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Man mauled to death by own pit bulls in Zimbabwe


zimeye.net
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:37 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A horrific incident occurred in Harare's Sunningdale neighborhood on Friday, resulting in the death of Roddie Mannie, who was attacked and killed by his own Pitbull dogs.

The attack, described as extremely violent, left eyewitnesses and neighbors shaken. Despite attempts to intervene, the dogs continued their assault, ultimately leading to Roddie's tragic death.

Friend and social media personality Joseph Hussein, known as King Jay, shared the devastating news on Twitter, describing the incident as heartbreaking. He expressed his condolences to the Mannie family and sparked a widespread debate about dog ownership and safety.

The incident has raised concerns about the recent surge in dog attacks in Zimbabwe. Authorities have yet to comment on the matter.

An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the attack is ongoing.
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Snowflake Cold

Which US Southern cities had the most snow? Here are the biggest snow totals by state, some historic

Ben Noll
Washington Post
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:43 UTC
Satellite imagery captures the historic
© NOAASatellite imagery captures the historic winter storm early Wednesday, with a cloud shield extending over 1,500 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to southern Canada.
As historic snowfall — in some places more than double-digit totals — fell Tuesday along the Gulf Coast and in the Deep South and Southeast, meteorologists ran out of adjectives to describe what they were seeing.

"Just like hundreds of other meteorologists today, I am speechless," one wrote, sharing a video clip of whiteout conditions on Pensacola Bay Bridge in Florida. The city of Milton, Florida, reported 9.8 inches — probably the state's biggest daily snowfall on record.

In Louisiana, deep mounds of snow met the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In New Orleans, locals skied down Bourbon Street as the airport recorded 8 inches, smashing the daily record of 2.7 inches.

By the end of Tuesday, New Orleans had observed more snow in this single event than New York City and Anchorage did in all of December and January — and according to the data, the area around the city may have been Tuesday's snowiest place, with an estimated total of just over a foot.
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Fish

'Doomsday' fish found on beach in Mexico sparks fears of a looming disaster

Stacy Liberatore
Daily Mail
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:21 UTC
A rarely seen 'doomsday' fish was found ashore on a Mexico beach, sparking fears of a looming disaster. Surfers spotted the creature, known as an oarfish, on the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula
A rarely seen 'doomsday' fish was found ashore on a Mexico beach, sparking fears of a looming disaster. Surfers spotted the creature, known as an oarfish, on the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula
A rarely seen 'doomsday' fish was found ashore on a Mexico beach, sparking fears of a looming disaster.

Surfers spotted the creature, known as an oarfish, on the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.

The massive fish, about as long as a surfboard, featured a silvery-blue body with a stunning red fin trailing down its back but had an injured tail.

They can measure up to 36 feet in length and weigh over 441 pounds.

Legend has it that the fish are harbingers of earthquakes and other natural disasters.

A local who witnessed the scene in Mexico said: 'They say those fish appear when there is going to be a very strong tsunami.'

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Volcano

Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts sending ash plume 6,500ft into sky on January 19


Yahoo! News
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:00 UTC
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The active Sakurajima stratovolcano in Kagoshima, Japan, erupted on Sunday, sending a huge plume of ash into the sky.

Dramatic timelapse footage captured the ash cloud shooting from the volcano's crater more than 6,500 feet into the air over surrounding towns.

This is the volcano's 15th eruption this year - authorities are monitoring the situation closely.

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Snowflake Cold

Best of the Web: Rare snowstorm hits US south, with 4 deaths reported - 10.5 inches of snow recorded in Louisiana

Nadine Yousif
BBC
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:07 UTC
Rare snow blankets iconic Bourbon Street in New Orleans
Rare snow blankets iconic Bourbon Street in New Orleans
A rare winter storm is bringing snow and freezing rain to parts of the US deep south, closing highways and airports in Texas and prompting a first-ever blizzard warning in southwest Louisiana.

Four people are thought to have died from cold exposure so far - two cases are being investigated as cold-related by Austin authorities in Texas, while two deaths from hypothermia were reported in Georgia and Milwaukee.

Up in the country's north, parts of New York state are being hit by another storm, blanketed by up to 18 inches of snow.

More than 2,200 flights within the US were cancelled on Tuesday, and 3,000 more were delayed, according to online tracker Flight Aware.

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Arrow Down

5 killed in landslide after torrential rain in Bali, Indonesia

Ubung Kaja
Xinhua
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:42 UTC
This photo taken with a mobile phone provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescuers conducting rescue operation after landslides hit Ubung Kaja Village in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Jan. 20, 2025.
This photo taken with a mobile phone provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescuers conducting rescue operation after landslides hit Ubung Kaja Village in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Jan. 20, 2025.
At least five construction workers have died following a landslide that hit a village on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday, an official told local media.

According to a preliminary report, the disaster took place in their accommodations in Ubung Kaja Village in Bali's provincial capital of Denpasar. Three others, also workers, reportedly managed to survive the disaster and are now at the nearby hospital.

Rescuers deployed an excavator in a bid to evacuate the victims as the accommodations were buried at a depth of 50 meters, according to Nyoman Sidakarya, head of Bali's search and rescue agency.

Those deceased have been taken to nearby hospitals for identification.

Sidakarya said that the main cause of the landslide remained unknown, however, the region was poured by torrential rain on Sunday. He called on the public to stay vigilant amid the rainy season.

Indonesia frequently experiences hydrometeorological disasters during the season.


Comment: On the same day in the same country but on a different island: Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill at least 16 in Java, Indonesia

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Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill at least 21 in Java, Indonesia (UPDATE)


Al Jazeera
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:11 UTC
In this handout picture taken
© Indonesia's disaster management agencyIn this handout picture taken and released on January 21, 2025, by Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency shows, rescuers and villagers evacuate victims of a landslide at Kasimpar village in Pekalongan, Central Java.
At least 16 people have been killed and 10 injured as a landslide struck Indonesia's Central Java province, government authorities said.

The landslide in the city of Pekalongan was triggered by heavy rains, a spokesperson for the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday. Authorities are searching for another three missing people as they warned that the rain was expected to continue for several days.

Local news outlet Kompas TV showed houses heavily damaged and partially buried by the landslide. Several cars were also seen submerged in the mud.

Roads were damaged with rubble and rocks strewn across them. The spokesperson said two bridges had also been hit.


Comment: Update January 23

Al Jazeera reports:
Waters from flooded rivers tore through nine villages in Indonesia's Central Java province, and landslides tumbled onto mountainside hamlets after torrential rains.

Videos and photos released by National Search and Rescue Agency showed workers digging desperately in villages where roads and green-terraced ricefields were transformed into murky brown mud and villages were covered by thick mud, rocks and uprooted trees.

National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said flooding triggered a landslide on Monday that buried two houses and a cafe in the Petungkriyono resort area.

The disasters destroyed 25 houses, a dam and three main bridges connecting villages in Pekalongan city. At least 21 people were killed, 13 injured and nearly 300 were forced to flee to temporary government shelters.

Scores of rescue personnel recovered three mud-caked bodies, including one of a five-month-old baby, as they searched a Petungkriyono area where tonnes of mud and rocks buried two houses and a cafe.

Another body was pulled out from under a broken bridge near a river in Kasimpar village. Rescuers are still searching for five missing people.
Pertinent: Fatal landslides in 2024 exceptional, correlated with very high intensity rainfall events

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Doberman

Monk found dead with dog bite wounds, pit bull in room in Thailand


Bangkok Post
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:25 UTC
A police officer with the year-old pit bull
© FM91 TrafficproA police officer with the year-old pit bull raised by a monk at a temple in Nonthaburi province. The monk was found dead in his room with serious dog bites, along with the dog, late Monday night.
A monk was found dead in his room with critical dog bite wounds and his pet dog, a one-year-old pit bull, at a temple in Muang district.

Police from Bang Sri Munag station were called to a monastic room at a temple in tambon Sai Ma about 1 am on Tuesday. They found the body of Phra Bundit Butrasane, 46, lying face down in a pool of blood.

His right hand was missing, and some of the skin on his face. On the right side of the monk's head were nibble wounds, deep into the bone.

Police said the monk had been dead for about two days before his body was found by a temple disciple identified only as Ou.
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A magnitude 6 earthquake in Taiwan leaves 15 people with minor injuries


MSN
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:58 UTC
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, leaving 15 people with minor injuries.

The quake hit at 12:17 a.m. local time (1600 GMT Monday), with its epicenter 12 kilometers (7 miles) north of Yujing at a preliminary depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), USGS said. Taiwan's Central Weather Administration recorded a magnitude of 6.4.

There were no immediate reports of deaths from the quake, though rescuers were still assessing damage.

Taiwan's fire department said 15 people were sent to hospital for minor injuries. Among them were six people, including one child, who were rescued from a collapsed house in Nanxi District, Tainan city. The Zhuwei bridge on a provincial highway was reported to be damaged.

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Attention

Chilling video records moment when sloth bear killed father-son duo, left forest guard injured in Chhattisgarh, India


The Free Press Journal
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:12 UTC
Bear attack in Chhattisgarh's Korar Forest Range
© X@ManojSh28986262Bear attack in Chhattisgarh's Korar Forest Range
A furious sloth bear fatally attacked a father-son duo who went into the forest in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district to procure wood. Identified as Suklal Darro (45) and Ajju Kureti (22), the two individuals were killed by the animal after it pounced on them on Saturday.

The incident was reported from the forest on a hill named Jailnkasa situated near Dongarkatta village of the state.

Father-son duo killed in bear attack

While the son lost his life on the spot, Darro died while being rushed to the hospital.

It was stated that a forest official who bravely jumped to save Darro and Kureti from the bear's grip sustained injuries after the animal trapped him in its arms and tried to crush him down.

A chilling video from the incident has surfaced online. It records the disturbing moment when the bear fiercely attacked persons in the Korar Forest Range, including a forest official.

Video surfaces (Viewer discretion is advised)

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