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Mount Etna volcano in Italy spews plumes of ash and lava as it roars back into action

Sam Lock
Daily Mail
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:05 UTC
Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava as high as 500 feet into the air
Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava as high as 500 feet into the air
Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava into the air.

The volcano, the most active in Europe, initially 're-awoke' in late July but sprang into fuller action on Thursday evening, Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology said.

Chunks of flaming lava as high as 500 feet have been shot into the air almost constantly.

On Friday, INGV said the action was continuing, feeding ash plumes several hundred yards into the air above the crater.

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Large sinkholes drain lagoon in Mexico


Strange Sounds
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:00 UTC
Laguna de Chakanbacán
Before and after picture of the lagoon in Mexico. Several sinkholes fissured in the bottom of Laguna Chakabacan in Mexico.
Since Sunday evening, the, located in Quintana Roo, Mexico is being drained by large sinkholes, killing a high number of fish, turtles, swamp crocodiles and eels, among other species. The sinkholes are about six meters deep and up to 10 meters wide, and have already drained practically 80% of the water contained in the 200 hectares and up to 10 meters deep lagoon of Chakanbacán. OMG!

According local reports, a loud roar was heard on Sunday. Just after, the lagoon started to drain underground. By Wednesday morning almost 3/4 of the lagoon had dried up. And this is not the first time that such a surprising and unexpected phenomenon has occurred in the area.

Yesterday, the authorities of the Environmental Protection Agency (PPA), Institute of Biodiversity and Natural Protected Areas in Quintana Roo (Ibanqroo), National Forestry Commission (Conafor), National Water Commission (Conagua), Federal Environmental Protection Agency (Profepa), Cocodrilia and ejido authorities, have started investigating the cause of the problem, pictured below: Sinkholes! Large sinkholes!

Comment: The explanation that this is solely due to karst rock below doesn't take into account the other notable geological anomalies, that include gaping fissures, monster sinkholes and devastating landslides, which are occurring all over the world and with a worrying regularity. For more information, see: Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth

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Waterspout filmed off Hilo as Hurricane Lane passes Hawaii island


khon2.com
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:32 UTC
waterspout
Mahalo to Victoria Naboa for sharing this video of a waterspout that formed Thursday afternoon off Paukaa along Hawaii island's east shore.

A waterspout is a tornado that forms over water due to the instability created by the presence of a thunderstorm.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "A tornado is a narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. Because wind is invisible, it is hard to see a tornado unless it forms a condensation funnel made up of water droplets, dust and debris."

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Global cooling: The first sightings of the white stuff on Snowmass Mountain, Colorado

Danika Worthington
The Denver Post
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:00 UTC
Snowmass Mountain
© Aspen Snowmass
Enough with this warm weather, already. It's time to move on to the cooler, snow-filled months so Coloradans can start hitting the slopes. Thankfully, the mountain gods have heard our calls.

Aspen Snowmass tweeted a photo of its mountain sprinkled with white flakes of snow Thursday morning. There's still a long way to go for the ski area's runs to be, well, skiable, but it's a start.
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Cloud Lightning

5 Killed by lightning strikes in Odisha, India


kalingatv.com
Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:44 UTC
lightning kills
As many as five persons were killed and three others were critical after lightning struck them at different places of Odisha on Sunday.

In the first incident, two women were killed when lightning struck them at Nileipali village under Attabira block of Bargarh district. The deceased were identified as Mini Mirdha (48) and Subalaya Mirdha (30).

Three others namely Lochana Mirdha (40), Bilasini Mirdha (28) and Raibari Mirdha (40) were also critically injured. They have been admitted to VIMSAR hospital in Burla.

All of them were struck by lightning while working in a paddy field.

Comment: Elsewhere in India on the same day lightning strikes killed 4 in West Bengal.

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Cloud Lightning

Girl killed by lightning in Toledo, Belize


Breaking Belize News
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:36 UTC
lightning
A nine-year-old student died yesterday after being struck by lightning in Southern Belize.

According to reports, Silvia Bol, a student of Na Lum Ka Village in Toledo was reportedly standing under a tree around lunch time when lightning struck her.

Bol sustained major burn injuries and passed away shortly thereafter.
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Coroner: Mother in Cincinnati, Ohio 'viciously mauled,' killed by her pit bull terrier


FOX19
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:20 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A Cincinnati mother "was viciously mauled" by her pit bull and killed this week, Hamilton County's coroner announced Thursday.

Della Riley, 42, also was shot by a bullet that ricocheted when Cincinnati police fired at the dog when it "aggressively charged" at them inside her home, police said in a news release.

Authorities say the woman was already dead when the bullet hit her - in fact, before officers even arrived.

The dog died in the shooting.

Police were called to her home about 1 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a person having a seizure.

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Dozens of birds mysteriously found dead, sick in Winnipeg, Manitoba


The Weather Network
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:06 UTC
pelican
Along the shore of a Winnipeg pond where dozens of birds have mysteriously been found dead, a seagull was gasping for breath.

Choo Rosenbloom saw the disturbing sight Wednesday afternoon. She ran to grab a box she thought would cradle the distressed bird to safety.

"I went to the car, came back to the pond and he was belly up," she said.

Within minutes, the seagull died — the latest casualty in a mass die-off of waterfowl at a Maples-area pond, the cause of which has baffled officials.

On Wednesday, Rosenbloom recovered two pelicans and three seagulls, which she took to the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Winnipeg in the hopes they will recover — but she isn't optimistic.

She estimates dozens of birds have died in the city's retention pond at the corner of Dr. Jose Rizal Way and Adsum Drive.
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Dead humpback whale discovered floating off Sekiu, Washington


komonews.com
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:59 UTC
A dead humpback whale was discovered floating off shore near Sekiu Thursday morning, August 23, 2018.
© Cassie WoodsideA dead humpback whale was discovered floating off shore near Sekiu Thursday morning, August 23, 2018.
A dead humpback whale was discovered floating off shore near Sekiu Thursday morning, according to NOAA Fisheries.

NOAA said whale is about 25 to 28-feet long and appeared to be relatively healthy. They believe the death was recent and said whale had a broken jaw.

A marine biologist from the Makah Tribe is now collecting samples from the whale to determine the cause of death.

Sekiu is about 30 minutes southeast of Neah Bay.
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Flooding leaves 23 dead, over 70,000 affected in Sudan


FloodList
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:27 UTC
floods
The European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) reports that heavy rains in Sudan since mid-July have caused severe flooding. As many as 8,900 families have been displaced as a result of the flooding.

As of 16 August the floods and rain had left at least 23 people dead, over 60 injured and affected more than 70,000 people in 7 different states.

ECHO said the most affected states are Kassala (28,210 people), West Kordofan (23,880 people) and Khartoum (10,080 people). Homes and key infrastructure has been damaged and livelihoods disrupted.

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