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Volcano

Cloud of ash spews from Poas Volcano in Costa Rica during latest eruption on April 8


Yahoo! News
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:21 UTC
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A thick cloud of smoke poured out of the Poas Volcano, in Costa Rica's Alajuela province, on Tuesday, April 8, during the crater's latest eruption.

During a press conference, Alejandro Picado, President of the National Emergency Commission, announced the Poas Volcano National Park and Bajos del Toro were on orange alert due to the impact of gases and ash fall, while several surrounding areas, including Alajuela, remained on green alert.

Footage captured by the Red Sismologica Nacional Universidad de Costa Rica (RSN-UCR)'s live camera shows a thick cloud of ash rising above the volcano on Tuesday morning.

"More energetic episodes were observed early this morning, around 2:20 am, and another between 6:18 and 6:30 am, which reached over 1,000 meters in height," the RSN-UCR wrote to X. Credit: Red Sismologica Nacional Universidad de Costa Rica via Storyful

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Snowflake

Temperatures drop and thick snow hits parts of New Zealand in early winter cold snap

Natasha Gordon
The New Zealand Herald
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:52 UTC
Up to 10cm of snow fell at Cardrona Alpine Resort between Queenstown and Wānaka on Tuesday.
© Cardrona Alpine ResortUp to 10cm of snow fell at Cardrona Alpine Resort between Queenstown and Wānaka on Tuesday.
Winter temperatures are expected to spread across the country today as thick snow makes its highly anticipated first landfall - but there's dry and sunny weather ahead later in the week.

The first snowfall of the season arrived on Tuesday afternoon, with 10cm of snow falling at Cardrona Alpine Resort, located between Queenstown and Wānaka.

According to MetService, rain is expected to fall as snow in the high country of the lower South Island this morning, with conditions beginning to ease in the afternoon.

Despite temperatures dipping to chilly lows of just 2C overnight in certain regions, MetService meteorologist Silvia Martino reassures that winter is not arriving earlier than anticipated.

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Doberman

Family's dog attacks, kills 7-month-old baby in Columbus, Ohio

Cliff Pinckard
Cleveland.com
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:23 UTC
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A 7-month-old girl was killed Wednesday when she was attacked by her family's dog inside their home, reports say.

"There's really not a lot of words I can say to convey how I feel and how the officers who arrived, family, everyone involved in this process is literally grieving as if this child belonged to us, because most of us, again, are parents and can't imagine just how tragic this scene is," Columbus Police Sgt. James Fuqua tells WCMH Channel 4.

WBNS Channel 10 reports the attack occurred Wednesday morning. A woman first took the infant to a nearby fire station and the child was then taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Fuqua tells WBNS that no charges are expected to be filed. He said the situation appeared to "escalate quickly," WBNS reports.

Three dogs in the home were taken by Franklin County Animal Control, WCMH reports. There was no information released on the breeds of the dogs.

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Lightning

Lightning strikes kills 13 across Bihar, India


The Sentinel
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:11 UTC
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At least 13 individuals died after being hit by lightning in four Bihar districts, an official release on Wednesday quoted by news agency PTI stated. The victims died during volatile weather in some regions of India.

The announcement, made by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), showed that Begusarai had five deaths, Darbhanga had four, Madhubani had three, and Samastipur had one death.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was deeply saddened by the loss of lives and offered condolences to the families of the victims.

As part of the relief response by the government, CM Kumar declared an ex gratia of ₹4 lakh to the next of kin of the victims who lost their lives in the lightning strikes. He also asked the public to follow safety advisories issued by the Disaster Management Department strictly in order to avoid such incidents in the future.
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Lightning

Lightning strike kills 3, leaves 4 in critical condition in Nigeria

Stanley Uzoaru
The Sun (Nigeria)
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:05 UTC
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Three indigenes of Obidi Agwa,Oguta Local Government, Imo State, have been killed by lightning on Tuesday.

A source from the area, Chukwu said, four others were left in critical condition after the incident following a brief rainfall that evening.

Palpable fear has gripped the entire community over the incident as most of its indigenes wondered why lightning would take the lives of the people, especially when the rain fall was not heavy.

"It was just a minor rain fall yesterday, April 8, and three people died instantly from lightning four other people are down, we have not seen this kind of thing before".

Also, a video that went viral yesterday on social media, confirmed the incident.

The indigene were seen wailing and mourning the victims.
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Cow

As Bolivia floods, cows swim where they once grazed

Monica Machicao and Santiago Limachi
Reuters
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:54 UTC
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In Bolivia's rural region of Beni near the border with Brazil, vast grasslands where cows once grazed have been submerged, forcing cattle and the cowboys that herd them to swim or wade to reach small patches of higher ground.

The South American nation has been hit by some of the most intense rains in decades, which have left soy fields and ranches underwater, putting at risk exports to overseas markets and pushing up local food prices.

"The flooding we are experiencing right now is very unusual, very severe for this time of year," cattle rancher Gunther Amatller told Reuters as he rescued his livestock from the flood waters. "The water just keeps rising. It's hard to predict how much higher it will rise."

According to local estimates, some 200,000 head of cattle, or about 2% of the national herd, are at risk, struggling with flood water and fatigue. Beni supplies beef nationwide and exports to markets such as China. The floods have hit 590,000 families and killed at least 55 people.

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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorm hits Russia's third-largest wheat producing region

Olga Popova and Gleb Bryanski
Reuters
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:30 UTC
A woman walks past a bird on the shore
© Yulia MorozovaA woman walks past a bird on the shore of a lake during a snowfall in Moscow, Russia, April 6, 2025.
A strong hailstorm hit Russia's third-largest wheat-producing region of Stavropol, damaging grain crops, a local governor said on Tuesday, as extreme weather swept across Russia in early April, bringing snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures.

The Stavropol region accounted for about 8% of Russia's 82.6 million-metric-ton wheat harvest in 2024, when crops were hit by bad weather from early spring frosts to severe drought in many grain-producing regions.

Analysts are closely watching the weather fluctuations and events like frosts, cold spells, and hailstorms to adjust their estimates for this year's harvest in the world's biggest wheat exporter.

"The crops were damaged, and specialists are currently assessing the extent. We will determine further steps based on the results," Governor Vladimir Vladimirov wrote in his Telegram messenger channel.

Heavy snowstorms hit many regions of European Russia after an unusually mild winter this week, with snow cover expected to reach 20 centimetres (9 inches) in Moscow on April 9. Snowfalls were observed in Crimea and the Krasnodar regions.

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Volcano

Volcanic eruption of Philippines' Mount Kanlaon rains ash on villages


Euronews
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:51 UTC
Monster plume of ash soars to 2.4 miles from Mount Kanlaon in the Philippines
Monster plume of ash soars to 2.4 miles from Mount Kanlaon in the Philippines
The fallout from the explosion on Negros island has raised concerns for nearby residents' health.
One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes erupted on Tuesday, sending ash up to 4,000 metres into the sky.

The explosion of Mount Kanlaon on central Negros island, one of the country's 24 most active volcanoes, has raised health concerns due to ashfall that hit nearby villages. However, there have been no immediate reports of casualties.

The 2,435-metre volcano's previous eruption last October sent hundreds of villagers fleeing to emergency shelters.

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Attention

Humpback whale washes ashore on Danish beach


The Local (Denmark)
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:39 UTC
Local visitors view a dead humpback whale which has washed up on the coast of Djursland in Denmark.
© Mikkel Berg PedersenLocal visitors view a dead humpback whale which has washed up on the coast of Djursland in Denmark.
A seven-meter-long dead humpback whale has been found washed up on a beach in the eastern Jutland region of Djursland.

A dead humpback whale has been lying in the water at Løgten Bugt in Djursland, northeast of Aarhus, since Tuesday, according to local reports.

The whale, approximately seven meters long, has been found at the water's edge in Løgten Bugt, around 25 kilometers from Denmark's second-largest city.

Photos of the whale were first shared in local Facebook groups, before being reported by local media TV2 Østjylland.

People from the local area have since gone to the beach to observe the whale, an unusual sighting on the Danish coast.

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Tsunami

Swollen rivers are flooding towns in the US South after a prolonged deluge of rain

Bruce Schreiner & Kristin M. Hall
AP
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:42 UTC
At least 16 people have died as relentless rain and severe thunderstorms have pummeled parts of the central U.S.
At least 16 people have died as relentless rain and severe thunderstorms have pummeled parts of the central U.S.
Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital.

Inundated rivers posed the latest threat from persistent storms that have killed at least 23 people since last week as they doused the region with heavy rain and spawned destructive tornadoes. At least 157 tornadoes struck within seven days beginning March 30, according to a preliminary report from the National Weather Service. Though the storms have finally moved on, the flood danger remains high in several other states, including parts of Tennessee, Arkansas and Indiana.

Cities ordered evacuations, and rescue crews in inflatable boats checked on residents in Kentucky and Tennessee, while utilities shut off power and gas in a region stretching from Texas to Ohio. Floodwaters forced the closure of the historic Buffalo Trace Distillery, close to the banks of the swollen Kentucky River near downtown Frankfort.

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