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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 2 farmers in Antique, Philippines

Annabel Petinglay
North Bound Asia
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:25 UTC
lightning
Lightning strike killed two farmers in the middle of the rice fields in Cabariuan village in Sibalom, Antique around 8:00 p.m. Monday.

Antique Provincial Police Office Information Officer Bryan I. Alamo identified the two farmers as Mario Balsomo, 53, married, and resident of the village, and Alex Odipa, 42, married and a resident of Lacaron village.

Alamo said the Sibalom Municipal Police Station personnel were immediately dispatched to investigate the incident after receiving report from Barangay Captain Remedy Condez of Lacaron Monday night.

The victims were pronounced dead upon arrival by the attending physician at the Ramon Maza Sr Memorial District Hospital in Sibalom.

Source: The Philippines News Agency
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Wolf

Massive increase in dog attacks on children in Surrey and Sussex, UK; up from 187 to 511 in a year


Eagle Radio
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:16 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A child is attacked by a dog in Surrey and Sussex every day.

Shocking new statistics show there were 511 incidents in the patch from April 2015 to March 2016.

That is up more than 300 from the year before.

The data comes from the NHS which says a third of children in the UK will encounter a dog every day.

Below show the figures in Surrey and Sussex since 2011.
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Bizarro Earth

Alaska's Bogoslof volcano sends ash cloud up 9,100 metres (30,000 ft.)


Financial Post
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:19 UTC
bogoslof volcano
A 14-minute eruption by an Alaska volcano sent an ash cloud to 30,000 feet (9,100 metres) in the Aleutian Islands. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Bogoslof (BOH-gohs-lawf) Volcano erupted at 3:17 a.m. Tuesday.

Ash clouds above 20,000 feet (6,100 metres) can harm airliners flying between Asia and North America. The observatory raised the aviation alert code to "warning" level, the highest level.

Winds were blowing to the northeast, which would push a cloud into the Bering Sea. The observatory says the cloud was not expected to drop ash on Aleutian communities or the mainland.
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Bizarro Earth

Yellowstone Supervolcano earthquake swarm reaches 878 events in just two weeks

Hannah Osborne
Newsweek
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:01 UTC
Yellowstone earthquake map June 2017
© University of UtahLocation of the earthquakes that are part of the swarm as of June 26.
Over 800 earthquakes have now been recorded at Yellowstone supervolcano over the last two weeks, with the ongoing swarm taking place on the western edge of the National Park. But there is virtually no risk of the volcano erupting, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) currently lists the volcano alert level as normal and the aviation color, which lists the potential risk to fights, is at green.

The current earthquake swarm began on June 12. A week later, the USGS put out a statement to say that 464 earthquakes had been recorded, with the largest being magnitude 4.4 "This is the highest number of earthquakes at Yellowstone within a single week in the past five years," it said.

At the time, a spokesperson for the USGS told Newsweek appeared to be "slowly winding down," adding that "no other geological activity has been detected." However, in a newly released statement about the ongoing swarm, seismologists from the University of Utah said 878 events have now been recorded at Yellowstone National Park.

Comment: 770 earthquakes in Yellowstone Park in 2 weeks: 'More than normal' say scientists
Yellowstone supervolcano is hit by 464 earthquakes in just one week

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Cloud Precipitation

Intense storm turns bridge into a giant waterfall in Ukraine


Sott.net
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:14 UTC
Flooded Novoplanovsky bridge in Ukraine
© YouTube/3849 comua (screen capture)
An intense storm engulfed Kamenetz-Podolsk, a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, on June 26. After just 15 minutes of heavy rain and strong winds, the Novoplanovsky bridge turned into a giant waterfall:


Large apricot sized hail was also reported with abnormally strong winds:
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Seismograph

Over 12 earthquakes recorded northwest of Donner Lake, California

Cynthia Sandoval
ktvn.com
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:27 UTC
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MAP DONNER
The United States Geological Survey reports that more than two dozen earthquakes rattled the Lake Tahoe region early Tuesday.

The largest earthquake measured a magnitude 3.9 shortly after 2 a.m. at a shallow depth.

The earthquake was reported 11 miles (17 kilometers) from Truckee.

Preliminary earthquake information shows that at least 28 minor aftershocks occurred in the area, ranging in magnitude from 0.6. to 3.2 following the 3.9 magnitude shaker.

No major damage or injuries were reported.

Source: AP
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Seismograph

Series of over 40 earthquakes registered north of Iceland


Iceland Monitor
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:35 UTC
There were over 40 earthquakes at Kolbeinseyjahryggur north of Iceland yesterday.
© Iceland Met OfficeThere were over 40 earthquakes at Kolbeinseyjahryggur north of Iceland yesterday.
There has been a series of earthquakes 230 km north of Iceland since last night. There have been over 40 small earthquakes and two have been measured over 4 on the Richter scale.

"There are no sings of an eruption. The series of earthquakes seems to be connected to the tectonic plates," says Einar Hjörleifsson from Iceland Met Office. The earthquakes originate on the borders of the American and the Eurasian tectonic plates.

"Kolbeinseyjarhryggur [where the earthquakes originate] is located where two tectonic plates meet. Series of earthquakes aren't unusual, though they were many and some of them large all at the same time."
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Arrow Down

Large sinkhole appears on road in Ulsan, South Korea

Park Si-soo
The Korea Times
Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:01 UTC
An emergency operation is under way to restore the collapsed road.
© YonhapAn emergency operation is under way to restore the collapsed road.
A big sinkhole swallowed a road in Ulsan early Sunday. There were no reports of injuries or major property damage.

The sinkhole was reported about 30 minutes past midnight, according to Ulsan police and fire authorities. The hole was six meters wide and two meters deep.

An emergency operation is under way to restore the site. Ulsan officials said water leaking from a buried sewer pipe had washed away underground soil.
SINKHOLE
© Yonhap
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Wolf

Woman left brain dead following attack by 2 dogs near Bozeman, Montana

Whitney Bermes
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:40 UTC
pit bull
A woman was left brain dead after being attacked by two dogs near Bozeman on Saturday morning.

Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin said the attack happened around 8 a.m. Saturday at 5499 Love Lane. Two dogs were involved, one of them a pit bull, he said.

The victim, 65-year-old Melissa Barnes, was initially attacked by the pit bull, Gootkin said, and the second dog followed suit. Barnes was flown to a Billings hospital for treatment and declared brain dead on Sunday, the sheriff said.

Both dogs were euthanized voluntarily by their owners, Gootkin said. The dogs, neither of which had up-to-date vaccinations, were then taken to the Montana Department of Livestock's Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Bozeman to be tested for rabies.
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Wolf

Boy dies after attack by stray dog pack in Telangana, India


The Hindu.
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:31 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A pack of stray dogs mauled a 7-year-old boy in Shamirpet on Monday. The boy succumbed to the injuries later in the day. The incident happened as the child's father and some locals were offering Id prayers at a mosque.

The boy, Mohammed Farooq, accompanied his father to a mosque. After being inside for a while, he came out to play when he was attacked by a pack of dogs, Sub-Inspector M. Jagender, said. The boy could not be rescued from the dogs immediately as the adults were inside the mosque and unaware of the incident outside. Later, when the badly injured boy was noticed, the locals rushed him to a private hospital and later to Niloufer Hospital in the city. The child died while being treated.

"At least five dogs attacked the boy and tore him apart. He had suffered grievous injuries," the police official said. A case was registered under Section 174 of CrPC.
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