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Doberman

4-year-old boy killed in dog attack while playing in his backyard in Detroit


NBC News
Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:47 UTC
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A 4-year-old boy playing in his backyard Wednesday afternoon was fatally mauled by one or two dogs, Detroit police said.

The attack occurred just before 3 p.m. on the city's west side, Cpl. Dan Donakowski said.

"We're not sure if it's one or two dogs, but Animal Control has two dogs in custody," Donakowski said. "It's believed that the dogs belonged to a neighbor behind where the victim lived, but as far as how it happened, we're unsure at this time."

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Waterspout touches down in Chaumont Bay, New York


wwnytv.com
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:39 UTC
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A waterspout was spotted in Chaumont Bay late Wednesday morning.

Multiple viewers shared videos and pictures of it through Send It To 7.

You can see the vortex at the top of the photos. The column is only slightly visible as it stretches down toward the water, but you can see the spray and the spin of it where it meets the lake.

Thank you to the viewers who sent their photos and videos.

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Bizarro Earth

Gulf Stream weakening now 99% certain, and the ramifications will be global

Ben Turner
Live Science
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:02 UTC
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© NOAA/NESDISA color-enhanced image of surface water temperatures shows the Gulf Stream crossing the Atlantic Ocean from the Florida Straits.
A new analysis has concluded that the Gulf Stream is definitely slowing, but whether it's due to climate change is hard to tell.

The Gulf Stream is almost certainly weakening, a new study has confirmed.

The flow of warm water through the Florida Straits has slowed by 4% over the past four decades, with grave implications for the world's climate.

The ocean current starts near Florida and threads a belt of warm water along the U.S. East Coast and Canada before crossing the Atlantic to Europe. The heat it transports is essential for maintaining temperate conditions and regulating sea levels.

But this stream is slowing down, researchers wrote in a study published Sept. 25 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

"This is the strongest, most definitive evidence we have of the weakening of this climatically-relevant ocean current," lead-author Christopher Piecuch, a physical oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, said in a statement.

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Cloud Precipitation

Floods claimed three lives and left one missing in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tebogo Mokwena
MSN
Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:24 UTC
Three lives were lost following the heavy rains in the Eastern Cape in the OR Tambo District Municipality. A 14-year-old learner died while crossing the Phompo River, and a pregnant woman and her child died after a house fell on her in a village in the Nyandeni Local Municipality. South Africans are furious that rural areas have no infrastructure and blame the deaths on the government.

3 people die, and one goes missing

In a statement sent to Briefly News by OR Tambo District Municipality spokesperson Zimkhitha Macingwane, the municipality confirmed that the 14-year-old sho died drowning while crossing the flooded river in Maqwbevu Village on 17 October. A pregnant woman who lived in Rainy Village outside Libode also died after the house she lived in fell on her, sustaining heavy injuries from which she did not survive.

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Boat

Floods in Ghana displace thousands of people


VOA
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:10 UTC
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Flooding after heavy rains in eastern Ghana have forced nearly 26,000 people to leave their homes at the request of the authorities, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) said Tuesday.

Crops have been destroyed and schools shut after two hydroelectric dams overflowed at Akosombo and Kpong.

"We have moved most of the affected people to a safe haven. About 26,000 mostly women and children have been displaced," NADMO deputy chief Seji Saji told AFP.

"What they need is water, food and medicine and we're working with the government to take care of that."

No deaths had been reported.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills two, injures four in Malawi

Archangel Nzangaya
Malawi 24
Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:06 UTC
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Lightning has killed two members of the same family and injured four people in Kasungu district.

This is according to Catherine Yoweli, Kasungu Hospital spokesperson, who has confirmed the incident to the local media.

Yoweli said the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon 17 October, 2023 in the area of Group Village Suza in the district.

She reported that the two were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital and the other four have been admitted at the health facility.

Reports are indicating that some parts of Kasungu have experienced heavy rains which started at around one o'clock in the afternoon to around six o'clock in the evening.

This is coming when the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS) predicted heavy rains in the Southern and Central areas of the country.
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Tornado2

Waterspout spotted near Tuas Port, Singapore

Elaine Lee
The Straits Times
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:01 UTC
The Meteorological Service Singapore said intense thunderstorms were observed over the sea west of Tuas.
The Meteorological Service Singapore said intense thunderstorms were observed over the sea west of Tuas.
A "tornado" that was spotted in Tuas on Monday morning was a waterspout, say experts.

Dr David Taylor, a professor of geography at the National University of Singapore, said: "It's a waterspout - a tornado that forms either over water or originates on land and then moves over water.

"Tornadic waterspouts occur around Singapore occasionally, associated with powerful thunderstorms. They are generally no stronger than the weakest tornadoes that form over land and remain land-based.

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Seismograph

6.4 magnitude earthquake off Adak Island, Alaska


earthquake.alaska.edu
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:59 UTC
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Magnitude 6.4 - 96 miles N of Mt. Adagdak

October 16, 2023 03:35:34 AKDT (October 16, 2023 11:35:34 UTC)

53.3349°N 177.0956°W Depth 34.2 miles (55 km)

No reports of this event being felt have been received at this time.

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist
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Doberman

Man dies after family's pet dog attacks couple at home in Tasmania, Australia


abc.net.au
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:04 UTC
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A man has died after being attacked by his dog in southern Tasmania.

Tasmania Police said the 66-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman were set upon by his dog late on Sunday night at his home at Allens Rivulet, south of Hobart.

Police and emergency services were called to the scene around 10:40pm.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills father, son and 8 livestock in Pakistan


Pakistan Observer
Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:09 UTC
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A lightning strike on Saturday killed at least two people and injured another in the village of Bhonja in Balakot. According to the details, lightning struck a house, resulting in a father's and his son's tragic loss of life, while the wife sustained injuries.

The dead person was identified as 57-year-old Faiz Alam and his 12-year-old son Waqas. As per reports from the police, the injured woman is identified as Faiz Alam's wife.

Moreover, the lightning strike had additional consequences, leading to the unfortunate deaths of seven goats and one cow in Faiz Alam's house.
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