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Woman killed in wild bear attack in Kashmir, India

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A 50-year-old woman lost her life after being attacked by a wild bear in the Mirpora village of Qalmabad, North Kashmir, on Monday evening.

According to reports, the woman, identified as Zareefa Begum, wife of Farooq Ahmed Khan, had gone to a nearby garden when the wild bear attacked her. She was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.

Residents of Mirpora village have expressed their concern, stating that the wild animal has been roaming the area. They have demanded that authorities tranquilize the bear to prevent further attacks.

Wildlife officials have urged residents to avoid venturing alone into nearby areas, as wild animals have been moving closer to residential zones.

Volcano

Footage shows the scale of new eruption at Sakurajima volcano in Japan

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Incredible new footage shows the Sakurajima volcano erupting in Kyushu, Japan today, spewing volcanic ash high into the air and causing Japanese authorities to issue an ash advisory.

Sakurajima, also known as "Cherry Blossom Island," is a stratovolcano, and its summit has three peaks, Kita-dake, Naka-dake, and Minami-dake, the lattermost of which remains active. The peninsula has a relatively small population of a few thousand residents and is a popular tourist destination thanks partly to artisan pottery made using volcanic ash.

The latest eruption, captured on video by Nobumi Moriya and shared by Volcanholic1 on Threads, sent ash plumes up to six kilometers (3.7 miles) into the air above Minami-dake.


Comment: About a week prior: Sakurajima volcano erupts in southern Japan - No damage reported yet


Bug

Swarm of dragonflies sends beachgoers running for cover on beach in Westerly, Rhode Island

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Beachgoers were lounging on their towels and playing in the ocean when a dark cloud appeared on the horizon. But this wasn’t your typical rainstorm—it was a massive swarm of dragonflies!
A sunny summer Saturday at Misquamicut Beach in Westerly, Rhode Island, where sunbathers were soaking up rays turned into adrenaline-fueled spectacle when a swarm of dragonflies took everyone by surprise, causing many to run for cover.

"I've never seen anything like this in my life," a woman filming the wild scene said from behind her camera.

The dragonflies swooped down like tiny fighter jets, zigzagging through the air. Some sunbathers ducked while others waved their arms frantically, trying to fend off the winged invaders.


Seismograph

Powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks Tonga

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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has rocked the Pacific island nation of Tonga.

The quake epicentre was recorded offshore, 154km from the capital city of Nuku'alofa, at 2am on Tuesday.

Geoscience Australia said it had a depth of 47km.

There have been no initial reports of damage.

Tsunami

12 dead in floods in Sudan

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The Sudanese Federal Ministry of Health has reported that 12 people have died in Kassala State due to heavy rains and flooding that have affected several eastern states in recent hours.

According to Sudan Tribune, torrential rains on Friday inundated the tents of displaced persons in three shelters in Kassala city, which houses tens of thousands of people displaced by conflict.

In response to the disaster, the Health Emergency Operations Center convened an urgent meeting to address the situation in Kassala and Gadaref states.

The meeting, led by Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, discussed the impact of the floods and rains and reviewed health conditions in the affected areas.


Cloud Precipitation

North Korea uses military helicopters to rescue thousands from floods

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North Korea has said it used military helicopters to evacuate more than 5,000 people from severe flooding in the northwest of the country near the Chinese border.

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said leader Kim Jong Un supervised the military rescues on Sunday as residents were brought out of Sinuiju city and Uiju town.

KCNA shared photos of Kim on a windswept airfield with officials, as well as surveying the scale of the floods from the rear passenger window of a black vehicle. Ten helicopters as well as navy and government boats were used in the rescue effort.

Heavy rainfall on Saturday had caused a river on the North Korean-Chinese border to exceed a dangerous level and created "a grave crisis", the agency said.


Arrow Down

Massive sinkhole opens in west Houston neighborhood

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Eight families were surprised and had to be evacuated Saturday when a massive sinkhole opened up in their west Houston neighborhood.

Officials say an underground cistern, a type of water storage tank, collapsed, creating a large crater in the middle of the townhomes.

No one was hurt, but the area was blocked off with caution tape as engineers assessed the damage and ensured the sinkhole's size would not increase.

The incident happened about 8:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Sutherland Terrace Place, near Memorial Drive and Gessner Road.


Cloud Lightning

CCTV footage of at least 3 people hit by lightning strike in Moscow, one killed

Two men and a woman were seen falling to the ground
Two men and a woman were seen falling to the ground.
At least three people were struck by lightning in a park in Moscow, with the incident caught in shocking footage

Two men and a woman fell to the ground as the strike hit, seen in grainy CCTV footage from a park in the Russian capital dedicated to the country's war victories. The video, which the Mirror has chosen not to show, showed a bolt of lightning hitting three people and causing them to fall to the floor. Futher footage showed CPR attempts on a man by emergency services being mad, while audible distress was heard from some of the onlookers.

Paramedics were quickly on the scene. One man reported to be named Nikolai Kalashnikov, 67, died later according to Russian reports.

Two men are in a serious condition while the woman hit by the strike was able to get up on her own after she was floored by the strike. Further reports indicated a fourth person was struck in Moscow's Patriot Park and some suggest the victims were two married couples. This did not appear in reports from Russian news agency TASS.


Tsunami

Flash flood sweeps away shops in Uttarakhand, India

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At least four shops were uprooted and fell into a river in Uttarakhand's Budha Kedar amid heavy and incessant rain on Saturday.

The video of the incident, which went viral on social media, shows the exact moment when the shops were swept away by the strong current of the floodwaters, while men standing nearby watched in shock.

Watch the video here:


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Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China

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© Yahoo! NewsTyphoon Gaemi slams into eastern China forcing the evacuation of over 300,000 people, July 26+, 2024
Authorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on Friday, as Typhoon Gaemi brought torrential rains already responsible for five deaths in nearby Taiwan.

Gaemi was the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years when it made landfall on Thursday, flooding parts of the island's second-biggest city.

Typhoon Gaemi exacerbated seasonal rains in the Philippines on its path to Taiwan, triggering flooding and landslides that killed 30 people, according to police figures on Friday.

A tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of oil sank off Manila on Thursday, with authorities racing to offload the cargo and avoid an environmental catastrophe.

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