Severe Storms Threaten 100 Million Americans

The next 36 hours could bring dangerous and destructive weather, including tornado threats for parts of the Midwest.

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Plane crashes & hits truck on Pyramid Highway, Nevada, USA

A small airplane with engine trouble struck a pickup truck during an emergency landing on a Nevada highway Saturday morning, authorities said.

 

At least two people were aboard the plane and two people were in the truck when the collision occurred about 9 a.m. on a rural, two-lane section of Nevada 445, aka Pyramid Highway, about 20 miles north of Reno, Nevada Highway Patrol Lt. Kevin Honea said. All four escaped with minor injuries, he Honea said.

 

“Anytime you hear about a plane versus car, you’re thinking the worst,” Honea said. “I’m happy to report that nobody had to be transported to the hospital.”

 

The truck was heading north on the 40-mile-long highway, which links the Reno area and a desert lake Sparks and Pyramid Lake. The plane, an experimental Thunder Mustang, was forced to land on the highway after losing power, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said.

 

The crash occurred shortly after the plane left Reno Stead Airport en route to South Dakota, with a fuel stop planned for Wyoming.

 

The single-engine plane was made by Frederick Roscher in 2011 and was registered to 51 Aero Leasing of Cupertino, California, according to FAA records. Roscher also was identified as the pilot. The names of the other three people were not immediately released.

 

Honea said the plane caught fire and was destroyed, but he was unsure of the extent of the damage to the truck. One of the people aboard the plane suffered cuts from glass, he added.

 

The crash is under investigation by the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board.

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Plane crash kills Two near Nanaimo golf course in Canada

Two people have been killed in a small plane crash near Nanaimo.

Transportation Safety Board spokesman Bill Yearwood says the plane, an “amateur built” Avid amphibious aircraft, crashed on takeoff from the Nanaimo Airport in Cassidy Saturday evening.

Cassidy is located about 20 kilometres northeast of Nanaimo.

Yearwood says the single engine two seater went down on the Cottonwood Golf Course, which is adjacent to the airport, and that the two people on board died of their injuries.

Some golfers were on the course at the time of the crash, but Yearwood says there are no reports of anyone else being injured.

He adds that Mounties are interviewing witnesses on the ground as they, along with the TSB and the B.C. coroner’s service, investigate the crash.

No details have been released at this point concerning the victims.

Weather conditions were sunny and clear at the time of the fatal accident.

 

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Deadly Ebola virus infects Texas doctor working with patients in Liberia

An American doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, an aid organization said Saturday.

North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse issued a news release saying that Dr. Kent Brantly tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Brantly is the medical director for the aid organization’s case management center in the city.

Brantly, 33, has been working with Samaritan’s Purse in Liberia since October 2013 as part of the charity’s post-residency program for doctors, said the group’s spokeswoman Melissa Strickland. The organization’s website says he had worked as a family practice physician in Fort Worth, Texas.

The highly contagious virus is one of the most deadly diseases in the world. Photos of Brantly working in Liberia show him in white coveralls made of a synthetic material that he wore for hours a day while treating Ebola patients.

Brantly was quoted in a posting on the organization’s website earlier this year about efforts to maintain an isolation ward for patients.

“The hospital is taking great effort to be prepared,” Brantly said. “In past Ebola outbreaks, many of the casualties have been healthcare workers who contracted the disease through their work caring for infected individuals.”

Strickland says that Brantly’s wife and children had been living with him in Africa, but they are currently in the U.S.

The deadly disease has killed 672 in several African countries since the outbreak began earlier this year.

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3,000 miners evacuated at nine coal mines over power outage risk in Luhansk Region, Ukraine

Nine coal mines have been temporarily closed and 3,000 miners have been evacuated in Ukraine’s eastern region of Luhansk due to the threat of a power outage, leaving no working mines in the region, a local news portal City News reported on Sunday.

“The mining had to be stopped and people brought to the surface because two high-voltage power lines that belong to Ukrenergo have been damaged as a result of military action,” the report said.

“A total of 3,000 people were evacuated. Until the threat of the power being cut off is extinguished, the mines will work in the life-support regime (ventilation and un watering),” the report said.

Four other mines have already suspended work in the Luhansk Region since July 11, after the death of miners following a bus explosion and due to the ongoing military action near the enterprise.

Kiev authorities launched a special military operation in eastern Ukraine in mid-April in a crackdown on the independence movement. The fighting intensified after Donetsk and Luhansk regions proclaimed themselves independent people’s republics. Hundreds of people, including civilians have died in both regions over the past months.

Moscow has described the ongoing military action as a punitive operation and has repeatedly called on Kiev to put an immediate end to the bloodshed. Russia’s Foreign Ministry has also urged the international community to intervene and investigate the crimes against humanity that occurred in Ukraine in recent months.

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MAGNITUDE 5.0 NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

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Depth: 40 km

Distances: 1360 km NE of Dili, East Timor / pop: 150,000 / local time: 19:15:31.7 2014-07-27
353 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia / pop: 53,190 / local time: 19:15:31.7 2014-07-27
122 km NE of Nabire, Indonesia / pop: 43,898 / local time: 19:15:31.7 2014-07-27

Severe hailstorm strikes Miami Valley, USA

Storms that came through the area Saturday dropped large hail across northern parts of the Miami Valley, including one nearly the size of a tennis ball.

 

In Shelby County, hail from an inch to one and three-fourths inches were recorded by National Weather Service trained spotters in Anna and Botkins, and another trained spotter reported quarter-inch hail in Sidney. A photo was posted showing a disc-shaped hailstone the size of a tennis ball in Anna, according to the NWS.

Penny-size hail was spotted in Celina, Mercer County, and also in Logan County.

 

Storms on Sunday could bring more hail, according to Storm Center 7 Jamie Simpson.

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Severe storm with strong Winds & hailstorms brings widespread damage in Douglas County, USA

Severe weather caused big headaches for home and business owners Saturday morning.

 

Strong wind and large hail hit parts of Douglas County near Corsica. People in town say many homeowners spent the day picking up branches and trees blown over in the storm.

 

Homes and businesses also had some broken windows and damaged siding. In rural areas around the region, entire fields of corn and farm structures were blown over. There are also reports of a roof blown off a local church.

 

The community says it could take quite some time to clean up the mess from Saturday’s severe weather.

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MAGNITUDE 5.1 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS

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Depth: 186 km

Distances: 464 km SW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 17:02:14.8 2014-07-27
457 km SW of Vaini, Tonga / pop: 2,976 / local time: 17:02:14.8 2014-07-27

MAGNITUDE 6.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

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Depth: 10 km

Distances: 1811km (1125mi) ENE of Grande Anse, Guadeloupe
1832km (1138mi) ENE of Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe
1834km (1140mi) ENE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe
1842km (1145mi) ENE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
1843km (1145mi) ENE of Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe