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Man-eater leopards give sleepless nights to villagers in Uttar Pradesh, India - 25 people killed in 18 months

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The man-eater wolves of Bahraich, responsible for 10 killings in Mahsi tehsil, are perhaps not the only predators on the prowl. In Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, more than 60,000 people in around 85 villages across its four tehsils, said to be home to at least 500 leopards, have been facing a huge threat as a leap of man-eater leopards that has claimed 25 lives over the past one and a half years, has been out on a killing spree.

Though UP Forest Department has installed around 107 cages and has launched a grueling operation to catch the man-eater leopards, it is yet to bring any respite to the locals who are forced to stay indoors and are living under constant fear.

Attention

River otter drags child into water in vicious attack on family at marina in Washington state

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The otter followed the family as they ran off along the dock.
Authorities in Washington state reported on Thursday that a young child is on the mend after being hurt by a river otter at a marina and dragged under the water.

The mother and youngster were strolling down a dock at Bremerton Marina in Kitsap County on Thursday morning, according to a news release from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The department did not identify the child or their mother.

The mother of the child claimed that the otter had dragged them underwater. After a short while, the boy came to the surface again, and the mother was able to intervene and rescue her son.

According to authorities, the otter attacked again after the mother saved the child. Sergeant Ken Balazs of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife stated that despite the child's "quick actions," she only suffered "minor injuries" from scratches and bites to the top of the head, face, and legs. The child was rushed to a nearby hospital.


Comment: Another recent attack a day earlier: Group of otters attack, seriously injure jogger in Malaysia


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Day 1 of the summer snowstorm in the European Alps

Germany’s Zugspitze saw 30 cm of snow.
© Zugspitze InstagramGermany’s Zugspitze saw 30 cm of snow.
The cold front from the Arctic has hit Germany, and temperatures have dropped from summery 25-30°C (77-86°F) to chilly winter temperatures. As the low is moving north, carrying moisture it gathered over the Mediterranean Sea, and hits the cold front, summer snowfall is being unleashed on parts of the European Alps. Between 5-35 centimeters (2-13 inches) of snow have fallen, and the snowline is dropping to as low as 800 meters (2,625 feet) in some areas of Germany.

The brunt of the snowstorm is supposed to come on Saturday, so stay tuned for more images over the next few days.

According to Copernicus, the European Space Agency, an unusual weather system over Scandinavia is accompanied by cold Arctic air, and moving south across Europe, bringing strong winds, a sharp drop in temperatures, and early snow in the Alps.


Tsunami

Floods in Myanmar leave over 113 dead, 64 missing and 320,000 displaced (UPDATE)

Flooding in Myanmar triggered by Typhoon Yagi has killed 17 people, the country's fire department said on Thursday.
Flooding in Myanmar triggered by Typhoon Yagi has killed 17 people, the country's fire department said on Thursday.
At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people displaced to safer areas on boats, according to the national fire service.

Adverse weather brought on by Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, has killed more than 230 people in Vietnam and Thailand, and flood waters from swollen rivers have inundated cities in both countries.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup in February 2021, and violence has engulfed large parts of the impoverished country.

An armed rebellion, comprising of new resistance groups and established ethnic minority armies, is challenging the well-armed military, amid a crippling economic crisis that could be exacerbated by the floods.


Comment: Update September 15

AFP reports:
The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has jumped to 113 and more than 320,000 people have been displaced, the junta said on Sunday.

"Around the country, 113 people have been killed, 64 are missing and 14 injured" as of the night of September 14, spokesman Zaw Min Tun said, adding "more than 320,000 from 78,000 households were evacuated to temporary relief camps".



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Massive waterspout over Pelješac Channel, Croatia as storms hit Dubrovnik

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Storms once again rolled over Dubrovnik this afternoon, and one scene from the Pelješac Channel, between the island of Korčula and Pelješac was truly frightening.

A huge waterspout rose over the Adriatic Sea sweeping water into the air.

Waterspouts are the result of warm and cold air colliding, and they are usually followed by a storm. Thunder, wind—it looks extremely dangerous, and often is for those out at sea, but it's also a thrill to capture such a display of nature's power.


Tsunami

Devastating floods hit south of Algeria leaving at least 6 people dead

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Torrential rains caused catastrophic flooding in southern Algeria over the weekend, leaving at least six people dead and several others missing. The unprecedented floods destroyed homes and vital infrastructure in the normally arid desert region.

Algeria's interior minister, Brahim Merad, described the situation as 'catastrophic' in a statement on state television. Civil defence and army personnel have been deployed to help with rescue efforts and to assist families trapped by the floods.

Since Saturday evening and Sunday morning, successive communiqués from the civil protection services have reported the rescue of dozens of people trapped by the waters in several Saharan provinces, including Béchar, Tindouf, Naama, Beni Abbes (south-west), Tamanrasset and Illizi (south-east).

The National Gendarmerie (a force under the Ministry of Defence) posted videos on its official Facebook page showing traffic disruption on several roads in the southern provinces due to flooding.


Comment: At least 18 dead amid flash floods sweeping various regions in Morocco - a years' worth of rain in 2 days


Eagle

Four golden eagle attacks on people in 5 days in Norway - Completely abnormal behaviour, according to ornithologist

PUT DOWN: The young golden eagle was put down after a child was attacked.
© PER KÅRE VINTERDALThe young golden eagle was put down after a child was attacked.
Even golden eagle expert Alv Ottar Folkestad had never heard of people being attacked by the majestic bird. But then, in just five days, there were four attacks in four different places in Norway.

- That the eagle attacks people is so unusual that I have not found it mentioned before, if you disregard very old stories that have not been confirmed.

That's what golden eagle expert Alv Ottar Folkestad says in the nature conservation organization Birdlife.

He says that just one documented case of a golden eagle attacking a human would be a sensation. In the last week there have been four (!) cases.

- It seems incomprehensible that this could happen. Especially the attack on this child, he says.


On Saturday, a 20-month-old girl was attacked in Orkanger in Trøndelag .

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SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - August 2024: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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The early peak of the solar cycle arrived with intense geomagnetic storms that produced amazing auroras around the world, reaching farther south than usual as well as the highest daily sunspot numbers in more than 20 years.
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This intense solar activity has been accompanied by extreme weather on Earth this month, particularly severe storms and record flooding around the world.

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Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam killing 226, with 104 missing - 17 inches of rain in 24 hours (UPDATES)

Water is whipped up by high winds onto the shore of Phuong Luu lake as Super Typhoon Yagi hits Hai Phong
© NHAC NGUYENWater is whipped up by high winds onto the shore of Phuong Luu lake as Super Typhoon Yagi hits Hai Phong
Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees and swept ships and boats out to sea, killing one person, as it made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, after leaving at least 23 dead through southern China and the Philippines.

The typhoon hit Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces, packing winds exceeding 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour, Vietnam's National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said.

In the Hai Duong province, a man was killed when heavy winds brought down a tree as the storm approached landfall, according to state media.

In Hai Phong, AFP reporters encountered streets filled with fallen trees, metal roofing and broken signboards that had been ripped off properties.


Comment: Update September 9

Al Jazeera reports:
At least 59 people have been killed in Vietnam amid landslides and floods triggered by Typhoon Yagi, according to state media reports.

The typhoon was Asia's most powerful storm this year and made landfall on Vietnam's northeastern coast on Saturday, after causing havoc in China and the Philippines.

Among the victims were six people, including a newborn baby and a one-year-old boy, who were killed in a landslide in the Hoang Lien Son mountains of northwestern Vietnam.

Their bodies were discovered on Sunday, a local official told the AFP news agency.

Other victims included a family of four who were killed after heavy rain caused a hillside to collapse onto a house in mountainous Hoa Binh province in northern Vietnam, state media reported.

On Monday morning, a passenger bus carrying 20 people was swept into a flooded stream by a landslide in mountainous Cao Bang province.

Rescuers were deployed, but landslides blocked the path to where the incident took place.

In Phu Tho province, rescue operations were continuing after a steel bridge over the engorged Red River collapsed.


Reports said 10 cars and trucks, along with two motorbikes, fell into the river.

Three people were pulled out of the river and taken to hospital, but 13 others were missing.

The Vietnamese government said the storm disrupted power supplies and telecommunications in several parts of the country, mostly in Quang Ninh and Hai Phong in the northeast.

The weather agency on Monday warned of more floods and landslides, noting that rainfall had ranged between 208mm and 433mm (8.2 inches to 17 inches) in several parts of the region over the past 24 hours.

"Floods and landslides are damaging the environment and threatening people's lives," the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said in a report.

Yagi weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday, but several areas of the port city of Hai Phong were under half a metre (1.6 feet) of water and there was no electricity.

At Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site about 70km (43 miles) up the coast from the city, the disaster management authority said 30 vessels sank after being pounded by strong wind and waves.

The typhoon also damaged nearly 3,300 houses, and more than 120,000 hectares (296,500 acres) of crops in the north of the country, the authority said.
Update September 12

Sky news reports:
The number of people killed by Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam has risen to 226 with another 104 missing, according to the government's disaster management agency.

The storm, which is the strongest to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades, made landfall on Saturday with winds of up to 92mph, causing flash floods and landslides.

Officials said the northern province of Lao Cai had suffered the heaviest casualties, with 98 dead and 81 missing.




Attention

Group of otters attack, seriously injure jogger in Malaysia

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A group of otters attacked a jogger in Malaysia and left her seriously injured, according to a Viral Press report cited by multiple outlets.

The unnamed woman was attacked by a group of eight otters Wednesday morning at Sabah, Malaysia's Tanjung Aru Recreation Park, according to Viral Press, TMZ reported.

Videos and photos circulating on social media appear to show a bloodied middle-aged woman sitting on the curb. She reportedly sustained injuries to her legs, arms and head, The Star reported, showing images of apparent injuries. A video later appears to show a group of otters running around a parking lot.


Comment: This once unusual aggressive behavior against humans by otters seems to have become increasingly common in recent years, see the reports below: