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A handout picture provided by the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran on March 17 reportedly shows an Emirati cargo ship sinking in southern Iran.
A rescue operation was held on Thursday, and according to Salem Al Makrani Cargo, the ship's operator, 27 out of the 30 sailors were saved by Iranian authorities. One sailor was rescued by Front Savannah, an oil tanker that responded to the distress call.
n an official statement, Salem Al Makrani Cargo said on Friday, "On Monday, March 15, Al Salmy 6 set sail from Al Hamriya Port, Dubai, to Umm Qasar (in Iraq) in a loaded condition." The vessel was carrying general cargo and cars.
© Susan RigleyKrashin Dr. Top of Shadow Mountain in Conifer at 8887ft.
The foothills have seen the most snow in this storm, while we've seen around 2-5 inches around the metro area.
Here are the latest snow totals reported to CoCoRaHS and the National Weather Service as of 12:30 p.m. Thursday:
1 W Aspen Springs - 17.4 inches
4 SSE Pinecliffe - 17 inches
Idaho Springs 4.7 SSE - 15.9 inches
4 ENE Nederland - 15 inches
1 NNW Genesee - 15 inches
Some 17 out of Turkey's all 81 provinces have canceled in-person education until March 21 due to heavy snowfall, including Turkey's largest metropolis Istanbul, which has been hit by a third snow wave in the last three months.
The Turkish State Meteorological Service has declared a "yellow alert" for some 26 provinces and an "orange alert" for eight cities.
The temperatures will decrease by 2 to 5 degrees Celsius across the country at the weekend, the service said in a statement on March 18.
These are the words of 13-year-old Thabo Ndlovu after he and his friend Andrew Mpunzi cheated death when a bolt of lightning struck their herd of cattle in a bush in Chidobe outside Victoria Falls last Saturday.
The two boys are neighbours in BH34 and are in Form One at a local school.
They had gone to herd cattle in a bush near their village when it started raining in the afternoon before a bolt of lightning struck, killing three oxen and a heifer on the spot.
Three goats were also struck dead in a separate incident at almost the same time in neighbouring BH10 village when a bolt of lightning hit a pen and a homestead.
© SNGRELandslide in Loja, Ecuador, March 2022.
Flooding struck in the city of Loja after a heavy downpour on 15 March. Streets in the city were flooded and several houses damaged. Emergency service ECU 911 Loja reported one person was missing after being swept away by flood waters. Teams from the military, National Risk and Emergency Management Service (SNGRE) and the Loja Fire Department are carrying out searches.
SNGRE also reported flooding and landslides in other areas of Loja Canton, including in Gualel where 2 buildings collapsed affecting 6 families.
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Since early Tuesday morning, access to the Teide National Park by the TF-38, one of four roads leading to the site, has been blocked due to ice and snow water on the road.
The impact of the storm, though, can be felt all across Tenerife and the wider archipelago.
The islands are currently all subject to orange and yellow warnings for strong waves and winds.
Wind gusts of up to 93mph (150kph), waves of six meters, fallen trees and branches, broken power lines, and collapsed walls are posing a threat to life.
© IDEALThe scene in the Sierra Nevada, in Spain's Granada province.
Storm Celia caused dust and sand to be blown from the Sahara desert across the Mediterranean into Spain and France.
The particles in the air turned the sky bright orange in areas. Areas particularly affected included Almeria and Murcia.
© Malawi Red CrossBridge destroyed in Malawi after flooding from Cyclone Gombe, March 2022.
Authorities issued warnings for the districts of Mulanje, Nsanje, Chikwawa, Phalombe, Zomba, Machinga, Thyolo, Chiradzulu, Blantyre and Mangochi. Malawi's Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) urged people living in flood-prone areas to move upland and to avoid crossing flooded rivers.
Cyclone Gombe brought heavy rains of more than 100 mm in 24 hours, flooding areas in Southern Region including Chikwawa, Mulanje and Nsanje where roads are blocked causing severe disruption to transport.
