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Huge 15ft great white shark filmed attacking fishing boat in Coffin Bay, South Australia

Joe Roberts
Metro (UK)
Sat, 14 Oct 2017 19:31 UTC
The great white shark attacks the vessel out at sea

The great white shark attacks the vessel out at sea
Shocking drone footage caught the moment a great white shark tries to take a chunk out of a fishing boat off the Australian south coast.

The video shows the 15-foot long beast eyeing up the small boat 16km off the coast of Coffin Bay, west of Adelaide.

A fisherman tries to frighten off the shark as it circles the crabbing boat.

Simon Lawrence and Blair Fitzgerald are on board the vessel and are heard swearing as the shark makes its close encounter.

From high above the action, the shark is seen at the rear of the boat, perilously close to its two engines.


Comment: See also this report from September: Great white shark attacks boat off Esperance, Western Australia; third such incident in a week

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Saturday snowstorm dumps over 7 inches of snow on Idaho Falls, Idaho; multiple power outages reported


Idaho State Journal
Sat, 14 Oct 2017 19:02 UTC
snow
© Chris Berry
A snowstorm dumped over seven inches of snow on the Idaho Fall area Saturday morning and temporarily shut down Interstate 15 in Pocatello.

Idaho State Police reported around 9:40 a.m. that multiple wrecks on Interstate 15 between mile markers 67 and 69 in Pocatello were blocking the freeway. Motorists were advised to use alternate routes until the interstate reopened about 30 minutes later.

The snow could continue falling throughout East Idaho well into Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service reported.

Multiple snow-related wrecks occurred Saturday morning in East Idaho, with Interstate 15 and Interstate 86 experiencing the most crashes. It's believed some of the crashes resulted in injuries but additional details are not yet available. Motorists should use caution while driving and expect delays, especially on the interstates.

The large amount of snow that fell in the Idaho Falls area resulted in multiple power outages there.
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Mt Hutt ski season in New Zealand ending with four times the snow it had last year


Newstalk ZB
Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:53 UTC
The Canterbury ski area has been voted the best in the country at the World Ski Awards for the past two years.

The Canterbury ski area has been voted the best in the country at the World Ski Awards for the past two years.
New Zealand's top ski resort is coming to the end of its season this weekend, with over four times the snow base it closed with last year.

Mt Hutt has almost 3.5 metres of snow.

The Canterbury ski area has been voted the best in the country at the World Ski Awards for the past two years.

Manager James McKenzie said this time last year the snow was disappearing fast, and the field only just made it to closing day.

But it's a different story this year.
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Over 2 feet of snow falls at Mount Hood, Oregon

Allan Brettman
The Oregonian
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:54 UTC
Early season snow at Government Camp on Mount Hood, October 12, 2017
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Early season snow at Government Camp on Mount Hood, October 12, 2017
With a white Mount Hood barely a distant winter memory - and even with a wildfire roaring north of the mountain just a few weeks ago - more than 2 feet of snow have fallen at Timberline Lodge since Wednesday.

The early-season dump prompted the Timberline Ski Area to open a lift Friday with plans to operate two Saturday and Sunday.

Conditions that allowed the preseason opening, however, are expected to vanish by Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. Timberline officials urged skiers and snowboarders to check the early-season conditions before heading to the mountain on Saturday and Sunday.

A low-pressure area that dropped from the south over Mount Hood combined with "a fair amount of moisture from the Pacific produced an early-season snow event," said meteorologist Jon Bonk of the weather service.

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Baby Antarctic penguins die during 'catastrophic' breeding season


BBC News
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:41 UTC
penguins
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It is the second catastrophic season for the southern penguins in five years.
All but two Adelie penguin chicks have starved to death in their east Antarctic colony, in a breeding season described as "catastrophic" by experts.

It was caused by unusually high amounts of ice late in the season, meaning adults had to travel further for food.

It is the second bad season in five years after no chicks survived in 2015.

Conservation groups are calling for urgent action on a new marine protection area in the east Antarctic to protect the colony of about 36,000.

WWF says a ban on krill fishing in the area would eliminate their competition and help to secure the survival of Antarctic species, including the Adelie penguins.
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Wrong place, wrong time: Siberian blue robin turns up on island in Orkney, Scotland


BBC
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:52 UTC
Siberian Blue Robin, North Ronaldsay, Orkney
© Tom Gale
Siberian Blue Robin, North Ronaldsay, Orkney
Bird watchers have been left in a bit of a flap after the rare arrival of an off-track adult Siberian blue robin in North Ronaldsay.

It is believed to be the first adult male of the breed in the UK, although juveniles have been seen before.

The bird should be spending the winter in Indonesia, but is thought to have been blown off course by bad weather.

The distinctive robin was helped out of a derelict house, and the sighting has sparked wide interest.

One of the people who spotted and helped free it, Lewis Hooper, told BBC Scotland the bird was way off track.
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Shinmoedake volcano in Japan erupts again, sends plume 2,300 meters into the air


The Asahi Shimbun
Sat, 14 Oct 2017 12:29 UTC
A huge plume of smoke emerges from Mount Shinmoedake in southern Kyushu on Oct. 14.

A huge plume of smoke emerges from Mount Shinmoedake in southern Kyushu on Oct. 14.
Kyushu's Mount Shinmoedake is still rumbling with volcanic activity three days after it blew its top for the first time in six years on Oct. 11.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said an eruption that started at 8:23 a.m. on Oct. 14 sent a plume of smoke 2,300 meters into the air.

The 1,421-meter-high mountain straddles the border of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southern Kyushu. The JMA raised the volcano's activity alert to Level 3, warning people to stay away from the mountain. The alert had been at Level 2, which meant climbers should stay away from the crater.

Around 4 p.m. on Oct. 13, the JMA announced that consecutive eruptions appeared to have stopped as the fluctuation of volcanic tremors had weakened.

But the agency continued to urge caution as it believed volcanic activity was continuing.
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At least 9 pilot whales found stranded on beach in Hawaii; 5 die

Moanike'ala Nabarro
kitv.com
Sat, 14 Oct 2017 11:52 UTC
whales
© Daniel Rapozo
A least nine whales stranded themselves off Kalapaki Beach Friday morning and scientists are working to find out why.

News of this rattled residents and visitors on the Garden Isle.

Charles Hepa was one of many volunteers that stepped in to help save the stranded creatures he considers sacred.

"These whales are a part of our Molala to in our stories and or could he go in our history and our Oleander chance," Hepa said.

When federal, state and city personnel eventually responded, personnel closed part of the beach.

As of Friday evening, NOAA confirmed at least five whales died.

Canoe paddlers assisted officials and guided whales back out to sea.

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Lightning kills 72 across Cambodia in the first nine months of 2017


Punch
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:42 UTC
LIGHTNING
Lightning killed 72 people in Cambodia in the first nine months of 2017, a senior disaster control official said on Friday.

The first Vice President of the country's National Committee for Disaster Management, Nhim Vanda, however, said the rate of lightning in 2017 was 28 percent less compared to 2016 in the same period.

The official said, during the celebration of Association of Southeast Asian Nations Day for Disaster Management in Phnom Penh, that beside lightning fatalities, flash floods and storms also killed 33 others between January and September this year.

He added that "although the fatal numbers from lightning have reduced, lightning remains the leading cause of death among deaths from natural disasters."

Lightning happens often during the rainy season from May to October, he said, adding that to avoid the dangers of lightning, people should stay indoors whenever it was raining.

Source: News agency of Nigeria
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Tens of thousands of jellyfish-like creatures wash up on beaches in Greymouth, New Zealand


New Zealand Herald
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:48 UTC
Tens of thousands of jellyfish-like creatures have washed up on Greymouth beaches
© Greymouth Star
Tens of thousands of jellyfish-like creatures have washed up on Greymouth beaches
Tens of thousands of jellyfish-like creatures have washed up on Greymouth beaches, surprising even the Department of Conservation with the scale.

DoC says the rotting mass are by-the-wind-sailors, also called Velella.

A huge mass blankets an 18m by 8m area of the Blaketown aerodrome car park, with more scattered south along the high tide mark.

By last evening, they were giving off a strong smell as they lay in the sun.

DOC marine expert Don Neale said by-the-wind-sailors were related to jellyfish and "bluebottles", which also often washed up.
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