The waterspout was caught on camera making its way across the 18-mile stretch of U.S. Route 1.
It dissipated after about five minutes
Earth Changes
Severe weather that passed through Key Largo around noon Friday produced a waterspout caught on camera.
The photo of the waterspout was taken by the folks at Extreme Nature on Instagram (@ExtremeNature).
The waterspout was caught on camera making its way across the 18-mile stretch of U.S. Route 1.
It dissipated after about five minutes
The waterspout was caught on camera making its way across the 18-mile stretch of U.S. Route 1.
It dissipated after about five minutes
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A section of Highcliff Rd had slipped away as the motorists made their way through the area
A section of Highcliff Rd had slipped away as the motorists made their way through the area
A claw hammer was used to smash a rear window and free the Milton prison officer from his Ford Falcon, which was one of two vehicles that rolled off Highcliff Rd and into a deep hole caused by a landslide on the Otago Peninsula on Wednesday night.
"I was coming home from work, it was raining still quite heavily and it was foggy. I know that road pretty well, I came around the corner and the next thing I was tipping over, I didn't know what the hell was going on."
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A morning delivery in Saskatoon didn’t go according to plan after a cement truck fell into a sinkhole.
A morning delivery in Saskatoon didn’t go according to plan after a cement truck fell into a sinkhole.
Derek Zary captured the moments afterwards on video.
Zary told Global News the fully loaded cement truck arrived around 8 a.m. Wednesday to make a delivery when it went through the sinkhole.
A crane had to be called in to lift the truck out of the hole - an operation that took three hours. Crews also had to deal with underground power lines, but power to the area did not have to be shut off.
Swainson's thrush on Skokholm
We had read that Swainson's Thrushes often select favoured perches to which they periodically return, and so it has turned out to be. Approximately every 40 minutes or so the bird has been returning to the same area of dappled sunlight and cleaning its bill on the branches. Although it has occasionally been pursued by the resident Blackbirds (which have just fledged their young in to exactly the same area), it has generally been unmolested by our local birds.
Given that the bird is showing predictable behaviour, is in an area where a group of birders can observe from a distance without disturbing the bird or Skokholm's fragile habitat and as there is something of a weather window tomorrow, we have decided to press ahead with a twitch.
Despite the clear skies prevalent tonight, the bird has found good feeding and must still be relatively light.
Fog bank
Watch a fog bank in action rolling in over the sea towards Grand Manan Island coastline.
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Most of the bodies were recovered when the ship was turned upright on Friday
Most of the bodies were recovered when the ship was turned upright on Friday
The death toll from the Chinese ferry disaster now stands at 396, the authorities say, as emergency workers search the vessel in the Yangtze River.
The ship, the Eastern Star, capsized in a storm on Monday and was turned upright in an operation on Friday.
Just 14 of the 456 passengers and crew are known to have survived. More than 40 are still missing.
The tragedy looks set to be China's worst shipping disaster in more than 60 years of Communist rule.
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The ship was held in place by cranes as it was turned over
The ship was held in place by cranes as it was turned over
Most of the bodies retrieved were inside the vessel. State TV says the focus of the recovery operation is the top and bottom decks of the ship.
By first light on Friday, the ship could be seen lying on its side with its name visible just above the water.
Officials said there had been no further signs of life inside the ship, Xinhua news agency reports.
Chinese President Xi Jinping promised a thorough investigation into the cause of the disaster, after angry relatives protested at the scene.
Authorities tightly controlled access to the site, leading family members and journalists to complain about a lack of information.
Comment: The investigation into this terrible tragedy continues, and police have detained the captain and chief engineer for questioning, but an initial probe found the ship was not overloaded and had enough life vests on board.
Survivors have said the ship capsized "incredibly fast" and "within a minute". The captain Zhang Shunwen, and chief engineer Yang Zhongquan both reportedly the vessel was caught in a 'freak storm' and one passenger described it as tilting at a "45-degree angle" before going down. This was backed up by meteorologists in China who confirmed that a "sudden, strong and violent" storm hit the area at the time of the incident.
However a local fisherman Feng Xianming, who saw the ship passing upstream, said that 'although the weather was bad, it was not a cyclone', and his riverside shack 'wouldn't have survived if there had been a cyclone'.
Pending further evidence, it seems that whatever did happen to the Eastern Star on Monday night, it was very intense and very localized.
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The chilly conditions forced the people Kashmir to wear more warm and woolen clothes. The plains, including Srinagar, were lashed by heavy rains.
The chilly conditions forced the people Kashmir to wear more warm and woolen clothes. The plains, including Srinagar, were lashed by heavy rains.
"The areas above the height of 3000 meters above sea level have received fresh snowfall," the MeT officials said here. "Fresh chilly conditions are result of the fresh snowfall."
The chilly conditions forced the people Kashmir to wear more warm and woolen clothes. The plains, including Srinagar, were lashed by heavy rains.
The Met officials said that Srinagar recorded 6.0mm of rainfall, Pahalgam 9.4mm, Kupwara 10.1mm, Qazigund 14.7mm, Kokernag 15.6mm and Jammu 0.2.
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Angel shark, Squatina squatina, once abundant has drastically declined and has been declared locally extinct in the North Sea and also from large areas of the northern Mediterranean Sea.
Angel shark, Squatina squatina, once abundant has drastically declined and has been declared locally extinct in the North Sea and also from large areas of the northern Mediterranean Sea.
Where fish population trends could be measured, nearly a third were found to be in decline by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which publishes the list. The IUCN found 7.5% of all the continent's marine species at risk of extinction - a number that jumps to 10% when 'near threatened' species are counted too.
The findings came on the same day as the World Bank warned of the economic costs of overfishing and the UN general assembly agreed on the need for a new treaty to protect marine life in the high seas.
"It is alarming that many commercially and ecologically important species continue to be at risk in Europe," said Simon Stuart, the chair of the IUCN's species survival commission. "We need to take urgent action to reduce target and incidental catches of threatened species, and to set and enforce fishing quotas based on scientific understanding of population declines."
The IUCN identified overfishing as the primary cause of the decline in marine biodiversity, followed closely by bycatches - accidental fish kills - coastal development, and pollution.
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The sinkhole is seen inside the building Thursday.
The sinkhole is seen inside the building Thursday.
Sanders discovered that a massive sinkhole - measuring an estimated 40 feet by 40 feet - had opened up inside the building at 550 S. Biesecker Road. The building, which houses Sanders' office, a maintenance shop and storage for parts, sits near South Biesecker Road.
Everyone inside the building evacuated safely and the fire department; and York Water Company and PennDOT were called, Sanders said. In addition, the building was cordoned off and South Biesecker Road was closed at its intersection with Route 30.
"There was water running," in the hole, Sanders said. "Is that what was causing it? We don't know, but we shut it off."
Comment: The chart below shows the clear rise in the number of sinkhole reports from across the world since 2010:
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A police SUV was swallowed by a sinkhole Friday, June 5, 2015, in Sheridan, Colo. The police sergeant in the SUV was able to climb out of the SUV and the sinkhole.
A police SUV was swallowed by a sinkhole Friday, June 5, 2015, in Sheridan, Colo. The police sergeant in the SUV was able to climb out of the SUV and the sinkhole.
Sgt. Greg Miller was traveling eastbound on West Oxford Avenue south of Denver early Friday morning when the road gave way.
"Next thing I know ... dirt — I'm assuming dust from the airbag — was floating around and everything," said Miller. "I hear the rushing water, and all I see is a dirt wall in front of me."
The car ended up 10 to 15 feet below the road surface.
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