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SHOCKING footage shows the terrifying moment a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan – sparking a tsunami warning. Waves struck the city of Miyazaki on the southwestern island of Kyushu – less than 30 minutes after the 6.9 magnitude quake hit. Warnings have been lifted in several coastal areas of Kyushu and the nearby island of […]

Terrifying moment huge 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Japan as tsunami hits shores and people flee swinging buildings

The Independent

Discover the ultimate dining experience with our guide to the best restaurants where live music and DJs set the scene

Best restaurants and bars with live music and DJ sets in London

Connecticut State

Ernesto has regained hurricane status and picked up strength as it heads farther out into the Atlantic Ocean

Ernesto gains strength over open Atlantic. Unrelated downpours in Connecticut lead to rescues

 CCTV footage posted on Facebook shows the storm that blew through parts of Sicily overnight on Sunday and Monday, before a yacht carrying British tourists capsized off Palermo.One person died and seven are missing after the British-flagged vessel - named by the coast guard as the Bayesian - capsized and sank at about 5am on Monday 19 August.The Independent understands that British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is among six people missing after the 56-metre (184-foot) yacht sank.Footage shows the storm in the village of Santa Nicolicchia.

CCTV shows intensity of storm which capsized superyacht off Italy coast

Parts of southwestern Connecticut have been hit hit by severe flooding from as much as 10 inches of rain, and at least one person is confirmed dead

As much as 10 inches of rain floods parts of Connecticut. At least 1 person is dead

 Captain Karsten Borner has recalled the tragic moments he witnessed the capsizing of a luxury yacht after it was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo.Search and rescue operations were under way on Monday 19 August after one man died and six people were missing after a 56-meter-long (184-ft) sailboat, which was British registered, sank with 22 people on board shortly before sunrise.British technology tycoon Mike Lynch is missing after the luxury superyacht sank, sources have said.The yacht had a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers, representing British, American and Canadian nationalities, the Italian coast guard said.The coastguard named the yacht as the Bayesian, built by Italian shipbuilder Perini in 2008.

Captain describes moment British technology tycoon’s luxury yacht started to sink off Sicily

The Government has decided not to offer financial support to the troubled Belfast shipbuilder over concerns of losing public money.

PM says financial support for Harland & Wolff ‘under review’

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

 Torrential rains in Brazil have eroded parts of a fossil site, revealing what scientists think could be the world’s oldest known dinosaur skeletons.The “almost fully preserved” dinosaur fossil, discovered next to a reservoir in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, could be around 233 million years old, researchers say.They suspect the fossil creature lived during the Triassic Period, when all of the Earth’s continents were a single landmass called Pangea, and dinosaurs had just emerged.Researchers suspect the unearthed fossil belongs to a member of the Herrerasauridae family of carnivorous dinosaurs that grew to about 2.5m in length.These...

Heavy rains in Brazil unearth what could be world’s oldest dinosaur fossil

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5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported

 Watch as a search and rescue operation is conducted in Italy after a British-flagged luxury superyacht carrying foreign tourists sank in a whirlwind and rough seas off the coast of Sicily on Monday, 19 August.The 56-metre (184-foot) “Bayesian”, built in 2008 by the Italian firm Perini Navi, had a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers, representing British, American and Canadian nationalities, the Italian coast guard said, when it capsized at around 5am off the port of Porticello.One person is feared dead and six more are missing.Four Britons are reportedly among the missing while a further 15 people, including a child, have been rescued after the sailboat with 22 people on board sank in the early hours of Monday near the Sicilian capital Palermo.Fifteen people were rescued initially and taken to shore at Porticello, where eight were in the hospital.One body was found near the wreck, but six others were unaccounted for, said Luca Cari, a spokesperson for the Italian fire and rescue service.Those who had not been rescued included one member of the crew and six passengers, the coast guard said.

Watch: Search continues as one dead and six missing after British-flagged superyacht ‘hit by tornado’ in Italy

The male Somali wild ass was born on August 10 at Knowsley Safari in Merseyside

Rare Somali wild ass born in UK safari park

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It was surprising when Mexico's most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July

A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico's ruling party faces growing scandal

One man has died while four Britons and child are reportedly among missing after boat hits whirlwind off Palermo

Sicily yacht latest: Mike Lynch, British tech tycoon, missing after his Bayesian superyacht capsized in Italy

Jake Loy only had his provisional licence when he took it out on a public road for the first time

Learner driver who killed three 16 year-old friends in high-speed crash jailed

Beachgoers are urged to ‘stay out of the water’

Three drown off US coastline as Tropical Storm Ernesto brings deadly swell

Torrential storms lashing South Asia have killed hundreds of people since June, official data showed Tuesday, with flooding and landslides causing widespread devastation during the treacherous monsoon season. Weather-related disasters are common during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency and...

Death toll mounting from South Asia's devastating monsoon

Four of the missing passengers are British and two are American, Italian news website la Reppublica said.

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch missing as tornado sinks luxury yacht

Rescuers were on Monday searching for six people missing after a luxury yacht was hit by a tornado and sank off the coast of Sicily, killing one of the 22 people on board.

Six people missing and one dead after tornado sinks luxury yacht off Sicily

Several more defendants appeared in courts across the UK on Monday, among the hundreds of people charged with various offences over the unrest.

Mum with pram and shy balaclava man among latest to appear in court over riots

Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest spell of monsoon rains have flooded streets in a district in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north

Heavy rains hit Pakistan's south, as deaths from flash floods and downpours jump to 209 since July

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