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Cloud Precipitation

Baseball-size hail slams Texas for second consecutive day

Dalia Ibrahim
The Weather Network
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:38 UTC
Giant hailstone
© Stephanie C. @urbancowgirl305 Giant hailstone
For the second day in a row, a major hail storm slammed parts of Texas Tuesday, causing widespread damage across the state.

The National Weather Service received over 30 hail reports from the Lone Star State Tuesday, ranging from 1" to 3.5" (bigger than baseball-size).

"High CAPE values and steep lapse rates allowed for the formation of very large hail in Texas over the last two days," explains Weather Network meteorologist Dayna Vettese. "CAPE is 'Convective Available Potential Energy', which is the energy available in the atmosphere for storms to use. Lapse rate is a term used to describe the temperature change as you going up from the surface into the atmosphere. The bigger (or steeper) that temperature change, the stronger the rising motion in the atmosphere. In order for large hail to form, you need strong rising motion; strong enough to keep hail stones suspended in the air long enough to grow large."

The storm was part of an ongoing system that's been slamming the Texas and the Gulf States with heavy rain and strong winds for the last couple of days.

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Cloud Precipitation

Devastating mudflow sweeps cars away and destroys shops in Jizan, Saudi Arabia


Strange Sounds
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:55 UTC
Mudslide
This biblical mudflow devastated the Aldair Bani Malik governorate in Jizan region, Saudi Arabia on April 13, 2016.

Cars, trucks, trees, rocks, houses... Everything was swept away. Discover this extreme weather phenomenon in pictures and videos.


Mud stuck cars
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Cloud Precipitation

Record breaking rain causes flash floods in Las Vegas, over a hundred road crashes


LasVegasnow.com
Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:25 UTC
flash flood las vegas
Record-breaking rain drenched Las Vegas throughout the weekend, causing flooding and more than a hundred crashes on the roads.

Flash flood warnings were issued Saturday, when 0.81 inch of rain was recorded at the National Weather Service's official measuring site at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. That handily beat Sin City's previous record for the day, which was set at 0.17 inch in 1943, said Andrew Gorelow, a meteorologist.

It now also ranks as the third-highest total amount of rain ever for a single day for the month of April.

"April is one of our driest months of the year," Gorelow said. "We only average 0.15 (inch) for the average month (total)."

Sunday also broke the day's record with 0.14 inch of rain, washing out the previous record of 0.13 inch set in 1943. Gorelow said the rain was caused by a low pressure system that had picked up a lot of moisture on the way in from Southern California.

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Attention

6.4 quake strikes southwest Japan (photos, videos)


RT
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:48 UTC
japan earthquake
© earthquake.usgs.gov
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck east of Kumamoto, Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It had a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).

The quake hit at 9:26 p.m. local time (12:26 GMT), eight kilometers (4.97 miles) from the city of Tamana.


The earthquake left behind damage to buildings, as well as a fire.

Keisukei Urata, an official in Uki, told AP that he saw walls around houses collapsing.

"Papers, files, flower vases and everything fell on the floor," Kasumi Nakamura, an official in the village of Nishihara, located near the epicenter, told NHK.
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Alarm Clock

Magnitude 6 earthquake shakes Zamboanga, Philippines

Rommel Rio
InterAksyon
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:19 UTC
Philippines earthquake map
© Wikipedia
Three people were injured while four houses were partially destroyed early Thursday when a magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook the Zamboanga Peninsula region.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the tremor occurred at 2:21 a.m. Thursday and traced its epicenter at 17 kilometers northwest of Baligiuan, Zamboanga del Norte, which also felt the quake at intensity 4.

Dr. Elmeir Apolinario, city disaster risk reduction and management officer, said the victims are all residents of Kalinaw Urban Poor Association in Barangay Sinunuc, 9.30 kilometers west of City Hall.

Apolinario identified the victims as Arcina Natividad, 56, injured in the head; Raymond Natividad, 23, abrasions in the right hand, foot, right shoulder and bruises at the back; and, Juliana Makahibag, 13, hand and head injuries.

The victims were injured when the concrete divider of their house, which is still under construction, collapsed while they were asleep at the living room.

No one was hurt in the three other houses, owned by Natividad's neighbors, damaged by the earthquake.

Intensity 4 was recorded in Baliguian and Labason in Zamboanga del Norte, Dipolog City posted intensity 2, while intensity 1 was recorded in Liloy.

Phivolcs, in its earthquake bulletin posted at 3:47 a.m., warned the public against possible aftershocks.
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Sun

Brutal heat wave kills over 100 in India with temperatures over 115 degrees (46°C)

Sean Breslin
The Weather Channel
Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:57 UTC
India heatwave
© Sipa via AP ImagesA man drinks water to cool off during a hot day as temperatures soared above 110 degrees on April 10, 2016 in Allahabad, India.
Dozens of deaths have been reported in India as temperatures soared to 115 degrees (46°C) in recent days.

The intense heat has come earlier and is more widespread than normal, according to BBC.com. Triple-digit temperatures have been reported all over the country's southern states as west winds prevail in areas like Bhubaneswar and Kolkata, preventing sea breezes from relieving coastal cities from stifling heat along the Bay of Bengal, the report added.

The heat wave was responsible for at least 111 deaths through Saturday in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Xinhua reported. A year ago, a heat wave killed some 2,300 people in those two states, Time.com said.
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Video

Video shows massive sinkhole open up on street in California

Ryan Ramgobin
The Independent
Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:38 UTC
sinkhole
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A large sinkhole has appeared on a street in California causing the roadway to collapse.

Video of the incident was posted online by the City of Madera Police.

"A large portion of the roadway on Schnoor Avenue, north of Howard Avenue and south of 5th Street, has collapsed."

"The street fell into the sewage line. So far about 12 ft. by 15 ft. section of roadway has collapsed, and it is approximately 15 to 20 feet deep."


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Eye 2

Signs and Portents: Two-headed snake found in Kansas

Koray Erol
Daily Mirror
Mon, 11 Apr 2016 17:12 UTC
Without working together the snake was unable to bite anything effectively
© Jason Talbott/CatersWithout working together the snake was unable to bite anything effectively
Two snakes with different personalities isn't that big a story - until you realise these different reptile heads are attached to the same slinky body.

The two-headed snake has one head which is more aggressive and physically attacks the other one.

Jason Talbott snapped the slithery serpent when his mates found it living in the wild, before taking it into captivity.

The 42-year-old from Kansas says that without working together the snake was unable to bite anything effectively as both heads were required to move the body.

Although it looked like a fearsome beast, the snake was harmless and Jason admitted that its bite would not be enough to break a human's skin.
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Attention

Dead Bryde's whale spotted off Thailand coast

Tanyaluk Sakoot
The Phuket News
Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:50 UTC
The whale's body was found by tour groups at Similan National Phuket.
© Medsye TravelThe whale's body was found by tour groups at Similan National Phuket.
Officials are on the lookout for the body a 20-metre long Bryde's whale that is expected to reach the Sarasin Bridge, at the northern tip of Phuket, late this afternoon (Apr 13).

The remains were reported by a tour company at about 6pm yesterday, which spotted the remains about 12 nautical miles from Tab Lamu Pier.

"From the pictures we received, we believe the whale died three to four days before earlier," said Nat Kongkesorn, Chief of Similan National Park.

"We have been looking for the whale since this morning, but have yet to find it. Depending on weather conditions, it might reach Sarasin Bridge this afternoon," he said.

"I have informed the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC). If the whale is found, the PMBC will examine the remains to try to determine the cause of death," Chief Nat added.
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Attention

Powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits India and Myanmar

Natasha Noman
World.Mic
Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:19 UTC
Earthquake map
A powerful earthquake, measuring 6.9 magnitude, struck the border of India and Myanmar on Wednesday at 7:25 p.m. local time. Tremors were reportedly felt across the region in Kolkata and as far as Delhi.

The United States Geological Survey reported the magnitude of the earthquake in a tweet and identified it was 74 kilometers (45 miles) southeast of Mawlaik, Myanmar.
Prelim. Report M6.9 - 74km SE of Mawlaik, Burma You can report feeling the earthquake at: http://on.doi.gov/1qHTyzq pic.twitter.com/EjUwVGaqCl



People crowd onto the street during an earthquake in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, on April 13, 2016.
© AFP/Getty ImagesPeople crowd onto the street during an earthquake in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, on April 13, 2016.
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