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Second bear attack this week for New Mexico; 7th for the year

Staci Matlock
The New Mexican
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:52 UTC
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© New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.A female black bear and her cub were recorded at a watering hole in northeastern New Mexico shortly before the bear attacked a hunter.
State Game and Fish Department officers are searching for a black bear that attacked a 60-year-old man from Missouri who was elk hunting west of Wagon Mound, the second bear attack on a person in two days in Northern New Mexico, officials said Friday.

The hunter received bite injuries to his foot through his boot as he climbed a tree to try to escape the bear. He was taken to Alta Vista Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M., where he was treated and released.

The attack, which occurred Thursday near the tiny village of Ocate, marked the seventh time a black bear has attacked a human in the state this year, the highest number in the past 16 years, according to Lance Cherry, a spokesman for the Game and Fish Department. It was the fourth attack this year resulting in an injury. None of the attacks was fatal.
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Camera

Waterspout seen near New Topsail Inlet, North Carolina

Gannon Medwick
wect.com
Wed, 09 Sep 2015 13:46 UTC
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© Diane Baltins
A strong downpour spawned a waterspout near New Topsail Inlet between 10 and 10:30 Wednesday morning.

Viewers like Stephanie Bradshaw, Diane Baltins, and others snapped the photogenic feature just northeast of Scotts Hill as it was swirling toward the inlet and, ultimately, the ocean.
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© Stephanie Bradshaw
Some waterspouts form from severe, rotating thunderstorms called "supercells," but most waterspouts form over warm water amid more "run of the mill" tropical downpours.

The structures of these waterspouts tend to be more delicate than funnels and tornadoes that supercell thunderstorms produce. But even still, these somewhat weaker waterspouts have been known to capsize boats and, in rare cases, come ashore and cause minor structural damage.

The National Weather Service issued a Marine Weather Statement to account for the storm that spawned the waterspout. Additional scattered downpours and, for the coastal waters, even waterspouts, will remain possible for the remainder of Wednesday.
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Umbrella

Waterspout over Lake Michigan filmed

Mark Torregrossa
mlive.com
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:19 UTC
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© Jenny PearsallA waterspout near Charlevoix on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015.
A waterspout outbreak over northern Lake Michigan on Thursday, Sept. 10, showed the wonder of these Great Lakes spectacles.

One waterspout was seen by many off the coast of Charlevoix, as this video shows.

A second waterspout formed near Leland.

The main reason for the waterspouts is cool air aloft over the warmer water of the Great Lakes.

Waterspouts should get more numerous Saturday and Sunday, as even colder air aloft moves over the Great Lakes.

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Cloud Precipitation

Large hailstones, strong winds and heavy rain strike Central Nebraska

Harold Reutter
Star Herald
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:17 UTC
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Large hail, wind, rain blow through Central Nebraska
Numerous areas in Central Nebraska were hit with large hail, as well as damage from straight-line winds, late Wednesday afternoon and early evening as several severe super-cell thunderstorms tracked from northwest to southeast through the area.

According to the National Weather Service in Hastings, golf-ball size hail of 1.75 inches in diameter hit Arcadia, Loup City, Dannebrog, Kearney, Riverdale and one mile north of Elyria.

Loup City resident Lois Molt said she drove from her home to Ravenna on Thursday morning and noticed hail damage to cornfields south of Loup City. Molt said she also heard reports of broken windows in Aradia, although she was not in Arcadia and could not personally confirm that damage. She said that screens on the windows in her home in Loup City received damage.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 2 women in Telangana, India


The Times of India
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 13:58 UTC
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Two daily wage labourers died and one person was injured when they were hit by lightning in Peddapoor village of Nagarkurnool mandal on Friday.

The deceased were identified as K Bakamma, 55 and M Ishwaramma, 42 of the village. According to eye witnesses, the two women were hit by a lightning strike while working in a field in the rain.

The injured was shifted to the Nagarkurnool government hospital and his condition is said to be critical. Revenue and police officials rushed to the village to take stock of the situation.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill two people in Saurashtra, India


The Times of India
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 13:31 UTC
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Two persons died after being struck by lightning on Friday afternoon in Saurashtra region.

According to the district flood control room officials, Bhagat Bambhaniya (30), a native of Khapat village near Una, died in the field after lightning struck him in Zarkhadi village of Una taluka of Gir-Somnath.

In another incident, Mesuben Merani (34), a farm labourer, died after being struck by lightning in Vasantpur village of Jamjodhpur taluka of Jamnagar.

Meanwhile, heavy rains were reported at some villages of Savarkundla, Liliya, Dhari of Amreli district and villages of Talala and Gir-Gadhada of Gir-Somnath.
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Fish

Rare shoal of 500 bluefin tuna appears off coast of Cornwall, UK

Lucy Clarke-Billings
The Telegraph, UK
Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:28 UTC
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© ALAMY
A bluefin tuna shoal
A shoal of bluefin tuna potentially worth millions of pounds has appeared off the coast of Cornwall - but local fishermen will not be able to touch a single fish.

The record price for a single tuna on the Japanese market is about £1 million, and the shoal, of around 500 fish, is believed to be the largest sighted off the county in over a century.

Duncan and Hannah Jones, the owners of a tourist cruise company in Penzance who discovered the fish, said it was as though the sea was "exploding".

But EU fishing regulations prevent British boats from catching bluefin tuna. Protection rules mean that only eight countries, including Greece, France and Spain, can land tuna, and even they are restricted to a short season of fishing.
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Arrow Down

Driver cheats death after his car is swallowed by a six foot deep sinkhole in Lanzhou, China

Tracy You
Daily Mail, UK
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:07 UTC
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Photos taken at the scene show Mr Wang's car is stranded in a sinkhole measuring about six feet deep
A Chinese driver narrowly escaped death when a sinkhole opened up on a flooded street this week.

The motorist was driving in Lanzhou city, north-western China, in the early hours of September 10 when he felt the ground was shaking.

He managed to escape from the passenger's side before the front of the car was submerged in water, reported the People's Daily Online.
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Attention

5.4-magnitude earthquake rocks Tokyo


Manila Bulletin
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 09:01 UTC
Tokyo Bay map
© Google MapsTokyo Bay map
A moderate earthquake hit Tokyo early today (September 12, 2015), waking residents and shaking buildings in the Japanese capital, but there was no immediate report of any damage.

At least 11 people were injured in the capital in connection with the jolt, "but no one was seriously injured," said an official of the Tokyo Fire Department.

The 5.4-magnitude quake, with its epicentre located in Tokyo Bay, struck at 5:49 am (2049 GMT), according to the US Geological Survey.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning had been issued, and that the quake was 70 kilometres (43 miles) deep.

But the agency warned sizable aftershocks could strike in Tokyo at least in a few days, while calling on residents to stay vigilant against possible landslides in the wake of heavy rain that hit the region earlier this week.
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Alarm Clock

Two Mexican volcanoes erupt, shooting ash, smoke into sky


RT
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 07:23 UTC
Colima Volcano
© Stringer / ReutersSmoke rises from Colima Volcano, also known as the Volcano of Fire, near the town of Comala

Two of Mexico's most active volcanoes are erupting, sending a spectacular mix of ash, smoke, and gas thousands of meters into the sky.

Comment: See also: The number of volcanoes erupting right now is greater than the 20th century's YEARLY average!

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