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10 killed by lightning strikes in Bihar, India


indiatvnews.com
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:28 UTC
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At least 10 people, including three children and two woman, were killed on Monday when they were struck by lightning in separate incidents in various Bihar districts, officials said.

Three deaths were reported from two villages under Dharhara police station in Munger district. In the first incident, two children were struck while playing in a field near their home and in the second, a woman returning home from the fields was hit by lightning.

Two people were also killed in Ramnagri Diyara under Barh in Patna district.

Similarly two people were killed in Jamui district and one each in Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, and Banka districts.

Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds uprooted trees, damaged houses and brought down power cables across the state on Monday. The downpour also brought down the temperature.

According to the weather office here, lightning strikes are usually reported during the June-September monsoon season.

Source: IANS
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Arrow Down

Man rescued from sinkhole in McKeesport after he calls 911


WPXI
Sat, 28 Mar 2015 08:45 UTC

Rescuers pulled a man from a sinkhole that opened up on the Mansfield Bridge in McKeesport on Saturday night.
West Fifth Avenue below the bridge was closed, McKeesport Deputy Fire Chief Don Sabol said. Authorities also stopped train traffic during the rescue, he said. The cause of the sinkhole was not immediately known, Sabol said.

According to a tweet sent out by Western PA Fire News, confined space rescue was needed and the man was about ten feet down into the hole. The man was carried off on a stretcher and flown to an area hospital after firefighters rescued him. The incident was reported by emergency dispatchers around 7:30 p.m., when the man called 911 himself, after falling in the hole.

The man is in his forties and was walking to meet a friend at the Marathon gas station in McKeesport, when he fell. Officials are still investigating, what caused the sinkhole.

Comment: See also:

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Attention

Deer attacks man near his home on Guam

Masako Watanabe
Pacific Daily News
Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:25 UTC
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Toto resident recounts attack by deer.
"If you see a deer, it's not Bambi. Don't go near it."

Those were the words of advice yesterday from a bandaged-up Toto resident who was attacked by a binadu early yesterday morning.

Mike Cepeda, 51, sported fresh bandages and a smile as he visited the Guam Police Department Hagåtña precinct following the incident. Officers needed his information for a report, he said.

Cepeda said he went outside of his Toto home after his aunt called him about a deer in the yard.


Comment: Other recent bambi attacks: Deer attacks and injures animal keeper at zoo in India

Man attacked by deer he shot with arrow

Wolf Lake man attacked and injured by elk at campground in Muskegon, Michigan

Man dies following ferocious deer attack at Slovakian farm

Deer farmer, 75, dies five days after being gored by stag in rutting season in Wales

Pet deer partially blinds owner during attack

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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.5 - 99km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga


US Geological Survey
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:48 UTC
Hihifo Quake_300315
© USGS
Event Time
  1. 2015-03-30 08:48:26 (UTC)
  2. Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
  1. 99km (62mi) ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
  2. 224km (139mi) SW of Apia, Samoa
  3. 272km (169mi) WSW of Tafuna, American Samoa
  4. 276km (171mi) WSW of Pago Pago, American Samoa
  5. 666km (414mi) NNE of Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wolf

Coyote attacks dog in Ansonia, Connecticut

Elizabeth Hess
wtnh.com
Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:38 UTC
Coyote.

Coyote.
A dog was attacked by a coyote in Ansonia Saturday morning and part of the attack was caught on camera.

Its not uncommon to see wild life if you live in the wooded hills of Ansonia, what is unusual seeing the animals attack beloved pets.

"They have been around here for quite a few years actually but this is the first time that I've heard of one coming down on this street" said resident, James Karpiuk.

Karpiuk lives on Park Place and Sunday he told us the talk of the neighborhood is an incident that happened outside the home next door. That is where a dog named Lexus lives with his owners and on Saturday the pooch was attacked by a coyote.


Comment: Coyotes seem to have become much bolder recently, see also these reports for just the last 8 months: Coyotes seen attacking large dogs in Stamford, Connecticut

Coyote conflicts with pets, police and people increase in Westchester, NY

Two coyotes attack dog in Cleveland, Ohio cemetery

More 'rare' urban coyote attacks on Indiana dogs

Dozens of pets killed by coyotes in College Park, Florida

Woman and dogs attacked by coyote in front of her Kilworthy home, Ontario

Dog killed and owner injured in coyote attack in Mississauga, Canada

Coyote attacks woman and her dog in Greenland, New Hampshire

Spike in coyote attacks on animal pets in Claremont, California

Coyotes killing pets in Seal Beach, California

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Cloud Precipitation

Wettest March in 100 years in North and Central India, weather dept says


Times of India
Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:16 UTC
flooding in Kashmir
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Kashmir flood: Heavy rains have resulted in damage to at least 44 structures, including 18 houses, due to landslides in Chrar-e-Sharief area of valley.
New Delhi: This month has been the "wettest" March in northern and central parts of the country in the past 100 years, the Indian meteorological department (IMD) on Sunday said and predicted more rains in the coming two weeks.

IMD DG L S Rathore said due to the rains, there has been extensive damage to field and horticulture crops as well as vegetables in various parts of the country.

"The ordeal is not yet over. Though March as we all know was very wet, it was to the extent that after 1915, this was the wettest March particularly in north India right up to central India," he said.

"But in the next two weeks also there seems to be a possibility or higher possibility of wetness," he said.

Rains on Sunday lashed many parts of north India, including Kashmir Valley where several houses were damaged and Srinagar-Jammu national highway shut due to landslides.
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Phoenix

Wildfire burns 10 square miles of grassland and forest in Harding County, South Dakota


kdlt.com
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:11 UTC
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Wildfire.
A wildfire that started over the weekend scorched more than 10 square miles of forest and grasslands in Harding County.

Sheriff Wyatt Sabo says no evacuations have been ordered, no injuries have been reported and no homes have been damaged in the Sheep Draw Fire. Hundreds of firefighters battled the flames, along with two South Dakota National Guard helicopters.

Cindy Hansen with the Great Plains Fire Information office says it might be several days before the fire is fully contained. The cause wasn't immediately determined.

A separate grass fire near Hot Springs on Saturday burned two garages, a camper and an abandoned house before firefighters brought it under control. No occupied structures

Source: AP
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Bizarro Earth

Indonesia's Sinabung volcano still rumbling violently after nearly 2 years


The Extinction Protocol
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:16 UTC
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The volcano continues to effuse a viscous lava lobe from its summit crater. Frequent rockfalls and pyroclastic flows occur due to partial collapses of the sticky lava masses on the steep upper slope. Our friend Bastien Poux who has been observing the volcano during the past weeks sent us the following report:
"I have been watching the Sinabung volcano for the last two weeks, there is a big lava lobe hanging at the summit, you can see it glow at night.

Debris flows are getting bigger and more frequent, usually the rocks come form the side of the lobe, where it is contact with the walls made of older formations (sign the the lobe moves forward), between 10 and 25 times a day, going down the flank to distances between 500 and 2000m in general, couple of them went to 3000m yesterday when a big piece of the frontal part of the lobe collapsed. There is still a 5km forbidden perimeter, more or less respected by the people who want to go back in their houses after being refugees for 18 months."
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Windsock

Hurricane force winds in Moscow topple trees, sweeps away rooftops


RT
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:52 UTC
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© RIA Novosti/Aleksander Racimor
A strong chilling wind has struck the Russian capital over the weekend, upturning trees, damaging rooftops and toppling billboards across the city. The hurricane-like winds will swirl over Russia for a few more days, forecasters say.

Moscow emergency services have estimated that at least 76 buildings have been damaged and 32 trees uprooted by wind gusts that reached up to 17 meters per second.
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Black Cat

Lynx attacks goat, mad brawl inside living room ensues in Dinorwic, Canada

Mike Aiken
kenoraonline.com
Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:28 UTC
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Stella the goat shows her wounds, after a battle with a Lynx in Dinorwic earlier this month.
John Cox of Dinorwic was cleaning up in the basement, getting ready for a day of ice fishing, when he got a call from his daughter.

He's in the house, already, so he picks up the call, and he talks with his daughter.

"Dad, where are you?," she asks. "There's a cat attached to our goat!"

He goes upstairs to see what's the matter.

"Sure enough. There's Stella. That's our biggest goat. The mother of the three. She's got this wildcat attached to her neck. Absolutely. The claws are dug into her shoulders. The back claws are dug into her haunches. The mouth was wrapped around her neck, and she was hemorrhaging," Cox remembers.

The goat was screaming, as it tried to use its horns to dislodge the lynx. Cox went back downstairs to get his rifle. It was a British .303 Second World War model, and it came with a bayonet and an extra magazine. Then he went back upstairs, so he could get a shot at the lynx.

"I open the door, and Stella sees me at the door," he recalled. "Just as I open to take the shot, she bursts the door open, and now both animals are inside the living room."
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