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VIDEO: Bear goes on rampage in Japan, injuring four people


Gulf Today
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:18 UTC
A videograb shows a bear running after a person on the premises of Fukushima Steel Works in Japan.
A videograb shows a bear running after a person on the premises of Fukushima Steel Works in Japan.
A bear attack left four people injured in two factories and a residential area in northern Japan's Fukushima on Tuesday, police and media reports said.

A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year, and there has been a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation.

"A bear-related human injury incident... occurred in Fukushima City, injuring four people," the prefectural police said in a statement.

The bear was first spotted in a car parts factory, prompting an emergency call explaining that "employees had been bitten", the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported citing police and fire department officials.

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Attention

Record sargassum seaweed swamps Caribbean, US beaches

Jesse Ferrell
AccuWeather
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:48 UTC
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Record amounts of sargassum seaweed are slowly moving west and north across the Atlantic Ocean, piling up on the shores of the Caribbean and United States.

Sargassum is a kind of seaweed, which is a type of algae. Sargassum never touches the seafloor until it dies. The algae tends to float in islandlike chunks and serves as breeding grounds for fish, turtles, birds and other animals.

Where is the seaweed now, and where will it go?

At the end of May, the largest concentration of the 28.9 million metric tons of sargassum was in the Atlantic east of the Leeward Islands, according to the latest sargassum outlook from the University of South Florida. Amounts in the Gulf, Caribbean, and East Atlantic set records for the month of May, while the West Atlantic and total Atlantic numbers were below records.

The USF Optical Oceanography Laboratory began tracking seaweed bloom conditions in 2011.

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Snowflake Cold

Best of the Web: Russia starts June cold, from Krasnodar to the Siberian Belt

Cap Allon
Electroverse.substack.com
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:52 UTC
Summer hasn't started for everyone: where in Russia will frosts reach -5 and sleet fall?
© Legion-MediaSummer hasn't started for everyone: where in Russia will frosts reach -5 and sleet fall?
Russia, broadly, has opened June cold.

In the south, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, on the Sea of Azov, set a new daily minimum record on June 2. The temperature fell to 10.3C (50.5F), beating the previous June 2 record of 11.1C (52F), set in 1951.

It followed a sharp late-May chill across Krasnodar Krai.

On May 31, record lows were reported in Sochi, Tuapse, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Krasnaya Polyana. Sochi fell to 8.6C (47.5F), beating a mark from 1904. Tuapse dropped to 9.6C (49.3F), undercutting its 1956 record. Krasnaya Polyana fell to 3C (37.4F).

Russian reports blamed prolonged rain, heavy cloud and, crucially, an intrusion of Arctic air. Snow fell in the mountains. Heavy rain hit the coast. The cold carried into June and is threatening to break further records along Russia's southern edge.
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Cloud Precipitation

Large hailstones crash into the streets of Denver, Colorado


WION
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:45 UTC
Massive hailstones pound Denver in powerful storm
Massive hailstones pound Denver in powerful storm
A powerful storm system swept across northeastern Colorado, turning parts of Denver into a hail-covered disaster zone.

Residents reported golf ball-sized hailstones crashing down with intense force, damaging streets, vehicles, and rooftops.

The sudden severe weather event caught many off guard as skies darkened rapidly and the storm intensified.

Authorities are now assessing the extent of damage caused by one of the most violent hail events to hit the region in recent times.

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Volcano

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano begins 48th episode

Sean Noone
The Hill
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:38 UTC
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano experienced its latest eruption episode Monday.

On Monday, June 1, at 4:40 a.m., Episode 48 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at the summit of Kilauea began. The north vent is particularly active this episode, with occasional overflows from the south vent, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Around 6:30 a.m., officials observed fountaining over 500 to 650 feet above the north vent. The plume from this eruption is currently reaching 24,000 feet above sea level.

The National Weather Service said tephra, which is material that emerges from a volcano during an eruption, could be dispersed to the north based on the winds from the south at 10,000 to 20,000 feet above sea level.

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Seismograph

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off coast of southern Italy

Berk Kutay Gökmen
Anadolu Agency
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:11 UTC
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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Italy late Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The quake, recorded at a depth of 247 kilometers (153 miles), hit 38 kilometers (23 miles) away from Cosenza in the Calabria region.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage following the tremor.
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Tsunami

Historic storms, floods, and overwhelmed firefighters in Belgium


RTBF
Sun, 31 May 2026 12:50 UTC
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Beginning Saturday evening, violent thunderstorms swept across much of the country, bringing locally unusually heavy rainfall.

Several regions in the south of the country experienced significant downpours, including part of the night, leading to flooding.

The Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM) issued an orange alert at 5:00 PM for all Walloon provinces and Brussels.

The situation in some Walloon municipalities quickly became a nightmare for residents and motorists, as well as for firefighters who were sometimes overwhelmed.

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Snowflake

Late-season snowfall in Genhe, Inner Mongolia, China

Yuan Hui and Wang Songsong
China Daily
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:25 UTC
A snowfall blankets parts of Genhe, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Monday.
A snowfall blankets parts of Genhe, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Monday.
A snowfall blanketed parts of Genhe, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Monday, caused by a combination of a cold vortex from Siberia and the city's high latitude and altitude, local meteorological authorities said.

Video clips posted by residents in the early morning showed a white layer of snow on rooftops and roads in the city known as "China's Cold Pole".

According to the local meteorological bureau, the snowfall occurred in the northern towns of Jinhe, Mangui, and Alongshan in the early hours of Monday, with accumulations of 3 to 5 centimeters in some areas.

The snow had stopped around 10 am. With daytime temperatures rising to around 7 to 8 degrees Celsius, most of the snow melted.

Local authorities reminded farmers and herders that losses of crops and agricultural products covered by compensation policies should be reported immediately. Residents vulnerable to the cold were advised to wear a light jacket with a down coat.

Genhe, a county-level city under Hulunbuir, is one of China's northernmost cities, where winter lows can drop below minus 50 degrees Celsius.

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Snowflake

Over 6 inches of snow falls on Mount Washington, New Hampshire during the last weekend in May


WMUR-TV
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:18 UTC
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Mount Washington receives more than 6 inches of snow
While Monday marks the start of June, Mount Washington still looks and feels like winter after receiving more than six inches of snow over the weekend.

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Seismograph

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off coast of Valparaiso, Chile

Seyit Kurt
Anadolu Agency
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:46 UTC
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The earthquake occurred at 2134GMT and was centered around 33 kilometers (20 miles) northwest of the port city of Valparaiso, the USGS said.

The quake was recorded at a depth of 25 kilometers (15.5 miles).

There were no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage following the tremor.
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