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Some of the light flashes and explosions have been recorded by home outdoor security cameras and are being posted on YouTube. Some are posting comments on Facebook.
In recent weeks, the phenomenon has left residents guessing and speculating.
Community activist Edward McDonald said the sonic booms are shaking both homes and the nerves of homeowners in the area of Fleet Avenue.
"What I've heard is like a loud bang, like a boom," McDonald said. "It shakes houses, it rattles windows. It hasn't caused any destruction yet, or it hasn't caused any property damage, but it's definitely noticeable."
In addition, for every day after May 15th that corn is not in the ground, farmers lose approximately 2 percent of their yield. Unfortunately, more rain is on the way, and it looks like thousands of corn farmers will not be able to plant corn at all this year. It is no exaggeration to say that what we are facing is a true national catastrophe.
According to the Department of Agriculture, over the past five years an average of 66 percent of all corn fields were already planted by now...
Spring and its typical green growth arrived later than usual in much of the U.S., save for parts of the South, thanks to a stubborn weather pattern that most noticeably affected parts of the central and southern Plains, Northwest and northern New England.
Spring was more than 10 days later than usual in those areas, according to data from The USA National Phenology Network, which tracks the physical arrival of spring by looking at when leaves and other growth appears and blooms.
Using data that dates back to 1981, the group also examined how unusual this spring's lateness was compared to previous years.
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Police were called to a home Wilton, south west Sydney to reports of a dog attack at 1.30pm.
Officers found a 74-year-old man and his wife, 72, suffering large cuts and bite marks.
Both were treated at the scene and taken to Liverpool Hospital where woman's condition got worse and she died.
Forecasters are predicting up to two feet (60cm) of snow will fall over the next 72 hours and Mammoth mountain has reported 20cm (8 inches) already overnight as pictured.
It, and another Californian resort Squaw Valley, both have nearly 5 metres of snow still lying and both have said they'll stay open to the start of July.
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The forceful blast rocked the Popocatepetl volcano on Thursday morning. As the very active volcano - and the second highest mountain in the country - is under constant surveillance, the moment of the eruption was caught on video.
The unrestful mountain emitted a large column of ash and smoke, that was some 1km high, according to local emergency services. The volcanic discharge is expected to fall in the southeastern direction, affecting a handful of settlements.
Popocatepetl, which literally translates from Aztec as "smoking mountain," has been very active over the past years, frequently emitting ash and spewing lava into surroundings. The most recent full-blown eruption occurred back in March, when the mountain emitted a whole cloud of hot gas and ash, that reached some 2,500 meters high.
Authorities in the Central American nation of El Salvador have reported a 6.2-magnitude earthquake, according to the nation's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.
The earthquake had its epicentre off the coast of the La Union department, about 200 kilometres southeast of the capital San Salvador.
#sismo reportado por los usuarios de la app Sismo Detector a 17km de Intipuc�, ElSalvador. 49 reportes en un radio de 240km. Descarga la app desde https://t.co/VUVprNT46b para recibir alertas en tiempo real pic.twitter.com/7013fPPOyF
— sismoalert (@alerta_sismo) May 16, 2019
Meanwhile, the United States Geological Survey reported a 5.7-magnitude tremor off Nicaragua.
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Koala bears have been declared "functionally extinct," the Australian Koala Foundation reports. The fluffy marsupial is down to just 80,000 wild species members, meaning there aren't enough breeding adults left to support another generation of the pouched mammals.
The tree-dwelling species has been ravaged by the effects of rising temperatures and heatwaves, which have caused widespread deforestation and fatal dehydration in koalas, according to the AKF. Only 41 of the koala's 128 known habitats in federal environments have any of the animals left.
If a new disease or genetic pathogen of any kind is introduced, surviving koalas will die off rapidly. Activists are begging local pols to step in.
Comment: On May 16th, Victor Williams of 19News in Cleveland reported: