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Extensive, widespread reports of flooding in Arkansas

Sarah Chaffin
KATV.com
Mon, 11 May 2015 17:39 UTC
Channel 7 News has received numerous reports of flooding across the state following heavy rains and storms over the weekend into Monday morning.
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© Esther Chapman
Lake Hamilton, Arkansas
The Arkansas River Trail on the North Little Rock side is "basically closed" due to the high water from the Arkansas River. As of 3:30 p.m. Monday, the river is at 15 feet and beginning to encroach on the trails. By Tuesday night the river will be at 21 feet and most of the trails will be completely underwater. Specifically, the trail is closed from the entrance to the Big Rock Quarry to the Big Dam Bridge. The closure is expected to last for at least a few days.

Toad Suck Park in Bigelow, just outside of Conway, was evacuated Monday due to increased flow of the Arkansas River. No flooding has been reported yet, but the Corps of Engineers says it is anticipating flooding overnight into Tuesday.

National Weather Service meteorologists continue to monitor releases from Remmel Dam in Hot Spring County. The water is rushing from Lake Catherine down to the Ouachita River. Officials are warning residents of significant flooding downstream.

In Garland County, officials are also monitoring the waters flowing from Carpenter Dam into the Ouachita River. There are several reports of flooding at Lake Hamilton, with water covering many boat docks and rising over yards. Several county roads have been washed out.

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Attention

Young girl dies in possible bear attack at Garden Hill, Manitoba

Emily Chan
ctvnews.ca
Tue, 12 May 2015 17:24 UTC
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Sources say the girl was Theresa Robinson from Garden Hill First Nation.
A northern Manitoba community is in shock after an 11-year-old girl was found dead, her body showing signs of a possible bear attack.

Teresa Robinson went missing on May 5. Her body was discovered six days later, on Monday.

David Harper, Grand Chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, said Robinson's remains were found near her Garden Hill First Nation home. He told The Canadian Press that it appears the girl was mauled by an animal, and that a bear in the area could be the culprit.

"Bears were seen wandering there Tuesday night on the east side," he said. "It's just awful ... no one's heard of this happening before."

Investigators have yet to release an official cause of death for the girl. Harper said wild dogs also live in the area, and it could be up to 48 hours before it's clear exactly what killed Robinson.

Comment: See also: Camper killed by black bear near Mackenzie, British Columbia

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Attention

Dead sperm whale found floating off the Bermuda coast

Sarah Lagan
The Royal Gazette
Tue, 12 May 2015 17:02 UTC
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© Chris Burville
Choy Aming straddles a dead sperm whale that became the subject of a feeding frenzy for three species of shark off Challenger Banks
Straddling a dead whale floating on the open ocean as its carcass is ripped apart by three species of shark isn't something you can expect to do every day but it's something Bermudian videographer Choy Aming can now add to his bragging rights.

He received a text on Sunday from a fisherman telling him that there was a dead adult sperm whale floating in the water about 12 miles off shore on the eastern side of Challenger Banks. Within an hour Mr Aming, along with photographer Chris Burville and a small group of friends, were able to watch the drama unfold as about a dozen tiger, blue and dusky sharks made a meal of the 30-35 feet leviathan.

Mr Aming told The Royal Gazette: "I had two sharks within two feet of my face while I was sitting on the back of a dead whale just ripping flesh out of it. I have never been able to get that close. It's not the largest number of sharks I have seen at once but it was just pretty intense over all because the feeding was quite ravenous.

"We were on Chris's boat but once I saw the sharks sticking their heads out of the water I thought, 'I've got to climb on the whale'. I was probably sitting there for 45 minutes with my GoPro camera but it was very shaky and unstable — when the swells came the whale would roll.
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Attention

Dead whale found on beach at Bald Head Island, North Carolina

Janae Frazier
wect.com
Tue, 12 May 2015 16:42 UTC
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© Poul Lindegaard
Officials with the Bald Head Island Conservancy found a dead whale which washed ashore Monday morning.
Bald Head Island Conservancy officials found a dead whale on shore Monday morning.

According to Assistant Director Poul Lindegaard, his crew came upon the animal in the middle of South Beach and notified officials immediately.

The UNCW Stranded Marine Mammal Team is determining the cause of death.

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© Poul Lindegaard
UNCW's Stranded Marine Mammal Team is currently determining the cause of death.
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Bizarro Earth

California drought causes Lake Mead to fall to lowest level on record

Rowan Hooper
New Scientist
Tue, 12 May 2015 00:32 UTC
Lake Mead
© Rex_Shutterstock
If California's prolonged dry spell is eventually recognised as a megadrought, no one can say we weren't warned. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US, has hit its lowest level ever. Feeding California, Nevada and Arizona, it can hold a mind-boggling 35 cubic kilometres of water. But it has been many years since it was at capacity, and the situation is only getting worse.

"We're only at 38 per cent full. Lake Mead hasn't been this low since we were filling it in the 1930s," said a spokeswoman for the US Bureau of Reclamation in Las Vegas.

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Bizarro Earth

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology declares onset of powerful El Nino weather pattern


AFP
Tue, 12 May 2015 00:00 UTC
El Nino
© AFP / Francesco Degasperi
El Nino weather phenomenon, which can spark deadly and costly climate extremes, is underway in the tropical Pacific for first time in five years, according to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology Tuesday warned the El Nino weather phenomenon, which can spark deadly and costly climate extremes, will pack a punch this year after declaring its onset in the tropical Pacific.

El Nino is associated with drought conditions in Australia and occurs when the trade winds that circulate over waters in the tropical Pacific start to weaken and sea surface temperatures rise.

It is the weather system's first appearance in five years.

"This is a proper El Nino effect, it's not a weak one," David Jones, manager of climate monitoring and prediction at the Bureau of Meteorology, told a media briefing.

"You know, there's always a little bit of doubt when it comes to intensity forecasts, but across the models as a whole we'd suggest that this will be quite a substantial El Nino event.

An El Nino had been predicted to start in 2014 and officials said it was a "near miss", but thresholds have now been hit in the tropical Pacific for the first time since March 2010.

Comment: Unfortunately, this could accelerate the conditions we are already seeing such as the droughts in California and Brazil, and intensification of the hurricane season in the Pacific.

'Double El Niño? Rare weather phenomenon about to change our world?

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Windsock

Waterspout rips through Manteo, North Carolina

Sam Walker
outerbanksvoice.com
Mon, 11 May 2015 15:24 UTC
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© Lisa Davis
Vista Lake damage
A waterspout that formed with a thunderstorm over the Croatan Sound ripped across Roanoke Island Monday evening, leaving behind damaged roofs and downed tree limbs before continuing into the Roanoke Sound.

Garnette Guyton of Duck Cottage Downtown Books captured dramatic video of the waterspout moving parallel to the Nags Head-Manteo Causeway.

Damage has been found so far in the Vista Lake Drive neighborhood and along U.S. 64 on the south end of Manteo. No injuries have been reported.

The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City it will be Tuesday or Wednesday before they could get a meteorologist in the area to determine the exact strength of the twister.

But according to our video and photos, they would classify it unofficially as an EF-0 or low-end EF-1 tornado.

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Attention

Camper killed by black bear near Mackenzie, British Columbia

Darcy Wintonyk
bc.ctvnews.ca
Sun, 10 May 2015 14:40 UTC
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© Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS
A black bear forages for food in Jasper National Park, Alta. on May 7, 2014.
A young northern B.C. man was killed by a black bear at a remote campsite this weekend while his fiancée slept inside their motorhome, say authorities who are now warning people to exercise extreme caution in the province's backcountry.

Daniel Ward Folland O'Connor and his wife-to-be were in a small campground near MacKenzie Saturday night when the fatal mauling apparently occurred.

The BC Coroners Service said O'Connor fell asleep near a fire pit, while his fiancé went to bed in their motorhome.

"After getting up in the morning, [she] realized something was wrong and went for help," said spokesperson Barb McLintock.

The incident was reported to RCMP at 10 a.m. Sunday, and conservation officers located the bear believed to be responsible a short time later.

The 300-pound male black bear, as well as a wolf, were shot dead after the 27-year-old's body was found on a remote logging road.

"The injuries Mr. O'Connor suffered were consistent with a black bear attack," said McLintock, adding that campers need to be well aware of the risks that wildlife can pose in remote campgrounds.
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Eye 2

Man killed by bull shark in New Caledonia waters


The Peninsula
Sun, 10 May 2015 14:17 UTC
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Shark
A man has died after being bitten multiple times by a shark while swimming off the Pacific Ocean island of New Caledonia, famed for its idyllic turquoise waters and white sandy beaches, police said Sunday.

The man, described as around 50 years old, who was on a cruise with friends in the south of the archipelago, was swimming just metres from the boat when he was attacked by a bull shark, a military police spokesman told local radio.

"It was really a savage and sudden attack. Most people onboard were health workers, the first aid given was significant but the injuries were such that unfortunately there was not much that could be done," said the spokesman, without giving the dead man's nationality.

New Caledonia, off north-eastern Australia, is a French overseas territory but formulates its own tax, labour laws and trade policy.

The sun-drenched island, which boasts the world's largest enclosed lagoon with magnificent coral, is a popular tourist destination.

Source: Agence France-Presse
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Cloud Lightning

Man killed in Corsicana, Texas after 10 inches of rainfall in 3 hours

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Tue, 12 May 2015 12:59 UTC
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© Navarro County Office of Emergency Management
Flooding in Navarro County, 11 May 2015.
Huge amounts of rain fell in Corsicana, Texas during the late hours of Sunday 10 May into the early hours of Monday 11 May 2015.

Corsicana Fire department say they responded to 16 flood-water rescues involving a total of 29 people, many of them trapped in their vehicles. One man died after his car became stranded in flood water. According to local reports, the man got out of his car and was then swept away by the floods.

The heavy rain was brought by a line of thunderstorms that tracked over Navarro County for more than five hours. Flooding was reported in Navarro and Henderson counties.

By 10:47 pm on Sunday 10 May, NWS Dallas / Fort Worth reported that 9.83 inches (249 mm) of rain had fallen in Corsicana since about 8:30pm.
Corsicana rainfall is up to 9.83" since about 8:30pm. Major flash flooding in progess in #Navarro and #Henderson cos. #txwx #ctxwx

— NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) May 11, 2015

Comment: See also this chart for the increasing number of flood reports from across the planet for the last 4 years.


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