Bijay Mishra The Pioneer Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:40 UTC
An attack by an elephant claimed lives of two women at Badakantakula village in the Bantala area of Angul district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Muli Pradhan and Gouri Roul of the village.
According to reports, the two women had gone to a nearby mango orchard to collect the fruits in the morning. While they were picking up mangoes, the elephant attacked them. The animal trampled Muli, killing her on the spot.
Gouri sustained critical injuries and was admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital, where she die during treatment.
A pall of gloom descended on the village after the tragic incident.
Sheenu Sharma India TV News Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:03 UTC
A 12-year-old boy, who had run away from home to escape his father's beating, was mauled to death by stray dogs in Kannauj district. The incident came to light when the child's body with serious injury marks was found at a desolate spot on Wednesday (April 26).
According to reports, the boy's father Omkar, is a drug addict and he often returns home in an inebriated state and thrashes his wife and children. On Tuesday (April 25), he beat up his son, Prince, who then ran away from home.
When Prince did not return home till Wednesday, his mother Pinky searched the neighbourhood but could not find any trace of Prince. The body of a boy was later found lying near the Makrandnagar Power House, which is located 1000 meters from the house.
The City of Tulsa is investigating after a 71-year-old woman was mauled and killed by four dogs.
The attack happened last Tuesday in a neighborhood near East Pine Street and North Harvard. One of Glennaroy Blackwelder's neighbors says Glenna grew up in the area and has lived in her home for 71 years. Diane Wise says Glenna had a heart of gold and will be missed by everyone in the neighborhood.
"She was just a kind soul. Everybody liked Glenna."
Heavy rain since 21 April has caused flooding and landslides in the south of Bahia State in Brazil, forcing thousands to leave their homes.
According to the state government, 26 municipalities in Bahi have been impacted by the heavy rainfall. The worst of the damages have occurred in the municipalities of Santa Cruz Cabrália, Ilhéus, Belmonte, Porto Seguro and Itapebi. All five local authorities have declared a state of emergency.
A strange incident in Rajasthan gave sleepless nights to people. The incident took place in a village in Jhunjhunu district. Here an ice ball weighing more than 20 kg fell from the sky. There was a loud explosion as soon as this ball of ice fell on the ground. People came out of their houses due to its sound.
In Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district, such a strange incident took place on Monday which shocked everyone. There was a stir among the people due to the fall of some heavy object from the sky. This incident is of Kidwana of Surajgarh. A big ball of snow fell from the sky on Monday late evening in a field here. There was also a loud banging. People got scared after hearing the sound of explosion in the village. Panic broke out. A large number of people reached the spot to watch.
April records in Spain are beginning to fall. As temperatures rise into the 30s Celsius and heat across southern Iberia continues to intensify, local records are being passed. AEMET, the Spanish Met. Service has highlighted 38C for Cordoba and Seville with heat advisories on Thursday. Exceeding that value at this time of year would be "something absolutely unusual, very outstanding."
Seville has already seen 33C, Madrid's April record is 30.1C and forecast to see 31 even 32 by Friday. Jerez Airport in the south looks to have exceeded its monthly record too. They are toppling and there are more days of heat to come. This is more like a summer setup and around 10 degrees warmer than usual.
Comment: Meanwhile towards the southeastern end of the Eurasia landmass at roughly the same latitudes as southern Iberia:
On March 24th, Alta Ski Area broke its all-time season snowfall record of 748″ set in the winter of 1981-82. It took less than a week to surpass 800″.
Today, after getting 7″ of new snow in the last 24 hours, the legendary Utah ski area has surpassed 900″ of total season snowfall for the first time in its history.
Wow.
Alta is currently sitting at 901″ with a 195″ base.
Despite being the resort with the most snow in North America, if not the world, Alta closed on Sunday, April 23rd. However, the resort will continue to measure snow through the end of April.
For the second consecutive day, parts of Trinidad recorded more than an average April month's rainfall in a few hours. The torrential rain triggered street and flash floods across parts of central, north-central, and northwestern Trinidad during the afternoon on Monday.
Which areas were affected?
As thunderstorms and heavy rainfall swept across Trinidad, flooding was first reported in Claxton Bay, along the Southern Main Road. As rain moved north, floods quickly began in Port-of-Spain along the typical flood-prone areas. Flooding occurred along Richmond, Edward, St Vincent, Charlotte, Park, Pembroke, Abercromby Streets, and Independence Square North and South. City Gate at South Quay in Port-of-Spain temporarily became impassable. Only one of the four eastbound lanes on St Joseph Road, exiting Port-of-Spain, was passable early Monday afternoon due to flooding.
A rare strong cold front has put the brakes on spring warmth, with most parts of China seeing the mercury drop sharply since Thursday.
Temperatures dropped by as much as 20 C in parts of Gansu, Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces, which were hit by heavy snow, the National Meteorological Center said.
Long periods of rain and snow are rarely seen in April, the center said, adding that some areas had experienced their latest spring snowfall since records began.
Elsewhere, heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail hit some areas in Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong provinces, the center said.
On Thursday in Shanxi, as much as 24 centimeters of snow fell in some areas while others were hit with heavy rain, according to the provincial meteorological service, which added that many weather stations in southern Shanxi had record precipitation for late April.
A tragic incident occurred when a couple and their two children were struck by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree during a sudden rainstorm. The family had been returning from a wedding ceremony in Sarwadi and had stopped their bikes under the tree when the tragedy occurred.
A tragic incident occurred on Kurkheda-Desaiganj road in Tulsiphata where a family of four was struck by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree during a sudden rain and thunderstorm. The lightning strike killed all four on the spot. The victims were identified as Bharat Rajgade (35), his wife Ankita Rajgade (29) and their two children Bali Rajgade (2) and Devashi Rajgade (4). The incident happened around 6:45 pm.
Lightning which struck livestock, has killed six cows, two sheep and two goats at Kundakere village in the taluk yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon, rains accompanied by thunder and lightning began to lash in the village during which two goats, two sheep and five cows belonging to one Rajappa and one cow belonging to one Basavanna of the village died when lightning struck them leaving the owners of the livestock in distress as this was the only way for them to earn their livelihood.
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