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'Awesome' waterspout filmed near Mackinac Bridge, Michigan

Brandon Champion
MLive
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:38 UTC
waterspout spotted near Mackinac Bridge
Waterspout near Mackinac Bridge
The Mackinac Bridge is always breathtaking to look at.

But on Friday, Oct. 16 there was a little something extra to wow motorists heading between Michigan's two peninsulas.

A waterspout.

The Mackinac Bridge Authority posted two photos of the natural phenomenon occurring near the Mighty Mac in the Straits of Mackinac.

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'Three suns' appear in the sky of China's northernmost city

Billie Thomson
Daily Mail, UK
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:30 UTC
Three suns over China
Residents of a Chinese city have been amazed to see what appeared to be three suns hanging in the sky at the same time.

The optical illusion lasted three hours this morning in Mohe, the country's northernmost city near the Russian border.

The spectacle is caused by a natural phenomenon known as 'sun dogs' and rarely happens in China, according to experts.

The stunning scene occurred from 6.30am to 9.30am in the Mohe town of Tuqiang. Mohe is part of the Daxing'anling region of north-eastern Heilongjiang Province.

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A dump of more early snow at 4 ski resorts in British Columbia

Carli Berry
infotel.ca
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:55 UTC
A recent dump of snow in the Thompson-Okanagan has the four major ski resorts in the region likely has skiers and snowboarders excited for opening day.
© Apex Mountain ResortA recent dump of snow in the Thompson-Okanagan has the four major ski resorts in the region likely has skiers and snowboarders excited for opening day.
The four major ski hills in the Thompson-Okanagan are getting snow thanks to the recent freezing temperatures at higher elevations.

Here's a roundup of how much snow they've had and the plans to open for the ski and snowboarding season.

Sun Peaks Resort

Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops received roughly 11 centimetres of powder between Oct. 13 and Wednesday night, Oct. 14, at the mid-mountain level, according to SnowForecast.com.

Another eight cm is expected to begin falling Oct. 16, according to the forecast.

The resort is expected to open Nov. 21 for the season.

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Butte in Montana gets pelted by several inches of early snow

John Emeigh
kbzk.com
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:41 UTC
early snow
It's still fall, but it looked like mid-winter in Butte this Thursday as the Mining City got dumped on by early snow.

The snowplows were called out to clear the streets, people were shoveling their sidewalks and this little girl even built a snowman after Butte was pelted with several inches of snow throughout the morning.

One slide-off accident delayed traffic on Homestake Pass early that morning, but no other major incidents were reported.

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Flash floods and thunderstorms strike Saudi Arabia

PAINFUL EARTH
YouTube
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:22 UTC
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Flash floods, storm wind and thunderstorm in Saudi Arabia, Jazan and Asir.

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Early snowfalls blanket SW and NW China


CGTN
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:00 UTC
deer in snow
Southwest China's Zoige County and parts of northwest's Gansu Province welcomed their first snowfalls of the season. Despite the colder weather, locals were generally unaffected by the early winter snow.

In the countryside, the weather produced a snowy scenery, signaling to local herders to prepare their livestock for a long winter ahead. Outside of Gansu's Zhangjiachuan County in Tianshui City, pastures were covered with a layer of white snow.

The white drastically changed the pastures' appearance from a mere days ago. To the northwest, a new round of snow arrived in Altay Prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, accompanied by a sharp temperature drop from six degrees Celsius to negative-three.

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83-year-old man died after attack by his own dog in Belgium


AlKhaleej Today
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:34 UTC
dog attack
Consternation Thursday afternoon near the Bolloheide nature reserve in Tremelo. The 83-year-old Frans R. who was looking for his escaped dog, a cane corso, was found lifeless.

It was a hiker who found the lifeless body of the eighties in the woods in the early afternoon. According to the public prosecutor's office, there is no malicious action involved. "An autopsy on Friday will have to clarify the exact cause of death," says press magistrate Sarah Callewaert of the Leuven public prosecutor's office. "But no crime has been committed in this." The law doctor, the judicial lab and the local criminal investigation department investigated the nature reserve on the border of Tremelo and Grootlo (Heist-op-den-Berg).
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Infant dies after being attacked by dog in Schofield Barracks home, Hawaii

William Cole
Star Advertiser
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:25 UTC
dog attack
Honolulu police are investigating the death of a 3-month-old who was mauled by a dog Wednesday inside a family housing residence on Schofield Barracks.

The infant apparently was in a car seat when the attack occurred.

Wednesday evening, military emergency personnel and law enforcement responded to a 911 call about a child with serious injuries who had been bitten by a dog inside a home at Schofield, the Army said today in an email.

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More than 5,000 dead seal pups on beach in Namibia


The Animal Reader
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:07 UTC
Dead seal pups on beach
© Ocean Conservation NamibiaDead seal pups on beach
The beach at Pelican Point in Namibia is covered with more than 5000 dead baby seals, Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) said in an Instagram post on Wednesday. Drone footage taken by the OCN shows the beach full of seal pup bodies.

"We are sitting at the cusp of a catastrophe. There are literally thousands of seal pups being born prematurely and dying almost immediately," OCN said. "This is a natural phenomenon - meaning that when the pregnant female feels she does not have enough reserves, she can abort her fetus. This happens every year to a few individuals, but never on this scale!"

Seals give birth in the middle of November, but sometimes you can see prematurely born seal pups in October. Premature seal pups cannot survive. They are too young and not fully developed.

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'This is Crazy': Waterspout spins on Lake Superior before hitting home in Ontario


Yahoo! News
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:34 UTC
Storm damage in Old Mill Bay.
© Dustin GrahamStorm damage in Old Mill Bay
A huge waterspout was spotted on the Lake Superior in Batchawana, Ontario, on October 13.

Dustin Graham recorded the video that showed the spinning waterspout quickly approaching his house, bringing lightning flashes and strong wind.

"That's crazy looking," a man's voice can be heard saying in the video.

Graham also told Storyful that the waterspout had brought damages including "trees down, table smashed and carport ripped up."

According to a local media report, Environment Canada confirmed reports of waterspouts on Lake Superior at the time.


Credit: Dustin Graham via Storyful
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