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Two shepherds killed in bear attack in Madhya Pradesh, India


Press Trust of India
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:51 UTC
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A bear killed two shepherds in a forest in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, a police officer said on Tuesday.

The official said the incident took place in the forest of Jamgadi and Khanua villages under the Sarai police station area, about 60km from the district headquarters, on Monday.

Sarai police station in-charge Jitendra Singh Bhadoria said two shepherds, Ganesh Prasad Vaishya (40) and Hira Shah (41), had gone to graze goats and other cattle when they were attacked by a bear. Both died in the attack by the wild animal.
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Shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

Berk Kutay Gökmen
Anadolu Agency
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:38 UTC
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No immediate reports of casualties or damage to infrastructure

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake jolted Papua New Guinea's New Ireland region on Tuesday, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences.

With a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), the quake struck the Pacific nation at 1659GMT.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to infrastructure.
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Massive eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, Indonesia


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Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:58 UTC
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Massive eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, Indonesia (16.09.2025)


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Landslides in Malaysia's Sabah cut power to almost 250,000 people, at least 13 dead (UPDATE)

Joseph Sipalan
South China Morning Post
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:45 UTC
Volunteers deliver food and water to stranded Penampang residents after landslides and heavy rain cut off roads.
Volunteers deliver food and water to stranded Penampang residents after landslides and heavy rain cut off roads.
Nearly a quarter of a million people were left without electricity over the weekend in Malaysia's Sabah state after torrential rain triggered landslides that killed at least one person and took out a transmission tower that cut power across a large area.

Footage shared widely on social media showed the tower leaning precariously after it was hit by a landslide in the district of Penampang on the state's west coast on Saturday evening.

The incident cut power supply to six districts in Sabah's east coast, including the town of Sandakan, over 300km (186 miles) away.

State power company Sabah Electricity said power had been gradually restored in some parts of the affected areas on Sunday, but other parts of the state on Malaysia in northern Borneo remained without energy on Monday.

Malaysia has been struggling to deal with extreme weather events in recent years, as the climate crisis worsens droughts and rains, decimating crops and damaging homes and public infrastructure.


Comment: Bernama reports:
Landslide tragedy claims seven lives in Kolombong, Sabah

The final two victims of a deadly landslide in Kampung Cenderakasih, Kolombong, were found this afternoon, bringing the death toll to seven, including four children.

The landslide, which struck around 9.15am today, buried a house and killed seven people.

Kota Kinabalu police chief Assistant Commissioner Kasim Muda said the final two victims, a 24-year-old woman and her nine-year-old child, were located in the afternoon, following an earlier report by the Sabah Fire and Rescue Department that five bodies had been recovered.

The victims comprised three boys and one girl, aged between two and nine, along with two women and one man aged between 25 and 50.
Update September 16

News.az reports:
At least 13 people, among them seven children, have lost their lives in a series of landslides across Sabah, Malaysia, as relentless heavy rains lash the state's western coast.

The devastating storms are the deadliest to strike the region in nearly three decades, leaving communities reeling and emergency services struggling to respond, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.

Nearly 90 incidents of landslides, flash flooding and road collapses have been reported over the past week, according to state authorities, as residents brace for worse to come after the Malaysian Meteorological Department issued a fresh storm warning on Tuesday.

The death toll is the highest from a single weather event in Sabah since the 1996 floods that killed over 200 people and swept away dozens of houses along the riverbanks in the state's Keningau district, when tropical storm Greg struck.


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Arkansas bear attack may be the state's first since before the Civil War - Elderly man subsequently dies (UPDATE)

Daniel Grear
Arkansas Times
Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:37 UTC
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On Wednesday afternoon, a black bear attacked a man in Franklin County. The victim, a 72-year-old named Vernon Patton, is in stable condition at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, according to Keith Stephens, the chief of communications for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Patton was reportedly working outside in the Mulberry Mountain area when the incident occurred. The bear was "in the process of attacking him" when Patton's son showed up to check on him and started throwing rocks at it, Stephens said.

"It actually kind of charged at [Patton's son] one time" before running away, Stephens said.

By the time Game and Fish officers arrived at the scene, Patton had been airlifted to Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, where he underwent surgery before being relocated to UAMS, Stephens said.

"It was a pretty severe attack," Stephens said. "It attacked him on his face, his arms, his upper body."

The bear, which Stephens identified as a "yearling male" weighing "about 70 pounds," remained close by.

Comment: Update September 15

USA TODAY reports:
A 72-year-old man attacked by a bear in northwest Arkansas earlier this month died over the weekend, officials said on Monday, Sept. 15.

Keith Stephens, spokesperson for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), told USA TODAY that Vernon Pattan, who had been in hospice care after he was attacked, died on Sunday, Sept. 14.

Patton of Ozark was critically injured in the bear attack while he was on a tractor on Sept. 3, in rural Franklin County.

The mauling marked the first known bear attack in Arkansas in a quarter century, according to Stephens.


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Best of the Web: Major solar storm: Northern lights visible in northern US, power and communication at risk

Advaita Suresh
The Economic Times
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:31 UTC
Northern lights were visible in Colorado on Sunday night
Northern lights were visible in Colorado on Sunday night
Earth is currently undergoing multiple solar storms that potentially have the capability to interrupt power grids, satellite communications, and internet connectivity. These storms happen when bursts of plasma emerge from the Sun's outer layer, temporarily disturbing the planet's magnetic field. According to Daily Mail, the recent geomagnetic activity started with a G3 storm late Sunday evening, followed by a G2 event on Monday. While G1 and G2 storms generally produce minor disturbances, G3 storms are stronger and can trigger significant fluctuations in power systems, temporary radio outages, and intermittent satellite interruptions.

Impacts on Technology and Infrastructure

One of the most major impacts has been found with Starlink satellites, the internet service operated by Elon Musk. The company reported over 50,000 complaints from subscribers across different states such as California, Missouri, and New York. The largest solar burst on Sunday caused a total internet outage impacting almost 40 percent of Starlink users, as cited by Daily Mail.

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Rare September tornado outbreak slams North Dakota

Jesse Ferrell
AccuWeather
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:04 UTC
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There were more tornado reports yesterday in North Dakota than there have been in Septembers over the last 30 years.

More tornadoes touched down in North Dakota on Sunday than the state had seen in any September over the past three decades, combined. The outbreak began near Mobridge, South Dakota, where storms flipped an SUV towing a trailer and knocked down power lines. From there, the system tracked north into North Dakota, passing east of Bismarck and Minot, with many of the twisters documented by storm chasers.

A total of 20 tornado reports were received by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center in the Dakotas, with 18 in North Dakota. Since 1995, only 15 tornadoes had been reported in the month of September in the state, which typically has the most tornadoes in June.

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Significant 6.0 quake hits near Kamchatka, Russia


Volcano Discovery
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:43 UTC
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred early morning on Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, at 3:34 am local time near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, as reported by the United States Geological Survey.

According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 24.47 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.

Our monitoring service identified a second report from The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) which listed the quake at magnitude 6.0 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 6.0, Geoscience Australia (GeoAu) at magnitude 6.0, Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) at magnitude 6.0, France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.7, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 6.0, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 6.0.
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Landslide after days of continuous rain kills 6 in Agusan del Sur, Philippines

Chris V. Panganiban
mindanews.com
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:06 UTC
A bridge in the remote Mahayahay village in San Luis, Agusan del Sur is nearly covered by debris in this photo from a netizen’s Facebook post.
A bridge in the remote Mahayahay village in San Luis, Agusan del Sur is nearly covered by debris in this photo from a netizen’s Facebook post.
Rescuers have recovered two bodies after a landslide buried six people near a girder bridge at Kilometer 31 in the remote village of Mahayahay, San Luis town on Sunday evening, September 14.

Barangay chairperson Sergio Manlomate told radio reporter Ranelo "Boy" Abad of government-run DXGP 89.7 FM that the landslide was triggered after a driver of a "Saddam" truck tried to pull out a fallen tree blocking the road to the bridge, inadvertently loosening massive rocks and mud from the mountainside.

A "Saddam" truck is a colloquial term for an old 6 x 6 military truck used to carry workers of logging companies that operated in the 1980s in the hinterlands of San Luis.

A joint retrieval team composed of local police, Army soldiers, and personnel from the Municipal isaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) recovered the remains of a boy identified as John Paul Abunda, and Junard Gonzales, a truck driver.

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Watch: Soda truck falls into sinkhole in Mexico City


BBC
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:05 UTC
Drone view of truck collapsing into sinkhole.
© ReutersDrone view of truck collapsing into sinkhole.
A large truck carrying bottles of soda fell into a sinkhole in Mexico City.

Authorities had cordoned off the site before the truck sank rear-first further into the sinkhole.

Initial reports suggested that a collapsed drainage system has caused the sinkhole, according to the mayor of Iztapalapa - Mexico City's most populous borough.

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