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Chocolate Cake & Ice Cream
Steve Cowden recorded the “Chocolate Cake & Ice Cream” jingle with his son and turned it into this beautiful animated story about two furry friends.
When it's hardest, Croats show their best side.
Zagreb,Darko Tomas/Cropix
Split,Jakov Prkic/Cropix
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Two more strong earthquakes struck Croatia on Wednesday morning, the first measuring 4.7 and the second 4.8 on the Richter scale, with the epicentre in the Petrinja area.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Village outside Glina Worst Hit by Petrinja Earthquake
Majske Poljane, a village outside Glina, about 70 kilometres south of Zagreb, was worst hit by the 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, the deputy mayor of Glina, Branka Baksic Mitic, said.
"There are hardly 10 percent of houses here that have been left intact. People are still being pulled out from under the rubble. Glinsko Novo Selo was also hit severely, but there are no casualties there.
The largest number of casualties are here," Baksic Mitic told the Index.hr news website.
She said that tents were being set up on a football field in Glina for people who have been left homeless by the earthquake. She appealed for shipping containers to use them for accommodation. "It's winter and these people have nowhere to stay," she said.
Baksic Mitic confirmed that four people had been found dead buried underneath the rubble.
Glina Primary School said it had opened the doors of its gym to people without shelter.
Buildings in Zagreb damaged by latest quake, no casualties reported
Photo Iva MiĊĦur
The United States Geological Survey’s Earthquake Hazards Program said that the tremor had been felt in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Petrinja quake: Six killed, at least six seriously injured
The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that six people have been killed in a 6.2 earthquake whose epicentre was near Petrinja and that at least six have sustained serious injuries while the search under the rubble is still under way. The head of Croatia's Seismological Survey, Ines Ivancic, said on Tuesday that many weaker aftershocks ensured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck Petrinja at 12.19 a.m. today.
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Dogs to the rescue in Scotland
Photographer Murdo MacLeod spent time in the Cairngorms with a search and rescue team whose dogs and volunteer handlers help the police and mountain rescue teams hunt for missing people.
The central part of Croatia was hit by two strong earthquake this morning.
The central part of Croatia was hit by two strong earthquake this morning, first a magnitude 5.2 at 5:28 local time 15 km from Sisak town, followed by a strong aftershock of magnitude 4.8-5.0 an hour and half later, at 06:49 in the same area.
According to first information from local press, there are no reports of injuries or fatalities, but there is moderate, in some cases substantial damage at buildings and structures in Sisak town and other places near the epicenter.
Croatia's Civil Protection asks citizens to comply with the measures against Coronavirus in force to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection if they are forced to leave their homes due to the earthquake.
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