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Mini tornado causes damage in Manchester, UK

A miniature tornado hit south Manchester on Friday
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A miniature tornado hit south Manchester on Friday.
Buildings and cars were damaged when a tornado swept through parts of Greater Manchester and Cheshire.

Rain caused havoc near Manchester Airport and the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park for about an hour from 16:30 BST on Friday. There have been no reports of any injuries.

Rebecca Jeffery said debris "swirled through the air" at Stamford Park.

"My son says I just shouted: 'Stay beside me' over and over again as I was panicking he'd get blown away."

She added: "I turned the pram away from the wind and grabbed my six-year-old and then we stood as the wind went crazy and metal and wood swirled through the air above the houses.

"I've never seen trees move like that.

"I saw the tree branches fall down behind us and then suddenly it was all gone again. It was surreal."


Ambulance

Baby girl born in India with three head-like protrusions

Three-headed baby in India
A remarkable baby has been born with three heads in India, which has stunned doctors.

The unique birth took place on July 11 at a primary health centre in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district.

The pregnant mother, from the district's Pilua village, was admitted to the health centre after suffering extreme pain in the build up to her labour.

However, family members and the doctors were left 'in shock' when she delivered a baby with three 'heads'.

Aside from the usual head, the baby girl has two large protrusions formed from the back of her skull.

'The girl child had three heads. She looked like an alien,' said Bijji Thakur, who witnessed the bizarre birth.

Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods in northern Turkey's Düzce leave 1 dead, 6 missing - year's worth of rain hit in a day

A gendarmerie personnel looks at a house tipped over due to floods in Esmahanım village, Düzce, July 19, 2019.

A gendarmerie personnel looks at a house tipped over due to floods in Esmahanım village, Düzce, July 19, 2019.
Six people remain missing while search and rescue crews found one body on Friday after floods and landslides wreaked havoc in Akçakoca and Cumayeri, two districts of the northern province of Düzce.

Düzce was hit by flash floods on Wednesday and early Thursday. Three people from one family and four members of another went missing in the village of Esmahanım, near Akçakoca.

Crews combing the area found a woman's body in a river bed, between Esmahanım and another village and were trying to identify the victim. Among the missing were a mother and her three daughters between the ages of 7 and 9.

Rescue crews from the Turkish Red Crescent, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) and gendarme units were mobilized to find the victims. Sniffer dogs also searched the area while helicopters and drones were dispatched to remote, mountainous areas of the region to find the missing.


Comment: An earlier report: Turkey's northwest struggles with flash flood


Attention

Italy's Etna volcano erupts on Sicily, disrupting flights

Mount Etna

Mount Etna
Italy's Mount Etna began spewing hot ash and lava overnight, forcing authorities to close two airports in eastern Sicily. Experts detected "lively spattering" at the volcano last month.

Europe's biggest active volcano, Mount Etna, erupted early Saturday with fiery explosions and lava flows, the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) said.

Plumes of ash prompted authorities on the island of Sicily to close the Fontanarossa and Comiso Airports in the city of Catania, local media reported.

La Repubblica newspaper said a Ryanair flight from Rome was diverted to Palermo on Friday night, while several flights were delayed from landing or taking off on Saturday.


Attention

Signs and Portents: Two-headed turtle hatched in Malaysia

A baby turtle with two heads born in Malaysia

A baby turtle with two heads born in Malaysia
A two-headed baby turtle has been born in Malaysia, captivating conversationists, but it only survived a few days after being discovered.

It was found Monday on Mabul island, off the Malaysian part of Borneo, in a nest alongside more than 90 other recently hatched green turtles.

David McCann, marine biologist and conservation manager for group SJ SEAS -- which oversees the nesting site -- said the creature was "utterly fascinating".

Snowflake Cold

Russian city breaks 107-year-old July cold record

frost
Cold records broken in a number of Russian cities.

On July 14 in the city of Vytegra in the Vologda region, the temperature dropped to 0 °C !!! So the previous record more than 100 years old was broken! In 1912 here, the temperature dropped only to 1.9°C (35.4F).

In a number of cities in the past days, new minimum temperature records were also set:

Snowflake Cold

15 cold weather records broken across Queensland, Australia

Dalby records coldest temperatures in Queensland

Dalby records coldest temperatures in Queensland
The mercury dropped to almost minus 5 degrees in Queensland on Monday as cold and dry air swept across the so-called Sunshine State, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

In total, 15 locations in southern and central Queensland recorded their coldest morning of the year on Monday and the chilly spell was expected to hang around for much of the week.

Brisbane had a relatively warm minimum of 9.8 degrees, which did not break any records, but it felt colder in the River City because of the wind-chill factor.

However, plenty of other areas did surpass previous cold weather milestones.

Snowflake Cold

Unusual summer snowfall at Big White Ski Resort, British Columbia

July snowfall accumulating on the Bullet
© Brock Curzon/Instagram
July snowfall accumulating on the Bullet chair lift deck at Big White Ski Resort.
Snowfall in July?! Yup

If you thought Kelowna's Big White Ski Resort didn't receive snow in the summer, think again.

Non-sticking summer snowfall isn't an unusual sight on the mountain.

"The top of the mountain sits at 7,606 feet higher than Whistler Blackcomb and it snows at least once every month," said Michael Ballingall Sr. Vice President of Sale and Marketing at Big White Ski Resort.

But, that wasn't the case for avid mountain biker Brock Curzon who described his time on the lower level biking runs as quite the experience.

Curzon wrote in an Instagram post, "well that was a solid five seasons in four hours."

Doberman

Man mauled to death by pack of 5 dogs in Memphis, Tennessee

canine attack
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A man was mauled to death by dogs early Thursday morning, Memphis Police said.

Officers responded to a dog call at East Belle Haven and Meadowbrook around 2 a.m.

They found a 40-year-old man near the intersection with lacerations over his body.

According to police, multiple aggressive dogs were located across the street.


Apple Red

July showers wash out half the cherry crop in Okanagan, British Columbia

Growers say continuous rain and hail is making it hard to protect cherry crop

Growers say continuous rain and hail is making it hard to protect cherry crop
Cherry growers say this is the worst season they've seen in decades

Variable weather has made it difficult for cherry growers to maintain their crops.

According to B.C. Cherry Association president Sukhpaul Bal the hail storm that cut through the Okanagan Thursday didn't affect the crops anymore than the rain this July, which split and washed out the early cherry varieties.

"When a storm comes through and gets everything wet we can usually get in there and dry everything off and then we're usually good. But what I've seen is rain event after rain event, multiple times a day, so it makes it hard to get in there and dry everything up because another rain shower comes back in," said Bal.