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Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities have announced. At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains forced more than 88,000 people from their homes. Approximately 16,000 took refuge in schools, gymnasiums and other temporary shelters. The floods left a wake of devastation, including landslides, washed-out roads and collapsed bridges across the state. Operators reported electricity and communications cuts. More than 800,000 people are without a ...
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Almost 90 migrants in an overcrowded boat adrift in the Mediterranean Sea have been saved by a humanitarian group. A rescue ship from the Italian NGO 'Emergency' rescued 87 people stranded in the sea on Friday evening. They had departed from Zawiya, Libya 20 hours earlier. They were without food and water and their boat was adrift and overcrowded. When the rescue crew arrived, they found the boat taking on water and with its tubes deflated. Among the group was a pregnant woman and fourteen unaccompanied minors. "We immediately took in the most vulnerable cases: a pregnant woman in her fourth m...
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Up to 160 long-finned pilot whales were stranded on the western Australian coast on Thursday. At least 26 casualties were reported before wildlife authorities could begin a rescue attempt, officials said. The stranded whales were from four pods spread across 500 metres of shore, according to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. An additional 20 whales were in a pod about 1.5 kilometres offshore and 110 whales formed a pod closer to the beach. “Our team is making every effort to safely respond and keep volunteers and staff safe, while also acting in the best interests o...
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Employees of the Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia are doing their best to act like mother foxes as they feed and care for an orphaned kit that found her way into their care. In a bid to make this as natural as possible, they had to get a little bit creative. Executive director Melissa Stanley took the unorthodox step of donning a hyper realistic fox mask while feeding the tiny kit from a syringe. The kit sits on top of a large stuffed animal fox that is supposed to look like her mother, Stanley said. How can abandoned animals be returned to the wild?This helps to minimise human sounds and ...
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