The CELESTIAL Convergence

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May 2, 2016 - CHINA - A major sandstorm has swept through China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province, causing severe air pollution.
On Sunday, high winds whipped up the sandstorm in Xinjiang's Aksu Prefecture, dropping visibility to less than 900 meters....

Hyenas attack starving women
May 2, 2016 - SOMALI-LAND - Women collapsing from hunger are being set upon by animals amid Somaliland's worst drought in living memory.
Starving women are being attacked by packs of hyenas in drought-hit Somaliland, an aid agency has warned....

USGS earthquake location.
May 2, 2016 - INDONESIA - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Lampung province of Sumatra Island on Monday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.
No immediate casualties were reported as of now, an official of the agency said....

The Bureau of Meteorology said the weather was unusual for this time of year.
David Mullins
May 2, 2016 - EARTH - Strong winds, thunderstorms, lightning storms and heavy rain lashed parts of Victoria, Australia overnight, with hundreds of residents calling the State Emergency Service (SES) for help. Lightning strike amidst heavy thunderstorms...