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People, animals flee floods in NE Minnesota city

Amy Forliti
Associated Press
Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:56 UTC
Duluth floods
© The Duluth News-Tribune, Andrew Krueger
A car is stranded in floodwaters rushing down a hillside in Duluth, Minn., early Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Hours of torrential rainfall have sparked major flooding across the city and along the North Shore of Lake Superior, with some homes being evacuated due to rising water.
Residents evacuated their homes and animals escaped from pens at a zoo as floods fed by a steady torrential downpour struck northeastern Minnesota, inundating the city of Duluth, officials said Wednesday.

Police officers helped track down a polar bear that got out of its enclosure overnight at the low-lying Lake Superior Zoo where several animals drowned.

Duluth Mayor Don Ness declared a state of emergency after the deluge of up to 9 inches of rain that he said caused extensive damage to the port city of about 86,000. Some neighboring communities did the same. Ness said the order would start the process to obtain federal aid, and Gov. Mark Dayton said he would travel to Duluth on Thursday to discuss how the state can help.
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11 killed in landslide as heavy rains pound Indonesia


Business Ghana
Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:53 UTC
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© Unknown
Authorities in eastern Indonesia were searching for a missing 13-year boy Wednesday still missing after a landslide in eastern Indonesia.

"We have recovered 13 people, two of them were still alive and now recovering in hospital. Eleven people are confirmed dead," the head of the regional disaster management body Broery Tjokro told dpa.

The landslide hit a residential area early Tuesday, in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province. The boy was the only person still unaccounted for.
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Heavy Rains Cause Major Flooding, Sinkholes in Eastern Minnesota


CBS Minnesota
Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:56 UTC
Duluth Mayor Don Ness says he plans to declare a state of emergency because of serious flooding in his northeastern Minnesota city.


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    Long-grumbling Alaska volcano has explosive ash burst


    MSN Money
    Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:54 UTC
    Anchorage - A remote Aleutian volcano that has been restless for the past year rumbled to life on Tuesday, shooting a thin cloud of ash several miles into the sky, which could pose a slight hazard to aircraft, Alaska scientists said.

    Cleveland Volcano, a 5,676-foot (1,730 meter) peak on an uninhabited island 940 miles southwest of Anchorage, had an explosive eruption at about 2:05 p.m. local time, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported.

    A pilot flying in the area estimated that the ash cloud rose to 35,000 feet above sea level, reported the observatory, which is a joint federal-state organization that monitors Alaska's numerous active volcanoes.

    However, satellite imagery shows only a weak ash signal, suggesting a thin cloud that dissipated quickly, said Stephanie Prejean, a U.S. Geological Survey seismologist at the observatory in Anchorage

    "It was just one explosion, which was very typical of the thing Cleveland has been doing in the last year," Prejean said. It is possible that the cloud rose to less than 35,000 feet, as the height was just one pilot's estimate, she said.

    Pilots have been advised of potential risks from Cleveland, which might explode again, Prejean said. "It could do that any time," she said.
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    Aftershocks After Rare Melbourne Quake


    Australian Associated Press
    Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:08 UTC
    Melbourne
    © File Photo
    Millions felt the extremely rare quake in the city of Melbourne.
    Up to 60 aftershocks have been felt across Victoria and in Melbourne following last night's 5.3-magnitude earthquake.

    The quake struck just before 9pm (11pm NZ time) with the epicentre between Traralgon and Moe in the state's southeast.

    The shaking lasted around 30 seconds but could be felt from Gippsland to metropolitan Melbourne and as far as Swan Hill in the state's northwest.

    Seismologist at Geoscience Australia, Marco Maldoni, said the aftershocks were minor but may continue to be felt for weeks.

    "These are a lot smaller than the initial earthquake, the vast majority below a two or three (magnitude),'' he told AAP.

    "Quite a number of them could only be felt within the noise of the signal.

    "We're talking about magnitude 1, so very small.''

    Mr Maldoni said the quake was the largest in Victoria since 1982 and the state's third largest in 100 years.
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    Mysterious Yellow Haze Shrouds Central China


    NTDTV
    Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:24 UTC
    A strange yellow haze has shrouded cities in central China. Residents from Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces are all wary of the haze, which some experts describe as harmful.


    Last week a dark yellow haze enveloped Wuhan city. Days later, the weather forecasting agency issued a yellow alert, and medical face masks quickly sold out.
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    Bizarro Earth

    Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - Aleutian Islands, Alaska


    US Geological Survey
    Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:19 UTC
    Image
    © USGS
    Date-Time
    Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:56:34 UTC
    Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 06:56:34 AM at epicenter

    Location
    53.392°N, 171.635°E Depth
    20.9 km (13.0 miles) Region
    NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA Distances
    120 km (74 miles) WNW of Attu Station, Alaska
    866 km (538 miles) E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
    882 km (548 miles) E of Yelizovo, Russia
    884 km (549 miles) E of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
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    'Torrential downpours' forecast as new severe weather warning issued for Somerset


    ThisIsSomerset.co.uk
    Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:00 UTC
    Sunny and warmer weather may have returned to Somerset this week, but it's not going to last.

    The Met Office has just issued another severe weather warning for the county as torrential rain is forecast to hit the region on Thursday morning.

    The yellow warning is in place from midnight until midday on Thursday, and the Met Office is warning people to beware of localised flooding and extremely hazardous driving conditions.

    "Heavy rain is expected to spread north-eastwards during Thursday across parts of southern England and South Wales, with torrential downpours and thunderstorms possible in places," said the Met Office.

    "The public should be aware of large amounts of spray on roads and, in some places, minor flooding."

    In the meantime, it is forecast to remain mainly dry and bright, with just a few light showers possible over higher ground.
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    Bizarro Earth

    Earthquake Magnitude 5.1 - Off Coast of Oregon


    US Geological Survey
    Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:12 UTC
    Image
    © USGS
    Date-TimeTuesday, June 19, 2012 at 13:40:57 UTC
    Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 05:40:57 AM at epicenterTime of Earthquake in other Time Zones

    Location
    43.431°N, 127.330°W Depth
    13.5 km (8.4 miles)

    Region
    OFF THE COAST OF OREGON

    Distances
    239 km (148 miles) W of Bandon, Oregon

    252 km (156 miles) W of Coos Bay, Oregon

    324 km (201 miles) W of Roseburg, Oregon

    344 km (213 miles) WNW of Grants Pass, Oregon
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    Bizarro Earth

    Dangerous Rip Currents Claim Lives at Florida Beaches

    Randy Kreider
    ABCNews.com
    Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:45 UTC
    Image
    © Getty Images/Perspectives

    Safety advocates are warning of the dangers of rip currents.
    An outbreak of rip currents at beaches in Florida has claimed several lives and endangered dozens more in recent days, prompting the National Weather Service to extend its public warnings to beachgoers.

    Over this past weekend, two people drowned and more than 70 had to be rescued from rip currents in a single Florida county on the Atlantic coast, officials there told ABC News.

    A 14-year-old boy went missing Sunday after getting caught in a rip current while swimming with friends at New Smyrna Beach, Fla. His body was found on shore Monday morning. Volusia County Beach Patrol Capt. Tammy Marris told ABC News that the teens were swimming at an unguarded beach, over 300 yards away from the nearest lifeguard.

    The same day the boy went missing, a 66-year-old man died after getting caught in a rip current just off another beach in Volusia. He was pulled in by lifeguards but fell unconscious during the rescue process and did not recover, Marris said. Authorities have not released the identities of either victim.
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