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M6.1 earthquake hits eastern Indonesia


Pragativadi News
Sat, 10 Jul 2021 04:51 UTC
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© Phil McCarten / Reuters
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island Saturday, said the United States Geological Survey.

As per reports, the strong quake hit 258 kilometres (160 miles) northeast of the city of Manado in North Sulawesi at a depth of 68 kilometres.

Indonesia experiences frequent quakes due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

Earlier, in January, more than 100 people were killed while thousands left homeless by a 6.2-magnitude quake that struck Sulawesi.
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Flood situation in India's Bihar worsens, causing deaths, migration and property damage as heavy monsoon season arrived earlier than usual

Radhika Parashar
Sputnik
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:51 UTC
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This year, the monsoon season arrived slightly earlier than usual in some parts of India. While urban regions like Mumbai that are situated near water bodies are facing power cuts and road blockages due to rising water, rural Indians living near rivers are losing their lives, livelihoods, and homes.

Several villages in India's Bihar state have been flooded due to heavy monsoons, disrupting the normal lives of local people. At least 21 people have lost their lives in the rain and flood-related situation, including lightning strikes, media reported.

So far, Bihar's administration has not set up relief camps for villagers who have been compelled to leave their homes, residents have told local media.

Talking to Sputnik, police officer Rajiv Rajak of Bihar's Lauriya district said that while the flooding of river-side regions in the state is not uncommon during monsoons, this year the rains arrived early and people were unprepared.

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Reports of flooding, mudslides as another cold front hits Cape Town, South Africa

Marvin Charles
News 24
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:27 UTC
The rain is certainly bucketing down in Cape Town!
© David MaynierThe rain is certainly bucketing down in Cape Town!
Disaster services in Cape Town have been responding to reports of mudslides, flooding and uprooted trees as residents battened down the hatches in the face of another cold front, which hit on Thursday.

The City of Cape Town's disaster risk agencies were on high alert as more gale force winds and heavy rain lashed the city.

Disaster Risk Management spokesperson Charlotte Powell said all agencies were ready to deal with any impact brought on by the adverse weather conditions.
"We appeal to residents to help reduce flood risk by clearing out drainage systems, raising the floor level of a structure so that it is higher than the natural ground level, making sandbags and digging trenches around the house to divert water away."
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Torrential rains continue to batter parts of China, triggering floods and mudslides

Avery Choi
South China Morning Post
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:36 UTC
FLOODS
Multiple parts of China have been hit by floods and mudslides after a round of torrential rains hit the country in early July 2021.

In southwestern Sichuan province, a major mudslide damaged homes and killed livestock, sparking the evacuation of more than 1,000 residents.

China has been on high alert since severe floodings hit the region in 2020, with flood-response and rescue drills carried out ahead of the May rainy season.


Comment: View in addition this report from July 1st: Floods hit 27 provinces and regions in China - 7 million affected

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Major storm brings flash flooding to Perth, Western Australia


10 News First
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:20 UTC
WA braces for more wild weather as strongest cold front of the season set to hit state
WA braces for more wild weather as strongest cold front of the season set to hit state
A major storm hitting Perth has caused widespread flash floods with cars and buildings caught in the chaos. The Bureau of Meteorology warns of worse to come.

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Remnants of Tropical Storm Elsa bring severe flooding to New York City area


Reuters
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:12 UTC
New York floods
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Severe weather and flooding hit the New York City area as remnants of Tropical Storm Elsa threatened to pummel tri-state areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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M6.0 earthquake & dozens of aftershocks rattle northern California


RT
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 03:09 UTC
The aftermath of an earthquake is seen on California's Highway 395
© Twitter / @brettdurrant / screenshotThe aftermath of an earthquake is seen on California's Highway 395 in images shared to social media, including large boulders that landed on the road after they were dislodged by the the tremor.
A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake and dozens of aftershocks have struck the California-Nevada border area, triggering a rockslide in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and reports of shaking from San Francisco to Carson City.

The most powerful jolt, eventually upgraded by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to magnitude 6.0, happened at 3:49pm local time on Thursday, some 150 miles east of Sacramento. Within the next two hours, the area was rattled by over 50 aftershocks ranging between 2.5 and 4.6 on the Richter scale.

The quake was the "result of normal faulting in the shallow crust of the North America plate," USGS said, noting however that there is a small chance this was a foreshock of a larger earthquake, according to CBS Sacramento.

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A "river of ice" - Cardston in Alberta hit with brief but intense hail storm

David Opinko
Lethbridgenewsnow.com
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:23 UTC
hail
Residents and business owners in Cardston are dealing with the aftermath of a severe hail storm.

Public Works Foreman at the Town of Cardston LeNark Duce says the first hailstone dropped around 8:00 pm and, thankfully, the storm only lasted about 20 minutes.

"The hail knocked so much debris into the streets and the water was rushing - it plugged all the storm drains and so they couldn't even start to keep up. It was so much water to start with that it would've been hard to keep up with anyways."

Water and hail flowed throughout the town, flooding numerous homes and businesses.

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28-year-old man mauled to death by leopard in a district of Uttarakhand, India - 3rd in less than a month


Mirror Now Digital
Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:16 UTC
Stock image of leopard
© Getty
A leopard mauled a 28-year-old man to death in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Friday, adding that he was the third person to fall prey to a leopard attack in the district in less than one month.

The victim was identified as Prithvi Chand, a resident of Bagi village in Pauri's Dwarikhal area. He had gone to the fields for grazing his cattle on Thursday when a leopard attacked and killed him. When he didn't return home in the evening, villagers flared up in a search for him. Around 9:30 pm, Chand's partially eaten body with deep injuries to the thighs, neck and around the eyes was found, indicating that a leopard killed him.

Divisional Forest Officer (Garhwal range) Mukesh Kumar said the victim's family has been given a compensation of Rs 50,000. Forest personnel have installed a trap to capture the leopard, the DFO added.
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77-year-old woman dies after being attacked by dogs on front porch in Phoenix, Arizona

Jackie Salo
New York Post
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 10:27 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A 77-year-old Phoenix woman was fatally mauled by a pack of dogs in front of her home — and the animals' owner has been arrested in connection to her death, authorities said.

Maria Ruiz, 77, was attacked by four Staffordshire-Terrier mixes while sitting on her front porch Tuesday morning in Valley, ABC15 reported.

Emergency responders found Ruiz in critical condition and rushed her to the hospital, where she later died from her injuries, authorities said.

The dogs are owned by 33-year-old Alejandro Hernandez, who admitted to authorities that his pets had escaped numerous times in the past and bitten neighbors, police said.

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