Richard L. Smith rlsmedia.com Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:13 UTC
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating a deadly dog attack that claimed the life of a young female child in Newark on Tuesday evening, marking the second pit bull-related incident involving severe injuries or death in the county within a week.
RLS Media learned and confirmed that the fatal attack occurred before around 9:30 p.m. in the 100 block of 2nd Avenue.
Newark Police responded after multiple 911 calls reported a girl being viciously attacked by at least one pit bull.
When officers arrived, they found the girl severely injured, with the dog continuing to maul and bite the victim. Despite emergency responders rushing the child to University Hospital, the child was pronounced dead a short time later.
A mountain lion attacked and severely injured a five-year-old boy during a family picnic at a Los Angeles County park, leading to official's decision to euthanize the animal.
The attack occurred Sunday around 4 p.m. local time at the Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. At least six adults were participating at the outing when the cougar approached the vicinity of a few children playing nearby.
The cougar scratched and bit the young boy, refusing to release him until one or more adults charged at it, the department said in a statement.
First responders airlifted the child to the Northridge Hospital Medical Center to be treated for severe, but non-life-threatening injuries. Medical staff cleared him early Monday morning.
A lightning strike killed 30 goats during a storm in India. Footage shows the herd of animals found dead in an Indian forest amid heavy rainfall in Nuranu, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, on September 2.
The tragedy occurred as the goats were grazing on damp grass during a drizzle under the open sky. Authorities said they will provide financial assistance to the owner of the deceased goats.
The India Meteorological Department attributes the relentless rainfall to a depression over the coasts of north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha, which moved northwestward and crossed Andhra Pradesh's coast near Kalingapatnam early Sunday morning.
The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday.
In a statement to Reuters, which first reported on the accident, the Colosseum Archaeological Park confirmed that the monument was hit by lightning.
The triumphal arch was built in the 4th century AD to celebrate the victory of Constantine - the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity - over his rival, Maxentius.
It is about 25 metres (82 feet) high and is located in the same pedestrian area where the Colosseum stands, a major tourist hotspot.
"A lightning strike hit the arch right here and then hit the corner and we saw this fly off," a tourist told Reuters, pointing to a large block of stone fallen to the ground.
Reuters video images showed other blocks of stone and rubble lying around the monument, and archaeological park staff working to collect them.
Pakistan's Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs) on Tuesday reported multiple casualties and injuries across the provinces following recent monsoon downpours that brought life to a standstill and caused both residential and infrastructural damage in urban and rural areas.
At least 10 people have succumbed to rain and flood-related incidents, while seven others sustained injuries in different parts of the country over the past few days.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), four people died and one was injured during the past 24 hours. Three of the deaths were caused by a landslide triggered by downpours in Upper Kohistan.
The fourth death was reported in Malakand, where, tragically, a child died due to a lightning strike.
Since July 1st, the northwestern province has reported 96 deaths and 133 injuries in numerous rain-related incidents.
Meanwhile, Sindh PDMA reported five deaths and two injuries in the past 24 hours in the province.
Tens of thousands in Australia's Tasmania state were left without power on Sunday (Sep 1) after a cold front brought damaging winds and heavy rain, triggering flood warnings.
Bill Hutchinson ABC News Mon, 02 Sep 2024 11:07 UTC
Power was shut off to an additional 105 homes Monday night due to accelerating landslides in a Rancho Palos Verdes neighborhood.
An ongoing crisis stemming from a widening landslide is threatening multimillion-dollar homes in the Southern California city of Rancho Palos Verdes.
The landslide grew worse over the weekend and prompted an evacuation warning for more than 100 homes in the oceanside community, officials said.
Residents in the growing landslide zone, which has spread about 680 acres over the past year the community has been dealing with the issue, were advised Sunday to leave the area after the Southern California Edison (SCE) utility company shut off power to 140 homes and said another 105 residents will lose electricity by Monday night.
"SCE has determined there is a public safety threat," the utility company said in a statement. "Electricity service will be discontinued in these zones effective Sunday, September 1 at 12 p.m. PST. DO NOT USE WATER OR PLUMBING AFTER THE POWER IS SHUT OFF -- THIS COULD RESULT IN A SEWER SPILL."
Lightning strikes in Tokyo in July and August more than tripled in number from the summer average, prompting heightened measures against equipment failures and warnings to avoid injuries from the electrical discharges.
Tokyoites may be safer in thunderstorms than people in rural areas because lightning tends to hit tall buildings. But as summer temperatures have risen, the threat from lightning strikes has also increased, particularly in the capital.
On the evening of July 22, lightning struck the headquarters of Metrol Inc., a precision equipment manufacturer in Tachikawa in the Tama region of western Tokyo.
The company's fax machine malfunctioned, and some orders could not be placed or received.
After the machine was fixed, another lightning bolt struck on July 24, knocking out the fax machine again.
The lightning storm in the neighborhood prevented a technician from immediately going to the site to repair the machine.
A storm set off landslides and unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, leaving at least 14 people dead and prompting authorities to suspend school classes and government work in the densely populated capital region.
Tropical Storm Yagi slammed into Casiguran town in the northeastern province of Aurora Monday afternoon and gained strength with sustained winds of 85 kilometers (53 miles) per hour and gusts of 105 kph (65 mph), according to the weather bureau.
The storm, locally called Enteng, gained speed and was moving northwestward at 20 kph (12 mph) toward the country's northernmost provinces. It was forecast to strengthen further, possibly becoming a typhoon, before blowing away toward southern China in the next two days, the weather bureau said.
At least 14 people died, mostly due to landslides and drownings, officials said.
I consider the prime mission of the ideal American commonwealth to be the perfection of the Aryan genius for political civilization. We must preserve our Aryan nationality in the state, and admit to its membership only such non-Aryan race-elements as shall have become Aryanized in spirit and in genius by contact with it.
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That map is incorrect, the eastern side of the state only received some rain.... as the storm went in the opposite direction towards Asheville.
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