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The latest Cyclone Mekunu has turned parts of of the arid Rub’ al-Khali desert, also known as the Empty Quarter, into water lakes, in a rare phenomenon that has not happened in nearly 20 years.
The latest Cyclone Mekunu has turned parts of of the arid Rub’ al-Khali desert, also known as the Empty Quarter, into water lakes, in a rare phenomenon that has not happened in nearly 20 years.
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The eruption sent a plume of smoke 500 metres into the air, as well as shooting rocks and gasses
The eruption sent a plume of smoke 500 metres into the air, as well as shooting rocks and gasses
The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER) registered the explosion at 7.08pm local time (2pm BST) on Thursday.
The eruption sent a plume of smoke 500 metres into the air, as well as shooting rocks and volcanic gasses.
INETER has reported pyroclastic material in the smoke column, but no pyroclastic flows have occurred.
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Hot weather and record-breaking floods have created ideal conditions for mosquitoes, helping to multiply their population to overwhelming numbers. The insect invasion has affected at least six areas in the Voronezh region.
People are suffering from itchy bites and swelling and say that it's "impossible" to leave their homes. Children are refusing to go to school as they are immediately "eaten alive" by the insects. Even at home people find scant refuge, as the tiny menaces manage to crawl through any crack they can find. Outside is far worse, as roads cannot even be seen through mosquito hordes, according to local media.
Comment: While some creatures numbers appear to be collapsing, other, less loveable creatures seem to be seeing a resurgence:
- Blood-sucking insects form 'mosquito tornadoes' in Yekaterinburg, Russia
- UK toad and frog numbers collapsing with sightings down by up to two-thirds
- "Ecosystem heads towards collapse": One-fifth of Europe's wood beetles at risk of extinction
- Insect anomaly: 17-Year cicadas emerging 4 years early
- Potential virus carrying exotic tick species discovered in New Jersey
- Butterfly numbers in the UK's woods have dropped by nearly 60% since 1990 in the latest sign of an 'ecological Armageddon'
- Mosquito saliva alone triggers unexpected immune response
- Why mosquitos attack some, but leave others alone
Butterfly numbers in the UK are in decline, and yet again it seems agriculture is to blame. Since 1990, butterfly numbers have declined by 27 per cent in farmland and by 58 per cent in woods, the government report found. The Common Blue (pictured) is one in decline
Since 1990, butterfly numbers have dropped by 27 per cent in farmland and by 58 per cent in woods, the government study found.
In response to the report, charities have claimed that reform is needed to the country's farming laws in order to protect the environment in the wake of Brexit.
They say the latest figures offer more evidence to support expert predictions of an 'ecological Armageddon'.
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The dog that attacked a woman in Calvert County, Maryland, was said to be a Dogo Argentino. Dogs of this breed (shown above in a stock image) can weigh around 100 pounds.
The dog that attacked a woman in Calvert County, Maryland, was said to be a Dogo Argentino. Dogs of this breed (shown above in a stock image) can weigh around 100 pounds.
Jenna Rae Sutphin of Huntingtown, Maryland, was pronounced dead around 5 p.m., Maryland State Police confirmed.
A driver traveling along Maryland Route 4 in Calvert County called 911 around 7 a.m. after seeing an animal attacking something, but couldn't give more details, said Elena Russo of the Maryland State Police.
When the trooper arrived at the overgrown area near the highway, which is adjacent to Sutphin's home, the dog was actively attacking her, police said.
Sources who responded to the scene said that Sutphin was bitten in the back of the head and neck. She was sent to a local hospital and then life-flighted to Medstar Washington Hospital Center. She died Thursday night.
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A minke whale is measured near Tiverton, N.S., in February.
A minke whale is measured near Tiverton, N.S., in February.
Tonya Wimmer, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University and the director of Marine Animal Response Society, said photos in recent weeks show three dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
She said the reports of the dead whales between the Gaspé Peninsula and northern tip of New Brunswick started in early June.
The charitable organization dedicated to marine animal conservation hopes people will report sightings of the dead whales so they can be tracked and brought to shore. That could help determine how they died.
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The optical phenomenon known as a circumhorizontal arc occurs due to the refraction of sunlight in ice crystals, according to the National Weather Service.
7News viewers spotted the beautiful spectacle in Tyngsborough, Lynn and Reading.
The body of Michael Soltis, 44, was discovered after a brown bear mauled one of the volunteers searching for the missing man, said MJ Thim of the Anchorage Police Department.
The cause of Soltis' death has not been confirmed and is still being investigated, but it appears that he was killed by the same bear that attacked the volunteer, Thim said.
"What we believe is the brown bear was protecting its prey, its find, which turned out to be the body of the missing person," he said.
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The eruption ejected a column of ash up to 4.6 km (14 000 feet) above sea level, according to the Tokyo VAAC. Volcanic material was thrown as far as 1.1 km (0.7 miles) from the crater.
This was the first explosive eruption of this volcano since 05:44 UTC on May 14. That eruption sent ash up to 7.6 km (25 000 feet) above sea level, making it nearly 1 km higher than April 4th eruption and the highest since the current eruptive phase of this volcano began on March 1, 2018.
Comment: This comes days after an M6.1 earthquake in Osaka. Japan, which killed 3 people, and a few months following Shinmoedake's first recorded pyroclastic flow.
Other seismic and volcanic activity documented in the past few months:
- Powerful M6.1 quake strikes Port Villa, Vanuatu - Location considered "unusual"
- Vancouver Island hit with over 150 tremors in 24 hour
- M4.4 earthquake shakes part of northern Oklahoma
- Kilaeua: Lava covers more than 9 miles of island, M5.4 quake reported
- Series of stronger eruptions at Stromboli volcano in Italy
- Volcano in the Galapagos Islands erupts after series of 9 earthquakes
- Powerful earthquake in Bárðarðarbunga, Iceland, one of Vatnajökull's monster volcanoes
- Sakurajima volcano erupts again in southwestern Japan
- Another major eruption at Mount Sinabung, Indonesia
- Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser has now erupted eight times in less than three months intriguing scientists
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Comment: Incredible satellite images reveal hundreds of lakes in the world's largest sand desert after Cyclone Mekunu