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CBS News
16 hours ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Waterspout seen on video near Island Beach State Park in New Jersey
You don't see these every day! At least one waterspout was spotted on video near Island Beach State Park on Tuesday morning. Video posted on Instagram by fisherman Matthew Farrell shows heavy cloud cover and a funnel stretching down to the water and then appearing to continue inland or into the Barnegat Bay. The National Weather Service estimated the waterspout happened around 10:38 a.m. per radar readings. Waterspouts are normally relatively weak compared to a tornado, but can still cause some damage along the beach or flip boats. It wasn't clear if the waterspout made it ashore; if it did, it would technically be defined as a tornado.
ABC News
a day ago
- ABC News
Search continues for missing Sussex Inlet fisher Geoff Buchanan along NSW coast
New South Wales police say south coast fisherman Geoff Buchanan could possibly have suffered a medical episode before going missing. A multi-agency search for Mr Buchanan started on Saturday evening after the Sussex Inlet man failed to return to the Batemans Bay Marina. It is believed the 56-year-old was heading towards the continental shelf to catch tuna. A close friend of Mr Buchanan, and manager of the Batemans Bay d'Albora marina, Mitch Chaffey, said Mr Buchanan was a highly experienced waterman. NSW Police Marine Area Command officer Detective Chief Inspector Anthony Brazzill said Mr Buchanan was a diabetic and police were not ruling out him suffering a medical episode on board. "The gentleman does have health issues managing diabetes that we're extremely concerned about … we understand he had the medication," Inspector Brazzill said. "But if something did happen where he had an episode and couldn't get to his medication that is our grave concern. "We're still holding out hope that we find the gentleman, find the boat and we'll continue for now." The search, which was initially focused between Narooma and Bermagui, was expanded on Monday to between Port Stephens and the Victorian border after unconfirmed sightings of the vessel by the public. Inspector Brazzill said using drift modelling, the search area had expanded to cover 9,200 square nautical miles stretching from Bass Straight to Port Stephens. However, he said there would be a particular focus further out to sea from the south coast of New South Wales on Tuesday. "We're aware there is a large fishing fleet probably about 50 miles off the coast down that way, which I think the Rescue Coordination Centre have obviously communicated to those people to keep an eye out as well," Inspector Brazzill said. Inspector Brazzill said it was highly unusual the extensive search had not found any trace of the man or boat. He said police were doubling down on an appeal for public help. Officers have released an image of his boat, a white, eight-metre Avor motor cruiser, with a 300-horsepower Mercury brand motor and registration AMG403N. Mr Chaffey said Mr Buchanan was planning to fish for tuna near the continental shelf and potentially stop for a dive on the way back on Saturday. He said Mr Buchanan was meant to be on the boat with his friend that day but the friend could not make it. "[Mr Buchanan] was very safety conscious," he said. Police said the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Challenger jet, military aircraft, marine rescue and surf life saving vessels had been involved in the search.
ABC News
3 days ago
- ABC News
Search for missing fisherman continues off NSW Far South Coast
A search for a fisherman missing off the New South Wales Far South Coast has entered its second day. Emergency services were alerted on Saturday night that a 56-year-old man had not returned to shore from a fishing trip after leaving Batemans Bay Harbour earlier that day. Since his disappearance, a multi-agency search has been underway to find the man. Authorities say they are hopeful they will locate the fishermen while weather conditions are favourable. The current priority search area is offshore Narooma and Bermagui, according to Marine Rescue NSW zone duty operations manager Stuart Massey. Mr Massey said the search to find the man was a race against the clock. "It's quite a challenging search out there because the search area is so vast," he said. "The longer the time period goes, the bigger the area that we have to search. "We're just hoping that we can get a result today … If not, then we'll keep searching." Conditions on the water have been favourable for search crews with swell height well below 1 metre and gentle winds. Mr Massey said he believed the 56-year-old man was heading towards the continental shelf, targeting tuna and had communicated with people onshore throughout the day while on the water. "We're reasonably confident of where he was … But where he is now, we're unsure and we're just doing the best we can to locate him," he said. "The search areas are determined by the Water Police through their drift modelling areas that they use. "There's a high probability that we will be able to locate the man but in saying that, there's no guarantees with anything. "We're just out there, doing the best that we can." Multiple interstate aircraft are involved in the search, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. NSW Police are currently not treating the incident as suspicious.
The Guardian
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Australia news live: Tasmanian election delivers another hung parliament, but Liberals are ahead
Update: Date: 2025-07-19T22:39:13.000Z Title: Content: A sweeping search is under way for a fisherman missing on the New South Wales south coast. Emergency services were called to Batemans Bay Marina about 8pm on Saturday after a fisherman failed to return from a day's fishing trip, NSW Police said in a statement on Sunday morning. The 56-year-old man had left the marina about 6am in an 8m Arvor cruiser, and was spoken to again at about 10am, police said. But emergency services were alerted about 7.20pm when he failed to return. Marine Area Command launched a search operation which continued throughout the night, involving vessels from Marine Area Command, Marine Rescue NSW, as well as a fixed wing aircraft and helicopter. Neither the man nor the boat were found. The search continues with additional assistance from Surf Life Saving NSW. Update: Date: 2025-07-19T22:34:46.000Z Title: Good morning Content: folks. My name is Stephanie Convery and I'll be bringing you all the live news and updates you could need on this Sunday 20 July. We're going to start in Tasmania, where yesterday's state election has resulted in another hung parliament. Liberal leader and incumbent premier Jeremy Rockliff declared victory on Saturday night after his party secured 14 seats to Labor's nine, but both are short of the 18 required for majority. Rockliff said he would ask the governor to recommission his government. However, Labor leader Dean Winter didn't concede defeat and appeared to leave the door open to governing, if the Liberals couldn't make it work. More on that story shortly. It's been a frosty and cold start to the day in many parts of Australia but hopefully some news – and a nice big mug of coffee – will start to warm you up. Let's get stuck in.
NHK
6 days ago
- NHK
Some evacuees from quake-hit Japanese remote island chain returning home
Some residents who evacuated from a quake-hit remote island chain in Japan's southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture began heading home on Wednesday. Since June 21, seismic activity has intensified around the Tokara island chain. Evacuations started on July 4 on a voluntary basis among residents of the islands of Akusekijima and Kodakarajima. The islets are part of Toshima Village in Kagoshima Prefecture. As of Wednesday, a total of 67 islanders were staying in hotels in Kagoshima City on the main island of Kyushu, and elsewhere. Amid increasing requests to return home, 16 Akusekijima residents boarded a village-run ferry at the Kagoshima port. A fisherman in his 70s expressed concern, saying: "I'm still worried about tremors continuing in the region. I left my fishing boat at sea and thought it would be safer to move it ashore because of typhoons and other risks. I want to thank the people who offered me various kinds of support during the evacuation." The ferry left the port at 11 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive on Akusekijima Island after 9 a.m. on Thursday. Village officials say some residents who wished to return home said their children felt stressed from staying for a long time in a hotel. Others said they were now able to sleep well and their health had improved. The village says more people are requesting to return on a ferry due to leave the port on Friday. It says it will work to grasp who wish to return, and continue to provide them with support.
