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Rare white lion triplets born in zoo in Poland. News.com.au. The owner of a private zoo in central Poland says he feels three times lucky with the birth of white lion triplets who are getting loving care from their mother. Andrzej Pabich, head of the zoo in Borysew, said white lions often have defects that prevent giving birth, or mothers may reject the cubs. Triplets are rare.The white lion is a rare colour mutation of the Kruger subspecies of African lion found in some wildlife reserves in South Africa and in zoos around the world. Mr Pabich says about 90 of them are now in existence... read more

 

Power fails in parts of 11 Brazilian states, leaving 2M people without power for nearly hour. Foxnews.com. BRASILIA, Brazil – Power failed in parts of 11 Brazilian states Tuesday, affecting more than 2 million people in a blackout that lasted about 40 minutes. Officials said the power failure was caused by a short circuit in a transmission line in the state of Tocantins, but they did not yet know what caused that line to fail. The failure hit southeastern states and parts of Brazil's two biggest cities, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro... read more

Greek island of Kefalonia hit by second strong earthquake in a week.  The Guardian. Roads, homes and shops damaged in quake with preliminary magnitude between 5.7 and 6. Earthquake damage at Lixouri port on Kefalonia. A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the western Greek island of Kefalonia before dawn on Monday, sending frightened residents into the streets just over a week after a similar quake damaged hundreds of buildings. Officials said about 16 people had been slightly hurt, mainly by falling objects, while roads, homes and shops were damaged and some areas suffered power and water supply cuts. Islanders also had to contend with heavy rain and cold temperatures... read more

 

'Inevitable' solar storm could knock out power. News.Ninems.com. The sunpocalypse isn't only feared by over-the-top doomsayers. William Murtagh, of the US Space Weather Prediction Center, recently warned a massive solar storm is "almost inevitable", while representative from insurer Lloyd's of London agreed it is "definitely" a risk... read more

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Experts warn of potential tsunami risks for Ireland. Independent.ie. Experts have advised that Ireland invest in an early warning tsunami system because of the dangers posed by fault lines around the Atlantic Ocean. That such an event could happen here isn’t that unlikely, Tom Blake, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies told RTE in the attached video clip.“We’re in Ireland; we’re surrounded by the Atlantic; you have magnitude 6 earthquakes in the Caribbean, in the Azores and on the Mid-Atlantic bridge ”... read more

 

 

source: Indipendent.ie