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Increase in volcanic activity continues: Ecuadoran volcano called 'Throat of Fire' in local language starts spewing ash 28,000ft into air

Rose Troup Buchanan
The Independent
Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:00 UTC
Tunguarahua volcano
The eruption is latest after months of activity around Tunguarahua volcano.

An Ecuadorean volcano is spewing ash five miles into the air, closely monitored by experts, after an eruption this weekend.

Ash from the Tunguarahua volcano, whose name means 'Throat of Fire' in the local Quechua language, was blown five miles, 28,000 ft, into the sky and drifted west.

It was the latest eruption from the volcano after a period of calm.

Tunguarahua volcano erupted on 29 July, 4 August and then again on 19 August.

Homes nearby have felt the strength of the eruptions, with the blast causing windows and roofs to vibrate.

Over the weekend the volcano started spewing small pyroclastic flows, a fast-moving current of hot gas and rock which can reach speeds of 450mph and temperatures of about 1,000 C.
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Ice Cube

Al Gore predicted Arctic would be ice free: Ice cap now covers 1.7million square kilometres more than 2 years ago

David Rose
Daily Mail
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:32 UTC
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The speech by former US Vice-President Al Gore was apocalyptic. 'The North Polar ice cap is falling off a cliff,' he said. 'It could be completely gone in summer in as little as seven years. Seven years from now.'

Those comments came in 2007 as Mr Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaigning on climate change.

But seven years after his warning, The Mail on Sunday can reveal that, far from vanishing, the Arctic ice cap has expanded for the second year in succession - with a surge, depending on how you measure it, of between 43 and 63 per cent since 2012.

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Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods and extreme rainfall cause chaos in southern Sweden


thelocal.se
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:01 UTC
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© Stig-Åke Jönsson/TTA car in Malmö on Sunday.
The Skåne region of southern Sweden was hit suddenly by extreme rains on Sunday morning, with houses flooded, buses evacuated, and people having to swim to safety from their cars.

Malmö, southern Sweden, received 20 millimetres of rain in under an hour on Sunday morning. One area near the town of Falsterbo rececived as much as 43 millimetres of rain during the night and early morning.

"We usually issue a warning if there will be 35 millimetres within 12 hours," Lovisa Andersson, meteorologist at Sweden's weather agency SMHI, stated.

A Danish weather agency, DMI, issued a warning for extreme rains in the Copenhagen area at around 10pm on Saturday night. There was no such warning on the Swedish side.
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Cloud Precipitation

Copenhagen under water after rain pummels the city


thelocal.dk
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:40 UTC
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Streets, basements and landmarks like Tivoli were flooded from the 100mm of rain that soaked the capital region in the early Sunday hours.

Parts of Copenhagen were a wet mess on Sunday after more than 100mm of rain pummelled the city in the early morning hours.

Historic amusement park Tivoli, the prison Vestre Fængsel and the fortress Kastellet were among the locations reported as flooded by the Copenhagen Fire Brigade (Københavns Brandvæsen), which received 44 calls about water problems overnight.

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Health

Tourist nearly drowns during vicious geese attack in Guizhou, China


news.com.au
Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:02 UTC
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© CEN / australscopeTourist Lu Chen is attacked by two geese.
A hapless tourist nearly drowned in a vicious attack by two geese when he strayed too close to their river nest in southern China.

Stunned Lu Chen had been paddling in the stream to cool down in Gaowen Village in China's Guizhou province, when the two large birds flew at him.

"I didn't know what was happening at first. There was a tremendous hissing and then they came straight at me," he said later.

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Lu Chen strayed too close to their nest.
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Attention

2 beached pygmy sperm whales die on beach in St. Augustine, Florida


firstcoastnews.com
Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:34 UTC
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© First Coast NewsPygmy sperm whale calf being transported from St. Augustine Beach by FWC
Two whales died after becoming stranded on St. Augustine beach Thursday.

Florida Fish and Wildlife said the whales were stranded on the beach near Ocean Trace Road during the afternoon.

Officials said a pygmy sperm whale calf was stranded alive on the beach. Its mother late became stranded.

FWC is not sure what happened, but they think the deaths may have been related to the birthing process. During birth, the mother will head towards shore and the calf will follow.

A necropsy will be performed tomorrow by the FWC and the Georgia Aquarium field station.

If anyone sees wildlife in distress, call 1-888-404-FWCC.
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Health

Beaver mauls man near Rochester: 'It was like watching a horror film'

Geoff Herbert
syracuse.com
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:15 UTC
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© WHAM-TV video stillAn Upstate New York man is recovering after being attacked by a beaver while kayaking near Rochester.
An Upstate New York man is recovering after being attacked by a beaver last week.

WHAM-TV reports Michael Cavanaugh was in a kayak on Irondequoit Creek, about 7 miles outside of Rochester, when a beaver jumped out of the water and knocked him overboard on Tuesday, June 10. The Lima, N.Y., resident was pulled underwater, bitten on his back and suffered deep puncture wounds on his arm.

"I heard my name called out from the shop and I ran out the door to see a guy getting pulled into the water," BayCreek Paddling Center trainer Nate Reynolds told the ABC affiliate of the attack on Monday.

"It was like watching a horror film."

According to UPI, Reynolds had to hit the beaver with a paddle multiple times to get it to let go of Cavanaugh, killing the rodent. The paddling center temporarily closed so animal control could find its carcass and test it for rabies.

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Cloud Lightning

Nebraska and Iowa receiving heavy thunderstorms

Marjorie Sturgeon
JRN.com
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:04 UTC
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Storms pushed through the area eastern Nebraska and western Iowa Sunday afternoon. Some of the heaviest damage was in Denison, Iowa, with toppled trees, powerlines and a flooded highway. The National Weather Service reported strong wind gusts, hail and heavy rain with these storms.
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Cloud Lightning

Power outages across northern Kansas caused by severe weather


KSN.com
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:01 UTC
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Westar is reporting over 5,000 people across several Kansas counties are without power as of 9p.m.

The largest county without power is Riley County, which is the location of Fort Riley and Kansas State University. About 1/6th of the residents in the county are without power.

Nemaha County, which is Northeast of Riley County has about 500 people without power, or about half of the households serviced by Westar.

Westar has not released a time-table of when power will return to those people.
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Cloud Precipitation

'Freak thunderstorm' sweeps through the Bronx, NY area - massive flooding and airport closures

Antonio Antenucci and Daniel Prendergast
New York Post
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:55 UTC
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© Shawn CohenA car is stuck in a flooded area on the Major Deegan Expressway.
Two people were struck by lightning Sunday when a freak thunderstorm swept through the area - causing massive flooding to area roadways, grounding several flights at local airports and cancelling many other Labor Day weekend events.

Officials said the lightning struck beachgoers enjoying a day at Orchard Beach Park in The Bronx around 5 p.m. when the skies suddenly turned dark and gave way to a torrential downpour that lasted about a half hour. They were rushed to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition, according to the FDNY.

The heavy rains also wreaked havoc on city highways, including the impassable Major Deegan Expressway. Tennis action was halted at the US Open in Queens and organizers of the Electric Zoo festival on Randall's Island were forced to cancel the remainder of the festival for concert goers safety.

"Due to extreme weather conditions, the festival has shut down for the remainder of the day," organizers wrote on twitter.

All three major airports - JFK, LaGuardia and Newark - reported significant delays due to the storm.

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