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Another dead whale found along Aquidneck Island's coastline in Rhode Island

Ryan Belmore
whatsupnewp.com
Tue, 24 May 2016 20:11 UTC
Dead whale
© Jessica Pohl
Visitors to Ocean Loop at Sachuest on Tuesday morning discovered a small dead whale had washed ashore.

This is the second whale to wash ashore on the coast of Aquidneck Island in the last two months, in April a dead humpback whale washed ashore Hazard's Beach in Newport. There have also been reports of whales washing up on the shore of Long Island, Block Island and Cape Cod in recent weeks.

Folks on scene this morning at Sachuest believed the dead whale to be a small Minke Whale.

According to the American Cetacean Society, the minke whales is the smallest member of the rorqual family of whales (those whales with baleen, a dorsal fin, and throat pleats). Adult males average about 8 m (26 feet) with a maximum length of 9.4 m (31 feet), while adult females average 8.2 m (27 feet) with a maximum length of 10.2 m (33 feet). Both males and females weigh about 10 tons. Both sexes are slightly larger in the southern hemisphere.

Comment: Recent reports (last 2 months) from this part of the world: Rare Right whale calf found dead off Chatham, Massachusetts

Dead 7-ton minke whale found on beach in Biddeford, Maine

Dead Humpback whale washes up on Duxbury Beach, Massachusetts

Dead humpback whale washes up on beach in Newport, Rhode Island

Dead humpback whale washes up on Block Island, Rhode Island

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Dead whale washed ashore in Shelter Cove, California

John Ross Ferrara
Lost Coast Outpost
Mon, 23 May 2016 19:54 UTC
Dead whale
© Philip W. Young
A big dead whale washed up on Black Sands Beach in Shelter Cove on Sunday.

Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District General Manager Philip Young told the Outpost via email that some people reported seeing the whale being attacked by sharks before it washed ashore.

"There are some reports that it was still alive when it washed ashore, others said it was attacked by sharks while in the water," Young said. "The photos will reveal very few bite marks, and certainly none that are fatal, nor persistent bites on its pectorals and tail. Photos of the head reveal marks which could be 'ulcers or body sores,' an indication it might have been sick. Lastly, the vertebrae towards the tail as pronounced, indicating it might have been malnourished. It's body is already starting to bloat from internal decay."
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Fire

More than 15,000 hectares of forest burnt in Russia over past 24 hours


TASS
Tue, 24 May 2016 19:37 UTC
Wildfire
© Zorikto Dagbayev/TASS
Wildfires have consumed some 24,500 hectares in the last 24 hours across Russia, destroying more than 15,000 hectares of forest, the aerial forest protection service Avialesookhrana said on Tuesday.

Firefighters have managed to extinguish 131 wildfires on the total area of 13,300 hectares. The effort involved almost 5,500 people as well as 838 pieces of equipment and 26 aircraft.

As of Tuesday, some 128 wildfires engulfed the area of more than 77,000 hectares in Russia. The wildfires are raging in the Amur Region in the Far East, the Republic of Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Territory in East Siberia. The fire hazardous situation has been registered in 81 Russian regions.

The wildfire area in the Trans-Baikal Territory has grown to 22,400 hectares over the past 24 hours, the region's forestry service said. Some 742 people are battling the fires in the region, including paratroopers. A state of emergency has been declared in the local forests.
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Arrow Down

Landslides kill at least 20 in Taiz, Yemen

Ali Aweida
Turkish Weekly
Tue, 24 May 2016 18:34 UTC
Landslide
Landslides in Yemen's mountainous southwestern Taiz province have killed at least 20 people, the country's SABA news agency (currently run by the Shia Houthi group) reported on Monday.

The landslides, which were triggered by heavy rainfall, also reportedly left dozens injured.

Rescue workers have so far failed to reach the affected area due to rough terrain, prompting fears that the death toll may rise further.

Different parts of Yemen have been pounded by heavy rainfall over the last week, claiming a number of lives and causing an indeterminate number of injuries.
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Cloud Lightning

4 killed and 3 injured by lightning strikes in Bihar, India


Business Standard
Tue, 24 May 2016 18:13 UTC
Lightning strike
Four persons were killed while three others injured when lightning struck them at different parts of Bhagalpur district today.

Kahalgaon Sub-Divisional Officer Arunabh Chandra Verma said the victims were working in their farm and orchards in different police station areas of the district this morning when they were struck by thunder bolt as the district was lashed by a squall.

The deceased have been identified as Ajit Uraon (10) of Malkhanpur village under Shivnarayanpur police station area, Munna Modi (38) and Barun Modi (40) of Khanpur village under Pirpainty police station area and Mohammad Shamsher Khan (28) of Ukgara village under Budhuchak police station area of the district.

The four injured were Surya Uraon (13), Rohit Uraon (12) and Manisha Kumari (13), all residents of Malkhanpur village, the SDO said adding that they were being treated at a private clinic while the bodies have been sent to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur for post-mortem.

Verma said that each of the family of the deceased would get Rs 4 lakh as compensation from Disaster Management Fund.

Source: Press Trust of India
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 2 men riding on a motorbike in the Philippines

Edwin O. Fernandez
Inquirer.net
Tue, 24 May 2016 17:57 UTC
Lightning strike
Two workers of a multinational firm in Surallah, South Cotabato were killed when they were struck by lightning on Sunday.

Chief Inspector Joel Fuerte, Surallah town police chief, identified the victims as Danny Danao, 23 of Barangay (village) Kusan, Banga town and Nestor Feller, 38, of Barangay Dajay, Surallah town, both in South Cotabato.

Both were workers of Sumifru Corporation, a banana production firm operating in South Cotabato.

The two were heading home from the day's work at 6:30 p.m. and appeared to have braved the rain and a thunderstorm.

Citing investigation report, Fuerte said the two were riding on a motorbike when lightning struck them.
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Cloud Precipitation

Vicious hailstorm pounds parts of Pennsylvania


cbs12.com
Mon, 23 May 2016 16:04 UTC
York County Pennsylvania resident Emily Saare said her street was hammered by cherry-sized hail.
© Emily SaareYork County Pennsylvania resident Emily Saare said her street was hammered by cherry-sized hail.
It's May. Right?

I only ask because Red Lion, Pennsylvania looks like it's reliving a nightmarish winter right about now.

"Holy hail storm!! It's like a river down Main Street!!" said on Facebook, where she posted three photos of the aftermath.

Holy hail storm!! It's like a river down Main Street!
© Em SaareHoly hail storm!! It's like a river down Main Street!
"It got dark like a thunderstorm, and then it started hailing like crazy. It probably started around 3 [p.m.], and probably lasted for 20-30 mins.," Saare said. "Cars were all pulling over because they all couldn't see. Wind was wicked. Cherry size hail balls."

Hailstones
© Emily Saare

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Cloud Grey

Coolest May temperatures since 1882 recorded for Washington DC; record number of rainy days

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 23 May 2016 15:26 UTC
Rain in Washington DC
Washington Post tries to explain it away.

So far this May, Washington, D.C. has had "the coolest high temperatures since 1882," admits the Washington Post.

"This May's afternoon highs are running an incredible 15 degrees cooler than last May's," says the article. "And they still haven't hit 80 degrees."

This May's average high temperature is just 66 degrees (18.9 C), the second coldest on record month-to-date.

Month-to-date, the only cooler year on record is 1882, which boasted an average high of 65.5 degrees.

All 22 days have had highs below 80. The only other year not to have an 80-degree day this deep into May came in 1935.

And there's more!
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Attention

Sharks attack 2 people off Florida coast

Melissa Chan
Time
Mon, 23 May 2016 14:55 UTC
Shark
© Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
The second incident took place 200 miles from the first

Sharks attacked two people, including an 11-year-old girl, in separate locations in Florida over the weekend.

The girl had been swimming in waist-deep water at Huguenot Memorial Park in Jacksonville on Saturday when a shark bit her back, arm and hand, her family told Action News Jax. The young victim, whose identity was not released, needed stitches on her hand and fingers and is expected to undergo surgery this week, according to the news outlet.

On Sunday, a 57-year-old woman named Mary Marcus was bitten in the leg by a shark in Vero Beach, which is about 200 miles south of the first attack, according to the Associated Press. She was able to swim back to shore and was taken to the hospital, where she will undergo surgery, ABC News reports.

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Ice Cube

Strong hailstorms wallop Czech Republic


Strange Sounds
Mon, 23 May 2016 14:07 UTC
Hailstorm Czech Republic
© VK.com
Insane thunderstorms packed with strong anomalous hailstorms swept across the Czech Republic on May 23, 2016. A hail attack that wil continue for the next few days, say meteorologists.

It looks like snow, but it's hail...

Severe thunderstorms accompanied by strong hailstorms and gusty winds paralyzed central Bohemia and the Highlands on Monday 23, 2016 resulting in ice flooding, making villages unreachable and destroying cars.

Hail damage
© VK.com
Weather complicated the traffic at the airport Vaclav Havel, where aircrafts could not land.

In some places hail formed a continuous layer of several centimeters. In some villages, snow plows were even used to take away the snow... Sorry hail.
Hail accumulation
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Comment: Extreme anomalous hailstorm hits Apulia, Italy

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