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The extreme winds began just before 6pm local time on Monday and affected about a dozen towns in the Val-d'Oise region of France. Nine people were injured, four of whom are in a critical condition.
Philippe Court, the head of the local authority, declared the "violent, sudden windy episode" to be a "mini-tornado".
The gusts were so strong they tore off roofs and toppled three cranes. One fell on a centre for disabled children and another on a house.
Videos filmed in Ermont, a village about 20 miles north of the capital, showed the cranes swaying violently in the wind before falling as debris flew through the air.
After a couple of days of bubbling and overflows, lava fountains began spewing from the north vent in Halemaumau crater at about 8:05 p.m. Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
That was followed by fountains from the south vent, which began at about 8:50 p.m. and grew rapidly, with lava from both vents feeding large flows on the crater floor, USGS said.
At 10:11 p.m., USGS reported record-high fountains for this eruption at nearly 1,500 feet.
According to the Union Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies responded around 8:30 p.m. to Robert Welch Road near the Weldon community for a report of an injured person.
First responders located the victim, Colton Gauge Honeycutt, inside an elevated deer stand in a remote wooded area.
Investigators believe Honeycutt was struck by lightning when thunderstorms passed through the area just before sunset Saturday. The Union Parish Coroner's Office pronounced him dead at the scene.
The incident remains under investigation.
While the videos have sparked concern from residents and locals alike, what caused the fatalities is still a mystery.
"Everything that we do on land affects our oceans," said Anthony Burke, Waikiki Aquarium Lead Coral Biologist. "Let's say you have a slight oil leak in your car and it's causing a little patch in your driveway, you'd think that might not be a big deal, but if that's happening to hundreds of people in the area, the next time the rain falls, all of that oil will be swept out to sea."
Burke said that because the videos primarily show eels, it's safe to assume that the issue is something that affects benthic animals, meaning the bottom area of a body of water.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources became aware of the incident through social media and went out to the beach to investigate. However, no eels were found.
© Associated PressOfficials on Thursday said 121 homes were destroyed in Kipnuk (pictured after Typhoon Halong ), but all people have been accounted for, October 17, 2025
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the quake at 11:48am ET, about 39 miles off the coast of Akutan, which is home to nearly 1,600 people.
While a small community, Akutan has the largest fish processing plant in North America, which processes millions of pounds of fish daily.
More than a dozen people have issued reports of shaking to the USGS, with the number increasing. The earthquake struck along the Aleutian Arc, which consists of several active and dormant volcanoes.
The seismic activity to the south comes as thousands of people living in the northwestern region of Alaska are being airlifted to safety.
Tropical storm kills family of five as it hits Philippines
In Quezon province in the north of the country, five members of one family, including two children, were crushed to death when a tree fell on their bamboo house early on Sunday, according to Philippine disaster agency officials in the town of Pitogo, where the incident took place.
Images posted on social media by officials showed the house destroyed under the weight of a large palm tree, as a rescue team worked to remove the bodies of the family.
According to a statement shared on social media, a teenage boy was the lone survivor of the accident in Pitogo, about 153km (95 miles) southeast of the capital Manila.
Translation: Raging floodwater inundated several areas of Calbayog City in Samar due to Tropical Storm Ramil [Fengshen] as of Sunday, October 19.
Several residents experienced flooding in their homes and businesses, forcing them to act quickly to prevent further damage. Granada Fire Department crews and municipal workers responded to the area to pump out the water and clear the mud from the roads.
The heavy downpour also disrupted traffic on several roads. The A-336, which connects Íllora with Pinos Puente, and the GR-4403, which leads to Puerto Lope, had to be temporarily closed due to accumulated water. In addition, the emergency services warned of problems in other parts of the West, such as the A-4154 as it passes through Montefrío and Algarinejo, recommending drivers exercise caution due to the presence of puddles on the road.
Families scramble to safety, roads turn impassable, and officials urge caution amid rising waters. The situation underscores the challenges of a wetter-than-usual month, driven by atmospheric patterns that show no quick end.
In Guanacaste, Nicoya stands out as one of the hardest-hit areas. Flooding swamped areas like Curime, San Martín, Fortuna, Sámara, and Qiriman, where the Potrero River overflowed and cut off dozens of families. Vehicles got swept away in the currents, and access roads collapsed under the strain.
Nearby in Carrillo, Filadelfia saw sewer systems fail, while Cuajiniquil in La Cruz dealt with overflowing rivers and streams that blocked routes. Reports from Nosara and Hojancha show similar chaos, with rainfall totals reaching 151 mm and 96 mm in just hours yesterday. Landslides knocked down trees, and streams burst their banks, leaving homes isolated and communities on edge.
Swarm
Earth's magnetic field is vital to life on our planet. It is a complex and dynamic force that protects us from cosmic radiation and charged particles from the Sun.
It is largely generated by a global ocean of molten, swirling liquid iron that makes up the outer core around 3000 km beneath our feet. Acting like a spinning conductor in a bicycle dynamo, it creates electrical currents, which in turn, generate our continuously changing electromagnetic field - but in reality the processes that generate the field are far more complex.
Comment: Alaska clearly isn't top of mind for most American media. Note the date: