Earth Changes

Domesticated elephant kills mahout and injures another in Karnataka, India

Daiji World
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:48 UTC

A mahout who was suddenly attacked by a domesticated elephant that unexpectedly got agitated, lost his life. Another labourer suffered serious injuries in the same attack. This incident happened at the Dubare elephant camp in Kodagu district.

Annu (48), working as mahout in this camp, died in this incident, while labourer, Chandra (28), suffered injuries.

Annu was the mahout of a tamed elephant named Ranjan, which is housed in the camp. At around 8 am, Annu was releasing his elephant, Ranjan, from the ropes when an eight-year old elephant, Kartik, which was nearby, suddenly surged ahead and attacked both Annu and Chandra.

Four people killed by crocodiles within a month in Zimbabwe

Eyewitness News
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:59 UTC

Zimbabwe's rains have made sure that crocodiles are on the move, with four people having been killed by crocodiles in one river in less than a month.

The latest victim is an 11-year-old boy who was killed while swimming in the Kana River with two friends.

Conservation groups are warning that heavy rains and flooded rivers have resulted in crocodiles turning up in places where they're least expected.

Village headman Muziwakhe Ndlovu told the state-run Chronicle that the boy was the fourth person to die from crocodile attacks in that river this month.

Woman hospitalized after family pit bull attacks her in Foley, Alabama

Debbie Williams
wkrg.com
Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:51 UTC

The five-year-old dog was described as a member of the family, raised from a puppy but Monday afternoon it attacked the one person who may have loved him the most.

"My pit bull attacked my wife for no reason, bit a big hole in her side. If the law don't get him, he's a dead dog here."

The dog Milton Weeks raised from a 6-month-old puppy, crated and taken out of the house. Half an hour earlier.
his wife was airlifted to a trauma center after the dog attacked. "I had to pick up an electric heater and hit him across the head and then he jumped at me."

Strange, early morning horn sounds recorded in Ohio

LillyLithium
YouTube
Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:47 UTC

I had woken up and my dog had to be taken out to pee and this happened.

NOTE: there was no planes in the sky, there was no trains, the small town of Ohio was pretty much dead.

Part 2 of this will be uploaded, and it lasted a while after I stopped recording. A good 15-20 minutes and was still going when I went back inside.

Bizarre, iridescent cumulonimbus cloud seen over Singapore

Strange Sounds
Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:27 UTC

The top of this giant cumulonimbus cloud suddenly became iridescent as individual water droplets refracted sun light at high altitude. Crazy pictures shot today over Singapore.

Volcano erupts on Manam Island, Papua New Guinea

One Papua New Guinea
Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:04 UTC

Volcano on Manam Island

The volcano on Manam Island in Bogia, Madang in Papua New Guinea has erupted on Sunday evening, forcing many who had moved back there fleeing for safety, the local newspaper reports.

Paul Maburau, the ward councillor for Dugulava village on the island, said they saw flames coming out at around 7pm when many villagers were preparing to have dinner.

He said fire was coming out of both craters of the volcano - the one between Bokure village and Kualang village, and the one between Dugulava and Warisi villages.

Maburau said more blasts came during the night and continued through yesterday.

6 photos that show just how cold it was in Germany over Easter weekend

The Local, Germany
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:46 UTC

Easter for many across Germany meant either snow, rain, or even both over the weekend. And the chilly weather is set to continue.

From Berlin down to Munich, snow fell across the country over the Easter weekend, making the springtime holiday feel more wintry than perhaps many had hoped.

Flowers were already blooming for the season, but in some places, icy blankets hid them from sight, like below in Feldafing, Bavaria.

Snow ploughs even had to be deployed in some places, like below in Taunus, Hesse, to clear away the fields of white powder.

Shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Peru

Earthquake Track
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:28 UTC

6.0 magnitude earthquake 254 km from Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

2017-04-18 17:49:55 UTC

UTC time: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 17:49 PM
Your time: 2017-04-18T17:49:55Z
Magnitude Type: mww
USGS page: M 6.0 - 255km WNW of Iquitos, Peru
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 40 people

2017-04-18 17:49:55 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

6.0 magnitude earthquake off Fiji

Earthquake Track
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:18 UTC

6.0 magnitude earthquake 242 km from Levuka, Eastern, Fiji

2017-04-18 17:11:47 UTC

UTC time: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 17:11 PM
Your time: 2017-04-18T17:11:47Z
Magnitude Type: mww
USGS page: M 6.0 - 289km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 0 people

2017-04-18 17:11:47 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 626 km depth
Levuka, Eastern, Fiji