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Five perish as house collapses due to landslide after heavy rain in Myanmar (Burma)

Aerial view of a section of Mogok taken in February 2018.
© Zaw Zaw / The IrrawaddyAerial view of a section of Mogok taken in February 2018.
Five family members were killed when their house was destroyed by a landslide in Mogok, Mandalay Region, early Thursday morning.

The incident happened in the ward of Aung Thit Lwin in Kathae village tract in Mogok, said Mogok Township lawmaker U Saw Thaung Tin in the Mandalay regional parliament.

"Three houses on the hillside in Aung Thit Lwin collapsed at around 4 a.m. on Thursday, as it had been raining heavily the whole week," he said.

Family members from two of the houses had been taking shelter at a temporary camp opened at a Chinese temple in the ward when the landslide happened.

Fire

Satellite visuals from the month-long Kilauea eruption

Kilauea Volcano lava
Kilauea Volcano lava flow near Kopoho
In early May 2018, an eruption on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began to unfold. Here's what satellites saw in the first few weeks of the eruption. This video is a compendium of satellite views from NASA and other sources that tell the story of the eruption over the last month.


Windsock

Horrendous moment freak gust of wind sends portable toilet 100ft into the air in Commerce City, Colorado

Liquid from the Porta Potty spilled out of the cabin as the portable plastic toilets swirled in the air.
Liquid from the Porta Potty spilled out of the cabin as the portable plastic toilets swirled in the air.
This is the moment a freak gust of wind sends a set of Porta-Potty flying into the air.

People were forced to dive for cover after a huge blast of wind whipped through a park in Commerce City, Colorado.

As they attempted to take cover by lying on the ground, the wind whisked two portable toilets straight into the air and flattened a nearby tent.


Cloud Grey

Ominous clouds photographed over Nebraska, US

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Comment: With the rise in rare and unexplained phenomena in our skies, clearly something is changing in our atmosphere: Also check out SOTTs' monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - May 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


Snowflake

Global cooling: 6 feet of snow remain around Labrador lodge, 'unprecedented' this late in June

Staff at Igloo Lake Lodge stand amid six-foot-tall snowbanks that encompass the Labrador fishing camp on June 13.
© Jim BurtonStaff at Igloo Lake Lodge stand amid six-foot-tall snowbanks that encompass the Labrador fishing camp on June 13.
This is the latest in the season to have this much snow at Igloo Lake Lodge, says operator

Even for Labrador, the amount of snow around Igloo Lake Lodge is surprising.

A little snow, sure, but the banks around the southeastern Labrador fishing camp is wreaking havoc on summer plans.

"It's not uncommon to see snow around the lodge — not six feet, though," says Jim Burton, who operates Igloo Lake Lodge.

The lodge borders Mealy Mountain National Park, about 115 kilometres southeast of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Burton said this is the first time in 50 years he's had to fly in a snowmobile in order to get supplies to the camp and get it ready for the season.

Doberman

5-month-old girl killed by babysitter's dog in Clayton County, Georgia

canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A family is furious after they say their babysitter's dog attacked and killed their 5-month-old.

Police say the German Shepherd mauled the baby in a home on Watts Road in Forest Park.

Family members told Channel 2's Tyisha Fernandes that the whole thing is unreal, especially because the dog has been around the baby since she was born.

"I told her I'm so sorry because I always take you with me," mother Terika George said.


Attention

Whale carcass washes ashore in Maharashtra, India

whale
A highly decomposed carcass of a 42 foot-long whale was washed ashore on Uran coast early Thursday morning. Forest officials who went to the spot said it could possibly be a blue whale, but will confirm only after the whale's tissue samples are fully analysed.

"In the past couple of years, there have been quite a few cases of whales washing ashore, including Bryde's whale, blue whale, sperm whale and humpbacks, and many dolphins, turtles too among marine animals,'' said the additional principal chief conservator of forests (mangrove cell) N Vasudevan. He added that it is alarming to document several such beaching of whales, and further study is required to know why it is happening.

Environmentalist D Stalin remarked, "The forest department must start funding a proper research on the causes of such instances of large marine species washing ashore. Besides sea pollution, oil spills, high traffic of cargo vessels, we need scientific evidence on the various factors involved here."

Snowflake

Global cooling: Unusually long period of snow cover on Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is now covered by snow in an unusually long stint which analysts associate with the long rains from January to May this year and in turn boosts tourism in the country.

Kilimanjaro National Park Chief Park Warden, Ms Bertita Loibooki told the 'Daily News' yesterday that the observed snow that accumulated on the mountain's highest peak, plays an important role in protection of glacier from sublimation.

She said many people; including tourists are attracted by the white covered Kibo Peak of the Africa's highest mountain and have been seen coming to take pictures from different possible corners.

"The rains that occurred from January to May brought accumulation of snow on the Kibo Peak.

Attention

Bryde's whale dies after rescue attempt in Guangdong Province, China

A group of volunteers spend hours pushing the massive Bryde's whale out to the sea
A group of volunteers spend hours pushing the massive Bryde's whale out to the sea
Dramatic footage has emerged showing a group of Chinese villagers joining forces in a bid to save an adult whale after it got washed ashore yesterday.

A dozen men were seen standing in choppy, waist-deep sea as they tried to push the massive mammal back to deep waters.

Despite their combined rescue effort, the four-tonne Bryde's whale got beached again last night and died on the beach.


Attention

Dead pygmy sperm whale found off Phuket, Thailand

pygmy sperm whale
Officials at the Phuket Marine Endangered Species Unit are investigating yet another mammal washed up on our beaches, this time a dead sperm whale which was washed up on a beach at Coconut Island on Saturday (June 9).

Officials at the Phuket Marine Endangered Species Unit were notified on Saturday afternoon that the dead whale has been washed onto the beach.

Officials say the sperm whale was 8-10 years of age, weighed 80 kilograms and 2.35 metres long. An autopsy is underway to find the cause of death.

Local residents of Coconut Island say, "We saw the whale was washed up at around noon on Saturday. We went into the sea and tried to support the whale in the water but it washed up again with the tides and waves. The whale wriggled a few times when we first saw it but it died soon after.