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10km earth crack emerges on Elgeyo escarpment, Kenya

Fred Kibor
The Standard
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 07:27 UTC
Kenya earth cracks
© Eliud Kipsang/Standard
Nicholas Kipruto Rotich assesses the damage caused by landslides in Kaptoror village, Elgeyo Marakwet County. Families in the area fear for their lives as fault lines are evident across the villages.
With a toddler firmly strapped to her back, Rose Kimutai carefully shuffles around her compound as she removes items from her house in Kaptoror village on the steep slopes of Elgeyo escarpment. Dozens of residents can also be seen hauling their property into a waiting truck to be carted away.

The mass exodus has been motivated by the development of huge fissures around their houses.

"It all began on Thursday last week following an overnight downpour. When I tried to open the door in the morning, I noticed that it wouldn't open properly. And then I saw a crack on the ground. When I managed to come out, there was an even bigger crack," Kimutai told The Standard team when we visited the area earlier this week.

She was forced to move into a chicken coop a safe distance away until neighbours came to her rescue. "The cracks are dangerous and one can fall into them. I have nowhere else to turn to because this has always been my home. The entire village is no longer safe for us," she said.

The fissures that stretch more than ten kilometers have cut through Kapsegut, Ketigoi and Kalwal villages and residents are living in fear that the area might sink.

Comment: In neighbouring Uganda huge fissures have also just been reported.

These events are just the latest in a recent spate of epic fissures and sinkholes, the earth 'opening up', from around the world: The current slowdown in Earth's rotation may be a contributing factor for such 'earth changes'. See also:

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Cloud Precipitation

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Atmospheric rivers increase in size, floods and winds globally exceed the norm


Adapt 2030
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 18:48 UTC
ellicot city flooding

Two years after '1-in-1,000-year event' floods Maryland, Ellicott City and Baltimore inundated AGAIN
Coincidentally there has been a global news push of the Geophysical Letter's Research about intensifying Ark or Atmospheric Rivers increasing in intensity over the last month. Now we see that across the globe, indeed these ARK storms and wind events are bringing incredible dust and salt storms, record flooding and electrified skies that frighten country populations.


Comment: The world is seeing a rapid upsurge in extreme weather according to a recent report. For more information on these events from around the world, check out our Earth Changes Summaries. The latest video: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - April 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

To understand how and why these extreme weather events are occurring read Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.

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House

Two killed after landslide causes North Carolina home to collapse


WBTV
Thu, 31 May 2018 04:34 UTC
Landslide kills 2 in NC
© Boone Police Department
Two people were killed when a landslide caused a house to collapse in Watauga County Wednesday afternoon.

The incident happened around 5 p.m. in the 200 block of Pine Ridge Road in the Heavenly Mountain subdivision in Boone.

According to the Boone Police Department, two people were inside the home at the time of the collapse.

Police said the heavy rains caused a hillside to give way, causing "catastrophic destruction" of the home from a gas leak. Fire crews found the two people dead while they were searching in the rubble, officers said.
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Attention

More than 50 dead sharks found on beach near Swansea, Wales

Brendan Mcfadden
Daily Mail
Tue, 29 May 2018 19:24 UTC
Beachgoers were horrified when they discovered the bodies of sharks scattered on the beach

Beachgoers were horrified when they discovered the bodies of sharks scattered on the beach
More than 50 sharks were found washed up dead on one of Britain's favourite beaches on the same day - and its feared fishermen are responsible.

Environment chiefs have launched an investigation into how the sharks died after beach-goers made the shocking discovery on the 1.5mile beach at Rhossili, South Wales on Sunday evening.

It's feared trawlermen may have dumped the sharks after they got snared in a fishing vessel's nets. One of the sharks had fishing wire running through it and fishing gear was found nearby its carcass.

The gruesome discovery comes days after the carcass of a mysterious decomposed alien-like creature was discovered washed up on the same beach by a dog walker.
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Attention

Mysterious freshwater turtle die-off in at least 3 counties of Florida

Teresa Stepzinski
The Florida Times-Union
Thu, 31 May 2018 18:59 UTC
A baby cooter on the bank of Dunns Creek, off the St. Johns River.
© Will Dickey / The Florida Times-Union
A baby cooter on the bank of Dunns Creek, off the St. Johns River.
Freshwater turtles are dying throughout the St. Johns River watershed and baffling state wildlife scientists concerned about the die-off in at least three counties.

Our Florida Times-Union news partner reports the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is investigating the death of multiple species of freshwater turtles discovered in various bodies of water in Putnam, Orange and Seminole counties.

"These types of turtles are pretty resilient," said St. Johns Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman said Wednesday. "So it was quite alarming to us."

The advocacy group was among the first to notify the commission about the turtle die-off.

Rinaman said the issue could be one of water quality.
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Attention

Whale carcass found on beach in Victoria, Australia

Madeleine McNeil
The Standard
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 18:41 UTC
Resting place: The public is asked to stay away from a whale carcass near Fitzroy River due to health risks and increased shark activity in the area.
© Bob McPherson
Resting place: The public is asked to stay away from a whale carcass near Fitzroy River due to health risks and increased shark activity in the area.
A whale that washed up on a beach near Tyrendarra last weekend will be left to decompose.

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) officers identified it as a blue whale but are awaiting expert species identification confirmation.

The whale washed up in the Fitzroy River area on the shore line.

DELWP Barwon South West regional agency commander Aimee Haywood said given the beach's remote location a decision was made to allow the carcass to decompose naturally. "DNA samples were taken to provide to the Melbourne Museum for identification purposes," she said.

"The whale carcass is on a secluded beach that is not easily accessible to the public. We are asking the public to stay away from the carcass, due to the health risks associated with whale decomposition, and the presence of whale faeces on the beach.
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Wolf

Pit bull terrier shot as it attacks girl in Pittsburgh


wpxi.com
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 16:01 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A pit bull attacked a teenage girl Thursday in Lincoln-Lemington, forcing a neighbor to shoot and kill it.

Police told Channel 11 it was a brutal attack at a home in the 6000 block of Dean Street.

"I was in the shower, I hear screaming, this little girl was screaming for dear life," said Marcenia Massey. "That dog was like on top of her body like really mauling her, she was screaming for minutes."

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Bizarro Earth

Beast from the East wild weather patterns bring a bumper crop of flying ants and 'drunken' seagulls to the UK


RT
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:21 UTC
Seagull flying ant season
© Justus de Cuveland / Global Look Press
"Let's get off chops!" - Seagull, to its mate during Flying Ant season.

Flying Ant Day is on its way - which means that seagulls across the UK could soon be tripping balls, obviously. The gulls, who get high from the acid produced by the bugs, "gobble them up like M&Ms", according to one expert.

Of course, the increase in the flying ant population is apparently because of... Russia. Thanks to the Beast from the East wild weather patterns in recent months, many of the bugs remained dormant during the cold snap. As a result, the bugs are now out in droves... much to the delight of Britain's seagulls.

Experts say the nation's ant population is normally 150 billion, but this has risen to 200 billion - and pest control bosses are reporting a record numbers of call outs as the bugs descend on Britain - a 148% increase in the last two months.

Rentokil Pest Control training academy head David Cross said: "Last month we saw reported ant infestations rise to levels we wouldn't usually expect until June or July. It's rare to see ant infestations in cold or overcast weather, and while the 'Beast from the East' may have caused them to remain dormant in March, the sudden change in temperature has since brought them out in their droves.
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Attention

Mako shark bites down on deck of boat off New Zealand

Ben Hooper
UPI
Thu, 31 May 2018 14:32 UTC
Mako shark
A man preparing to swim with sharks off New Zealand captured the moment one of the "unpredictable" predators clamped its jaws down on his boat.

The video, recorded off the coast of Tairua, Coromandel, shows the mako shark with its head out of the water, biting down on the deck of the filmer's boat.

"I was about to jump in the water to swim with this mako shark, and this is the welcome we get," the filmer wrote.

The man said his intention was to change perceptions of sharks as inherently dangerous.

"Mako sharks are the fastest and most unpredictable shark in the sea, but they are also threatened with extinction due to commercial and recreational overfishing," he wrote. "The aim of the game here is to get in the water, cageless, to show people what sharks really are and change people's perspectives through stimulating visual imagery like this, laced with scientific information."

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Fire

Wind turbine catches fire after thunderstorm in Doddington, UK


BBC
Wed, 30 May 2018 14:14 UTC
The turbine fire was reported after storms hit the Fens overnight
© Cambs Fire and Rescue Service
The turbine fire was reported after storms hit the Fens overnight
An 89m (292ft) wind turbine caught fire after storms hit Cambridgeshire overnight.

Firefighters were called to the blaze at the top of the turbine in Benwick Road, Doddington, at about 07:50 BST.

Parts of it have broken off, with debris scattered in the area but there is no danger to the public, the fire service said.

Residents reported thunder and lightning overnight. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

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