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Signs and Portents: One-eyed newborn cow declared 'miracle of God', worshipped in India


Yeni Şafak
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:29 UTC
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A newborn calf has been declared as a "miracle of God" and is being worshipped in eastern India.

"Ever since it was born, people have crowded my place to see the bizarre calf," its owner said.

Despite the divine qualities attributed to it by the Indians, the poor animal was just born with a birth defect called cyclopia, a rare congenital disorder that occurs in both humans and animals.

The nose of the calf, which was born in the Bardhaman district of West Bengal, is also deformed and it has an underdeveloped jaw.

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Out-of-season tornado hits Ohio with 100 mph winds

Brian Lada
AccuWeather.com
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 22:06 UTC
Ohio tornado
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The tornado that touched down in Trumbull County, Ohio, on Tuesday morning.
A rare, January tornado touched down in northeastern Ohio on Tuesday morning as severe thunderstorms rumbled across the region.

It is very uncommon for tornadoes to occur in this part of the country during January. Only six tornadoes have been reported in January across Ohio between 1950 and 2018.

The tornado was reported near Mosquito Lake, Ohio, around 10:30 a.m. EST and was later confirmed by the National Weather Service to be an EF1 tornado. No one was injured, but winds up to 100 mph damaged a building and knocked down numerous trees.

Another round of severe thunderstorms erupted over Ohio and Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon and evening with gusty winds and hail larger than pennies. The storms erupted along the leading edge of the next blast of cold and windy weather.
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Unusually low temperatures hit India's southern state of Kerala


Financial Express
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 07:16 UTC
Kerala frost
© Kerala Tourism/Twitter
As the snow blanketed north India's Uttrakhand, Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on Monday, Delhi woke up to a chilly morning with the fog impacting visibility, hitting transport services. While such developments are relatively mundane when it comes to Delhi and northern part of India at this time of the year, what is happening in an otherwise tropical Kerala has left many baffled.

The usually pleasant Kerala hill station of Munnar has been experiencing sub-zero temperatures since the New Year arrived. As per reports, Munnar experienced a dip as low as -3 degrees Celsius the previous Wednesday, which severely affected acres of tea plantations in the region.

Kerala Tourism tweeted frost covered pictures of Munnar with a tweet, "We woke up to a chilly surprise this morning. Take a guess where; it's perhaps our most popular hill station."
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Rare snowfall blankets Athens as temperatures across Greece hit record lows


Global News
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:47 UTC
Snow covers a tree in front of the ancient Acropolis hill with the 500BC Parthenon temple, after snow fell in Athens, on Tuesday,
© AP /Petros Giannakouris
Snow covers a tree in front of the ancient Acropolis hill with the 500BC Parthenon temple, after snow fell in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.

The ancient monuments in Athens got a rare dusting of snow on Tuesday as temperatures across Greece hit record lows, bringing transport to a standstill in some areas.

While early morning tourists at the Acropolis were treated to a snow-globe scene, locals had to contend with roads made impassable by ice and many schools were closed in the Athens region.

In northern Greece, where an all-time low of -23 C was recorded in the city of Florina, highways, rail and bus services were disrupted.

Heavy rain and snow was reported on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, which is more used to protracted periods of drought.


Source: Reuters
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Signs and Portents: Mutant two-headed calf born in China

Warren Muggleton
Daily Star (UK)
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:10 UTC
A calf with two heads and four eyes was born
© Getty/ Asia Wire
A calf with two heads and four eyes was born in China, leaving locals baffled
Footage has emerged of the young cow born with two heads and four eyes that is still alive.

In the clip, the calf can be seen resting on a bed.

All of its eyes are open as both heads lay down to rest.

The heads, which only have one ear each, appear to be working normally.

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Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude strikes off south Japan

Nick Macfie
Reuters
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:50 UTC
earthquake
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake stuck off south Japan on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The quake was 39 km (24 miles) deep and centered 116 km south southeast of Kagoshima.

Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.

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'Sun dogs,' upside-down rainbows spotted in southwestern Ontario, Canada


CBC News
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:00 UTC
CZ over SW, ON, CA
© Christy Litster
Windsor-Essex saw a couple of odd-looking weather phenomena over the weekend.

Photos of upside down rainbows and what seems like multiple suns came into our newsroom inbox from our audience.

"You need very specific weather conditions up high in the sky to see those," said Marie-Ève Giguère, a meteorologist with Environment Canada. "You need no wind at all, or very little wind."

Commonly called sun dogs - where you see almost mini-suns on either side of the real sun - the technical term is parhelion. The spots on either side of the sun can be reddish but are most often white.
Sun dog over SW, ON, CA
© Andy Brescuk
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'Sun dog' phenomenon captured across metro Detroit, Michigan

Kevin Jeaves
WXYZ
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:54 UTC
Sun dogs over Detroit, MI
© WXYZ
Something unusual in the sky caught the eyes of many across metro Detroit Sunday afternoon.

Our viewers were sending in photos of an atmospheric phenomena asking, "what is this?" or referring to them as "little rainbows".

What you see in the photos are called "sun dogs". One to the left of the sun, and one to the right of the sun. The phenomenon occurs when sun light hits ice crystals high up in the atmosphere. That light is refracted through the crystals, and what we see is the scattering of the light. Usually sun dogs are accompanied by a 22° halo around the sun, which is also a refraction of light through ice crystals. These are common ahead of warm fronts, as high-level clouds slowly move in at high altitudes.
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Man rescued from sinkhole in Clovis, California


abc30.com
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:08 UTC
sinkhole
Repair crews with the City of Clovis spent the day fixing a sinkhole big enough to swallow a car after Public Works says a water main broke under a section of Clovis Avenue between Herndon and Alluvial overnight.

The sun hadn't even come up yet when officers were called to the scene to rescue a driver after his white sedan became submerged.

"Just a little bit shocking to enter a sinkhole but they were able to get him out and everybody is ok," said Scott Redelfs, Clovis Public Utilities Director.

Traffic in both directions was shutdown for hours.

One lane of traffic is now back open here at Clovis and Chennault, but drivers should try to avoid the area if possible as city workers continue to investigate the cause of the sinkhole.

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Lightning bolt kills 3 churchgoers, injures others in Johannesburg, South Africa

Penwell Dlamini and Karabo Ledwaba
Sowetan Live
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:44 UTC
lightning
The SA Weather Service has warned that people should stay out of open fields and high areas when there's lightning.

The warning came after three people were killed and two critically injured after being struck by lightning during a prayer session on Sunday afternoon.

The incident occurred during a flash storm in the suburban area of Kensington, Johannesburg, on a steep hill used as a prayer spot by the church.

The group was apparently taking part in a prayer service when lightning hit.

A member of the church, who did not want to be named, said she was still in shock as she also attended services on the hill.

Comment: On the same day a strike killed an individual in Namibia.

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