Yahoo News 1,300 migrants rescued by Italian coastguard from Mediterranean Sea
The rescues come nearly two weeks after a shipwreck off the Calabrian coast killed at least 74 migrants who had departed Turkey.
The rescues come nearly two weeks after a shipwreck off the Calabrian coast killed at least 74 migrants who had departed Turkey.
A giant coronal hole, spotted Monday, is releasing rapid solar winds expected to reach Earth on March 24, causing more vibrant aurora borealis.
A new and "rare" species of giant trapdoor spider has been discovered in Australia. Researchers say the female spiders, which are typically larger than the males, can grow up to five centimetres in body length. "It's a big, beautiful species," said one of the lead researchers, Dr Michael Rix, who is the curator of arachnology at Queensland Museum.
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A Herefordshire builder says he has been forced to close his business due to the “moratorium” on construction over a large area of the county.
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STORY: Drone footage provided by the Spanish Guardia Civil last March 6 showed the 17-meter-long (55ft) specimen swimming near Cullera, in the Mediterranean Sea.The fIn whale, second largest species on earth after the Blue Whale, was examined by specialists from the Oceanography Foundation, who detected that the whale was not entangled but suffering severe scoliosis.“Due to the whale's size, being in the open sea and its malformation, it was not possible to remotely track it,” scientists said on Facebook last March 6.Experts said the fin whale could appear again due to its difficulty in swimming.
UK has experienced a wet month so far
A "bomb cyclone" is wreaking havoc across an already soaked California, killing at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area, including four hit by falling trees or limbs, officials said. A dramatic drop in atmospheric pressure triggered the so-called bomb cyclone that swept in from the Pacific Ocean and clobbered the San Francisco area. The storm packed heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 90 mph that knocked down trees, blocking major roadways and highways, officials said.
Scientists say the Earth's axis tilt has changed due to melting ice caps over the last few decades.
The species is the most endangered of the three types of zebra.
The government wants to change the way bin collections are completed by councils from households and businesses.
The SNP leadership candidate said she will instead look at devolving marine protection and inshore fisheries powers to local authorities.
At least 13 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres, but the region appeared Wednesday to have dodged the mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale.The United States Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.5 quake was centred near Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan, but the depth of 187 kilometres (116 miles) mitigated extensive damage.The quake, which struck around 09:30 pm (1700 GMT) Kabul time on Tuesday and lasted more than 30 seconds, was felt from central Asia to New Delhi in India -- more than 2,000 kilometres away."It was a powerful earthquake and we feared maximum damage due to the intensity -- that's why we issued an alert," Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for Pakistan's emergency Rescue 1122 service in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told AFP."But fortunately our fears proved wrong. Residents panicked due to the magnitude of the earthquake, but the damage was minimal."The region is frequently hit by quakes -- especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.- 'Stayed awake' all night -In Jurm district, near the epicentre, a resident of one village reported no casualties despite the proximity."We are about 2,000 to 3,000 people in our village and we all spent the night outside under the sky," said Inamullah, reached by telephone."We were all scared and stayed awake the entire night."Some 50 houses had collapsed in the village located in the snow-capped mountains, an AFP correspondent who arrived in the area reported.Panicked residents of cities and towns in Afghanistan and Pakistan also fled their homes to seek safety away from buildings -- with many too scared to return."We stayed the night in our courtyard... it was cold outside, but we preferred to stay out rather than go back," 24-year-old student Neda Raihan told AFP in Kabul.Khudadad Heights, a vast multi-storey residential block in the Pakistan capital, was evacuated after huge cracks appeared in the building.More than 55,000 people were killed by an earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria last month, heightening fears across the region. "The children started shouting that there is an earthquake. We all ran out. The horrors of the earthquake in Turkey and neighbouring countries had a strong effect on our nerves," said Ikhlaq Kazmi, a retired professor in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi.Officials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, north of Islamabad, said nine people had been killed in the quake, including two women and two children.- 'People screaming' -In Afghanistan, officials reported four dead, including a child, and 74 injured -- but phone and internet links to remote parts of the country had been severed and communication was patchy."When we were rushing out a wall of our house collapsed on the children. One lost her life," said Abdul Baseer, a resident of Laghman province.Officials said about 150 houses were damaged in Laghman.In the Afghan capital Kabul, shopkeeper Noor Mohammad Hanifi set up tents in the street for his family to spend the night in."Nobody dares to go inside their homes," Hanifi told AFP as his family, cloaked in blankets, took shelter.In Afghanistan, many families were out of their homes celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, when the quake struck."I heard people screaming and yelling as they came out in the streets," said Masieh, who was outside with his family when the tremor hit."It's possible that there could be another tremor so I'm still waiting outside," he said late on Tuesday.Those indoors also quickly left their houses and apartments."They just fled without wearing shoes, just carrying their children in their hands," an AFP correspondent said.Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered the National Disaster Management Authority to be ready to deal with any emergency.Last June more than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after a 5.9-magnitude quake -- the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century -- struck the impoverished province of Paktika.Afghanistan is in the grips of a humanitarian disaster that deepened with the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021.International development funding on which the South Asian country relied dried up after the takeover and assets held abroad were frozen.burs-jd-fox/mtp
University of British Columbia researchers develop silica-based material with ability to absorb wider range of harmful chemicals
Strong wind, sandstorms and concentrated dust are battering northern China - causing travel chaos and damaging property. Extraordinary footage showed the sandstorm towering above northern Gansu Province. The country's top meteorological authority has issued a yellow weather warning in more than 10 provinces, cautioning this could be China's most severe sandstorm so far this year.
At least two people were killed after multiple trees were downed during severe weather in the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday, March 21, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.One person died and another sustained minor injuries when a tree fell on a car in Contra Costa County, officials said. Another fatality occurred in unincorporated San Mateo County when a tree fell on a driver due to strong winds, according to the California Highway Patrol officials cited by the San Francisco Chronicle.This footage, which shows a separate incident in which a tree fell on a road, was filmed near Sunset Boulevard and Noriega Street in San Francisco on Tuesday.Strong winds were expected in the area on Tuesday as a result of an atmospheric pressure drop, the National Weather Service said.San Francisco firefighters urged residents to be mindful of falling trees, as they reported pedestrians being struck. Credit: GreenSunsetSF via Storyful
Stormy weather, including strong winds and heavy rain, continued in parts of southern California on Wednesday, March 22, the National Weather Service warned.Footage captured by Marissa Tinoco-Hernandez shows storm damage at Carpinteria State Beach, a protected beach in Santa Barbara County, on Tuesday afternoon.Local media reported multiple residences were damaged at a mobile home park due to the severe weather. On Wednesday, the NWS said they would visit the area to determine whether the damage was caused by “a possible land-spout tornado.”A flood watch would remain in place into late Wednesday afternoon, the NWS said. Credit: Marissa Tinoco-Hernandez via Storyful
Protest group Together Against Sizewell C has launched a bid to challenge development consent granted for the multibillion-pound project in Suffolk.