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Enormous wild boar dubbed 'Pigzilla' caught rummaging in bins near primary school in Hong Kong

Rachel Bishop
Mirror
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:13 UTC
wild boar hong kong
Parents spotted the giant beast chowing down on some rubbish as they walked their kids to school in Hong Kong

A humongous wild boar dubbed 'Pigzilla' has been caught eating out of bins 'just a few feet from a primary school.'

Parents spotted the giant beast chowing down on some rubbish as they walked their kids to school in Hong Kong.

People have reacted in horror at the sighting, as boars can be incredibly dangerous - with razor sharp teeth and a huge amount of power in their front legs.

The short clip shows the animal with three of its little ones, who all seem to patiently wait at her trotters while she gets them a meal.

She is seen grabbing at a rubbish bag with her teeth as she balances her feet on the edge of the rubbish bin.

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Ice Cube

Great Lakes are now 69.1% ice covered, for only 2nd time in last 24 years

Bill Steffen
woodtv.com
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:04 UTC
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Great Lakes ice cover reached 69.1% on Saturday. That's only the 2nd time that we have had that much ice cover on the Great Lakes in the last 24 years (the other time was 2014). This is quite a leap up since Feb. 1, when we had just a 22.6% ice cover. The growth of ice has been caused by consistently cold temperatures and relatively calm conditions.

The first 11 days of Feb. were 6.3 deg. colder than average in Grand Rapids, 7.3 deg. colder than avg. in Milwaukee and 8.0 deg. colder than average in Chicago. Over the last 6 days, the average wind speed at Muskegon MI and at Holland MI has been 6.1 mph. Note with all the snow we've had, there has been very little drifting. Last year on 2/11 we had a 12.3% ice cover and on 2/11/16 we had just a 7.8% ice cover on the Great Lakes.
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Snowflake

Heavy snowfall continues to cripple life in northern parts of Pakistan (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)


Geo News
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:06 UTC
A vehicle covered in snow in Nathiagali Bazaar area of Abbottabad.
© PPIA vehicle covered in snow in Nathiagali Bazaar area of Abbottabad.
Vehicles were stranded at various points on the roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the second consecutive day, with passengers facing difficulties owing to shortage of food and other necessities.

One of the tourists, Rabiya Ahmed Shaikh, who was staying at a hotel near Nathiagali due to the roadblock there, said there was no food or water at the facility.

"The hotel [management] is saying shops around their facility are closed which is why they cannot get us food," she told Geo News. "They have lavatories but there is no water here."

People have lost contact with their relatives as there is no electricity in the area for them to charge their mobile phones and other devices.

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Cloud Lightning

3 killed by lightning strikes in Rajouri, India


Greater Kashmir
Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:51 UTC
lightning
A woman was killed when she was struck by lightning in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today.

Parveen Akhtar (35) was inside her house in Kandi village when she was struck by the lightning last night, a police official said.

Her death raised the number of people killed in lightning incidents in this region to three since yesterday.

A father-son duo was killed when lightning struck their house at Launcha village of Mahore in Reasi district yesterday.

They were identified as Ali Mohammad (30) and his son Shabir (3).

Source: PTI
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Attention

Another large eruption registered at Turrialba volcano in Costa Rica

Laura Alvarado
The Costa Rica Star
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:30 UTC
Turrialba Volcano Costa Rica
Turrialba Volcano Costa Rica
The Turrialba Volcano registered yet another important eruption, this Monday, February 12 at approximately 4:30 a.m. with a column that reached 1000 meters above the crater and 4,340 meters above sea level (14,235.2 ft.).

The impressive was even visible from the Irazu Volcano as you can see in the video included below. The emission of ash is continuous and of variable volume and has been constant for over one week now.

Ash is being dispersed by the winds to the Ash is being dispersed by the winds to the southwest and several communities have reported ashfall in the entire metropolitan area (Cartago, Alajuela, Heredia, San Jose).
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Seismograph

Earthquake swarm under dormant Furnas volcano, Azores


Volcano Discovery
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:37 UTC
Location of the past days' earthquakes on Sao Miguel island
Location of the past days' earthquakes on Sao Miguel island
An earthquake swarm has been going on since Monday (12 Feb 2018) in central Sao Miguel island.

The Volcano Observatory (Observatório Vulcanológico e Sismológico da Univ. dos Açores, CIVISA) recorded dozens of mostly small quakes at shallow depths between 1-15 km in an area about 6-7 km west of Furnas volcano, half way between the caldera lakes of Lagunas Fogo and do Congro.

The largest were 6 earthquakes of magnitudes 3.0-3.6, some of which were felt by local inhabitants.

At the moment, the activity is still continuing, but has decreased significantly. It is unclear whether the earthquakes are volcanic in origin or not. If so, they could have been caused by a small magma intrusion at the lower crust and indicate an early sign of possible re-awakening of the volcanic system.

The only recorded eruptions in the area came from Furnas volcano, one around 1439-1443 and a strong explosive one in 1630, which caused significant damage and fatalities.

The situation remains to be monitored closely.
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Arrow Up

Mud volcano awakens after 20 years in Trinidad and Tobago


Caribbean360
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:50 UTC
Devil's Woodyard mud volcano
© Lincoln HolderCurious Hindustan villagers Richard Bissoon and Yoge Deochan visit the site of the mud volcano at the Devil's Woodyard, Hindustan New Grant which erupted on Monday night .
A few homes in a community in the south of Trinidad have been evacuated following at least two eruptions at the Devil's Wood Yard mud volcano this morning.

The rumbling began around 4 a.m. at the volcano in Hindustan Village near New Grant, Princes Town, and another eruption was reported after 9 a.m.

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) said it is closely monitoring the situation, along with the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Geological Society, the UWI Seismic Research Centre and the Princes Town Regional Corporation.

Police and fire officials also converged at the site.


Comment: Last month a mud volcano erupted in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.

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Tornado1

'Worst storm on record': Cyclone Gita flattens Tonga's parliament building


Source
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:51 UTC
tonga cyclone damage
© John Pulu / AFP
Tonga's century-old parliament building has been knocked to the ground in the worst storm to hit the island nation in more than 60 years.

The Category 4 tropical storm struck the country overnight, lifting roofs off homes and knocking down power lines and trees. Tonga's National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) said there is no house left undamaged by the tropical storm, according to Radio NZ. "I've been involved in disaster responses for 30-plus years and it's the worst situation I have been in," Graham Kenna from NEMO said.
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Tornado2

Snownado videoed swirling amid Chicago snowstorm

Ben Hooper
UPI
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:54 UTC
snownado
A snowstorm brought more than just 7 inches of snow to Chicago -- it caused a rare snownado caught on camera by a local woman.

Amber Connor captured video Friday of the snownado, a winter whirlwind also known as a snow devil, swirling at the side of a Chicago road.

The video shows the mini tornado spinning snow through the air next to a line of parked cars.

The footage was filmed amid a snowstorm that dropped more than 7 inches of snow on the area.

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Sun

'Truly magical' sun halo spotted over northern Sweden

Oliver Gee
The Local - Sweden
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:15 UTC
Sun halo over Sweden
© Marit Aasvang Olsson
There was an incredible light phenomenon in far northern Sweden last week - and one woman was lucky enough to capture it on her phone.

It was like something from a dream.

At least that's how Marit Aasvang Olsson felt after she captured a "sun halo" on her camera phone.

The Norwegian woman, who lives in Malmberget around 100 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, said she was dropping her daughter off at school last week when she spotted the phenomenon in the sky.
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