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25 dead peacocks and other birds found in Khurda Forest, India

Busta Sebetseba
News Tonight Africa
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:44 UTC
Dead peacocks
© Express News ServiceA forest staffer carries dead peacocks to the OUAT Veterinary College in Bhubaneswar from Madhupur near Khurda
There are concerns about a possible spread of bird flu after 25 peacocks and a large number of other birds were found dead at Madhapur village forest under Khurda Forest Division on Tuesday morning.

The villagers found a large number of birds including pigeons, crows and cranes dead in the area. The birds were found near a water body at Madhupur village forest under Khurda Forest Division. After finding the birds, the villagers immediately informed the Forest officials of Khurda and Chandaka divisions, who recovered the dead birds in the area.

Chandaka DFO Manoj Mohapatra said, "Some carcasses have been sent to OUAT for the preliminary examination. Samples would be sent to Animal Disease Research Institute (ADRI) of State Veterinary Department and National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSD), Bhopal, for determining the nature of deaths".
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Two suns appear during sunset in Indonesia


Strange Sounds
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 18:11 UTC
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© Agoes Suwondo/Radar TarakanThese two suns were photographed in the sky of Tarakan, Indonesia on December 4 2015.
Have you ever seen two suns setting in the night sky?

A double sun was photographed in the sky of Indonesia last Friday between 17:49:28 and 17:50:46.

This strange, otherworldly sight could just be a hoax, but similar optical illusions have been seen before. Lately in Canada on November 2, 2015.

This is not a common optical phenomenon that we're seeing here. The appearance of a second sun is caused by optical refraction, as atmospheric particles bend light in unusual ways, creating mirages.

I'm asking myself if this is an artifact of the lens. Or a fake? But I don't think so.

I assume this incredible atmospheric phenomenon is created by particles of ice or something in the atmosphere aligned in such a way that they would refract the sunlight at that very small angle, but only in one direction, like a mirror. It would require some fairly peculiar characteristics.

Could this be a giant sundog appearing just on one side of the 'real' sun? A king of collection of the glow creating this haunting orb that makes us think there is an additional sun.
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Cloud Precipitation

2 deaths, many rescues after latest storm pummels the Pacific Northwest


Daily Mail,UK
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 05:36 UTC
Pacific Northwest storm damage
© AP Photo/Steve DipaolaA large fir tree fell on a house overnight and killed an 60-year-old woman in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, as the Pacific Northwest was soaked by another night of heavy rain. More than 5 inches of rain have fallen on Portland since Sunday, and strong winds have uprooted trees from the saturated ground.
Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday causing mudslides and flooding roads, leaving two women dead in Oregon and sweeping seven people into a Washington river, where they were rescued.

A large Douglas fir tree crashed into a Portland home early Wednesday, killing a 60-year-old woman who was in bed.

The tree, roughly 30 inches in diameter, was uprooted and sliced through the house, pinning the woman underneath.

Next door neighbor Sam Choumxay said he watched in horror as the tree fell onto his neighbor's house with a thud. The tree top slammed into two cars in Choumxay's driveway.

Choumxay said he ran outside, made it around the tree, and raced to his neighbors' front door.

"Is anybody hurt? Is anybody hurt? I just kept calling to them," he said.

On Wednesday afternoon, a woman drowned after her car became submerged on a flooded road about 60 miles northwest of Portland in Clatskanie, Oregon, The Oregonian reported.

Firefighters rescued a man they found standing on top of a car in knee-to-waist deep water. They said the man drove himself and the woman into high water where the road was closed near U.S. Highway 30 and Lost Creek Road. The car then sank.

Responders found the woman dead at the scene.

Comment: Recently the Pacific Northwest region has also experienced more than 50 small earthquakes in a week as well as an exploding meteor lighting up the night skies.

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Huge lenticular cloud photographed over Gevgelija, Macedonia


Strange Sounds
Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:02 UTC
lenticular cloud
This incredible lenticular cloud appeared in the sky of Macedonia on Dec. 2 2015.

A giant lenticular cloud was seen floating in the sky over Gevgelija, Macedonia on December 2, 2015.

Giant lenticular cloud
This giant cloud really looks like a face wearing a long hat.
lenticular cloud 2
A good or bad omen? In any case awesome.
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Attention

5.7 earthquake strikes off Nadi and Ba, Fiji


BNO News
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:05 UTC
earthquake needle
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck off Fiji, seismologists say.

The earthquake, which struck at 1:58 a.m. local time on Thursday, was centered about 262 kilometers (163 miles) northwest of Nadi, or 376 kilometers (234 miles) northwest of the capital Suva. It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that some 5,000 people on nearby islands may have felt "weak" shaking, and said that damage and casualties were unlikely. The earthquake was not strong enough to generate a tsunami, and no tsunami warnings are in effect.

The earthquake was initially measured at 6.2 before being downgraded to 5.7.

Other details were not immediately available.
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7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Ambon island


channelnewsasia.com
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:54 UTC
earthquake needle
An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck 174km (108 miles) southeast of Indonesia's eastern island of Ambon on Wednesday (Dec 9), the US Geological Survey said.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the quake, which the USGS initially said was 7 magnitude and which occurred at a depth of 75km (47 miles).

Indonesia's tsunami warning centre said there was no potential for the quake to trigger a tsunami. Officials also said there was no damage immediately reported.

"The quake was felt strongly in Ambon and Banda, but until now there is no report of damage or casualties," Jandri Pattinama, an officer at a geophysics station in Ambon, told AFP.
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Flooding in Congo capital kill at least 31 in three weeks

Aaron Ross
Reuters
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:42 UTC
Floods Congo
Floods in Kinshasa December 2015
At least 31 people have died in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa in the last three weeks in the worst flooding in years, the provincial interior minister said on Tuesday, warning conditions could get even worse.

The deaths since Nov. 17, concentrated in neighbourhoods along the Congo River and its tributary, the Ndjili, have resulted mainly from home collapses, Emmanuel Akweti said.

The flooding has made 20,000 families homeless and inundated the main water collection station, preventing two-thirds of Kinshasa's communes from accessing drinkable water, he added.

An employee at the public water utility said officials hoped to resume service there by Thursday.
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Strong earthquake hits near Escuintla in Guatemala


BNO News
Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:06 UTC
earthquake needle
A strongly felt earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck near the city of Escuintla in south central Guatemala, not far from the capital, seismologists say.

The earthquake, which struck at 4:53 p.m. local time on Monday, was centered next to Masagua about 12 kilometers (7 miles) southwest of Escuintla, or 59 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Guatemala City. It struck about 108.6 kilometers (67.5 miles) deep, making it a relatively deep earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Witnesses in the region reported feeling strong shaking, causing buildings to shake in Guatemala City, but there was no immediate word on damages or casualties. There is no threat of a tsunami.
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Suspected burglar hides in pond, is killed by alligator

Lee Moran
Huffington Post
Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:31 UTC

A suspected burglar was killed by an alligator while hiding in a Florida pond to avoid arrest, police believe.

The body of Matthew Riggins, 22, was discovered floating in a lake in Barefoot Bay, Brevard County, on Nov. 23, according to multiple reports.

The lower sections of his legs and a part of one arm were missing, reports the Orlando Sentinel.

The 11-foot-long alligator was so ferocious it had to be euthanized by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trapper as Riggins' corpse was being recovered, according to Florida Today.
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NASA maps show 2015 storm season was one of extremes

George Dvorsky
Gizmodo Australia
Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:00 UTC
Cyclone Chapala
© EPAA Nasa photo of Cyclone Chapala moving towards Yemen, followed less than a week later by Cyclone Megh - an unprecedented double whammy!
It was an uncharacteristically quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic, but the same cannot be said for the eastern Pacific and central Pacific basins, which got absolutely hammered this year. New maps by NASA and Unisys Weather show the extent of this year's storm season.

The hurricane season in the Atlantic and the eastern and central Pacific basins is now officially over. In all we saw some, 30 major hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones, most of them fuelled by El Niño, which appears to be the worst ever recorded. Prior to 2015, the greatest number of storms in a single season was 23, set in 2004. Incredibly, of the 30 storms recorded this year, 25 of them, or 83 per cent, attained category 4 or 5 status — again, another record (the previous record was 18).

Meanwhile, the Atlantic was comparatively quiet; the total from the past three years is the lowest since 1992-94.

Comment: All over the world 'extreme' weather records have been broken this year! Keep up to date with the increasing chaotic weather events and planetary upheavals by viewing the monthly SOTT Earth Changes Summary.

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