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Man attacked by stray cow for 20 minutes in Gujarat, India


The Times of India
Fri, 05 May 2017 13:47 UTC
The cow pushes Dinesh Prajapati against a wall

The cow pushes Dinesh Prajapati against a wall
A stray cow went berserk and seriously injured a motorcycle-borne diamond polisher at Rukshmani Nagar society near Bapasitaram Chowk in Katargam on late Wednesday evening. The incident occurred when Dinesh Prajapati, 38, was returning home from work.

The angry cow came in front of Prajapati, a resident of adjoining Nandanvan Society, and he lost control on the vehicle. The cow continued to attack the youth for more than 20 minutes, before the youth gathered courage to escape when other residents were trying to rescue him.

According to eyewitnesses, the stray cow suddenly attacked Prajapati, who was passing from the society.

"The cow first attacked his motorcycle and the youth fell on the ground. It started hitting him with its horns. The youth was lucky that he skidded towards the big wall in the society and the cow had got tired of hitting him with horns. The man remained at the wall for a long time, when we pelted stones and attacked the cow with sticks," they said.
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Cloud Grey

Amazing photo captures the bizarre moment a giant eye formed in the clouds above Leeds, UK

Amie Gordon
Daily Mail
Fri, 05 May 2017 13:27 UTC
Father-of-two Graham Telford, 46, spotted the unusual meteorological sighting looming over Leeds, Yorkshire

Father-of-two Graham Telford, 46, spotted the unusual meteorological sighting looming over Leeds, Yorkshire
An amateur photographer was left dumbstruck when he captured a striking eye-shaped cloud creating a rather chilling spectacle in the sky above his home.

Father-of-two Graham Telford spotted the unusual meteorological sighting looming over Leeds, Yorkshire, on Wednesday.

The 46-year-old said he couldn't help feeling like 'he was being watched' while photographing the peculiar formation.

Conspiracy theorists and cloud watchers alike have since claimed the cloud is the 'eye of god' or proof of government surveillance.
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Ice Cube

Global cooling: New study confirms the 'warming pause is real & revealing'

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That
Fri, 05 May 2017 12:25 UTC
Global Cooling
© Science News
A new paper has been published in the Analysis section of Nature called Reconciling controversies about the 'global warming hiatus.' It confirms that the 'hiatus' or 'pause' is real. It is also rather revealing.

It attempts to explain the 'Pause' by looking into what is known about climate variability. They say that four years after the release of the IPCC AR5 report, which contained much about the 'hiatus' it is time to see what can be learned.

One could be a little sarcastic in saying why would Nature devote seven of its desirable pages to an event that some vehemently say never existed and maintain its existence has been disproved long ago. Now, however, as the El Nino spike of the past few years levels off, analysing the 'pause' seems to be coming back into fashion.

Comment: Further reading: And up next.... Global temperatures plunge in April - "the pause" returns
Global temperatures have dropped 0.5° Celsius in April according to Dr. Ryan Maue. In the Northern Hemisphere they plunged a massive 1°C . As the record 2015/16 El Nino levels off, the global warming hiatus aka "the pause" is back with a vengeance.


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Wolf

Denmark gets its first wild wolf pack in over 200 years

Patrick Barkham
The Guardian
Thu, 04 May 2017 12:03 UTC
Wolves are returning to well-peopled landscapes after centuries of persecution.
© Fred van Wijk
Wolves are returning to well-peopled landscapes after centuries of persecution.
A wolf pack is roaming wild in Denmark for the first time in more than 200 years after a young female wolf journeyed 500km from Germany.

Male wolves have been seen in Denmark since 2012 and the new female could produce cubs this spring in farmland in west Jutland after two wolves were filmed together last autumn.

It is further evidence that the wolf is returning to well-peopled landscapes after centuries of persecution, with wolf packs also re-establishing themselves in France and Germany and individuals sighted in Holland and even Luxembourg. Before the new population, Denmark's last wolf was killed in 1813.

"We expect that they will have cubs this year or the next," said Peter Sunde, a senior researcher at Aarhus University.
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Attention

Hundreds of migratory birds found dead in Galveston, Texas

Tim Wetzel
khou.com
Thu, 04 May 2017 11:52 UTC
More than 300 migratory birds were found dead in Galveston
© Josh Henderson
More than 300 migratory birds were found dead in Galveston
Hundreds of migratory birds were found dead after an entire flock crashed into the American National Insurance building at One Moody Plaza.

Officer workers found the dead birds when they arrived to work early Thursday morning, according to Josh Henderson of the Galveston Police Department's Animal Services Unit.

Henderson says they collected 395 deceased birds, mostly warblers and orioles, that were found outside the building.

The Houston Audubon Society says the bird kill was likely caused by a combination of bad weather and bright lights.

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Seismograph

20 small earthquakes strike near Kitsap Peninsula, Washington


q13fox.com
Thu, 04 May 2017 11:41 UTC
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At least 20 small earthquakes hit near the Kitsap Peninsula in less than 24 hours, between Wednesday and Thursday.

A 3.3 magnitude was the first of the swarm, reported at 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday about 1.4 miles northeast of Bremerton.

Kitsap County dispatch said they received a couple calls about the earthquake, but there are no reports of injuries or damage at this time.
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Attention

Shallow 5.8 magnitude earthquake recorded near Karakenja, Tajikistan; followed by 3 aftershocks


Earthquake Track
Fri, 05 May 2017 11:27 UTC
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5.8 magnitude earthquake 27 km from Karakenja, Tajikistan

2017-05-05 05:09:35 UTC

UTC time: Friday, May 05, 2017 05:09 AM

Reports from the public: 14 people

USGS page: M 5.8 - 27km NNW of Karakenja, Tajikistan

10 km depth

Comment: Just 2 days ago: Shallow magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Tajikistan

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Attention

Dead humpback whale found at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; fifth in 10 months

Katie Peikes
Delaware Public Media
Thu, 04 May 2017 09:27 UTC
The humpback whale, the fifth to wash ashore in Delaware in 10 months.
© Suzanne Thurman
The humpback whale, the fifth to wash ashore in Delaware in 10 months.
A dead whale washed ashore in Rehoboth Beach Thursday and is the fifth humpback whale to wash up in Delaware in less than a year.

Suzanne Thurman, the executive director of the Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute, said the whale was first reported Thursday morning heading north of Rehoboth Beach. It started to reach land near Deauville Beach located off of Henlopen Avenue, but continued to North Shores, just north of Rehoboth Beach.

Responders arrived at the scene to secure ropes around the whale's tail. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control officials pulled the whale out and towed it to Gordons Pond, where it will decompose.

Thurman said the whale is 37 feet and 11 inches long and 1500 pounds per foot - weighing nearly 29 tons total. MERR could not perform a full necropsy during the stranding response because the sun had almost set, but Thurman said after evaluating the carcass, she determined it is a young male humpback whale.

"There may be some preliminary evidence suggesting that there was some blunt force trauma involved, such as a large ship strike that impacted the lower jaw," Thurman said.
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Attention

Elephant kills a mahout at Dubare Elephant Camp in India


City Today
Thu, 04 May 2017 08:39 UTC
elephant camp
A mahout was killed by Forest department elephant on Thursday in Dubare elephant camp.

Sources said that elephant Karthik (7) trampled Mani (47), a mahout to death while he was providing fodder.

The incident occurred at five o clock in the evening. Last month on April 17 the same elephant had killed a mahout Annu (45).

The autopsy of the deceased was conducted at Siddapur government hospital and the police officers have registered a case.

Speaking to reporters DCF Surya sen said that after attacking mahout last month, the forest officials had alerted all the mahouts and Kavadis to be careful while handling the elephant .

"The elephant is particularly allergic of alcohol and if anyone goes near to it by consuming alcohol it attacks" he added.

Comment: Since April there has been a spate of attacks by domesticated elephants on their handlers in Asia:

Domesticated elephant kills tour owner in Indonesia

Elephant runs amok, kills mahout in Parassala, India

Domesticated elephant kills mahout and injures another in Karnataka, India

Elephant kills mahout in Tamil Nadu, India

Elephant tramples its owner to death in Cambodia

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Cloud Precipitation

National Guard deployed to combat Arkansas flooding following at least 9 levee breaches

Kevin Byrne
AccuWeather
Thu, 04 May 2017 20:15 UTC
Arkansas flooding
© Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson
This aerial image shows the severe flooding that has overwhelmed parts of Pocahontas, Arkansas.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has deployed additional resources to combat the extreme flooding in northern parts of the state as many communities remain underwater.

A dangerous flooding situation in northeastern Arkansas worsened on Wednesday morning when a levee failed along the Black River near the town of Pocahontas.

Following the breach, the National Weather Service office in Memphis, Tennessee, immediately issued a flash flooding emergency and urged residents to seek higher ground immediately due to life-threatening flooding.

Water rescues were occurring just south of Pocahontas in the community of Shannon, according to the NWS.

Evacuation orders were issued on Monday for eastern Pocahontas, which included 150 homes, dozens of businesses and an assisted living facility, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Water had begun to spill over the top of the levee on Tuesday, and officials warned of an imminent levee breach.

At least 50 homes have either been destroyed or have sustained major damage due to the flooding, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

Gauge data shows the river crested at a record level of 28.95 feet at 8:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, but it is forecast to remain above the major flood stage of 25 feet through early Saturday morning.

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