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Incredible footage shows massive landslide in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Thanpal, Kashmir

Thanpal, Kashmir
Incredible footage has emerged showing a massive landslide which occurred on March 2 in the Indian-controlled section of Kashmir.


Doberman

Mad dog: Video of pit bull terrier attacking kitesurfer in Argentina

The vicious dog manages to catch up to Mr Cervino and sinks its teeth into his upper arm

The vicious dog manages to catch up to Mr Cervino and sinks its teeth into his upper arm
This is the shocking moment a kitesurfer was left needing 18 stitches after being mauled by a pit bull off the coast of Argentina.

Footage filmed on Gustavo Cervino's camera, off the coast of Punta Rasa, in San Clemente del Tuyu, shows the canine heading straight for the kitesurfer as he glides across the water.

The raging dog then leaps into the air and sinks its teeth into Mr Cervino's upper arm before he manages to wrestle the animal off.


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Five-year-old girl dies after attack by dog pack in Uttarakhand, India

canine attack
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A five-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries due to dog bites on Saturday. The child was admitted to Dr Susheela Tiwari Government Medical College and Hospital on Friday after she was attacked by a pack of dogs in Ranikhet of Almora district.

Lavanya Bharti, a resident of Ganiyadyoli in Ranikhet, was outside her home playing with a group of children when a pack of dogs attacked her. She received severe injuries in her windpipe and other body parts, Rajendra Bharti, the father of the deceased child, said.

"My child lost her life without any fault of hers. Who is to be held responsible for her death?" her father said.

Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorm kills over 1000 birds in Madhya Pradesh, India

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Thousands of birds, including parrots and crows were killed in a hailstorm that hit villages surrounding buffer zone of Pench Tiger Reserve on Sunday morning.

Officials said they have counted around 1,102 birds which includes 590 egrets, 360 parakeets and 152 crows - and all of them were found dead in Khamarpani and Kanhar villages.

The dead birds were examined and cremated in compliance with the necessary guidelines.


Snowflake Cold

Heavy snow brings hardship for Minnesota dairy farms

Rick Brewer, of Red Wing, Minn., sits in his pickup after getting stuck in drifted snow on U.S. Highway 63 Monday after heavy snow and winds over the weekend north of Zumbro Falls, Minn.
© Joe Ahlquist/The Rochester Post-Bulletin
Rick Brewer, of Red Wing, Minn., sits in his pickup after getting stuck in drifted snow on U.S. Highway 63 Monday after heavy snow and winds over the weekend north of Zumbro Falls, Minn.
The past month's heavy snow has caused trouble for many Minnesota dairy farmers.

Lucas Sjostrom, executive director of the Minnesota Milk Producers Association, said some tanker trucks haven't been able get down snow-choked rural roads to pick up milk.

"There are tons and tons of dairies around the state that had to dump milk in recent days," he said. "I know it's in the hundreds. It may be over 1,000 dairies."


Sjostrom also said roofs caved in on at least 20 Minnesota dairy barns — in some cases killing and injuring cows.

He said a roof failure was the final straw for a fifth-generation Olmsted County farm family, who sold their herd after years of low milk prices.


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Record-breaking snowfall for February in Idaho

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Five weather records were broken in February and one record was broken by more than two feet.

February was a recording breaking month for snowfall in eastern Idaho and just over the border into Wyoming. Island Park, Picabo in Blaine County, Stanley, Swan Valley and Jackson, Wyoming all broke snowfall records for February.

"A lot of near-record or record-breaking snowfall totals for the month of February. Island Park takes the proverbial cake with this one," National Weather Service Meteorologist Alex DeSmet told EastIdahoNews.com.

Island Park received a total of 105.6 inches of snow in February. The previous record was 78 inches in 1949. That's a difference of 27.6 inches.

"It's already a snow place and to break the record by that wide of a margin is pretty impressive," DeSmet said.

Fire

Australian bushfire emergency: Eastern Victoria's rolling inferno

Fires rage in Bunyip State Park

Fires rage in Bunyip State Park
A fire in Victoria's east is worse than the Black Saturday blaze that burned in the same spot 10 years ago, a firefighter says.

More than 30 fires are burning across the state, following lightning strikes, blistering temperatures and searing winds.

Five buildings, including three homes, were destroyed by Sunday afternoon.

Two of those homes were in the Garfield North area near the Bunyip State Park, where a fire has already burned through 6000 hectares and is racing towards the Princes Highway.

"This is an active fire. It is moving, and there is every likelihood there will be further property losses," Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp told reporters.


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Ice Age Farmer Report: Massive, crushing snows - Seismic shifts in food retail - Grand Solar Minimum

roof collapse
© Amy Penterman
Seismic shifts afoot in the Big Food industry, consolidating power over your food. Insane snow loads have led to catastrophic failures of barns and other structures and infrastructure. How are you preparing for the Grand Solar Minimum?


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4 months' worth of rain in 30 hours floods desert city of Kandahar, Afghanistan - At least 20 killed, 2000 homes damaged

Floods in Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 1, 2019.
© Elham Shaheem
Floods in Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 1, 2019.
Yesterday, heavy floods devastated the southern parts of Afghanistan, thereby leading to several adults and children reported getting drowned in this mishap. An official report was released by the United Nations (UN) regarding the heavy loss that has been reported as a result of heavy floods.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, heavy rains have led to killing of 20 people, including children. Kandahar city and six other districts including Herat province as well as Zheri, Dand, Damand, Arghandab, Spinboldak and Takh have become the victims of these floods. The floods have even devastated 2000 homes and swept away several cars.

'Hundreds of houses in Herat province were destroyed in flash floods, Afghan government officials said'. Moreover, at least 10 people, including children, are still missing in Arghandab, Daman, Spin Boldak and Dand districts.


Comment: Although 97 mm (3.81 inches) of rain doesn't sound very much, this region has a desert climate with about 176 mm (6.92 inches) of rain in an entire year and a downpour such as this in just 30 hours is devastating.

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Coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver, Canada

coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver
© ricarg63 / Instagram
Coldest February on record for Vancouver
While Metro Vancouver saw a great deal of snow this February, the snowfall wasn't the most exceptional component of last month's weather.

In fact, February 2019 was the coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver since the records began in 1937. Not only did the month see some frigid temperatures, but they also persisted throughout the month.

Vancouver Is Awesome spoke to Matt MacDonald, Meteorologist, Environment Canada, who explained just how the chilly the month was.

"We typically see around seven days in the double digits during the month of February," he described. "We didn't have a single day above 10 degrees this month."