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Footage shows the moment Swiss village is buried by falling glacier

Astonishing new footage shows the moment a Swiss village was buried by a collapsing glacier yesterday, leaving homes in ruin and one person missing.

Video shows a huge cloud of ice and scree spewing over the village of Blatten on Wednesday, dwarfing tiny Alpine lodges as a chunk of the Birch glacier broke off.

Mud and rockfall hit homes as debris hurtled down the mountain slope and into the valley where the village was built.

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Strong 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Myanmar, with tremors felt in neighbouring Thailand

An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 has struck Myanmar, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, causing hundreds of people to pour out of swaying buildings in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand 1,400km away.

USGS said the quake on Friday was shallow, at a depth of just 10km (six miles) with the epicentre near the central city of Mandalay, about 50km (30 miles) east of the city of Monywa.

Twitter – Myanmar

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At least 34 dead as tornadoes tear through southern US

Things are bad when the Waffle House goes down.

At least 34 people have died in the US – including 12 in Missouri alone – after deadly tornadoes tore through several south-eastern states, flipping cars and flattening homes.

In Kansas, at least eight people died after more than 55 vehicles were involved in a crash due to a dust storm.

More than 250,000 properties were without power across seven states – including Michigan, Missouri and Illinois – overnight into Sunday, according to tracker PowerOutage.

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Return to Malibu

Interesting info on rebuilding efforts. Evidently virtually all the multi-million dollar beach front homes, many bult in the 50’s, 60’s and earlier were outfitted with septic systems that fall well below current building code standards. It will be a bureaucratic nightmare to receive rebuilding approval and the cost of a new septic system will likely run into several million dollars per home.

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PSA – Don’t Eat Bats!

At least 50 people die in Congo from mystery illness that kills within 48 hours

More than 50 people have died in north western Congo from an unknown illness which has been killing victims within 48 hours.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has dispatched a team of experts to the area to take samples and try to determine the cause.

The WHO’s Africa office said the first cases in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and quickly died following haemorrhagic fever symptoms, Associated Press reported.

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Nasa upgrades risk of ‘city-killer’ asteroid hitting Earth in 2032

Nasa has upgraded the risk of a potential “city-killer” asteroid colliding with the Earth to 3.1 per cent — the highest level calculated for a collision.

Scientists have warned that a direct hit, which could occur on December 22, 2032, has the potential to release nearly 8 megatons of energy — enough to devastate a city, with the blast radius of about 30 miles.

The object, called 2024 YR4, is estimated to be about 40 to 90 metres wide and is hurtling through space at about 38,000mph. The impact would occur somewhere along a path that extends across the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Arabian Sea and southern Asia.

Just nudge it to Toronto.

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First Cows, Now Cats. Is Bird Flu Coming for Humans Next?

Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds.

Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in people—largely dairy workers—public-health officials think bird flu is likely more widespread. Last week, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report documented three asymptomatic cases in veterinarians who took care of cattle they didn’t know had H5N1.

What’s clear is that people working on farms are sporadically contracting the virus. What hasn’t yet happened—and scientists believe has yet to happen in the history of the virus—is sustained human-to-human transmission.

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Newly discovered ‘Christmas asteroid’ could collide with Earth

Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is possible

An asteroid the width of a full-size football pitch could hit Earth in seven years, astronomers have warned.

A space rock between 40 and 100 metres wide was spotted on Christmas Day by a telescope in Chile, in South America, which specialises in identifying objects in space that could collide with our planet.

Analysis of the rock and its flight revealed it is moving away from Earth at around 38,000mph but its orbit will bring it into close proximity around Christmas 2032.

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What L.A. Has Lost

In addition to the death toll and the financial cost, the fires have claimed essential aspects of American culture.

Los Angeles is the American city most associated with the future. But contrary to popular belief, it also possesses a rich past. And major parts of it are going up in flames along with homes in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Pasadena, as the L.A. wildfires, already among the most devastating natural events in American history, finally edge toward containment. Losses run to the hundreds of billions. But not every loss can be measured in dollars and cents. Along with their property and, yet more tragically, their lives, the people of Los Angeles have lost some of the best parts of their history and culture.

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Even Hollywood is turning on LA Mayor Karen Bass

After her election as mayor of Los Angeles in 2022, Karen Bass was a heroine of California’s Left. A former backer of Fidel Castro, she decisively defeated billionaire businessman Rick Caruso, who spent more than $100 million to try and defeat her. With a struggling economy, rising crime, and a high cost of living, Bass’s election seemed to confirm LA’s final transition from a place of political diversity to a single-party city dominated by a well-organised Left and funders from the public unions.

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Here are the famed movie and TV locations destroyed in the Southern California fires

With its intricate, carved-wood paneling and diamond-shaped glass panes, location scout Lori Balton thought the smoking room of the historic Andrew McNally House was just glorious.

The distinctive look of the Altadena mansion, built in 1887 for the co-founder of maps and atlas firm Rand McNally Publishing, made it a favorite for filming. The Queen Anne-style home appeared in the HBO series “Entourage,” among other productions.

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