SOTT
SIGNS
OF THE
TIMES
OF THE
TIMES
Welcome to Sott.net
The World for People who Think
Earth ChangesS
© Cameron County Constable PCT 5Streets are flooded after severe thunderstorms passed Primera, Texas on Friday, March 28, 2025.
At least four deaths were reported after over a half year's worth of rain forced water rescues along the Texas-Mexico border where hundreds were trapped in flooded homes and cars stranded in high waters. Three of the deaths occurred in hard-hit Hidalgo County where a declaration of local disaster was issued to help cleanup operations. Carlos Sanchez.
A man drowned in Reynosa, Mexico, the Associated Press reported, citing authorities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas where nearly 700 people were rescued amid flooding, according to Mexico's Civil Protection Coordination.
More than 21 inches of rain had been measured a few miles west of Harlingen, Texas. Harlingen typically gets about 24 inches of rain in an entire year.
Police were called around 2.50pm after two people suffered "dog bite injuries" in Katikati.
A child was taken to the Katikati Medical Centre in a critical condition, where he died of injuries a short time later, police said.
An adult was taken to hospital with moderate injuries, where they remain.
A Tuapiro Marae spokesperson confirmed to 1News a child under the age of four had died of their injuries following an incident on Tuapiro Marae.
The earthquake was centered at a depth of 6.4 kilometers (about four miles). The USGS said it received zero reports of people having felt the earthquake at the time of publication.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquake was reported hours after a deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Southeast Asia.
UTC time: Friday, March 28, 2025 00:34 AM
Your time: Friday 28 March 2025 at 00:34 GMT
Magnitude Type: mww
USGS page: M 6.1 - central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 0 people
10 km depth
Comment: About 17 hours later another struck the area: Shallow 6.6 magnitude earthquake on the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The eruption sent a massive ash plume 8,200 feet above the crater.
This was the volcano's 44th explosive event of the year.
The Cochise County Sheriff's Office said a man who was hiking in Ash Canyon, south of Sierra Vista, reported he was attacked by an animal on Sunday.
After hiking in the area, the man told authorities he returned to his vehicle and found a coatimundi on the hood of his vehicle. The man shouted and waved his arms at the animal in an attempt to get the coatimundi to leave.
The coatimundi then tore off a windshield wiper before jumping down and attacking the man, the hiker told authorities.
The man was able to get inside his vehicle, but not before the animal scratched and bit him. The man is receiving the rabies vaccine at a local hospital as a precaution, authorities said.
© Reinhard DirscherlFILE: A Californian sea lion, Zalophus californianus, Mexico, appears off the Sea of Cortez near Baja California.
Ventura County local Rj LaMendola was surfing at Oxnard State Beach on Friday when a sea lion suddenly "erupted from the water" and started barreling toward him, he wrote in a Facebook post.
"Its mouth gaped wide, teeth flashing, and its eyes locked onto me with an unsettling ferocity," LaMendola wrote.
A frenzied struggle ensued between LaMendola and the animal, which began charging at him with its teeth bared and jaws snapping. LaMendola said he dodged the sea lion repeatedly, using his board as a shield while he desperately tried to paddle back to shore in between attacks. By then, he wrote, he "realized this was no playful encounter."
"This was something else entirely — something wrong," he wrote.
© Meg RuteledgeLarge areas of the Quilpie shire are cut off by flood water
The Bureau of Meteorology told residents in Giru, south of Townsville, to expect major flooding in the Haughton River on Wednesday evening.
"Moderate to heavy rainfall ... has caused renewed river and creek level rises across the Haughton River catchment. Major flooding is expected at Giru from early Wednesday evening," the BOM said.
"The Haughton River at Giru is expected to exceed the major flood level (2.50 m) early Wednesday evening. The river level may reach around 2.80 metres overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with major flooding.
Comment: About 17 hours earlier in the same area: Shallow 6.1 magnitude earthquake on the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge