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What is the 'massacre law'?
Labeled the "massacre law" by animal welfare groups, the legislation was passed by parliament in 2024 requiring municipalities to collect stray dogs and house them in shelters to be vaccinated, neutered or spayed before making them available for adoption.
According to the Associated Press, dogs that are in pain, terminally ill or present a health risk to humans will be euthanized. Although this legislation was passed last year, municipal authorities have only partially enacted it.
Girl killed by stray dogs
The backstory: Two-year-old Rana El Selci died after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Konya, central Turkey, on March 7, the Associated Press reported. The child's death sparked a renewed outcry about the 4 million stray dogs that the government estimates wander Turkey's streets and rural areas.
© Johan Ordonez/AFPGuatemala's Fuego volcano is located 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the capital Guatemala City, March 10, 2025
Residents with traumatic memories of a deadly eruption in 2018 sought refuge after the Fuego volcano exploded spectacularly 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the capital Guatemala City.
"We heard the rumblings and then a strong eruption," Manuel Cobox, 46, told AFP after leaving his home with his wife and three daughters.
Some 125 families, around 900 people, were moved to safety from the community of El Porvenir, said Juan Laureano, a spokesman for Guatemala's disaster coordination agency, Conred.
Residents of another community in Las Lajitas were also evacuated, the official added.
Footage shared online shows towns like Torremolinos completely inundated with flood water, with stairs and roads turned into rivers and gushing streams.
In Velez-Malaga, a family had to be rescued moments before their car was washed away by a torrent of water.
Roads across Malaga, Marbella and Estepona have also been flooded, and the wet weather is only set to continue throughout this week.
State weather agency has placed the Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce regions under a yellow for the rest of Monday.
On March 10 (02:33:14 (UTC), a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred in the Jan Mayen Island region, impacting Svalbard and Jan Mayen, a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) later revised the magnitude to 6.5.
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center announced on X/Twitter:
"Tsunami Info Stmt: M6.6 Jan Mayen Island Region 2233EDT Mar 9: Tsunami NOT expected; U.S. Atlantic or Gulf Coast."According to the official news release on tsunami.gov, "There is no tsunami danger for the U.S. east coast, the Gulf of Mexico states, or the eastern coast of Canada." The statement added, "Based on earthquake information and historic tsunami records, the earthquake is not expected to generate a tsunami."
Heavy snowfall blankets parts of Xinjiang, disrupting traffic in key areas
Starting early Saturday, heavy snow blanketed the Kanas scenic area in Altay Prefecture, northern Xinjiang, covering houses, roads, and infrastructure. Local traffic police responded by managing vehicles at key intersections and using patrol vehicles to escort tourists out of the area safely.
Due to hazardous conditions, traffic control measures were imposed from 15:00 on roads leading to the scenic area.
Blizzards also struck the region's Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. On the Guozigou expressway section of northwestern Xinjiang, snowfall had persisted since Friday evening, covering roads with a thick layer of snow.
Arizona snowstorm paralyzes Interstate 40, dumps over 2 feet of snow
Williams picked up two feet of snow Friday, as did Arizona Snowbowl, which received 36 inches of snow in two days. Mormon Lake, Parks and Ash Fork picked up 16 inches of snow while the Flagstaff Airport and Munds Park measured 13 inches of snow.
Downtown Flagstaff saw nine inches and Doney Park saw eight inches, although higher elevations saw more. Interstate-40 saw many slide offs and accidents in and around Williams, which left many people stranded for several hours.
There were several vehicles stranded due to an accident on Highway 89 near Grey Mountain Friday night. The National Weather Service forecasts a warming weekend into Monday, then a small storm is expected to move in Tuesday with a possible larger one Thursday.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is driving wet and windy weather over south-east Queensland and northern NSW.
The effects are already being felt there, with rising floodwaters and rough seas battering the coastline. More than 80,000 homes and businesses across both states are without power - that could last for days.
The category two system is currently around 80 kilometres east of the Gold Coast.
It's expected to cross land late on Friday evening or early Saturday morning, downgrading to a category one as it does.
Comment: Update March 9
Al Jazeera reports:
Gusts and torrential rain have caused widespread power outages and triggered flash floods in parts of Australia's east coast, with one person killed and a dozen soldiers wounded.
After days hovering off the coast as a Category 2 tropical cyclone and battering a 400km (250-mile) stretch of coastline, Alfred significantly weakened on Sunday, but still left significant disturbance along its path.
Some 316,540 people were without power as of Sunday in Queensland's southeast, where the Gold Coast city was the worst-hit area, energy distributor Energex said in a statement.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that the "situation in Queensland and northern New South Wales remains very serious due to flash flooding and heavy winds".
"Heavy rainfall, damaging wind gusts, and coastal surf impacts are expected to continue over coming days," Albanese said in Canberra.
In Queensland's Hervey Bay, more than 230mm (9 inches) of rain was recorded in just six hours on Sunday morning, according to State Premier David Crisafulli.
"We've seen that culminate in reports of flash flooding in homes and in businesses," Crisafulli was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
News.com.au reported that emergency services in Hervey Bay have carried out multiple rescues "in one of its worst weather emergencies on record" in the area.
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said heavy rainfall that could cause flash flooding was developing on Sunday and could affect Brisbane as well as the Queensland regional centres of Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Gympie.
Damaging winds with gusts of about 90km/h (60mph) were also possible in the state, the bureau said on its website.
Brisbane airport reopened on Sunday but posted on X that "ongoing weather may affect the schedule".
Queensland will decide later on Sunday whether about 1,000 state schools, closed due to the bad weather, will reopen on Monday.
The neighbouring state of New South Wales (NSW) has confirmed all public schools that were closed on Friday due to Alfred will remain closed again on Monday.
On Saturday, one man died in a flood in northern NSW.
Meanwhile, 13 Australian Defence Force soldiers en route to help residents in NSW's city of Lismore were injured in a road collision, officials said. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, two of the soldiers remain in serious condition.
Alfred is the first cyclone to cross the east Australian coast near the Queensland state capital of Brisbane since 1974.
An avalanche caused by heavy rains affected the road that connects Pasto with the town of El Encano, in the sector known as La Vaca Lola.
The victim was dragged away in his vehicle by Friday's landslide, according to Nicolás Toro, mayor of the town of Pasto, who spoke with El Contraste Noticias, a local news site.
Before the body was found on Saturday, the National Risk Management Unit had said that four people were missing and 38 others were rescued. It noted that the landslide affected more than 200 people overall and damaged 65 homes.
Heavy machinery worked to reopen the affected roads and restore water service, which was suspended in a popular tourist area near La Cocha lagoon.
AP
Comment: Update March 11
Azertag.az reports:
Four people were killed and about 100 families were left homeless due to a landslide in southern Colombia's Narino department, according to Xinhua.
"The rains have left emergencies in several cities, but the most devastating occurred in (the community of) El Encano, in the city of Pasto, where a landslide claimed the lives of four people and left serious damage," Luis Alfonso Escobar, governor of Narino said on social media platform X.
The landslide impacted more than 400 families, making several roads impassable and causing the collapse of three aqueducts.
Authorities were working on clearing roads of debris and supplying drinking water with tanker trucks, said the governor.
In the city of La Cruz, 100 families were also affected by flooding and three pedestrian bridges were swept away.
Some "24 cities have requested machinery to clear roads and deal with landslides," said Escobar.
Heavy rainfall causes floods in various parts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad
Images and videos circulating online showed streets in Baghdad, particularly in the Karrada Kharij area, submerged in water, leveling with sidewalks.
Local sources told Shafaq News that the suspended bridge tunnel went out of service due to rising water levels, while the road from Al-Khartoum intersection to Al-Zaytoun tunnel was also closed due to severe flooding inside the tunnel.
In Karbala, similar scenes unfolded, with floodwater reaching vehicle tires and turning unpaved roads into mud pits.
Bzeibiz Camp in Al-Anbar also flooded, with water seeping into tents and damaging their contents, as shown in footage received by Shafaq News.
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