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Mystery boom shakes windows, doors in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix mystery boom
© Caribe Devine/12News
Earthquake reports March 2, 2017. None were reported in Arizona, though many viewers say they felt shaking.
People across the Valley reported a loud booming noise and mysterious shaking of their windows and doors last night.

Some took to Twitter, believing it was an earthquake. But the US Geological Survey reports no earthquakes of any magnitude for at least the last seven days.

Aviation experts said a high-altitude sonic boom could sound like a low rumble. Civilian aircraft are prohibited from flying at supersonic speeds over the continental U.S., but military aircraft are allowed to break the sound barrier.

However, most of the reports of loud booms were centered in the north Valley. According to airspace charts, commercial planes come into Phoenix from that direction, but some military training routes cross them at varying altitudes.

So far, no agency has admitted to flying at supersonic speeds over Arizona. A last possibility could be a meteor exploding at high altitudes.


Attention

Etna volcanic ash advisory and world starts transition to indoor agriculture

Satellite image of Etna volcano on 27 Feb 2017

Satellite image of Etna volcano on 27 Feb 2017
Volcanic Ash Advisory from the Etna Volcano eruption, new ways to grow tomatoes at -45C on the permafrost of Siberia in triple enclosed greenhouses and Australian farmers and cherry growers are moving to enclose crops and orchards in hectare sized greenhouses due to the destabilizing climate.


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Fish

Chinese fishermen find nine tons of dead fish floating on the surface of sea

dead fish
A bizarre video has emerged of fishermen scooping dozens of floating fish from the ocean in China.

The footage, shot in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province on Sunday, shows the fishing boat full of small yellow croakers while fishermen harvest the last ones with nets and baskets.

According to reports, they caught nine tons of fish worth 13,000 GBP within two hours.

It is currently unknown why the fish were floating on the surface of the water.


Cloud Precipitation

Floods and landslides cause havoc across the Andes in Peru

trapped horse
Trapped by the floods... It took a team of rescue workers and volunteers to get this horse back on dry land. Similar scenes are playing out across much of Peru after months of heavy rain.

Here in in the greater Lima district of Lunahuana, a landslide crashed down across a highway. Fortunately no vehicles were caught underneath. Close by in the town of Chosica, a ravine collapsed, sending muddy water gushing across the road.

Landslides and floods have left residents desperate for help. In Piura, they're trying to salvage their belongings after rainfall unlike anything they've seen in 30 years. The floods have already killed 26 people across the country and displaced almost 250,000. And it could get worse with more rain predicted.


Ice Cube

Yacht club reopens after crew clears away huge ice shoves in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

 ice shove
© Fond Du Lac Yacht Club
The view of the Fond Du Lac Yacht Club shoreline Friday morning, a much different scene by Friday night.

"We've had ice shoves, but nothing like this," said Jim Meisinger, with the Fond du Lac Yacht Club.

Winter Storm Donna's gusty winds shoved ice covering Lake Winnebago onto the shoreline; it piled up against the building.

"The whole side of the wall was completely engulfed in ice," said Tom Clausen, a board member at the Yacht Club.

The ice shoves were so severe the Yacht Club closed until the necessary equipment arrived to deal with the ice.


Seismograph

USGS: 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
© Flickr/ Drew Douglas
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

The quake hit at 03:16 GMT on Saturday, at a depth of almost 51 kilometers (about 32 miles) 116 kilometers (72 miles) south of Panguna, a town on Bougainville Island.

Another quake occurred shortly after about 101 kilometers (around 63 miles) southwest of Chirovanga, Solomon Islands.

Cloud Precipitation

246 people killed by floods in Zimbabwe

Floods in Zimbabwe
© Hon S Kasukuwere
Floods in Zimbabwe, February 2017
The government of Zimbabwe said that 246 people have died, 128 were injured and approximately 1 985 made homeless after above-normal rains flooded the country. Regions now affected by floods have recently suffered from severe drought which left more than 4 million in need of food aid.

President Robert Mugabe declared floods to be a national disaster this week and appealed to international donors for $100 million to help those affected by floods, which caused loss of human lives, destroyed homes and public infrastructure such as roads, bridges, dams, schools and hospitals, killed livestock and destroyed crops.

Recent floods caused by Tropical Cyclone "Dineo" have left a trail of destruction in most parts of Matabeleland South and North provinces, particularly in Tsholotsho, Bulilima, Mangwe, Nkayi and parts of Matobo districts.

In Tsholotsho District in Matabeleland North, where the Gwayi River and its tributaries burst their banks, there are still 859 people displaced.

"Across the country as a whole, over 2 500 homes have been damaged since October and some communities are still cut off by the floods. Roads, schools and health facilities have also suffered damage," said Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National House, Hon Saviour Kasukuwere.

Since December, floods caused by heavy rains have killed 246 people, injured 128 and left nearly 2 000 homeless. 74 schools were damaged and 70 dams had burst, Kasukuwere said.

Snowflake

Hawaii picks up 8 inches of snow overnight following blizzard

A NASA satellite captured snow on the Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes on December 25, 2016
© NASA
A NASA satellite captured snow on the Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes on December 25, 2016
Do you want to build a snowman in paradise? Hawaii's mountainous peaks picked up 8 inches of snow overnight this week after a blizzard hit the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Most of the snow fell late Tuesday into early Wednesday, and a blizzard warning for Mauna Kea and its sister peak Mauna Loa was canceled Thursday. A few additional snow showers were forecast, with no accumulation expected.

While the summits received snow, the rest of the Big Island dealt with heavy rain and thunderstorms that pelted the lower elevations. Both Oahu and Kauai were under flash flood warnings. Temperatures were mild, with highs in the 70s and 80s.

Snow on Hawaii's peaks is not uncommon in the colder months because they are nearly 14,000 feet high. Mauna Kea has a sub-Arctic climate, the weather service said.

Attention

Bear attacks and injures 4 people in Odisha, India

BEAR
Four members of a family were severely injured as a bear attacked them near a river in Dumuniguda village under Nabarangpur district's Jharigaon block early this morning.

According to information, a couple Rushama and Jagannath of the village had gone to take a bath in the nearby village. But seeing a bear they started running back. However, the bear attacked them. Seeing them, two sons of the couple went to rescue them. But, they were also injured in the bear attack.

By this time, villagers holding sticks reached the spot and beaten the bear to death.

The injured four have been admitted to the Jharigaon Community Health Centre.

The forest department officials have reached the spot and started investigation into the matter, according to reports.

Wolf

Big spike in dog attacks on people and domestic animals over six months for Tauranga, New Zealand

Dog attack
Dogs attacked 53 people and 80 animals in Tauranga in the last six months of 2016.

The 133 attacks in the six months to December 31 means the city is on track to far surpass the 181 attacks in the full year to June 30, 2016.

The data obtained by the Bay of Plenty Times revealed that in the year to June 30, 2016, dogs in Tauranga city attacked 81 people and 100 domestic animals.

Last year the Bay of Plenty Times reported on four separate attacks which left 32 sheep and lambs dead. Tauranga's animal control officers have not been able to find the dogs responsible for the maulings.

Bellevue property owner Ann Graeme, who lost 14 sheep and two lambs in November, said she and her husband had spent almost $1000 on replacing their flock and putting up more fencing.

Comment: See also these other recent troubling reports of dog attacks: Pack of savage wild dogs attack woman

Pit bull attacks woman, two dachshunds in Point Breeze