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Woman still in hospital after 100kg fur seal bites her 'to the bone' in Victoria, Australia


abc.net.au
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:54 UTC
Gary Oliver used a long lens for this photo. He believes it is the same seal that bit the woman on the leg.
© Gary Oliver
Gary Oliver used a long lens for this photo. He believes it is the same seal that bit the woman on the leg.
A woman in her 70s remains in hospital after she was bitten by a seal near a boat ramp at Port Fairy, a popular seaside town in south-west Victoria, over the weekend.

Paramedics reported the bite went "through to the bone" at the wharf late on Saturday afternoon.

Seal 'lunged out of the water'

Helene Whelan and her partner witnessed the attack and helped the woman after the seal lunged at her.

She said they had stopped after noticing a crowd around the boardwalk.
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Austrian court jails woman over fatal dog attack on toddler


The Publics Radio
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:46 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
An Austrian court has sentenced a dog owner to six months in prison after her Rottweiler mauled a toddler who died of his injuries weeks later.

Public broadcaster ORF reported Monday that the Vienna regional court convicted the 49-year-old defendant of serious negligent homicide.

Authorities determined the woman, who wasn't identified, was intoxicated during the attack. She testified she'd had "at most half a liter (17 ounces) of Prosecco."

The Rottweiler, which wasn't wearing a muzzle as required, attacked a 17-month-old boy walking with his grandparents, biting him on the head.
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Landslide triggered by heavy rain kills 6 family members in Pakistan


ARY News
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:26 UTC
landslide
Six members of a family were killed when a landfall flattened their house in Harnai district of Balochistan on Monday, ARY News reported.

According to Deputy Commissioner Azim Jan Dumar, a woman and her five children were killed when a large piece of rock partially flattened their house in Zinda Pir area. The landslide was triggered by heavy downpour in the area.

He said a two-year-old girl luckily escaped unhurt in the incident.

Upon being informed about the incident, rescue teams quickly reached the site and began rescue operations, retrieving six bodies from under the debris. The identity of the victims couldn't be ascertained immediately.
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Dead gray whale washed ashore on Malibu Beach, California

Sebastian Echeverry and Jane Yamamoto
nbclosangeles.com
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 14:11 UTC
Young, Dead Gray Whale Washes Ashore In Malibu

Young, dead gray whale washes ashore in Malibu
The carcass of a massive gray whale washed ashore in Malibu early Sunday morning, stunning beachgoers who said the decaying body gave off a strong odor.

California Highway Patrol in Ventura County said they received a call about a beached whale on County Line Beach "the size of a semi truck" at 3:11 a.m. Authorities said they reported the situation to Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute.

As the sun came up, crowds approached the decaying sea mammal and began to take photos of the whale, questioning what the cause of death could have been.

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Afghanistan and Iran - further floods leave 13 dead, thousands affected


Floodlist
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:11 UTC
An aerial view of the flood-hit city of Aq-Qala in Golestan Province

An aerial view of the flood-hit city of Aq-Qala in Golestan Province, Iran
Further flooding has affected parts of Afghanistan and Iran over the last week. Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) reports it has provided relief and assistance to around 50,000 people affected by flooding in the northern provinces of Golestan and Mazandaran over the last few days.

Meanwhile in Afghanistan at least 13 people have reportedly died in flash flooding in Herat province. Flash floods earlier this month affected 14 provinces of the country, leaving at least 63 people dead.


Afghanistan

Local media in Afghanistan reported that at least 13 people lost their lives in flash floods in Herat Province.

Quoting a statement from the provincial governor's media office, TOLO News said that the flash floods began during the evening of Monday 18 March, 2019.

"According to the statement, thousands of acres of agricultural land and hundreds of houses were damaged following heavy rains in the past few days.
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Cyclone Veronica: Destructive winds and rain lash Australia - Second storm system within 48 hours to hit country


BBC
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:33 UTC
Satellite imagery shows Cyclone Veronica just off the north-west coast of Australia
© EPA/NASA WORLDVIEW
Satellite imagery shows Cyclone Veronica just off the north-west coast of Australia
A second cyclone within 48 hours has brought destructive winds and torrential rains to coastal regions of Australia.

Cyclone Veronica lingered about 95km (60 miles) off the nation's north-west coast on Monday, officials said.

Despite no longer being expected to make landfall, the category two system is moving slowly and has prompted warnings for locals to remain indoors.

Cyclone Trevor, a category four, hit the Northern Territory on Saturday.

Heavy rain and large waves whipped up by Cyclone Veronica threaten to cause widespread flooding in Western Australia, according to authorities.

An area stretching from Karratha to Port Hedland was enduring gale-force winds of more than 125km/h, the Bureau of Meteorology said.


Comment: Two powerful tropical cyclones loom over northern Australia forcing mass evacuations

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Strong 6.1-magnitude quake jolts eastern Indonesia's North Maluku province


The Straits Times
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:12 UTC
The quake was 150km north-west of the coastal
© USGS
The quake was 150km north-west of the coastal town of Ternate at a depth of 37km, according to the US Geological Survey.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia on Sunday (March 24), US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake was 150km north-west of the coastal town of at a depth of 37km, according to the US Geological Survey.

The quake was felt in Ternate but residents were unconcerned, a local said.

"I was watching TV when the earthquake suddenly happened. The jolt was quite strong but thankfully it was quick so there was no panic," Ternate resident Budi Nurgianto told AFP.

Officials are still assessing the quake's impact but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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Rare south Atlantic tropical storm forms off the coast of Brazil

Jonathan Belles
The Weather Channel
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 20:37 UTC
brazil tropical storm
Rare Tropical Storm Iba in the South AtlanticMeteorologist Heather Tesch says Tropical Storm Iba has formed off the coast of Brazil. It is rare for a tropical system to form in that area. The last time was nearly a decade ago.

A disturbance off the coast of Brazil has become the first South Atlantic tropical storm since 2010.

On Sunday, the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center (BNHC) analyzed Tropical Storm Iba as being located about 600 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, or just off the coast of the states of Bahia and Espirito Santo, Brazil. Satellite imagery shows concentrated shower and thunderstorm activity near the area of low pressure.

Comment: There have been a number of unusual and destructive storms in recent weeks:

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Pet owner dead, 'attacked by her two pit bull terriers" in Irving, Texas

Elizabeth Zwirz
Fox News
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 20:48 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A Texas woman died on Saturday after she was "attacked by her two pit bull terriers," police said.

Officers arrived at North O'Connor Road to help out the fire department, who was called to a veterinary facility about "reports of a woman in need of medical attention," Irving Police said in a news release on Facebook.

The fatal encounter took place at the O'Connor Animal Hospital, Fox 4 News reported, citing police.

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U.S. Government warns of historic, widespread flooding "Through May" - Food prices to skyrocket as 1000s of farms are destroyed

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:10 UTC
map flood
We have never seen catastrophic flooding like this, and the NOAA is now telling us that there will be more major flooding for at least two more months. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned that "historic, widespread flooding" would "continue through May". More than 90 percent of the upper Midwest and Great Plains is currently covered by an average of 10.7 inches of snow, and all of that snow is starting to melt. That means that we are going to transition from one of the worst winters in modern history to a flood season that has already taken an apocalyptic turn for farmers all across America. At this moment, millions of acres of farmland are already underwater. Thousands of farmers are not going to be able to plant crops this year, and thousands of other farmers that have been financially ruined by the floods will never return to farming again. This is already the worst agricultural disaster in modern American history, and it is going to get a whole lot worse.

I posted an article about this crisis yesterday, and I am troubled by the fact that most Americans don't seem to understand the gravity of what we are facing.

Millions of bushels of wheat, corn and soybeans have been destroyed by flood waters, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of livestock have been lost, and all of us will soon be feeling a lot more pain at the grocery store.
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