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Traffic Stops as Truckload of Crayfish Spills Onto Australian Road

Traffic in a Western Australia suburb was brought to a standstill on Thursday, November 30, after several crates of live crayfish spilled from a truck onto a busy roadway. Perth resident Emily Turner was driving in Kardinya on Thursday afternoon when she spotted around 50 live crayfish in a busy intersection. Speaking to Storyful, Turner said she noticed a man in hi-vis clothing race to pick up the fallen freshwater crustaceans. Turner jumped out of her car and began to help him. “I ran out to the middle of the road, freaking out as I got closer to them all as they were so big and jumping around due to it being a hot day. They were burning on the tarmac,” she said. “I didn’t have any trays or gloves, so I tried to guide the traffic as I waited for the man to bring the crates over.” Turner said 16 lanes of traffic were held up as a result of the spill. The pair were soon joined by another passing motorist, who helped them fill five crates with crayfish. “Unfortunately, some had been run over and some had died 

Zurich, Switzerland, was blanketed with the first winter snow as Europe experienced a cold snap during the first week of December. Due to continued snowstorms across Germany and Switzerland, both Munich Airport and Zurich Airport cancelled flights on the morning of Saturday, December 2. Footage recorded by X user Vibhu Prasad shows a neighborhood in Zurich covered in snow on Saturday. Credit: Vibhu Prasad via Storyful

Zurich Homes Blanketed With First Winter Snowfall

A dense fog advisory was issued for Orangeville, Texas, early on Saturday, December 2, as conditions hampered visibility. The National Weather Service said that patchy fog would reduce visibility on Saturday morning, and again that night. This footage by X user @karimonstertx shows the thick fog in Orangeville on Saturday morning. Credit: @karimonstertx via Storyful

Dense Fog Descends on North Texas

Snow flurries blanketed parts of Northern Maine early on Saturday, December 2, as the state braced for what the National Weather Service (NWS) described as an “impactful” winter weather system. According to the NWS accumulations of up to 4 inches of snow were expected for parts of the state on Monday, which could impact travel. This footage by X user @EMC_Maine shows snow falling in Aroostook County on Saturday morning. Credit: @EMC_Maine via Storyful

Light Snow Blankets Northern Maine

Bursts of lava spewed from Sicily’s Mount Etna on Friday, December 1, as Europe’s tallest volcano erupted once more, creating a potential “fallout of ash” in the area, local officials said. Footage recorded by Giuseppe Tonzuso on Friday night shows lava shooting into the Sicilian sky, and running down the flank of the volcano. Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, according to the European Space Agency. It previously erupted on November 12. Credit: Giuseppe Tonzuso via Storyful

Lava Shoots Into Sicilian Night Sky as Mount Etna Erupts

A crowd of Palestinians prayed as the Israel Defense Forces resumed their strikes on Friday morning, December 1, after accusing Hamas of violating the truce with a barrage of rockets aimed at its territory. The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least 109 people died by Friday afternoon following the resumed strikes. Footage here, recorded by Palestinian journalist Hind Khoudary, shows a large crowd of Gazans praying in front of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. Khoudary said they were praying for the dead. Credit: Hind Khoudary via Storyful

Palestinians Pray for Dead in Southern Gaza as Israeli Strikes Resume

Streets in Montevideo, Uruguay, flooded amid heavy rains on Friday, December 1. Most of southern Uruguay was under an orange alert as intense rains were expected throughout Friday, according to the country’s meteorology institute. The storm had caused flooding and downed trees across the Uruguayan capital, local news reported. This footage by Francisco Canepa shows a flooded street in Montevideo on Friday. Credit: Francisco Canepa via Storyful

Heavy Rains Lead to Flooding in Montevideo

A kangaroo was hopping down a road in the city of Oshawa, south Ontario, on Friday morning, December 1, prompting searches by local police, who said they were unable to locate the animal. This video of the kangaroo was posted by Paul Rellinger, who told Storyful he was driving his 13-year-old son to school when they spotted the marsupial near the corner of Winchester Road and Harmony Road. “We thought it was a deer, but then saw it hopping along the side of the road,” said Rellinger. Durham Regional Police said they received calls about the animal at 7:41 am but couldn’t find it after they arrived. They advised anyone who spots the kangaroo to call Team Chelsea, a local group that helps find missing pets. It was not clear where the kangaroo originated, local media reported. Credit: Paul Rellinger via Storyful

Kangaroo Spotted on the Loose in Ontario

Climate protesters halted an opening night performance of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on Thursday, November 30, shouting “no opera on a dead planet.” The Met’s general manager said protesters delayed the performance for 22 minutes, according to news reports This video, posted to X by user @peterjnyc, shows a banner that protesters unfurled and audience members booing protesters. Extinction Rebellion, the climate activist group that claimed responsibility for the action, said that protesters timed the interruption to “coincide with the main character’s declaration that ‘love is a spring to be drunk from,’ and highlighted the fact that, contrary to those words spoken on stage, springs are not pure now, because we are in a climate crisis, and our water is contaminated.” In a video posted to X by Extinction Rebellion, a protester can be heard shouting, “Wake up, the spring is polluted, the spring is tainted, the spring is poisoned.” Credit: @peterjnyc via Storyful

Climate Activists Booed During Protest at NYC Opera

A cow escaped a trailer and galloped down US-131 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday, December 1, causing traffic to slow on the busy highway. Bethany Patterson recorded this video, and told Storyful she and her 18-month-old daughter were heading to her parents’ house when she received a notification from a navigation app about a traffic slowdown. “All of a sudden, on the left side of the road, I saw a big black shape, moving,” she said. “It took me a while to process it, and realized that it was a cow!” According to local news reports, police said a lock failed on a trailer hauling six cows, and one managed to get loose. A police officer and wranglers managed to catch the cow and return it to the trailer. No injuries, bovine or otherwise, were reported. Credit: Bethany Patterson via Storyful

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