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Cloud Precipitation

Deadly floods hit Burundi after a month's worth of rain in just a couple of hours


The Watchers
Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:42 UTC
Deadly floods in Burundi
© Africa NewsHeavy rain in Burundi leaves at least six people dead - Thursday, March 16, 2017.
Heavy rain has caused widespread damage in Burundi overnight Thursday, March 16, 2017, claiming lives of at least six people. Local media is reporting a month's worth of rain in just a couple of hours.

"Torrential rains and strong winds struck several provinces last night," the country's vice president, Gaston Sindimwo, said Friday. "In the northwestern town of Mabayi, a landslide smothered several houses, and rescuers found five victims."

In the capital Bujumbura, rains quickly flooded roads killing a soldier. Sindimwo described the event as a real disaster and added that several other people were injured. "We have so far counted 162 destroyed homes," he said.

Dozens of people died across Burundi since September, Sindimwo concluded.

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Wolf

Pack of coyotes attack German Shepherd (Alsatian) in Weddington, North Carolina

Ashley Daley
wcnc.com
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:30 UTC
Coyote.
Coyote.
Neighbors in the Weddington area of Union County say coyote sightings have recently spiked. They say the wild animals are coming within feet of their homes and are becoming aggressive.

"People told me they would never go after something big like that and he's 92-pounds, so people were wrong," says Debbie Rucker, who says Gabriel, her 92 pound German Shepherd was attacked by a pack coyotes last month.

Rucker says it was around 7:30 in the evening when she let Gabriel out for a bathroom break and then heard an eerie crackling noise and her dog begin to yelp.

"I heard it and started running because I saw that he wasn't right by me. They had ripped open both sides of his back and they had chewed up one of his legs," says Rucker.

Rucker says she and her husband rushed Gabriel to the animal hospital where at first, the veterinarian said there is no way coyotes would attack a dog so large, "But within 30 seconds of looking at his wounds, he looked up and said there must have been a bunch of them," said Rucker.

Comment: See also these similar reports in recent years: Coyote attacks kill 2 dogs, neighbors 'panicking' in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Coyote carries off dog in Randolph, New Jersey

Coyote fights 2 large dogs in back yard in Pinellas, Florida

Coyote attacks dog in Ansonia, Connecticut

Coyote conflicts with pets, police and people increase in Westchester, NY

More 'rare' urban coyote attacks on Indiana dogs

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Black Cat

Man killed by panther in Rajasthan, India


India Today
Sat, 18 Mar 2017 13:59 UTC
Leopard
Leopard
A person was today mauled to death by a panther near Sariska area in the district of Rajasthan, officials said, adding that the animal was later killed by villagers in retaliation.

"Rampratap Gurjar was killed in the panther attack in Madhavgarh near Sariska. After attacking the man, the panther hid in a cave-like place. The villagers set that place afire, leaving the panther charred," R S Shekhawat, Sariska field director, told PTI.

He said the body of the man has been handed over to family members, adding that a compensation was also provided to the aggrieved kin.
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Snowflake

Heaviest snow in 30 years engulfs parts of Xinjiang, China


cctvplus.com
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:45 UTC
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A once-in-three decades snowstorm has brought between 0.85 and 1 meter thick of snowfall to the Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region earlier this week.

This heaviest snowfall in thirty years has caused difficulties with feeding the sheep herds apart from affecting local traffic.

In all, over 60,000 heads of sheep and horses are threatened by acute fodder shortage, while 425 heads of animals were already dead due to various reasons including snow collapsed sheep pens.

In response to this rare climatic abnormaity, local authorities have mobilized heavy-duty machineries to clear the snow to reconnect traffic. The first shipment of 775 tons of fodder has already reached snow-affected pastures.

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Rose

Heavy California rains result in desert "superbloom" at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

CBS Evening News
You Tube
Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:32 UTC
Superbloom
© Alerta RojaSuperbloom
After a winter of heavy rains soaked California, ending a six-year drought, a floral rainbow has bloomed in the desert.

John Blackstone has more from the Anza-Borrego State Park.


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Snowflake Cold

Record cold in Bermuda, blizzards in China & increased ice growth across Greenland

Adapt 2030
YouTube
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:02 UTC
record cold in Bermuda
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Iditarod race coldest start ever, Bermuda record cold, rare deep snows in Tibet and Japan increases the snow total amounts from 500 to 800cm on the charts to adjust for higher snowfall totals across the country. Greenland continues to have record increases in ice growth and Iceland has record snow a week before.

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Bizarro Earth

Death toll in Peru climbs to 67 from El Nino rains, floods

Franklin Briceno
Associated Press
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:56 UTC
peru flooding
© AP/Martin MejiaRescue workers pull a man to safety in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17
The number of people killed in Peru following intense rains and mudslides wreaking havoc around the Andean nation climbed to 67 Friday, with thousands more displaced from destroyed homes and others waiting on rooftops for rescue. Across the country overflowing rivers caused by El Nino rains damaged 115,000 homes, collapsed 117 bridges and paralyzed countless roadways.

"We are confronting a serious climatic problem," President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said in a statement broadcast live Friday afternoon. "There hasn't been an incident of this strength along the coast of Peru since 1998."

The highly unusual rains follow a series of storms that have struck especially hard along Peru's northern coast, with voracious waters inundating hospitals and cemeteries, and leaving some small villages entirely isolated. On Thursday, the National Police rescued eight people who had been trapped for three days in Cachipampa and removed the body of an 88-year-old man killed in the floods. In the highlands along the department of La Libertad, dramatic video showed crashing water inundating several buses and trucks, killing at least five people. Rescuers were searching Friday for survivors.


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Comment: Thousands affected by floods and landslides across Peru

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Wolf

Man killed by a pack of 4 dogs in South Africa

Shona Aylward
South Coast Herald
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:17 UTC
Dog attack
Jacob Boy Cele (66) died after he was attacked by a pack of dogs in Bhobhoyi in the Nyenyezi area recently.

Police spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Zandra Wiid, said Mr Cele was bitten all over his body and later died in hospital.

An inquest docket was opened and the Lower South Coast SPCA was called by the police to collect four of the dogs for euthanisation.

However, Lt-Col Wiid said one dog was very aggressive and officials could not approach and catch it. "The assistance of the police was called and the dog was euthanised after consultion with the owner."
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Seismograph

Shallow 5.4 earthquake shakes Bali, Indonesia


Coconuts
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:25 UTC
A map showing the epicenter of a 5.4 earthquake recorded off the south coast of Bali on March 17, 2017.
© BMKGA map showing the epicenter of a 5.4 earthquake recorded off the south coast of Bali on March 17, 2017.
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale reportedly shook South Bali on Friday morning, around 1:39 am.

Bali's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the quake's epicenter as 334 kilometers southwest of Denpasar, at a depth of 10 kilometers. Most people likely slept through the small shakes, but the quake was reportedly felt in the Denpasar area.

The earthquake was not flagged for tsunami potential and there have been no reports so far of major damage or victims following the earthquake.

Comment: Other shallow earthquakes (10 kilometre depth) recently reported were a 4.8-magnitude quake in western Sudan and a 4.2 near the island of Rhodes in Greece

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Cloud Precipitation

Thousands affected by floods and landslides across Peru

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:12 UTC
After the floods in Ambar district, Lima Region.
© INDECIAfter the floods in Ambar district, Lima Region.
Yet another period of heavy rain has caused major flooding and landslides in several areas of Peru over the last few days.

Floods and mudslides have affected parts of Lima Region, including the capital, where several rivers have overflowed.

Other parts of the country have also been affected, including the regions of Piura, La Libertad, Lambayeque and Callao.

Sadly the recent flooding is nothing new for many communities. The country has been experiencing periods of heavy rainfall since December 2016 and over 60 people have died as a result of flooding and landslides since then.

Local observers are calling the unusual climatic conditions "El Niño Costero" and are blaming the heavy rainfall on higher temperatures of the eastern Pacific Ocean waters. Further rainfall is forecast and authorities are bracing themselves for two more weeks of heavy rain, potential flooding and landslides.
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