As reported by business-standard.com, “A 52-year-old German national was struck dead by lightning while he was on a stroll at the beach at Chowwara near here, police said today. The deceased was identified as Wehrle Robert from Regensburg, Germany, police said. He had arrived with his wife on April 21 for ayurvedic treatment at a resort at nearby Vizhinjam. According to local people, he fell down after being struck by lightning last evening. ” Read Article
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As covered by gulfnews.com, “Two expatriates were killed in lightning strikes on Monday as thundershowers lashed vast areas of the Sultanate in a continuing wet weather spell that is entering a record-breaking second week. One of the deaths occurred in the oilfield region of Fahud near Ibri in Dhahirah governorate, while the other was reported […]
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As reported by Huffingtonpost.com a female snowshoer has died hours after she was dug out of an avalanche by fellow hikers, and a man remained missing Sunday, one day after a pair of spring avalanches struck separate groups hiking in the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle, authorities in Washington state said. Read Article
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Forbes.com reported that as new death reports come in, a team of experts from China published a scary report yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) suggesting that the new H7N9 avian flu virus is even more deadly than previously believed. Read Article
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As reported by Reuters.com a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit western Japan early on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Read Article
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Japantimes.co.jp reported that some 750,000 residents in 14 municipalities in Yamanashi and Shizuoka would need to evacuate in the event of an eruption of Mount Fuji, which straddles both prefectures, a recent estimate shows. Read Article
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As reported by thejakartapost.com, “Mount Lokon in Tomohon City, North Sulawesi, erupted again at around 7:57 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, sending a plume of ash 2,000 meters into the sky from its Tompaluan crater…Currently, the agency’s PVMBG is still maintaining Mount Lokon’s volcanic activity status at “alert” (level 3)…” Read Article
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As covered by accuweather.com, “The eye of Tropical Cyclone Rusty has rolled ashore in northwestern Australia, packing damaging winds, flooding rain and inundating storm tides…Rusty had spun virtually in place off the Pilbara Coast of Australia’s North West on Tuesday, dealing the region a prolonged battering of gales, pounding waves and torrential rain.” Read Article
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According to abc.net, “Tropical Cyclone Rusty is continuing to intensify as it tracks directly towards the stretch of coast in Western Australia known as ‘cyclone alley’. At last report, the category two system was 250 kilometres north of Port Hedland and nearly stationary. It is is still more than a day away from making landfall […]
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