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Started by Allie_D , Dec 11 2012 08:19 PM
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Posted 11 December 2012 - 08:19 PM
Yesterday afternoon I bought a rather large, rather expensive oranda goldfish for my pond. This morning DH and I couldn't see it anywhere, but figured it was hiding somewhere. When it didn't come to the surface when I fed them all this arvo I got a torch and tried to see in the plants, under logs etc for him but the sunshine on the pond made it impossible.
Now that it is dark enough I've gone back out with the torch and found the poor fella stuck inside some reeds. I have no idea how he even managed to squeeze in there. DH pulled him out (DH thought he was dead) but he is still alive. He is currently just floating around on his side.
Is there anything at all I can do for it, or do I just have to wait and see? I'm guessing he's been stuck for at least 12 hours going by the fact that it is after 9pm and it was about 9am when we first couldn't find him this morning.
Posted 11 December 2012 - 08:34 PM
The first thing to consider would be the possibility that he got stuck in the reeds because he was sick, not the other way around. If so, it could be either a problem with your water chemistry, a problem with the way you acclimatised him to your pond, or a problem with the fish before you bought him.
So, let's rule out some possibilities:
1. How large is the pond, what temperature is it, how many fish are there in there already? For pond fish you need something like 100l per adult goldfish, assuming the filtration is reasonable.
2. What are the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels, and the PH (you can measure all of these with a "freshwater master" test kit from API or the nutrafin one, if you have test kits for the KH and GH all the better. You should have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and nitrate levels of less than 20ppm.
3 Goldfish prefer hard water to very soft water, but that wouldn't make him sick so fast, unless maybe he'd been in hard water in the shop and yours is very soft.
4. Can you describe how you acclimatised him to your pond? At the very least you should have floated his bag in the pond to match the temperatures, while adding a bit of water at a time from the pond to the bag, for maybe half an hour, before letting him in. If you just dumped him in and the water chemistry or temperature was very different, he could be sick from the shock of the changed temperatures. I believe that older fish need more careful acclimatisation than younger ones, so if he was big you needed to take more care with this.
5. Did you quarantine him before introducing him to the pond? Presumably not, but if you did then you'd have a good idea as to whether he was sick before coming to you. Did you have a good look at the tank he came from in the shop for obviously sick fish (dead ones, fish with fungus on them, fish with frayed and rotting fins, fish with swim bladder problems causing them to be unbalanced in the water?)
If you can rule out as many of the above possible problems as you can, that will help work out what to do next. In any case, the main important things you can do work like this:
1. Don't medicate unless you know what the problem is. Even with a "broad spectrum" medication. Medications for fish are poorly tested and can cause much more harm than good unless you are very sure what the problem is and that the medication in question will help it. Don't rush to the shop and buy whatever they tell you and dump it in your pond - some medications will really really mess up the filtration system by killing the filter bacteria.
2. Do do a lot of large water changes, and make sure there is 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite in the water. The only way you can be sure of this is if you are testing it yourself. Taking a sample of water to the shop is basically almost useless because it will change over time and anyway most shop staff don't know what they are on about and will tell you it's "fine" when it's harming your fish.
3. If you can locate a fish vet in your city you could take your fish to see them. Best done ASAP if you can (ie first thing tomorrow morning). There aren't many such specialists around, but your local vet may know where to find one.
Good luck!
Posted 11 December 2012 - 08:37 PM
And the other obvious thing I forgot to ask is: how long has your pond been set up for and do you know whether it has cycled? If it is relatively new then what else is in there other than the fish? If there are plants or soil or anything that could be leaching ammonia or other organic material into the water, but the filtration hasn't yet had time to become established, then that could easily be the problem.
Posted 11 December 2012 - 08:57 PM
Wow thank you for such an informative response! I'll try and answer the questions as best I can!
1. The pond holds just under 5000lt and only has 12 smallish sized comets and fantails in it at the moment
2. I only have a PH test kit (no-one has mentioned the others). The PH is fine. We are on tank water here so there shouldn't be as many nasties in the water as town water
3. I told the guy at the shop the fish would be going in a pond and all he asked was about the town or tank water
4. I floated the bag for half an hour or so but I only did the water-adding to the bag bit for the last 5 minutes (the info I get on doing this differs every time I get fish!)
5. No I didn't quarantine him, but he was is a tank with only 4 other large fish and all looked happy and healthy (for my untrained eye anyway)
I have tried medicating a goldfish before many years ago and I'm sure it just prolonged the poor things death! I can add more water tomorrow morning as the pond level has dropped a bit in the last couple of days. Unfortunately there are no specialist vets around here and the closest 'normal' vet is 45 minutes from me.
The pond has been up and running since early-mid September and has an external bio filter. I can't remember what it is, but I know I got one that does up to 14,000lt ponds because I planned to put fish in my 5,000lt one. The fantails were put in there the day after it was filled up and they are all still alive and growing rapidly. The pond has 5 plants in there and 3 logs (they were all soaked for years before going in the pond).
I feel so sad for this fish I hate sick and dying fish. I just went and checked him again and he has now sunk to the bottom. He's still on his side and breathing, but he's not moving at all
Thank you again for such an informative and helpful post. If he is still alive in the morning by some miracle I will call the local vet and ask for advice.
Posted 11 December 2012 - 09:27 PM
Op fancy goldfish are not as hardy as our comets and fantails. They have been selectively bred to look the way they do so they have a smaller gene pool, smaller gene pool means they are more susceptible to diseases as less adaptable to change.
Orandas also have a weird swimming action, they kinda bobble along. If he was stuck in reeds he might not have been getting oxygen and suffocated.
I don't really think the shop owner shoud have sold the fish knowing it was going in a outside pond. Outside ponds are a bit more challenging due to variation in temp of water, being darker and fuller of vegetation.
They are prissy fish.
Sadly I don't hold much hope for your fish.
Sick fish only arely bounce back if they get to the lying in their side stage.
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Posted 11 December 2012 - 09:39 PM
QUOTE (Oriental lily @ 11/12/2012, 09:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Op fancy goldfish are not as hardy as our comets and fantails. They have been selectively bred to look the way they do so they have a smaller gene pool, smaller gene pool means they are more susceptible to diseases as less adaptable to change.
Orandas also have a weird swimming action, they kinda bobble along. If he was stuck in reeds he might not have been getting oxygen and suffocated.
I don't really think the shop owner shoud have sold the fish knowing it was going in a outside pond. Outside ponds are a bit more challenging due to variation in temp of water, being darker and fuller of vegetation.
They are prissy fish.
Sadly I don't hold much hope for your fish.
Sick fish only arely bounce back if they get to the lying in their side stage.
I've had more fish bounce back from lying on their side than not, but only in indoor tanks. In my limited experience though, fancy goldfish have no staying power and no fight. Once they decide something isn't perfect, they just up and die, no matter what you do. They're just not a particularly hardy fish.
The most successful outdoor fancy goldfish owners that I know spend days if not weeks acclimatizing their fish before adding them to the pond. But they are all a bit strange.
Maybe take the oranda out and quarantine him? Have you got an isolation/quarantine tank? I'd start with limited food and daily 25% water changes at the exact same temperature (yes that means 2 identical thermometers) plus aquarium salt. See if there's any improvement in the next 3 or 4 days.
Posted 11 December 2012 - 09:53 PM
In my experience with fish who are on their sides is to put them in a separate container of water that is just deep enough to cover their top fin if they were swimming the correct way. I can't help with water temps, quality, PH etc.
Posted 11 December 2012 - 10:21 PM
OK, OP, thanks for the detailed reply.
Your pond is definitely large enough for that kind of bioload. But since it's only been running a couple of months, it may not actually be cycled, especially if the wood or something else (a dead frog, dunno?) is leaching ammonia into the water sufficiently fast. So we can't rule out the possibility that the problem is non-zero ammonia or nitrite.
I agree with the PP that things don't look good for this fish. Sorry. If it dies, I'd suggest that you wait another 6 months before trying another oranda, so that the pond system can be a bit more mature. New systems are just a bit wonky always, even when they are properly cycled, and it's a good idea to start off with hardy fish for the first few months just in case.
I would strongly suggest that you do the following ASAP.
1. Get yourself a quarantine system ASAP. This could be as simple as a well-rinsed plastic tub, 100l or so, with a filter that hangs over the side. Any container that is food-safe should be fine (and in a pinch those cheapies that you buy at the supermarket may be fine, though I haven't tried one of those). Or get a secondhand aquarium from gumtree or similar. Read up on how to cycle this system fast by using some of your existing mature filter media and put fishie in there.
The first reason to always quarantine new stock is to protect your existing stock. Remember that there's a good chance that any new fish has been exposed to a heap of different pathogens at a time when it is severely stressed and not getting fed very much, so the chances of bringing in a bug your existing fish don't have are rather high. Quarantining new fish for at least 2 weeks before adding them to the pond is well worth it. The cost of a quarantine system is trivial compared to the cost of medicating the rest of your fish, or buying new fish, or, worst case: having to medicate, then drain the pond and wash it out, then re-cycle it and put in new fish, if you are unlucky to get something really nasty in there.
The second reason to quarantine is to allow the new fish to relax in very simple surroundings, gain weight with good food and plenty of it, and recover from the very stressful experience of being shipped across the world/country, put in the pet shop with a bunch of possibly sick other fish, chased around, netted out, chucked in the car and then arrived at your place, with possibly a totally different water chemistry to what it started out with. Quarantine gives the fish a chance to do well in your pond once you add it in and it has to deal with your other fish as well. It also gives fishy a fighting chance at not getting sick from the pathogens that are in your pond that it may not have encountered before. Like us, fish are normally surrounded by bugs that normally don't make them sick but if they have a lowered immune system due to stress or other illness then they might get sick from something that would normally be fine.
Have I convinced you yet?
OK, also please buy yourself an API Freshwater Master test kit. They are around $40 from ebay or aquarium websites and they have several hundred tests in them, making it the most economical way to keep an eye on your water chemistry.
I don't know about tank water but I wouldn't assume that it is better for fish than town water - it may be just plain wrong for goldfish. You need to know the PH and given that you have a sick fish you need to know that ammonia and nitrite are 0 and nitrate kept within reasonable limits.
What is the PH of the water, by the way?
OK, I'm tired, I know I'm rambling, so I'll stop there. You are welcome to ask more questions, OP, if I'm confusing you (I have a non-sleeping toddler so am a permanent zombie).
Good luck.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:00 PM
Thanks everyone. The poor guy didn't make it
I'm so sad that such a lovely looking fish died within a day of me buying him, and I'm also now angry at the pet shop for selling him to me! Basically none of what you've all mentioned was mentioned to me when I bought it. And to make matters worse I was actually in there looking at a large comet and fantail and got talked into taking the oranda. Poor, poor thing
I think I'll stick to the smaller hardier fish! The fantails and comets that are in there are already at least double the size of when they were put in there. Although I am still on the lookout for some Wakin. But after yesterdays disaster I will not be getting big ones. Thank god I didn't buy the 18cm ones that were $75 each a few weeks ago!
It makes me angry that you get such bad advice too. I guess if you went back in there with a dead fish they'll never do anything about it because they'd never be 'responsible' IYKWIM. I remember once when I bought fish I asked how the shopkeeper suggested I float them, add water etc and his advice was 'nah love you don't do any of that, just tip them in there, they'll be right".
Thank you everyone for the wonderful help and advice last night. I'm just so sad the little (big) guy didn't make it.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:19 PM
QUOTE (Allie_D @ 11/12/2012, 09:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
4. I floated the bag for half an hour or so but I only did the water-adding to the bag bit for the last 5 minutes (the info I get on doing this differs every time I get fish!)
The best advice I've had on this was to
- leave the bag in the water until the temperatures match
- add about 1-2 cupfuls of water to the bag every 15 mins until you've doubled the water in the bag
that means the fish will gradually be in half fish shop water and half your water.
If the bag is big enough, you can always add even more. If the fish shop water parameters are very different to your water, the more you add the better.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:30 PM
My pet store do 24/48 hr return policy. You just need to take a water sample in.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:41 PM
QUOTE (broncosbabe @ 12/12/2012, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My pet store do 24/48 hr return policy. You just need to take a water sample in.
I'm imaginging OP in a Pythonesque sketch.
OP: "This here is a dead goldfish".
Shopowner "Nah, it's just resting".
Posted 12 December 2012 - 06:54 PM
You have to see it from the pet shop's perspective:
first they sell you a tank (almost always way too small) and some fish.
Then the fish get sick, because the tank isn't cycled and its too small, so they sell you some fish medicine. The medicine almost certainly makes the fish sicker and the fish die. Then they get to sell you more fish.
Repeat until you get sick of dying fish.
I truly believe that this is the reason why aquarium shop staff are so often so ignorant of the basic needs of the animals they sell. Like selling schooling fish one at a time, selling goldfish as suitable for tropical tanks and bettas as suitable to those horrible unfiltered, unheated death traps they call "betta tanks". Basically fish are cheap but the medicine etc is not, so there is no financial incentive for them to know how to keep your fish healthy. So they don't bother learning much about it.
If it were dogs people would be outraged, but people consider fish to be "disposable" pets.
OP, I'm sorry your fish died. Better luck next time.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 07:05 PM
I don't know anything about fish, but our spa and pool run off our tank water and I know our water is high in phosphorous (not high but higher than scheme water) and we have to adjust accordingly. Just another thing to think about.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 07:15 PM
Sorry to hear about your fish OP. I didn't think Orandas were suitable for ponds?
Perhaps at least ring the pet shop, you might get a store credit & be able to buy some food for your remaining fish?
Posted 12 December 2012 - 08:26 PM
I know it is too late now. But feeding them a pea can help if it happens again. Also when buyi g faish make sure their top fin is up straight, a sagging one means it is unwell
Posted 12 December 2012 - 08:51 PM
OP - Sorry about your fish.
There are several decent forums for fish that are good for fish and water keeping - fish forum, live fish, qldaf, aquarium life, with good info on cycling, disease, care.
Unsure of your location, but there are some excellent fish stores around.
*Sweeping generalisation* I've typically found shopping in dedicated fish shops results in far superior and healthier stock in addition to having more informed staff, than those stores that cater to all pets.
Of course this is not always the case.
One tip - don't float the pet shop bag in your tank/pond. Buy some thin tubing , put the fishy bag in a bucket and slowly drip feed your water into the bag (that is supported by the bucket).
I usually do this for several hours, depending on the type of fish.
This drip acclimitisation allows the fish to acclimitise to your water parameters (check them first - as pp advsied earlier - your ph, hardness, etc) but also eliminates possibility of cross contamination - pathogens and parasites from the fish shop water.
Also, nasties can lurk on the bag's exterior from storage - i.e. bug sprays.
After a few hours, tip fish bag out over net and pop your fish in.
Good luck with your next purchase!
Posted 12 December 2012 - 09:40 PM
Please take this info from a very novice gold fish owner with a grain of salt, however in the past I have revived many a floating "not quite dead" gold fish by popping half an Aspro Clear into the tank. It worked!!
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Finally. Our long Falconly nightmare is over.
Michael Jenkins returned to practice on Wednesday, ushering in a glorious new era of Falcon football. Unlike the first two games of the season, we won't have to rely on Harry Douglas, Eric Weems and Brian Finneran any more. Instead, we'll get back our proverbial rock, the man who catches passes like he cradles babes to sleep, the one Michael Jenkins. Thank the football gods!
Or, you know, we're getting back a decent receiver.
I've been stunned by the number of you who have openly wondered whether having Jenkins back in the lineup would make a difference for the Falcons passing game. "Perhaps he would've caught that," some mused. "If only we had someone as tall as Michael Jenkins in the passing game," others said.
I have only one question in response: Are you people insane?
Apparently the old saw about absence making the heart grow stronger is accurate. As we've repeatedly discussed on this blog, Jenkins is a capable enough receiver who just so happens to be neither are sure-handed as he ought to be or as good a blocker as he's reputed to be. That makes him roughly an average wide receiver, and a high-octane offense like the Falcons could certainly use a little bit more than that.
I'm not saying he shouldn't be starting outside. He offers a different look than Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez, and Harry Douglas probably is better-suited to the slot. But to promptly forget all the time we collectively spent bitching about his untimely drops over the last several seasons the minute he gets hurt is the worst kind of self-deception there is.
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Well, it's been a couple months since I've mentioned anything on Empire Business 2, so here is my official confirmation to you that the game has not died. Rather, it has slowly but surely begun to culminate into a beautiful, majestic final project that I can't wait to share with you. A lot of work has gone into making this game superior to its predecessor in every way imagineable.
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Ok …so now i work for a waterbed store and we get a lot of free 2 X 10 pine boards from old waterbed frames(some people get into the new softside style). Pine wood isn't the most beautiful board in the world so i like to make it look a little more exotic than it really is . I decided i would and a dark stripe down the middle of the ...


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Gold suffer 67-point loss to the Borough
BENDIGO Gold's poor start proved costly in its match against Port Melbourne on Saturday afternoon.
Bendigo travelled to North Port Oval for the round five clash, hoping to bounce back after its comprehensive loss against Footscray on Anzac Day.
After a goalless first quarter and a competitive second half the Gold lost to the Borough by 67 points.
The final score: Port Melbourne 17.20 (122) to Bendigo Gold 8.7 (55).
Bendigo coach Aussie Jones said his side was put on the back foot from the opening quarter.
"We started poorly, but I have to give credit to the guys, they were really good in the second half," he said.
Jones said in their first three games this season the Gold have begun their games strongly, coming out of the blocks firing from the first siren.
However, in the past two games the Gold have only scored a total of eight points in their first quarters.
"We were outplayed in the first quarter," Jones said.
"Speaking to the guys after the game we talked about having and needing that intensity in the first warm up and at the start of the game.
"It's also about sticking to our key messages."
Jones said the team managed to turn it around in the second half, despite being outscored.
"We took some risks, which was pleasing," he said.
"Last week against Footscray we went back into our shell and were well beaten, this week we took some risks and played better."
Among the best for Bendigo was Tyrone Downie, who kicked three goals, while Billy Mcinnes was the only other multiple goalscorer for the Gold, booting two.
For Port Melbourne Adrian Bonaddio kicked four goals.
Mitchell Wooffindin, Julian Rowe, Will Johnson and James Magner all kicked two goals apiece.
Port Melbourne player Shannen Lange also impressed against his old team. He was named in his team's best.
The Borough now sit in second place on the ladder, behind the Box Hill Hawks.
Jones praised the efforts of youngsters Sam Heavyside, Liam Byrne and first gamer James Lukish.
"These players are stepping up in confidence each week," he said.
"They are all new to the group this season and quality players.
"Last year we had some quality players too, but if we all get on the same page, I genuinely feel we will games of footy this season."
Bendigo Gold now has week-off before it tackles Collingwood at Victoria Park on May 17.
Jones said the team would train as usual this week before having some time off.
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Big Ag is on the defensive, and women are coming to the rescue. Citing Michael Pollan and Food, Inc. as two particularly large blemishes to overcome, large-scale agriculture commodity and marketing associations hired the PR firm Osborn & Barr (a regular for Monsanto) in search of a better image. They unveiled their approach in November: a woman-to-woman marketing campaign targeting urban and suburban women. Knowing that women control most household spending, Osborn & Barr is betting on farm women as messengers that offer a more palatable face for industrial agriculture, and who offer a relationship that is difficult to turn down. Amy Nuccio of Osborn & Barr commented, "Consumers don't want a slogan, they don't want an ad campaign. They want a real relationship, which led us to this strategy of woman-to-woman." They'll have to be careful, though, because it turns out women oft dig past the hype when it comes to the health of our children. Witness a recent attempt to woo moms, Corn Syrup Lobby Courts Mommybloggers, Gets Spanked.
The Syngenta corporation invented the herbicide atrazine and is its primary manufacturer. The corporation is certainly one of atrazine's most ardent defenders and promoters. One of the most commonly detected pesticides in U.S. ground and surface water, many scientists are increasingly concerned about the human health and ecosystem impacts of atrazine.
A couple months ago, corporate industrial ag interests in Minnesota attempted to pull the plug on the premier of Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story, a documentary about the impacts of input intensive agriculture on the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico. It backfired, resulting a huge public outcry and a bigger audience for the film than it otherwise would have had. This week history appears to be repeating itself in Canada.
The 50 biggest biotech and agrochemical trade groups spent over $572 million from 1999 to 2010 on lobbying. That's more than half a billion dollars! According to a new report from Food & Water Watch, the annual rate was a steady $30-$40 million per year until about 2006, when this industry apparently began courting Congress in earnest — as the annual figure nearly doubles between 2006 and 2010. And as Business Week reports, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) — the world's largest biotech lobby group — spent over $2 million in the third quarter of 2010 alone, lobbying Congress as well as the National Institute of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Agriculture Department, Health and Human Services Department, Food and Drug Administration and other agencies, to keep genetically engineered (GE) crops and animals unregulated and on the market.
In my family Thanksgiving means cranberries, sweet potatoes, and green bean casserole. So I decided to check these foods out on WhatsOnMyFood.org. The results weren't exactly appetizing. Here's what the USDA found, after washing:
Green beans: 44 different pesticides with the most commonly detected being acephate, a highly neurotoxic organophosphate insecticide. One sample had 200 micrograms of it per 100 gram serving (slightly more than one cup). That may not sound like a lot, but it's twice the EPA's level of concern for children.
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A special seasonal foliage centerpiece will dress your table perfectly and set the scene for a festive meal.
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Evergreen foliage such as bay and conifer will last well and look fresher for longer than some other seasonal varieties, but choose whatever you have available in the yard, or can buy, to make the best-looking table display.
Materials Needed:
- deep, fluted baking dish
- 1 large candle
- small bunches of evergreen foliage, such as bay and conifer
- shears
- thin garden wire
- a few pine cones
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Place the baking dish on a flat, level surface. Use a dish with a fixed, rather than a removable, base, so that water won't leak out of it.
Step 2
Position the candle in the center of the dish. If you wish, you can stick the candle into place, but use a waterproof glue to do this.
Step 3
Cut the conifer foliage into small bundles using shears. Tie wire around each bundle and place them in the dish around the candle.
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Explorations of Change
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Pathways of Human Development uses theoretical perspectives from developmental, social, and behavioral sciences to examine the many ways that individuals, families, and communities intersect and interface. Focusing on the impact of change on human development, including its antecedents, processes, and consequences, the chapters examine a range of topics such as health and adaptation; social anxiety disorder; protective factors and risk behaviors; parent-child relationships; adolescent sexuality; intergenerational relationships; family stress and adaptation; and community resilience. By extending human development theorizing across these pivotal life-changing issues, this volume offers a comprehensive map of the trajectories of development among individuals, families, and communities.
Lexington Books; August 2009
410 pages; ISBN 9780739136881
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410 pages; ISBN 9780739136881
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- Mammoth Skeleton Discovery
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- Still The Season for Tornadoes
- WATCH: Shocking Photobomb
- Flight So Insane, Borderline Suicidal
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- Most Dangerous Hurricane Cities: Tampa
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- Paul Goodloe Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge
- Proof Change is Really Happening
- Every Hurricane Since 1851
- What Are Your Nails Trying to Say?
- Most Unusual Waterfall in the World
- Football Practice Ends in Tragedy
- Second Flood Victim Found
- Elephants on Brink of Extinction
- Hot Dogs Cool Off with a Swim
- A Six Sided Hurricane?
- Clouds Playing Piano
- Cities and Towns with Weather Names
- Bad News for Coffee Lovers
- Girl and Dog Survive 11 Days Alone
- 3 People Caught in Hurricane, Rescued
- Scientists Baffled By This
- Abandoned and Left to Die
- Boy's Reaction to Butterfly is TOO CUTE
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- Firefighters Battle Med Clinic Fire
- Hurricanes: 5 Things You Need to Know
- Mystery Lake Found, But DON'T SWIM There
- Can Ebola Spread on a Plane?
- August's Farmers Forecast with Paul Walsh
- Cook a Steak... with LAVA
- Not a Snowflake... A Floating Hotel!
- More Bad News for Bacon Lovers
- Saturn Photobombs the Moon
- Using This Might KILL You
- Tiny Skeleton Art, Creepy or Cool?
- Incredible Barefoot Waterskiing
- Drone Unlocks Hurricane Secrets
- One Mother's Tragic Story
- Bad News for Millions Across South
- Scattered vs. Isolated Thunderstorms
- Making it Rain with Lasers
- Woman's Dive Goes Terribly Wrong
- Summer's Hidden Freeway Danger
- Now THAT'S a Photobomb!
- Bad News for Beef Lovers
- Bad News for Seafood Lovers
- Cute Baby Turtles Explode from Nest
- Boston Area Sees Heavy Tree Damage
- A Weatherman for 84 years
- Don't Let Mosquitos Bug You this Summer
- New Warning From Scientists
- See How You Could Win $25 Million From NASA
- View From Above A World Hub
- Secret Bear Feeding Spot FOUND
- Boys Perish Soon After This Selfie
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- Subways You Must See!
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- Storm Watch
At least six people died in western Germany when a round of strong winds, hail and heavy rain slammed the region Monday night.
"Radar imagery depicted an intense bow echo swept into northwest Germany Monday, responsible for destructive straight-line winds," said weather.com senior meteorologist Jon Erdman. "Severe thunderstorms have ravaged parts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany over the past several days. Supercells deposited hail from baseball to softball size near Paris, France both Sunday and Monday."
(MORE: Check the Severe Weather Threat Closer To Home)
Two men and a woman who took shelter in a garden house were killed by a falling tree late Monday night in the North Rhine-Westphalia capital of Düsseldorf, according to the dpa news agency. Firefighters were able to rescue six others, who had to be hospitalized. According to the BBC, two of those injuries were serious.
Police say two bicyclists were killed when hit by falling tree limbs in separate incidents in Cologne and Krefeld, and a man in Essen collapsed and died near midnight as he was working to clear debris from a street.
Many flights from Düsseldorf Airport were delayed and some train routes were still closed Tuesday. Reuters UK reports the closures are due to damage of overhead lines with some underground trains, and lingering power outages were also a problem.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report
Storms Rock Germany
The remains of a roof are scattered on June 10, 2014 in Neuss, Germany. (HENNING KAISER/AFP/Getty Images)