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Fish

Thousands of fish washing up on river bank in Guilford, Connecticut

Dead fish
Dead fish
For folks who come to the West River it was a shocking scene. Dead fish on both banks.

There is still menhaden or bunker fish in the river but last week there were a whole lot more.

Thousands and thousands were seen in New Haven's Long Wharf and they were also seen on the West River in Guilford. That's where Maria Paine noticed them last week.

"The river at high tide was... looked like to was boiling water there were so many fish," says the Guilford resident.

Paine was among many to send in pictures of what she saw once the tide receded through News8's report it feature.

"You know it just looked like litter for a second," says Paine. "I was like why is there all this white debris all over the place. That's what caught my eye."

Sheeple

Signs and Portents: Mutant lamb born with 6 feet in China

Bizarre footage of the animal, born in China, shows it standing in a pen as a man and woman inspect its deformity.
Bizarre footage of the animal, born in China, shows it standing in a pen as a man and woman inspect its deformity.
This young sheep may not have an easy time of it in the playground.

The unfortunate newborn is remarkably different from its peers as it has six feet.

Bizarre footage of the animal, born in China, shows it standing in a pen as a man and woman inspect its deformity.

Rather than one foot attached to its front left leg it has three.

The extra hooves seem to be almost twisted around the main leg and can be lifted separately to the first foot, as the man demonstrates.


Windsock

Downburst filmed near Genoa, Italy

downburst near Genoa
© YouTube/Michele Frassinetti (screen capture)
Downburst filmed between Quinto and Nervi near Genoa, Italy on 14th October 2016.


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Rare tornado hits Oregon as Pacific Northwest braces for more extreme weather

Oregon tornado damage
© Tillamook Headlight-HeraldDamage to Manzanita Cones & Coffee from a tornado that touched down in Manzanita, Oregon, on Friday morning.
A small coastal town in Oregon was clobbered on Friday by a rare tornado that ripped roofs from buildings, toppled trees and tore down power lines as the first of two storm systems forecast this weekend unleashed high winds and heavy rain across the Pacific Northwest.

The twister left most of Manzanita, a community of some 600 permanent residents in the northwest corner of Oregon, without electricity and more than two dozen homes uninhabitable, though no injuries were reported, City Manager Jerry Taylor said.

The tornado was spawned by a major Pacific storm sweeping coastal portions of Oregon and Washington state even as the region braced for harsher weather forecast by the National Weather Service from remnants of a typhoon expected to arrive on Saturday.

High winds, gusting to gale-force speeds, were reported by the weather service across the Puget Sound area of Washington with more than 100 lightning strikes recorded over coastal waters in a single hour at one point.

The weather service said about 20,000 Seattle-area homes and businesses were without electricity on Friday morning.

Beginning as a waterspout first spotted just offshore, the Manzanita tornado raked a half-mile long path of destruction through commercial and residential sections of town just after 8 a.m. local time, much of it along the community's main street.


Comment: The National Weather Service in Portland later rated the twister an EF2. A second tornado was spotted in Oceanside.

The funnel is only the second tornado to hit the state this year, said weather.com senior meteorologist Jonathan Erdman, the only other touching down on June 8 in Wheeler County. Previously there had been only 4 tornadoes on record since 1950 in Tillamook County, Erdman said. The last occurred on Sep. 18, 1997.


Question

Unusual animal behaviour: Dolphins gang up to kill porpoises in Newlyn Harbour, UK

These stunning pictures show a porpoise being killed as it is tossed into the air - by dolphins
These stunning pictures show a porpoise being killed as it is tossed into the air - by dolphins
These stunning pictures show a porpoise being killed as it is tossed into the air - by dolphins.

Stunned rowers came across the scene while out on the water for a social Sunday exercise and initially thought they had witnessed a dolphin giving birth.

But after posting their pictures on Facebook, experts said it was bottlenose dolphins attacking a harbour porpoise just off Newlyn Harbour in Cornwall.

And in the images, they later realised that the bottlenose dolphins can be seen pulling the porpoise before throwing it up in the air.

Stunned rowers came across the scene while out on the water for a social Sunday exercise and initially thought they had witnessed a dolphin giving birth
Stunned rowers came across the scene while out on the water for a social Sunday exercise and initially thought they had witnessed a dolphin giving birth
But after posting their pictures on Facebook, experts said it was bottlenose dolphins attacking a harbour porpoise just off Newlyn Harbour in Cornwall
But after posting their pictures on Facebook, experts said it was bottlenose dolphins attacking a harbour porpoise just off Newlyn Harbour in Cornwall
Its carcass was eventually retrieved from the water for a post mortem.

Sue Nevis, chairman of Pendeen Pilot Gig, described how there was a lot of blood in the water when they came across the sight.

Comment: See also: Rise of the killer dolphins: 'Alarming' rise in fatal attacks on porpoises leaves experts puzzled in Wales


Attention

Revenge attack: Wounded black bear mauls hunter who thought it had been shot dead

The bear attacks the man after he runs over to inspect it when it falls from a tree after being shot
The bear attacks the man after he runs over to inspect it when it falls from a tree after being shot
It's best not to approach a wounded bear unless it's definitely dead.

One hunter learnt this lesson the hard way after he approached a black bear he and his friends were tracking down - only to be attacked by the beast.

The terrifying footage first shows a bearded man in khaki with a gun standing at the top of a steep slope in a forest in America.

A large bear can be seen lying in the branch of a tall tree a little way off while hunting dogs bark excitedly.

The man filming stands behind the man, while a third hunter stands at the bottom of the slope ready to get the bear when it falls.

Shots are fired and the bear leaps up and can be seen scrabbling around in the tree top before it is shot again.


Eye 2

Roadway invaded by hundreds of snakes in Sarasota, Florida

Snake on a road
Snake on a road
Upon hearing that hundreds of snakes invaded a Florida roadway, many would assume the chatter pertains to a movie plot, but they would be incorrect.

That exact thing happened in Sarasota on Tuesday morning.

According to a Facebook post by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, droves of banded watersnakes showed up on Palmer Boulevard in the hours before sunrise.

The reptiles covered both the east and west bound lanes, perhaps looking to take advantage of the warmth the black pavement provides.


Bizarro Earth

Drones capture devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in North Carolina

hurricane matthew flooding
© Nicole Craine / ReutersFlooding waters of the Tar River cover the Riverwalk Apartments due to rainfall caused from Hurricane Matthew in Greenville, North Carolina, U.S., October 11, 2016
Historic flooding is creating life-threatening conditions in North Carolina, days after Hurricane Matthew inundated the state with more than a foot and a half of rain. Entire towns remain underwater, and swollen rivers still haven't crested.

The death toll in the Tar Heel State has plateaued at 20, while only 46,000 customers remain without power, down from a high of 900,000, Governor Pat McCrory said Thursday. Nearly 3,400 people remain in shelters, though mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for several parts of the state.

"It's almost like a surreal environment because since Monday we have had Carolina-blue skies," McCrory said. "While we are having beautiful days, people are suffering."

"I have been to those shelters, and it's tough," he said. "How will we get at least temporary housing for thousands of people? There is no easy solution."

Despite the sunshine, dangers from the flooding remain.


Question

Loud boom heard over several blocks in northern Kentucky

Map of boom in Edgewood
© WKRC
Police say they still aren't sure what caused a loud boom in Kenton County Wednesday night.

Dispatchers began receiving calls around 9:20 p.m. for reports of a "sonic boom" in the Edgewood area.

It was heard over an area of several blocks in the vicinity of Turkeyfoot Road near St. Elizabeth Hospital.

Police investigated but could not find the source of the noise.

Wolf

Baby killed and child seriously injured by dog in Colchester, UK; second such incident for the area in 2 months

Dog attack
A baby boy has died and another child is seriously injured after a dog attack in Colchester, Essex.

The dog attacked three people including the two young boys. The surviving child was left with "life-changing injuries", Essex Police said.

Officers were called to the junction of Tara Close and Harwich Road at 15:10 BST on Thursday following reports someone had been bitten by a dog.

Police said the animal involved had been "recovered".

A woman was also taken to hospital with minor injuries after being bitten.

Comment: See also this report of a similar incident in the same county just 2 months ago: Boy aged 3 dies following dog attack in Essex, UK