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Flash floods kill 2, damage over 360 houses in central Indonesia

Mu Xuequan
Xinhua
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 23:24 UTC
Flash floods in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
© Sutopo Purwo Nugroho / BNPB
Flash floods in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Two people were killed and 367 houses damaged as flash floods struck West Nusa Tenggara province of central Indonesia, a government official said here Sunday.

Heavy downpours were blamed for the natural disaster in four sub-districts of Lombok Timur district, spokesman of national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

"The flash floods hit residential areas and agricultural lands," the spokesman told Xinhua in a text message.

One of the casualties was hit by a damaged building and another was swept away by currents, said Sutopo.

The floods also destroyed 14 bridges and one mosque, he added.


Comment: Earlier this month 9 people died as heavy rainfall caused floods and landslides in Indonesia.

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2017 is wettest calendar year on record at Reno, Nevada

Kaleb Roedel
KRNV My News 4
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:41 UTC
Record rainfall in Reno, Nevada
The weather record's keep accumulating in northern Nevada.

After Thursday's heavy rainfall, Reno surpassed its wettest calendar year on record, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. With a record rainfall of 0.81 inches on Thursday, Nov. 16, the total precipitation for 2017 now stands at 13.40 inches, setting a new record for the greatest precipitation total in any calendar year at Reno.

This, NWS Reno says, breaks the old record from 1983, which had a total of 13.23 inches.

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Sandy beach that 'vanished' 12 years ago in freak storm suddenly returns overnight in Mayo, Ireland

Julian Robinson
Daily Mail (UK)
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:15 UTC

Comment: This is the 2nd time this has happened this year on the very same Achill Island. In May, the sand at Dooagh - on the Western side of the island, that was washed away by freak storms 33 years ago leaving only bare rock, reappeared to the delight of locals. In the last few days, freak storms again were responsible for bringing the sand back to the beach at Ashleam Bay, this time on the Southern coast of the island.


Islanders are celebrating after the beautiful beach at Ashleam Bay (pictured), which 'vanished' 12 years ago, suddenly reappeared overnight

Islanders are celebrating after the beautiful beach at Ashleam Bay (pictured), which 'vanished' 12 years ago, suddenly reappeared overnight
Islanders are celebrating after a beautiful beach which 'vanished' 12 years ago suddenly reappeared overnight.

The white sands of Ashleam Bay on the picturesque island of Achill off the coast of Mayo in Ireland were washed away during a freak storm in 2005.

But following recent freak weather locals noticed the beach had suddenly returned - and are now enjoy a stroll on the sand once more.

Seán Molloy, manager of AchillTourism.com, said recent stormy weather had cleared the beach of rocks and boulders, and Storm Brian dumped a load of sand in their place.

Mr Molloy said: 'It came back after Storm Brian. It brought the first amount of sand and cleared the boulders that was on the beach way as well.

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Towering 8 metre waves batter rescue boat as horrific storm foils efforts to find Argentine navy sub

Lucy Clarke-Billings
Mirror
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:49 UTC
Footage from the vessel shows horrific conditions

Footage from the vessel shows horrific conditions
A horrific storm has thwarted emergency efforts to find an Argentine navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members.

Footage from a search boat showed horrendous sea conditions as waves eight metres in height crashed over the deck.

Winds of 90km have been battering the vessel for three days, according to reports.

The defence ministry said the ARA San Juan appeared to try to make contact through seven failed satellite calls on Saturday between late morning and early afternoon.

The vessel was 432 km (268 miles) off Argentina's coast when its location was last known early on Wednesday.

And as the storm complicated desperate search efforts, authorities spent Sunday trying to trace the submarine's location through data from the satellite calls without significant progress.


Comment: See also: US Navy and NASA join the hunt for missing Argentine submarine which vanished 250 miles off the coast of Patagonia almost 3 days ago - UPDATES

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Strong shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hits off Wallis and Futuna in the south Pacific

Armand Vervaeck
Earthquake Report
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:11 UTC
chart
Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 6.2

Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown

GMT/UTC Time : 2017-11-20 18:51:04

Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km
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Attention

Signs and Portents: Mutant bull calf is born with an extra leg on its back in north-east China


Daily Mail
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:16 UTC
A mutant bull with five legs has been born on a farm in north-east China

A mutant bull with five legs has been born on a farm in north-east China
A farmer in China was astonished to find one of his new-born bull calves had an extra leg on its back.

The mutant animal seems unaffected by the extra limb and is developing otherwise normally.

The animal was born on a farm near Muling city in the Heilongjiang Province of north-east China.

The leg complete with cloven hoof grows out from the young bull's back. It's just behind its shoulder, and hangs down its right side.

A gene mutation is thought to be behind the extra limb.

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Attention

Crazed ferret attacks woman in her sleep in Sydney, Australia


Triple M
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:58 UTC
FERRET
A New South Wales woman has awoken to a crazed ferret attacking her face.

The Baulkham Hills woman, in Sydney's northwest, told local newspaper Hills Shire Times, that she was jolted awake by a searing pain and something latching onto her cheek.

"The second it bit my face I woke up and grabbed onto it," the woman said.

"It didn't get to bite me too hard, because I grabbed its jaw pretty quickly."
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Third successive weekend of heavy snowfall over Alps - Up to 2 feet (60cm) recorded

Patrick Thorne
inthesnow.com
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:54 UTC
A researcher looking for evidence of man-made global warming adopts an appropriate posture

A researcher looking for evidence of man-made global warming adopts an appropriate posture
The third weekend of November was the third in a row to see heavy snowfall in the Alps with Sunday seeing the most significant snowfall in many areas.

Resorts that had opened to start their 17-18 ski seasons on Saturday including Arosa in Switzerland and the Zugspitz glacier above Garmisch in Germany posted ' powder alarms' for 20cm/8 inches or more of fresh snow in 24 hours.
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Eye 2

10-year-old boy found dead after crocodile attack in Malawi; 2nd such incident locally in 3 months


Daily Sabah
Sat, 18 Nov 2017 12:16 UTC
croc
© EPA
The body of a 10-year-old boy who was attacked by a crocodile was discovered in the Southern African country of Malawi on Saturday, police said.

Owen Sanudi was attacked by the reptile while he was swimming with friends in the Shire River, which passes through Liwonde National Park, police spokesman Davie Sulumba said.

"The deceased was attacked by a hungry crocodile and he drowned in the river," said Sulumba. "Post-mortem results from Machinga District Hospital proved that the death was due to loss of blood and suffocation."

The incident was the second death caused by a crocodile in the district within three months, a situation linked to lack of prey for the crocodiles, Sulumba told the German Press Agency (DPA).

Reports have suggested that Malawi's decision to join the International Convention on Endangered Species (CITES), which limits the culling of crocodiles, has led to a rise in their numbers.

Source: DPA
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Dominoes

Minor damages after earthquakes 6.2 and 5.8 hit Ecuador coast


Telesur
Sat, 18 Nov 2017 12:03 UTC
earthquake Ecuador
© Ecu911
Authorities reported that several houses suffered damages in the province of El Oro.
Emergency service cameras caught the moment when the earthquakes hit the Ecuadorean coastal towns.

Two earthquakes shook the coastal area of Ecuador on Friday, leaving several structures damaged.

A first 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Guayaquil at 8:40 a.m. local time and was felt strongly in other provinces. It was recorded to have a depth of 47.11 kilometers.

The earthquake occurred 20 minutes before a simulation exercise was planned in that city to prepare citizens on how to deal with these types of emergencies.

On the same day, at 11:23 p.m. local time, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Balao in the same province, Guayas. The quake was closer to the surface, with 8.4 km of depth. No deaths have been reported.
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