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Cloud Precipitation

Pakistan death toll from 5 weeks of monsoon rains, flooding reaches 312


abc.net.au
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 12:28 UTC
The deluge has swollen rivers and damaged highways and bridges.(AP: Fareed Khan
© Fareed KhanThe deluge has swollen rivers and damaged highways and bridges.
The death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan has reached 312, with those killed including 114 children, according to authorities.

Since mid-June, the deluge has swollen rivers and damaged highways and 44 bridges, disrupting traffic.

The National Disaster Management Authority reported that almost 6,500 homes had been fully destroyed or partially damaged.

In some cities, residents have abandoned their cars on submerged roads to walk through waist-high water, while others have arranged for boats to move them to safer places.

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Black Cat

Increase in leopard attacks in the Indian state of Uttarakhand - 77 people killed in 5 years

Prashant Saxena
news9live.com
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 12:10 UTC
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© Getty
Some days back, a leopard attacked and killed a bike pillion rider. A woman was mauled to death in a second incident the same day

On Tuesday (July 19), two youths — Mohd. Anas and Afsarul — were returning on their motorbike to their home in Amroha from Uttarakhand's picturesque Almora hills. On a lonely stretch, as Anas drove on gingerly, in split seconds a leopard leapt from the thicket.

It pounced on pillion rider Afsarul and thwacked him down from the bike, dragging him to some distance, killing him.

Anas told the media that he was left dumb-struck, stunned by the suddenness of the attack. He could not do anything to save his friend.

Wildlife officials described the leopard attack as a rare case.
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Attention

Elephant stabs mahout to death with its tusks in southern Thailand

Leah
The Thaiger
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:34 UTC
ELEPHANT
An elephant stabbed its mahout - or elephant trainer - to death with its tusks yesterday morning in Nahkhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand. The elephant stood watch over the man's corpse for hours, said police.

Yesterday at 10.30am, officers from Chawang Police Station received a report that a man had died after he was pierced by his own elephant's tusks. A team of police and rescue workers rushed to the scene on a hill in the forest, where they found a big elephant guarding the body of its mahout Chaichana Matchanimwong. Chaichana's body was covered in wounds, said police.

Officers said they tried to separate the elephant from the mahout's body, but there was not much they could do. The elephant stood guard over the body for hours and eventually walked away into the forest.

Police were finally able to retrieve Chaichana's body and take it to the hospital for an autopsy to be carried out. After the autopsy is complete, Chaichana's body will be taken to his relatives for religious ceremonies to take place.
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Heavy snowfall in Chubut Province, Argentina


Diario de Cuyo
Sun, 24 Jul 2022 10:03 UTC
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Stranded people who had to be assisted by security forces, landslides, impassable roads, power cuts and lack of provision of drinking water or telephone connectivity caused by a storm of snow and wind last night and today in the Chubut towns of El Bolsón, El Hoyo , Lago Puelo, Epuyén, El Maitén, Esquel and Trevelín.

The municipality of Lago Puelo declared a Climate Emergency for 90 days due to rainfall and snowfall records while the Army provided its facilities to accommodate people who were in transit and whose groups could not continue traveling, in addition to bringing food to the respective shelters, according to the ADN Sur portal.

Meanwhile, the National Gendarmerie today rescued 47 people who were stranded amid heavy snowfall in an area near the mountain range, called the "Curva de los Guanacos", in the province of Chubut, sources from the security force reported.


(Translated by Google)
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills 6, injures 7 in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India


Daily Pioneer
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 18:21 UTC
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Half-a-dozen people were killed and seven others injured after being struck by lightning during heavy rains in Banda in the last 24 hours. The administration has assured a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the dependents of the deceased under the Natural Disaster Relief Fund.

It has been raining continuously in Banda since Thursday evening. Along with this, there have been lightning strikes in many places in the district, due to which six people died while seven were injured. They were said to be undergoing treatment in a hospital.

Reports said that four people have died in Banda Sadar tehsil area and two people in Naraini area due to lightning.

Comment: In the same state 2 days earlier lightning strikes killed a total of 14.

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Large waterspout reported over Sabine Lake in Port Arthur, Texas


Yahoo! News
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 18:05 UTC
spout
A large waterspout was reported over Sabine Lake in Port Arthur, Texas, on Friday, July 22.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said a waterspout was observed as the area remained under a special marine warning on Friday.

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Arrow Down

'Massive sinkhole' closes street in north Winnipeg, Manitoba

Shane Gibson
Global News
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:08 UTC
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A large sinkhole has closed a section of roadway in north Winnipeg.

Winnipeg police closed the intersection at Salter Street and Inkster Boulevard Wednesday night when the sinkhole — described as "massive" in a police tweet — was discovered.

The sinkhole was closed off with traffic barriers by Thursday morning, and the hole was surrounded by green spray paint.

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Eye 1

Crocodile attacks 2 tourists swimming at resort in Mexico

Ryan Fahey
Mirror
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:52 UTC
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A crocodile has left two American holidaymakers injured after mauling the pair at a popular Mexican resort.

A 24-year-old man and his friend, 30, who were on holiday in the Puerto Vallarta area, were attacked on Monday night.

Both men, thought to be from Illinois, were rushed to hospital after being attacked by the beast while in the waters off Bocanegra Beach.

It's been reported that the younger tourist was attacked first, before his pal jumped into the water to save him.

It comes almost a year after Kiana Hummel, 18, was dragged under the water by a 12-ft vicious crocodile while swimming off the coast of the same town.

As she got herself out of the water, the beast clamped down on her ankle with its powerful jaws before dragging her back under the waves.
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Eye 1

A man suffers 'serious injuries' after being attacked by an alligator in Florida

Zoe Sottile
CNN
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:37 UTC
ALLI
A man sustained "serious injuries to his arm" after being attacked by an alligator in Manatee County, Florida, on Wednesday.

Eric Merda, 43, of Sarasota County, was bitten by an alligator near Lake Manatee Fish Camp, according to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shared with CNN. The camp is located along Lake Manatee, an artificial reservoir on the state's western coast.

FWC, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office and Manatee County EMS all responded to the incident, according to the FWC. Merda was transported to the hospital and FWC dispatched a contracted nuisance alligator trapper to the scene.


Comment: Elderly woman falls into pond and is killed by 2 alligators in Englewood, Florida

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Cloud Precipitation

More than 20 killed in south Iran floods


The New Arab
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:04 UTC
FLOOD
Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 21 people and left others missing following heavy rainfall in the largely arid country, state media reported on Saturday.

"Twenty-one people were killed and two are still missing," in the floods that affected several towns in and around Estahban county in the southern province of Fars, Hossein Darvishi, provincial head of the Red Crescent Society, was quoted as saying by state TV.

Videos posted on local media and social media showed cars caught in the rising waters of the Roodball river and carried away while parents tried to rescue their children from the vehicles.

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