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Full-scale landslide swallows road in Ulyanovsk, Russia


Strange Sounds
Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:50 UTC
Russian landslide
© 1IL.ru
Apocalyptical full-scale landslide in Ulyanovsk as several hundred square meters and, obviously, a few thousand cubic meters of soil literally collapsed in one day.

This is the first full-scale landslide in this area of the Volga in the last 57 years.The collapse of the soil started on April 5, 2016 at about 8:00am. And it is still ongoing.
Landslide
© 1IL.ru
The landslide is most probably due to an oversaturated soil after the heavy rain that fell on the area during last days.

However, many residents blame road workers and the government, who have never controlled the landslide section of the road. The area is now under close control and autorities try to calm down all frightened residents.

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Wolf

Dingo euthanised after attacking tourist on Fraser Island, Australia

Eliza Wheeler
Fraser Coast Chronicle
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:58 UTC
A dangerous dingo was euthanised on Fraser Island after multiple reports of violent and aggressive behaviour.
A dangerous dingo was euthanised on Fraser Island after multiple reports of violent and aggressive behaviour.
A dingo has been humanely euthanized after it attacked a tourist on Fraser Island last week.

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Sunshine and Fraser Coast Principal Ranger Ross Belcher said a tourist was bitten by the dingo several times in an incident at Eurong late on Friday afternoon.

"A woman was walking with her boyfriend on the beachfront at Eurong when they were approached by the dingo," Mr Belcher said.

"At first the couple thought the dingo was being playful but it then became aggressive and bit the woman four times, firstly on the back of the leg, just behind her right knee, and then three times on her left leg.

"The woman's companion then kept the dingo at a distance by placing himself between her and the animal and waving his thong at it until a passer-by in a 4-wheel-drive saw what was happening and rendered assistance."
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Bizarro Earth

Massive sinkhole opens up for second time near Baltimore, Maryland

Jeff Hager
ABC 2
Thu, 07 Apr 2016 11:42 UTC
sinkhole linthicum maryland
It has downed large trees, a large portion of a chain-link fence and virtually anything else in its path.

It's a 15-by-40 foot sinkhole, and Lucy Miller says it's creeping closer to her house every day.

"It's moving, and it's moving towards my property and I don't want these trees to all come down and I don't want anybody to get hurt," Miller said. "That's my problem."

Miller and her husband, Jerry, approached the nearby Lynn Hill Apartments about the problem and were told the hole is on county land.

The county said it was the state, because it sits along a state road, and the state pointed back to the apartment complex as the owner of the land.

"It seems that someone could go to the records bureau some place and pull out the deed to see who owns the property, but it seems to be too much of a bother for somebody or they just don't want to admit it," Jerry Miller said.
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Attention

Pedestrian is kicked to the ground by belligerent monkey

Amie Gordon
Daily Mail
Sun, 10 Apr 2016 15:00 UTC
The monkey then leaps in the air and pounces, dealing a powerful blow to the man's back with its feet
The monkey then leaps in the air and pounces, dealing a powerful blow to the man's back with its feet
One unsuspecting pedestrian was viciously assaulted in the street and kicked to the ground in a terrifying attack - by a monkey.

Incredible video footage has captured the moment a man walking along a street was drop-kicked to the ground by the animal.

The monkey can be seen running at speed behind the man, before jumping up and kicking him, dealing a powerful blow to the man's back and knocking him to the ground.

The primate - deceptively stronger than it looks - then flees, pouncing onto a nearby car then escaping over a wall.

Stunned bystanders appear on the scene, clearly shocked by what they have just seen.

The victim, who was knocked flat onto his face, slowly stands up, evidently shaken by the 'attack'.

Footage shows how the man's legs buckle below him and he is knocked straight to the ground
Footage shows how the man's legs buckle below him and he is knocked straight to the ground
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Attention

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes Afghanistan: Strong tremors felt in India and Pakistan capitals

Adam Withnall
The Independent (UK)
Sun, 10 Apr 2016 13:04 UTC
Earthquake map
A powerful earthquake has struck the border area between Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, with tremors felt in Delhi and Islamabad.

The quake was intially measured at magnitude-6.6 and depth 210km by the USGS, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Reports from across South Asia described buildings swaying for more than a minute with tremors felt in the Pakistani city of Lahore some 630km from the epicentre.

Pakistani official Arif Ullah said the magnitude-7.1 quake was centered near Afghanistan's border with Tajikistan. Germany's GFZ Research Center for Geosciences set the quake's magnitude at 6.5.
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Bizarro Earth

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes off Indonesian coast


Sputnik
Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:22 UTC
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A 5.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, the country's National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) said on Sunday.

The earthquake took place in the Indian Ocean, over 60 kilometers (37 miles) off the coast of Bengkulu, a province in Indonesia's southwestern Sumatra island, the agency said.

While the earthquake's epicenter was recorded at 16 kilometers below ocean surface, the BNPB has not issued a potential tsunami warning.
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Reports of mysterious tremors in eastern North Carolina attributed to sonic booms from military activity


WECT 6
Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:42 UTC
sonic boom wave map north carolina
© WECTWhat appears to be a sonic boom wave caught on radar.
Did you feel a bit of a shake Friday afternoon? You're not alone.

WECT received several emails and messages on social media about a possible tremor in the Myrtle Grove area, as well as in Leland.

However, the United States Geological Survey's website showed no earthquake activity in North Carolina.

Our First Alert meteorologists did manage to see what appears to be remnants of a sonic boom wave on radar just off the coast of the Cape Fear region.
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Cloud Precipitation

Freak hailstorm strikes Saudi Arabia


Strange Sounds
Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:07 UTC
hail
An unusual freak hailstorm hit Saudi Arabia on April 6, 2016 covering the desert, streets and entire cities with white icy stones.

The thunderstorms were so powerful that they created a tornado just 100km way from Riyadh.

And here it comes:

storm
Stormy conditions are growing and sweeping across Saudi Arabia since Monday, April 3, 2016.

The storm line has now reached central Saudi Arabia where the desert suddenly turned white on April 6, 2016.

Hail

Comment: See also: Cars swept away as Arabian peninsula is slammed with deluges of rain and hail

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Two dozen dead birds discovered along road in Chantilly, Virginia

Martin Weil and Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post
Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:30 UTC
Dead starlings
© Fairfax County Police DepartmentDead starlings
Two dozen dead birds, believed to be European starlings, were found Friday along a road in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County.

No cause could be determined for the deaths of the birds found near Avion Parkway and Lee Jackson Memorial Highway.

Nothing suggested that the deaths were the result of malice, but the birds appear to be among the most unwelcome of creatures, often because of the wastes they leave in trees and on buildings.

Although large numbers of dead starlings are found throughout the area from time to time, starlings represent a story of startling multiplicative power. Sixty were introduced to this country in 1890, and, by 2000, their number was more than 200 million. The deaths will be investigated.

Dead starlings
© Fairfax County Police DepartmentDead starlings
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Symbolism? Electrocuted snake found while eating another by city workers in Morganton, North Carolina

Ben Hooper
UPI
Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:24 UTC
Two snakes were electrocuted when they crawled into an electrical box on E. Parker Road.
© City of MorgantonTwo snakes were electrocuted when they crawled into an electrical box on E. Parker Road.
Workers in a North Carolina city found a snake had electrocuted itself at a home slated for demolition and a second snake died while trying to eat the first.

The City of Morganton said in a Facebook post that Electric Services Department workers visited a home last week to disconnect the power prior to its scheduled demolition and they were greeted with a bizarre sight when they opened the electrical box.

"They were greeted by two dead snakes that had managed to climb into the box. One snake slithered across two hot terminals and was electrocuted; the second snake was biting the first and received the jolt as well," the post said.

The post quoted Electric Services Director Brooks Kirby as saying workers find electrocuted snakes every two or three years "and that's one time too many!"

Comment: For more on snakes discovered at unusual locations and of a symbolic interpretation of same, see: Snakes alive! Countless reports of snakes turning up in weird places

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