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Record cold wave wreaking havoc across South Korea


The Straits Times
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:12 UTC
A snowplough clearing snow on a runway at Jeju International Airport, after the island was hit with heavy snowfall, on Jan 11, 2018.
© EPA-EFE
A snowplough clearing snow on a runway at Jeju International Airport, after the island was hit with heavy snowfall, on Jan 11, 2018.
Extreme cold gripped South Korea on Thursday (Jan 11) - with a wind chill of minus 16 deg C in Seoul in the morning - and it is forecast to reach its peak on Friday, according to the country's weather agency.

Thursday's temperatures across the country hovered around minus 10 deg C in general, marking the coldest temperature this year.

Runways at Jeju Airport were closed earlier in the day due to heavy snowfall, suspending international flights until 11am, according to the Korea Airports Corp.

The country's power use soared in the morning amid a spike in heating demand, prompting Korea Power Exchange to order local companies to cut their power use as part of efforts to stabilise the level of electricity reserve.

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Arrow Down

Large sinkhole opens up on road in Toronto


The Toronto Star
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:55 UTC
City work crews attend at the scene of a sinkhole in the southbound lanes of Yonge St., just south of Highway 401, at William Carson Cres
© Metroland North York Mirror
City work crews attend at the scene of a sinkhole in the southbound lanes of Yonge St., just south of Highway 401, at William Carson Cres
A large sinkhole shut down two traffic lanes on Yonge St., just north of York Mills Rd., on Wednesday.

City work crews are attending to the large sinkhole, which appeared Wednesday morning at William Carson Cres., just south of Highway 401, and is large enough to swallow a car.

While the cause of the sinkhole is yet unknown, city workers speculate it may have been caused by a water main breaking during the recent deep freeze. With temperatures warming, it may well be possible the frozen water from the leak melted, creating a pool of liquid and causing the street to cave in.

Source: Metroland North York Mirror
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Seismograph

Five successive earthquakes rattle western Iran


Tasnim News Agency
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:45 UTC
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Five successive earthquakes, all measuring above 5 on the Richter scale, struck Iran's western provinces of Kermanshah and Ilam on Thursday, nearly two months after a massive temblor killed over 600 people in Kermanshah and displaced thousands of others.

Since Thursday morning, nine quakes have shaken Iran's western regions near the common border with Iraq, including four measuring lower than 4 on the Richter scale.
The consecutive temblors hit near the cities of Soumar and Gilan-e-Gharb in the province of Kermanshah and the city of Zarneh in Ilam province.

On November 12, a 7.3-magnitude quake hit Kermanshah, killing more than 620 people and injuring around 10,000 others, mainly in the city of Sarpol-e Zahab and the nearby villages.
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Ice Cube

An icebreaker used in Boston harbour


euronews
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:44 UTC
Boston brise glace
The crew of Cutter Shackle, a small tugboat from the U. S. Coast Guard, is breaking ice in Boston Harbour near Logan International Airport on Wednesday, January 10, after an arctic cold front hit much of the United States.

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Snowflake Cold

12 dead as normally balmy Bangladesh shivers in record low temperatures


Times of India
Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:16 UTC
Record cold in Bangladesh
© Xinhua/Naim-ul-karim
A man squats by a fire during a winter morning in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2018. Bangladesh Monday recorded the lowest temperature in five decades as mercury dipped to a chilling 2.6 degrees Celsius. According to local media, as many as 12 people have so far died in three northern Bangladesh districts due to the cold spell.
Temperatures in subtropical Bangladesh hit a 70-year-low today as authorities handed out tens of thousands of blankets to help the poor fight a record cold spell, officials said.

The mercury plunged to a frigid 2.6 degrees Celsius (36.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Bangladesh, well below average in the low-lying riverine nation whose 160 million citizens are used to milder winters.

"It is the lowest temperature since authorities started keeping records in 1948," Shamsuddin Ahmed, head of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told AFP. The previous low of 2.8 degrees was recorded in 1968, he added.

Ahmed said Bangladesh was in the "grip of a severe cold wave", with temperatures dipping across all northern districts over the past few days.

The coldest temperatures were recorded in the border town of Tetulia, about 400 kilometres north of the capital Dhaka.

One local broadcaster reported that at least nine people had died from exposure, including six in one of the coldest locations in the northern district of Kurigram.

Officials said they were not aware of any deaths so far.


Comment: As many as 12 people have died so far in three northern Bangladesh districts due to the cold spell reports Xinhua.

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Fish

A marine biologist says a humpback whale protected her from a huge tiger shark while diving


CBC News
Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:53 UTC
Nan Hauser with Whale
© Caters
The 22 tonne humpback whale protecting Nan Hauser from a shark.
An American marine biologist says footage of her swimming with a humpback whale shows the large mammal protecting her from a tiger shark.

Nan Hauser, 63, president of the Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation and a Brunswick, Maine, resident, says she uploaded footage of her encounter Monday and it quickly spread across the internet.

Hauser tells the Portland Press Herald she was in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean when she came face-to-face with a 23-tonne humpback whale, which approached her and began nudging her around the water. She says the whale also shielded her with a fin and even lifted her out of the water on one occasion.
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Attention

Ashes from Shiveluch volcano in Russia reached the stratosphere


novinite.com
Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:41 UTC
Shiveluch Volcano

Shiveluch Volcano
The Shiveluch Volcano of Kamchatka has ejected a pylon of ash 11 kilometers above sea level, TASS reportedly referring to Russian vulcanologists. The announcement is made by scientists from the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Group of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismic Activity of the Far Eastern Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Disposal took place on Wednesday morning. The height of the volcano itself is 3283 m. The ash has spread to the northeast at a distance of 32 km.

There are no populated areas, but for aviation in the area is marked with red code. Scientists say eruptions at a height of 10 or more kilometers can happen at any moment.

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Attention

Record number of cold stunned turtles for Texas


Panama City News Herald
Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:00 UTC
Padre Island National Seashore's Tom Backof holds a rehabilitated sea turtle before releasing it

Padre Island National Seashore's Tom Backof holds a rehabilitated sea turtle before releasing it
Florida sea turtles weren't the only ones impacted by last week's cold snap.

In Texas, more than 2,000 turtles were cold stunned, which breaks all state records. Many of the turtles have been brought to Texas A&M University in addition to NOAA Fisheries Galveston Laboratory Sea Turtle Hospital.

While the situation is more dramatic in Texas, the Panhandle is experiencing its second largest cold stun event. More than 850 cold-stunned turtles have been taken in for treatment at Gulf World Marine Institute after temperatures dropped in the bays.

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Wolf

Woman killed by pit bull terrier in West Monroe, Louisiana


wwl.com
Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:32 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A pit bull fatally wounded a woman at a Brownsville area pet boarding house last night. Ouachita Parish Sheriffs spokesperson Glen Springfield says deputies arrived at the Happy Hounds Hotel and found the victim had been severely injured...

"When the deputies got there they found a female victim that was severely injured apparently by the pit bull that was being housed at the location."

Springfield says first responders tried to stabilize the woman, but the wounds were fatal.

"She appeared to be injured, medical assistance was rendered but it was fatal."
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Black Cat

Leopard kills, eats 2 children in 6 hours in Madhya Pradesh, India


The Times of India
Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:12 UTC
Leopard

Leopard
A leopard killed and ate two children in a span of 12 hours in Chhindwara district on Sunday, triggering panic among villagers living on the fringes of the forest range.

With these two deaths, five children have now been killed by tigers and leopards in the state in three months.

What terrifies the villagers is that the leopard struck in clear daylight. On Sunday afternoon, it killed a three year-old girl in front of her house in Mohli Mata village and made off with the corpse. About six hours later, it struck again and killed a 10-year-old boy 3km away in Jholidhana village.

The victim, Harish Tekam, was sitting outside his house when he was attacked. The leopard was so swift that no one heard a thing. When his mother came outside a little later, she saw blood splatters on the walls of her little hut and the boy missing.
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