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A picture is worth a thousand words: 2018 and 2019 photos of corn crops in Indiana.
A picture is worth a thousand words: 2018 and 2019 photos of corn crops in Indiana.
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A garbage truck plunged into a massive sinkhole in the Italian city of Naples.
A garbage truck plunged into a massive sinkhole in the Italian city of Naples.
The truck was traveling down the Casoria area of the southern Italian city when the ground beneath it opened up. Much of the vehicle was left buried under dirt and rubble as a result of the collapse.
The driver was rescued by firefighters and taken to a local hospital. His condition was not immediately known.
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Houses are seen buried in mud in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday after heavy rain triggered landslides.
Houses are seen buried in mud in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday after heavy rain triggered landslides.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has warned of heavy rain in eastern Japan on July 1 and in western Japan through July 4, with a possibility of localized downpours and thunderstorms. The agency is calling for people to be on their guard against landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, lightning and other extreme weather.
By 9 a.m., evacuation advisories were in place for more than 1.21 million people in 558,715 households in 21 municipalities in the three southwestern Japan prefectures of Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Kumamoto. The advisory for the city of Kagoshima covered almost the entire municipality.
In the town of Honjo in Kagoshima Prefecture, a hillside gave way, resulting in a landslide that hit the home of a 78-year-old woman. She was rescued by her husband and neighbors and admitted to hospital, but later died.
The tornado left plenty of damage in its wake, including uprooted electric posts, a collapsed scaffolding and several destroyed houses built with light materials in Zhen'an village in Linbian Township and Wanhua village in Nanzhou Township in Pingtung County, 390 kilometers south of Taipei.
Around 7,400 households in those villages lost electricity due to the downed electric posts or damaged transmission lines, Taiwan Power Co. said.
Local disaster response units were still assessing the damage as of 5 p.m., the Pingtung Fire Department said.
Big tornadoes are extremely rare in Taiwan, and people in the area had never seen a tornado as strong and powerful as this one, according to Linbian Township chief Chen Chun-chi (陳俊吉).
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The sunset view is obscured by smokey air in Anchorage in this view from Flattop Mountain Saturday, June 29, 2019. Smoke from the Swan Lake wildfire near Sterling has affected the air quality in Anchorage in recent days.
The sunset view is obscured by smokey air in Anchorage in this view from Flattop Mountain Saturday, June 29, 2019. Smoke from the Swan Lake wildfire near Sterling has affected the air quality in Anchorage in recent days.
And in Interior Alaska, a wildfire burned close to cabins and homes in the Fairbanks area Sunday.
Residents of a handful of subdivisions in the Murphy Dome area northwest of Fairbanks were told to evacuate early Sunday morning due to the 5,000-acre Shovel Creek Fire. About 52 homes are in the evacuation area, according to Fairbanks North Star Borough Emergency Operations. Three other subdivisions are under evacuation alert.
The Swan Lake fire has been burning in an area of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge since June 5.
As of Sunday, the fire was at 68,060 acres with 17 percent contained, said Jonathan Ashford, a spokesman for the Alaska Incident Management Team. There are now 487 firefighters and other personnel working the fire.
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Crop losses world wide in 2019
Crop losses world wide in 2019
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The Marmolada, the highest peak in the Dolomites at 3,343 meters, has been whitened by a heavy snowfall, as shown by the video.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Punta Penia, Trento, north Italy at 3343 m - yesterday, June 22nd. Video: Carlo Budel via Meteo Reporter Storm pic.twitter.com/Rfi1f2ZWIL
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) June 23, 2019
The quake was initially measured at a magnitude of 6.1.
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On Sunday Butler's body was taken to the Western Kentucky Regional Medical Examiners Office in Madisonville, KY.
On Saturday two pit bulls were located in the area where Butler was located. The dogs have been taken by Marshall County Animal Control as the investigation continues.
State police are urging the public in the Gilbertsville community to be cautious of any loose dogs.
The investigation by Kentucky State Police is ongoing.
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View on flooded village in Irkutsk region, Russia, June 28, 2019.
View on flooded village in Irkutsk region, Russia, June 28, 2019.
"According to the latest data, seven people fell victim to the flood. Nine are missing, a child is among them," TASS news agency reported on Monday, quoting a source at the regional emergency services. Some 153 more people have been injured and are currently in hospital, with over 600 more seeking medical help.
Severe flooding has been caused by torrential rains that hit the region last week. Water levels of some rivers quickly rose to more than two meters. A state of emergency was declared with about 3,300 homes in 55 settlements flooded and nearly 10 thousand people affected so far, according to Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Up to 30,000 people were cut off from electricity supplies. The floodwater also damaged roads and limited traffic on part of the federal highway.
Comment: The same thing happened in 2011: Italy, Naples: Garbage Truck Swallowed by Sinkhole
Other past huge sinkholes in and around the city:
2015: Over 380 people evacuated in Naples, Italy after massive sinkhole opens up
2016: Two trees and a Renault disappear into huge sinkhole near Naples, Italy