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3.2 earthquake strikes near Mammoth Lakes, California


Los Angeles Times
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:47 UTC
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© Bing Maps
A map shows the approximate location of the epicenter of Monday morning's quake near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.

A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Monday morning 10 miles from Mammoth Lakes, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:02 a.m. PDT at a depth of 4.3 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was 73 miles from Clovis, 74 miles from Sanger and 77 miles from Reedley.

In the last 10 days, there have been four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning causes 5th death in Florida this year

Kimberly Miller
Palm Beach Post
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:41 UTC
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The death of a Jacksonville woman was ruled by the National Weather Service as directly attributable to lightning after a bolt struck a tree that fell on her car.

Barbara M. Pearson, 56, was killed last month when the tree fell on her car. According to Jacksonville.com, her car rolled across a road and into a ditch where other drivers found her. She died five days after the Aug. 20 accident.

The National Weather Service sent out a notice this morning saying that although the Pearson was not directly struck by lightning, her death was a direct result of a lightning strike.
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Bizarro Earth

Several huge waterspouts spotted off Miami Beach


RT
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:29 UTC
Miami Beach waterspouts
© xxmissjrodxx / Instagram
Hundreds of beach-goers in Miami happened to witness a rare phenomenon - several waterspouts which seemed to rise right out of the water, as seen from numerous pictures on Instagram.

The largest was recorded near Sunny Isles Beach, a resort area which is often nicknamed 'Little Moscow' due to its large Russian population.

"Oh, my God, what's this? So it was impressive, amazing." Paloma Silva who witnessed the waterspouts told 7News.
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Question

Hundreds of eels wash up on Wasaga Beach shore, Ontario

Roger Klein
ctvnews.ca
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:25 UTC
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© Roger Klein/CTV Barrie
Hundreds of mysterious eels have washed up on shore near the mouth of the Nottawasaga River
A mystery is unfolding in Wasaga Beach after hundreds of strange looking fish washed up on shore.

Hundreds of eel have recently washed ashore near the mouth of the Nottawasaga River.

The eels have a pointed nose and spots on the tail

"I have never seen this before," said Rick Baldry with the Georgian Triangle Anglers Association. "This is something completely foreign to my eyes and probably everyone else's eyes around here."

The eels have not been positively identified, but appear to be a type of peacock eel that are sometimes raised in aquariums. Those eels are native to the tropical waters in Thailand, India and Burma and can grow to be almost 40 centimetres long.

Baldry is concerned that somebody body must have released the eels into the wild and considering the numbers they must have reproduced too.

"How did they get here, that's the real concern," he said.
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Bizarro Earth

Japanese volcano Mount Aso on island of Kyushu erupts


The Guardian
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 01:39 UTC
Mount Aso
© Reuters
A video grab from the Japan Meteorological Agency’s live camera image shows an eruption of Mount Aso in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, south-western Japan, on Monday.
Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said, sending up huge plumes of grey ash and smoke.

Japan lies on the "Ring of Fire" - a horseshoe-shaped band of fault lines and volcanoes around the edges of the Pacific ocean - and is home to more than 100 active volcanoes.

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Boat

Japanese government 'advises' 2.8 million to evacuate flooding

Yoko Wakatsuki, Will Ripley and Katie Hunt
CNN
Sun, 13 Sep 2015 11:55 UTC
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Joso, Japan
Japan advised almost 3 million people to evacuate after heavy flooding killed seven people and left at least 15 missing in the eastern region of the country.

At least 27 people have been injured across 10 prefectures since floods inundated parts of eastern Japan after a tropical storm, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.

Rescue operations continued in the city of Joso, one of the worst-hit areas, although floodwaters are receding, it added.

A total of 2.8 million have been advised to evacuate, the agency said.
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Joso, Japan

In Miyagi prefecture, there were two deaths, including a woman found dead in her floating car. In Tochigi prefecture, north of the capital, Tokyo, three deaths were reported. Two more bodies were later found in Ibaraki prefecture, according to police.

Comment: Where do almost 3 million people go, exactly?

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Fire

Governor Jerry Brown calls state of emergency as 50,000-acre blaze continues in California's Valley Fire


RT
Sun, 13 Sep 2015 00:21 UTC
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© Noah Berger / Reuters
A firefighter watches a tree burn as the Butte fire rages near San Andreas, California September 12, 2015.
Four firefighters received second-degree burns, as a California wildfire in Lake County rapidly spread to consume 50,000 acres in less than six hours, triggering the evacuation of over 3,000 residents, according to Cal Fire. The fire remains uncontained.


A state of emergency was declared for Lake and Napa counties on Sunday by California Governor Jerry Brown.


The Valley Fire started around 1:24 pm local time on Saturday off Highway Valley Road and Bottle Rock Road in Cobb, California.
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Cloud Lightning

2 women fatally struck by lightning bolt off southern Vietnam coast

Nguyen Chung
Thanh Nien News
Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:21 UTC
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Two women were killed in a lightning strike on a beach in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on Saturday.

Ngo Thi Phuong Hai, 32, and Pham Thi Ngoc Bich, 36, reportedly came to Cam Ranh Bay to catch snails at around 2:30 p.m. the same day.

Several minutes later, it rained heavily, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

The duo prepared to go back home when a bolt of lightning struck them.

When people found them, they were lying unconsciously on the beach. One was already dead; the another still breathed. She was provided first aid but stopped breathing five minutes later.

Local police said people catching snails in Cam Ranh Bay for a living is a common scene.
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Attention

Waterspout spotted off Long Island, NY

Ryan Bonner
Long Beach Patch
Sun, 13 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
Long Island waterspout
© Tom Provenzano
Heavy rain Saturday evening spawned at least one waterspout in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, according to the National Weather Service.

A NWS spotter, Tom Provenzano, took the photo above, which shows the waterspout, essentially a tornado over water, just southwest of Long Beach around 5:30 p.m.

"Some of the stronger showers over the Atlantic Ocean this evening could continue to produce waterspouts, but we are NOT expecting them to move onshore," the National Weather Service's New York office posted on Facebook.
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Hardhat

Magpies culled in Canberra, Australia because they are 'stealing food and attacking people'

Jennifer Russell and Emily Crane
Daily Mail, UK
Fri, 04 Sep 2015 16:29 UTC
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Magpies have been terrorising visitors by stealing their food and attacking people - even children- in Gungahlin, Canberra, that authorities have begun culling the birds
Magpies are set to be culled in Canberra after they began terrorising visitors by stealing their food and swooping on people - even children.

According to ACT Parks and Conservation director Daniel Iglesias, between 25 and 30 magpies lived near Yerrabi Pond in Gungahlin, with some being trapped by rangers and euthanised on Thursday.

Speaking to ABC News, Mr Iglesias said the culling is needed because the number of incidents involving the swooping birds has dramatically increased.

'We have one story, where a magpie stood on a child's head, leant over the child's head, put it's beak in its mouth to get food out of its mouth,' Mr Iglesias told ABC News.

'We've had other incidents where there have been other near-misses with eyes.'

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