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© RuptlyThe chick was expected to die within hours of being born.
A lamb was born with two heads amid a rise in cases of Schmallenberg virus
Farmers are being warned to test their livestock for a virus that causes birth defects in livestock.
Lambing flocks across the country are experiencing higher than normal losses from deformed lambs, while early calving herds are also yielding calves with congenital defects.
The birth - at a farm in Conwy - comes amid growing concerns about the rise of Schmallenberg virus (SBV). The lamb was put down shortly after birth.
© Robert Kirkham/Buffalo NewsIce volcanoes were visible Wednesday on the Lake Erie shore at Evangola State Park.
Dave McCoy, an environmental educator at Evangola State Park in New York, told the News that more than two-dozen ice volcanoes sprung up along Lake Erie's shoreline for the fourth time this winter season.
"I've never seen them form in March," McCoy told the News.
They also formed on Lake Superior and Lake Ontario, the latter shown in video provided by The Weather Network:
The surprise weather came after a weather warning for heavy rain was issued for the area. However the rain fell as hail in a number of places, creating the wintry scene.
According to the Calvert County Sheriff's Department, deputies were dispatched to Prancer Court in Lusby after the attack was reported just after 1 p.m.
Deputies arrived within one minute of the initial call, the department said, and saw the dog still attacking the child. They shot the dog to stop the attack and immediately determined that the boy had died.
The attack reportedly occurred while a family friend was watching the child.
An investigation is ongoing, and a news conference with Sheriff Mike Evans is scheduled for noon Friday.
According to local media, spokesperson for the provincial command of the Civil Protection and Fire Service, Faustino Minguês, told Radio Luanda that the deaths occurred in the municipalities of Cacuaco, Cazenga and Belas and in the urban districts of Sambizanga and Kilamba-Kiaxi in the municipality of Luanda. Several people are also believed to be missing.
Many of the victims died as a result of homes collapsing. Other were swept away by flood water or electrocuted by falling power cables.
According to officials, 5,773 homes have been damaged by floods. Around 344 families have been evacuated. Initial assessments reported that a total of 13 houses have been destroyed. AFP later reported the figure as 700.
© Bloomberg
Severe storms will drench a swath of the country from Texas to Mississippi over the next five days, according to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center. Through Thursday, 369 tornadoes have been reported across the country, the most in five years and more than double the normal number of sightings.
An active jet stream and unusually balmy weather are to blame for the burst of deadly tornado activity, the storm prediction center said. Strong winds have dragged storms into the warm, humid air that's blanketed the eastern half of the nation, creating conditions ripe for a weather phenomenon that leads to at least $400 million in damage a year in the U.S.
"We have a severe threat starting today and continuing for each of the next five days through at least Monday," said Patrick Marsh, warning coordination meteorologist at the storm prediction center in Norman, Oklahoma. "Through mid-March, we are on a record or near-record pace."
The atmospheric moisture across the southern U.S. in January was more typical of April, Marsh said. A confirmed tornado touched down in central Massachusetts in February, a first, while there was still snow on the ground.
Comment: A tornado outbreak in January this year was the deadliest since 1969 and exceeded the entire 2016 death toll in two days.
© SanookThe calves were born with two heads, six legs and two tails.
The conjoined twins were stillborn with two heads, six legs and two tails at the house of Ms Samrong, 47, who resides in Klong Thom district in Krabi.
Ms Samrong said that she had already won prizes in the lottery three times while the calves were in the uterus.
Visitors saw the creature laid out amid flowers, candles and incense. People were already praying to it for the next round of lottery numbers.
Ms Samrong says she plans to have it stuffed, treated with formalin and put in a four sided glass case to be kept at Wat Tru Toey.
© Bruce Greatwich This photo of a rare night parrot, thought to be extinct in Western Australia, was captured in the state’s arid inland region by a team of bird enthusiasts.
A night parrot has been photographed in Western Australia, adding another twist to the mysterious history of the species that was presumed extinct until it was rediscovered in Queensland four years ago.
It is the first verified sighting of the bird in WA for almost 100 years and follows a history of unverified sightings, disbelieved reports and futile ecological surveys that rivals the hunt for the (presumably still) extinct Thylacine in Tasmania.
The discovery was made by a group of four friends from Broome who have dedicated the better part of seven years to locating the bird, examining detailed maps, trekking into likely habitats, and spending evenings in the state's arid interior listening for unusual bird calls.
Comment: Other recent reports of serious dog attacks within the last 3 days: Child taken to hospital following dog attack in El Paso County, Colorado
Pit bull in NJ 'viciously' bites 5 people, including child
North Carolina woman critically hurt after being attacked by great danes