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The system strengthened into Tropical Storm Bret on Monday afternoon. Since Bret formed prior to June 22, it has become the earliest named storm to form in this part of the Atlantic since official records were kept in 1851.
Winds and seas to build around the islands and the Venezuela coast as Bret crosses the region through Tuesday.
Bathers and boaters should heed all advisories as seas and surf will become dangerous.
Because of the compact nature of the storm, adverse conditions are likely to hug the coast of Guyana and Venezuela, the southern part of the Windward Islands and a portion of the Leeward Antilles.
People on the islands from Trinidad and Tobago to Grenada, Margarita and Tortuga can expect showers and gusty thunderstorms to ramp up into Tuesday.
Rain is generally needed on these islands since they receive little rain on an annual basis. However, too much rain can fall too fast and lead to flash flooding and mudslides. Rainfall will average 2-4 inches with locally higher amounts possible.
Pygmy Sperm Whale
A visitor at Fort Macon reported the beached whale to park rangers, who informed the Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
Dr. Vicky Thayer, coordinator for the national network's state branch, responded with a response team to the call, going out to Fort Macon with staff from the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, the N.C. State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology in Morehead City, the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, UNC Wilmington and the N.C. Maritime Museum, also in Beaufort.
Dr. Thayer had been scheduled to speak to the 33 students in the science camp, when she got the call about the beached whale. The campers were scheduled to attend a necropsy at one of the local marine labs, but instead they got to see Dr. Thayer and her team in action.
Of them, five were killed in Faridpur while two each in Magura and Dinajpur, and one was killed in Kushtia.
In Faridpur, five people, including a woman and her son, were killed as they were struck by lightning in separate incidents in Saltha, Sadar and Charbhadrasan upazilas of the district on Monday.
Md Fayekuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Saltha police station, said Helena Begum and her minor boy Helal died when a thunderbolt hit them at Bhabukdia village in the upazila.
Hailstorm destroy crops, fruits
The hailstorm this evening at Kralpora, Trehgam, Ramhal, Hardoona, Darbal, Kunal, Taratpora, Naleem, Yahama Lawoosa, Haril Monabal, Qalamabad, Audoora, Shahnagri, Prangroo Chontipora Batagund and other areas. The hailstorm lasted for ten minutes but caused huge damage.
The locals said that the hailstorm inflicted heavy damage on crops like apple, rice saplings and other vegetables and fruits. They said that they were hoping of good produce this year but the hail storm has dashed their hopes. The locals demanded adequate compensation from Government for their losses.
Comment: See also these similar reports from India over the last 10 months:
Hailstorm destroy crops, fruits in Tral, India
Hailstorm damages crops of at least 900 farmers in Bulandshahr, India
Hailstorm damages wheat crop in Punjab, India
Hailstorm devastates apple, peach, walnut and apricot orchards across Kashmir, India
Huge hailstones and torrential rain destroy crops in Manipur, India
Hailstorm causes extensive damage to crops in Kulgam, India
Black bear
The unnamed Alaskan teenager was participating in the Bird Ridge Trail Race in Anchorage.
As he descended the trail, the animal chased him - before eventually reaching and mauling him.
A Chugach State Park ranger shot the bear in the face, but it ran away, leaving rangers and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game still looking for the bear as of Sunday night.
Quoting government sources from 16 June, OCHA says that at least 14 people have died in the floods. A total of 456 households have been affected. The UN says that as many as 395 homes have collapsed as a result of the floods and heavy rain.
Eleven of the fatalities occurred in the capital, Niamey where 411 households (3,054 people) have been affected. The UN says that a site has been identified by the authorities for the temporary relocation of the affected people, where clean water, hygiene and sanitation will be provided.
Three deaths were also reported in the Tillabéri region. Around 45 houses have been destroyed and more than 300 people affected.
© Newslions / SWNS.comV Chandra was shocked when he discovered the newborn animal and soon the entire village flocked to catch a glimpse
The farmer, known as V Chandra, admitted he was shocked when he saw the newborn animal for the first time but his wife told him to "save" the goat.
He has remained determined to keep the bizarre looking animal, despite locals advising him to let it die.
The goat was born without eyes due to a rare genetic condition which stops them developing.
The couple in Balussery, Kerala in India are now hand-rearing the goat which cannot feed off its mother.
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A number of residents in Curanilahue, some 600 kilometres south of the capital, Santiago, have lost their homes, cars and businesses to flooding.
Drone footage shows aftermath of deadly Portugal forest fire which killed at least 62 people (VIDEO)
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Interior Ministry official Jorge Gomes said that many were burned to death in their cars while making desperate attempts to flee.
"This is a region that has had fires because of its forests, but we cannot remember a tragedy of these proportions," said Valdemar Alves, mayor of Pedrógão Grande. "I am completely stunned by the number of deaths."
The country's prime minister has called it "the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known in years."
Comment: On Saturday (June 17) another bolt killed 2 siblings in Jessore while 2 other strikes killed a total of 3 elsewhere in the country a few days prior to that incident.