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Woman killed by dog in South Toledo


The Blade
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:50 UTC
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A 58-year-old woman died Monday night after she was attacked by her dog in South Toledo.

First responders found Bonnie Varnes severely injured in the backyard of her home in the 800 block of Wright Avenue at about 6 p.m., a police report said.

Ms. Varnes was unconscious and transported to the University of Toledo Medical Center, the former Medical College of Ohio Hospital, where she died, the report said.

She died from bite injuries to her head, face, and neck, said Dr. Diane Scala-Barnett, Lucas County coroner. The death was ruled accidental.

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Heavy snow, avalanches lead to traffic restrictions, power outages in Georgia


Agenda.ge
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:30 UTC
The overnight precipitation also led to power
© 1TVThe overnight precipitation also led to power outages in the area, with up to 40 villages left without electricity. Speaking in the late hours between Monday and Tuesday, Zhorzholiani said crews would begin work on restoring power in the morning.
Heavy overnight snow and minor avalanches between Monday and Tuesday have led to traffic restrictions on sections of roads in Georgia's northwest, where villages have also been left without power, the Mayor of Svaneti province's Mestia municipality said on Tuesday.

Kapiton Zhorzholiani said the Jvari-Khaishi section of the Zugdidi-Jvari-Mestia highway between the western city and the highland location had been closed for all traffic following occurrences of avalanche on areas of the road.

He also said a number of vehicles were being evacuated from the affected sections, adding special hardware was being sent to locations for further efforts.

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Best of the Web: Unprecedented snowstorm in Morocco leaves 87 villages isolated and 24,000 people in need of assistance - snow 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) deep


Atalayar.com
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:41 UTC
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The southeast of Morocco has been experiencing an unprecedented snowstorm since this weekend that has left 24,000 families in need of assistance and 87 isolated villages in the region of Ouarzazate and Zagora, which the authorities hope to access by Monday after having already unblocked most of them.

The Mohamed V Foundation for Solidarity has in recent days provided humanitarian assistance (food and blankets) to 9,000 families affected by the storm in the region of Ouarzazate, where snowfall reached 2.2 metres, 10,000 families in Taroudant and 5,000 in Zagora.

"The authorities' interventions in this area are progressing at a good pace despite the bad weather conditions," Sanae Berdikh, the Foundation's communications director, told EFE on Monday. Berdikh explained that during the intervention of the Moroccan troops they managed to evacuate by helicopter on Sunday morning a woman about to give birth who was trapped in a village in the area where the road was cut off. Both are in good condition in the provincial hospital. "An airlift has been set up between the airports of Casablanca, Ouarzazate, Zagora and Agadir with 20 rotations this weekend to bring humanitarian aid teams to the people affected," she said.

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Waterspout forms off Sydney, Australia coast as city gets drenched in evening downpour

Lucy Slade, Daniel Jeffrey
9news.com.au
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:15 UTC
Australia's east coast has been smashed with a barrage of wild weather as a 'tornado' is captured on camera near Sydney
Australia's east coast has been smashed with a barrage of wild weather as a 'tornado' is captured on camera near Sydney
Sydney has been hit by an evening deluge as severe thunderstorms rolled over the city's northern regions on Tuesday night.

Some residents posted images of a water spout that formed near Dee Why on the Northern Beaches just after 6.30pm, while the carpark at Woolworths Neutral Bay was inundated by the downpour.

As of 7.30pm, some parts of Sydney had recorded close to 20mm of rain despite dry conditions for most of the day.

Canterbury received 19mm, while Sydney Airport had 18.2 and Terrey Hills 15.6. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said severe and slow-moving thunderstorms were detected on the radar and would linger throughout the night.

The rain brought a drop in temperatures. After parts of the city had hit highs of about 30 degrees in the early afternoon, most observation stations had dropped to about 21 degrees by 7.30pm.

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Philippines - 30,000 displaced after low-pressure area causes floods and landslides - 9.5 inches of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:53 UTC
Flood rescue in Butuan City, Philippines,
© Philippine ArmyFlood rescue in Butuan City, Philippines, February 2023.
Disaster authorities in the Philippines report over 30,000 people have been displaced and 2 people have died after heavy rain brought by a low-pressure area (LPA) caused flooding and landslides across 8 regions.

As of 21 February, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported over 300 incidents of flooding and over 30 landslides across 22 provinces in 8 regions since 13 February 2023. Most of the incidents occurred in the provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, Capiz, Negros Occidental, Zamboanga Del Norte, Davao Oriental, South Cotabato, Cotabato, Agusan Del Sur, Agusan Del Norte and Butuan City.

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Five-week-old baby girl dies in horrific dog attack - as her family's 2 Rottweilers are seized from the home in New South Wales, Australia

Kylie Stevens
Daily Mail
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:23 UTC
Two Rottweilers have been seized from a NSW south coast home following the death of a five-week baby girl (stock image)
Two Rottweilers have been seized from a NSW south coast home following the death of a five-week baby girl (stock image)
A newborn baby has died in hospital from horrific head injuries after being viciously attacked by her family's two dogs.

Two Rottweiler-type dogs got a hold of the five-week-old baby girl at the family home in Moruya, on NSW's far south coast, on Saturday night around 10.40pm.

NSW Ambulance paramedics confirmed to Daily Mail Australia they were called to the home following reports a baby had been attacked by dogs.

However upon arriving at 10.45pm they were told the baby had already been rushed to Moruya Hospital by private car.

The baby died there shortly after midnight.
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4-year-old child bitten to death by street dogs, shocking incident caught on CCTV camera in Hyderabad, India


Economic Times
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:11 UTC
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In a horrifying incident that took place in Hyderabad, a four-year-old child was mauled to death by street dogs on Sunday and the entire incident was captured by a CCTV camera.

In the video, the child is seen walking down a street, when three dogs run at him, attacking him and manage to pin him down. The young child had sustained injuries to his stomach and passed away before making it to the hospital.

The young child was identified as, Pradeep, son of Gangadhar, a resident of Erukula Basti, in Bagh Amberpet. According to officials, the attack took place outside an automobile workshop, where the child's father was working as a watchman. The distraught father had brought his two children to work on the fateful day.

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85-year-old woman killed by alligator while walking her dog in Fort Pierce, Florida


wvva.com
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:51 UTC
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An 85-year-old woman is dead following an alligator attack in Florida, according to officials.

The attack took place Monday at a living community near Fort Pierce for people ages 55 and older.

Witnesses said the woman was walking her dog when the alligator grabbed the dog. The woman tried to get the dog away before the alligator attacked her.

The dog survived.

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Two new shocks strike Syrian/Turkish coast


Sott.net
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:56 UTC
turkey earthquake february 20, 2023
© Anadolu Agency/TwitterFresh damage in Turkey's Hatay province, February 20, 2023
Earthquake hits Eastern Mediterranean, 49 km north of Latakia, Syria, Feb 21, 2023 12:16 am (GMT +3) .


Comment: The Guardian is reporting:
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake and a second measuring 5.8 have hit Turkey's southern province of Hatay, terrifying those left in a region devastated by twin earthquakes two weeks ago.

Turkey's interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, said that at least three people were killed and 213 wounded by the latest quakes, after a large government hospital in the city of İskenderun in the north of Hatay province declared it was evacuating patients.

The latest quakes, less powerful than the 7.8- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that tore a path of destruction through southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February, threaten yet more devastation in a region where many people have fled their destroyed homes for the safety of other towns and villages outside the quake zone.
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© USGS/GuardianTurkey and Syria are rocked by two new earthquakes February 20, 2023
The larger quake struck at a depth of just 2km (1.2 miles), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, potentially magnifying its impact at ground level. It was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.


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Best of the Web: Fresh 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattles Turkey-Syria border

Stewart Carr
The Daily Mail
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 18:55 UTC
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© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesResidents move to safety on the street after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, on Feb. 20.
It comes two weeks after three earthquakes killed over 40,000 in same area

Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake which killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.

Monday's quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.3, was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.

It struck at a depth of just two km (1.2 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, potentially magnifying its impact at ground level.

Muna Al Omar said she was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the latest quake hit.

'I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet,' she said, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.

Comment: A demonstration of how powerful the February 3rd quake was:
new canyon Turkey earthquake february 2023
The initial quake on turned this olive grove in Tepephan, Turkey into a 1 1/2 mile long canyon
Drone footage:



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