Munich, despite sitting some 200 miles from the nearest sea, was an unlikely surf spot until recently. Enthusiasts flocked to the waterway, called the Eisbach, in a park near a university neighborhood, to take turns riding the artificial wave.
But after the authorities dredged the channel last year, the wave vanished.
Now the Munich surfing community — yes, there is such a thing — is trying to remake it.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in two more commercial poultry flocks and several backyard flocks in Argentina.
A report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) detailed the situation that involved a laying hen flock in Alejo Ledesma and a flock of heavy breeding stock in Lobos.
According to the WOAH report, the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA) received a notification of mortality and clinical signs compatible with HPAI at the Lobos farm, in which the farmer informed the agency that the symptoms became noticeable on February 22, 2026. Three days later, samples taken at the farm tested positive for HPAI. The flock included nearly 19,800 birds.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that on March 6, the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 7,900 meat turkeys.
This is the third Illinois turkey flock to be struck by the virus in less than a week. On March 5, HPAI was confirmed in another Lawrence County flock and on March 3, the presence of the virus was confirmed in Crawford County.
Before those three cases, Illinois had gone nearly one year without any instances of HPAI in a commercial poultry flock.
Avian flu in Pennsylvania
According to APHIS, a commercial laying hen flock in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was hit by the virus. The flock included 175,000 hens, and the situation was confirmed on March 6.
This marks the15th commercial poultry flock to be hit by HPAI so far in 2026. All but one of those have been in Lancaster County, with the other being a flock of 70,000 laying hens in Dauphin County. [emphasis added]
