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Man dies following attack by bear in Odisha, India


Odisha TV
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 19:41 UTC
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Resentment is brewing among local residents after a man was mauled to death by a bear at Borsing village under Kabisuryanagar of Ganjam district.

The deceased identified as Debraj was attacked by the wild animal when he was going to take bath in the village pond today.

Following the incident, Debraj was rushed to Aska hospital and later shifted to MKCG hospital after his condition deteriorated.

However, he later succumbed to the injuries while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Locals allege that there has been a rise in bear attacks as two persons were also injured in similar incidents at Paikajamuna village three days back.
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Rare winter tornado tears a path of destruction through Uniontown, Pennsylvania (PHOTOS)

Renatta Signorini, Joe Napsha and Jacob Tierney
Trib Live
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:40 UTC
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A rare February tornado with wind gusts up to 105 mph tore a path of destruction through part of Uniontown Thursday night, ripping roofs from homes and businesses, toppling trees and leaving debris strewn in the streets.

Based on the tornado's path of damage and the circular path of the debris field, National Weather Service warning coordination meteorologist Fred McMullen determined it was an F1 tornado and not straight-line winds, said Lee Hendricks, a weather service meteorologist.

"It looked bad last night. But then, when the sun came up this morning, it was like 'wow,'" said Uniontown Fire Chief Buck Griffith.

It was the first time since 1950 that a tornado struck in the Pittsburgh region in February, and it is unusual that the tornado struck in an urban area, Hendricks said.
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Teenager in Western Australia gets his jaw broken by kangaroo he was attempting to hunt

Jane Dalton
The Independent (UK)
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:19 UTC
Joshua Hayden, 19, was out with his brother when the animal attacked

Joshua Hayden, 19, was out with his brother when the animal attacked
A hunter who had a kangaroo in his gun's crosshairs had his jaw broken when the animal launched a pre-emptive strike.

Joshua Hayden, 19, was out with his brother looking for wild animals to shoot in Western Australia when the attack happened, according to Australia's ABC News.

The pair initially spotted three kangaroos, but one disappeared and the teenager put his head out of the window of the moving car to target the other two.

The animal that had vanished then reappeared, charged at the car and attacked, reports said.

"It actually collided with the side of the car and smashed the front window," Mr Hayden told ABC. "Then it bounced back onto me and headbutted me straight in the jaw."
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Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes south Wales, tremor felt from Cornwall to Liverpool

Tom Towers
Daily Star
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:30 UTC
EPICENTRE: The quake struck eight miles from Swansea city centre
© GFZ
EPICENTRE: The quake struck eight miles from Swansea city centre
A massive earthquake has struck Wales with tremors felt from Cornwall to Liverpool.

The 4.2 magnitude quake occurred near Swansea, south Wales, around 2.30pm at a depth of six miles.

Residents across the UK - from Bristol to Cornwall - have reported tremors in its aftermath.

Comment: A Sott.net reader wrote in to tell us that she felt it too:
I felt this tremor, nothing major, just felt like a the house jolted.
The British Geographical Survey says an event of this magnitude only happens in the UK every 2-3 years. Actually, there have been about 7 similar-strength quakes in the UK in the last 3 years alone...

22 May 2015 - A 4.2 magnitude earthquake 'causes homes to shake' in Kent, UK
25 May 2015 - Magnitude 3.0 earthquake recorded in North Wales
29 Jan 2015 - Britain's second earthquake in 48 hours strikes in East Midlands
7 Mar 2016 - Earthquake 'shook houses' in south-east England
3 Jan 2017 - 3.9 magnitude tremor strikes off UK coast - biggest quake for nearly a decade
4 July 2017 - Earthquake recorded off Shetland was largest in UK for nine years
5 Aug 2017 - Scottish Highlands are rocked by their biggest earthquake for 30 years

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Number of cetaceans washing up on Irish coasts at record levels with 263 strandings in 2017


The Journal (Ireland)
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:52 UTC
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Dolphins
The number of dolphins and whales washing up on Irish coasts reached record levels last year, according to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG)

In all 263 cetacean strandings were reported around the country, which was 44 more than the previous highest level of 219 in 2013.

Dr Simon Berrow, chief science officer of the IWDG, said that the increase in strandings in recent years has been "unprecedented".

He told Cork's Cry104FM: "At least 12 species were report, with the common dolphin being by far the most common, with harbour porpoises a distant second."

He added that deep diving offshore species washed up rarely, with sperm whales becoming stranded on three occasions.
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Massive explosion caused by lightning strike shakes Sunshine Coast, Australia


Central Telegraph
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:10 UTC
LIGHTNING
A massive explosion caused by lightning hitting powerlines on the Sunshine Coast has been caught on dashcam.

Higgins Storm Chasing shared the video overnight.

"Watch this absolutely CRAZY explosion from a lightning strike hitting power lines during the height of our storm chase!" the post reads.

"It was so blinding it took us a while to work out what had actually happened.
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West coast of South Island, New Zealand hit by 9000 lightning strikes


RNZ
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:55 UTC
The West Coast has been hit by around 9,00o lightning strikes
© MetService
The West Coast has been hit by around 9,000 lightning strikes
The West Coast had around 9000 lightning strikes as a thunderstorm and heavy rain worked its way up the South Island.

Rain earlier in the day caused a number of slips on State Highway 6, including between Whataroa and Haast, Westport and Greymouth, and at Barrytown, but the road is now open.

MetService forecaster Cameron Coutts said most of the lightning strikes were out to sea.

He said the the heavy rain warning for Buller was lifted at 5pm, but the West Coast was in for more heavy rain on Sunday, particularly around Fiordland.

The downpours came ahead of warnings of gales and heavy rain from Cyclone Gita, expected to make its way to New Zealand early next week.
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'Angry' otters attempted to drown dog in Victoria, British Columbia

Jeff Lagerquist
CTV News
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:36 UTC
Three otters tried to drown this golden retriever cross.

Three otters tried to drown this golden retriever cross.
A Victoria veterinarian issued a warning to dog owners after her golden retriever was said to have been pulled under water and bitten by otters.

In a Facebook post, Claudia Campbell described how an apparently playful aquatic encounter between "Goldie" and a trio of otters took an unexpected turn.

"Goldie spotted an otter swimming not too far away. Like any dog, Goldie decided to swim towards to the otter to investigate," she wrote on Wednesday. "The three otters proceeded to grab Goldie, and pull her under the water."

Campbell said the attack occurred while the 27 kilogram dog was in the care of a dog walker at a local beach. She said the dog walker ran into the ocean to wrestle Goldie away from the otters.

"The otters had Goldie almost fully submerged with only her nose showing above water. If the dog walker had not been able to intervene, this may have had an awful ending," Campbell wrote. "They had a solid hold on her."

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Snowflake Cold

Scientists claim bitter cold in Southeast US part of mysterious 'hole' in global warming

Stuart Leavenworth
McClatchy DC
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:16 UTC
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Frigid iguanas in Florida. Snowball fights on North Carolina's beaches. Recent winters have delivered a bitter chill to the Southeast, reinforcing attitudes among some that global warming is a fraud.

But according to a scientific study published this month, the Southeast's colder winter weather is part of an isolated trend, linked to a more wavy pattern in the jet stream that crosses North America. That dipping jet stream allows artic air to plunge into the Southeast. Scientists call this colder weather a "hole" in overall global warming, or a "warming hole."

"What we are looking at is an anomaly," said Jonathan M. Winter, an assistant professor of geography at Dartmouth College and the principle investigator in the study. "The Southeast is the exception to the rule."

Comment: Breitbart reports an alternative view to this 'hole in global warming' theory:
The evidence suggests that winters across large parts of the U.S. have been getting colder. In other words, the recent, sometimes record-breakingly cold weather many Americans have been experiencing over winter is not anomalous but part of a cooling trend.

Clearly these facts don't fit well with the "global warming" narrative. So - as we reported earlier this year here - the alarmists and their amen corner in the liberal media have gone into full denial mode, either by claiming that extreme cold weather is simply another sign of global warming or that it's anomalous and therefore not characteristic of climate trends. Or even, in the case of NOAA, actually fiddling with the raw temperature data and adjusting the charts so as to hide the cooling altogether.


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Earthquake swarm hits Canary Islands' La Palma

Rebecca Perring
The Express
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:50 UTC
The Canary Islands' La Palma earthquake swarn
© IGN
The Canary Islands' La Palma has been hit by a flurry of earthquakes
THE Canary Island of La Palma has been hit by another flurry of earthquakes once again prompting fears the deadly Cumbre Vieja could erupt - just four months after scientists recorded a swarm of more than 200 tremors.

The Spanish archipelago was struck by up to 70 small quakes, recorded between Monday and Wednesday, reaching between magnitude 1.5 and 2.6 on the Richter scale.

Andgovernment officials announced more quakes were felt between 3am and 6.30am this morning at magnitudes of between 2.1 and 1.5.

Most of them were located in the area of Los Canarios, in Fuencaliente, and in El Pueblo, Villa de Mazo, although they have also been registered in El Paso and Tazacorte.

The Canary Government has now stepped in and called for an urgent meeting to take place on Friday to discuss why the quakes are happening again and what might happen in the future.

The seismic activity is the latest to hit the Spanish islands, popular with British holidaymakers, after it was struck by a flurry of earthquakes in October last year.

Comment: Quakes shake Pacific plate as Ring of Fire activity returns

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