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7-day-old boy killed by family dog in northeastern Indiana


WNDU.com
Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:30 UTC
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A 7-day-old boy has died after officials say he was attacked by a family dog at his home.

First responders were called Thursday evening to a home on N. Miller Street in Markle on Thursday evening on reports of a child being bitten by a dog.

When they arrived, they found Jason Weaver in critical condition. According to our affiliate WILX, he died while being taken to a Fort Wayne hospital.

According to the Huntington County Coroner's Office, Weaver died from multiple blunt force injuries. His death has been ruled an accident.

WILX reports that the dog involved in the incident as a 5-year-old husky/pit bull mix with "no law enforcement reported instances of aggression."
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Scary supercells bring baseball-sized hail to Wichita, Kansas

Shamik Banerjee
Hindustan Times
Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:03 UTC
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© ZeamStrong storms moved through portions of central and southeastern Kansas Wednesday evening packing damaging winds and large hail.
Severe storms hit Wichita with baseball-sized hail Wednesday evening; NWS issued thunderstorm alerts for Wichita, Derby, and Haysville until 9 p.m. CDT.

Weather conditions in Wichita, Kansas, deteriorated significantly on Wednesday evening as multiple massive hailstorms moved through the area. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm alert for Wichita, Derby, and Haysville until 9:00 p.m. CDT.

Videos of the scary storm over Wichita was shared by residents on social media. Baseball-sized hail was also reported in Kansas.

Here's a video of the scary storm over Wichita:

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Hurricane Lorena brings heavy rain and flooding to parts of Mexico


CNN-News18
Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:14 UTC
Satellite imagery shows Hurricane Lorena on Wednesday.
© NOAASatellite imagery shows Hurricane Lorena on Wednesday.
As Hurricane Lorena churned off the west coast of Mexico's Baja peninsula, its outer bands dropped heavy rain on areas like Cabo San Lucas and Los Cabos. Watch this video to see how some streets were filled with mud and debris after flash floods swept away cars and pushed into some buildings.

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Shark attack kills surfer off Sydney beach in Australia - first such death there since 1963


Al Jazeera
Sat, 06 Sep 2025 13:49 UTC
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A suspected "large shark" has mauled a surfer to death in a rare fatal attack off Australia's Sydney beach, police and rescuers said, prompting the closure of several beaches.

The incident on Saturday is only the second deadly shark attack in Australia's most populous city after a 35-year-old British diving instructor was killed off a beach in February 2022 - the first such death in Sydney since 1963.

The victim, still unidentified, was pulled out of the Pacific surf onto shore at northern Sydney's Long Reef Beach but died at the scene, New South Wales police said in a statement.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the man was in his 50s and was an experienced surfer. He was reportedly surfing with friends when the attack happened just 100 metres (330ft) from the shore.

The man lost both his legs while his surfboard was cut in half, the Herald reported. It was not yet known what species of shark was responsible for the attack.
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2 killed in Texas flooding when San Antonio creek floods

Aaron Barker
Fox Weather
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:04 UTC
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San Antonio police found two bodies along the Salado Creek on Monday afternoon while searching through piles of debris.
The bodies of two people were found Monday after a San Antonio creek flooded Sunday night.

San Antonio police said friends of the victims reported them missing. One of the bodies was later found by them and the other was found by authorities that had responded to the scene.

The victims, only identified as a man and woman, were found in Salado Creek along with lots of debris that washed downstream during flooding on Sunday night, according to police.

A third person who had been reported missing was later found safe.

About 2 inches of rain was reported at San Antonio International Airport on Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service. A Flash Flood Warning was issued for the north side of San Antonio at about 7:15 p.m. CT.

The deaths come nearly two months after catastrophic flooding in central Texas during the July 4th holiday resulted in nearly 140 deaths. Most of those happened at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian retreat near the Guadalupe River in Kerr County.

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Supercell storm leaves 200-kilometer-long hail scar across Canada's "Hailstorm Alley" on August 24

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iflscience.com
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:53 UTC
After the storm, on August 24.
© NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala GarrisonAfter the storm, on August 24.
A destructive hailstorm has literally made its mark on southern Alberta, Canada, after pummeling the region with golf ball-sized hailstones, leaving a 200-kilometer-long, 15-kilometer-wide (124-mile-long, 9-mile-wide) "scar" across the landscape that's been captured in satellite images.

Shared by NASA Earth Observatory, a satellite image taken on August 19 shows all looking well just southeast of Calgary, with an untouched mix of farmland and green areas. Then, on the night of August 20, what Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Weather Alberta described as a "strong supercell thunderstorm" swept across southern Alberta in just 4 hours.

Alongside gusts reaching over 130 kilometers per hour (81 miles per hour), the storm brought with it a blitz of massive hailstones.

Hail is a type of precipitation (the fancy name for water falling from the sky) made up of solid ice, formed when a thunderstorm's updraft (a rising column of warm, moist air) carries up raindrops to cooler parts of the atmosphere, where they freeze. Once the weight of the hail can no longer be supported by the storm's updraft, it falls.
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71-year-old woman killed in suspected dog attack in Miami Gardens, Florida

Mauricio Maldonado, Marybel Rodriguez Marybel Rodriguez
CBS News
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:23 UTC
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A 71-year-old woman was killed in a suspected dog attack early Monday morning in Miami Gardens, according to police.

The dog attack left a family grieving and neighbors shaken as authorities searched the area for the animals involved.

Family members identified the victim as Doreen Richards. Her daughter said she was walking to work in the area of Northwest 196th Street and 14th Court, when she was attacked by more than one dog.

"She's always walking to work like she always does," her daughter said. "They're always attacking her. She even [carried] a stick."

Police said Richards was found behind Norwood Elementary with multiple dog bites. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced her dead at the scene.

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Death investigation underway after woman killed by pack of dogs in Knox County, Kentucky

Erin Rosas
lex18.com
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:15 UTC
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The Knox County, Ky Sheriff's Department is conducting an investigation into a deadly dog attack that resulted in the death of a woman in Knox County on Aug. 29.

Officials detailed that the incident occurred on Aug. 29 at around 2:30 p.m. in the Flat Lick community as a woman, identified as 44-year-old Priscilla Jones, was walking down the street.

Jones was reportedly attacked and severely injured by "a pack of dogs roaming the area." Officials reported that Knox County 911 was called when an individual in the area heard Jones screaming.

Upon arrival, East Knox Fire Department found Jones suffering from life-threatening injuries and "unable to communicate," according to officials. Jones was taken to an area hospital where she then died from her injuries.

Officials reported that the incident is under investigation.

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Best of the Web: Landslide following days of heavy rain kills more than 1,000 people after wiping out village in Sudan

Sam Elliott-Gibbs
Mirror
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:27 UTC
Torrential rain caused the slopes of the Marrah Mountains to collapse
Torrential rain caused the slopes of the Marrah Mountains to collapse
At least 1,000 people are feared dead in war-torn Sudan following a catastrophic landslide which has wiped out an entire village.

The disaster struck in the settlement in Tarasin following torrential downpours in late August. Days of heavy rain loosened the soil, triggering the collapse of the slopes of the Marrah Mountains.

On Sunday, families who had sought refuge after leaving their homes due to the on-going war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, were crushed to death.

Sudan Liberation Movement leader Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour made an urgent appeal to the United Nations and international aid agencies for their help to recover the bodies.

He said: "Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand people. Only one person survived."

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Pakistan's Punjab evacuates half a million people stranded by floods


Al Jazeera
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:46 UTC
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province was dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said on Sunday, as river water levels rose to all-time highs.
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province was dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said on Sunday, as river water levels rose to all-time highs.
Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain swelled rivers, relief officials said, as they carried out a massive rescue operation.

Three transboundary rivers that cut through Punjab province, which borders India, have swollen to exceptionally high levels, affecting more than 2,300 villages.

Nabeel Javed, the head of the Punjab government's relief services, said on Saturday that 481,000 people stranded by the floods had been evacuated, along with 405,000 livestock.

Overall, more than 1.5 million people have been affected by the flooding, including in Lahore, the provincial capital and the country's second-largest city.

"This is the biggest rescue operation in Punjab's history," Irfan Ali Khan, the head of the province's disaster management agency, said at a news conference.


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