Lugeretzia Kooper The Namibian Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:47 UTC
A war veteran (74) in the Zambezi region suffered a great loss when 17 head of cattle were killed by lightning on Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred at Chixu village in the Kongola constituency.
The devastated owner, Lukas Machinga, told The Namibian on Friday his cattle herder was also struck by lightning, although fortunately it was not fatal.
According to Machinga, the cattle herder told him the lightning came from nowhere and struck about three kilometres away from the kraal.
Tornadoes touched down in Texas and Louisiana as a powerful storm system that dumped heavy snow in California moved eastward Thursday, knocking out power to more than 150,000 customers and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights into and out of Dallas.
Tornado warnings issued for Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding areas of Texas expired by late afternoon but strong winds and hail continued, according to the National Weather Service.
About 100 miles east of Dallas, a twister that hit the ground near the small town of Fouke moved northeast toward Texarkana at 55 mph, the weather service said.
The NWS Storm Prediction Center reported that a severe thunderstorm watch was in effect through midnight Thursday for parts of southeast Texas, including Houston and College Station.
Dennis Patterson's job at the W.M. Keck Observatory atop 13,803-foot Maunakea primarily focuses on caring for and maintaining the observatory's cameras and spectrometers. But the recent winter weather has given him another purpose during his four days a week at the summit: shoveling snow.
The Big Island was drenched with rain by two Kona Lows in the middle of February. But at the high elevations, the storms also produced more than a foot of snow, including 10-foot drifts in some places on Maunakea.
"I was still shoveling up there Saturday," said Patterson, who is used to the white stuff having lived in Colorado and Utah. "This last storm was pretty epic. We still haven't been able to open the domes for the last 12 or 13 nights due to ice and snow buildup."
Stunning footage shows snow covering parts of the Arizona desert after a strong cold front brought plummeting temperatures overnight Wednesday (1 March).
Videos shared by Brandon Zavala show a blanket of snow covering the desert landscape on Thursday in Yucca, about 150 miles northwest of Phoenix, in Mohave County.
Yucca was under a winter storm warning until 5 am Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service and numerous roads across the state were closed on Wednesday night due to adverse weather.
A dead humpback whale spotted off the Garden State coast was the second to be seen in the tri-state area on Wednesday.
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is continuing to monitor the latest whale spotted off the coast of Seaside Park.
A necropsy is expected to be performed.
The initial discovery occurred on the same day that another whale washed onto a jetty in Breezy Point, New York.
While scientists continue to say there are no connections to the surveying taking place on the planned offshore wind farms and these deaths, there have been continued calls for a pause by mayors, activists and even state congressional representatives.
A baby was taken away by stray dogs and was mauled to death at a hospital in Sirohi district of Rajasthan.
The month-old-child was sleeping next to his mother in the TB ward of the hospital, police said.
Police said the CCTV footage showed that two dogs went inside the TB ward of the hospital late on Monday and one of them returned with the infant.
Sitaram, SHO, Kotwali said the father of the child was admitted in the hospital for tuberculosis treatment. He said the child's mother, who was attending to the patient along with her other children, dozed off.
In a shocking incident, a three-year-old girl died after being mauled by a pack of stray dogs in the CB Ganj locality in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
The victim, Pari, the daughter of Awadhesh Gangawar, a resident of Bandia village, was attacked by a pack of around 15 to 20 dogs late on Tuesday evening.
Girl dragged around 100 metres by dogs
Pari was playing outside the house, while her elder siblings were inside when she was attacked by the stray dogs.
"The dogs dragged the victim for around 100 meters and mauled her badly," a police official said.
The man has been identified as Joe Cleveland Scott. He was 65. Authorities say Scott lived in the McDonalds Chapel Community. His body was found in the 5700 block of Iceland Avenue.
Authorities say Scott was a pedestrian who was attacked by several dogs. An autopsy has found the death is due to the injuries he sustained during the dog attack.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and Jefferson County Animal Control are investigating.
