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"We'll do the same process that we did with the whales from three weeks ago. Which is analyze tissues, look at the gross results, meaning the immediate results and will try to as quickly as we can report that back to the public," said David Schofield, Regional Marine Mammal Health and Response Program Coordinator.
134 dead whales emerge in a mass stranding in Cape Verde
The rescue teams counted 134 dead whales on Wednesday and autopsies are being carried out to try to determine the cause of death, according to local reporter Elsa Vieira.
Many factors could contribute to such whale and dolphin strandings, including sickness, navigational error, geographical features, a rapidly falling tide, being chased by a predator or extreme weather.
Source: Reuters
Agencies respond to pilot whale stranding at St. Catherines
Scientists are performing necropsies on the dead whales found on privately owned St. Catherines Island roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Savannah for any clues to why the animals may have come ashore, said Clay George, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
"It's too early to say anything about the findings," George said in a phone interview.
He said the beached whales on St. Catherines Island were discovered Wednesday morning by a group of volunteers checking sea turtle nests for hatchlings. Others were found on beaches and marshes nearby.
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Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, is seen during a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 25, 2019.
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, is seen during a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 25, 2019.
The scrapping of all observed weather data from 1850 to 1949 was necessary, a spokesman for Environment Canada told Blacklock's Reporter, after researchers concluded that historically, there weren't enough weather stations to create a reliable data set for that 100-year period.
Comment: The scrapping was "necessary" as it suited their man-made global warming narrative!
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Hatcher Pass was hit by its first significant snow storm! The road over the summit has been closed for the season
Hatcher Pass was hit by its first significant snow storm! The road over the summit has been closed for the season
"First time I've seen snow falling in September," she said. "The snowflakes were kind of bigger than usual, and it stayed for the evening, and then it started raining and melted."
Westlake says that the snow began around 5 p.m. when she was leaving work. On the way to a friend's house she passed a little girl playing in the snow.
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An infrared satellite image of Hurricane Lorenzo on September 26, 2019.
An infrared satellite image of Hurricane Lorenzo on September 26, 2019.
The storm is currently not threatening land, but it may do so when it approaches the Azores next week as a weaker, but still formidable hurricane.
Lorenzo strengthened from a tropical storm on Tuesday into a hurricane on Wednesday, before reaching Category 4 hurricane strength by late Thursday morning.
September 2010's Hurricane Julia is the only other hurricane on record to intensify to Category 4 status farther east in the Atlantic Ocean than Lorenzo, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a tropical scientist at Colorado State University.
If considering only those Category 4 hurricanes from Sept. 26 through the end of the season since the 1960s, Lorenzo is even more of an anomaly, noted Richard Dixon, a meteorologist at CatInsight and visiting research fellow at the University of Reading.
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The quake struck about 37km offshore northeast of Ambon in Maluku province at 8.46 am local time, at a depth of 29km, said the US Geological Survey.
The quake struck about 37km offshore northeast of Ambon in Maluku province at 8.46 am local time, at a depth of 29km, said the US Geological Survey.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) first reported that the quake was felt at 6:46 a.m. Jakarta time with an epicenter located about 40 kilometers northeast of Ambon at a depth of 10 km. No tsunami alert was issued.
The agency also reported that the quake was followed by a 5.6-magnitude aftershock at 7:39 a.m. Jakarta time, with an epicenter located about 18 km northeast of the provincial capital of Ambon at a depth of 10 km.
The BNPB confirmed that three people had died as a result of the earthquake. The victims have been identified as Narti Rumain, Mateis Frans and Lai Nai -- all of whom were crushed by collapsed buildings.
BNPB spokesperson Agus Wibowo added that three people had suffered injuries following the earthquake, two of whom were identified as Djamila Lasaiba and Gamar Assegaf.
Comment: Update: CBS News reports on 26th September:
A strong earthquake Thursday killed at least 20 people and damaged a bridge, a hospital and other buildings on one of Indonesia's less populated islands. Parts of a building at an Islamic university collapsed in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province. Local disaster official Albert Simaela said a teacher was killed there when parts of the building fell on her.
Simaela said a main hospital in Ambon was damaged and patients were evacuated to tents in the hospital's yard.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Agus Wibowo said at least 19 others were killed and more than 2,000 people took refuge in various shelters.
The magnitude 6.5 quake was centered 20.5 miles northeast of Ambon at a depth of 11 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.© REUTERS
A damaged traditional market building is pictured following an earthquake in Ambon, Maluku province, on Thursday, September 26, 2019.
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The Chinese ministry of agriculture has warned that pork prices could rise 70% by the end of the year.
The Chinese ministry of agriculture has warned that pork prices could rise 70% by the end of the year.
Canada wipes temperature data from the web, as censorship increases.
Norway's winter storm in Summer.
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