Earth Changes
On March 9, the victim was at her grandparents' home, four kilometers from her parents' residence. Earlier in the day, the child had been left at a nursery, but she developed a fever. Her mother was at work, so she called her parents, who agreed to look after the child at their home, as was the family's occasional practice.
That evening, the child was crawling around the living room on the ground floor when the grandparents' pet golden retriever snapped at the base of her neck. Her grandmother had been watching the child from close by, but had not been able to protect her from the animal. The grandfather quickly telephoned for an ambulance and the child was taken to a nearby hospital, but about two hours later she was pronounced dead.
The dog was a four-year-old male golden retriever weighing 40 kilograms. According to the grandparents, the animal was gentle and seldom even barked at strangers. There was a cage in the house for keeping the animal, but it was allowed to roam freely inside the house. The grandparents also own three other dogs, including an Akita and two smaller breeds. Next to their front entrance they had posted a "Beware of Dog" warning.
Yee Boon Koo, 59, and wife Ooi Lee Chen, 57, were found sprawled motionless on the jogging track at the park off Jalan Kenari 10 by a passer-by at about 6pm.
Serdang deputy OCPC Supt Lee Wai Leong said police were alerted about two unidentified individuals who were believed to have been struck by lightning.
"There were visible signs of a lightning strike about half a metre from the footpath where their bodies were found," he said.
An elephant killed its trainer with a swish of its trunk at a Japanese zoo today. Indian elephants can grow to 6.4 metres in length and 3.5 metres in height (stock image)
Wichai Madee from Thailand was washing an Indian elephant with a colleague at Adventure World in Wakayama when the female became angered and swung its trunk.
The trainer, 37, smashed into the iron bars of the elephant's cage and was rushed to hospital where he later died.
Police said: 'The animal might have somehow become angry. It swung its trunk and the trunk hit the person who was working in front of the elephant.'
'The person apparently was pushed hard and hit either the cage or the ground and hit his head.'
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Sinkhole opens in New Lynn, Auckland after heavy rains on March 12, 2017.
Sinkhole opens in New Lynn, Auckland after heavy rains on March 12, 2017.
A huge sinkhole has opened up and some 320 houses were flooded in Auckland, the biggest city in New Zealand, on Sunday, March 12, 2017, after torrential rain, including 65 mm (2.55 inches) of rain in just one hour, hit the city. 225 of the flooded houses are in West Auckland, the worst hit area.
Residents reported it took just 15 minutes for the water to completely flood their homes and turn streets into rivers. Civil Defence issued a warning to stay out of floodwaters which could be contaminated by sewage.
Local media reported that two people had to be rescued after a huge sinkhole opened up in the city, threatening the stability of a building and trapping multiple cars.
MetService meteorologist April Clark said around 80 mm (3.14 inches) fell in Auckland over a 24 hour period, but the worst of the rain seems to have taken place between 10:00 and 13:00 local time, with New Lynn and Glen Eden the worst affected.
Ivory Gull
A rare bird made a special appearance in Flint.
Bird watchers spotted the Ivory Gull near the University of Michigan-Flint and called ABC12.
The bird is a long way from its natural habitat.
The Ivory Gull rarely comes south of the Bering Sea.
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Social media was bustling with chatter over the weekend regarding an unanticipated and thunderous boom that occurred Saturday evening. But days later, people are still searching for a solid explanation.
Shelby County Emergency Management Agency Director Paul Whitman said he was asleep at the time but began receiving text messages around 9:15 Saturday night questioning a loud boom that radiated through the eastern portion of the county.
Whitman said there were reports from those in Mount Eden to Bagdad.
The Seismology Unit of the Suva-based Department of Mineral Resources stated the moderate earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km at 5:10am.
The quake's source location was registered at 943km Northeast from Whangarei in New Zealand, 1159km South-southwest from Nuku'alofa in Tonga, and 1460km South-southeast from Suva.
The Seismology Unit has assured that this seismic activity did not pose any immediate threat to the Fiji region.
The map showing the epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Kermadec Islands region in New Zealand.
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A girl died after being struck by lightning in Kisii County on March 10, 2017
A girl died after being struck by lightning in Kisii County on March 10, 2017
Also a cow and a calf were killed in the Friday incident.
The deceased was identified as Patroba Maturi and her sister Linet Nyanchama.
Nyamache sub-county police boss Japheth Mwirichia said the incident was reported by the area's community policing chairman Alfanus Nyabuto Mosiori.
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Comment: Last week parts of New Zealand were hit by other storms bringing heavy rainfall.