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Six earthquakes rattle parts of San Diego, California

Chris Jennewein
Times of San Diego
Thu, 21 May 2015 07:00 UTC
six earthquakes in the Salton Sea.

U.S. Geological Survey map shows the location of the six earthquakes in the Salton Sea.
A series of six earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 2.8 to 4.1 rattled the Imperial County city of Calipatria and were felt in the San Diego area Wednesday night.

All the earthquakes occurred near the southern edge of the Salton Sea. The strongest, a magnitude-4.1, occurred at 8:15 p.m., about 10 miles northwest of Westmorland.

The first earthquake was reported at 8:18 p.m., and the last at 10:06 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The epicenter for five of the six earthquakes was about eight miles north north-west of Calipatria.

The magnitude-4.1, which occurred at a depth of five-eighths of a mile, was felt in parts of San Diego, La Mesa and Alpine, U-T San Diego reported.

Two of the earthquakes had a magnitude of 3.3. The first, at 8:51 p.m., occurred at a depth of 1.8 miles, and the second, at 10:06 p.m., was at ground level, according to the USGS.

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Cloud Precipitation

10,000 left homeless after deadly floods strike Southern China with 'super severe rainstorm' forecast

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Wed, 20 May 2015 14:13 UTC
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© AFP
A primary school in Rongan is surrounded by floodwater after a heavy rainstorm hit south China's Guangxi province
A number of provinces of southern China have experienced heavy rain since 18 May 2015. The worst affected are Jiangxi, where 7 people have been killed in landslides and house collapses, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where 6 people are thought to have died in the floods.

Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, also report that at least 6 people are still missing after a rescue boat capsized floods in Ganzhou, Jiangxi. A team of five rescuers and eight evacuated villagers were on the boat when it overturned in flood waters on Tuesday 19 May 2015.

The floods have forced at least 10,000 people from their homes in Jiangxi Province. Local authorities say that nearly 14,000 hectares of farmland is under water.

ECHO report that, as of 19 May 2015, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China was also badly affected by the severe weather, with at least five people killed, another six missing and hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed.

Other province affected by the heavy rainfall over the last few days are Guangdong, Jiangsu, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Taiwan has also seen heavy rainfall. In Taizhong, 114 mm of rain fell in 24 hours between 19 and 20 May 2015.

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Attention

Endangered saiga antelope death toll nears 20,000 in Kazakhstan


rferl.org
Wed, 20 May 2015 14:00 UTC
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The total saiga population was thought to have fallen as low as around 21,000 in 2003, when the species was declared critically endangered.
The death toll in a sudden die-off of critically endangered saiga antelope is nearing 20,000, according to authorities in northern Kazakhstan who are still unsure of the cause.

The Kazakh Department for Emergency Situations said that 19,231 carcasses had been buried in the Qostanai region by late on May 19.

Officials in the adjoining Aqtobe region also reported on May 20 that they had found 68 dead saigas in the Irgiz-Torghai natural reserve.

The cause of death is unclear, but authorities suspect the culprit is a bacterial infection carried in the mouth and breathing passage known as pasteurellosis.
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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.9 - 184km W of Lata, Solomon Islands


US Geological Survey
Wed, 20 May 2015 23:36 UTC
Lata Quake_200515
© USGS
Time
  1. 2015-05-20 22:48:54 (UTC)
  2. Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
  1. 184km (114mi) W of Lata, Solomon Islands
  2. 487km (303mi) ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands
  3. 609km (378mi) NNW of Luganville, Vanuatu
  4. 881km (547mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
  5. 1079km (670mi) ESE of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
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Windsock

Freak dust storm in north India leaves 7 dead in Rajasthan


hindustantimes
Wed, 20 May 2015 12:29 UTC
India dust storm
© Virender Singh Gosain/ HT Photo
The dust storm kept many indoors while the rest had no option but to take cover.
A severe dust storm and light rain hit vast swathes of north India, leaving seven people dead and damaging houses in Rajasthan and affecting Metro rail services in the national capital.

A minor girl and a woman were among those killed in Rajasthan by Tuesday's freak storm, which left a trail of destruction across the state, damaging buildings, uprooting trees and electricity poles and disrupting power supply in many districts.

Five people were killed and 10 more injured in Bharatpur district in Rajasthan. Two people were killed in Bikaner while six others were injured, officials said.

While many parts of the state were hit by a massive sand storm followed by thunder squalls, there were reports of hailstorms in some areas where unseasonal rains in March had left many dead and damaged crops, triggering one of the worst agrarian crises in Rajasthan.


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Attention

Rarely-seen Cuvier's beaked whale washes up near Ahousaht, Canada

Lisa Johnson
cbc.ca
Tue, 19 May 2015 18:45 UTC
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© Marcie Callewaert
A rare beaked whale has washed up on the beach in Ahousaht, B.C., on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
The decomposing whale was spotted by a hiker on the Wild Side trail, who thought it might have been a killer whale.

Marcie Callewaert, a photographer and Grade 6 teacher who reported the whale to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, took a boat to get a closer look and was relieved the hiker was wrong.

"I was really concerned considering all the recent strandings and the status of our orca population around here. So I was really happy it wasn't an orca," said Callewaert.

No officials have visited the remote location, but Callewaert said it appears to be a Cuvier's beaked whale.

"It's just so exciting to see one in person, although it's tragic that it's dead ... just the opportunity to see it in person, I know I won't get that chance again," she said.
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Cloud Precipitation

Britain battered by hail, thunder, lightning, heavy rain, high winds and sleet in unusually cold and wet May

Hannah Perry
Daily Mail
Tue, 19 May 2015 23:17 UTC
storm clouds nottingham england

Unsettled weather caused havoc to cricket's County Championship programme yesterday. Storm clouds had gathered during the LV County Championship match between Nottinghamshire and Somerset at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, England
Britain was been battered by hail, thunder, lightning, heavy rain, high winds and even sleet yesterday in what has been an unusually cold and wet May.

The Met Office reported that the UK has already suffered more than it's average full month rainfall inside the first 17 days of the month.

Children from local schools in Scarborough had their cricket tournament cut short after a massive hail storm hit Wykeham, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Giant hail stones rained down on the match, covering the field in ice as pupils ran for cover.

And they weren't the only ones to have their game affected as the unsettled weather caused havoc to cricket's County Championship programme.
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Attention

3rd dead whale found in San Francisco Bay area in just over a month


news.yahoo.com
Wed, 20 May 2015 18:04 UTC
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© KGO-TV
A whale washed up on shore near Kelly Beach in Half Moon Bay, Calif. on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
A dead whale was found on a beach south of San Francisco on Tuesday, the same day two other dead whales that washed up weeks apart were being buried nearby after neighbors complained of their rotting smell.

The cetacean appears to be an adult gray whale, about 40 feet long, California Academy of Sciences spokeswoman Haley Bowling said.

The whale could be the same one spotted floating offshore within the last two days, Bowling said.

Scientists from the academy were en route to the scene, but the whale could easily be carried out by the tide before researchers get a chance to examine it, she said.

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Arrow Down

Broken pipeline near Santa Barbara, California leaks 21,000 gallons of oil in ocean and on beaches


RT
Wed, 20 May 2015 17:50 UTC
oil spill california coast
© Reuters/Daniel Becerril
A busted pipeline off the California coast spilled approximately 21,000 gallons of oil into the ocean and onto beaches Tuesday as officials scrambled to secure the area, Reuters reported.

The spill occurred Tuesday afternoon at a site off the Santa Barbara County coast. The pipeline is operated by Plains All American Pipeline, the US Coast Guard in Los Angeles stated. While it's unclear exactly what type of oil seeped out of the pipeline, officials from multiple government agencies, including local, federal and wildlife, responded to the scene.

The spill extended about four miles along Refugio Beach, the Coast Guard said. An official added that it had traveled about 50 yards (46 meters) into the ocean, according to Reuters.
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Cloud Lightning

More storms sweep through Texas and Oklahoma spawning over two dozen tornadoes


Weather.com
Wed, 20 May 2015 14:55 UTC
tornado tx plains

Tornado seen rolling across TX plains
Damaging storms swept across Texas and Oklahoma Tuesday, spawning more than two dozen reported tornadoes in the two states. Flash flooding also disrupted road travel in parts of the region.

According to the Storm Prediction Center, 27 reported tornadoes were spotted from Tuesday through early Wednesday morning. These reports will need to be surveyed and confirmed; crews from the National Weather Service will review the damage and determine how many tornadoes were actually in progress during this event.

The greatest concentration of tornadoes was in north Texas and southern Oklahoma, in a region generally northwest of Fort Worth and southwest of Oklahoma City.

One of those tornadoes struck Mineral Wells, Texas, Tuesday evening before sunset with reports of a roof collapse of a vacated bank building downtown. Photos from the scene showed damage to some awnings downtown, and large tree limbs were snapped in parts of the city.
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