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Woman suffers horrifying wounds after an attack by a rampaging buffalo in Cambodia

Debbie White
Daily Mail
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:12 UTC
Fiona Childs, 47, had been walking through a forest, heading for the beach on Cambodian island Koh Rong Samloem, yesterday morning when she stumbled upon the beast

Fiona Childs, 47, had been walking through a forest, heading for the beach on Cambodian island Koh Rong Samloem, yesterday morning when she stumbled upon the beast
This is the moment a British teacher was left with blood gushing from her legs after being viciously attacked by a rampaging buffalo.

Fiona Childs, 47, had been walking through a forest, heading for the beach while holidaying on the Cambodian island of Koh Rong Samloem yesterday morning, when she suddenly came face-to-face with the angry beast.

The enraged animal immediately started butting her with his head, and is believed to have gored her legs with his sharp horns as she lay screaming for help on the ground. The creature then fled back into the jungle.

As the buffalo's owner shouted at army officials to 'kill, kill, kill' the beast, local villagers rushed to Fiona's aid, trying to stem the blood before paramedics arrived and loaded her into an ambulance.

Fiona was rushed to hospital in Sihanoukville, a coastal city on the mainland.
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Tornado1

Ex-Cyclone Gita turns New Zealand's Terrible Gully into river of rock

Brad Flahive
Stuff
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:12 UTC
gravel river erosion new zealand
© Donna Field
The shingle river sounded like when a "gravel truck tips all its load".
A river of shingle rock flowing down Terrible Gully has left eight farms cut off from town in Rakaia, near Canterbury's Mt Hutt.

Incredible video of the "rocky river" was captured by Donna Field of Cleardale Station as she surveyed the damage from former Cyclone Gita on Wednesday.

The flow of careering shingles closed Double Hill Run Rd which services the farms in the South Island region. It's an event that has become a regular occurrence for the farmers in the area.

"But it's never been this bad before," Field said.

"For a long time it was quite stable, but the last 2.5 - 3 years it has become a lot more active."
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Windsock

Wild, weird weather: Record cold West, record warm East, and flooding in central US

Doyle Rice
USA Today
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:16 UTC
snow covered flowers
© Nam Y. Huh, AP
Winter garden flowers are covered by snow on Feb. 11, 2018, in Chicago.
Wild, weird weather is coming to the U.S. this week with snow and record cold in the West, record warmth in the East, and a threat of heavy flooding rain in the central part of the USA.

Wintry West

Widespread snow will persist through late Tuesday across parts of the western mountains and into the High Plains as a strong cold front slides through the Rockies and into the central U.S., the National Weather Service said. Accumulations will be heavy at times, especially for the central Rockies, where more than 18 inches of snow is possible.

The weather service issued winter storm warnings for much of the higher elevations of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico, and for parts of the Plains from western South Dakota to northwestern Nebraska, the Weather Channel said.

Dangerous winter weather conditions, including blowing snow and high winds, are expected in these areas.
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Snowflake Cold

Denver experiences a 72 degree temperature drop within 40 hours

Chris Spears
CBS Denver
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:58 UTC
man standing in cold
© CBS
Sitting at a mile above sea level and in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, Denver is known for having an extreme climate. But the most recent temperature swing ranked as one of the biggest ever observed.

According to the National Weather Service in Boulder, after a high of 69°F at 2:27 p.m. on Sunday (Feb. 18) Denver's official low hit -3°F just over 40 hours later at 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday (Feb. 20).

The 72 degree drop tied for the 8th biggest swing ever noted in a period of two days or less. It also landed in the top 20 biggest temperature swing events for Denver since records began in 1872.
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Ice Cube

Scientists blame the 'fudge factor' on failed global warming policies

Michael Bastasch
Daily Caller
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:20 UTC
Al Gore
© REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore attends Unlocking Financing for Climate Action session during the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2017.
It's been 26 years since countries signed onto the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change with the goal of "stabilization" of emissions to prevent "dangerous" man-made global warming.

Every year since, diplomats have met at United Nations summits to, sometimes successfully, negotiate new treaties and agreements to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Most recently, nearly 200 nations signed onto the Paris climate accord.

The Paris accord went into effect in 2016, but after one year global emissions rose two percent, largely on economic activity in China.

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that countries' Paris accord commitments were "falling short." The Post admitted, "The euphoria of Paris is colliding with the reality of the present."

Comment: It's unbelievable that these scientists are still blathering on about emissions and global warming when their research is debunked time and time again. They have bills to pay too, we suppose. Meanwhile, take a gander at some global warming solutions:

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Snowflake

New Zealand blasted by heavy dump of summer SNOW as ex-cyclone Gita wreaks havoc and turns weather patterns on their head (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Hannah Moore
Daily Mail
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:40 UTC
The Remarkables ski field in Queenstown had on average 50cm of snow on Wednesday morning.
© NZSk
The Remarkables ski field in Queenstown had on average 50cm of snow on Wednesday morning.
New Zealand's weather has taken a bizarre turn as Cyclone Gita unleashes damaging winds and rainfall on the country, with a heavy dump of snow hitting the ski fields of the South Island.

Coronet Peak has had about 10-15cm of snow at the base of its ski fields, and snow drifts of more than one metre have blanketed the Remarkables.

Ski manager Ross Lawrence told Stuff across the area there was 50cm of snow on average, but he didn't expect it to last long.

'Remember it is only February so the sun will come out again soon,' he said.

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Seismograph

Canadian city plagued by mysterious humming noise that has been driving residents mad for years

Aletha Adu
The Sun
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:19 UTC
windsor ontario

Detroit, Michigan, west of the river - Windsor, Ontario, east of the river: why is it mostly residents of Windsor who hear it?
A mysterious low-level humming noise which has plagued a Canadian city for years has left residents unable to cope with the persistent sound with poor health.

The Windsor Hum, can be heard throughout Windsor, Ontario, home to almost 220,000 people, but it has been reported 90 miles away in the US city of Cleveland.

Complaints of the part noise, part vibration arose in 2011, when locals initially compared it to rattling windows.


Comment: Interesting, that's the same year the 'strange sky sounds' phenomenon really took off.


But as the hum began to vary in its intensity, droning on for days at unbearable levels, distressed locals have taken to all forms of social media to question their hearing and vent their frustrations.


Comment: It may not be noise pollution, i.e. man-made. It could also be at least partly natural, but yes, 'new' at the same time.

What's striking in this particular case is that something about the location apparently 'anchors' the noise(s) there very frequently, if you'll excuse the pun. Zug Island, located in the river between the two cities, might in some way function as an 'anchor' or 'transducer' of electrophonic geomagnetic frequencies.

See also: Strange sky sounds: Metallic, groaning, trumpet-like noises heard worldwide in 2016

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Attention

Four Finless porpoises found dead around Hong Kong


Around DB
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:55 UTC
Four finless porpoises were found across Hong Kong

Four finless porpoises were found across Hong Kong
The bodies of four finless porpoises were found across Hong Kong over the weekend, including one that had been washed up on Lantau.

The 1.42-metre-long female porpoise was showing moderate body decay when it was spotted at Tai Long Wan.

A further two bodies were found in Sai Kung. One was a juvenile, 0.97-metre-long porpoise, which was found at Ham Tin Wan. The porpoise had three visible wounds, possibly the result of being hit by a boat's propellers. Another female, adult porpoise was found in the sea off Silverstrand Beach.

The fourth creature, a 1.31-metre-long female, was found near the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology pier on Sunday in a moderately decomposed state.

All four bodies were sent to the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (OPCF) for further investigation.
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Wolf

Four-year-old boy killed by stray dogs in Andhra Pradesh, India


The Hans India
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:04 UTC
Kurnool: Four-year-old boy killed in stray dog attack

Kurnool: Four-year-old boy killed in stray dog attack
A four-year-old boy was killed in Kurnool district on Tuesday after he was attacked by stray dogs.

The parents of the boy, Ibrahim had taken him along with them to a groundnut field. Since the boy was sleeping, they kept him on a swing nearby and went for their work.

However, the boy was attacked by two stray dogs and his screams fell short due to the sounds of the groundnut crusher machine.

The parents later tried to locate their son and found the body half a kilometre away as they heard two dogs growling at each other.
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Fish

Study reveals worrying levels of microplastics in Atlantic deep sea fish

Niall Sargent
Green News
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:32 UTC
plastic
A new Irish study has found that the rate of ingestion of microplastics by deepwater fish in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean is among the highest in the world.

The NUI Galway (NUIG) study published today found that 73 per cent out of 233 deep water fish examined had ingested plastic particles.

According to the study, the ingestion of microplastics by these animals may cause internal physical damage, inflammation of intestines, reduced feeding and other effects.

Marine scientists took dead deep sea fish from midwater trawls in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean from a depth of up to 600 metres using large fishing nets.
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