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Massive sinkhole swallows 6 cars in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Carly Read
Express (UK)
Sat, 11 Aug 2018 17:25 UTC
Measuring half of the width of the H&M shop, the sinkhole trapped the cars
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Measuring half of the width of the H&M shop, the sinkhole trapped the cars
Cars were pictured several feet below cracked and collapsed tarmac outside the retail giant's superstore in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where emergency services have warned customers at retail park chain Tanger Outlets not to approach the unstable crater.

Measuring half of the width of the H&M shop, the sinkhole trapped the cars that inside it that emergency services worked hard to fish out when the incident happened on Thursday afternoon.

Gas lines were located directly under the sinkhole sparking fears of a leak or even an explosion should it mix with petrol from the vehicles.

Lafayette Fire Company took to Twitter to urge customers to avoid the area.

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Heavy rainfall creates problems in west Georgia

Thea Morrison
Georgia Today
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:49 UTC
flood
Heavy rain has caused flooding in several towns in western Georgia, damaging infrastructure, houses and causing traffic delays.

The Emergency Management Service of Georgia reports that their units are mobilized at every spot where help is needed and are carrying out pumping works.

As a result of abundant rainfall in Batumi, Andronikashvili, Ostrov, Komakhidze and Saakadze streets were flooded. The Emergency Management Service has already cleaned the drainage channels and pumped water from the residential houses. 150 notifications were received from Batumi residents by the Emergency Management Service.

The Agency added about 40 houses were flooded in Kobuleti due to the heavy rain. Water pumping works have been completed there.

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Two pit bulls terriers kill woman in Montgomery County, North Carolina


wsoctv.com
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:28 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
Two pit bulls attacked and killed a 66-year-old woman while she was taking a walk in a Lake Tillery development on the western side of Montgomery County, authorities said.

The woman did not return home from her walk Thursday so her husband and neighbors searched the area.

They couldn't find her and called 911.

Deputies and emergency personnel discovered her body along an unused road.

It appeared she was attacked by dogs and authorities later located them in the neighborhood.

Comment: A list of the fatalities caused by this type of dog across America over the last 12 months:

Woman killed by pit bull terrier in Chicago

Boy, 2, killed by several pit bull terriers in Philadelphia

6-year-old girl dies following pit bull attack in Jacksonville, Florida

8-month-old girl killed by family pit bull in Miramar, Florida

Family pit bull terrier kills 6-year-old boy in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Woman killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Gulfport, Mississippi

Woman mauled to death by at least one of her pit bull terriers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Boy killed by family pit bull terrier in Converse, Texas

Young girl killed by pit bull terrier in Duncan, Oklahoma

Woman killed by pit bull terrier in West Monroe, Louisiana

Woman killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Bell County, Kentucky

Woman mauled to death by her pit bull terriers in Goochland County, Virginia

Elderly woman killed by her own pit bull terrier in Alsip, Illinois

Woman killed by pack of pit bull terriers in Jackson County, Alabama; second such attack in the state in 10 days

Pack of 4 pit bull terriers kill woman in Guntersville, Alabama; seriously injure another

Man dies following attack by 4 pit bull terriers in Philadelphia

Boy killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Lowell, Massachusetts

61-year-old woman killed by pit bull terrier in Gilmer County, Georgia

1-month-old baby killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Knox County, Ohio

Woman dies from injuries sustained in pit bull terrier attack in Neshoba County, Mississippi

Woman dies following pit bull terrier attack in Calhoun County, Florida

If something in the environment is causing people to become more erratic, aggressive and odd in their behavior one might reasonably expect such manifestations to be reflected in the animal kingdom. Particularly in those domesticated creatures close to humans, for example dogs and then for certain kinds of dogs with questionable temperaments to go crazy with increasing frequency. Could this be the pattern happening now?

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Rabid beaver attacking father and daughter on kayak caught on video in Adams County, Pennsylvania

Jack Phillips
Epoch Times
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:00 UTC
father daughter rabid beaver attack
© (Dan Wherley/ Facebook)
A Pennsylvania man and his daughter said they were attacked by a large beaver while they were kayaking in Adams County.
A Pennsylvania man and his daughter said they were attacked by a large beaver while they were kayaking in Adams County on Aug. 5.

Dan Wherley and Layla, 7, were kakaying down Conewago Creek when the beaver came close to them.

"I looked, and it was a beaver scratching at it, and I thought 'Wow, that's pretty cool-a beaver came up to us!' It wouldn't stop, so I used my paddle tried to hit it to get it away, and it just wouldn't stop, wouldn't stop," Wherley told WPMT-TV in a report on Aug. 9.

"The beaver came up to the kayak, and tried to get in the kayak," said Layla.

"I jumped out of my kayak and ran to her. I got to her kayak the same time the beaver did, it climbed up on the back of her kayak, started to, and I had to punch it to get it off, cause I didn't have anything with me," added Wherley in the report.

Comment: Are we seeing a rise in the spread of infectious diseases as well as animal attacks? And are they in some way connected?

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Huge landslides filmed in Himachal Pradesh, India after incessant rain


ABP Live
Tue, 07 Aug 2018 10:08 UTC
landslides
A landslide occurred in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur following incessant rainfall.

Vehicular traffic has been stopped in the area. Himachal Pradesh has been plagued with landslides owing to heavy rainfall and flooding in and around the state.

The region has suffered over a dozen deaths this year due to landslides.

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Cloud Grey

'Doom Nimbus': Incredible shelf cloud filmed over Anna, Illinois

Kim Davis
Sputnik
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:28 UTC
shelf cloud illinois
© YouTube / Live Storm Chasers
Ominous wave-like clouds have been spotted over an American town, prompting cheeky users to make doomsday predictions and references to Steven King's and George R. R. Martin's works.

In a video posted online, a giant tsunami-shaped cloud structure is seen "rolling" onto the small town of Anna in southern Illinois.


Comment: Some other recent stunning cloud formations include: With the rise in rare and unexplained phenomena in our skies, clearly something is changing in our atmosphere: Also check out SOTTs' monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - June 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Australian media lies about record hot July and wheat crop wipeout


Adapt 2030
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 20:55 UTC
drought
Trustworthy Australian media claims July 2018 as the hottest month ever in the country, but even the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says its 2nd warmest day time highs, and 5th warmest mean since records began.

Australia's drought is set to significantly worsen as well based on past patterns of climate on longer multi-century and multi-millennia cycles.

South America was below normal temperatures overall for July 2018.


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Price of potatoes to soar 900% in Belgium as drought and high temps kill crops

Daniel Boffey
Guardian
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 10:15 UTC
potato heatwave
© Kait Bolongaro/POLITICO
Farmer Johan Geleyns is one of the many potato farmers feeling the heat this summer | Kait Bolongaro/POLITICO
Food vendors in Belgium are praying for rain as the hot weather threatens the supply of the country's national dish, frites.

The Europe-wide heatwave has shrunk Belgium's early crop of potatoes by about one-third compared with an average year. Without significant rainfall over the next few weeks, the key September and October harvests could be smaller still.

The heat impacts not only the yield, but the size of the potatoes and the roughness of their skins. If they are too tough, they cannot be handled by the peeling machines used by chip manufacturers.

The price of the bintje potato, the traditional variety used in creating the frite, or frieten, as people say in the Flemish-speaking north of the country where the crisis has most been felt, has already shot up. And it is likely to rise further, turning the cheap Belgian snack into a rather expensive one.

Bernard Lefèvre, the president of Unafri-Navefri, the stallowners' association, told Politico: "It's a subject that is at the heart of our job.

Comment: There is barely a crop or livestock on the planet that isn't being affected by these shifts in seasons and extreme weather patterns:

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Signs and Portents: Two-headed calf born in north-west China

Kelsey Cheng
Daily Mail
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:21 UTC
A calf has shocked locals after being born with two heads on a farm in Shaanxi province

A calf has shocked locals after being born with two heads on a farm in Shaanxi province
A strange calf born with two heads has shocked villagers in north-west China.

Video footage of the mutant cow in a village in Xianyang city, Shaanxi province, shows it with two large heads, two ears, two mouths and four eyes.

The baby animal was seen sprawled on the ground helplessly as it was unable to stand up on its own.

After the unusual birth last Thursday, owner Feng Wenhong shared images of the animal, which is said to be affected by some sort of genetic mutation while still inside its mother's uterus.

The six-year-old mother survived the difficult birth and previously produced four healthy calves, according to local reports.

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Cloud Precipitation

Floods leave 22 dead, 3,000 homes destroyed as 'extraordinary' rainfall continues in Niger


Tasnim News Agency
Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:48 UTC
Niger floods
Twenty-two people died and thousands were left homeless in Niger after torrential rains caused heavy flooding, authorities said.

"As of August 6, 49,845 people have been affected... and unfortunately we have recorded 22 deaths," Niger's minister for humanitarian action, Laouan Magadji, told public television late Wednesday.

The floods have destroyed more than 3,000 homes and nearly 4,000 hectares of crops, the minister said.

Livestock has also been lost and drinking water supplies have been affected.

The southern regions of Maradi and Diffa are among the worst hit, and some 2,000 people in the capital Niamey have been left homeless after heavy rains earlier this week, said the minister, AFP reported.

He said the government and charities have already distributed food, clothing and mosquito nets to those in need.

The deaths come after the United Nations aid chief raised alarm in June over a worsening food crisis in the Sahel region that has sent malnutrition rates skyrocketing to their worst level since 2012.

Comment: "This year's rain is just extraordinary," Katiellou Lawan Gaptia, head of meteorology at Niger's Met Office said. "In Niamey alone, the season's rainfall has increased by 84 percent since 2010."

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