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Bald eagle buried in snow
A live webcam caught the eagle seemingly buried in snow while incubating eggs that are expected to hatch today or in the next week, according to Rachel Handel, spokeswoman for the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania.
The Pittsburgh winter doesn't stop the nesting progress of these birds.
The once endangered raptor is quite hardy and acclimated to the snow and cold with the nation's largest population living in Alaska.
In the first incident, a 65-year-old farmer, identified as Babarao Ramji Rathod, died while undergoing treatment in a local hospital after he was attacked by a wild boar in Daheli village today morning, officials said.
In another incident, police said, a wild boar attacked Kanta Wankhede (30), a resident of Ambika Nagar here, and she is currently admitted in a local hospital.
In the past few days, two people, including a woman, have died in such attacks, police informed.
Inspector Rita Uikey of the Darwa police station said a case of accidental death had been registered and further investigations were underway.
Source: Press Trust of India
Snow fell across large parts of Europe on Tuesday despite it being the first official day of spring. Spain was particularly badly affected, with snow and ice warnings in force for much of the north, including in Vitoria, in Basque country (pictured)
The Spanish islands of Menorca and Majorca saw a dusting of flakes as seven regions across the north of the country were put under snow and ice warnings and dozens of schools were closed in Catalonia.
Snow also fell across the majority of Germany with Berlin particularly badly affected. Temperatures in the city were not set to rise above 3C.
In Croatia, melting snow and ice has caused record flooding around the capital Zagreb while flakes continue to fall further to the east.
According to authorities, the Sava river had reached record water levels, surpassing the previous record by four inches.
The flooding has meant that residents are refusing to leave their properties, resulting in supplies being taken to them by emergency crews.
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© AP Photo/Robb LongSteamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, erupts.
Employees at the park, which is located in Wyoming, USA, had reported seeing an eruption coming from the Steamboat Geyser on Thursday.
The geyser has not erupted since September 3, 2014, according to Newsweek.
"We don't really know the exact duration for the eruption at this time," Wendy Stovall, a US Geological Survey scientist with the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, told the news site, adding that it's possible it will erupt again.
Comment: Our planet is rocking:
- Sinkhole appears on beach in French Riviera (PHOTOS)
- GARGANTUAN sinkhole swallows several cars and building is evacuated in Rome (VIDEO)
- 8 dead as massive sinkhole swallows eight-lane road in Foshan, China (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
- Monster cracks appear in the ground after landslide and heavy rains destroy over 100 buildings in Cusco, Peru (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
- Russia's Hephaestus mud volcano erupts chucking muck hundreds of meters (VIDEO)
Heavy wet snow of between five and 11 inches is predicted for North Jersey, New York City and lower Hudson Valley. Eight to 10 inches are expected in Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Morris counties
Earlier on Monday just three inches was predicted for the area but as the day progressed the National Weather Service anticipated that the snowfall would be heavier than first thought.
Heavy wet snow of between five and 11 inches is predicted for North Jersey, New York City and lower Hudson Valley.
Eight to 10 inches are expected in Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Morris counties.
The potential snow and rain storm is predicted to arrive on Tuesday and continue through midweek and the Nor'easter likely won't be the last of its kind for the season.
'Spring starts tomorrow, but snow is in the forecast,' the New York National Weather Service said on Twitter Monday morning.
Comment: Winter in the Northern hemisphere began brutally and has shown no signs of waning; weather in the southern hemisphere has been equally bizarre - all signs are pointing to our entry into an ice age:
- At least six dead as Nor'easter slams US East Coast with violent wind, rain, snow and floods
- Incredible images after trio of nor'easters batter New Brunswick, Canada (VIDEO,PHOTOS)
- Huge hailstones pummel Cullman, Alabama (VIDEOS,PHOTOS)
- The coming grand solar minimum can cause global cooling
- Winter tornado sighted on a snowy hill in Brixham, UK (VIDEO)
- Hail larger than softballs pummeled Cordoba, Argentina (PHOTO, VIDEO)
- Snowfall over the Sahara Desert - second winter in a row!
There's a lot of evidence mounting that solar cycle 25 will usher in a new grand solar minimum. Since about October 2005, when the sun's magnetic activity went into a sharp fall, solar activity has been markedly lower, with solar cycle 24 being the lowest in over 100 years.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian at Vencore weather writes:
© NOAA Space Weather Prediction CenterInterplanetary magnetic field
All indications are that the upcoming solar minimum which is expected to begin in 2019 may be even quieter than the last one which was the deepest in nearly a century.Some scientists are even saying that we are on the cusp of a new grand solar minimum, and the upcoming cycle 25 may have even lower cycles after it.
This empirical modeling of solar recurrent patterns has also provided a consequent multi-millennial-scale experimental forecast, suggesting a solar decreasing trend toward Grand (Super) Minimum conditions for the upcoming period, AD2050-2250 (AD 3750-4450).
Huge hailstones smashed Cullman, Alabama
Hail battered hundreds of cars on the lot of Mitch Smith Chevrolet. Jerry Hayes confirmed that nearly all of the windshields have busted and the vehicle bodies have sustained heavy damage. The same thing happened 23-years ago to the same dealership.
Mitch Smith salesman Clint Chapman estimated the damage could exceed $4 million.
Comment: This was the same storm that produced this extreme lightning show over the Carolinas:
Electric storm at 30,000ft: Passenger captures astounding pyrotechnics through airplane window
Just a day earlier there was a similar event elsewhere in the US:
Extreme hailstorm pounds Brazos Valley, Texas (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
© José UrtechoFloodwater in Puerto Plata
Local media report that over 500 homes and businesses have been damaged. Comedores Económicos del Estado (CEED), the social service agency in the Dominican Republic, has distributed almost 6,000 meals as well as food supply packages to the affected populations, including the areas of Montellano, Sosúa, Playa Oeste, Aguas Negras and Rescate Ambar.
The severe weather struck during the evening of 15 March when it rained non-stop for around 7 hours. Further rain during the following days caused the San Marcos river and other smaller streams to overflow, flooding the neighborhoods (barrios) of Invi, Barrio Haiti, Los Domíngues and Las Mercedez.
Comment: Also in Pennsylvania but further east at the Codorus State Park the following video recording was recently taken: