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Huge crop losses expected as Italy endures prolonged heatwave

Sabina Castelfranco
Modern Ghana
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:34 UTC
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© PIERO CRUCIATTI
Italy is experiencing an unusual and prolonged heat wave and little rain this summer. Experts say it's the worst drought in 70 years in the country and the government has been forced to declare a state of emergency in five northern regions until the end of this year to deal with the situation.

Emergency funds amounting to €37 million were also announced along with special powers for regional authorities to help guarantee public safety and to offer compensation for agricultural losses.

The heat and lack of rain being experienced, particularly in the Po Valley, are not only drying up the rivers but causing significant concern to the agriculture sector in what is normally one of the country's breadbaskets.

"It's the perfect storm, less than 70 percent of snow in the winter, four months of lack of rain, temperatures three or four degrees higher than the seasonal average," said Meuccio Berselli, secretary general for the district authority of the Po Valley.

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Fire

Russia's Ebeko volcano sends smoke and ash into the skies


Ruptly
Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:03 UTC
Ebeko volcano
Ebeko volcano
Ash is rising up to 2km into the sky over the Ebeko volcano on Paramushir Island. No threats to vital activities or citizens of nearby Severo-Kurilsk were reported, as no ash fall was detected in the area.

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Black Cat

Leopard mauls boy to death and drags him half a mile in Kashmir, India

Jasper King
Metro (UK)
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:41 UTC
Stock image of leopard
© Getty
A four-year-old boy has died after being dragged by a leopard half a mile into the woods.

Mehraz Azad Mir, was playing in his uncle's courtyard in Rajpora Rajwar in northern Kashmir, India, when he was attacked.

Horrified eyewitnesses say the leopard took the boy from the yard in its mouth on July 6.

The young boy was found in a critical condition and taken to hospital where he was shortly pronounced dead.

The boy suffered deep cuts and wounds to his body and face as a result of the attack.
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Attention

Bear and man kill each other after clash in rural Turkey

Robyn White
Newsweek
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 11:17 UTC
A stock photo shows a brown bear baring its teeth
© JNEVITT/GETTYA stock photo shows a brown bear baring its teeth. A wild bear attacked and killed a Turkish shepherd.
A bear and a man have been found dead after they killed each other in a clash in rural eastern Turkey.

Shepherd Fatih İlhan, 44, was last seen tending his goats in the Olur district of Erzurum province on June 29, the Demirören News Agency reported, as quoted by Hurriyet Daily News.

However İlhan, a father of five, failed to return to lead the animals back to the barn after hours.

When his family noticed the goats had arrived at the barn without their owner, they immediately called authorities to look for him.

İlhan's body was found mauled with large scars shortly after a search for him began, Demirören News Agency reported.

Comment: Bear attacks increasing worldwide

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Doberman

4-year-old girl dies after being bitten by dog in southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas police say

Catherine Marfin
The Dallas Morning News
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:08 UTC
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A 4-year-old girl died Saturday after being bitten by a dog in southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas police said.

Officers were called just before 8 a.m. to the 5600 block of Bluffman Drive, near Bonnie View Road, about an animal attack. Police said a dog bit the girl multiple times.

The girl was taken to a hospital, where she died. Police did not release her name.

The dog is in the custody of Dallas Animal Services, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Police did not say what the dog's breed was, or to whom it belonged.

Police said the investigation is ongoing, no other information was made available.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 5, injure 8 others in Uttar Pradesh, India


Business Standard
Sun, 10 Jul 2022 10:57 UTC
lightning
Five people were killed and eight others injured in incidents of lightning strike that occurred at different places in Uttar Pradesh, an official statement said on Saturday.

Five lives have been lost in the state on Saturday - two each in Gorakhpur and Lalitpur and one in Sambhal, the statement issued by the Relief Commissioner's office said.

In compliance with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's directives, Rs four lakh each as ex-gratia to the kin of the deceased will be provided within 24 hours, the statement said, adding that eight others who sustained injuries in these incidents in Lalitpur are being treated.

The statement said a 24x7 state-level emergency operation centre is being run by the Relief Commissioner's office for coordinating and extending help to those who have been stranded or are missing after the Amarnath flash floods on Friday.

Source: Press Trust of India
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Attention

Solar storms are causing satellites to drop from their orbits, 'virtually diving' since December


The Independent
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 22:03 UTC
Solar Storm
© ShutterstockSome satellites are dropping over two kilometres per year, and smaller crafts are at a greater risk
Scientists believe that solar weather could be causing satellites to drop out of their orbits.

Over the past year, the European Space Agency's Swarm constellation - which measures magnetic fields around Earth - started dropping in the atmosphere ten times faster than before.

"In the last five, six years, the satellites were sinking about two and a half kilometers [1.5 miles] a year," Anja Stromme, ESA's Swarm mission manager, told Space.com.

Comment: This is notable and confirms other data showing that there are significant shifts occurring in our atmosphere, however, whilst these satellites may pose a risk, the apparent uptick in Fire in The Sky activity should probably be higher up on our list of concerns: And check out SOTT radio's:

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Doberman

Woman is mauled to death by pit pulls she was dog sitting in Greensboro, North Carolina

Chris Harris
People
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:33 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A North Carolina grandmother was killed early Thursday morning by two pit bulls that she was dog sitting.

Relatives and neighbors have opened up to local news outlet WGHP about the tragic death of Trena Peed, 46.

According to the report, Peed was dog sitting for two pit bulls, and let the animals out of the backyard of her Greensboro home at about 2:00 a.m.

Neighbors told the family they heard Peed's cries for help soon after. Others witnessed the attack.

Peed's son was inside the home at the time of the attack, and awoke to find out his mother was dead.

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Boat

Flooding death toll climbs to 190 in Assam, India, 620 villages remain inundated

Pallav Bora
India Today
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:18 UTC
As many as 620 villages in Asaam still remain under floodwaters
© India TodayAs many as 620 villages in Asaam still remain under floodwaters
The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Friday, with nearly nine lakh people in 11 districts of the state reeling under it. As the monsoon fury continued, the death toll surged to 190.

According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), a total of 8,88,177 people are currently affected in Bajali, Cachar, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Hailakandi, Kamrup, Karimganj, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sivasagar and Tamulpur districts.

On the other hand, three people, including a child, were killed in the past 24 hours. While two people drowned in Cachar and Nagaon districts, one person died in a landslide in Hailakandi. With this, the death toll in this year's floods and landslides has gone up to 190 across the state.

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At least 16 killed, about 40 missing in flash floods triggered by cloudburst in Kashmir, India


The Wire
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:00 UTC
Rescue ops are underway after flash floods triggered by a cloudburst swept away scores of people at the Amarnath base camp
© India TodayRescue ops are underway after flash floods triggered by a cloudburst swept away scores of people at the Amarnath base camp
At least 16 people have been killed while 15,000 pilgrims, who were stranded near the Amarnath holy cave in Jammu and Kashmir due to a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst, have been shifted to the lower base camp of Panjtarni, officials said Saturday, July 9.

A Border Security Force (BSF) spokesperson in Delhi said that 16 bodies have been shifted to Baltal.

Separately, six pilgrims were evacuated by Army's helicopters on Saturday as rescue operations continued through the night near the holy cave of Amarnath.

As on July 8, Friday, about 40 people are still missing, an official told news agency PTI.

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