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Cloud Precipitation

Disruptions due to flooding ongoing across Maranhao State, Brazil


Crisis24.garda.com
Sun, 09 Apr 2023 11:48 UTC
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Disruptions due to flooding ongoing across Maranhao State, Brazil as of early April 9. Thousands displaced; casualties reported.

Event

Heavy rainfall has resulted in flooding and damage across parts of Maranhao State as of early April 9. The floods have especially affected communities near Trizidela do Vale. Around 7,700 people were reportedly displaced, and 35,900 were affected by rising levels of water following heavy rainfall. Six casualties have been reported.

This is the second heavy flooding episode in Maranhao following a similar event in late March.

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Fire

Semeru volcano (East Java, Indonesia): actively growing lava dome generates pyroclastic flows


Volcano Discovery
Sun, 09 Apr 2023 11:28 UTC
Pyroclastic density current from Semeru
© INFO SEMERUPyroclastic density current from Semeru volcano yesterday.
The actively growing lava dome in the inner Jonggring Saloko summit crater generated a block-and-ash flow yesterday.

The pyroclastic flow descended along the steep southeastern ravine and reached approx. 1,5 km length as can be seen in the video recorded by local observers in Huntap. Grey ash plumes formed as they separated from the current (so-called phoenix clouds).

The reason for this flow was presumably either accumulated lava material from the front of the lava flow or destabilization of the lava dome resulting in the partial collapse.

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Attention

Dozens of dead sea turtles found along Mississippi Gulf Coast

Lauren Martinez and Amanda Alvarado
live5news.com
Sat, 08 Apr 2023 10:21 UTC
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Dozens of dead sea turtles have washed ashore on parts of the Gulf Coast, according to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies.

While stranding experts say it's normal to find carcasses this time of year, the number is reportedly higher than usual.

Since April 1, 34 have been reported along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, WLOX reports.

"Once we receive a report about a stranded sea turtle, we mobilize our team here and we go out," Institute for Marine Mammal Studies stranding coordinator Theresa Madrigal said. "What we do is collect photographs and basic data on the animal. We are looking at the scene basically like a crime scene."
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Arrow Down

Avalanche kills at least five people in south-eastern France


Guardian
Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:48 UTC
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Five people have been killed and one is missing after an avalanche near Mont Blanc in southeastern France.

Among the dead were two mountain guides caught by the snow tumbling down the Armancette glacier, the prefecture for the Haute-Savoie department said on Sunday.

Investigators have been called in to help with the search for the person still unaccounted for in the Alps.

One person also suffered slight injuries in the avalanche while eight others also swept up were unharmed, the prefecture said. The avalanche covered an area of 1,000 metres by 500 metres.

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Seismograph

Shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea


Gulf Times
Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:35 UTC
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An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck Papua New Guinea on Monday.

The USGS said the epicenter was at a depth of 10 km, at 3.50 degrees south latitude and 149 degrees east longitude, 224.6 km southeast of Kavieng city.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or material losses due to the earthquake.

Papua New Guinea is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. This region includes 90 percent of the active volcanoes in the world.
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Doberman

Woman 'torn apart' and mauled to death by brother's Rottweiler in Italy

Jon King
Daily Express
Sun, 09 Apr 2023 12:17 UTC
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A woman died after her brother's Rottweiler attacked her as she took it food while her sibling was away on holiday. Patrizia La Marca, 53, was savagely attacked by the hound in Ventimiglia, Italy.

Members of a team of emergency responders called to the scene said they had "never seen anything like it" after the woman had "pieces of her body torn away".

Ms La Marca was tragically mauled to death in the resort town in the province of Imperia on Wednesday afternoon.

She was found with bites to her arms, chest, shoulders and head at about 4pm
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 3, injures 5 in Odisha, India


Deccan Herald
Sat, 08 Apr 2023 12:05 UTC
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Three women were killed and five others injured when lightning struck them in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Saturday, police said.

Lightning struck them when they were under a mango tree during rain near the cremation ground to attend the cremation of a relative, the police said.

The deceased were identified as Subasini Das (70), Jibati Naik (30) and Hemlata Ho (25), said Suchendu Mahalik, Inspector In Charge of Karanjia police station. The five injured persons were admitted to Karanjia Sub Divisional Hospital.

The five injured persons were admitted to Karanjia Sub Divisional Hospital.
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Fire

Airlines warned of danger from erupting Bezymianny volcano in Russia


unofficialnetworks.com
Sat, 08 Apr 2023 19:41 UTC
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Bezymianny in Kamchatka ejected a 12,000-meter-tall ash cloud, Russia's air regulator said

Aircraft have been strongly advised to review their flight routes due to a powerful volcanic outburst in Russia's far-eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, according to a statement by the Federal Agency for Air Transport, Rosaviatsiya, published on Saturday.

Rosaviatsiya said that on Friday morning Bezymianny volcano, which is located in the eastern part of the peninsula and is considered to be one of the most active in the region, erupted with a 12,000-meter column of ash, which then started to drift off to the southeast.

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Attention

Bear kills jogger on woodland path in northern Italy


Guardian
Sat, 08 Apr 2023 14:26 UTC
A Marsican brown bear in Majella national park in Abruzzo, Italy. Brown bears were reintroduced to Trentino between 1996 and 2004.
© Valerio Mei/AlamyA Marsican brown bear in Majella national park in Abruzzo, Italy. Brown bears were reintroduced to Trentino between 1996 and 2004.
A bear attacked and killed a jogger on a woodland path in north-east Italy, the first case of its kind, a source close to the case told AFP on Friday.

Andrea Papi, 26, was killed on Wednesday while out running in the mountainous region near his village, Caldes, in the Trentino region. His family raised the alarm when he failed to return and a search team found his body overnight.

He had suffered deep wounds to the neck, arms and chest, and an autopsy carried out on Friday concluded that he had been attacked by a bear, the source added, confirming Italian news reports.

In March, a man was attacked by a bear in the same region, prompting a debate on the dangers posed by the animals, which were reintroduced there between 1996 and 2004.
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Igloo

Snowbird resort in Utah got 5 FEET of April snow in 3 days - season total currently 809 inches

Francis Xavier
unofficialnetworks.com
Fri, 07 Apr 2023 13:48 UTC
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Here's a couple quick photos of the April showers have totaled 60+ inches since Sunday at Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah.

Yesterday the resort had avalanche on the lower portion of Mt. Superior and above the Chickadee lift, which forced Little Cottonwood Canyon back into interlodge.

A full search was conducted of the avalanche debris which confirmed that no guests or employees were buried.


Comment: Another report from April 5th: Snowbird resort in Utah breaks all-time snowfall record with 792 inches of fresh snow this season

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