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Cat attacks woman inside her car in West Cocoa, Florida

Howard Cohen
Miami Herald
Sun, 07 Jan 2018 13:38 UTC
A cat, but not this cat, jumped into a woman’s car in Brevard County
© Matt Rourke
A cat, but not this cat, jumped into a woman’s car in Brevard County
A Brevard County woman found herself in the middle of what sounds like a Stephen King horror story.

The woman told Florida Highway Patrol officers that a cat jumped into her car and attacked her Friday night in a residential West Cocoa neighborhood as she attempted to drive away from a home on the block. As the unidentified woman tried to fend off the foul feline inside her vehicle somehow she bailed out of her car but forgot that it was still in reverse.

She was run over by her own car as it backed up over her, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Today reported.
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Attention

Surfer bitten on foot by shark off Gracetown, Western Australia

Regina Titelius and Josh Zimmerman
Perth Now
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:30 UTC
shark attack
A man surfing off South Point in Gracetown suffered bite wounds to his foot when he was injured by a suspected wobbegong shark on Friday.

The surfer, known only as Justin, was pulled from the water and initially treated on shore by an off-duty nurse before he was transported to Margaret River Hospital about 6pm.

Andy Gradisen was surfing alongside the man when the unknown species of shark struck and said the attack took "a small chunk" out of his mate's foot.

"We were out the back of South Point and I heard Justin flapping about in the water," Mr Gradisen said.

"He put his foot up and he was bleeding quite badly.
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Attention

Kadovar eruption: Sleeping volcano in Papua New Guinea awakes

Imelda Wavik
Loop
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:04 UTC
Kadovar Island

Kadovar Island
Two dinghies from Kopar village in Angoram district have been sent out to assist in evacuating the more than 500 people on Kadovar Island, East Sepik Province.

This follows the eruption of a sleeping volcano, which erupted at least 16 hours ago.

Kopar councillor Tom Kelly told this newsroom that the boats were sent out as soon as they noticed that something was wrong. However, the boats are yet to return.

Kopar is the nearest island - at least a thirty-minute boat ride to Kadovar.

Kelly said at the moment, thick clouds can be seen from the island, and the clouds are darker and increasing at an alarming rate.

He said they are yet to receive a response from the disaster office or government.


Comment: See also this report update about 7 hours later: Kadovar situation has worsened:
Wewak District Administrator Ricky Wobar says the situation on Kadovar Island has worsened.

He made the statement after flying to assess the situation on the island with the Samaritan Aviation, where they observed lava coming out of the once dormant volcano.

There was no evidence of inhabitants where it was hoped that they have all been moved to the nearby islands.

Wobar said they are planning another gathering around 7pm tonight to come up with strategies to address this catastrophe.

Relevant authorities, including the police and defence force, have also been notified.

According to locals, the volcano on Kadovar Island, believed to be dormant for decades, started billowing smoke yesterday at around midday.

Kadovar Island
© Ricky Wobar
Kadovar Island


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Ice Cube

The big snow job: Begging for global warming as global cooling becomes obvious

Dr. Sircus
sircus.com
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 23:09 UTC
man praying
As each day passes the evidence climbs, as predicted by scientists (not politicians and Popes), that a steep drop of temperatures would ensue-first dropping temperatures to where they were in the very cold late 1800s and then going down from there to ice age conditions that will threaten a great part of the northern latitudes over the next 10 years.

We are not ready for any of this mentally or in any other way thanks to people like former president Obama, the Pope, and let's never forget Al Gore. Some of the most unscrupulous people have been championing the cause of manmade global warming even though the science and actual conditions on the ground have been showing for ten years that there is no such thing as manmade warming.

It has been a big snow job, pure propaganda and now the gig is up as it starts snowing in Florida of all places. Now we have temperatures crashing, almost the entire continental United States frozen over, snow accumulating in record amounts and ice forming in the great lakes at breathtaking speed. It is not just record breaking cold but record breaking snow fall that is showing us just how difficult global cooling will be compared to global warming.
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Cloud Lightning

Thunderstorms hit eastern Spain resulting in torrential downpours, hail and tornadoes


Severe Weather Europe
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 21:57 UTC
Thunderstorm in Spain
As expected thunderstorms hit eastern Spain this afternoon. An impressively unstable environment, particularly for January, established along the frontal system ahead of the forming cutoff upper low.
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Snowflake

'Bomb cyclone' leaves frozen wake of destruction and kills 22 in eastern US


RT
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 18:55 UTC
people in snow
© Mike Segar
Manhattan, New York January 4, 2018.
The 'bomb cyclone' cold weather system that hit the US east coast this week has moved on, leaving freezing temperatures and more than 20 dead in its wake.

At least 22 people have died as a result of the extreme conditions, CBS News reports. The casualties include a girl who was hit with a pickup truck whilst sledding in Richmond, Virginia, and a man who was killed by a snow plow, also in Virginia.

The National Weather Service said the "arctic airmass [is] to remain entrenched over the eastern US this weekend."

"Bitterly cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills are likely over the eastern third of the country this weekend," it warned.

Comment: Chicago hasn't seen a cold snap this long (12 days) since 1936 and 1895 before that, with areas reaching 21 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. There's a wind chill warning for the rest of the weekend in the northeast, where temps may drop as low as 45 below with the wind chill:
Daily record lows within reach Sunday morning include (record to beat is shown): Boston (2 degrees below zero); Providence (1 degree below zero); New York City (4 degrees); Philadelphia (4 degrees).

If Philadelphia slips below zero on Sunday morning it would be the first subzero low temperature in the city since 1994.

New York City could record just its second subzero low temperature since 1994 on Sunday morning. The last time the Big Apple was below zero was on Valentine's Day in 2016

Some relief from the cold will arrive in the Midwest on Sunday as temperatures rise to near or above average in most locations. This return to near-average temperatures will sweep into the Northeast by early next week.
The past 2 weeks have seen daily record lows in the area.

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Bizarro Earth

5.1-magnitude earthquake rocks western Iran in same area as deadly November 2017 quake


RT
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:10 UTC
iran map 5.1 earthquake jan 2018
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rocked western Iran on Saturday in the same area as a deadly November quake which left more than 600 people dead.

According to Iranian state television, there have been no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The quake struck 21 kilometers from Sarpol-e Zahab in western Iran at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the USGS. A 4.7 magnitude aftershock was recorded in the area shortly after the quake, according to Iranian news outlet Khabar.

Comment: See: Iran-Iraq border region hit with 7.2 magnitude earthquake, 400+ killed, deadliest quake of 2017 (UPDATE)

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Fire

Melted roads and bushfires strike Australia during catastrophic heatwave

Ryan Butcher
The Independent
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:02 UTC
australian fire crews
Emergency services in southeast Australia are warning people to stay indoors as a dangerous heatwave batters the country, with temperatures so high that the asphalt on some roads has been melting.

The "catastrophic" hot weather caused a 10km stretch of the Hume Highway, near the Victoria state capital Melbourne, to become soft and sticky, causing havoc for motorists trying to enter the city.

Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania have now declared a total fire ban after blazes on the outskirts of Melbourne raged out of control, destroying buildings and threatening lives.

It took a team of 300 firefighters, 50 trucks and three helicopters to tackle one fire in Victoria's Carrum Downs on Saturday, which threatened dozens of homes.
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Attention

Global Weather: Freezing temperatures in China, powerful winds in U.K. and floods in New Zealand mean U.S. is not alone

Sydney Pereira
Newsweek
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:57 UTC
The road to the Adelboden ski resort in Switzerland, which was swept away by a rain-induced mudslide, on January 5.
© Getty
The road to the Adelboden ski resort in Switzerland, which was swept away by a rain-induced mudslide, on January 5.
The U.S. has been immersed in a "bomb cyclone," the technical meteorological term for the winter storm plaguing the East Coast from Florida to Maine. The weather followed a blustery arctic blast, causing below-freezing temperatures for days and record-breaking lake-effect snow near the Great Lakes.

Extreme weather struck other parts of the world, too. From flooding and snowfall to high wind speeds and waves, here are a few extreme weather conditions happening beyond the I-95 corridor.
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Snowflake

Heavy snowfall in Alpine regions leaves 30,000 skiers stranded


abc.net.au
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:18 UTC
The Italian resort of Cervinia had two metres of fresh snow.
© Twitter/Anna G Milan
The Italian resort of Cervinia had two metres of fresh snow.
Winter storms have swept across western Europe, with the blizzard conditions turning chairlifts into swings and leaving thousands of people stranded in ski resorts.

Heavy snowfall saw the avalanche risk raised in Alpine regions across Italy, France and Switzerland, and resulted in the closure of roads and railways leading into popular resorts.

Up to 10,000 tourists were stuck at the Cervinia ski resort in Italy, local media reported.

At Val Thorens in France, Europe's highest ski resort, local media reported that 20,000 skiers staying in the resort were stuck when the main access road was closed due to avalanche risk.

The Alps stretch for more than 1,000 kilometres across eight Alpine countries, including France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany.

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