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Missing New Orleans boy died from blunt force trauma from alligator, authorities say

Tim Stelloh
NBC News
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:59 UTC
Bryan Vasquez
Bryan Vasquez
A nonverbal New Orleans boy who disappeared earlier this month was found dead Tuesday and appears to have died in part from an alligator attack, officials said.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said Wednesday that Bryan Vasquez, 12, drowned after suffering blunt force trauma from an alligator.

His body was found in a lagoon in the city's Michoud neighborhood, Kirkpatrick said.

An investigation into the boy's death, which Kirkpatrick said is considered "unclassified," is ongoing.

Vasquez's Aug. 14 disappearance prompted a frantic search and scrutiny on the police department after revelations that authorities did not respond to a 911 call about the boy for five hours.

Kirkpatrick said Tuesday that it wasn't clear what caused the delay, but she said she immediately requested an internal affairs investigation.
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Cloud Precipitation

5 killed, 11 missing in cloudbursts and landslides in Uttarakhand, India


Outlook
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45 UTC
Rudraprayag: SDRF personnel during a search and rescue operation at a cloudburst-hit village, in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
© PTIRudraprayag: SDRF personnel during a search and rescue operation at a cloudburst-hit village, in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Five people were killed and eleven others went missing as heavy rains and a series of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various districts of Uttarakhand early Friday, triggering landslides that damaged houses and left people buried under mounds of rubble, officials said.

Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri and Bageshwar districts bore the brunt of the natural calamity which came close on the heels of the Tharali disaster on August 23.

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Arrow Down

Massive sinkhole in Toronto's east-end shuts down busy intersection


The Canadian Press
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:36 UTC
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A huge sinkhole shut down the intersection of Coxwell and Cosburn Avenues early on Aug. 28. The City of Toronto said crews were called after reports of a watermain break, which led to flooding, pavement damage and the sinkhole. The area is expected to remain closed for repairs until Sept. 1.

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Lightning

Lightning strike kills 29 goats and 2 dogs in Maharashtra, India


Lokmat Times
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:20 UTC
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Various parts of Maharashtra are experiencing, heavy rainfall, leading to sever waterlogging road blockage. On Thursday wardha also experienced rainfall accompanied with lighting, which killed 29 goats. Fortunately, the caretaker narrowly escaped. After the death of several goats due to a lightning strike in Dongargaon Shivara, Sarpanch Chhaya Vilas Uike notified the Tehsildar, Beat Anmaldar, and Taluka Livestock Development Officer.

Villagers rushed to the scene where 29 goats belonging to Devidas Uike (16), Suresh Chaudhary (4), Pankaj Sonone (3), Vasant Kusram (3), Bhagwan Jivatuji Madavi (2), and Kisan Bhutaji Uike (1) were killed, along with two dogs. Caretakers Devidas Madhav Uike and Vishram Kisna Botre narrowly escaped. The place where the lightning struck is in the forest. Therefore, the incident came to light in the evening. Livestock Development Officer Dr. Rahul Nanotkar and Livestock Supervisor Dr. Bhalchandra Jane performed the autopsy. Talathi Savita Bhagat and Gram Sevak Krishna Kurwade submitted a report to the Tehsil Office after conducting a panchnama in the presence of Sarpanch Chhaya Uike, Police Patil Sunita Tantarpale, and former Sarpanch Gangadhar Madavi.
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Tsunami

7 dead, 9 missing as fresh landslides, flash floods hit Himachal Pradesh, India

Sahil Sinha
India Today
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:10 UTC
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Seven people were killed and nine others went missing after fresh landslides struck Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, while an entire village was swallowed by the swollen Ravi river, officials said on Thursday.

In Basondhan village, a brother-sister duo who had stepped out to watch boulders tumbling down a hillside were buried alive when the slope gave way. In Mehla, two women died in separate landslide incidents. Authorities confirmed that two more residents remain untraceable in the flood-hit district.

During the ongoing Manimahesh Yatra, six pilgrims were also injured near Donali after a rockfall hit them while trekking above Hadsar waterfall. They were initially treated in Bharmour hospital and later airlifted to Chamba Medical College. Two of the pilgrims sustained broken legs, while four others suffered multiple injuries, officials said.

In the Holi area of Bharmour Assembly constituency, Saloon village was completely submerged as the Ravi river, swollen by relentless rain, eroded its banks. Videos showed houses collapsing into the raging waters as the earth beneath them crumbled.

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Tsunami

Heavy rainfall triggers flash floods in the central state of Telangana, India - hits road and rail traffic - 16.4 inches of rain in 9 hours


Thenewsminute.com
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:31 UTC
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Heavy rainfall in Kamareddy and Medak districts of Telangana triggered flash floods on Wednesday, August 27, inundating a few towns and villages and bringing road and rail traffic between Hyderabad and Kamareddy to a halt.

Flood water from overflowing rivulets, streams and lakes flooded highways, railway tracks, residential areas in towns and villages, trapping several people.

Farmers and workers were caught in overflowing streams at a few places and were waiting to be rescued. People in a few marooned villages have taken shelter on rooftops.

Pocharam reservoir in Nagireddypet mandal on the border between Nizamabad and Medak districts was overflowing, posing a flood threat to nearby areas. Officials said the reservoir received massive inflows from upstream due to heavy rains since Tuesday night.

The reservoir was overflowing by about eight feet. About 1.30 lakh cusecs were flowing above the reservoir. This has inundated the Medak-Yellareddy highway, bringing the vehicular traffic to a halt.

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Tsunami

Villages swept away as floods ravage parts of Sudan - at least 14 people killed


trt.globa
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:41 UTC
House destroyed by floods
House destroyed by the floods
Hundreds displaced in River Nile State and dozens of building have collapsed after heavy rains.

At least 14 people lost their lives to heavy rains and floods in northern and southeastern Sudan, local media said on Wednesday.

Witnesses said heavy rains and floods washed away several towns and villages in the River Nile State, leading to a power outage and the collapse of dozens of buildings, according to the state news agency SUNA.

Six people were killed when homes collapsed due to heavy rains in the northern River Nile State.

A mother and three of her children were also killed in Sennar State in southern Sudan after the collapse of a room in their house due to torrential rains.

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Tsunami

Storm Kajiki batters Thailand: 5 dead, 7 missing in floods, landslides


Reuters
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:52 UTC
Mae Hong Son Province after Kajiki
© bangkokbiznewsMae Hong Son Province after Kajiki
At least five people have been killed and seven remain missing after heavy rains and landslides brought on by tropical storm Kajiki swept across northern Thailand, the Thai disaster agency said Thursday.

Kajiki made landfall as a typhoon in Vietnam earlier this week, killing seven people, inundating more than 10,000 homes and offices as well as 86 hectares of rice and cash crops, the Vietnam government said on Wednesday.

In Thailand, flooding and landslides hit 12 provinces in the north and northeast, including Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son, affecting more than 6,300 people and 1,800 households, the disaster agency said.

Four people in Chiang Mai died in a landslide, and another person drowned in Mae Hong Son, the Interior Ministry said. Fifteen others were injured in Chiang Mai, with another five buried in landslides and two swept away by floodwaters.

On Thursday, flooding continued in eight provinces, where nearly 6,000 people in 1,600 households are still affected, according to the ministry.

The destruction marked the second time this year when northern Thailand was battered by typhoon remnants, after Wutip in June swept in from southern China.

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Volcano

Japan's Shinmoedake Volcano erupts, firing ash plume 3.4 miles into sky


Newsweek
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:34 UTC
Photo taken on the morning of Aug. 28, 2025, from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows the Shinmoedake volcano erupting.
Photo taken on the morning of Aug. 28, 2025, from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows the Shinmoedake volcano erupting. The height of its eruption column reached 5,500 meters earlier in the day, the Kagoshima Meteorological Office said.
Japanese meteorological agencies said the Shinmoedake volcano had erupted in the early hours of Thursday morning, August 28, sending a plume of ash 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) into the sky.

Officials warned of large cinders falling across a near-2 mile radius from the volcano, which sits in the Kirishima mountain range on Kyushu, a large southern island of Japan.

They urged people to be vigilant in Kobayashi City, Kogen Town, and Kirishima City, issuing eruption warnings across the affected area.

The eruption was recorded by the Fukuoka Regional Meteorological Observatory and Kagoshima Local Meteorological Observatory at 4:53 a.m. local time on Thursday. They said the eruption appeared to have ended at 14:50 p.m. local time.

During field surveys, authorities recorded that ash fall had been heavy enough to obscure road markings.

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Rare bright orange shark discovered in Costa Rica


BBC
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:00 UTC
The rare pigmentation condition has never been seen in cartilaginous fish, a group that includes sharks, rays, and skates, in the Caribbean before
The rare pigmentation condition has never been seen in cartilaginous fish, a group that includes sharks, rays, and skates, in the Caribbean before
Have you ever seen a shark like this?

This amazing bright orange shark is so far the only one of its kind, found during a fishing trip near Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica.

Its unusual colour is caused by something called xanthism, a condition which researchers say is extremely rare in fishes like sharks.

Publishing the pictures in the Marine Biology journal, scientists say that this is the first ever time that a shark of this colour has been found.
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