A rare moment for Tura, this spectacular celestial display occurred shortly after a light drizzle around the foothills of Tura peak.
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Citizens of Tura were treated to a spectacular view of the morning sky on Thursday when a solar halo (also known as a sun rainbow) appeared in the sky around 11 am on Thursday leaving many awestruck with the beauty of our world.
A rare moment for Tura, this spectacular celestial display occurred shortly after a light drizzle around the foothills of Tura peak.
Solar halos are seen as a white ring around the sun or moon. These high altitude cirrus clouds are made of mostly ice crystals which refract the sunlight much like a prism while showing the colors of a rainbow.
A rare moment for Tura, this spectacular celestial display occurred shortly after a light drizzle around the foothills of Tura peak.
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The Hamilton County Coroner's office says 55-year-old Patricia Herlinger, of Colerain Township, died Wednesday.
Authorities say she was one of three people struck by lightning at Spring Grove Cemetery last Friday.
The coroner's office said 27-year-old Danielle Brosius, of Green Township, died last Friday at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
The president of Spring Grove Cemetery says it was a tragic accident.
Source: AP
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Winter conditions at Passo Gavia (2621 m), northern Italy, September 8th, 2019
Winter conditions at Passo Gavia (2621 m), northern Italy, September 8th, 2019
This morning the Stubai glacier in the Austrian Tirol (pictured), one of those likely to open for its 9-10 month 2019-20 season later this month, said it had had 10cm (4 inches) of fresh snow so far.
Heavy #snowfall at Passo Dei Salati, Italy at 2970m elevation this morning 6th September! Winter is coming... Report via Meteo reporter storm; #severeweather #extremeweather #Europe pic.twitter.com/8UEg3lpa5B
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) September 6, 2019
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Andermatt, Switzerland
Andermatt, Switzerland
The most snow fell in the Gotthard region, according to SRF Meteo, the German-language national broadcaster's weather service.
Snowfall in the mountains in early September is quite normal, said Sabine Balmer from SRF Meteo. It can even snow down to 1,500 metres during July and August. But such early snow has become increasingly rare in recent years, she added.
Up to half a metre of snow fell above 2,000 metres elevation, whereas lower down, the Alpine resorts of Andermatt and Sedrun were covered in white on Friday morning.
Ein erster #Wintergruss aus den Bergen. In der #Surselva schneite es ebenfalls vorübergehend bis ins Tal. ☃️ #Schneejuhee #Schneeoje 🤔^sba pic.twitter.com/AQDaw2lKAd
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) September 6, 2019
According to the latest news reports, at around 8 a.m. a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck 177 miles west-northwest of Bandon, Oregon. Also reported was a 3.7 magnitude quake shortly before, detected around 7:25 a.m. on Thursday morning.
Local media report that 2 people died after a storm, heavy rain and floods in the province of Khenifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, on 02 September, 2019.
One person died as a result of wind damage in M'Rirt. The second victim was swept away by flood water in Sidi Hcine.
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Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.
Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.
This enormous rise in toxicity matches the sharp declines in bees, butterflies, and other pollinators as well as birds, says co-author Kendra Klein, senior staff scientist at Friends of the Earth US.
"This is the second Silent Spring. Neonics are like a new DDT, except they are a thousand times more toxic to bees than DDT was," Klein says in an interview.
Using a new tool that measures toxicity to honey bees, the length of time a pesticide remains toxic, and the amount used in a year, Klein and researchers from three other institutions determined that the new generation of pesticides has made agriculture far more toxic to insects. Honey bees are used as a proxy for all insects. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does the same thing when requiring toxicity data for pesticide registration purposes, she explained.
Comment: Read more about the effects neonicotinoids have on the bee population (a keystone species in the food chain)
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It's often said that we have bees to thank for one out of every three bites we take of food. In addition to producing honey, honeybees literally criss-cross the United States, pollinating almonds, oranges, melons, blueberries, pumpkins, apples, and more. And while carrots are a biennial root crop that are harvested long before they flower, all carrots are planted from seed, and honeybees pollinate the carrot flowers that produce the seeds. Other species of bees, both social and solitary bees, pollinate other crops. And the populations of all these species of bees are in decline...
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Flood warnings have been issued in Niger for areas along the Niger river.
Flood warnings have been issued in Niger for areas along the Niger river.
Flooding has affected some areas of Niger since June to July, but have worsened over the last week.
According to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) in Niger, almost 70,000 people are now affected, with most of them in Maradi, Zinder and Agadez, as well as Dosso and Niamey, where around 3,000 are affected.
As many as 42 people have already lost their lives. Houses, schools and shops have been damaged or destroyed, along with food stocks, agricultural lands and cattle. Local media said that 5,497 houses have been completely destroyed. The Niger Government has called for the relocation of the most at-risk population.
The southern region of Laos been devastated by severe floods after two consecutive tropical storms hit the region.
Southern Lao provinces of Champassak, Salavan, Sekong, Savannakhet, Khammuan and Attapeu have all suffered from varying degrees of flooding, and thousands of people are now in need of food and drinking water, while some provinces need boats.
Provincials authorities are providing what help they can, but their efforts are insufficient to meet people's needs, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Thursday.
Director General of the Social Welfare Department, Lao Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Vilaphong Sisomvang, told local media that authorities are preparing food and drinking water to donate to flood victims.
Ubinas volcano erupts
"Three new eruptions of the volcano have been registered, characterized by the disposal of solid and fine ash," Hernando Tavera, director of the Institute, told the agency.
Comment: Woman killed by lightning strike while at cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio