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Two hikers killed in 'wall of water' flash flood at Utah canyon

Graeme Massie
Independent (UK)
Tue, 23 May 2023 10:15 UTC
Gary York and John Walter killed by flash flooding in Utah canyon

Gary York and John Walter killed by flash flooding in Utah canyon
Two hikers were found dead after a flash flood swept them away and carried their bodies for miles along a Utah Canyon, say officials.

Gary York, 65, and John Walter, 72, were killed in Buckskin Gulch after they were "caught by surprise and swept away by the rushing wall of water," according to Kane County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities say that the alarm was raised on 21 May when a group hiking the Paria River found a dead male in the canyon, just over the border in Arizona.

The male had no identification on him so deputies began looking for vehicles at trailheads in the area to try and work out who the victim was.

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Humpback whale remains wash ashore near Carpinteria, California

Tracy Lehr
keyt.com
Tue, 23 May 2023 10:07 UTC
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The director of the Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit (CICRU) pronounced like "sea crew" said a juvenile humpback whale washed ashore on Padaro Beach.

After beachgoers spotted it in the water on Saturday, Heal the Ocean gave whale expert Michelle Kowalewski a call.

She went to take a closer look during low tide on Monday morning.

"It didn't look like there was evidence of human interaction, we didn't see any evidence of ship strike or anything like that, so we may never know what happened to the animal actually," said Kowalewski, who has researched hundreds of whales.

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A 23-year-old man had his arm amputated after he was attacked by a 10-foot-long alligator outside a Florida bar

Joshua Zitser
Yahoo! News
Tue, 23 May 2023 09:35 UTC
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) said a nuisance alligator trapper removed the 10.5-foot gator (pictured here) from the property. It was then euthanized

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) said a nuisance alligator trapper removed the 10.5-foot gator (pictured here) from the property. It was then euthanized
A 23-year-old had his arm amputated after he was attacked by a 10.5-foot-long alligator outside a bar in Port Charlotte, Florida, early on Sunday, authorities said.

The victim was bitten while standing outside Banditos Bar, which is situated next to a pond, per The Daily Sun.

The local newspaper reported that emergency services were called to the bar at around 1:42 a.m., citing Charlotte County Fire and EMS spokesperson Todd Dunn.

The victim was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Fort Myers, where his arm was amputated, Dunn said, per the Associated Press.
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Snowflake

Raining and snowfall reported in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan for 3 consecutive days - snow accumulated up to a meter deep


AKI Press
Tue, 23 May 2023 13:57 UTC
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It has been raining in Issyk-Kul for three consecutive days and snowfalls have been reported in remote parts of the region, Turmush reports.

Bakyt Barktabasov, the head of the Issyk-Kul regional department of the Road Department under the Ministry of Transport and Communications, reported that the Bokonbaeva-Tosor-Jyluu-Suu road is currently covered in snow. The Tosor Pass, in particular, has seen snow accumulate up to a meter in certain areas.

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Snowflake

Snowfall on the verge of summer in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain

Meteored
YouTube
Mon, 22 May 2023 13:11 UTC
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In the coming days, significant accumulations of snow are expected in the higher areas of the mountains, after being almost absent in the first part of the spring.

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Attention

Three persons killed in two separate gaur (bison) attacks in Kerala, India


Devdiscourse.com
Tue, 23 May 2023 12:31 UTC
Forest officials suspect that the bison that killed

Forest officials suspect that the bison that killed two elderly persons in Kanamala near Erumeli on Friday might have entered the human settlement to avoid poachers.
Three persons were killed on Friday morning in two different incidents of gaur attack at Erumeli and Anchal in Kottayam and Kollam districts respectively, police said. Chackochan (70) and Thomas (71) were killed at Erumely after a gaur, which ventured into a rubber plantation near here, attacked them at around 8 AM.

A senior forest official told PTI that Thomas, who was engaged in rubber tapping inside the plantation which was near the forest area, was attacked first by the gaur.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills man in Deltona, Florida


mynews13.com
Tue, 23 May 2023 11:35 UTC
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A lightning strike. (File)
A man reportedly lost his life after being struck by lightning while working on a roof in Deltona, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

The incident occurred on Sterling Pointe Drive, prompting response from local authorities.

Co-workers reported to officials that the man was on the roof of a house when a lightning bolt hit him, causing him to fall to the ground below.

The victim, identified as 24-year-old Edvin J. Velasquez Cinto, was taken to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after arriving.

Officials say preliminary investigations indicate that the cause of death was likely a lightning strike, although a formal determination will be made by the medical examiner.

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Seismograph

Shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake off New Caledonia


Xinhua
Tue, 23 May 2023 11:27 UTC
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 288 km E of Vao, New Caledonia at 06:41:58 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 12.143 km, was initially determined to be at 22.9987 degrees south latitude and 170.2882 degrees east longitude.
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Attention

More dead dolphins found along the beach in South Jersey

Bob Brooks
6abc.com
Tue, 23 May 2023 11:07 UTC
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More dead marine mammals continue to be found along the New Jersey shoreline.

Data suggests it's happening at a much faster rate than in previous years.

It was Sunday morning when Lisa Strano was walking her dog and saw yet another dolphin stranded on the beach in Sea Isle City.

"It was completely motionless. It was clearly dead," said Strano.

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Stock Down

The data shows sea levels have been falling for over 100 years in Scandinavia. But the IPCC decides they're rising

Chris Morisson
The Daily Sceptic
Mon, 22 May 2023 06:39 UTC
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For over 100 years the North European cities of Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki have been steadily rising from the sea with no suggestion from observed evidence that local sea levels will not continue to drop by a few millimetres a year. That is until 2020, when the IPCC's new AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool suddenly promoted substantial sea level rises all round. The discovery appears to baffle Ole Humlum, Emeritus Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Oslo. It seems that this tool was not produced to test the validity of a scientific idea. It was instead an attempt to "alarm the user", he said.

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