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At least 2 feet of snow dumped on parts of Maine and New Hampshire


US News
Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:09 UTC
A man rides an electric wheel chair on Union Street as heavy snow started falling in Bangor Tuesday afternoon.
© Gabor Degre | BDN
A man rides an electric wheel chair on Union Street as heavy snow started falling in Bangor Tuesday afternoon.
The latest nor'easter has dumped at least 2 feet of snow in some areas of Maine and New Hampshire.

Light snow was still falling Wednesday morning, with snow showers expected to continue through the night.

Most places in northern New England could see up to an additional 3 inches, with up to 6 inches in the mountains.

Comment: See additionally: Thousands without power as blizzard brings heavy snow to north-east US (VIDEOS)

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US West Coast sardine fishing closed for 4th year - 'alarming' 97% population decline

Peter Fimrite
SF Gate
Wed, 07 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC
sardines
© Chuck Kirman, AP
Sardine fishing nets will remain empty for a fourth straight year along the West Coast, where biologists are comparing the dramatic decline of the schooling fish to the infamous collapse that led to the downfall of Monterey's once-thriving Cannery Row.

The northern Pacific sardine population, stretching from Mexico to British Columbia, has plummeted 97 percent since 2006, according to an assessment released this week by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Pacific Fishery Management Council.

The perilously low numbers give regulators no choice but to close fishing, which had been scheduled to start July 1, from Mexico to the Canadian border.
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Rain and snowmelt cause landslides, flooding in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina (VIDEOS)

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:26 UTC
Landslide in Hrvatska Kostajnica, Croatia, March 2018.
© DUZS
Landslide in Hrvatska Kostajnica, Croatia, March 2018.
Croatia

Croatia's State Protection and Rescue Administration (Državna uprava za zaštitu i spašavanje - DUZS) reported on 13 March that a landslide in Hrvatska Kostajnica, Sisak-Moslavina County completely destroyed 6 houses and left several others severely damaged. No fatalities have been reported.

As of 13 March, several rivers were at red level warning stage (highest of five - green, blue, yellow, orange, red) including the Una in the town of Hrvatska Kostajnica near the location of the landslide, where streets and homes have been flooded.

Elsewhere in Croatia, the Korana river in Karlovac was at red level warning stage as of 13 March, standing at 7.81 metres.

Disaster officials said levels of the Sava River were cause for concern, in particular at Jasenovac where levels were at orange warning stage, standing as at 8.54 metres.

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Wolf

Infant killed by dog in Cape Girardeau, Missouri


Southeast Missourian
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:14 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A 13-month-old girl died at a local hospital after she was bitten by a caregiver's dog Friday on North Hanover Street in Cape Girardeau, police said.

Police said they were dispatched to the residence at 2:12 p.m. Friday in response to the dog attack.

The child later was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said Monday. The dog was impounded and transported to an animal shelter and is "awaiting disposition to be euthanized," according to a news release.

Police said the case is still under investigation.
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Attention

Grenada increases alert level for underwater volcano Kick 'Em Jenny

CMC
St. Lucia News Online
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:13 UTC
Kick 'Em Jenny volcano
© Wiki
A sonar image of the Kick 'Em Jenny volcano.
The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) Monday said it had raised the alert level for the underwater volcano, Kick 'em Jenny from yellow to orange "due to increased activities".

NaDMA said that it had been working with the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in monitoring the situation and "with this increase in the alert level, ships and other marine operators are asked to observe the exclusion zone of 5 km/3.1miles".

"NaDMA in collaboration with the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center will continue to monitor the activities of Kick em' Jenny and will update the public as necessary, the statement noted.

In May last year, NaDMA warned Grenadians that they should expect more eruptions of the underwater volcano, noting that volcanic episodes at Kick em' Jenny, since 1939, usually consist of several eruptions lasting over several days before returning to repose.

NaDMA said it would be useful for those in coastal areas to be on the lookout for unusual material that might be ejected from the eruption.
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Bizarro Earth

Persistent heat anomaly in the Gulf of Mexico: Is a dormant underwater volcano awakening?

Stefan Stanford
All News Pipeline
Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC
Gulf of Mexico Heat Anomaly
Back on January 11th, we reported on ANP that several days before a massive, 7.6 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea, causing a tsunami warning to be issued to several Caribbean islands, ocean water had suddenly and mysteriously 'disappeared' in locations more than 2,000 miles apart, both north and south of the epicenter of that quake.

As videographer MrMBB333 told us in a video that we used within that story, "water is trying to tell us something".

Well if water suddenly and mysteriously disappearing in the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean then was trying to tell us something, then certainly temperature spikes of over 130 degrees in the Gulf of Mexico must be trying to tell us something, too!
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Long-billed dowitcher from North America turns up in Mumbai, India

Virat A Singh
DNA India
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:00 UTC
Long-Billed Dowitcher
© Santosh Gulavani
Long-Billed Dowitcher
The Bhandup Pumping Station has since past two become the centre of attraction for the birding community, who have been anxious to catch a glimpse of the Long-billed Dowitcher, a vagrant bird originally from North America. The Dowitcher as been sighted merely 15 times so far in India.

The Dowitcher is considered to be a shy voracious feeder, with a straight long beak almost the size of its body. It was first sighted in Mumbai sometime around 24 February this year in Thane creek and was sighted till Sunday. However, on Monday morning, birdwatchers were unable to spot it. According to experts, the Dowitcher is likely to begin its journey towards the Arctic soon.
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Arrow Down

Two cars fall into sinkhole in Rome


The Sunday times
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:19 UTC
sinkhole
The Italian fire and rescue service said it removed two cars after a sinkhole opened up on a street in southwest Rome in the early hours of March 13.

Footage of the incident shows the fire service removing the cars, with one partially collapsed into the sinkhole.

No one was injured, according to local reports.

The service tweeted: "Tonight a sinkhole opened up on the Gianicolense ring road, in the southwest area of Rome. The Vigili del Fuoco rushed to secure the area and [remove] the two vehicles involved."

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Avalanche kills 2 women in Pakistan

Mohammad Ali
UrduPoint
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:07 UTC
At least two women were killed as avalanche hit them at Shudmela Darga

At least two women were killed as avalanche hit them at Shudmela Darga
At least two women were killed as avalanche hit them at Shudmela Darga area in Kurram agency here on Tuesday. According to details, the two ill-fated women were swept away by avalanche amid heavy rainstorm when they were bringing mud for construction of their house from nearby mountains.

Meanwhile, heavy rains and hailstorm wrecked havoc in the area, damaging standing crops of wheat and orchards besides badly affecting the routine life of the residents. The areas which were worst affected include Jaladar, Umar kot, Gosarr, Sumair besides other localities.

An Intermittent rain accompanied by gushing winds with lightning and thunder has been continuing for the last night.
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Terrifying moment woman is swept off mountainside by massive landslide in Peru (VIDEO)

Tim Stickings
Daily Mail
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:45 UTC
In the footage, hundreds of people are gathered on a mountain road after earlier landslides made it hard to cross

In the footage, hundreds of people are gathered on a mountain road after earlier landslides made it hard to cross
Videos of a woman being swept away by a landslide on a mountain pass are being widely circulated after new footage suggests that she invited it on.

Santusa Nina Huallpa was swept over the side of a mountain by a forceful landslide in Huancarani, Paucartambo Province, in the southern highlands of Peru.

The 36-year-old's death was seen by several onlookers, with her remains later found buried under earth and stones by National Police in the community of Huayllatambo.

A new video taken by an eyewitness several yards away from where Huallpa was standing shows that she was aware of the onrushing landslip and seemingly beckoned it on.

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