13 UTC
waterspout
© WLOX
Residents of Biloxi spotted a water spout in the Mississippi Sound Saturday just after 2:30 p.m. The spout was sighted south of the Beau Rivage.

This is not a tornado, but residents should stay away from the area, if possible, and take caution.

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Windsock

At least two dead after devastating 100+ km/h winds blast Ontario and Quebec


The Weather Network
Sat, 05 May 2018 22:07 UTC
Canada windstorm
© Noah Ditkofsky
Half of the country's population was left reeling on Friday as wind gusts in excess of 100 km/h blasted through southern Ontario and southern Quebec, carving a path of destruction along the entirety of the 401 corridor, and leaving at least two dead.

The winds intensified through the afternoon hours, as a rapidly-deepening low pressure system raced into the region, allowing winds from higher than usual in the atmosphere to work their way down to the surface. Known as a 'sting jet' because of the appearance of the associated cloud shape visible on satellite - it looks like a scorpion's tail - these winds are some of the strongest we ever see with storms across North America, aside from those in tornadoes and hurricanes. And they certainly lived up to their stinging moniker on Friday.

At least two fatalities have been reported in the wake of the storm. One person was killed and another hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a tree fell on two tree removal contractors at 20 Side Road and Fourth Line in the Milton/Halton Hills area.

"One suffered catastrophic injuries at the scene, and was pronounced there," Halton Police Staff Sgt. Jeff Foster told The Weather Network. "The second has been transported to Hamilton General Hospital with life-threatening injuries after the fire department extricated him from the tree that was pinning them down."


Comment: Last month another powerful windstorm left thousands without power in Ontario.

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Bizarro Earth

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Are Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes related to cosmic ray increases?


Adapt 2030
Sat, 05 May 2018 16:08 UTC
Hawaii lava explosion
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
With the strongest quake and volcanic eruption in on Hawaii Island, you need to ask yourself it is correlated to solar activity or has something to do with the intensifying grand solar minimum. A 6.9 earthquake and explosive eruption at the Pu O'o vent is rare, but looking at the intensity ramp up of the magnetic wave cancelling on our Sun, well the we get into some interesting similarities. I provide a timeline for the grand solar minimum intensification and incredible images of the lava events on the island.


Comment: Cosmic rays found to be a trigger for explosive volcanic eruptions. Another factor to consider is the slowdown in Earth's rotation:

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