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Fruit burned by extreme heat in Spanish region of Aragon

Fresh Plaza
Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:59 UTC

More than half of Caspe's queen plum crops have been scorched by heat.

Fruit crops in the Spanish region of Aragon, mainly plums, apples, apricots and pears, have been devastated by the high temperatures recorded in eastern Aragon in recent days.

In the area of Caspe, more than half of the Reina plum production has burned just a week after the harvest started, so up to one million kilos are estimated to have been lost. Farther north, in Fraga, the main crops affected have been pears, apples and apricots. The heat has even made it necessary for the schedule of seasonal workers to be changed, getting them to work several hours earlier in order to avoid the higher temperatures of the afternoon.

The secretary general of Asaja Aragón, Ángel Samper, is asking for more protection from the central government in these extreme cases, as well as the regulation of sales without fixed prices.

Pit bull terrier attacks, kills 2-year-old child in Mexico City

Mexico News Daily
Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:48 UTC

A toddler died yesterday after being attacked by a pit bull in Iztapalapa, Mexico City.

Witnesses said the young boy, almost 2 years old, climbed to the roof of a house with his mother when he was attacked by the dog, which reportedly lived on the roof and was kept tied up at all times.

The dog bit the youngster several times. When paramedics arrived he was pronounced dead.

28 killed by wild animals across Nepal in a year - compared to 17 the year prior

Nepal 24 Hours
Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:36 UTC

At least 28 people were killed in wild animal attacks in the current fiscal year. According to the latest record of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC), 28 people lost their lives in the animal attacks this year while 17 people were killed last fiscal year.

Of them, twelve people lost lives in elephant attacks whereas 10 died in rhino attacks, four were killed in tiger attack, seven in leopard attack and three by wild dogs, mugger crocodile and wild boars in several National Parks and wildlife and conservation areas and buffer zones in the nation.

Similarly, 99 people were seriously injured and 13 people sustained minor injured in the wild animals' attack in the current fiscal year.

Mount Etna spewing out smoke rings and setting off eruption

ZGoldenReport
YouTube
Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:08 UTC

Mount Etna has been showing off lately by spewing out Smoke Rings & having a good size Eruption!!

6 killed after dam breach causes flood in Maharashtra, India following heavy rainfall

The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:47 UTC

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Indian National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams carrying out rescue operations in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri.

At least six people were killed and 19 others went missing after a dam in India's Maharashtra's coastal Konkan region breached following incessant rain leading to flood-like situation in downstream villages, officials said today.

A district official said that the Tiware dam in Ratnagiri district developed a breach early today following heavy rain, our New Delhi correspondent reports.

A local police officer said six bodies have been recovered so far while 19 people are still missing.

The dam breach caused a flood-like situation in seven downstream villages and a of dozen houses have been swept away by gushing waters.

Crop-destroying fall armyworm invades over half of Chinese provinces

Siddarth Shrikanth
Financial Times
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 05:44 UTC

Pest set to further threaten food security amid African swine fever outbreak

China has now found the crop-destroying fall armyworm in over half of its provinces, further threatening the country's food security amid an outbreak of African swine fever that has led to the culling of at least 1m pigs.

China's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that it had found fall armyworm in 19 of its 34 provinces, largely in the south of the country, covering 5m mu (333,333 hectares) of cropland. The ministry added that it was continuing to spread north, but that "timely and vigorous preventative measures" had slowed its progression.

China is the world's second-largest producer of corn, with production of the staple focused in the country's north east.

Fall armyworm is a caterpillar native to North and South America. It was first detected in Africa in 2016, and has gradually spread across South and Southeast Asia. Invasions can result in corn yield losses as high as 50 per cent, and adult moths can travel hundreds of kilometres.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has said fall armyworm "is far too widespread and numerous to be eliminated" from areas it has invaded extensively, leaving farmers to attempt to limit losses through a combination of chemical and biological pesticides, genetically modified variants of corn or alternative crops.

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Freak winter tornado with 200km/h winds flattens home in Victoria, Australia

Karen Ruiz and Tom Place
Daily Mail
Wed, 03 Jul 2019 01:49 UTC

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Aftermath: Shocking photos reveal the devastation left behind after a cold-season tornado - also known as a 'coldie - that ripped through a home near Bendigo, Victoria on Saturday

Shocking new photos have revealed the devastating aftermath of a cold-season tornado that ripped through a Victoria town on Saturday.

The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the damage was brought on by a winter tornado, also known as a 'coldie', caused by cold fronts coming from the Southern Ocean.

The windstorms differ from normal tornadoes because they are less intense, usually move at 50 to 80kmh and only last ten to 30 minutes.

Saturday's coldie measured at least EF2 intensity on the Enhance Fujita scale - meaning it caused 'considerable damage' and saw wind gusts in excess of 200km/h.

The storm tore through Axe Creek residents Wayne and Rachel Eve's property, leaving behind only a pile of debris where their home once stood.

'A house was flattened, big trees were snapped in half and debris flung in multiple directions. We're glad everyone is safe,' the Bureau of Meteorology said in a statement on Tuesday.

While Australia usually experiences around 30 to 50 tornadoes per year in remote areas, the BoM said it was 'unusual' to see such a strong tornado hit at this time of year.

Heaviest rain in decade triggers flooding chaos in Mumbai, India - at least 18 dead

BBC
Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:58 UTC

Many parts of Mumbai are heavily flooded

Heavy rain has caused at least 18 deaths and triggered massive rail, road and air transport disruptions in India's financial capital Mumbai.

The victims died when a wall collapsed on them in the early hours of Tuesday after persistent rainfall for two days.

Authorities have declared a public holiday on Tuesday and have requested people to stay indoors.

Met department officials have confirmed that this is the heaviest rainfall in the city for a decade.

French vineyards 'burned' in intense heatwave damage

The Connexion
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:08 UTC

The grapes on the vine look as though they have been

Vineyards in the south of France have been damaged in the scorching heatwave this week, with local winemakers saying they have not seen such burns in "over 30 years".

The departments of the Gard and the Hérault have been particularly affected, with locals saying the grapes appear to have been "burned with a blowtorch". The area was placed on Météo France red alert for the heatwave (canicule) this week. Temperatures reached over 45°C in some places.

Winemaker and president of the Hérault chamber of commerce, Jérôme Despey, said: "Temperatures reached such levels that some vines appear to have been blowtorched; literally grilled...grapes were burned, and the leaves dried out."

Lightning kills woman in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

novinite.com
Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:57 UTC

A 48-year-old woman died at the spot after being struck by lightning in the Rhodopes, Darik learned.

The information was confirmed by the head of the police in Smolyan, Senior Commissioner Nikolay Dimov.

The incident happened shortly after 2:00 pm in the Borinovo village of Madan.

The woman is from Yambol but she was a guest in the Rhodope village and at the same time she was on a trip with another three people.

The rest of them were unharmed.

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Earth Changes

Fruit burned by extreme heat in Spanish region of Aragon

Pit bull terrier attacks, kills 2-year-old child in Mexico City

28 killed by wild animals across Nepal in a year - compared to 17 the year prior

Mount Etna spewing out smoke rings and setting off eruption

6 killed after dam breach causes flood in Maharashtra, India following heavy rainfall

Crop-destroying fall armyworm invades over half of Chinese provinces

Freak winter tornado with 200km/h winds flattens home in Victoria, Australia

Heaviest rain in decade triggers flooding chaos in Mumbai, India - at least 18 dead

French vineyards 'burned' in intense heatwave damage

Lightning kills woman in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

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