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Scarlet tanager from North America turns up in Yorkshire, UK

Jonathan Pritchard
Yorkshire Times
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:09 UTC
Joe Eckersley
© Scarlet Tanager.Joe Eckersley
More than 100 twitchers have flocked to a quiet street to catch a glimpse of an ultra-rare bird which has never been seen in Yorkshire before.

It is thought the scarlet tanager has arrived in Yorkshire after being blown off course by strong winds from a hurricane in North America.

But the rare little bird has somehow found its way to the back gardens of a number of homes in Shelf in West Yorkshire - much to the delight of bird lovers from Yorkshire and beyond.

Joe Eckersley travelled around 40 minutes from his home in Leeds to see the rare bird on Monday morning. He said he usually travels up to two hours to see birds after becoming interested in 'twitching' when he was 10 years old.

So he was delighed when he discovered the extremely rare bird was a few miles down the road.

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Best of the Web: Incessant flash floods hit Spain again, this time in Almería province - nearly 3 INCH downpour in just a FEW MINUTES

Conor Faulkner
The Local (Spain)
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:46 UTC
70 litres per sqm fell in just a few minutes in Almería province on Monday.
© Oscar DEL POZO CAÑAS / AFP70 litres per sqm fell in just a few minutes in Almería province on Monday.
Almería in southeast Spain has been hit with up to 70 litres of rainfall which fell in a matter of minutes, flooding roads and dragging away cars, as the country braces for another DANA storm that will leave plenty of heavy rain.

Spain is being hit with another 'DANA' storm which is already causing torrential rain and flooding in the southern Andalusian province of Almería.

Following the forecast from Spain's state meteorological agency (Aemet) on Monday, pre-emergency phase protocols were activated due to the risk of flooding in the province. In the early afternoon, a yellow alert was declared, which was then changed to orange in the evening.

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Landslide in Yemen kills seven


socialnews.xyz
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:52 UTC
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Seven people died on Monday in a landslide in the village of Beit Al-Baras in Yemen's northwestern province of Al-Mahwit, according to paramedics.

The disaster also resulted in several injuries and significant damage to homes as large rocks swept through the area. Rescue operations are currently underway to aid those affected.

Yemen has been grappling with severe weather, including heavy rains and floods, during this year's rainy season, exacerbating the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis, Xinhua news agency reported.

The country's health system, already stretched thin after a decade of civil war, is struggling to provide basic medical care due to a shortage of specialized doctors, medical supplies, and infrastructure, as reported by the UN.

Source: IANS

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Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts again, spewing ash 1 km above summit


socialnews.xyz
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:29 UTC
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The Semeru volcano, located in Indonesia's Java, erupted again early on Monday at 03:35 a.m. local time, spewing thick grey ash up to 1 kilometre above its summit.

"This eruption was recorded by a seismograph with a duration of 122 seconds and a significant maximum amplitude," said Ghufron Alwi, an officer at the Semeru Volcano Observation Post.

Earlier, at 01:47 a.m. local time, a similar eruption occurred with a duration of 146 seconds and an ash column height of 1 kilometre, indicating high volcanic activity in the past few hours, Xinhua news agency reported.

From January until November 11, 2024, Mount Semeru has erupted 1,738 times, with volcanic activity dominated by eruption tremors, signaling continuous magma pressure beneath the surface.

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Fire

Incredible moment 'mud volcano' erupts and bursts into flames in Colombia

Jasmine Siddon
needtoknow.co.uk
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:02 UTC
Volcano Erupts in Colombia
Volcano Erupts in Colombia
This is the dramatic moment a volcano erupted in a giant explosion - spewing mud and ash into the sky.

The San Jose Mulatos Volcano can be seen bubbling with fury before exploding into a gigantic fireball.

Local residents can be heard screaming and shouting as a thick cloud of smoke billows into the air.

Videos of the natural phenomenon have attracted hundreds of thousands of views.

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Four-year-old boy mauled to death by vicious pack of dogs in Sedgefield, South Africa

Joseph Golder, Liam Doyle
Mirror
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:51 UTC
Simikuso 'Simi' Ntswayibana was killed after a pack of dogs targeted him and a group of friends
Simikuso 'Simi' Ntswayibana was killed after a pack of dogs targeted him and a group of friends.
Police are investigating the horror mauling of a four-year-old boy who was set upon by a pack of dogs while playing with his friends after school.

Simikuso 'Simi' Ntswayibana sustained fatal injuries in the deadly attack in Sedgefield, in South Africa's Western Cape Province, on Tuesday, November 5. The Sedgefield community has reportedly been left devastated by the loss, with the youngster's heartbroken grandfather, named as Johnson Dyan, telling local media that his grandson was playing with friends when the attack took place.

He and his friends were playing together after attending school at the local Wielie Walie Creche when a pack of dogs began chasing them. One of the dogs was able to catch up with Simikuso and started viciously mauling him before he was able to get away and run into some bushes.
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Cloud Precipitation

Flood-hit Spain drenched by wettest October on record with 30 inches of rain in a day for the town of Turis


Edition.mv
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:58 UTC
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Spain was soaked in its wettest October on record last month which culminated in catastrophic floods that have killed 219 people and left dozens missing, the government said on Friday.

An average of 147 litres per square metre (147 mm) drenched mainland Spain last month, making it the wettest October since records began in 1961, national weather service AEMET and the ecological transition ministry said.

The deluge was 189 percent above the 1991-2020 reference period for the month and came as temperatures were 0.9 degrees Celsius warmer than average, they added in a statement.

The downpours peaked during a ferocious Mediterranean storm on October 29 which unleashed torrents of muddy water that desolated the eastern Valencia region in Spain's deadliest floods in decades.

At one measuring station in the Valencia region town of Turis, 771 mm of rain fell on that day alone.

Although Mediterranean storms are common for the time of year, scientists say climate change driven by human activity is increasing the intensity, length and frequency of extreme weather events.

Agence France-Presse
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Storm-weary Philippines evacuates thousands as Typhoon Toraji hits - 4th typhoon in under a month


abc.net.au
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:57 UTC
Typhoon Toraji is set to make landfall across the Philippines, bringing destructive winds, flooding rains and the potential for landslides.
Typhoon Toraji is set to make landfall across the Philippines, bringing destructive winds, flooding rains and the potential for landslides.
The Philippines has been hit by its fourth typhoon in under a month, leading to thousands of evacuations.

Typhoon Toraji struck near Dilasag town, about 220 kilometres north-east of the country's capital, Manila, the national weather agency said.

"We're getting hit with strong winds and heavy rain. Some trees are being toppled and power has been cut since yesterday," Merwina Pableo, the civil defence chief of Dinalungan town near Dilasag, said.

Rescuers said around 7,000 people were moved from coastal areas as well as flood-prone and landslide-prone areas in Aurora and Isabela, the first two provinces to be struck before Toraji ploughed inland to the mountainous interior of the main island of Luzon.

The government ordered 2,500 villages to be evacuated on Sunday. As of Monday, the national disaster office had not reported the total number of evacuees.

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12 bodies found after deadly landslides following torrential rain in Cameroon on November 6th - dozens of people still missing


newscentral.africa
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:40 UTC
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Rescue workers have found 12 bodies after landslides buried a road in western Cameroon, a local official reported on Saturday, stating that there is no expectation of locating any survivors.

State television CRTV relayed the statement made by Augustine Awa Fonka, the governor of the Ouest region.

"In our opinion there is no longer any possibility of finding survivors," he told the station.

"Only 12 bodies had been recovered from the site of the disaster, the last of them on Saturday morning, he added.

"Dozens more people are still missing, and the search for bodies is still continuing", he added.


Comment: An earlier report from Africanews and AP:
At least four people died and over 50 are missing in the west of Cameroon after three passenger buses and several road workers were caught in a landslide, authorities said Wednesday (Nov. 06).

Torrential rains weakened the soil and lead do the landslide on Tuesday, Cameroon's Minister of Public Work Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi said after visiting the site of the disaster, a stretch of a highway linking Dschang in the West Region of Cameroon and the country's economic capital of Douala.


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6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Cuba after hurricanes and blackouts


ABC News
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:50 UTC
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A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling.

The epicenter of the quake was located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, according to a report by the United States Geological Survey.

The rumbling was felt across the eastern stretch of Cuba, including in bigger cities like Santiago de Cuba. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Residents in Santiago, Cuba's second largest city, were left shaken on Sunday. Yolanda Tabío, 76, said people in the city flocked to the streets and were still nervously sitting in their doorways. She said she felt at least two aftershocks following the quake, but that among friends and family she hadn't heard of any damages.

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