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Man found dead overnight after alleged pitbull terrier attack in Philadelphia


fox29.com
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:13 UTC
Dog attack
Philadelphia police are investigating whether a pitbull killed a man late Friday night.

The victim and his dog were found in his apartment on the 5300 block of Rising Sun Avenue.

Neighbors say the victim and his brother had only recently found the 8-month-old dog, and it appeared to be malnourished.

A friend allegedly went to check on the man when he saw the dog through a crack in the wall, and the victim not moving.

"The dog was trying to get through the crack," said Tyrone Giddings. "I didn't open the door, cause it wasn't letting me in the door. So I looked through the crack. It's trying to jump through the crack and attack me. It wouldn't let me in the room. So I can't really check no pulse or nothing, but from my stand point, I couldn't see his chest moving."

Comment: Other serious dog attacks of late include the first one listed below which happened in the same city as the one above:

Girl, 7, bitten in face by pit bull in Germantown, Philadelphia

Toddler hospitalized after dog attack in Florida City

Family Dog Shot Dead In Concord After Attack On Toddler

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Strong increase in activity at Mount Etna, Sicily


The Watchers
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 06:29 UTC
Mount Etna erupting
© Skyline Webcams
Etna erupting on February 27, 2017.
Etna's activity is increasing strongly, and lava is overflowing from the Southeast Crater (SEC) toward south-southwest, Boris Behncke of the INGV's Etna Observatory reports.

The activity has increased sharply on February 27, 2017, following mild Strombolian activity accompanied by frequent small ash emissions at the Southeast Crater during the second half of January and an earthquake swarm on January 30.

The activity in January marked the return of magma to the surface after almost 8 months of eruptive quiescence on Etna, but the summit area of the volcano had not been entirely quiet during the past few months. You can read more about that, here.

A range of web cameras looking at Etna is available at INGV-OE. Live streaming is currently active at SkyLineWebCams.

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Photos of record breaking snowfall for Reykjavik, Iceland; heaviest in 80 years


BBC
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 20:58 UTC
People had some hard work in store for them on Sunday when it came to retrieving their cars.
© Gunnar Freyr
Snow blankets Iceland.
Record breaking amounts of snow fell in the city of Reykjavik in Iceland last night and the pictures are amazing.

The snow in the capital peaked at 51 cm.

Only once in history has this been topped, when snowfall in the city reached 55 cm in January 1937.

Roads may have been closed and schools have been shut but for one photographer the snow was a perfect photo opportunity.

Gunnar Freyr, also known as the Icelandic Explorer, woke up to the sound of trees breaking in back garden.

While most people waited for the snow to settle and headed out once morning had broken - he went out with his camera at 3am to capture it all.
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First ever February tornado hits Massachusetts


RT
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:18 UTC
EF1 tornado was confirmed in Goshen & Conway MA map
© NWS Boston
A tornado, packing winds of up to 110 miles per hour, has slammed into the tiny town of Conway, Massachusetts - the first ever in the state. The twister was so powerful it cut a 5-mile path, ripped roofs off houses, and left at least one person injured.

"This was a highly unusual occurrence. In fact, there has never been a tornado during the month of February since official tornado statistics have been kept, dating back to 1950," the National Weather Service (NWS) stated, confirming the EF-1 tornado hit the town of Conway on Saturday, with a brief touchdown in Goshen.

Comment: Last month the US experienced the deadliest tornado outbreak since 1969 exceeding the entire 2016 death toll in just two days.

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Attention

Dead Humpback whale found in river near Fairfield Township, New Jersey

Bill Gallo Jr.
nj.com
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:57 UTC
A humpback whale which had been seen in the Delaware Bay has been found dead in the Cohansey River in Cumberland County. The whale is seen along the river shoreline Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.
© Ed Hymer
A humpback whale which had been seen in the Delaware Bay has been found dead in the Cohansey River in Cumberland County. The whale is seen along the river shoreline Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017
A humpback whale has been found dead along the shoreline of the Cohansey River in Cumberland County.

The whale is the same injured one that was seen about three weeks ago in the Delaware Bay but then disappeared, according to Bob Schoelkopf, founding director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center based in Brigantine.

According to Schoelkopf, the Stranding Center received a call from PSEG Nuclear that a whale was seen "rolling around," in front of the cooling water intakes at its Artificial Island nuclear generating station

Schoelkopf said it was "very unusual" to see a humpback whale in the waters near Artificial Island. He said the whale appeared to be acting strangely.
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Attention

Mass extinction: Vatican embraces science to battle immense threats to humanity


RT
Sat, 25 Feb 2017 15:55 UTC
Vatican
© Stefano Rellandini / Reuters
A general view of Saint Peter's Square, Vatican.
One in five species already face extinction on our planet, population growth projections are bewildering and climate change shows few, if any, signs of abating. Now, a group of experts are meeting to tackle the problem in the unlikeliest of venues.

Leading biologists, ecologists and economists from around the world have been invited to a conference in the Vatican this week, where the impending mass extinction event facing our planet will be addressed and possible solutions formulated.

"By the beginning of the next century we face the prospect of losing half our wildlife... The extinctions we face pose an even greater threat to civilization than climate change - for the simple reason they are irreversible," biology Professor Peter Raven, of the Missouri Botanical Garden told the Observer.

"That the symposia are being held at the Papal Academy is also symbolic. It shows that the ancient hostility between science and the church, at least on the issue of preserving Earth's services, has been quelled," said economist Sir Partha Dasgupta, of Cambridge University.

Comment: To understand what's going on, check out our book explaining how all these events are part of a natural climate shift, and why it's taking place now: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection.

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Cloud Precipitation

3 dead, 19 missing following floods and landslides in North and Central Chile

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:23 UTC
Flooding along the Maipo River in San Alfonso.
© Office of the Governor, Metropolitan Region
Flooding along the Maipo River in San Alfonso.
At least 3 people have died and 19 others are missing after heavy rains struck in central and northern Chile over the weekend. The heavy rains, unusual for this time of year in Chile, caused flooding and mudslides, blocking roads and leaving communities isolated.

The heavy rains also caused problems for the urban water systems in the Metropolitan region including the country's capital, Santiago. Increased turbidity in the Maipo River prompted water company Aguas Andinas to cut water supply from early 26 February, affecting around 1,440,000 people in 33 communes of the Metropolitan region. Businesses and schools have been closed as a result of lack of water supply.

Authorities declared a Red Alert for the Province of Santiago and the communes of San Bernardo and Puente Alto for the interruption of supply of drinking water, effective from 26 February 2017. With the Red Alert statement, all necessary and available resources will be mobilized to act and control the situation, given the extent and severity of the event.

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At least 150 peacocks reportedly die of contagious disease over 4 weeks in Thar, Pakistan

Hanif Samoon
Dawn
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:08 UTC
The neck of the birds get swollen after contracting the infection, after which they suddenly fall on the ground.
© Hanif Samoon
The neck of the birds get swollen after contracting the infection, after which they suddenly fall on the ground.
At least 150 peacocks have succumbed to a disease during the last four weeks in the Thar region of Sindh, with reportedly 12 more peacocks dying on Sunday in the Nagarparkar and Mithi tehsils of Tharparkar district.

The sudden spike in deaths of the birds have sparked doubt and fear among local experts as well as natives who say this might be an onset of the Newcastle disease, locally known as Ranikhet, a contagious avian disease.

Abdul Majeed Junejo, chairman of Joru union council near Mithi, told the local journalists that during past couple of weeks, more than 30 peafowls have died of disease.

"The neck of the birds swell up after contracting the infection, after which they eventually collapse and die," Junejo added, saying there are plenty of birds who are ailing and are in a need of treatement.
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Cloud Precipitation

Yet another dam collapse imminent warning, North Philippines coldest in 46 years, summer snow in Australia

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:08 UTC
Summer snow!

Summer snow!
Another dam warning of imminent collapse with flash flood warnings in Nevada, the event has passes but with levies breaking across California, Nevada and now dam over tops in these two states, what is happening that's not being told to us. Summer snow in Australia, more images emerge, 24 feet of snow for Tahoe in JANUARY ALONE. Avalanches at Snowbird, people trapped.


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SOTT Earth Changes Summary - January 2017: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


Sott.net
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:42 UTC
January 2017 Summary snow italy
© Sott.net
At this point in our wild weather chronicles, we're starting to sound like a broken record. But it's not our fault! The climate just keeps on swinging from extreme to extreme...

Last month's highlights include:
  • Record wildfires in Chile and Argentina (where there was also record rainfall)
  • Record rainfall ending record drought in California
  • Record one-day and monthly snowfalls in Japan and the US West
  • Record tornado outbreaks in the US South
  • Record one-day rainfalls in the US South
  • Record-cold temperatures and snowfalls in eastern and southern Europe
  • Record snowfall in the Sahara
  • Record heat in Australia, and record cold in New Zealand
These were just some of the 'signs' of environmental upheaval around the world in January 2017:

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