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Lightning bolt kills man and injures 4 others in Poughkeepsie, New York

Christopher Mele
New York Times
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:52 UTC

Emergency personnel put a victim onto a stretcher in Mansion Square Park in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Friday, after a powerful thunderstorm hit the park.

© Alex Wagner/The Journal
Emergency personnel put a victim onto a stretcher in Mansion Square Park in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Friday, after a powerful thunderstorm hit the park.

A lightning bolt that struck during a fast-moving storm killed one person and injured four, two critically, at a park in the center of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Friday afternoon, the police and the mayor of the Hudson Valley city said.

The most severly injured of the three unresponsive victims who had been taken to the trauma center at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie died Saturday around 1 a.m., a hospital spokesman, Tim Massie said. The man, who was not immedietely identified, was 50 years old, Mr. Massie said. The two others remained in the hospital's intensive care unit. All three were men in their late 40s to early 50s who had been sitting together on the same park bench, he said.

The other victims were taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Their conditions were not immediately available.

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Bear attacks continue to increase in Akita, Japan

Tokyo Reporter
Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:10 UTC

Asiatic black bear

Following the deaths of four persons due to attacks by bears earlier in Kazuno City this year, Akita Prefectural Police are investigating three more incidents, reports the Asahi Shimbun (Aug. 9).

At 4:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Kiyomi Abe, 77, suffered injuries to her head and back after she was attacked from behind by a bear in a field at her home in the Hachimantai area. After the woman let out a scream, the bear fled the scene along a national highway.

Ten minutes later, a bear scratched the right thigh of Taeko Abe, 75, in a field about 200 meters away from the first attack. In fleeing the area, the woman broke her left ankle after she jumped down from a height of 1.5 meters. The bear was last seen heading into a forest.

Police suspect that the same animal, measuring about one meter in length, attacked both women.

Comment: See also: Man loses finger in latest bear attack in Japan

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String of likely bear attacks claims fourth victim in Japan

Man killed by sun bear in Malaysia

Sulaiman Jafaar
New Straits Times
Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:49 UTC

© Wikimedia Commons
A Thai man died after he was attacked by a sun bear at a durian orchard near the Renok Baru Kesedar settlement

A Thai man died after he was attacked by a sun bear at a durian orchard near the Renok Baru Kesedar settlement here today.

The body of Mat Didik@Madidi Basa, 40, was found by his son Muhamad Naim, 15, who went out to search for him about 6am.

District police chief Superintendent Rajab Ahad Ismail said the victim had gone out alone to the orchard about 10pm and most likely came across the bear.

"Villagers claimed that they had seen a bear prowling in the orchard. People have also spotted a bear eating durian on a tree. He could encountered the bear while he was collecting the durian and was attacked by the animal.

"There were slash wounds on his head," he said.

Meanwhile, Kelantan Wildlife director Mohamad Khairi Ahmad Said said the department received the information at 8.15am and has deployed five staff to investigate the incident.

Tornadic waterspout illuminated by lightning storm captured over Adriatic Sea

Strange sounds
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 06:25 UTC

While seeking Perseid meteors, Olivier Staiger found tornadic waterspout! This incredible night thunderstorm was captured east of Cattolica, Italy off the Adriatic Sea on August 10, 2016.

Olivier Staiger explains: Wednesday, August 10th, 2016, I drove about 700km in the afternoon from Switzerland to Italy to chase a rare potential situation for waterspouts with Perseid meteors in the Adriatic Sea.

Early cold temperatures hit Denver, Colorado; Summer snow falls on Pikes Peak

Chris Spears
CBS News - Denver
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:48 UTC

A cold front brought a taste of early fall to Colorado on Friday including a dusting of snow on top of Pikes Peak.

It's not uncommon for Colorado's highest mountains to record occasional summer snow.

Friday's temperatures started off in the 40s across the mountains with a few valleys dipping into the 30s.

Metro Denver saw overnight lows fall into the lower and middle 50s with a few upper 40s on the fringes of the city as reported by CBS4 Weather Watchers.

Torrential rain and floods slam Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Amy Wold, Heidi Kinchen and Steve Hardy
The Advocate
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:55 UTC

Heavy rain expected to stay through Friday and into the weekend has prompted historic flooding in the Baton Rouge area, forcing people from their homes, snarling traffic and closing schools throughout southeast Louisiana.

In Central, flooding is forcing several hundred people to get things out of their homes in the face of rising water, according to Central Mayor Jr. Shelton.

"Virtually every road now in the city has some kind of water problem," he said, with many roads closed.

"We've never seen anything like this before."

Andrew Simar, 25, of Hooper Road in Central, was getting gas in his car around 11 a.m. after just barely getting out of his flooding home with his wife and three-year-old son.

The couple started packing Friday morning after his wife returned home from LSU because of cancelled classes and the news reported the possibility of flash flooding.

Flash flooding in Wisconsin, Minnesota results in mudslides, washed out roads and water rescues

Pam Wright
The Weather Channel
Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:29 UTC

Flooded roadways in the town of Cream, Wisconsin.

Flash flooding in parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota washed out roads, caused mudslides and prompted several water rescues after more than seven inches of rain fell in some areas Thursday.

Motorists were stranded in the floods, and there were also reports of basement collapses in the Minnesota towns of Willmar and Olivia, according to the Associated Press.

"If you talk to the experienced, or old-timers here, nobody's ever seen it rain quite like this in that short of time," Willmar Public Works director Sean Christensen told the AP.

Willmar residents were asked to stay home Thursday due to the flooding, and because the city's wastewater treatment plant was overwhelmed, residents were asked to limit their water use until further notice, the AP also reported.

"I'm afraid people were praying for a little bit of rain too much and it all got here all of a sudden," Christensen told the AP.

In Gilmanton, Wisconsin, water rescues were performed after rising waters flooded homes along a creek, Bill Graul of WKBT-TV reported.

6 people killed in Myanmar floods; over 420,000 affected

Nay Pyi Taw
The Indian Express
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:08 UTC

Six killed in rain related incidents in Myanmar

Six people were killed in Myanmar due to floods caused by torrential rains, affecting over 420,000 people nationwide, authorities said on Friday.

The flooding, which began in July, is still persistent in Bago, Ayeyawaddy and Yangon regions although some regions such as Kachin state and Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway have closed their relief camps as flood waters have receded, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement said.

Nine townships in Bago region, 12 in Ayeyawaddy and three in Yangon were the latest areas hit by flooding, Xinhua news agency reported.

Meanwhile, Myanmar's western and northwestern states of Chin and Rakhine have been alerted for possible flash flood and landslide as a depression is forming over the northwest Bay of Bengal, according to the Meteorology Department on Thursday.

Source: IANS

Jogger uses rock to battle cougar in attack on Vancouver Island, Canada

Alaska Highway News
Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:39 UTC

A Vancouver-area man used a rock to battle a cougar after the wild cat attacked him on a remote logging road on Vancouver Island.

The attack has prompted B.C.'s Conservation Officer Service to remind residents to report wild cat encounters to the province's 24-hour hotline to help them keep track of cougars as they enter populated areas.

The man, who was not named, was treated for bite and claw wounds and released from hospital in Port Hardy.

He was staying with friends in a cabin in a remote area when the attack occurred on the B.C. Day long weekend, said Acting Insp. Ben York of the Conservation Officer Service.

"He was just out for a jog in the morning along the logging road and encountered a cougar that followed him for a short period of time and then attacked him," York said.

Massive 35-yard long sinkhole opens in Martins Ferry, Ohio

TriState Update
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:43 UTC

A massive sinkhole, 35 yards long, has opened up in Martins Ferry.

One house on North 8th Street is cracking and tilting, and the resident is being urged to move out. Others could be affected, if nearby water lines rupture. Right now the Salvation Army Disaster Relief is there to provide cold drinks and snacks for the workers who have been on the job since early this morning. Martins Ferry Mayor Robert Krajnyak says it's a potential disaster.

"If it goes and pulls those mains with it, we lose 12-inch mains, the north end of town's going to be out of water from that point, all the way up, and it's got the possibility of washing some of these hillsides out and pulling some of these houses down with it, if that would all slip. We've got AEP in because of the tension that the poles have moved a little bit and put on power lines and stuff so it's a hazardous situation right now," said Mayor Krajnyak.

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Earth Changes

Lightning bolt kills man and injures 4 others in Poughkeepsie, New York

Bear attacks continue to increase in Akita, Japan

Man killed by sun bear in Malaysia

Tornadic waterspout illuminated by lightning storm captured over Adriatic Sea

Early cold temperatures hit Denver, Colorado; Summer snow falls on Pikes Peak

Torrential rain and floods slam Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Flash flooding in Wisconsin, Minnesota results in mudslides, washed out roads and water rescues

6 people killed in Myanmar floods; over 420,000 affected

Jogger uses rock to battle cougar in attack on Vancouver Island, Canada

Massive 35-yard long sinkhole opens in Martins Ferry, Ohio

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