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© Serguei Fomine / Global Look Press 295File photo of Karymsky in action
The Karymsky Volcano in Kamchatka, eastern Russia, is one of the most active volcanoes in the region - which is home to more than 100 active volcanoes. Local tour guide Aleksandr Ostrowski, 27, said he filmed the eruption while flying to the Valley of Geysers via helicopter.
Plumes of ash from the volcano have spread for about 92 km according to the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), who have categorized Karymsky's current state as orange, meaning "erupting or restless".
© Travelers CornerDeath Valley, California
The desert region averaged 108.1 degrees last month, a half-degree increase from its record average in July 2017, according to The Washington Post. Last July's average broke a 100-year record at the time.
The normal high temperature for Death Valley reportedly reaches 116.5 degrees, but last month temps hit a high of at least 120 degrees on 21 days.
Between July 24-27 the temperature climbed to 127 degrees, close to a record high of 129 from June 2013.
Around 5:15 p.m., police responded to reports that a child was being attacked by dogs inside a two-story rowhouse in the 3000 block of Agate Street, said Chief Inspector Scott Small.
When the officers arrived, "they could see through the front door ... a child being attacked" by pit bulls, Small said.
"The child was bleeding heavily. The child was unresponsive," he added.
"Some of the dogs charged the officers. The officers fired shots at these dogs that were attacking them," Small said. Two dogs were killed and one wounded, police said.
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
The toddler was set upon by the family's German Wirehaired Pointer at a rural property at Neerim Junction, in the Gippsland region, early on Thursday morning.
The little girl died at the scene despite treatment by paramedics.
Mayor of Baw Baw Shire Joe Gauci said the dog had been seized by the local council, and the family had consented for it to be destroyed. Counselling services for the community had been set up at the local hall, he said.
"When it's a young child, I think it's even harder for the community to take," he told reporters.
There were no injuries or property damage reported from the waterspout, although some boaters were nearby as it occurred and got a rare sight.
Amateur video shared with the National Weather Service caught the rope-shaped waterspout as it spun along the lake, part of the Tennessee River, toward the shoreline before fizzling out.
© Donna Lyn Ratledge
Pictures posted on the Crowsnest Pass/Highway 3 Facebook page show a long line of traffic stopped along the road, with a foot of hail making the scene look more like December than the last day of July.
A map released by the BC Wildfire Service on Wednesday shows where lightning struck on July 31, contributing to 132 new wildfires.
Emergency BC issued evacuation alerts Wednesday for several rural properties on the south side of Quesnel Lake near Williams Lake. An evacuation alert remains in effect for Cawston and Keremeos in B.C.'s Similkameen region.
Evacuation alerts are issued to give residents time to prepare for a possible evacuation order.
The B.C. government has issued a smoky skies bulletin for the province, and Metro Vancouver Regional District has warned of poor air quality in the eastern part of the region and the Fraser Valley. For Metro Vancouver, air quality is expected to improve as the weather cools down this week.
The children were collecting mushroom when the thunderstorm struck. They took shelter under a tree, but the tree was hit by lightning, killing four of them on the spot.
The injured were rushed to hospital.
Usually, August 1st is the beginning of the end for noctilucent clouds in the northern hemisphere. Weather conditions at the top of Earth's atmosphere shift in August, making it more difficult for summertime wisps of water vapor to crystallize around specks of meteor smoke. As August begins in 2018, however, noctilucent clouds are still going strong. Just this morning, Vesa Vauhkonen photographed a bright display over Rautalampi, Finland:
"Night-shining clouds over the lake of Konnevesi were very beautiful--the best ones I've seen in many years," says Vauhkonen.
A similar display appeared over the Talkeetna Mountains of Alaska. "They were the best noctilucent clouds I've ever seen, extremely bright," says eyewitness Tempy Larew.
© Vesa VauhkonenNLCs over Rautalampi, Finland
A similar display appeared over the Talkeetna Mountains of Alaska. "They were the best noctilucent clouds I've ever seen, extremely bright," says eyewitness Tempy Larew.
Comment: Late-season surge in Noctilucent Clouds produces stunning displays Last month an English astronomer reported photographing more noctilucent clouds in six weeks than in the last three years. See also: Are noctilucent clouds increasing because of the cooling climate, and the rise of fireball and volcanic activity?