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30 killed by floods and landslides since January in Bolivia


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Sun, 10 Mar 2019 15:59 UTC
Floods in Caranavi, La PAz Department, Bolivia,
© Government of Caranavi
Floods in Caranavi, La PAz Department, Bolivia, February 2019.
Civil Defence authorities in Bolivia report that 30 people have died, 27 are missing and 26,596 families have been affected by floods and landslides during the current rainy season in the country.

Civil Defence statistics (pdf) for the period 01 January to 06 March further reveal that 19,058 hectares of crops have suffered damage and 182 homes destroyed.

Of the 182 homes destroyed, 145 of them were in Guanay and 25 in Tipuani, both municipalities in La Paz.

Civil Defense have provided relief supplies and in some cases emergency shelter for at least 6,551 families.

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10 reported tornadoes hit Arkansas, Louisiana as severe storms continue to sweep across country

Daniel Manzo
ABC News
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:27 UTC
A tornado damaged home is shown as President Donald Trump flies above en route to Auburn, Ala., Friday, March 8,

A tornado damaged home is shown as President Donald Trump flies above en route to Auburn, Ala., Friday, March 8,
A week after tornadoes killed 23 people in Alabama, 10 reported twisters touched down in parts of Arkansas and Louisiana Saturday, as severe weather continued to sweep across the country.

One tornado was reported in Prairie County, Arkansas, while another was observed in Hosston in Caddo Parrish. Strong wind gusts caused across the entire state of Arkansas -- with some reaching 60 mph in some areas.

The National Weather Service confirmed en EF-1 tornado touched down Saturday morning outside Little Rock with peak winds of as much as 110 mph. Two people were injured when the storm struck Toltec, Arkansas, at 10:23 a.m.

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Man injured by dogs dies shortly afterwards in Lubbock, Texas

Luke Matsik
kfyo.com
Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:02 UTC
canine attack
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The unidentified man who was injured in a dog attack Friday afternoon has died from what police are calling a medical incident.

Lubbock Police responded to a dog-related incident in the 7900 block of Oak Avenue at around 5:30 p.m. Friday. KAMC News reports that 2 dogs were fighting and one person was trying to break up the fight.

According to a statement from LPD, the man had minor injuries to his hands after breaking up the dogs, but several minutes later began feeling ill and had trouble breathing.

He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
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Over 302 avalanches recorded in Colorado since Feb. 27 - many of them are 'just huge,' experts say

Eli Pace and Antonio Olivero
VailDaily
Sat, 09 Mar 2019 11:47 UTC
Experts are warning of heightened avalanche danger in the coming days.
© Colorado Avalanche Information Center
Experts are warning of heightened avalanche danger in the coming days.
Eagle County awoke Friday to fresh scars carved across many of the county's mountainsides, as a series of large-scale avalanches that began Thursday continued to roar through the Rocky Mountains — with more snow on the way.

On Thursday morning, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center had already documented 302 avalanches across the state since Feb. 27 with 209 of them large enough to bury, injure or kill someone.

Weekend snowstorms were only a prelude to Thursday's slides, however, and the CAIC had to issue extreme avalanche danger warnings for four backcountry zones for the first time since the 10-zone forecast format began.

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6.2-magnitude quake hits 260 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji


Trend News Agency
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:33 UTC
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 260 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji at 08:12:25 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

The epicenter, with a depth of 567.38 km, was initially determined to be at 17.8313 degrees south latitude and 178.662 degrees west longitude.
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Video of terrifying avalanche as it thunders down mountain and smothers village in Himachal Pradesh, India

Milly Vincent
Daily Mail
Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:30 UTC
Mountain scenes covered by a massive cloud of powdery snow as the avalanche takes hold

Mountain scenes covered by a massive cloud of powdery snow as the avalanche takes hold
Terrifying footage captures the moment an avalanche hits a mountain in northern India, engulfing the small village hill station below in powdery snow as locals run for cover.

No fatalities or injuries have been recorded in this particular incident that took place in early March in Rispa village in north India's Himachal Pradesh state.

The region has suffered sub-zero temperatures for the past two months with an avalanche in February claiming the life of one Indian Army personnel.

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Flash flood kills 6 children in South Africa

Dave Chambers and Lulamile Feni
Times Live
Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:06 UTC
Parents and grandparents break down
© Daily Dispatch/Lulamile Feni
Parents and grandparents break down after being told searchers had found the bodies of four children swept away by a flash flood while crossing a river between Freystata village and Popopo Primary on March 7 2019
The army has been ordered in after six Matatiele children were swept to their deaths in a flash flood on Wednesday.

Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said the Engineer Corps would urgently construct a bridge over the Mgxojeni river in the village of Pontseng, which claimed the lives of children between the ages of 5 and 7 as they were walking home from school.

Witnesses said the victims were among 17 children who were caught halfway across the river when floodwaters suddenly arrived. All of them were swept away but villagers rescued 11.
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Signs and Portents: Two-headed calf born in Washington County, Tennessee


wjhl.com
Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:55 UTC
Two-headed calf

Two-headed calf
Two-headed calf named 'Chance' born in Washington County, Tennessee

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2 labourers dead in landslide in Uttarakhand, India


Times of India
Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:42 UTC
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Two labourers working on the Char Dham all-weather road project in Tehri district of Uttarakhand were killed in a landslide on Wednesday evening.

The incident occurred near Nagni on Chamba-Rishikesh stretch of the Rs 12,000 crore all-weather Char Dham road project. An operator and a helper were operating the earthmover on the road construction site when a landslide took place, bringing down silt and boulders on the machine.
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'Falling out of trees': Dozens of dead possums blamed on extreme heat stress in Victoria, Australia

Lisa Cox
The Guardian
Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:29 UTC
Wildlife rescuers found 127 dead and injured ringtail possums at Somers Beach in Victoria during a four-day heat spell.
© Wildlife rescuers found 127 dead and injure Alyse Huyton
Wildlife rescuers found 127 dead and injured ringtail possums at Somers Beach in Victoria during a four-day heat spell.
Rescuers found 127 ringtail possums along the shoreline and in the water on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula

More than 100 dead and injured ringtail possums have been found by wildlife rescuers along a single stretch of beach in Victoria in what ecologists say is becoming an annual occurrence due to extreme heat.

Rescuers and wildlife carers discovered 127 ringtail possums along the shoreline and in the water at Somers Beach on the Mornington Peninsula on Saturday during a four-day period that saw consistent temperatures in the high 30s, warm nights and bushfires in parts of the state.

Melanie Attard, a wildlife rescuer and foster carer with Aware Wildlife in Frankston, said rescuers suspected the animals had become so dehydrated and desperate they had left an area of scrub and come down to the beach and attempted to drink salt water.

"We assume they've come out due to the heat stress heading for the water in desperation," she said.
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