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Woman wrestling with her dogs dies after they attack in Greenville, South Carolina


The Washington Times
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:50 UTC
canine attack
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Authorities say a 52-year-old woman in South Carolina has been killed after she was wrestling with her dogs in her front yard and they started to attack her.

Greenville County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Ryan Flood said a neighbor saw the attack around 1 p.m. Thursday and called 911. Another neighbor was able to get the woman away from the dogs, but she had suffered severe injuries.

The Greenville County Coroner's Office said Nancy Cherryl Burgess-Dismuke died at the hospital about nine hours after she was attacked.
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Winter Storm PETRA - Record snow roofs collapse Canada


Adapt 2030
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:28 UTC
LAS VEGAS SNOW
As winter Storm Petra bears down on the US with thunderstorms to the South, ice in the east and massive snows to the desert S.W Quebec received record snow that is collapsing roofs, Saskatchewan coldest in 80 year, and Las Vegas record snow. The grand solar minimum continues to intensify.


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Massive M7.5 earthquake strikes Ecuador-Peru border


Mirror
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:39 UTC
7.7 quake peru-ecuador
A massive earthquake has rocked Ecuador at the border with Peru.

The magnitude 7.7 quake has been felt across both countries.

Comment: Some early tweets reporting on the quake:






An aftershock of M5.5 is being reported:



See also:

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One dead, one in stable condition after mudslide in Hawkins County, Tennessee


wvlt.tv
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:57 UTC
Highway 70 North in Hawkins Co., TN

Highway 70 North in Hawkins Co., TN
A mudslide in Hawkins County has killed one person and injured another.

The Hawkins County Emergency Management Agency director told WVLT News that one person died instantly, while another was transported to a local hospital where, according to WJHL, he is in stable condition.

THP identified the man who died as 62-year-old Steven Lawson, of Jonesborough. Troopers said Lawson was traveling south on State Highway 70 when his Chevy pickup truck left the road when it was washed away by the slide.

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2 killed, 1 injured as landslide hits vehicle in Kashmir, India

Ishrat Butt
Greater Kashmir
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:43 UTC
landslide
Two persons were killed while another sustained injuries after their vehicle was hit by a landslide on the Mandi-Baila road in Mandi tehsil of Poonch district on Thursday.

The police told Greater Kashmir: "A Tata mobile vehicle went towards Baila village, where it refilled fuel in the towers of a private telecom company. On its way back to Mandi town, it was hit by a landslide at about half-a-kilometer from the town area."

The vehicle was severely damaged and one of the men travelling in the car, identified as Makhan Singh, son of Romesh and a resident of Akhnoor, Jammu, was killed on the spot, Senior superintendent of police, Poonch, Ramesh Angral said, adding that the locals and police team started a rescue operation and managed to shift two injured persons to the sub-district hospital, Mandi.

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18 trillion gallons of rain in California in February with more on the way

Hannah Fry
Los Angeles Times
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:30 UTC
California rain
© Mark Boster / For The Times
Orange County Public Works' Shannon Widor surveys damage where Trabuco Creek overflowed the Trabuco Canyon Road bridge last week.
California has already received an 18-trillion-gallon soaking this month - enough water to fill 27 million Olympic-sized pools - and the state's wild winter isn't over yet.

A series of storms, including a moisture-packed atmospheric river that slammed the state last week, has brought consistent rainfall in February that has reached nearly half the volume of Lake Tahoe.

Los Angeles has received its fair share of the rain, with more than 4 inches falling on the Southland since Feb. 1. San Diego has had more than 10 inches of rain this month, passing its average for the entire winter season, according to the National Weather Service.

The totals are likely to increase this week - though not by much - as another storm rolls into the region Wednesday night. That low pressure system is expected to bring less than a quarter of an inch of precipitation through Thursday, said Lisa Phillips, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

Comment: History says California overdue for biblical, catastrophic flooding

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Recent reports of mysterious mass bird deaths in Ukraine, Crimea and Mexico

Julian Friese
Sott.net
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:49 UTC
dead starlings
In early February we learned of two cases of mysterious mass deaths of birds in Ukraine and Russia, while back in mid-January a similar report came out of Mexico.

The first incident was reported on February 8th and involved large numbers of dead starlings found on a road alongside the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Here are some of the images from that event:
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Resorts and skiers at Snowbasin, Utah overjoyed at 'unprecedented' snow levels - 8 feet dumped in 18 days

RaeAnn Christensen
kutv.com
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:44 UTC
snow
A surprise storm brought more snow to Northern Utah on Wednesday, and skiers and snowboarders were quick to take advantage.

"It is phenomenal, there is a lot of snow," said Jack Schlaf, a skier up at Snowbasin Wednesday.

Davy Ratchford, the general manager of Snowbasin, said the resort at one point got 15 inches of snow in 24 hours.

"Everybody takes the day off of work, it's called the powder flu," said Schlaf.

Many were on the mountain to get their fill of the mid-week fresh powder.

"Oh it was fabulous, super deep," said skier Randy Pearson.

Ratchford said Snowbasin has gotten eight feet of snow in 18 days, which is unprecedented.

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'Never ever seen this': LA to London flight breaks speed record due to furious jet stream

Louis Casiano
NEWS.com.au
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:31 UTC
Virgin Atlantic's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner broke speed records.

Virgin Atlantic's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner broke speed records.

A Virgin Atlantic plane accidentally flew at the speed of sound during a record-breaking flight from LA to London

A Virgin Atlantic flight from Los Angeles to London reached the ground speed of 1289km/h with the help of strong winds, according to reports.

The blistering speed was reached while at 35,000 feet, or 10.7km, above Pennsylvania. The Boeing 787 twin-jet aircraft was given a boost by a furious jet stream, the high-altitude air current along which storms travel, Fox News reported.

"Never ever seen this kind of tailwind in my life as a commercial pilot," tweeted Peter James, a jet captain.

Monday's record was above the speed of sound which is 1234km/h - however, whether air travel breaks the sound barrier is dependent on its airspeed, not ground speed. Commercial aircraft are not designed to fly at supersonic speeds.

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Landslide following a week of heavy rainfall hits illegal Peru mine, kills 7

Sinikka Tarvainen
Western Advocate (Australia)
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:14 UTC
Seven people are dead after a landslide hit an illegal mining site in Peru.

Seven people are dead after a landslide hit an illegal mining site in Peru.
A landslide has hit an illegal mining site in southern Peru, killing seven people, local media reports.

The incident occurred in Ituata district, Carabaya province, on Wednesday.

The landslide hit tents where miners were staying. The body of a 50-year-old woman was found, reports said.

Other people remained missing. The reports quoted Aniceto Vilca Peralta, a civil defence official, as saying a total of seven people were killed.

The landslide followed a week of heavy rains.

Source: Australian Associated Press
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