A teenage girl has died after being attacked by a shark in Queensland, Australia.
Paramedics responded to reports of a "serious shark bite incident" at Woorim Beach, just north of Brisbane, around 16:45 local time (06:45 GMT) on Monday, Queensland Ambulance Service wrote on X.
Police confirmed that the girl had suffered life-threatening injuries and died shortly after 17:00. Australian media reports that she was 17 years old.
The waters around the beach are home to many sharks, but the attack occurred close to shore in the popular surfing spot, which has measures to protect against sharks.
Police confirmed the girl had been swimming in the waters off Bribie Island - just off the mainland, on which Woorim Beach sits - when she was attacked by the shark, the species of which has not been identified.
Miriam Kuepper Daily Mail Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:03 UTC
An 11-month-old baby has been killed by a Belgian shepherd as its parents tried to protect the child.
The baby boy was attacked by one of the family's three dogs in Questembert, in Belgium's Morbihan region, while watching TV with its parents on Sunday France 3 reports.
The local fire brigade rushed to the scene around 3.30pm and tried to save the baby, but the 11-month-old died of the serious injuries inflicted by the Belgian Malinois shepherd.
'The emergency services arrived quickly and the operations to keep the child alive lasted an hour and a half,' Boris Lemaire, the mayor of Questembert, told Le Telegramme.
The father had tried to save his son and was also bitten by the family dog, according to De Telegraaf.
Comment: (Note: Questembert, Morbihan is in France not Belgium as stated in the report.)
A pod of killer whales made an unexpected visit off the coast of Orange County Thursday.
The pod of CA56 killer whales (orcas) was spotted by a Davey's Locker whale-watching boat about 12:30 p.m. just two and a half miles from Newport Beach harbor.
Video showed the whales getting remarkably close to the boat as the passengers and crewmembers looked on.
This particular pod of orcas is rarely seen, with Thursday's sighting believed to be the furthest southern documented sighting, Davey's Locker & Newport Landing spokesperson Jessica Rodriguez said.
A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual "super pod" of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.
"They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could see," said Captain Evan Brodsky, with the Monterey Bay Whale Watch, who captured drone footage of Friday's huge gathering of Risso's dolphins.
The sighting was rare, as Risso's dolphins typically travel in groups of only 10 to 30 animals, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
From an about 6m-long inflatable boat, Brodsky and a small team out searching for gray whales watched mesmerized as the dolphins jumped out of the bay, peeking around as they leaped in the air. This type of dolphin with its stocky body and bulbous head can weigh as much as 499kg and reach up to 3.9m long.
Firefighters rescued residents from flooded streets and cars were washed away in the Sicilian province of Messina on Sunday after a month's worth of rain fell in just four hours.
Almost 150 millimetres (six inches) of rain fell in the area, overloading the drainage system.
City officials said in a statement that the province had experienced an "event of exceptional magnitude".
Hours of heavy rainfall caused mudslides, while vehicles parked close to waterways were dragged downstream by flood waters.
Motorway operator Anas closed two sections of the Orientale Sicula state road and diverted traffic to alternative routes after the Fiumedinisi and Agrò rivers burst their banks.
One person has died in the major flooding event smashing North Queensland as residents are warned things could get worse with water and power supply being affected.
An emergency alert was issued for the Bluewater area at 2.41pm on Sunday as heavy rainfall continues across the far northern parts of the state.
Anyone in the Bluewater area is being told to leave immediately due to the emergency flood warning.
"Dangerous flooding happening now at Bluewater," the alert stated.
"Leave immediately if safe to do so or move to higher ground."
Premier David Crisafulli confirmed the death on Sunday morning.
A popular and heavily trafficked beach in Laguna Beach was closed Friday morning after the cliffside that overlooks it gave way and slid to the ground below.
Drone visuals showed the extent of major flooding near the western French town of Redon on Thursday (Jan 30), as the floods were expected to reach a historic peak.
Surrounded by rivers, the town, which is home to ten thousand people, was "almost isolated" according to French media.
Flooding has persisted since storms Ivo, Eowyn, and Herminia, along with heavy rainfall, hit the region over the weekend, submerging streets and homes.
Over a thousand residents of the Ille-et-Vilaine department have been evacuated from their homes but no casualties have been reported.
Hayley Vawter, Emilee Speck, Scott Sistek, Julian Atienza Fox Weather Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:38 UTC
A powerful storm system is pummeling Hawaii with flash flooding, damaging wind gusts, severe thunderstorms and blizzard-like conditions on the high mountain peaks. The storm has left thousands without power, roads blocked by floods and fallen trees and grounded island air traffic.
Flash Flood Warnings persisted late into Thursday evening over Honolulu and Maui. County offices in Maui were closed on Friday due to the downpours. Crews across the state worked to reopen roads that were closed due to downed trees or flooding.
The Big Island declared a State of Emergency on Thursday afternoon.
Video from Honolulu showed heavy rain and urban flooding. One Honolulu resident shared a video on social media of what looked to be a strong river that he said was normally a dry creek.
Comment: (Note: Questembert, Morbihan is in France not Belgium as stated in the report.)