Oroville dam
THOSE IN THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THIS DAM NEED TO PREPARE TO POSSIBLY EVACUATE. IF THE ORDER IS GIVEN YOU WILL HAVE LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO LEAVE. PREPARE NOW.
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Oroville dam
THOSE IN THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THIS DAM NEED TO PREPARE TO POSSIBLY EVACUATE. IF THE ORDER IS GIVEN YOU WILL HAVE LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO LEAVE. PREPARE NOW.
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The PTR DFO, however, said it had yet not been confirmed if they had tranquilised the same man-eating tigress.
The killings snowballed into a major electoral issue with residents of 275 villages situated in proximity of the tiger reserve, who threatened to boycott polls demanding a permanent solution to the problem of wild animals straying into human habitations, destroying life and property.
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The quake, which struck at 9.19am, was centred 15 km north-west of Culverden at a depth of 9km, GeoNet reported.
The quake, which struck at 9.19am, was centred 15 km north-west of Culverden at a depth of 9km, GeoNet reported.
The quake, which struck at 9.19am, was centred 15km north-west of Culverden at a depth of 9km, GeoNet reported.
It was felt widely. On GeoNet's site more than 1350 people lodged "felt it" reports.
GeoNet duty seismologist Dr Anna Kaiser said it was certain the shake was an aftershock from the big Kaikoura one on November 14.
"That's definitely within the aftershock area of the Kaikoura earthquake."
She said it was "very typical" to see that type of aftershock following a quake of the magnitude of the one in November.
As of January 19, GeoNet had predicted an 89 per cent chance of one or more aftershock between magnitude 5 and magnitude 5.9 occurring on the next 30 days.
"It was around 19:00. There is no stadium, so they were playing in the rural area. They were walking home afterwards and he was in front of the group when he was struck by lightning," Captain Jackson Manatha said.
The 23-year-old died instantly.
The incident happened in Matolweni Location, Nqadu Village.
"The identity of the deceased will be made known once all his relatives have been officially informed of his death."
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Cars on the Coquihalla Highway, a major route in and out of B.C.'s Lower Mainland, were stuck until at least 10 a.m. Friday after the road closed Thursday afternoon.
Cars on the Coquihalla Highway, a major route in and out of B.C.'s Lower Mainland, were stuck until at least 10 a.m. Friday after the road closed Thursday afternoon.
The rain began Wednesday night and carried into Thursday morning, blanketing the area with slick sheets of ice.
By Thursday afternoon, Highways 1, 3, 5 and 99 had all shut down due to the dangerous conditions. Many parts of those highways remained closed on Friday morning.
North Vancouver's Joanna Hirner and her family had been stuck on Highway 5 — known as the Coquihalla — since 8 p.m. PT on Thursday. They were trying to get to Big White Ski Resort, near Kelowna.
The incident happened on Thursday at Guma village Traditional Authority Msakambewa in the district.
Confirming the development to Malawi24, Dowa police spokesperson said the man and his daughter were in their house when heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning started.
"Later lightning struck the two and the man died on the spot while the child was rushed to Dowa District Hospital where she has been admitted to," said Kaponda.
Postmortem conducted revealed that death was due to electric shock caused by lightning and no foul play suspected.
Both the deceased and the victim comes from Goma village Traditional Authority Msakambewa in Dowa district.
In some areas, this will be the second storm in less than a week to unleash a blizzard and over a foot of snow.
Behind a weak system that returned snow to New England to start the weekend, a second and more potent storm will follow late on Sunday into Monday.
"The storm has the potential to bring 1 to 2 feet (30 to 60 cm) of snow to parts of central and northern New England and parts of the Maritime Provinces of Canada," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said.
Locally higher amounts can occur in parts of central and eastern Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
There will be a sharp variation in snowfall across northern and southern New England, where a distance of a few dozen miles could mean the difference between a slushy inch or two of snow and well over half a foot.
Justin Matthews said in a post on Facebook, the eagle was rescued by a man named David - a man currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments - from water in the Copper Stone subdivision.
Matthews said David saw an alligator with the eagle in its jaws, so he waded into the water and pulled the eagle away.
David told Matthews he "couldn't watch America's symbol die."
The bird apparently has a nest nearby, as well as a mate.The nest, according to Matthews, is on a cell phone tower in Parrish, close to Harrison Ranch.
The injured eagle was taken to Save Our Seabirds in Sarasota, but unfortunately had to be euthanized shortly afterward.
The oarfish that washed up on Waiharakeke Beach in Abel Tasman National Park.
The deep sea fish usually lives at depths of around 1000 meters and is the longest known living species of bony fish in the world.
Robinson said she was camping at Totaranui Campground in Abel Tasman National Park with her husband Nigel Robinson and a group of 12 friends and children.
The group had just come back from lunch at Awaroa on Thursday when they decided to go for a walk along nearby Waiharakeke Beach as it was low tide.
"We saw something shiny on the edge of the water and thought it was a piece of a boat and walked up and there it was.
"I've never seen anything like it. It looked like a huge lure, it was pretty spectacular."
Robinson said the oarfish was "too big" to try and carry back to the campground, so instead they went to the Department of Conservation office early the next morning to report their find.
Oarfish can reach a length of 17 meters and can weigh up to 270 kilograms.
The oarfish that washed up on the beach on Thursday was about three meters long and was "really heavy".
Dead oarfish was caught by fishermen off the coast of Agusan del Norte.
On Wednesday, a 10-foot-long dead oarfish was caught by fishermen off the coast of Agusan del Norte.
To some, deep-sea creatures such as oarfish that end up in shallow water are a good predictor of earthquakes. How true that is remains very much a debate?
"It's theoretically possible because when an earthquake occurs there can be a build-up of pressure in the rocks which can lead to electrostatic charges that cause electrically charged ions to be released into the water," Rachel Grant, a lecturer in animal biology, said in a report posted on the Independent news website in October 2013.
In an undated Japan Times article, seismologist Kiyoshi Wadatsumi said that "deep-sea fish living near the sea bottom are more sensitive to the movements of active faults than those near the surface of the sea."
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