Dead whale carcass
The whale, estimated to weigh 4 tons, was stranded on Vougiou Mati beach, on the southern coast of the island.
A necropsy will be carried out to determine the cause of death.
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Dead whale carcass
The whale, estimated to weigh 4 tons, was stranded on Vougiou Mati beach, on the southern coast of the island.
A necropsy will be carried out to determine the cause of death.
Photos from the National Weather Service (left) and Timberline Lodge (right)
KATU Meteorologist Rhonda Shelby said we can expect at least two inches of snow at around 4,500 feet.
"A cold, winterlike upper-level air mass over the region will create snow in the Cascades. Maybe up to 6 inches in the Cascades back country by the end of the night," Shelby said.
The snowfall isn't likely to cause problems for the major roadways.
The cold air on Tuesday could cause hailstorms in the Portland-metro area. Showers and thunderstorms are still likely in the evening hours, Shelby said.
Although the 2015-16 snow season atop Mount Washington ends June 30, Mother Nature dropped 3.7 inches of the stuff on Sunday which allowed staff at the Mount Washington Observatory make this pair of snowmen
The comment may seem out of place with summer weather in the forecast for Massachusetts this week, but on Mount Washington, the seasons are easily confused.
According to The Boston Globe, the mountain, which stands at 6,288 feet, received 5.5 inches so far this June—with almost two of those inches falling Sunday night.
With the additional snowfall, the summit is on track to have one of its top five snowiest Junes since 1932, the observatory said.
Chris Legrow, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, told the Globe that Mount Washington typically gets about an inch of snow during June due to its high altitude.
The mountain's record for June is 8.1 inches of snow in 1959, the Globe reported.
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A map showing the epicenter of Tuesday afternoon's quake near Brawley.
A map showing the epicenter of Tuesday afternoon's quake near Brawley.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 8 miles from Imperial, 12 miles from El Centro and 20 miles from Calexico.
In the last 10 days, there have been 10 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
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The epicenter of the quake was located 194 kilometers (120.5 miles) southeast of the city Enarotali, Papua province, on the island of New Guinea, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), according to the agency.
There have been neither immediate reports of damages or casualties, nor a tsunami threat.
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A tanker drops fire retardant on a forest fire near the Fourth of July Campground in the Manzano Mountains on Tuesday.
A tanker drops fire retardant on a forest fire near the Fourth of July Campground in the Manzano Mountains on Tuesday.
A Forest Service spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday evening that residents on Camino del Norte and La Parra Road in the Chilili area have been ordered to evacuate.
Donna Nemeth, a spokeswoman for the Cibola National Forest, said the fire is burning in an area previously used for logging. That means there is lots of dry fuel on the ground, and the fire is spreading quicker than normal.
Arlene Perea, of the Mountainair Ranger District, said officials aren't sure how the fire started.
Pictured flooding due to heavy rain and thunderstorms on Yardley Green Road, Yardley.
Birmingham has been plunged into chaos once again after yet more flash floods forced roads, bus services and even markets to close.
The city has been deluged with rain, with parts of the city centre near impossible to walk through, in the third major storm in a matter of days.
Buses have been diverted and scrapped, Midland Metro tram services cancelled altogether and the M5 has become a "do not drive" area.
The heavy rains have flooded a stretch of the motorway between junction one at West Bromwich and two in Oldbury.
Team of experts conducting post-mortem on Monday
Prof Niranjan Sahu, who headed the team, said dehydration and putrefaction levels of the three elephants were the same. The level of dehydration five days after the death is a symptom of lightning, he said. Lightning as a cause is considered very unusual.
The investigation team found that the pachyderms - two female and a calf - were found dead in close proximity. In case of a disease, the level of dehydration and putrefaction will not be the same while the animals are not likely drop dead in the same place. Same theory applies to poisoning too.
Prof Sahu of Odisha University if Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) performed the autopsy on the three elephants at the spot on Monday in presence of RCCF, Rourkela, Lingraj Ota and Deogarh DFO, Binay Kumar Biswasi on Monday. The team also comprises Dr Sourabh Hota, Dr Haresh Kumar Dalai, both from OUAT, Sub-Divisional Veterinary Officer Dr Ranjit Samantray and Tileibani Veterinary surgeon Dr Satyabrata Mishra.
The Cass County Sheriff's office was notified of the lightning strike at 10:38 a.m. When responders and medical personnel arrived they found three adult males fishing in a boat and one was struck by lightning.
Wei Wei, 48, of Iowa was transported via North Air Care to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and Max Wei, 18, and a juvenile male were taken by North Memorial Ambulance to Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd.
Assisting at the scene were the Hackensack and Longville First Responders, Minnesota DNR Conservation, Minnesota State Patrol, North Memorial Ambulance and Air Care.
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday (Jun 14), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and no tsunami warning was issued.
Vanuatu is part of the "Ring of Fire", a zone of tectonic activity around the Pacific that is subject to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
The quake struck at a depth of 131 kilometres (81 miles), 92 kilometres northwest of the town of Isangel on Tanna island, USGS said.
Vanuatu has been rocked by a series of quakes this year, including some that prompted tsunami warnings.
Source: AFP/hs
