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Woman dies in python attack in South Sulawesi, Indonesia - 3rd such incident in province since June


CBS News
Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:44 UTC
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A woman was found dead after being attacked by a python in central Indonesia, police and local officials said Friday, the third such death in the province since June.

Maga, a 74-year-old woman who like many Indonesians had one name, raised concerns when she did not return home on Wednesday, prompting a search by relatives.

She was found dead presumably "because of being constricted and bitten by the snake," said Supriadi, police spokesman in Palopo city in South Sulawesi province.

He told AFP the snake in question was a 13-foot python.

The woman was found with bites on her head and legs near her family home after going to work in a field, said Awaluddin, head of Padang Lambe district in Palopo.

She was found in Padang Lambe by her daughter with the snake just feet from her body, Awaluddin told AFP.

Locals beat the snake to death and said the woman had been swallowed up to her shoulders and vomited out, he added.

Comment: Woman swallowed whole by a python in Indonesia, second such killing in a month

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Tsunami

Catastrophic flood devastates village in Nepal as one person goes missing

Sara Pahari
MyRepublica
Sat, 17 Aug 2024 12:22 UTC
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Thame village, located in the scenic Khumbu region of Solukhumbu district, has always been a peaceful place, home to communities that depend on the region's natural beauty and tourism. However, on Friday, the tranquility was shattered as the village became the epicenter of a devastating flood.

Although no deaths have been confirmed so far, one person is reportedly missing. The picturesque village quickly turned tragic as it was transformed into a scene of devastation as severe floods, triggered by the rapid melting of glacial ice, swept through the area, leaving a trail of destruction.

Thame, a Sherpa village at about 3,800 meters above the sea level, is not only the home of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first to summit Everest alongside Edmund Hillary, but also of record-breaking climbers like Kami Rita Sherpa, who climbed Everest for a record 30th time this year.

The disaster began around midday when reports of an avalanche near Thame village started filtering in. Consequently, a rescue team of the Nepalese Army was immediately dispatched to the scene, along with necessary equipment which reached the site in some hours. However, the scope of the catastrophe was beyond expectation.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 21 sheep in Giswil, Switzerland


Bluewin.ch
Sat, 17 Aug 2024 11:21 UTC
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Lightning has killed 21 sheep in Giswil OW. The lightning struck the summit cross of the Arnihaaggen on Monday, as reported by the Obwalden Farmers' Association on Saturday. The sheep that were killed were in the immediate vicinity of the cross. "It is hard to take that years of successful breeding work have been destroyed in one fell swoop," Christian and Ruedy Wolf, owners of some of the sheep that were killed, were quoted as saying in the press release.

"We are relentlessly at the mercy of such natural events and their forces. Even if this is difficult for us at the moment, we have to accept it," added Hansruedi Britschgi, who owned the remaining dead sheep.

The sheep were recovered by helicopter and burned, the farmers' association continued. The heavy thunderstorm on Monday also damaged infrastructure and cultivated land.
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Cloud Lightning

Cattle, sheep and horses killed after lightning strikes in Galway, Ireland

Colm Ryan
Agriland
Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:24 UTC
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A number of cattle, sheep, and horses were killed when lightning struck a high voltage line in a field near Gort in Co. Galway recently.

Fianna Fáil councillor in Galway County Council, Gerry Finnerty told Agriland that there were seven cattle, several sheep, and three horses across two farms that were killed as a result.

The councillor in the Gort-Kinvara area said: "The pylon fire could be seen from miles around.

"There was a lot of brightness from the lightning as well."

In a statement to Agriland, the ESB stated: "The overnight lightning strikes that occurred on Sunday into Monday led to damage on the high voltage line between Cashla and Prospect and on pole mounted transformers on the medium voltage network in Galway which led to a series of fuses being blown.
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Cloud Precipitation

Germany battered by summer storms and floods after hottest day of year

Paul Krantz
The Local (Germany)
Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:25 UTC
In the so-called Siemens underpass,
© René PriebeIn the so-called Siemens underpass, a car is up to its hood in water in an underpass after a heavy thunderstorm.
After the hottest day recorded this year in Germany, some parts of the country were hit by heavy thunderstorms and flooding on Tuesday night, with more extreme weather due on Wednesday.

Violent storms with heavy rain and hail plagued parts of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg on Tuesday night.

In Bruchsal, a river overflowed its banks and spread through the old town.

In other states, emergency services reported flooded cellars and streets.

The storms followed a heat wave that brought Germany's hottest day of the year so far, according to preliminary data from the German Weather Service.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 2 brothers in Assam, India


Pratidintime.com
Thu, 15 Aug 2024 21:04 UTC
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In a tragic incident, two brothers lost their lives after being struck by lightning in Assam's Nalbari district on Thursday, reports said.

As per sources, the deceased duo has been identified as Yekat Ali and Jayed Ali.

The tragedy occurred in Nalbari's Barkhetri while the youths were washing the long jute strands in the Brahmaputra waters, sources said.

The deceased siblings hailed from the village of Garighat in Sialmari.
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Four killed in flood in Bauchi, Nigeria


pmnewsnigeria.com
Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:48 UTC
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The flooding that has cut off a section of the Kano-Maiduguri expressway.
The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has confirmed four persons dead in the recent flood disaster in the state.

The flood also destroyed houses, submerged farmlands and washed away some sections of the Kano-Maiduguri expressway.

Mr Masud Aliyu, the Director-General of the agency, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi.

He said the flood affected Shira, Giade and Katagum Local Government Areas of the state, following torrential rains in the past days.

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Attention

Black bear mauls 3-year-old girl in tent just north of Yellowstone National Park

Michelle Del Rey
Independent (UK)
Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:51 UTC
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Authorities euthanized a black bear in Montana after it mauled a three-year-old girl near Yellowstone National Park on Sunday.

The incident happened about 10pm at a private campground south of Red Lodge, Montana. The child was taken to a hospital in Billings, about 62 miles away.

Authorities with the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) set up a trap at the campsite on Sunday night and worked with the campground owner to evacuate the site by Monday morning. More traps and snares were set when the campground was fully evacuated.

Officials captured the bear on the afternoon of 12 August and it was shot and killed, per a news release.

Garbage, a cooler and food were food around and inside the tent where the attack took place.

(More here)
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Cloud Precipitation

Wild summer weather hits Spain: Storms, floods, accidents and delays to travel

Harry Sinclair
Euro Weekly
Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:09 UTC
Torrential rains across Spain's Balearic Islands have flooded roads and forced people to evacuate
Torrential rains across Spain's Balearic Islands have flooded roads and forced people to evacuate
After a tumultuous July filled with heatwaves, Spain is now seeing the complete opposite in many regions.

Known for its hot sun and clear skies, Spain has dramatically turned from 40-degree heat to storms and floods in less than 24 hours after a cold front swept across the Peninsular on Wednesday.

A DANA sweeps across Spain bringing heavy downpours, storms and floods

Forecast by AEMET, the state meteorological agency, the cold front came from the Atlantic and quickly evolved into a DANA resulting in cold winds, torrential rain and thunderstorms.

The worst of hit areas such as the Balearic islands and the Mediterranean coast as the AEMET issued its highest level warning, a red alert, due to the 100 kilometre per hour winds coming into Mallorca.

Other regions saw similar alerts due to the chaotic weather, including Catalonia, Valencia and the region of Murcia.

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Cloud Precipitation

Typhoon Ampil: Thousands evacuated and hundreds of flights cancelled as storm nears Tokyo

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar , Stuti Mishra
Independent (UK)
Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:54 UTC
Typhoon Ampil approaches Japan
Typhoon Ampil approaches Japan
Thousands of people in Japan have been ordered to evacuate and hundreds of flights and trains have been cancelled as typhoon Ampil bears down on Tokyo.

The widespread disruptions come as Japan is celebrating the Obon holiday week when millions of people return to their hometowns.

Ampil, which is expected to reach waters near Tokyo by Friday evening, is the seventh typhoon of 2024 to hit Japan. It is packing sustained winds of 162kph and moving north at 15kph, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Although Ampil is not expected to make landfall and may weaken to a tropical storm by Sunday, authorities have issued evacuation orders and warnings in anticipation of dangerous conditions.

The typhoon is expected to pass close to the Tokyo region, home to almost 40 million people, on Friday and move towards the Pacific coast.

(More here)

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