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New island forms off northwest England


ITV
Mon, 30 May 2016 20:59 UTC
new island England
© vision-air.co.ukThe new island developing off the coast of Fleetwood, northwest England
Stunning aerial footage shows a new island developing off the coast of Fleetwood.

A bank of shingle and stone has emerged from the sea and appears to be a permanent addition to the geography of the area.

Various theories abound as to its origin - ranging from a shift in the natural sediments to the resurfacing of stones from an ancient Roman port.

Phil Hodgson and Joe Helme of Fleetwood-based Vision Air filmed the island using drones after being taken out to the site, around two-and-a-half kilometres off Fleetwood's north shore, by Paul Ashworth of Fleetwood Lifeboat Station.

They carried out a full survey which shows the strip of land is 638 metres long, 10.2 metres high and 3.4 hectares square.

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Sinkhole splits truck into two in Tiantai, China

CCTV News
You Tube
Mon, 30 May 2016 20:53 UTC
Sinkhole splits truck
A sinkhole swallowed on Sunday a cement tanker in Tiantai city, East China's Zhejiang Province.

Surveillance footage shows the terrifying moment the road under a moving large truck collapsed, sucking it into a hole.

The driver managed to get out safe, albeit with minor injuries.

Police dispatched four rescue vehicles to the scene, and the road is reportedly undergoing repair and fortification.

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Bug

Massive swarm of locusts attacks farms and devastates crops in Russia; officials declare a state of emergency

Matt Hunter
Daily Mail
Mon, 30 May 2016 19:23 UTC
Farmers have started fires to stop the insects, which can eat their own body weight in food every day
Farmers have started fires to stop the insects, which can eat their own body weight in food every day
A state of emergency has been declared in southern Russia after a huge swarm of locusts spread over 70,000 hectares devastating crops.

In near apocalyptic scenes millions of the insects have caused drivers to swerve to avoid them.

Officials say at least 10% of the south's farmland has been destroyed - with aircraft used in an attempt to disrupt them.

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has declared a state of emergency but seem powerless to combat the locusts.

Every year swarms of the insect from north Africa appear in the south feeding on crops.

But this year locals think the unusually warm weather has caused thousands more to arrive.

Farmers have started fires to stop the insects, which can eat their own body weight in food every day.

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No parking! Tanker is completely swallowed up by a hole during landslide in Turkey (VIDEO)

Ekin Karasin
Daily Mail
Mon, 30 May 2016 18:42 UTC
The clip, taken on a worker's mobile phone, shows the huge red lorry start to fall backwards almost in slow motion
The clip, taken on a worker's mobile phone, shows the huge red lorry start to fall backwards almost in slow motion
This is the shocking moment a landslide swallowed up a huge tanker at a quarry, dragging it deep underground in a matter of seconds.

A video showed the dramatic incident take place in the Tunceli province, in the middle of Turkey's eastern Anatolia region.

Panicked workers had spotted the gaping hole starting to form around the red lorry which had been parked nearby.

The clip, taken on a worker's mobile phone, shows the huge red lorry start to fall backwards almost in slow motion.

As many colleagues run to higher ground, others get out their smartphones to film the incident.

One can be heard shouting in Turkish: 'Yalla! Giddicek!' which roughly translates as: 'Look, it's going'.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills herd of 42 sheep in Andhra Pradesh, India


The Hans India
Mon, 30 May 2016 16:25 UTC
Lightning strike
A herd of 42 sheep was killed due to lightning at Kedaripuram village under Kambirinougam Panchayat in Kanchili Mandal on Sunday.

According to reports, while three shepherds grazing the sheep in fields, it started raining suddenly with heavy gales and thunderbolts.

When lightning struck them, they died. On information, villagers rushed to spot and informed the police and revenue officials.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 3 in Gazipur, Bangladesh


Prothom Alo
Mon, 30 May 2016 16:19 UTC
Lightning strike
Three people were killed by lightning strike at Kapaish village in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur on Monday.

Mahabub Alam Faruk Master, UP chairman of Jamalpur union, said a thunderbolt struck Mukund Das, 55, Sudhon Das, 35, son of Prem Das and Nirab Das, 52 when they were guarding a fish enclosure, leaving them dead on the spot at noon.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to a hospital morgue.
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Attention

Cruise ship arrives in Seward, Alaska with dead fin whale draped against its bow

Michelle Theriault Boots
Alaska Dispatch News
Mon, 30 May 2016 15:52 UTC
Dead fin whale
© Carol Griswold
A Holland America cruise ship arrived in Seward Sunday morning with a dead fin whale draped against its bow, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Crew members discovered the dead whale just as the massive Zaandam cruise ship was preparing to dock in Seward at 5:06 a.m. Sunday, Holland America spokeswoman Sally Andrews wrote in a statement Sunday. It appeared to be lodged on top of a bulbous part of the bow just under the water.

"We were saddened by this event," Andrews wrote.

After the whale was reported, investigators from NOAA and members of the Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network and Alaska SeaLife Center were dispatched to the scene, said NOAA spokeswoman Julie Speegle. Initially they believed the animal was a juvenile humpback whale, but it was ultimately identified as a fin whale, Speegle said.
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Cloud Precipitation

Texas floods prompt prison evacuation


RT
Sun, 29 May 2016 15:55 UTC
Flooding
© Carlos Barria/Reuters
Severe floods have hit Texas prompting regional prison authorities to evacuate thousands of inmates, anticipating a deluge. In one prison, the flooding has already caused a blackout leading to a mass brawl between inmates and prison guards.

Texas prison authorities are evacuating as many as 2,600 inmates from two prisons located near the rain-swollen Brazos River citing security concerns. The evacuations began on Sunday morning in the Terrell and Stringfellow Units in Rosharon that are located around 30 miles south of Houston.

The inmates are being transferred by buses to other prisons that have available space, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark told journalists. He also said that additional food and water was being delivered to the prisons receiving the evacuated inmates while sandbags and additional staff were sent to the prisons where flooding is expected in order to limit damage from the floodwaters.
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Attention

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits near Raoul Island, New Zealand


Island Crisis News
Mon, 30 May 2016 15:39 UTC
quake
© El Comercio/AP
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has been recorded near Raoul Island, New Zealand on 30 May 2016 02:14:16.

The earthquake epicenter was located at precisely 123km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand and at a depth of approximately 32.18 km. No tsunami alert have been issued following this earthquake.

Other details about the earthquake were not immediately available, and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. We will update this report as soon as we have more information.
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Massive waterspout filmed off Dundee Beach, Australia

Hannah Moore
Daily Mail
Mon, 30 May 2016 15:15 UTC
The huge waterspout was found off the coast of the Northern Territory about 11am on Sunday
The huge waterspout was found off the coast of the Northern Territory about 11am on Sunday
A huge waterspout off the coast of the Northern Territory had locals standing in the rain with their phones out.

Tony Mashman filmed the spout, which occurred about 11am on Sunday off Dundee Beach - 125km southwest of Darwin - for just over two minutes, and at no point did it show any sign of slowing.

The swirl of the water being sucked into the sky is clearly visible as it joins thick dark clouds in the sky.

'I've never seen anything like that in my life,' said Tony's wife Heidi.


It's one of a number of waterspouts over the last few days, according to Tristan Meyers, a meteorologist from Weatherzone, who said there were more spotted of the coast of Townsville on Monday.

The weather phenomenon is not as rare or unique as you might think, either. Mr Meyers says waterspouts are simply tornadoes over water.

'The only reason it looks different is because tornadoes over land throw up dust and debris, and over water it throws up water,' he said.
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