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Fire

Police say 2 people were killed in massive wildfire in central Canadian province of Manitoba

Malek Fouda
Euronews
Fri, 16 May 2025 17:09 UTC
A photo released by the government of Manitoba shows a wildfire burning near the town of Lac-du-Bonnet.
© Government of ManitobaA photo released by the government of Manitoba shows a wildfire burning near the town of Lac-du-Bonnet.
The central province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency in its eastern regions to intensify firefighting, evacuation and relief efforts to all affected people and areas.

Canadian federal police say two people were killed near the small community of Lac de Bonnet in the central Canadian province of Manitoba on Thursday.

The bodies of an adult man and woman were found as the province battles a massive wildfire which broke out on Tuesday.

Assistant Deputy Minister of Manitoba, Kristin Hayward, says the fires remained out of control all of Wednesday and most of Thursday. Officials say there are currently 21 fires still burning in the province.

According to local media, there were 80 active fires across Canada as of Thursday. The fires have spread quickly due to unusually hot, dry and windy conditions.

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Tsunami

5 dead in Algeria after torrential rain and floods


newarab.com
Thu, 15 May 2025 16:43 UTC
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Five people have died and more than a hundred were injured as heavy rain caused flooding in several regions of Algeria, the country's civil defence service said on Thursday.

In Djelfa, some 300 kilometres (185 miles) south of the capital Algiers, three people died when a bus was stuck and submerged in flood waters.

The civil defence, who reported the deaths taking place over a 24-hour period, said a 13-year-old died from injuries he sustained after being struck by large hailstones.

A fifth person was swept away by floodwaters, and authorities say search efforts are ongoing for another individual still missing.

Heavy downpours continued on Thursday in parts of both northern and southern Algeria, Africa's largest country.

The Algerian national meteorological office had warned of up to 90 millimetres of rainfall prior to the floodings.

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Waterspout spotted over river in southern Vietnam


news.tuoitre.vn
Fri, 16 May 2025 11:18 UTC
A waterspout is spotted over a river in Tra Cu District, Tra Vinh Province, southern Vietnam, May 15, 2025.
A waterspout is spotted over a river in Tra Cu District, Tra Vinh Province, southern Vietnam, May 15, 2025.
A waterspout formed over a river in Tra Cu District, Tra Vinh Province, southern Vietnam on Thursday afternoon, the provincial meteorological agency said on Friday.

Video footage recorded by local residents and shared widely on social media showed a rotating funnel cloud in contact with the river surface in the Ben Ba area.

No casualties or property damage were reported.

According to the Tra Vinh Hydrometeorological Station, waterspouts and similar phenomena may occur more frequently during seasonal transitions and the onset of the rainy season, when thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds become more common.

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Attention

Another whale found stranded on German North Sea island


Yahoo! News
Thu, 15 May 2025 10:11 UTC
Ab aerial photograph taken from a helicopter shows a black whale lying in the sand on the small, uninhabited Wadden Sea island of Minsener Oog. Another dead whale has been found stranded on a German island in the North Se
© Citynewstv/dpaAb aerial photograph taken from a helicopter shows a black whale lying in the sand on the small, uninhabited Wadden Sea island of Minsener Oog. Another dead whale has been found stranded on a German island in the North Se
Another dead whale has been found stranded on a German island in the North Sea.

The minke whale washed up on the east side of the uninhabited island of Minsener Oog, a spokesman for the Wadden Sea National Park said on Thursday.

It is still unclear why the 6.5-metre-long marine mammal died.

The dead animal was discovered on Tuesday evening and reported on Wednesday, said the national park spokesman. Experts will attempt to take samples from the whale and examine them over the next few days to determine the cause of death.

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Black Cat

Tiger mauls another woman in Chandrapur, India - 6th such death in 5 days for the district

Pradip Kumar Maitra
Hindustan Times
Thu, 15 May 2025 20:17 UTC
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Human-wildlife conflict continues to escalate in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district after a woman, Kachrabai Bharde, 54, was mauled to death by a tiger on Wednesday. This is the sixth death due to tiger attacks in the district within just five days.

According to reports, the woman went ​into the forest near Karbada village to collect tendu leaves. She was with her husband, Arun, and other women from the village when the incident occurred. While she was plucking tendu leaves, a tiger hiding in the bushes suddenly pounced on her. Her husband heard the screams and saw the tiger dragging her away. Arun rushed back to the village to alert the locals. Villagers later found Bharde's body lying in a pool of blood in the forest.

Angered by the recurring attacks, locals staged a protest against the forest department and the district administration, demanding proper compensation and a government job for the victim's son. The forest and police officials pacified the crowd and sent the body for post-mortem to the local civil hospital.

Comment: See also: Tiger kills woman in Chandrapur, India - 27th such incident for the district in 2024

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Volcano

Japan's Sakurajima Volcano erupts, sending ash plume 3,000 metres into the sky

Nikhil Pandey
NDTV
Thu, 15 May 2025 17:52 UTC
Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupted on May 15, 2025
Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupted on May 15, 2025
Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a massive ash plume soaring 3,000 metres above the crater, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The agency reported a series of eruptions from the Minamidake summit crater, releasing dramatic clouds of smoke into the sky.

Video footage shared by Newsweek captured the striking moment when the ash plume billowed high above the volcano. The JMA has maintained a Level 3 volcanic alert, which warns people to stay away from the volcano. Ash fall is expected in surrounding areas, including parts of Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Miyazaki prefectures. Authorities are closely monitoring the situation, although no injuries or significant damage have been reported so far.

The video of the Sakurajima volcano eruption has gone viral, sparking diverse reactions on social media as users share and respond to the dramatic footage.

Watch the video here:

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Lightning

Lightning kills 2 cops in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

Aaron Recuenco
Manila Bulletin
Thu, 15 May 2025 12:04 UTC
Police inspect the area where two officers were killed in a lightning strike after the cops parked their motorcycles at the Mimaropa Regional Mobile Force Battalion headquarters in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, on Wednesday evening, May 14, 2025
Police inspect the area where two officers were killed in a lightning strike after the cops parked their motorcycles at the Mimaropa Regional Mobile Force Battalion headquarters in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, on Wednesday evening, May 14, 2025
Two rookie policemen died when they were struck by lightning inside a police camp in Naujan town of Oriental Mindoro on Wednesday night, May 14.

The incident was only discovered more than an hour after the incident when a policeman passed by the area and noticed the two cops on the ground of the parking lot for motorcycles of the Regional Mobile Forces Battalion in Barangay Pinagsabangan.

A report from the Police Regional Office 4B stated that the two policemen may have been parking their motorcycles when they were struck by the lightning, possibly around 10:30 p.m. when the series of lightning were observed.

The patrolling cop immediately sought assistance from fellow policemen to bring the two to the hospital. They, however, were declared dead.
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Tsunami

Virginia boy found dead after heavy rains and flooding hit several states, swamping schools and homes

Tucker Reals, Emily Mae Czachor
CBS News
Wed, 14 May 2025 16:48 UTC
An aerial photo shows the flooded downtown area of Westernport, Maryland, May 13, 2025.
© Ricky Carioti/The Washington PostAn aerial photo shows the flooded downtown area of Westernport, Maryland, May 13, 2025.
Flash floods sparked by heavy rain hit parts of Virginia, western Maryland and Pennsylvania this week, leaving a 12-year-old boy dead in Virginia and forcing elementary schools in rural Maryland to evacuate, authorities said.

Search and rescue crews believe they found the body of the missing boy, Jordan Sims, at around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, Albemarle County Fire Rescue said. The Medical Examiner's Office in Richmond will confirm the identity.

"This is a heartbreaking outcome, and our hearts are with the Sims' family and loved ones," said Albemarle County Fire Rescue Chief Dan Eggleston in a statement. "We are incredibly grateful to our local and regional partners who supported this search effort with urgency, professionalism, and care."

The fire rescue service had said Tuesday night that county police received a call late in the afternoon about a boy being swept away by a flood-swollen creek. The fire department said search efforts had to be put on hold after about three hours, "due to limited visibility in the overnight hours and the safety of all those involved."

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China: Sweltering 30 C day turns to icy night: parts of Beijing hit by egg-sized hail

Li Yawei
Global Times
Tue, 13 May 2025 11:37 UTC
Egg-sized hailstones shared by netizens
Egg-sized hailstones shared by netizens
Locals baked in 30 C heat by day but had to duck hailstones the size of eggs after dark on Tuesday in Beijing!

Parts of Beijing were pelted with hail stones, with some ranging from 1 to 4 centimeters on Tuesday evening, leaving residents surprised, "This isn't normal!" some car owners found the windshields of their cars were battered by the hailstones.

At 8 pm on Tuesday, the Beijing Meteorological Observatory issued an update on its official Weibo account that thunderstorms with short-term gales of up to level 8 intensity and hail would occur overnight.

Yellow thunderstorm warnings, blue wind warnings, and yellow hail warnings were issued by the observatory, and localized severe gusts and hail will batter some regions during the night, the observatory noted.

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Spain: Majorca's beaches are turned white with ICE as freak hailstorm hits the tourist hot spot

David Averre
Daily Mail
Tue, 13 May 2025 11:06 UTC
Scarcely believable footage showed how vehicles sustained damage from the hail as others became stuck amid ice floes several inches thick in Villar del Arzobispo, with residents powerless to free them
Scarcely believable footage showed how vehicles sustained damage from the hail as others became stuck amid ice floes several inches thick in Villar del Arzobispo, with residents powerless to free them
Majorca was battered by freakish hailstorms yesterday that left renowned tourist hotspots on the Spanish island covered in ice and overrun with flood waters.

Tourists and locals alike were sent running for cover as huge hailstones pelted the resort of Porto Cristo, where idyllic beaches turned from golden to white in a matter of minutes as chunks of ice blanketed the sand.

Municipalities such as Manacor, Sant Llorenç and Sa Pobla were the worst affected, but large swathes of the islands were engulfed in the deluge.

Shocking video footage circulating on social media showed how furniture and tiles on typically sun-soaked decking outside hotels and private flats were smashed by the hailstorms as holidaymakers cowered inside.

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