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Mystery boom shakes residents, windows in Missouri

Danielle Katz
KOMU
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 15:06 UTC
Mystery boom
Multiple KOMU viewers across mid-Missouri reported feeling the effects of an explosion Wednesday.

Reports came in from areas including Cole, Moniteau and Morgan counties. A viewer said the explosion shook windows in California and Fortuna.

Capt. John Wheeler of the Cole County Sheriff's Department said he received several calls from people reporting the explosion as a sonic boom.

Wheeler said the explosion could have been from a meteor, but the best explanation would be a sonic boom from an airplane, based on calls the sheriff's department received.


Comment: With such limited information it is hard determine what might be the source of these explosions or booms. They might be a result of the increase in fireballs exploding in our atmosphere or a sign of some earth changes occuring.

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Fisherman attacked by crocodile in Cancun, Mexico

Christine Dobbyn
abc13.com
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:40 UTC
To be avoided when swimming
To be avoided when swimming
Jonathon Schoeneman was born a fisherman, according to his brother Justin.

"My mom and dad said his first word was fish. That's all he cared about," he said.

Travis Simmons, Jonathon's best friend, was always out on an adventure with him.

"It's his passion, he's not happy if not on the water," said Simmons.

Jonathon is better known as "Yoboy." The name has a long history, his younger brother couldn't say his name when they were kids.

"That''s how we spelled it out: Yoboy," Schoeneman and Simmons said. "It stuck. That's what everyone knows him as."

Their love for fishing and lifelong friendship took them to Cancun to partner in a charter fishing business.

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Sun

Hottest September temperature for Europe recorded in Spain

Christopher C. Burt
Weather Underground
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:26 UTC
The solar tower plants in Sanlucar la Mayor, Spain had plenty of fuel on September 5th when the temperature at a nearby site may have set a new European monthly heat record of 46.4°C (115.5°F) on September 5th if valid.
© WikicommonsThe solar tower plants in Sanlucar la Mayor, Spain had plenty of fuel on September 5th when the temperature at a nearby site may have set a new European monthly heat record of 46.4°C (115.5°F) on September 5th if valid.
An intense heat wave has occurred in recent days in the Iberian Peninsula with a site in Spain, Sanlucar La Mayor, measuring 46.4°C (115.5°F) on Monday, September 5th. This (if verified) would be the hottest temperature ever observed anywhere in Europe during the month of September. THE SANLUCAR LA MAYOR TEMPERATURE IS APPEARING DUBIOUS. HOWEVER, THE 45.7°C (114.3°F) REPORTED FROM MONTORO, SPAIN MAY BE RELIABLE AND THUS A NEW SEPTEMBER HEAT RECORD FOR EUROPE REGARDLESS. Portugal broke its September monthly heat record with 45.0°C (113.0°F) at Lousa Airport on September 6th. A few days earlier amazing heat also prevailed in the Middle East with Mitribah, Kuwait reaching 51.2°C (124.2°F) on September 4th. This would be the 2nd hottest temperature ever reliably measured on Earth during the month of September. Here are some more details.

The daily climate table for September 5th at Sanlucar La Mayor (population 15,000) located in southern Spain about 30 miles (50 km) due west of Seville.
The daily climate table for September 5th at Sanlucar La Mayor (population 15,000) located in southern Spain about 30 miles (50 km) due west of Seville.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes two flights in New Zealand


radionz.co.nz
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:54 UTC
lightning
© 123RF
Two passenger planes have been struck by lightning in New Zealand air space this afternoon.

A Jetstar flight from Auckland to Wellington was hit soon after taking off, while a Qantas flight from Sydney to Wellington was struck near the capital.

QF164's return flight to Sydney has been cancelled.

The damage to the Jetstar flight was discovered when it landed. Its return flight has also been cancelled, and engineers are assessing its condition.

New Zealand has been hit by rain, snow and huge wind gusts since yesterday afternoon.
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Cloud Lightning

Woman's car struck by lightning in Adelaide, South Australia


abc.net.au
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:49 UTC
lIGHTNING
A woman whose car has been struck by lightning in Adelaide has been taken to hospital complaining of "tingling" sensations, as storms continue to lash much of the state.

The ambulance service said the woman has been taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for assessment.

The incident comes as a severe thunderstorm warning remains current for much of the state.

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned of damaging wind, heavy rainfall and large hailstones for areas of SA.

It said affected locations would include Adelaide, Cleve and Whyalla on the peninsula, Roxby Downs and Coober Pedy in the north, Clare in the Mid North, Maitland on the Yorke Peninsula and the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Duty forecaster Paul Bierman said a wind gust of 91 kilometres per hour had been recorded near Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula.
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Three consecutive earthquakes strike off Russia's Bering Island


Sputnik International
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:35 UTC
Bering Island
© RIA Novosti. Yury Abramotchkin
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has occurred off Russia's Bering Island, followed by three more quakes of a lesser magnitude, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

The quake hit at 20:07 GMT on Wednesday, about 182 kilometers (113 miles) southeast of Nikolskoye, USGS said. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 10 kilometers (about 6 miles). There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties.

Three more quakes, with a magnitude of 4.8, 5.2, and 4.6 struck off the coast of Bering Island within three hours from the initial earthquake, according to USGS.

The depth of the aftershocks was the same as that of the initial earthquake (10km). The Bering Island is located off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea.

Comment: A couple of days ago a shallow 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the same area.

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Cloud Lightning

Greece flash floods: 4 dead, 1 missing after torrential rainfall

Ada Carr
weather.com
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 21:45 UTC
Greece flooding
© Instagram/Martha HayesAbandoned cars are piled into the sea after being washed away by torrential rainfall and flooding in Greece on Sept. 7, 2016.
At least four people have died and one is missing in Greece after flooding caused by heavy rains hit the southern and northern parts of the country Wednesday.

"The heavy rain was caused by a 'blocking' pattern in the upper atmosphere," said weather.com meteorologist Tom Moore. "An area of low pressure aloft is stuck over southern Italy as a large high-pressure ridge builds north of it. There has been a persistent flow of moisture around the low from the Mediterranean and Ionian Seas into Greece."

The fire service told the Associated Press that two women, ages 80 and 63, were found dead in their flooded basement homes in the city of Kalamata and its outskirts. A 90-year-old man was also found dead in the Kalamata area and the body of a 73-year-old man was found in a swollen stream bed near Sparta.

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Flood death toll rises to 213 in Bihar, India


The Indian Express
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 20:46 UTC
A man awaits relief material in flood-hit Pant Nagar area of Gaya on Wednesday.
A man awaits relief material in flood-hit Pant Nagar area of Gaya on Wednesday.
The toll in Bihar floods rose to 213 with eight fresh deaths being reported on Wednesday, September 7, although a majority of rivers are now flowing below the danger mark. The new casualties have been reported from Vaishali district on the other side of the Ganga from Patna, the state Disaster Management Department said in a statement here.

With this, the toll in Bihar floods including the earlier inundation in Kosi regions, triggered mainly by heavy rains in neighbouring Nepal, today climbed to 213 in the state.

A total of 86 animals have lost lives in the floods.

As per information available with Water Resources department, Punpun was flowing above danger level in Sripalpur, Kamlabalan in Jhanjharpur and Kosi in Baltara in Khagaria district. The other rivers including Ganga were flowing below danger mark, it added.



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Cloud Lightning

U.S. Lightning deaths highest in seven years

Kimberly Miller
Palm Beach Post
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 20:11 UTC
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The National Weather Service is reporting that nationwide lightning-related deaths are the highest they've been since 2009 following the death of a hiker on Tuesday.

A 71-year-old Texas man was struck and killed Tuesday afternoon while hiking on a trail in Manistee County, Mich., according to John Jensenius, a meteorologist and lightning expert with the National Weather Service.

The man's death brings the total of lightning strike-related deaths to 34, the most since 2009 when 34 people died total for the year. Based on the past 10 years, the average number of deaths through Sept. 6 is 28.

Seven Floridians, including two Palm Beach County residents, were killed this year. That's the highest of any state nationwide. Louisiana and New York are tied with four deaths each.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 2 family members in Nepal


The Himalayan Times
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 20:03 UTC
lIGHTNING
A woman and her son died after in a lightning strike incident in Siraha district on Wednesday.

The deceased have been identified as Jurmi Sada (40) of Bhawanipur, Dhangadhimai-2 of Siraha district and her 12-year-old son Suraj Sada.

In the incident, Suraj had died on the spot, while his mother Jurmi, succumbed to the injuries on the way to a hospital, said ASI Raj Kumar KC at the Area Police Office.

Meanwhile, bodies of the deceased have been sent to Ram Prasad Uma Memorial Hospital for postmortem.

Source: Rastriya Samachar Samiti
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