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Growing sinkhole unnerves residents at Nova Scotia apartment building


CTV News
Sun, 14 May 2017 18:48 UTC
Glace Bay NS sinkhole
© Jessie Bainbridge
A small sinkhole in Glace Bay, N.S., has turned into a big problem for residents living beside it in an apartment complex.

"It feels like every time you turn your back it grows a little bit more and gets a little deeper," says tenant Blair Brewer.

The hole first appeared a year ago. The building owner has filled it with loose rock and gravel a number of times, but the ground keeps slipping away.

Residents of a Glace Bay, N.S., apartment complex say this sinkhole is getting bigger on a daily basis. It's all unnerving for residents.

"If something should happen and part of the building sinks in, it's not just the person in that part of the building that needs to worry," says Blair. "The whole building will be evacuated and we will have to look for a new home. That's not easy with a new family, especially with a three-month-old daughter."
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Entomologists: Where have all the insects gone?

Gretchen Vogel
Science
Wed, 10 May 2017 09:00 UTC
Hover fly
© Jef Meul/NIS/Minden Pictures/National Geographic Creative
Hover flies, often mistaken for bees or wasps, are important pollinators. Their numbers have plummeted in nature reserves in Germany.
Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. "If you talk to people, they have a gut feeling. They remember how insects used to smash on your windscreen," says Wolfgang Wägele, director of the Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity in Bonn, Germany. Today, drivers spend less time scraping and scrubbing. "I'm a very data-driven person," says Scott Black, executive director of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in Portland, Oregon. "But it is a visceral reaction when you realize you don't see that mess anymore."

Some people argue that cars today are more aerodynamic and therefore less deadly to insects. But Black says his pride and joy as a teenager in Nebraska was his 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1—with some pretty sleek lines. "I used to have to wash my car all the time. It was always covered with insects." Lately, Martin Sorg, an entomologist here, has seen the opposite: "I drive a Land Rover, with the aerodynamics of a refrigerator, and these days it stays clean."

Comment: See also: Vanishing act: Why insects are disappearing and why it matters

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Snowflake

26 cm (10 inches) of snow recorded in eastern Finland on Mother's Day


Yle
Mon, 15 May 2017 13:53 UTC
Snow Finland
Brilliant sunshine and relatively balmy Mother's Day weather greeted mothers in some parts of southern Finland, but in other parts of the country, mums woke to a completely different scenario.

According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, in Kuhmo, which lies in the southeastern corner of Kainuu in the east, the heavens dumped some 26cm of snow on Sunday.

In other parts of the eastern region, snowfall measured 20cm. However in areas such as Kajani and Sotkamo, the precipitation was more moderate, averaging just over 10cm.

The last time that so much snow was recorded in a 24-hour period between May 1 and 20 was in 1997.

By Sunday, Kainuu municipalities such as Paljakka in Puolanka had accumulated up to 93cm of snow on the ground, while other areas such as Pesiö in Suomissalmi had 53cm and Kajaani 13cm.

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Snowflake

Snow on Mother's Day in New England


wgme.com
Sun, 14 May 2017 13:31 UTC
Further north, Washington and Alexandria in New Hampshire both received snow as well.
© Carroll Police Department
Further north, Washington and Alexandria in New Hampshire both received snow as well.
The National Weather Service reports that several areas of New England received snow this Mother's Day, including some parts of Maine.

The service says snow fell and accumulated in elevations about 1,500 feet early Sunday morning.

The foothills of the Berkshires in East Hawley, Massachusetts, with an elevation of 1,650 feet saw 4 inches.

Further north, Washington and Alexandria in New Hampshire both received snow. In Carroll, New Hampshire, heavy snow and fallen trees left some roads blocked.

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Attention

Dead minke whale found at Grandview Nature Preserve in Hampton, Virginia


wtkr.com
Sun, 14 May 2017 10:42 UTC
Dead whale
A dead whale has washed ashore Sunday at the Grandview Nature Preserve, according to Matthew Klepeisz with the Virginia Aquarium.

Klepeisz says it is a Minke Whale, which have been known to approach ships, according to the American Cetacean Society.

However, the cause of death and size of the whale that washed ashore is unknown.

The American Cetacean Society says it can be hard to see a Minke Whale at sea because its blow is rarely visible and it tends to disappear quickly after exhaling.
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Attention

Shiveluch volcano in Russia given "red warning" to passing planes following massive 13km ash and steam eruption


The Big Wobble
Sat, 13 May 2017 10:32 UTC
Shiveluch volcano
© sputniknews.com
Shiveluch volcano
The Shiveluch volcano in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka region has erupted, spewing ash some 13km above sea level.

Experts from the Russian Academy of Sciences measured the plumes using seismic data as the ash column mixed with low-lying clouds.

Officials from the region's Emergency Situations Ministry have confirmed that the ash is not expected to land on nearby settlements, Russia's Interfax news agency reported Friday.

Meanwhile a "red warning" has been issued to passing planes, urging them to avoid the site.
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Attention

Fisherman survives shark attack in United Arab Emirates

Aghaddir Ali
Gulf News
Fri, 12 May 2017 10:16 UTC
Al Balochi was immediately rushed to the hospital after the attack

Al Balochi was immediately rushed to the hospital after the attack
An Emirati fisherman is lucky to be alive after being mauled by a shark in the Khor Fakkan sea on Friday morning.

Ali Mohammad Hamad Al Beloushi, 41, was on a fishing trip with his friend, Omar, when he was attacked by a large shark about five nautical miles off Khor Fakkan. The duo had left Khor Fakkan harbour around 7am.

Hassan, brother of the injured fisherman, told Gulf News that his brother went on the fishing trip as he would every morning accompanied by the friend.

Five nautical miles off the shoreline, Al Beloushi made free dive to a depth of 18 metres to explore underwater for potential catch and came up to break surface and return to his boat. He was about three metres away from his boat when he found his right leg being clamped by a powerful set of jaws.
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Cloud Precipitation

Deaths and evacuations following floods in Atacama and Coquimbo, Chile

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Mon, 15 May 2017 09:20 UTC
floods
Disaster management authorities in Chile say that flooding in the regions of Atacama, and Coquimbo since Friday 12 May has left 2 people dead and forced almost 3,000 to evacuate their homes. Some heavy rain has also been reported in Antofagasta and O'Higgins regions.

Coquimbo region

National Emergency Office of the Ministry of Interior And Public Security (ONEMI) said that 2 people died in an area near Monte Patria, Limarí Province, after being dragged in their vehicle by flood water.

Over 1,500 people evacuated their homes near Ovalle. ONEMI said people had to move to higher ground as levels of the Limarí River increased dramatically. A nearby reservoir also threatened to overflow.

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Moon

Rare 'ice halo' visible around the moon in New Zealand


stuff.co.nz
Sat, 13 May 2017 22:44 UTC
Ice halo around moon in New Zealand
© Met Service
The ice halo was captured by the MetService's camera at Mt Cook.
A rare "ice halo" visible around the moon overnight coincided with a big chill, with temperatures dropping below freezing point in both the North and South Islands.

Ashburton was the coldest spot on Sunday morning, with an icy temperature of -3.4C between 5am and 6am. Christchurch dropped to -2.9C, while in the North Island, both Masterton and Hamilton were -2.7C. "They'll be waking up to a really cold start," MetService meteorologist April Clark said. Hamilton was probably having the worst start to the day, she said.

"They have a little bit of fog around as well - they cool and get frost, and they also get fog, which is a bit miserable." Temperatures dropped even lower on Saturday night in Queenstown, dipping to -3.6C between 9 and 10pm when the skies were clear, before "heating up a little bit" when cloud set in. "It's really a huge difference when you get cloud - it's just like a little blanket over everyone."
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Tornado2

Waterspout filmed in Lee County, Florida


nbc-2.com
Sun, 14 May 2017 17:14 UTC
waterspout
A small area of showers popped up Sunday morning on the NBC2 First Alert Live Doppler Radar, just offshore from the Lee County islands. As it tracked inland, around 8:45 a.m., this shower produced a brief waterspout over the Caloosahatchee. The location is approximately between Gulf Harbour Yacht and Country Club in Fort Myers and the Cape Coral Yacht Club.

As of 10:30 am, there were no reports of any damage.

This video was taken by Tom Hendricks.

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