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Woman viciously attacked by pack of three dingoes in Pilbara, Western Australia

James Carmody and Jon Daly
ABC (Australia)
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:58 UTC
A pack of dingoes set upon the woman
© Channel 7
A pack of dingoes set upon the woman
Mine safety authorities have launched an investigation after a woman was attacked by a pack of three dingoes at a Pilbara mine site.

A spokesman for Newcrest Mining, which operates the site at Telfer in the East Pilbara, confirmed a contract employee was attacked last Wednesday.

A Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety spokeswoman said the attack occurred in a food consumption area of the mine site and an investigation had commenced.

The 54-year-old woman, understood to be a security worker at the site, is now in a stable condition at Royal Perth Hospital after having surgery for deep wounds to her legs.

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Hottest summer for decades creates rare, beautiful phenomenon of bioluminescent plankton off the coast of Port Talbot, Wales

Stephanie Linning
Daily Mail
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:24 UTC
Shimmering seas: Millions of bioluminescent plankton glowed blue under the night sky

Shimmering seas: Millions of bioluminescent plankton glowed blue under the night sky
A photographer snapped these stunning images of the sea glowing blue as millions of plankton lit up like fireflies.

Photographer Tim Bow captured the rare natural phenomenon off the coast of Port Talbot, Wales, last week, amidst a spike in the sightings of bioluminescent plankton.

Scientists believe the phenomenon is the result of plankton being disturbed, causing them to emit light though a complex chemical reaction.

It is thought the recent surge in sightings of bioluminescent plankton has been caused by the heatwave.


Comment: As noted in the article this phenomenon occurred recently elsewhere in Wales, the following footage was taken off the coast of Anglesey Island in early July:



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Cloud Precipitation

Large hailstones pummel Banja Luka area in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Xuxin
Xinhua
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 11:44 UTC
HAILSTONES
Heavy hail storm has hit Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) city of Banja Luka, some 200 kilometers northwest of the capital Sarajevo, causing great damage on objects and cars on Saturday evening.

According to local reports, around five-centimeter-diameter hailstones destroyed roofs and windows of a great number of cars parked outside, mainly in a village near Banja Luka.

The unexpected hailstorm, accompanied by rain and strong wind damaged roofs, facades and windows of 200 residential buildings, local media reported on Sunday.

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Snowflake

"Is this global warming?" Italy's Dolomite peak buried in "Exceptional" July snow

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:08 UTC
snow italy July 22 2018
"EXCEPTIONAL SNOW in action on the Marmolada in full SUMMER"

Surprising dense snowfall in the middle of Summer on the Marmolada between the provinces of Trento and Belluno, in the Dolomites, on the border between Veneto and Trentino Alto Adige.

"A rare and fascinating phenomenon."

See "extraordinary images" by Carlo Budel, who lives in Punta Penia refuge at 3300 meters of the Dolomite peak.

Comment: Check out the videos and links below to see just some of extreme weather happening right now all across the globe: major hail in France, Bosnia and Russia, wildfires in Sweden, Ireland and UK, and Australia's record breaking winter:






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Cloud Precipitation

Typhoon Ampil slams Shanghai, China - 190,000 evacuated


Al Jazeera
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 20:36 UTC
Tropical Storm Ampil slams Shanghai
Tropical Storm Ampil has battered Shanghai with damaging gusts of winds and torrential rain.

The storm first made landfall in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, before heading towards the Chinese mainland.

More than 190,000 people were evacuated from their homes as the storm bore down on the financial hub.

Numerous flights from Shanghai's two international airports, Pudong and Hongqiao, were cancelled or delayed and some of the city's metro lines were suspended.

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Seismograph

Shallow magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Iranian Kurdish region, injures 25

Nadia Riva
Kurdistan24
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:01 UTC
EARTHQUAKE
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit the western Iranian province of Kermanshah (Kermanshan) on Sunday, wounding at least 25 people, a few hours after two quakes struck the Hormozgen province in the south of the country, state media reported.

"Up to now, we have had reports of 25 injured and fortunately no fatalities," Houshang Bazvand, Governor of Kermanshah, told Iranian state media, adding that the injuries sustained were not severe enough to require hospitalization.

Local reports also noted that the two other quakes, with magnitudes of 4.7 and 5.7, had damaged buildings in a few villages without causing casualties.

The Kermanshan quake, which hit near the border with Iraq, was felt throughout different cities in the Kurdistan Region, including Halabja, Sulaimani, Erbil, Soran, and the Raparrin areas.

Comment: The Associated Press reports that the series of 3 quakes were all at a shallow depth of under 10kms (and therefore more likely to cause structural damage to buildings).

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Cloud Precipitation

1,700 homes damaged by floods in Cambodia

Richard Davies
FloodList
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 12:30 UTC
Floods in Phnom Sruoch District in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, July 2018.
© Ministry of Information, Cambodia
Floods in Phnom Sruoch District in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, July 2018.
Flooding in Cambodia has damaged over 1,700 homes in several provinces, according to the country's National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM).

Flooding began on 17 July, 2018 after a period of heavy rain, affecting the provinces of Kampong Speu, Battambang, Koh Kong and Phreah Sihanouk. As many as 1,786 houses and 1,100 hectares of paddy fields have been damaged.

The NCDM said local authorities and armed forces have been cooperating with the Cambodian Red Cross to get people in affected areas to higher ground.

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Cloud Precipitation

Hundreds evacuated after floods hit the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia

Richard Davies
FloodList
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 12:13 UTC
flood
Hundreds of people were evacuated between 18 and 19 July, 2018, after flooding hit parts of the Tatra Mountain region in northern Slovakia following two days of heavy rain. Some areas recorded more than 160 mm of rain in 48 hours.

Slovakia's Fire and Rescue Corp (Prezídium Hasičského a záchranného zboru - HaZZ) said that firefighters helped evacuate 274 people from flooded homes in the village of Stará Lesná, Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region in north-central Slovakia. The village was flooded after the Studený Potok stream overflowed. Evacuees were accommodated in a local municipality building and school. Firefighters also erected temporary flood defences in the village.

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Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods kill 19 in north and central Vietnam - 13 unaccounted for (Update)

Long Hai
VN Express
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:10 UTC
Floods in Ba Che district of northern Quang Ninh province
© VNA
Floods in Ba Che district of northern Quang Ninh province
Ten people were killed and 12 listed missing as flash floods hit Vietnam's northern and central provinces.

In the northern province of Yen Bai, as of Friday afternoon floods have killed 8 people while 10 are missing and 6 injured, according to provincial leaders.

Floods have also destroyed hundreds of houses, washed away large areas of agriculture and aquaculture farms and isolated multiple communes in the province.

Speaking to VnExpress, Yen Bai's chairman Do Duc Duy said the ongoing flooding is the largest the province has ever recorded, with 6 out of its 9 districts suffering heavily damages.


Comment: Update: Channel News Asia on July 22nd reports:
Flash floods in Vietnam have now claimed at least 19 lives, the government said on Sunday (Jul 22), as residents in affected areas sought safety in higher ground.

Boasting a long coastline, tropical Vietnam is battered by floods and storms every year, with hundreds of lives lost from the annual monsoon barrage.

The remnants of Typhoon Son Tinh, now a tropical depression, made landfall Wednesday night, the third tropical storm to hit Vietnam since the start of the year.

The latest report from the country's disaster office said 19 people have been killed so far, with an additional 13 people unaccounted for.

Floods and landslide from heavy rains have ranged far and wide and impacted rural and urban areas, including the capital Hanoi.


A village damaged by flash flooding in Vietnam's Yen Bai province
© AFP/Anh TUAN
A village damaged by flash flooding in Vietnam's Yen Bai province
They are expected to continue in the coming days.

State-controlled VNExpress news site reported Saturday that residents in Chuong My district on the outskirts of Hanoi were asked to leave their homes and get to higher ground for fear of heavy floods.

"We must be active in moving our furniture out of homes. From last year's experience, we did not have time to run," a local resident was quoted as saying.

Published photos showed homeowners in plastic raincosts moving bags of goods and livestock.

"My house is in a very low location so I have to move all the rice to higher places," resident Nguyen Duy Dong told VNExpress. "Since the afternoon, we have moved more than one tonne of rice."

The amount of land under seige has also spiked, with more than 15,000 houses damaged or destroyed and more than 110,000 hectares of crops inundated. Several roads have also disappeared under the water.

Source: AFP


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Cloud Lightning

Aircraft severely damaged after flying through thunderstorm in Siberia


Siberian Times
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:00 UTC
polar airline storm plane damage

The airline has praised captain Nikolay Starostin and his crew for ensuring the safety of passengers.
Investigation launched into suspected hailstone damage to An-24 twin turboprop - but all 30 on board were unharmed.

The nose of the Antonov aircraft was holed and severely damaged after the plane flew through 'unfavourable weather conditions' en route from Olenyok to Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic - also known as Yakutia.

All on board were safe despite the rough flight.

The airline has praised captain Nikolay Starostin and his crew for ensuring the safety of passengers.

Comment: This isn't the first time this has happened - it's actually becoming an increasingly common occurrence, and everywhere. Our weather is changing and we are completely unprepared: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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