A powerful dust storm ploughed through Karachi's Sohrab Goth and other areas on Tuesday afternoon, disrupting the movement of the traffic and affecting the visibility of the commuters.
A resident of the Kaneez Fatima area near Sohrab Goth said the dust storm gripped the area all of a sudden, and visibility was almost zero. "We were inhaling dust," she said.
Apart from this, gusty winds kept blowing throughout the city, bringing dust from the outside inside homes. Gulshan-e-Iqbal resident Shahida Asal said she had closed all the doors and windows of her house, yet dust found its way inside.
Sinkhole swallows excavator in Miramar, prompts water, gas shut-offs
Crews are working to fix a sinkhole that opened on a major street in Miramar on Tuesday, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.
An excavation machine tumbled into a trench at a work site on a Miramar-area street, knocking out water service to part of the neighborhood and causing a natural-gas leak that prompted some evacuations in the 8040 block of Miramar Road. The impact of the fall caused the equipment to rupture water and gas lines, prompting nearby businesses and residents to shelter in place.
Two separate incidents of stray dog attacks have been reported in India. A three-year-old toddler was mauled to death and a six-year-old girl was injured after a pack of stray dogs attacked them in Agra. In a separate incident, another 3-year-old toddler also sustained injuries on his head and stomach after a dog attacked him in Telangana's Kamareddy.
"A three-year-old girl was attacked by stray dogs when she was playing in front of her house. She was dragged by the dogs to an open field outside the village," sub-inspector Ashok Kumar posted in Agra said.
The other minor girl, who tried to rescue the toddler, was also attacked by the dogs, but she managed to run to safety, the official.
By the time the locals gathered and chased the dogs away, the three-year-old had succumbed to the injuries, the police said.
One more person was trampled to death by a tusker in Odisha's Dehnkanal district on Sunday.
As per reports, the man, identified as Banamali Nayak of Ganjara village under Babandh forest section of Hindol range in the district, had gone to a field on the outskirt of the village to attend to call of nature. An elephant from nearby forest came charging at him and trampled him. Banamali died on the spot.
On hearing the trumpet of the elephant, the villagers rushed to the spot and herded the tusker to the forest. Tension prevailed in the area as the villagers came down to the main road to stage a protest against elephant menace which has been recurringly claiming human lives.
In another tragic incident of man-elephant conflict, an elderly couple was fatally trampled by a herd of wild elephants on Monday at Bogai Reserve Forest in Assam's Chaygaon. The victims, Thuleswar Rabha (55) and Nilima Rabha (50), were residents of Kochpara village in Chaygaon. The unfortunate event occurred when the couple ventured to the hills of Bogai Reserve Forest for cultivation early in the morning. Local sources reported that the bodies were discovered by villagers who had gone to collect firewood in the area.
The couple was known to engage in daily cultivation activities on the hillside. As soon as the bodies were found, the villagers, along with the Boko police, Bamunigaon Forest officials, and a medical team, were promptly notified. They swiftly arrived at the scene and recovered the bodies.
Thousands of tonnes of rock have broken off the summit of a mountain popular with climbers and tumbled into a valley in Austria, in an incident blamed by geologists on melting snow and thawing permafrost.
The incident on the Fluchthorn massif, part of the Silvretta Alps in the state of Tirol close to the Swiss border, led to a huge volume of black and grey rocks cascading down the mountain, and created clouds of thick dust visible for miles around, before much of the debris was carried away by a river, authorities said.
"Hundreds of metres of the summit have simply broken off," Christian Walter, head of mountain rescue for the Austrian region of Galtür, told local media.
Geologists told the Austrian news agency APA that the rockfall, which had been predicted for some time, had taken away part of the southern summit, including the crucifix typically found on mountain peaks in the region.
The first monsoon shower of the season caused flooding in several areas of East Bengaluru on Monday. Key areas such as Marathahalli, Varthur, and main roads, known for housing IT companies, were severely affected by the heavy rain on Monday.
The upscale Whitefield township also recorded significant rainfall. This comes after the same areas experienced floods last year, resulting in damages to houses, luxury villas and losses for IT companies.
Danyal Hussein Daily Mail Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:34 UTC
The number of fatal dog attacks in the UK have soared in recent years - hitting a record high in 2022
They are social media stars and status symbols beloved by athletes, rappers and pet owners across the country.
But there are calls for the controversial American Bully XL to be banned in Britain as shocking data has revealed the breed has been involved in the majority of fatal dog attacks in the UK since 2021.
Stan Rawlinson, a dog behaviourist with more than 20 years of experience, was called as an expert witness for the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act and specialises in dog aggression.
He told MailOnline that the Bully XL is 'very, very reactive' and warned deaths caused by the breed could soar in the coming months and years.
Echoing warnings by PETA members and vets in the country, Mr Rawlinson explained: 'We averaged three dog attack deaths a year for the past 25 years. From that, we had ten last year with up to seven related to the XL Bully. This is only going to get worse.
Comment: Also recently lightning strikes killed four individuals in three districts of Bangladesh.