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Sub-zero cold wave set to lash Saudi Arabia with snow and wind

Galal Fakkar
arabnews.com
Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:40 UTC
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In this photo taken on Jan. 9, 2013, residents of Tabuk enjoy the snow after a heavy snowstorm in the desert. A snowstorm is forecast to hit parts of the Kingdom, including Tabuk, on Wednesday.
A wave of bitterly cold weather accompanied by wind, sub-zero temperatures and snow is expected to hit the Kingdom on Wednesday and last until Sunday, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environmental Protection (PME) said on Monday.

The extreme cold is forecast strike the north and northwest areas of the Kingdom as a result of storms coming from Europe and America. The inclement weather is expected to move across the entire country.

Hussain Al-Qahtani, spokesperson of the PME, said this would be the coldest weather for the year. The northern areas would be struck first, including Tabuk, Turaif and Al-Jouf, where sub-zero temperatures and light snow is expected. The PME also expects wind that would limit visibility.

The temperatures would likely drop in Madinah, Jeddah and Makkah, accompanied by strong winds. The cold wave would reach its peak on Thursday in Hail, Qassim, the Eastern Province and Riyadh.
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Attention

Deer attacks and injures animal keeper at zoo in India


The Hindu
Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:00 UTC
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In a surprise attack, the first of its kind at the Nehru Zoological Park, a deer injured an animal keeper who went to administer medicine to it here on Sunday.

According to zoo officials, the animal keeper, Akbar went to the deer enclosure and after releasing them into the display area, sought to administer medicine that were prescribed to a male deer.

In what the officials describe as mock attempt at aggression, the deer hit the keeper and pressed him to the compound wall with its antlers.

"There were no major external injuries but as he was pressed with antlers, Akbar had some discomfort and a bit of internal dislocations. We rushed him to Yashoda hospital at Malakpet and got him treated.

The zoo is taking care of his treatment costs," the zoo curator, B.N.N.Murthy said.

Usually, deer are reticent in nature and not known to attack, officials said adding that the mock attempt could have been a defensive response when the animal keeper went with medicine.

Comment: Other recent deer attacks on people: Man attacked by deer he shot with arrow

Moose charges at ski patrolman on the slopes in Colorado

Man dies following ferocious deer attack at Slovakian farm

Violent elk put down in Sweden after attack on woman

Wolf Lake man attacked and injured by elk at campground in Muskegon, Michigan

Rampaging moose stomps on 2 women walkers in Colorado

Deer farmer, 75, dies five days after being gored by stag in rutting season in Wales

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Attention

Elephant tramples tea garden guard to death in Dooars, India


The Telegraph (India)
Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:34 UTC
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A night guard of a Dooars tea garden was killed by a wild tusker while he was patrolling the estate last night.

According to a forest department source, Parbat Dorjee, 50, was working in Hope Tea Estate in Nagrakata.

"While Dorjee was walking in the plantation, a tusker came out of the adjoining forests of Sipchu and trampled him to death. The jumbo then went back to the forest. This morning, local people found the body and informed us," said a forest officer.

In another incident, a tusker came out of the Diana forest last night and damaged two huts in Kalikhola village.

The wild elephant later entered Luksan, a locality nearby, and damaged another house.

The animal's next destination was Grassmore Tea Estate where it damaged 12 huts.
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Attention

Wild elephant kills man in Odisha, India


odishachannel.com
Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:27 UTC
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Following the killing of a man by a wild elephant, irate villagers of Rasasingha under Sadar police station blocked the national highway No. 55 paralysing traffic for more than two hours today.

A female elephant, according to forest department sources, killed Birabar Parida(50) after she turned furious over the death of her three-year-old baby last night near the village. The baby elephant was killed by another tusker.

The shocked mother elephant stayed with the body of the baby elephant and refused to go away even in the morning. When the villagers tried to chase her away, she strayed into the village and found Birabar in her way and killed him instantly.

Enraged over the incident, more than 200 people, who staged the blockade between Cuttack-Sambalpur, demanded adequate protection against the attack from a herd of elephants.
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Arrow Down

Massive sinkhole swallows street in Sioux City, Iowa

Bret Hayworth
Sioux City Journal
Mon, 05 Jan 2015 20:43 UTC
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© Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal
An overnight watermain break has left about 15 homes without water service Monday in the Morningside area of Sioux City.

The break is in the 2800 block of Macomb Avenue. Overnight temperatures dipped below zero in advance of an approaching snowstorm, but City Utilities Department worker Randy Solomon said a cause hasn't been determined.

Comment: SOTT has been following the sinkhole phenomenon since the early 2000s. It was once a rare occurrence and is now a part of our 'normal' daily lives.


This 'sinkhole' phenomenon cannot be explained satisfactorily by old water mains breaking, the dissolution of underground rock or depleted aquifers. Very often the bedrock in locations hit with sinkholes was NOT water-soluble.

We suspect that the global increase in gaping sinkholes is the result of larger solar and seismic phenomena which cause Earth to 'open up' due to a weakened surface-core electric field. See Volcanoes are erupting all over the place right now. Scientists have figured out why: A minute slowdown in the planet's rotation for a recent article about a slowdown in the planet's rotation being at least partly responsible for increased volcanic activity.

For a more in-depth look at the electric connections within earthly and cosmic phenomena, see:
Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection.

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Wolf

Man found dead near New Mexico reservation may have been attacked by dog pack

Joseph J. Kolb
news.yahoo.com
Tue, 06 Jan 2015 11:19 UTC
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A Native American man found dead in a New Mexico field last week near the Navajo Nation reservation may have been mauled by a pack of as many as 10 dogs, police said on Monday.

Gallup Police Department spokesman Rick White said the man, who did not have identification on him but appeared to be in his mid-40s, was found by a passer-by.

"We do not have a definitive cause of death yet but it appears he was attacked by dogs," White said, although he could not give a precise cause of death. "There definitely were defense wounds from dog bites."

White said the man may have fought off the dogs then succumbed to the single digit temperatures in Gallup on Thursday night before his body was found on Friday. The body was taken to Albuquerque for an autopsy.

Comment: See also: Man likely to have died from a dog pack attack in Madison, North Carolina

Feral dog pack found to have killed woman on Wyoming Indian reservation

Denison, Texas woman attacked and severely injured by dog pack

Nine people killed by feral dog attacks in Rumbek, Sudan

Pack of feral dogs attack 2 children, killing one, Nanfang, China

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Igloo

Snow forecast across 2,000 miles of U.S.


CBS News - St. Louis
Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:52 UTC
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In addition to some snow and heavy rain, bitterly cold temperatures have begun moving into parts of the U.S. and will be staying put for at least part of this week.

Snow is possible across a 2,000-mile stretch of the U.S. and meteorologist Megan Glaros of CBS station WBBM says that millions of people will deal with brutally cold weather - with wind chills as low as 50 degrees below zero for part of the northern Plains.

Here are some questions and answers about the weather:

Q: What's The Forecast?

A: The Midwest will see the tail end of a storm that could leave as many as 6 inches of snow in Chicago by early Tuesday. The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory until noon Monday for the Chicago area, due to wind chills of 15 to 30 below overnight, CBS Chicago reported.

After that, Arctic temperatures like those seen in North Dakota and Minnesota will rush in. Parts of those states were expecting wind chills of between 25-50 degrees below zero through Monday morning.

It'll be a similar story in New York, where rain showers will give way to cold air. By Thursday, "New York City will be lucky if it hits 20″ for a high and could see lows near 10 degrees, according to Michael Musher with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center.

In Boston, strong wind is ushering in the cold - and gusts will top out between 40-50 mph this afternoon resulting in some isolated pockets of tree/powerline damage in the region, WBZ-TV meterologist Danielle Niles reports.

Atlanta will see temperatures dip to about 15 degrees Monday and Tuesday.

Comment: Ice ages can start at any time and quickly. See:Fire and Ice: The Day After Tomorrow

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Attention

Eight people injured by wild boar in India


Business Standard
Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:32 UTC
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Wild Boar
At least eight persons including a woman were injured, four of them seriously when a wild boar allegedly attacked them at Lunipada and Khetri-Berhampur villages under Central forest range in Ganjam district of Odisha, officials said today.

The injured persons were admitted to nearby Gobara hospital, while those in serious condition shifted to the sub divisional hospital at Bhanjanagar and MKCG Medical College and Hospital here, divisional forest officer (DFO), Ghumusara North division, Rama Swamy P, said.

The boar might have attacked the people when they apparently tried to drive it away on Friday evening in order to save the standing vegetable crops in the nearby village, forest officials said.
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Attention

Wild boar crashes through glass panel into library in Malaysia


New Strait Times
Mon, 05 Jan 2015 20:12 UTC
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The wild boar was trapped for almost two hours at a library in Malaysia Multimedia University (MMU) in Cyberjaya.
The peaceful, silent library of the Malaysia Multimedia University (MMU) today was "disturbed" by a wild boar which became trapped in the building after crashing through a glass panel of the rear door.

The male animal entered the building about 1.30pm and was trapped in the library for almost two hours.

Firemen from the Cyberjaya station arrived 10 minutes after the boar entered the library and told those in the building to leave.

In a statement, MMU chief librarian Kamal Sujak said staff and students in the library at the time were startled to see the animal.

Comment: See also these similar recent reports: Wild boar creates havoc at Yonsei University, South Korea

More odd animal behaviour: Wild boar smashes into German hardware store

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Alarm Clock

Spate of strong earthquakes rattles NZ's South Island

Rebecca Quilliam
The New Zealand Herald
Mon, 05 Jan 2015 20:11 UTC
Methven earthquakes hits New Zealand
© GNS Science
This GNS map shows the location of the 6.4 magnitude quake in red, with some of the first 'felt reports' it received from around the region.
A spate of strong earthquakes have struck the central South Island this morning.

Four quakes measuring between 6.4 and 4.1 in magnitude hit the Methven and Arthur's Pass area between 6.48am and 6.59am.

The first tremor, measuring 6.4, struck 35km north of Methven at 6.48am, GNS Science reported.

Did you feel it? Do you have photos or video to share? Email us here.

The tremor, which was 11km deep, was classified as severe.

A southern police communications spokesman said they had not received any reports of damage.

Four minutes later at 6.52am, a second quake measuring 4.1 in magnitude rocked the region.

It was centred 30km west of Arthur's Pass and was 5km deep.

GNS classified the quake as strong.

At 6.58 a third quake, measuring 4.1 hit the same spot, GNS said.
It was 5km deep.

Then, a minute later at 6.59am, another strong quake hit the same location, measuring 4.2 in magnitude. It was also shallow, centred 5km deep.

Comment: USGS has the first earthquake as being 5.6. One wonders why USGS often has the same earthquakes recorded as being of lower magnitude than other more local geological surveys.

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