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Beached sperm whale found in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Paul MIitchell
Stuff
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 15:08 UTC
A family watch a dying whale, after it was stranded on Mahia Beach on Saturday morning.
© Roger Foley
A family watch a dying whale, after it was stranded on Mahia Beach on Saturday morning.
A beached whale has died, surrounded by a sombre crowd, after being stranded at a Hawke's Bay beach.

Onlookers could do nothing but watch as the whale lay in the shallows of Mahia Beach on Saturday morning.

Levin man Roger Foley, who was staying at the motorhome camp across the road from the beach with his wife, spotted the whale at 7am.

The 18-metre sperm whale had been left "fairly high" up the beach as the tide went out.

Foley said about 30 people, including families and children, had alread quietly gathered around the animal.

"It was a sombre sight, people weren't saying much. It's quite sad to see such a beautiful beast in that situation.

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Wolf

Stray dog kills sleeping baby in Kenya

Stephen Thomas
Daily Nation
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 14:25 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A stray dog attacked and killed a one-year-old child and injured his mother in Titila, Tana River County.

Sub-chief Mohamed Hanti said the child was pronounced dead on arrival at Titila Dispensary.

Attack

"We tried to save the child, but he was seriously injured. The dog had started tearing up the child and the wounds were deep." he said.

The dog on Thursday entered the house where the child was sleeping. His mother was outside doing her chores.

The mother heard her child crying and rushed into the house. She found the dog tearing at her baby's flesh.
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Rainbow

Lunar 'fogbow' in the Arctic circle and light pillars in New Hampshire


SpaceWeather.com
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 11:14 UTC
lunar fogbow moon bow aurora
© abiskoguide.com
LUNAR FOGBOW VS. NORTHERN LIGHTS: Deep inside the Arctic Circle, aurora tour guide Tim Nordström of Abisko, Sweden, routinely sees green curtains hanging down from the sky. On Dec. 28th, he saw something different: a pale arc reaching out of the ground:

"It was amazing," says Nordström. "We were hiking through a frost-covered forest. The air was cold (-25 C) and crisp. At first the fog was thick above us, but after a while it started to thin out so we could see the green auroras overhead. A bright shaft of moonlight lanced through the fog --and that's when we saw the fogbow."
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Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Arctic cold grips the US, Asia and Europe - Record snows in Erie, Pennsylvania smash old record by 3x (VIDEO)


Adapt 2030
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:21 UTC
Record snowfall in Erie
© Jill McCormick‏
Record snowfall in Erie
Arctic cold grips the US, Asia and Europe. Record snows in Erie, Pennsylvania breaking the old snow record by 3x. Somehow below zero F temperatures are a result of warm Arctic air according to the IPCC. This bitter cold air is 30 F below normal temperatures even for freezing winter, now sub-arctic conditions cover the Northern Hemisphere.


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Snowflake

Snow blankets desert and mountains in Xinjiang, China


CCTV
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:29 UTC
Staff members of railway department clean the snow on the track in early morning in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 28, 2017. As several places in Xinjiang were hit by heavy snow from Dec. 27

Staff members of railway department clean the snow on the track in early morning in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 28, 2017. As several places in Xinjiang were hit by heavy snow from Dec. 27
Snow blanketed the Kumtag Desert and Flaming Mountains in Turpan, of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Thursday morning.

Turpan, known for its sizzling hot climate and sky-high temperatures, has an annual precipitation of only 16.4 millimeters. It rarely snows in winter. According to the Turpan Meteorological Administration, the snow started around 06:00 and fell until around noon today. Snow accumulation was estimated to reach only 1 or 2 centimeters.

The Flaming Mountains, named for their fire red pigment, were covered in a pristine layer of powder.

Likewise, the nearby Kumtag Desert was blanketed by a fine coating of snow.

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Snowflake Cold

Cold snap envelops south-east Asia

Lee Seok Hwai
The Straits Times
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:12 UTC
Heavy snow in Beitun, in China's Xinjiang autonomous region, on Wednesday.
© REUTERS
Heavy snow in Beitun, in China's Xinjiang autonomous region, on Wednesday.
Tropical South-east Asia has not been spared the wintry chills.

Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia have been enveloped by an unexpectedly cold front, which descended from China last week.

In Samoeng, a district in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai, the government distributed blankets and winter clothes to 7,000 residents last Friday as temperatures plunged to 5 deg C, The Nation newspaper reported.

Thailand's Meteorological Department has predicted that temperatures in areas, excluding the south, will drop by another 2 to 4 deg C during the New Year holidays.
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Ice Cube

Icy blast from the Arctic causes waterfalls to freeze in northern US

Regina F. Graham
Daily Mail
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:48 UTC
The arctic blast that's bringing negative temperatures to several states across the northern U.S.

The arctic blast that's bringing negative temperatures to several states across the northern U.S. is causing waterfalls to freeze, windows to crack and people to suffer life-threatening frostbite with just 30 minutes of exposure outside. Above the frozen Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota are pictured on Thursday
The arctic blast that's bringing negative temperatures to several states across the northern U.S. is causing waterfalls to freeze, windows to crack and people to suffer life-threatening frostbite with just 30 minutes of exposure outside.

Forecasters are warning for those who are outside to bundle up with layers to protect against hypothermia and frostbite that could happen with exposure in the bitter arctic.

The icy cold weather has turned the Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota into a beautiful frozen wonderland. The popular attraction has completely frozen over due to the super cold single-digit temperatures that have gripped the state over the past few days.

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Attention

Mysterious 'explosion' heard in Potters Bar, St Albans in Hertfordshire, UK

Chris Flanagan
Welwyn Hatfield Times
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 16:13 UTC
Cranborne Rd in Potters Bar, UK
© Google Street View
Cranborne Road in Potters Bar. Picture: Google Street View.
Confusion has gripped Potters Bar after numerous residents claimed to have heard a deafening "bang" in the town last night (Wednesday)

Described by some as sounding like an "explosion", it was heard by residents in Cranborne Road, Southgate Road, Sunnybank Road, Oakmere and Little Heath, with one person claiming it even reached St Albans.

A police spokeswoman told the Welwyn Hatfield Times that they had received no official reports last night.

Some people claimed on social media that it may have been a sonic boom, but a Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed no operations were being held in the area last night.

Members of the public also said they had spotted a cloud of smoke near Hatfield Business Park, but it is not known whether this was anything to do with the loud bang.
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Attention

Two thresher sharks found dead on Massachusetts beaches because it's so cold in the U.S. right now

Kristin Hugo
Newsweek
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:10 UTC
Two sharks were found dead Wednesday on beaches on Cape Cod, and experts say “cold shock” may have led to their stranding and death.
© Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Two sharks were found dead Wednesday on beaches on Cape Cod, and experts say “cold shock” may have led to their stranding and death.
The end of the year is bringing freezing temperatures to New England, and it's not just humans who are feeling the cold. Two sharks were found dead Wednesday on beaches on Cape Cod, and experts say "cold shock" may have led to their stranding and death.

Cold shock happens when a person or animal is exposed to sudden, very cold temperatures. Humans can suffer a variety of symptoms such as muscle spasms and cardiac arrest. The program director of the Cape Cod - based Atlantic White Shark Conservancy told The Boston Globe that it's not uncommon for sea turtles to wash up on the beach after experiencing cold shock. However, sharks are water-breathing fish, so when they wash up on a beach, they can suffocate and die.
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Windsock

Cyclone Hilda lashes Western Australia with 120km/h winds and heavy rain


The Guardian (UK)
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:40 UTC
Cyclone Hilda

A tropical cyclone lashing Western Australia's northern coast has weakened, but not before leaving a path of destruction in its wake (pictured is Broome after the cyclone)

Wild weather brings down trees in Broome but category-one system set to weaken as it moves inland

West Kimberley residents in northern Western Australia are being warned to prepare for flooding as Tropical Cyclone Hilda lashes the region with 120km/h winds and heavy rain.

The category-one system formed on the coast just north of Broome on Wednesday night before tracking south-south-west.

By late morning Hilda had reached inland south of Bidyadanga and was expected to gradually weaken as it moved further inland on Thursday.

Shortly before 11am (WST), the Bureau of Meteorology issued a flood warning for parts of the Kimberley.

"Heavy rain has occurred over the west Kimberley since Tuesday, with widespread rainfall in excess of 100mm over two days in the Broome area, including over 200mm at Kilto Station," the warning read.

"Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in the west Kimberley on Friday and Saturday, with widespread 48-hour totals of 50-100mm expected and isolated heavier falls of 100-150mm possible."
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