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The devastating slip burst through at least two remote villages in Enga province on Monday, destroying homes and crops.
Mackenzie Smith reports.
Earth Changes
The devastating slip burst through at least two remote villages in Enga province on Monday, destroying homes and crops.
Mackenzie Smith reports.
Floodwater in Iran
In a telephone call with the governors of the flood-hit regions, President Rouhani stressed the importance of public awareness prior to the start of the second wave of torrential rains.
Meanwhile, the international federation of Red Cross has called the deluge the largest disaster to hit Iran in more than fifteen years. The Iranian Red Crescent Society also says the natural disaster has killed nearly 80 people so far.
Severe floods have hit at least two dozen provinces since mid-March.
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Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park
Lake Eyre in northern South Australia is Australia's biggest lake and the thirteenth largest in the world when full. It is also the lowest geographical point of the island nation at 15m below sea level.
The usually dry lake system in the state of South Australia - believed by early European settlers to be home to an enormous inland sea - is about 500km from the coast and only fills about four times a century.
The last time it was full was 1974 but water from tropical cyclone Trevor and wet season rains in outback Queensland are flowing to the lake through a network of rivers that drain into a basin covering a sixth of Australia - about the size of Spain.
Ashgabat floods
Weeks of heavy downpours have taken a toll on the region, causing deaths and extensive damage from flooding in Iran and Afghanistan.
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Torrential rains followed by flash floods have claimed over 220 lives across India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, officials and local media said Wednesday.
The Met Office has forecast more rains in the next 24 to 48 hours as the region is under the grip of a westerly cycle of thunderstorms and gusty winds.
Thunderstorms in northern, central and western Indian states late on Tuesday have killed at least 50 people, local media reported.
The most affected state was Rajasthan from where 21 deaths were reported, said Ashutosh Pednekar, relief officer in the state, told Anadolu Agency.
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The dead whale’s body resting on the shore
The dead whale’s body resting on the shore
Pacifica police said they received a call about a dead whale around noon on Tuesday. They estimated the whale was approximately 35 feet long, but didn't yet specify what type of whale it was. The location of the whale was 500 Esplanade Drive.
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A major road in the centre of Taipei is seen damaged after an earthquake in Taipei, Taiwan on April 18, 2019.
A major road in the centre of Taipei is seen damaged after an earthquake in Taipei, Taiwan on April 18, 2019.
Local television footage showed school children being evacuated from buildings, while a weather bureau official said it was the largest quake to hit the island so far this year.
The quake struck at 1.01pm local time, and at a depth of 18km, the Central Weather Bureau said, adding that the quake measured at 4.0-magnitude in the Taipei area.
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Dark clouds pass over a semi-sunlit Parthenon temple atop the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens
Dark clouds pass over a semi-sunlit Parthenon temple atop the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens
A bolt of lightning struck Acropolis in Athens injuring four people, Greek authorities said on Wednesday. Two female guards and two tourists are among the injured.
The condition of one of the security staff is serious, Greek media reported. However, later in the day, the AP news agency reported citing a culture ministry official that none of the wounded has sustained serious trauma.
Uganda planting season off by a month or two and seeds / beans from Vietnam.
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Comment: Single dead whales have also washed up recently in Seattle, Washington and Oyster, Virginia. (On April 14th and 16th respectively.)