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Ice Cube

Look at how much ice remains over Hudson Bay!

Robert Felix
iceagenow.info
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:01 UTC
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A picture is worth a thousand words.

That looks like enough ice to cover all of the state of Illinois.

Not sure I'd want to go kayaking there quite yet.

Thanks to J Philip Peterson for this link
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Wolf

Woman killed by pack of dogs in Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Melissa Hawkes
newson6.com
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:21 UTC
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A woman was attacked and killed by a pack of dogs in the town of Red Bird.
Neighbors in the small town of Red Bird were stunned to hear a woman was violently attacked by a pack of dogs, just feet away from their homes.

Friday afternoon, deputies said 68-year-old Carolyn Sue Lamp of Coweta was killed when three dogs attacked her in the Wagoner County town, just southeast of Coweta.

A neighbor saw the attack and tried to save her by running off the dogs and getting her water, but sadly it wasn't enough to save her.

Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert said Lamp parked her car and was walking down Main Street in Red Bird, collecting cans from a ditch when the three dogs came running up to her.

"It's a tragedy this had to happen on a terrible hot day, this lady is out walking trying to make some extra money and gets mauled by a pack of dogs," he said.

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Attention

Tens of thousands of black sea hares found on Treasure Coast, Florida

Michael Allen
tcpalm.com
Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:50 UTC
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© Laurie Blandford/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERSHundreds of sea hares were found on Waveland Beach in St. Lucie County.
Beach goers noticed hundreds of black sea creatures washed ashore Thursday at Waveland Beach.

Those creatures spotted along beaches in Martin and St. Lucie counties the past several days are, according to experts, black sea hares — and they pose no threat at all to beach goers.

"Think of them as a snail without any shell," said Zack Jud, Ph.D., director of education at the Florida Oceanographic Society. "They are absolutely harmless."

Jud said the sea hares are a part of the mollusk family and grow up to 15 inches long. Cold water upwelling is likely pushing them closer to shore.

"The water is getting so cold that they're not swimming very well," Jud said.

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Attention

Decomposed body of whale found on Ullala beach, India


seeandsaynews.in
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:26 UTC
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Dead whale
A giant dead whale was found at Mogaveerapatna sea shore on Friday morning July 24.

The 15 feet body of the fish was in completely decomposes state. As the stray dogs started barking, Praveen Kotian a local resident and member of life guards association reached the place and found the dead whale.

He then informed the matter to the police and Ullala purasabha members. Police and purasabha officers rushed to the spot and a huge crowd of enthusiast people gathered at the spot.
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Info

Diver killed in shark attack in Tasmania


ITAR-TASS
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:26 UTC
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© wikimedia.org
A diver has died in the shark attack Saturday near Maria Island 8 kilometers to the east of Tasmania's coast.

This is the first case of a deadly shark attack in Tasmania over last 17 years.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 7 people in Mexico


ITAR-TASS
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:19 UTC
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© ITAR-TASS/Vladimir Sayapin
Three women and four children have been killed by lightning during a heavy storm near Guanajuato in central Mexico, local authorities said on Saturday.

All people were members of one family. Two other persons were injured in the lightning strike, but doctors say their condition is stable and their lives are not in danger.

The three unidentified women, aged 19, 32 and 44, were killed in the electrical storm near the town of Mesa Cuata, Guanajuato state in the mountainous Sierra Gordon region as they worked in a field.

The children, who have not been named, were aged three, five, nine and 14 years old.

A 26-year-old woman and another child were also injured when the storm struck, but the state's Department of Public Safety confirmed that their lives were not in danger.

In a separate incident a 51-year-old man was killed by a lightning strike earlier on Friday while he was shepherding animals in the Ocampo municipality.

Additional reporting by Associated Press
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Attention

Dead Pygmy sperm whale found on Maui shores, Hawaii

Melanie Yamaguchi
hawaiinewsnow.com
Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:18 UTC
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© Peg Alm via Ocean Defender HawaiiDead pygmy sperm whale
An adult pygmy sperm whale was found dead Wednesday morning on the shores of on Maui.

According to David Schofield of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA's Marine Mammal Response Network responded to reports of the beached whale at around 6:30 a.m. By the time crews arrived, the 985-pound whale was confirmed dead.

A Hawaiian cultural practitioner was called to perform a blessing over the whale, Schofield said, before crews transported the carcass to Oahu via Aloha Air Cargo, where it was then taken to Hawaii Pacific University.

At approximately 10:30 p.m. that night, a necropsy was performed and officials determined the animal appeared healthy, meaning there were no clear signs of disease. However, there was a fracture near the whale's jaw area.
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Bug

Rampant locust swarms appear across Inner Mongolia

Guo Jing
english.cri.cn
Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:11 UTC
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© CFPLocusts are seen on grassland in Chifeng, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, July 22, 2015. An area of approximately 27,200 hectares in Chifeng’s Baarin Left Banner is under attack, with an average concentration of 42 locusts per square meter. In some areas, the density rises to 123. Both chemical and biological means are being used to fight the locusts.
Local governments across Inner Mongolia are taking steps to try to battle a massive locust infestation said to be taking over large parts of the region.

Both chemical and biological means are being used to fight the locusts.

Around 200-thousand hectares of farmland has come under attack since Friday.

Bateer, a local grassland management official in the city of Chifeng, says this is something they have to cope with on an annual basis.
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Cloud Precipitation

Floods wreaking havoc across China

Kirstie McCrum
Daily Mirror, UK
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:40 UTC
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© SplashBike ride: Alternative transport methods thrive where cars fear to drive
The downpours hitting the country this week have caused chaos, and the economic costs are still going up for many

China has been beaten by unbelievable rainstorms for the last three days - and these flood images show the shocking aftermath of all of that precipitation.

But although there has been destruction and shocking downpours, these images show that people are, for the most part, getting in with real life in the best way they can.

The continuous rainstorms have affected 360,700 people in 14 counties, districts and cities in central China's Hubei province since Wednesday, the provincial civil affairs department said.

In Wuhan, capital of Hubei, more than 10cm fell on Thursday, while outside of the city, as about 36,950 hectares of cropland had been damaged and 145 houses had collapsed.

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© SplashStep by step: People wading through the heavy rain in Wuhan city
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Cloud Lightning

6 killed by floods in South China


youtube.com
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:22 UTC
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© Xinhua/Jiang KehongPhoto taken on July 23, 2015 shows a footbridge full of garbage after flood in Liancheng County, southeast China's Fujian Province. A heavy rain hit Liancheng County on Wednesday early morning. Up to 9 p.m. Wednesday, four people were killed and five people went missing.
Rainstorms continued to wreak havoc in China Thursday, leaving six people dead and four others missing after rain-triggered floods in the eastern Fujian Province.

Continuous downpours that started on Sunday battered the western and central parts of Fujian, affecting 420,000 people and forcing more than 171,000 to evacuate.


Source: New China TV
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