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Giant sperm whale found dead on East Bali beach

Dead sperm whale in Bali
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A sperm whale was found washed up in Klungkung, Bali on March 14, 2016.

A beached whale, reportedly measuring 16.2 meters in length, was found in Klungkung, East Bali early on Monday morning.

Local fishermen Negah Sunarta, 37, and Nengah Darpa, 35, found the whale at Batu Tumpeng Beach, Gelgel Village when they were catching lobster.

"We usually look for lobsters on this beach. We were shocked with the whale. After we approached, it turned out to be dead," Sunarta said, as quoted in a report by Praise Sukiswanti, published by Sindo News.

The whale caused quite the commotion as hundreds of curious people apparently gathered around it to gawk and take pictures.

Unfortunately, as you can see from some of these photos posted to social media, the dead whale was not allowed to rest in peace right away as people saw a photo op and jumped right on.

Attention

Dolphins, whales found dead on Queensland beach

dead whale on Queensland beach

A female whale, her calf and a dolphin have been found dead on Sunshine Coast beaches in Queensland.

The pygmy sperm whale calf and dolphin became stranded at Peregian Beach, while the mother whale was found about 2km north near Noosa on Sunday, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection says.

Samples have been taken from the animals and a local council is arranging for the carcasses to be removed.

Photos of the animals were posted to the Peregian Beach Village Facebook page on Sunday.

"Sadly 3 sea mammals have washed up dead on the early morning high tide," the post read.

"The Coolum Coast Care team are on the scene with Humpback Whale research scientist Dr. Michael Noad, who just happened to be coming down to check the surf."

The post said it wasn't known how the mammals died, but it appeared the whales had been bitten by sharks.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 5 in Uttar Pradesh, India

Lightning
Five people were killed in lightning strikes after heavy rain lashed parts of Uttar Pradesh, damaging standing crops and disrupting normal life. Several parts in the neighbouring state of Bihar received light to moderate rainfall.

In Uttar Pradesh, the death toll in the rain-related incidents went up to 10. According to reports, rain and hailstorm lashed Mirzapur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Chandauli, Allahabad and some other districts in the eastern region. The rain, which was accompanied by strong winds, damaged standing wheat, mustard and cereal crops.

Alert in Bihar

The Met Department has issued alert for a possible hailstorm and squall, followed by rainfall, in northeastern part of Bihar particularly in Purnia, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj.

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Windstorm over Northwest US 'spiraled like a hurricane', weather service says

Northwest windstorm
© National Weather Service

The windstorm that swept through the Northwest on Sunday had some of the wind speed and low pressure associated with tropical hurricanes, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.


We nearly witnessed a hurricane.

The spring storm that rushed through the Northwest on Sunday, bringing wind gusts as high as 80 mph on the coast, showed a classic spiral pattern and extreme low pressures more familiar to Florida.

"Storm looks like a hurricane! The central pressure is deeper than expected, 978 mb," the National Weather Service vented on Twitter around 1:30 p.m., with a photo of the eye of the storm offshore from Olympic National Park.

The intensity was expected to peak at 4:30 p.m., and dissipate over Vancouver Island in a few hours, said Jay Albrecht, a weather-service meteorologist in Seattle.

The edges of the spiral extended Sunday afternoon from Arlington to just north of Hoquiam, he said, taking in large areas of Puget Sound and the Pacific Coast.

Gusts reached 82 mph at Destruction Island on the north Pacific Coast, 74 mph at Moclips beach just north of Grays Harbor, and 62 mph at Discovery Park in Seattle, he said.

Comment: Last month Miami, Florida woke up to unusually early tornado warnings.

Strange weather is happening all over the globe. Check out the February edition of SOTT's Earth Changes Summary for more extreme weather, planetary upheaval and meteor fireballs.


Arrow Down

300 ft deep sinkhole opens up outside home in Cornwall, UK

Cornwall sinkhole
© Apex
The depth of the massive sinkhole was filmed by a camera attached to a drone
A massive sinkhole has opened up in Cornwall - only yards away from the back door of a house.

Footage captured by a drone shows the giant 300ft deep gaping hole outside the home in Scorrier, an area with a history of mine workings.

It appeared after a huge mineshaft collapsed next to the property.

Mark Thomas, who captured the video, wrote: 'A massive mineshaft opens up under a garage at a house in Scorrier near Redruth in Cornwall.

'This shaft is truly massive and is approximately 300ft to water and god knows how deep from there!'

Fortunately, the home it appeared under is unoccupied.

Stuart Dann, from Mining Eye, said that the discovery was totally unexpected.


Cloud Precipitation

Two million people braced for more extreme weather in southern United States

Flooding in southern US
© AP
Heavy rain, strong winds and tornados ravaged states in the south
At least 24 inches of rain fell in the hardest hit places, causing chaos for rescue workers

Six people have died in southern states as a result of widespread flooding and extreme weather which has submerged homes, prompted large evacuations and caused chaos for authorities and rescue workers.

Now around two million people are bracing for more bad weather this week.

Heavy rain and rising rivers have affected Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas over the last week, according to The Weather Channel.

In Louisiana, authorities evacuated close to 3,300 people and hundreds of pets. Around 5,000 homes in the state were damaged by flooding, with 800 houses in Mississippi also affected.

Up to 24 inches of rain fell in some places and the impacts are expected to continue over the coming days and weeks as the rivers continue to rise.


Comment: 5 dead, thousands flee as 'historic' floods swamp southern US - again


Fish

More than 1 million sea slugs wash onto Thai beach


Marine experts are attempting to understand why more than a million sea slugs washed up on a Phuket beach this morning.

The name 'sea slug' is a common name used specifically for gastropods that are not shell-bearing or appear not to be shell-bearing. Experts believe that the sea slugs found on Kamala Beach are, in fact, sea hares. However, they have yet to determine the exact species.

"Adult sea hares are mostly large, bulky creatures. Juveniles are usually not noticed along the shoreline," said Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong from the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC). "However, that doesn't appear to be the case here."

Cloud Grey

Unusual jellyfish-like clouds appear in Chile skies

Jellyfish clouds
© Cristian Carvajal
Altocumulus Castellanus clouds
Rare clouds in the shape of jellyfish have baffled many skywatchers after being spotted in the sky of Chile on March 12, 2016.The unusual clouds known as Altocumulus Castellanus have a unique shape complete with tentacles and may announce bad weather coming in... Or the next big quake?


Weather-watchers were stunned when these rare but weird clouds appeared in the skies above Punitaqui, Limari, Ovalle, Coquimbo and La Serena, Chile in the evening sun.

Although these jellyfish certainly prove a stunning sight, they however signify danger up ahead and stormy weather may soon close in.
Jellyfish clouds
© Cristian Carvajal
The rare clouds' unique "jellyfish" shape forms when moist air gets trapped between layers of dry air.

The top of the cloud rises into a jellyfish shape and long tentacles known as "trailing virga" form from rain drops that have evaporated.

Megaphone

Weird trumpet sounds heard in Fort McMurray, Alberta

Ft McMurray weird sounds
© Screenshot via YouTube/AnotherBrownKid
Weird Sound in Fort McMurray 2016-03-06


Magnet

Plasma discharge event? Mysterious glowing cloud appears near light pillars in Ukhta, Russia

Plasma discharge
© Screenshot via VK Alexander Ivanov
A UFO flying down to Earth? A fireball disintegrating in the skies? A space rocket flying a satellite onto orbit?

So what's this weird light illuminating the sky on March 13, 2016 at 22:05 from Ukhta, Russia?

I have tried to contact my green friends from Mars but nobody has answered yet.

Although this could be a fireball, the flight is too hell and too slow to be a meteor.

On March 13 2016, at 21:56, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome with the ExoMars Mission to Mars.
The images and video show the separation of the third stage from Ukhta, Russia, just about 10 minutes after start.