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A dead whale was spotted Monday morning on the shore of Alameda South Shore Beach.
The whale is believed to be an adult female gray whale that was previously sighted on Thursday at a different location along the Alameda's shoreline, near the USS Hornet Museum. Scientists took a sample from the whale at that time and determined it was an adult female.
The whale may have been pushed by the tide to Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach on Sunday, officials said.
The whale is the fourth dead gray whale found in the Bay Area so far this year, and scientists will conduct a necropsy after the animal is towed to Angel Island State Park, said Marine Mammal spokesperson Giancarlo Rulli.
The incident occurred in a prohibited swimming area near the Orot Rabin power station, in Hadera, according to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.
Footage posted on social media showed the diver flailing in the water as horrified beachgoers watched from the shore.
The attack happened around 3:02pm local time earlier today at Olga Beach, with emergency services quickly responding to the scene.
Authorities have closed all beaches in the area as search operations continue.
Shark attacks are extremely rare in Israel, with the last recorded incident occurring in 2013.
© Brian IngangaA lioness roams around Nairobi National Park, on the outskirts of Nairobi, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024.
The KWS official told CNN there was "no evidence of provocation from the victims" and that rangers are working to reinforce electric fencing and early warning systems. In a separate attack, a 54-year-old man was killed by an elephant in Kenya's Nyeri County, about 80 miles north of Nairobi, on Friday. The man sustained serious chest injuries, including fractured ribs, before dying at a hospital, per the BBC. Both attacks are "linked to broader ecological pressures and human encroachment on wildlife habitats," KWS Senior Corporate Communications Manager Paul Udoto tells CNN.
The flooding in Le Bugue (Dordogne) started to subside on Monday morning
On April 20, 2025, the departments of Dordogne, Corrèze, and Gironde in southwestern France are grappling with severe flooding as they remain under orange alert due to relentless heavy rainfall. This weather phenomenon has led to significant water level rises in local rivers, with authorities warning of unprecedented overflow levels not seen in decades.
According to Météo-France, the orange alert for flooding was issued early Sunday morning, with predictions of continued rain throughout the day and into the night. The Vézère, Auvézère, and Isle rivers have been particularly affected, prompting emergency services to prepare for potential evacuations and property damage.
The situation escalated quickly, with reports indicating that certain areas received between 70 to 100 millimeters of rain in just 48 hours, equivalent to an entire month of rainfall. As a result, the prefecture of Dordogne indicated that flood levels could reach heights not witnessed since September 1993 or even January 1982. "The rainy episode continues, particularly in the north and east of the Dordogne department, and thus the watercourses continue to rise," stated the prefecture.
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The sinkhole, measuring 20 by 20 metres, and a long fissure spanning more than four rai, were discovered behind the Theppitak chicken farm. In the chicken coop area, cracks were found in the floor at two locations, and a beam had subsided by approximately one centimetre.
Initially, the Moo 10 village headman, Thanapol Rampoey, cordoned off the danger zone and prohibited villagers from entering the area.
The owner of the chicken farm, identified as Suwit, 52, said that villagers had alerted him to the appearance of the sinkhole. He explained that the hole was initially not very wide, but it gradually expanded until two three-year-old oil palm trees were completely submerged, with even their tops no longer visible.
The other bison will be released into the forest after treatment. The bison had entered Raipur tea estate on the outskirts of Jalpaiguri town on Sunday morning. One bison had even entered the Rangdhamali Bazaar. The sight of bison straying into the village was new to the garden dwellers. As people gathered to see the bison, the animals started running nervously in the garden.
Since the place of occurrence was barely seven to eight km from Jalpaiguri, it was important to net the animals before they could enter the densely populated town.
Shahjahan is now undergoing treatment at Jalpaiguri Medical College and Hospital.
Vehicles trapped in flash floods along US 81 in Montague County, Texas on April 20, 2025.
Flood warnings, which suggest that a flood is occurring or is imminent, were in place across Oklahoma.
The National Weather Service said on Sunday that severe thunderstorms were expected from east Texas into far southeast Iowa and Illinois, while the potential for strong tornadoes and damaging winds would exist from central Arkansas into central Missouri.
"This was a historical weather event that impacted roads and caused dozens of high-water incidents," police in Moore, Oklahoma, about 18km (11 miles) south of Oklahoma City, said in a statement on Sunday.
"One of [the vehicles] left the roadway and was swept under the bridge. At the time of the incident, all but two occupants were rescued. It is with great sadness that we report that two individuals, an adult female and a 12-year-old male, were later located deceased," the police said.
A source from the area revealed that the flood which occurred on the 16th April, 2025, destroyed rice fields worth billions of naira.
Abubakar Ndako Kutigi, who spoke on behalf of the village head of Ceganman and other farmers, in a telephone interview with The Guardian in Minna, decried that the communities had experienced six (6) separate flood incidents in 2025, affecting their economy and livelihoods.
Kutigi, a rice farmer, explained that some farmers who usually come from Kebbi, Sokoto, Katsina and Kano states, who are also a huge sources of revenue to Niger State, are seriously affected by the flood and might not find Niger State suitable for farming any more.
He lamented that this is the 6th time the dam has released heavy floods in the 2025 dry season alone, adding that the same disaster had occurred around May 2023, calling on Mainstream Energy Solution to address the issue of the flood being released by Jebba Dam.
Arizona Snowbowl
Arizona Snowbowl just got a fresh delivery of late-season powder! In the last 24 hours, we picked up a whopping foot and a half of fresh snow, bringing our season total to 193 inches!
And check this out - according to OpenSnow and On The Snow, we received the highest 24-hour snowfall in the entire country! That's right, view their reports and then come ski for yourself!
Comment: Elsewhere further north in the country at the start of April: 6 large sinkholes found after earthquake in Mae Hong Son, Thailand