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Mount Evans Highway reopening delayed due to May snow, Colorado


The Gazette
Wed, 20 May 2015 15:37 UTC
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Spring snow delays Mount Evans Road opening
The Mount Evans Highway will not reopen to traffic by Memorial Day weekend as planned because of heavy May snowfall.

The Colorado Department of Transportation says crews had only cleared six miles of the 14.7-mile road as of Monday.

About four 4 feet of snow has fallen in May, canceling out previous clearing work that began on April 28. CDOT officials say they also have yet to complete work stabilizing eroding parts of the highway above Lincoln Lake.

CDOT officials say they don't know when the road up to the 14,000-foot-plus peak will open.

However, they are still hoping to have Independence Pass to Aspen open on Thursday in time for the holiday weekend.

Source: Associated Press

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Weather chaos: 'Absolutely crazy,' says Fairplay, Colorado resident about all the Spring snow


denver.cbslocal.com
Wed, 20 May 2015 14:58 UTC
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Fairplay on Tuesday
Approximately 3,600 customers in Park County were without power because of Tuesday's snowfall.

Both Xcel Energy and the Intermountain Rural Electric Association each had about 1,800 customers without power Tuesday afternoon.

The customers without power live in Alma, Fairplay, Como, and the Grant areas in Park County.

IREA said the heavy, wet snow loaded on power lines and brought them down along with some tree limbs. Some of those branches fell on power lines and brought them down.

More than a foot of snow has fallen in Fairplay since Monday. Some places have received up to 14 inches.

Additional IREA crews are working to make repairs to restore power to all customers. There is no estimate on when power will be restored.

Xcel crews were also out Tuesday afternoon trying to fix dozens of problem areas.
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Snow in Fairplay on Tuesday
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Weather chaos: Snow in May on the Spanish Pyrenees after heatwave in parts of Spain


spanishnewstoday.com
Wed, 20 May 2015 14:41 UTC
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© Efe Jorge Mayoral
Snow in the Pyrenees
Following the heatwave which affected the whole of Spain last week, when temperatures reached 40ºC in many parts of the country, the weather on Tuesday provided a reminder that we are in fact only in the middle of spring, with snow falling in many parts of the Pyrenees.

This snowfall provided wintry tableaux in locations such as Los Llanos del Hospital, a cross-country skiing resort in the Benasque valley in the province of Huesca (region of Aragón), and throughout the Pyrenees and other northern mountain ranges the overnight temperatures are again forecast to drop below zero on Wednesday night. In many parts of the mountains along the border between France and Spain even Wednesday's maximum temperatures were forecast to remain close to 5ºC.

These distinctly cool conditions in the mountains of the north are forecast to continue until the weekend, while maximum temperatures of close to 30ºC will be recorded in parts of the south-west.
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Lightning filmed in slow motion over Norman, Oklahoma

Ben Hooper
upi.com
Tue, 19 May 2015 14:18 UTC
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© Matt Skuta
Lightning strikes over Norman
An Oklahoma videographer shared slow-motion footage of lightning strikes over Norman during the weekend's severe storms.

Matt Skuta captured video of the storm, which passed over Oklahoma and nearby states Saturday, and slowed down the footage to show how the lightning passes across the sky.

The Saturday storm, which Skuta filmed over the city of Norman, was part of a severe weather system that also included tornadoes touching down in the state.

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Eurasian tree sparrow turns up in Regina, Canada

Amanda Marcotte
cbc.ca
Tue, 19 May 2015 13:57 UTC
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This Eurasian Tree Sparrow is far from home, spotted in Regina this May. The bird is rarely seen in cooler climates.
Nick Selinger thought it was a day like any other when he went to check on the sparrows at his bird feeder.

But when the 12-year-old took a closer look, one of the sparrows didn't look like the others.

"I saw one of the birds had a black spot on its cheek," Selinger told CBC Saskatchewan's Blue Sky.

He was quite sure it was a Eurasian Tree Sparrow. His birding book confirmed that. Selinger's sighting is the first official sighting ever recorded in the province. The bird has been spotted only a handful of times in Canada.

"[I was] excited. When I went to bed that night, I thought did that bird really come here?"

But it turned out it wasn't just his imagination. The bird has been visiting his bird feeder every day since.
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Question

What's causing those weird trumpet noises in the sky?

Debbi Baker
U-T San Diego
Tue, 19 May 2015 15:15 UTC
Strange Sounds
© YouTube
A woman reacts to hearing a strange noise coming from the sky in Texas.
Have you heard those weird, apocalyptic trumpet-like noises coming from the sky? People all over the world say they have.

So what are they? The short answer is no one knows.

The latest video of the mystery comes from Germany and was posted to YouTube last month.

In it, the puzzled photographer sticks a camera out the window as a woman asks in German, "What is that?"

In the background is heard a metallic-type groaning sound coming from the sky as if someone just put the key in the ignition of a large, invisible Close Encounters of the Third Kind kind of vehicle and started it up. The video is all the more eerie because a young boy is standing motionless in the street as the noise amplifies.

Take a listen. What do you think that is?

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No Entry

USGS: Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Northwest of Tonga


US Geological Survey
Wed, 20 May 2015 00:30 UTC
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© USGS
Time
  1. 2015-05-20 00:30:51 (UTC)
  2. 2015-05-19 20:30:51 (UTC-04:00) in your timezone
  3. Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
  1. 128km (80mi) WNW of Pangai, Tonga
  2. 204km (127mi) N of Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  3. 632km (393mi) ESE of Lambasa, Fiji
  4. 655km (407mi) ESE of Suva, Fiji
  5. 722km (449mi) SSW of Apia, Samoa
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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.7 - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge


US Geological Survey
Tue, 19 May 2015 23:42 UTC
South Pacific Quake_190515
© USGS
Time
  1. 2015-05-19 15:25:21 (UTC)
  2. Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
  1. 2144km (1332mi) N of Siple, Mount, Antarctica
  2. 3892km (2418mi) WSW of Puerto Natales, Chile
  3. 3912km (2431mi) WSW of Punta Arenas, Chile
  4. 3983km (2475mi) WSW of Ushuaia, Argentina
  5. 3257km (2024mi) S of Adamstown, Pitcairn
Scientific Data
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Wolf

Dog attacks across South Wales almost doubles in a year

Philip Dewey
Western Mail
Mon, 18 May 2015 17:38 UTC
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The number of dog attacks in South Wales have risen by almost 50% in the last year
The number of dog attacks reported in South Wales has almost doubled over the last year, according to police figures.

Statistics released by South Wales Police showed 39 dogs were seized in 2014-15 after allegedly being responsible for an attack injuring at least one person.

This is compared to 20 dogs confiscated for an aggravated offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act in 2013-14 and 10 dogs seized in 2012-13.

An aggravated offence is defined as an attack causing an injury to one or more person.
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Wolf

10-month-old baby attacked by family dog in Hidalgo County, Texas


krgv.com
Mon, 18 May 2015 17:12 UTC
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A border collie
A 10-month-old baby is in the hospital after being attacked by a family dog, according to Linn-San Manuel Volunteer Fire Department Chief Elia Vicencio.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Department is investigating the case to determine what happened and if it could have been prevented.

The incident happened before noon, at the family trailer home at Valley Gateway RV Park. The park is 17 miles north of Edinburg.

Authorities said the dog was a border collie; the dog is one of three the family owns.

Vicencio was among those who responded to the incident. She told CHANNEL 5 NEWS, the mother and child met up with an ambulance from Valley EMS on Expressway 281. "They were actually already on the highway heading to the hospital when, I guess, the EMS people took the baby," she said.

The baby was taken to Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance.
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