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Lightning strikes kill man and 68 livestock in Mongolia


Xinhua
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 17:04 UTC
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A 41-year-old-man was killed and his 38-year-old wife injured due to a lightning strike in southern Mongolia, the country's emergency management agency said Friday.

The couple from Deren soum of Dundgovi Province were herding their livestock on Thursday when the lightning strike hit, the agency said in a statement.

The wife was badly injured, and is currently being treated at hospital.

On Wednesday, 22 sheep and 46 goats from a herder were killed in a lightning strike in Durvuljin soum of Zavkhan province in western Mongolia, according to the agency.
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Windsock

Massive sandstorm engulfs Jaisalmer, India

Chave Weather
YouTube
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:45 UTC
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A giant sandstorm hits the historic city of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. August 6th, 2020.

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Ice Age Farmer Report: COVID-19 strike teams shut down farms - FoodWars go hot - Beirut, Australia, China shortages


Ice Age Farmer
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:52 UTC
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The global food supply is being destroyed, production dismantled, and farmers put out of business: California is sending in "COVID-19 Strike Teams" to shut down farms that are not "properly distanced." China bans cellphones in granaries. Australian food shortages. Beirut loses main port and grain stores. Middle East food production & distribution is on fire. Christian breaks down the latest as the #FoodWars go hot.


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Fish

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Sahara desert had fish


Adapt 2030
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:21 UTC
Some of the sea creatures that lived underwater in the location where the Sahara desert is today.
© American Museum of Natural History 2019Some of the sea creatures that lived underwater in the location where the Sahara desert is today.
Looking at the African Mega-Lakes which would be the largest lakes on Earth today, scientists say they found fossilized bones from tilapia and catfish, on massifs with rock carvings and stone art. Timeline seems off for fossils as well the sheer amount of caravans and trade points across N. Africa with known habitation points, vast swaths of civilization across the region and all we get is the Egyptians. I see a missing part of human history, what do you see?


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Snowflake Cold

Coldest temperature ever recorded for the island state of Tasmania, Australia

Damian McIntyre
ABC News (Australia)
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:27 UTC
Senior Constable Dan Adams said police sometimes have to leave stranded vehicles until the snow melts.
© ABC News/Jessica MoranSenior Constable Dan Adams said police sometimes have to leave stranded vehicles until the snow melts.
If you thought it was cold this morning, spare a thought for Liawenee in Tasmania's Central Highlands — it is already one of the coldest places in Australia and has just broken its own record.

Temperatures dropped to -14.2 degrees Celsius just after 6:00am — a new record low for the state and even colder than Antarctica.

Michael Lasko from the Bureau of Meteorology said the Liawenee temperature was 2C colder than the town's previous record low of -12.2C, made back in 2013.

"But also it looks like that -14.2 is the coldest minimum for all of Tasmania," Mr Lasko said.

The previous record for Tasmania was -13C at Tarraleah and Butlers Gorge back in 1983.

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Rose

Rare, mutant honeybee is both male and female

Jason Bittel
National Geographic
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:00 UTC
mutant bee
© Annie O'Neill“I’ve been keeping bees since 1976, and this is the first time I’ve seen anything like it,” says master beekeeper Joseph Zgurzynski.
While checking his hives this June, master beekeeper Joseph Zgurzynski discovered something highly unusual. Whereas all the other honeybees in the hive had normal black eyes, one insect sported a pair of creamy yellow peepers that were impossible to miss.

And that wasn't all. When Zgurzynski looked closer, he realized that not only were the bee's eyes off-color, but they were abnormally large. In fact, they looked like the radar-dish eyes typical of male honeybees, or drones, despite the fact that the rest of the bee — the abdomen, stinger, and wings — were clearly female.

"I've been keeping bees since 1976, and this is the first time I've seen anything like it," says Zgurzynski, who manages around six million bees at his Country Barn Farm just north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Comment: So are these mutations increasing or are they just being documented more effectively? And if they are increasing, is it due to increased pesticide use, or is something else at play? Both? And check out SOTT radio's:

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Seismograph

6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Prince Edward Islands region south east of South Africa

huaxia
Xinhua
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:21 UTC
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© Phil McCarten / Reuters
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted Prince Edward Islands region at 2336 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 41.7458 degrees south latitude and 42.3821 degrees east longitude.
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Boat

508 deaths, 12.6 million people affected by floods across India - at least 300,000 hectares of crop damaged


NewsClick
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:21 UTC
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Since the onset of monsoon, over 500 people have died across the country because of the ongoing floods and flood-related incidents. At least 1.26 crore people have been affected, and approximately 5,22,908 people have been displaced. Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh are the states that have been affected the most.

Bihar continues to be affected by floods as river overflow from Nepal has inundated more areas. According to the situation report published by the Ministry of Home Affairs' Disaster Management Division on August 4, over 59.68 lakh people have been affected by the floods, and 19 people have died. One thousand one hundred and eighteen villages have been affected. A total of 4,40,507 people have been evacuated, and 38 relief centres have been opened. The relief camps are currently housing 28,664 people.
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Cloud Precipitation

Thousands displaced by further floods in South West State, Somalia after unusually strong rainfall season


Floodlist
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:53 UTC
Lower Shabelle floods, July 2020, Somalia.
© UN-OCHALower Shabelle floods, July 2020, Somalia.
Further flooding has struck in parts of Somalia, with over 10,000 people affected in South West State over the last few days.

Wide areas of the country have seen unusually strong "Hagaa season" rainfall which has caused flash and riverine flooding in particular from mid July. Since then, 6 fatalities have been reported and at least 120,000 people displaced and 191,000 affected in Hirshabelle, South West, Jubaland States and Banadir region.

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17.5 million affected, 630 killed by floods in South Asia


ReliefWeb
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:15 UTC
17.5 million affected by floods and threatened by disease in South Asia
17.5 million affected by floods and threatened by disease in South Asia
Monsoon floods are robbing millions of people of their homes and livelihoods, with mounting risk of more deadly disease outbreaks when health resources are stretched to breaking point by COVID-19.

So far almost 17.5 million people have been affected and more than 630 killed by major floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal according to government figures. Half of Bangladesh's districts are underwater, leaving nearly 1 million families stranded and cut off in their villages. Flooding and landslides in Nepal have left almost 200 people dead or missing. In India, almost 12 million people are affected by the floods mainly in the northern states of Assam and Bihar.

Feroz Salah Uddin, Secretary General, Bangladesh Red Crescent said: "This is one of the biggest monsoon floods we have faced in many years and the worst may be yet to come as we face growing risks of malaria, dengue, diarrhea as well as this worsening COVID-19 pandemic."
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