Earth Changes
Hundreds of dead fish swamped the shores of one neighborhood lake, a stench that could be smelled blocks away.
"They were all dying, there was just hundreds of them lying around," said Linda Watts, who lives by the lake.
But the smell is just one cause of concern.
Watts has lived in the Seven Oaks neighborhood next to the lake for nearly ten years, and said this is a problem she has never had to deal with.
"If there is something in the water, it is going to get into our drinking water? We don't know," she said.
The water behind is filled with dead fish of all different sizes like catfish, carp and trout.
At the end of 2016, the Vulture Conservation Foundation posted on their website that "The #european medicines agency (EMA) has their long-awaited technical position on the vulture-killing drug diclofenac, following a request from the European Commission." Finally, it seems that they have confirmed "that veterinary diclofenac does represent a real risk to European vultures, and therefore recommends that a number of risk management measures should be taken to avoid the poisoning of vultures, including more regulation, veterinary controls, better labelling and information and/or a ban of the drug."
What is being done to address the death of Europe's vultures?
The fight for the vultures has been a long and hard one. In 2015, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) announced in a press release that member countries who are Signatories to the MOU on the Conservation of Migratory #Birds Of Prey, listed more species of vultures to their annexure 1. The agreement which was discussed in Bonn was motivated by the African vulture crisis. Apart from illegal trade in the birds, poisoning is of very high concern. At that time there were 533 signatory countries, which was good news, but it did raise the question of what they are doing to address the threat to vultures and other birds of prey in Europe.
The deceased have been identified as 35-year-old Chhatra Kumari Rai of Haguwa, Khalchha Chhintangshahid Rural Municipality and Krishna Rai, 24, of Sanrigadhi Rural Municipality-10, said police.
According to a local, Krishna was talking on cell phone when he was struck by the lightning.
Similarly, police have also recovered a mobile phone set from the body of Chhatrakumari Rai.
Police have reached the incident site. Police said they are making preparations to bring the dead bodies to District Hospital for postmortem, said SP Sudip Raj Bhandari.
Seven cars have gone missing in Azarshahr, he regretted, adding, despite the warnings some people were reluctant to leave the area.
According to East Azarbaijan crisis management organization up to now, 14 have died and at least 3 gone missing in Azarshahr and some 4 individuals are missing and 15 are dead n Ajabshir.
"Some bridges are reportedly damaged in West Azarbaijan province and sadly a 12-year-old boy is taken away by the flood while biking," he explained.
Moreover, 4 died in a landslide triggered by the flood in Saqqez, Kordestan province, and one passed away in Baneh, he said.
So far, some 1,100 have received relief services, 77 provided with emergency accommodation, and 6 transferred to hospitals in 32 cities and villages, Najjar noted, adding, water was pumped out of 48 houses as well.
The quake struck at 5.15am local time (8.15am GMT) about 90 miles southeatst of the city of Calama.
USGS said the tremor had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and a depth of 188km, Reuters reported.
There have been no reports of inuries so far.
India's environmental watchdog has concluded that a spiritual festival held in the country last March caused more than $6 million worth of damage to the Yamuna River that could take a decade to fix.
An expert panel, established in 2010, was appointed by India's National Green Tribunal to investigate. The group concluded in its report released Wednesday, that the Art of the Living Foundation's World Cultural festival held last year had destroyed the bed of the Yamuna river - considered sacred by Hindus - and adversely affected 170 hectares of surrounding floodplains.
The report pointed to the construction of roads, ramps and a massive seven-acre stage for the three-day spiritual extravaganza as the cause of the extensive damage to the river, which just last month was granted the same rights as humans in a bid to tackle pollution of the fragile eco-system.
Officials said the 28-year-old sustained severe injuries to his lower right leg when he was bit about 100 yards offshore.
The incident happened about 9 a.m., when the man was surfing at a popular spot called Davidson's.
Bystanders said a 12-foot tiger shark bit the man.
They rushed to his aid after the incident, applying a tourniquet to slow the bleeding.
He was taken to Wilcox Medical Center. The victim's girlfriend subsequently told other surfers that part of the victim's right leg was amputated.
17 year old Keanan Perry is recovering after a shark attack on Friday at noon while surfing at Hanna Park.
Perry described the attack from that afternoon.
I was paddling in and I got off my board to see if I could stand to walk in. It was about chest height and was deeper than I expected. I dropped down when my foot touched the sand. Right when it touched the sand it (the shark) just latched and it was gone," Perry says.Perry knew right away he was being attacked by a shark and his first thought was to simply get away. He says the injury is about three inches deep in the back and will likely require a lot of stitches.
The bite may have tore his achilles tendon but Perry can still move his foot. His injuries were not considered life-threatening.
The report states that CCTV footage showed Imamsaab being attacked by a group of stray dogs.
According to the report, Imamsaab was in an inebriated state at the time the stray dogs attacked him. The incident came to light when police inspector Sanganagouda Patil came across Imamsaab, who had collapsed on the road after the attack. The inspector was out on his routine night patrol.













