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Fish

Thousands of dead fish wash ashore around Fort Myers Beach, Florida as Red Tide alert is issued

Dead fish near a dock by Lovers Key.
© Fox 4Dead fish near a dock by Lovers Key.
On Monday, the Lee County Department of Health issued a Red Tide warning for Fort Myers Beach, as thousands of dead fish—including a hammerhead shark—lined the shores near Lovers Key State Park.

David Unfried, a neighbor at Lovers Key Beach Club, has witnessed the impact firsthand.

"Just three or four days ago it started, I would say thousands," Unfried said.

Unfried, who fishes at the beach daily, noted that the Red Tide has significantly disrupted marine life.

"I haven't caught anything since the Red Tide came in," he said.


Arrow Down

2 killed as landslide triggered by heavy rain sweeps truck off Bolivian highway

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Two women died when a cargo truck was swept off a highway by a landslide in Bolivia's La Paz department, authorities said Tuesday.

The regional police commander said the accident happened Monday morning on the Quiabaya-Sorata highway following heavy rains that triggered deadly landslides across the country.

Relentless rains since November 2024 have caused widespread destruction across Bolivia. The Vice Ministry of Civil Defense reported that 109,156 families had been affected or displaced as of Feb. 5, with more than 300 homes completely destroyed.


Doberman

Nine-year-old killed by dog pack in Madhya Pradesh, India

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In yet another dog attack, a nine-year-old child was brutally mauled by a pack of stray dogs leading to his death. The incident occurred on the evening of February 11, when the kid went to collect wood from the field.

The deceased identified as Purushottam had gone to gather dry wood around 5 PM along with a neighborhood child. While he was picking up wood in the field, four to five stray dogs attacked him from behind, biting his neck and severely injuring him. The child who had accompanied him raised an alarm and ran to call the villagers working in the nearby fields.

However, by the time they arrived, the dogs had already torn the child apart, leaving his body in a blood-soaked state. After the incident, panic and anger prevailed in the entire village.

Villagers informed Madan Kashyap, father of Purushottam, about the incident. Purushottam was the youngest son of his father. He has two elder sisters and two brothers.

Doberman

Man dies following dog attack in Panama City, Florida

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The man who was mauled by a dog on Feb. 4 died on Sunday, Feb. 9.

Michael Fabjon Jr., 49, was in the intensive care unit after the attack, which caused serious injuries to his neck and throat.

The victim's family will be hosting a service on Friday, Feb. 14, in Panama City. Readers can send flowers to the family or plant a tree in his memory. Details are available on Heritage Funeral Home's website. Friends can share memories or leave digital candles in condolence to the family.

Panama City attorney Zachary Taylor has been retained by the family, which is seeking civil damages from the dog's owners through a wrongful death claim, according to a news release from the Law Office of Manuel & Thomson.


Wolf

3 injured in jackal attack in Madhya Pradesh, India

Jackal
© Wikimedia Commons, Steve GarvieAn adult male golden jackal.
A jackal injured three people in Chhindwara district late on Thursday. The incident took place at Chimoua village panchayat under Amarwada janpad of the district.

The injured include Suresh Dehariya, 50, and Sudhir Bharti, 30, both residents of Chimoua, and Inamul Haq, 7, a resident of Pindrai Dhabir.

"It is a revenue village situated close to the forest area. Three people, including a child, sustained injuries in the animal attack. The condition of all is out of danger," secretary of the Chimoua panchayat, Pooranchand Sahu, told TOI.

He added, "Though I was posted in this village for more than three years now, this is the first such incident of an animal attack."

Cloud Precipitation

Flash flooding hits Sydney after 3 inches of rain in just 1 hour

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Over 20 people have been rescued from floodwaters after severe thunderstorms hit Australia's largest city Sydney, capital of the state of New South Wales.

The storms swept across western and central Sydney on Monday, bringing intense rainfall that caused flash flooding and disrupted roads and public transport.

Rain was heaviest in the suburb of Horsley Park -- about 35 km west of central Sydney -- which received 77.6 millimeters in one hour.


Boat

Flood death toll rises to 5 in Puerto Princesa, Philippines - 13.4 inches of rain in 24 hours, 12 TIMES normal February amount for the city

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The death toll in flash floods caused by unrelenting rain in Palawan province in the southwestern Philippines climbed to five, local authorities said Tuesday.

Jerry Alili, chief of the Palawan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said rescuers found two bodies who went missing after floodwaters swept away their van, carrying 12 people, on Sunday night.

The bodies of three other people were found on Monday, while seven passengers had been safely rescued and are now recuperating at a local hospital, local authorities earlier said.

Palawan province recorded its heaviest 24-hour rainfall as the shear line continued to affect the area, local media reported.

"We received 341 millimeters of rain within 24 hours. That is 12 times the usual monthly allocation. All poured down in just one day," Alili said.

Due to widespread flooding, Alili said over 2,000 families were forced to evacuate and have been staying in temporary government-run shelters.


Volcano

Fire and ice: lava meets snow in spectacular night eruption of Mount Etna

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At approximately 3,300 meters high, the lava flow is still seeping from a crack that formed on the southern slope of the "Bocca Nuova" crater on Saturday evening.
Mount Etna on Monday (February 10) staged a mesmerising spectacle with lava spewing from the Bocca Nuova crater, illuminating the snowy surroundings of the volcano's summit.

The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Catania located the emission of lava at an estimated altitude of about 3,000 metres above sea level between the base of the Bocca Nuova crater and the South-East crater.

According to volcanologists, the current eruption is a typical sub-terminal eruption as it comes from a fracture and not from one of the main craters.

The 3,330-metre-high volcano is the tallest in Europe, and is believed to have the longest documented history of eruptions among all volcanoes, with records dating back to 425 B.C.


Fish

Deep-water seadevil fish filmed off Tenerife, Spain for the very first time on 26 January

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The non-governmental organisation (NGO) Condrik-Tenerife has published the first images of a live adult black seadevil fish, also known as monkfish or anglerfish, which was spotted on 26 January in broad daylight and near the surface, just two kilometres off the coast of Tenerife. The sighting is a very rare occurrence on the Spanish coast.

After Valencian marine biologist Laia Valor spotted the fish on the surface, biologists Marc Martín and Antonio Sabuco, together with marine wildlife photographer David Jara, captured some unique images of the animal.


Lightning

Four women footballers killed by lightning after sheltering under tree by pitch in Colombia

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Five people including four women footballers have been killed after taking shelter under a tree during a storm and being struck by lightning.

Another two female victims were rushed to hospital after suffering serious burns in the horror incident yesterday near the central Colombian town of Cajibio.

Tributes were being paid to the women today as details of the horror incident began to emerge. They have been named locally as Jeidy Morales, Daniela Mosquera, Luz Lame and Etelvina Mosquera.

The unnamed male victim is said to have died in hospital. One conflicting report said part of the group involved had taken shelter inside a shed by the football pitch when the tragedy occurred.

But local government spokesman Lesly Valencia said: "The information I have is that the women were participating in a football tournament when the emergency occurred. A lightning bolt struck a tree and that was what caused the death of the four women."