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Stormy weather spawns waterspout near Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina

Sam Walker
The Outer Banks Voice
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 14:07 UTC
Ocracoke Inlet.
The stormy weather over the Outer Banks this weekend spun up a waterspout around midday Sunday off Ocracoke Inlet.

Amanda Swan of Gordonsville, Va. was on the beach near South Point on Ocracoke Island when she captured pictures and video of the waterspout that appeared several miles to the south towards Portsmouth Island and then moved offshore as it grew.

Waterspouts are tornadoes over the water, but are much weaker than those that form over land. Local fisherman say it's not unusual to see multiple waterspouts form well offshore.

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Hundreds of galah birds mysteriously found dead in Burra, South Australia

Eugene Boisvert and Patrick Martin
ABC (Australia)
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:30 UTC
Some of the galahs found dead in Burra.
© Ruth NorrisSome of the galahs found dead in Burra.
About 200 galahs have been found dead in the South Australian town of Burra, prompting investigations by the state's Department for Environment and Water and the local council.

Dead birds started turning up in the historic Mid North town last Wednesday, with numbers increasing to about 200 by today, according to Animal Rescue and Care co-ordinator Ruth Norris.

A Facebook post featuring some of the deceased creatures by Ms Norris has been shared more than 1,600 times.

She said the birds otherwise looked healthy and it was not obvious how they had died.
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Woman viciously attacked by pack of three dingoes in Pilbara, Western Australia

James Carmody and Jon Daly
ABC (Australia)
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:58 UTC
A pack of dingoes set upon the woman
© Channel 7A pack of dingoes set upon the woman
Mine safety authorities have launched an investigation after a woman was attacked by a pack of three dingoes at a Pilbara mine site.

A spokesman for Newcrest Mining, which operates the site at Telfer in the East Pilbara, confirmed a contract employee was attacked last Wednesday.

A Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety spokeswoman said the attack occurred in a food consumption area of the mine site and an investigation had commenced.

The 54-year-old woman, understood to be a security worker at the site, is now in a stable condition at Royal Perth Hospital after having surgery for deep wounds to her legs.

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Hottest summer for decades creates rare, beautiful phenomenon of bioluminescent plankton off the coast of Port Talbot, Wales

Stephanie Linning
Daily Mail
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:24 UTC
Shimmering seas: Millions of bioluminescent plankton glowed blue under the night sky
Shimmering seas: Millions of bioluminescent plankton glowed blue under the night sky
A photographer snapped these stunning images of the sea glowing blue as millions of plankton lit up like fireflies.

Photographer Tim Bow captured the rare natural phenomenon off the coast of Port Talbot, Wales, last week, amidst a spike in the sightings of bioluminescent plankton.

Scientists believe the phenomenon is the result of plankton being disturbed, causing them to emit light though a complex chemical reaction.

It is thought the recent surge in sightings of bioluminescent plankton has been caused by the heatwave.


Comment: As noted in the article this phenomenon occurred recently elsewhere in Wales, the following footage was taken off the coast of Anglesey Island in early July:



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Large hailstones pummel Banja Luka area in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Xuxin
Xinhua
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 11:44 UTC
HAILSTONES
Heavy hail storm has hit Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) city of Banja Luka, some 200 kilometers northwest of the capital Sarajevo, causing great damage on objects and cars on Saturday evening.

According to local reports, around five-centimeter-diameter hailstones destroyed roofs and windows of a great number of cars parked outside, mainly in a village near Banja Luka.

The unexpected hailstorm, accompanied by rain and strong wind damaged roofs, facades and windows of 200 residential buildings, local media reported on Sunday.

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"Is this global warming?" Italy's Dolomite peak buried in "Exceptional" July snow

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:08 UTC
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"EXCEPTIONAL SNOW in action on the Marmolada in full SUMMER"

Surprising dense snowfall in the middle of Summer on the Marmolada between the provinces of Trento and Belluno, in the Dolomites, on the border between Veneto and Trentino Alto Adige.

"A rare and fascinating phenomenon."

See "extraordinary images" by Carlo Budel, who lives in Punta Penia refuge at 3300 meters of the Dolomite peak.

Comment: Check out the videos and links below to see just some of extreme weather happening right now all across the globe: major hail in France, Bosnia and Russia, wildfires in Sweden, Ireland and UK, and Australia's record breaking winter:






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Typhoon Ampil slams Shanghai, China - 190,000 evacuated


Al Jazeera
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 20:36 UTC
Tropical Storm Ampil slams Shanghai
Tropical Storm Ampil has battered Shanghai with damaging gusts of winds and torrential rain.

The storm first made landfall in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, before heading towards the Chinese mainland.

More than 190,000 people were evacuated from their homes as the storm bore down on the financial hub.

Numerous flights from Shanghai's two international airports, Pudong and Hongqiao, were cancelled or delayed and some of the city's metro lines were suspended.

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Shallow magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Iranian Kurdish region, injures 25

Nadia Riva
Kurdistan24
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:01 UTC
EARTHQUAKE
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit the western Iranian province of Kermanshah (Kermanshan) on Sunday, wounding at least 25 people, a few hours after two quakes struck the Hormozgen province in the south of the country, state media reported.

"Up to now, we have had reports of 25 injured and fortunately no fatalities," Houshang Bazvand, Governor of Kermanshah, told Iranian state media, adding that the injuries sustained were not severe enough to require hospitalization.

Local reports also noted that the two other quakes, with magnitudes of 4.7 and 5.7, had damaged buildings in a few villages without causing casualties.

The Kermanshan quake, which hit near the border with Iraq, was felt throughout different cities in the Kurdistan Region, including Halabja, Sulaimani, Erbil, Soran, and the Raparrin areas.

Comment: The Associated Press reports that the series of 3 quakes were all at a shallow depth of under 10kms (and therefore more likely to cause structural damage to buildings).

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1,700 homes damaged by floods in Cambodia

Richard Davies
FloodList
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 12:30 UTC
Floods in Phnom Sruoch District in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, July 2018.
© Ministry of Information, CambodiaFloods in Phnom Sruoch District in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, July 2018.
Flooding in Cambodia has damaged over 1,700 homes in several provinces, according to the country's National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM).

Flooding began on 17 July, 2018 after a period of heavy rain, affecting the provinces of Kampong Speu, Battambang, Koh Kong and Phreah Sihanouk. As many as 1,786 houses and 1,100 hectares of paddy fields have been damaged.

The NCDM said local authorities and armed forces have been cooperating with the Cambodian Red Cross to get people in affected areas to higher ground.

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Hundreds evacuated after floods hit the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia

Richard Davies
FloodList
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 12:13 UTC
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Hundreds of people were evacuated between 18 and 19 July, 2018, after flooding hit parts of the Tatra Mountain region in northern Slovakia following two days of heavy rain. Some areas recorded more than 160 mm of rain in 48 hours.

Slovakia's Fire and Rescue Corp (Prezídium Hasičského a záchranného zboru - HaZZ) said that firefighters helped evacuate 274 people from flooded homes in the village of Stará Lesná, Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region in north-central Slovakia. The village was flooded after the Studený Potok stream overflowed. Evacuees were accommodated in a local municipality building and school. Firefighters also erected temporary flood defences in the village.

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