Heavy rains led to flooding of village.
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Heavy rains led to flooding of village.
They say that it happened around 3 p.m.
There were no other reports of injuries or damage.
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More than half of Caspe's queen plum crops have been scorched by heat.
More than half of Caspe's queen plum crops have been scorched by heat.
In the area of Caspe, more than half of the Reina plum production has burned just a week after the harvest started, so up to one million kilos are estimated to have been lost. Farther north, in Fraga, the main crops affected have been pears, apples and apricots. The heat has even made it necessary for the schedule of seasonal workers to be changed, getting them to work several hours earlier in order to avoid the higher temperatures of the afternoon.
The secretary general of Asaja Aragón, Ángel Samper, is asking for more protection from the central government in these extreme cases, as well as the regulation of sales without fixed prices.
Witnesses said the young boy, almost 2 years old, climbed to the roof of a house with his mother when he was attacked by the dog, which reportedly lived on the roof and was kept tied up at all times.
The dog bit the youngster several times. When paramedics arrived he was pronounced dead.
Of them, twelve people lost lives in elephant attacks whereas 10 died in rhino attacks, four were killed in tiger attack, seven in leopard attack and three by wild dogs, mugger crocodile and wild boars in several National Parks and wildlife and conservation areas and buffer zones in the nation.
Similarly, 99 people were seriously injured and 13 people sustained minor injured in the wild animals' attack in the current fiscal year.
Mount Etna has been showing off lately by spewing out Smoke Rings & having a good size Eruption!!
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Indian National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams carrying out rescue operations in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri.
Indian National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams carrying out rescue operations in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri.
A district official said that the Tiware dam in Ratnagiri district developed a breach early today following heavy rain, our New Delhi correspondent reports.
A local police officer said six bodies have been recovered so far while 19 people are still missing.
The dam breach caused a flood-like situation in seven downstream villages and a of dozen houses have been swept away by gushing waters.
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Pest set to further threaten food security amid African swine fever outbreak
China has now found the crop-destroying fall armyworm in over half of its provinces, further threatening the country's food security amid an outbreak of African swine fever that has led to the culling of at least 1m pigs.
China's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that it had found fall armyworm in 19 of its 34 provinces, largely in the south of the country, covering 5m mu (333,333 hectares) of cropland. The ministry added that it was continuing to spread north, but that "timely and vigorous preventative measures" had slowed its progression.
China is the world's second-largest producer of corn, with production of the staple focused in the country's north east.
Fall armyworm is a caterpillar native to North and South America. It was first detected in Africa in 2016, and has gradually spread across South and Southeast Asia. Invasions can result in corn yield losses as high as 50 per cent, and adult moths can travel hundreds of kilometres.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has said fall armyworm "is far too widespread and numerous to be eliminated" from areas it has invaded extensively, leaving farmers to attempt to limit losses through a combination of chemical and biological pesticides, genetically modified variants of corn or alternative crops.
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Aftermath: Shocking photos reveal the devastation left behind after a cold-season tornado - also known as a 'coldie - that ripped through a home near Bendigo, Victoria on Saturday
Aftermath: Shocking photos reveal the devastation left behind after a cold-season tornado - also known as a 'coldie - that ripped through a home near Bendigo, Victoria on Saturday
The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the damage was brought on by a winter tornado, also known as a 'coldie', caused by cold fronts coming from the Southern Ocean.
The windstorms differ from normal tornadoes because they are less intense, usually move at 50 to 80kmh and only last ten to 30 minutes.
Saturday's coldie measured at least EF2 intensity on the Enhance Fujita scale - meaning it caused 'considerable damage' and saw wind gusts in excess of 200km/h.
The storm tore through Axe Creek residents Wayne and Rachel Eve's property, leaving behind only a pile of debris where their home once stood.
'A house was flattened, big trees were snapped in half and debris flung in multiple directions. We're glad everyone is safe,' the Bureau of Meteorology said in a statement on Tuesday.
While Australia usually experiences around 30 to 50 tornadoes per year in remote areas, the BoM said it was 'unusual' to see such a strong tornado hit at this time of year.
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Many parts of Mumbai are heavily flooded
Many parts of Mumbai are heavily flooded
The victims died when a wall collapsed on them in the early hours of Tuesday after persistent rainfall for two days.
Authorities have declared a public holiday on Tuesday and have requested people to stay indoors.
Met department officials have confirmed that this is the heaviest rainfall in the city for a decade.
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