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Lightning kills 6 and injures dozens in 2 incidents in Yemen

AsumeTech
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:47 UTC

Dozens of women were killed and injured when lightning struck a women's wedding in Dhamar governorate, south of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, transforming the wedding party in a funeral.

Local sources reported that lightning struck a house in the village of Al-Aqmar, Isolat Asbeel, in the district of Mayfa'a Ans, east of the city of Dhamar, during a women's wedding, killing and injuring dozens of women.

The sources added, according to the Yemeni agency "Khabar", that three women died, while another 30 women were injured, their injuries ranged from fractures and burns, as they were gathering. in home to attend the wedding party.

According to sources, another lightning struck the village of Maram in the same district, killing 3 women.

Most Yemeni governorates are experiencing heavy rains, accompanied by storms and thunderstorms. Some governorates have reported fatalities and injuries, due to thunderstorms or torrential torrents.

Spanish tourist resort Santa Pola hit with freak flooding ahead of heatwave

Lizzie Edmonds
Evening Standard (UK)
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:18 UTC

A resort in the popular Spanish tourist area of Alicante has been hit by a "meteotsunami" which left streets and beaches flooded and boats adrift.

Santa Pola was hit on Wednesday night by the freak weather incident, which caused tsunami-like waves to hit the coastal area.

Waves of water splashed onto land, damaging fishing fleets and flooding coastal walks.

Called a rissaga in Catalan Spanish, a meteotsunami is triggered by drastic changes in atmosphere. They are often caused by weather events such as a heatwave.

Policía Local de Santa Pola said on their social media pages: "An unexpected meteorological phenomenon has surprised us tonight, with a sudden "rise in tide" that has caused many problems for the moored fishing fleet, even causing several boats to drift.

Wildfire death toll rises to 4 as Italy battles over 500 infernos across the country

RT
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 18:40 UTC

© Reuters / Vigili del Fuoco
A fire is seen burning a forest near the town of Mandas on the south of the island of Sardinia, Italy, August 12, 2021

Italy's emergency services fought more than 500 fires across the country throughout the night, officials said on Thursday, as the death toll from the blazes rose to four amid intense heat waves across Europe.

With Italy recording a record high temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the nation's firefighters have spent days battling hundreds of raging wildfires throughout the south of the country, including in Calabria and Sicily.

Emergency services were deployed overnight to try and control more than 500 blazes, as Italy and its European neighbours contend with extreme dry summer weather, which experts warn will get worse due to the effects of climate change.

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says wildfires a 'major ecological catastrophe'

Elena Bacatoros
Associated Press
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 18:27 UTC

© AP Photo/Michael Varaklas
A burnt forest in Agia Anna village on Evia island, about 181 kilometers (113 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday described the devastating wildfires that burned across the country for more than a week as the greatest ecological catastrophe Greece had seen in decades.

The fires broke out as the country roasted during the most intense and protracted heat wave experienced since 1987. Hundreds of wildfires erupted across the country, stretching Greece's firefighting capabilities to the limit and leading the government to appeal for help from abroad. Hundreds of firefighters, along with planes, helicopters and vehicles, arrived from 24 European and Middle Eastern countries to assist.

"We managed to save lives, but we lost forests and property," Mitsotakis said, describing the wildfires as "the greatest ecological catastrophe of the last few decades."

India - 7 rivers above danger mark in Bihar, floods affect over 250,000

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:13 UTC

Residents use a boat to move in a flooded neighbourhood in Kareli Gaus Nagar area of Allahabad on 12 August, 2021 following heavy monsoon rainfalls that caused the overflowing of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers.

© SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP
Residents use a boat to move in a flooded neighbourhood in Kareli Gaus Nagar area of Allahabad on 12 August, 2021 following heavy monsoon rainfalls that caused the overflowing of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers.

The Disaster Management Division (DMD) in India reported on 11 August that flooding has affected over 250,000 people in the eastern state of Bihar over the last few days. Seven rivers in the state, including the Ganges, are above the danger mark in 15 locations.

DMD reported 252,000 people affected across 125 villages in 5 districts, as of 10 August. The situation has worsened after further heavy rainfall over recent days, with more expected.

As of 11 August, rivers were above the danger mark in the districts of Vaishali, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Bhagalpur, Buxar, Jehanabad, Khagaria and Gopalganj.

Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar, carried out an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas on 11 August 2021 and instructed officials to further step up relief and rescue operation in 12 affected districts.

Three people in hospital after polar bear attack near Nunavut community in Canada

Castanet
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:14 UTC

Three people are in hospital after they were attacked by a polar bear in Nunavut's Baffin region.

RCMP say the three were badly injured but are expected to recover.

Officers were dispatched to a report of the attack near some cabins yesterday afternoon outside Sanirajak, a community of abut 850 people.

They were told three people had been taken to the local health centre.

Two women were later airlifted to the hospital in Iqaluit and a man was flown to a hospital in Ottawa.

RCMP say the polar bear was found dead at the site of the attack and transported to the wildlife office.

Source: The Canadian Press

Baby dies after magpie swooping attack in Brisbane, Australia

Angus Watson
CNN
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:58 UTC

An Australian family is mourning the loss of a five-month-old girl who died after her mother tried to protect her from a swooping magpie.

Baby Mia was in her mother's arms when a magpie swooped at them in Brisbane's Glindemann Park on Sunday, causing her mother to trip and fall. Mia was rushed to hospital but later died from injuries sustained in the fall, according to the Queensland Ambulance Service.

"The parents and bystanders did a really fantastic job, they got us coming really quickly and allowed the little one to have the best possible chance," Tom Holland, a paramedic who attended the scene, said in a press conference.

Lightning strike kills around 550 sheep in Georgia

Agenda.ge
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:00 UTC

Around 550 sheep were killed during a lightning strike on Mount Abul in the Ninotsminda region in southern Georgia on August 9.

Deputy Mayor of Ninotsminda Artavaz Tonoiani says that there were about 1,500 sheep on the pasture which is located five kilometers from the village of Tambovka, Ninotsminda.

Part of the dead livestock belonged to a local farmer from Tambovka, and part to farmers from Kakheti.

Jnews shares a video provided by the farmer's son Yagor Levanov that shows killed sheep on the pasture.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: When the easiest food source stops

Adapt 2030
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:08 UTC

Fast food chains experiencing paper bag shortages with McDonalds leading the shortages. Questions across the industry are how will people be able to take away food from the drive through? Crops in mega-drought zones. Cannon ball sized hail Germany and Lightning strike through a car aftermath.

Lightning strikes kill 4 in Sherpur, Bangladesh

Dhaka Tribune
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:58 UTC

They were killed in four separate incidents of lightning strikes in the district

A total of four people including two teenagers died from separate lightning strikes in Sherpur on Wednesday.

The deceased were identified as Mostofa Mia of Krishnapur Doripara village in Sherpur sadar, Azizul Haque of Lava village in Nokla upazila, Md Arman Hossain of Goshaipur village in Sreebardi upazila, and Russel Mia of Jhenaigati upazila.

Mostofa was struck by a thunderbolt on Wednesday afternoon when he was working in a paddy field during rain. Two others were injured in the strike.

Comment: On the same day a lightning strike killed 2 people in Odisha, India.

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Earth Changes

Lightning kills 6 and injures dozens in 2 incidents in Yemen

Spanish tourist resort Santa Pola hit with freak flooding ahead of heatwave

Wildfire death toll rises to 4 as Italy battles over 500 infernos across the country

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says wildfires a 'major ecological catastrophe'

India - 7 rivers above danger mark in Bihar, floods affect over 250,000

Three people in hospital after polar bear attack near Nunavut community in Canada

Baby dies after magpie swooping attack in Brisbane, Australia

Lightning strike kills around 550 sheep in Georgia

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: When the easiest food source stops

Lightning strikes kill 4 in Sherpur, Bangladesh

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