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Cloud Precipitation

Storms cause severe flooding in Culiacan, Mexico

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Roads become lakes in Mexico! Storms Cause Severe Flooding In Northeast Mexico.

Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused severe flooding in Culiacan in Mexico's Sinaloa state on Friday, August 26 2022.

Footage posted by Secretariat of Public Security of the State of Sinaloa showed widescale flash flooding at several locations in the city.


Comment: A day earlier - Heavy rain causes damage and flooding in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico


Doberman

Boerboel dogs maul girl (6) to death in Zimbabwe

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In another spine chilling incident, two vicious Boerboel dogs mauled a six-year-old girl to death on Wednesday at the family's rented home in Matsheumhlophe suburb. This is the second incident in Bulawayo where dogs have killed people following the death of Mr John Gavhera of Selbourne Park who was mauled by his two Boerboels after they reportedly mistook him for an intruder in May this year.

In the latest fatal incident, the girl, Moleen Ndlovu was home alone in a cottage which her parents are renting in Matsheumhlophe when the two dogs owned by the landlord ripped her neck which led to her death at around 7AM. While dogs are meant to protect people, dog trainers and experts have warned that some of the breeds can be aggressive to people including their owners.

Some of the breeds considered to be aggressive and dangerous include Boerboels, Pit Bulls and Rottweilers, among others. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident yesterday.

Doberman

Man riding bike killed in 'aggressive' dog attack in Channelview, Texas

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A man was mauled to death by dogs in Channelview on Friday morning, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Investigators said a person driving home from work at about 1:45 a.m. spotted a man lying on the road in the 15700 block of Garlang Street.

Deputies responded to the scene and, upon arrival, found an unresponsive man in his late 30s with multiple dog bites, according to HCSO.

First responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Deputies said they believe the victim was riding his bicycle when dogs attacked him.


Cloud Lightning

Groom in China killed by lightning strike while posing for wedding photos

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© SCMPA man posing for pre-wedding photos dies after being struck by lightning in China.
A man has been killed by a lightning strike while posing for pre-wedding photos with his fiancée during a thunderstorm at a popular scenic spot in southwestern China.

According to a statement by the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Management Committee in Lijiang, Yunnan province, the man was hit by a lightning bolt just after 1:30pm on Wednesday at Spruce Meadow, a popular tourist spot famous for its grasslands and snow-capped mountain backdrop.

Local emergency services soon arrived at the scene and took the man, surnamed Ruan, to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

People who were standing close to the victim were unhurt, a tour manager who was present told The Paper.

Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills two bikers in northern Italy

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Two bike riders were struck by lightning and killed in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the Italian la Repubblica daily reports.

The local mountain rescue service and a helicopter rescue team arrived in the municipality of Pragelato, located north of Turin, on Friday, after they were alerted by a car driver, who saw the bodies of two men on the road, the newspaper said.

According to la Repubblica, one of the men killed by lightning was Alberto Balocco, president and CEO of the confectionery industry founded by his grandfather in 1927 and still 100% controlled by the family.

Balocco was on a mountain bike ride with a Luxembourgish friend when the tragic incident happened, according to local media reports.

Rainbow

Spectacular rainbow-coloured scarf cloud stunned onlookers in Haikou, China

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An incredible scarf cloud danced above a town in southern China earlier this week. Here's how this stunning cloud got its rainbow hue.

A town in southern China witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime sight earlier this week when a vibrant rainbow-coloured scarf cloud danced above a towering thunderstorm.

The stunning cloud formed above Haikou, a city of two million in far southern China. A billowing cumulus cloud sprouted in the tropical air over Haikou around sunset. It wasn't the cumulus that drew all the attention—it was the incredible formation that rose above it, called a pileus cloud.

Pileus, sometimes called cap clouds or scarf clouds, are smooth clouds that form atop a growing cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud.


Cloud Lightning

Rare 'red sprites' seen above Atacama Desert in Chile

A rarely seen aerial phenomenon involving bright red streaks floating in the sky was photographed above the Atacama Desert in Chile on August 22.

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© Zdenek Bardon/ESOThe European Southern Observatory's picture of the red sprites over the Atacama Desert in Chile, taken from the La Silla Observatory.
The mysterious lights, known as "red sprites," were snapped at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) La Silla Observatory, in the middle of the desert around 100 miles northeast of the city of Coquimbo.

Red sprites are so rare that they were only photographed for the first time in 1989, although legends of the scarlet lights have been reported anecdotally for centuries.

According to ESO, red sprites are a rare form of lightning very high in the Earth's atmosphere. Occurring between 30 and 55 miles high, in the troposphere layer of the atmosphere, the red lights are caused by large-scale, low-temperature electrical discharges above thunderclouds.

Cloud Precipitation

Summer floods disrupt life in Istanbul's most crowded district - 2nd such event in 10 days

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Istanbul received rainfall late Wednesday and early Thursday. Rainfall triggered floods and slowed down the traffic in the Turkish megalopolis.

Esenyurt, on the European side of the city, which is the most populated district in Istanbul and Türkiye with a population of more than 977,000 people, was the worst-hit place. Streets and some buildings, particularly houses with basement floors, were inundated with water while people barely escaped from being drifted away by raging waters.

Apart from Esenyurt, rainfall particularly affected Beyoğlu, Fatih, Zeytinburnu, Bayrampaşa and Beşiktaş districts, forcing commuters to seek shelter from downpours.


Comment: 10 days prior - Heavy summer rainfall, floods disrupt daily life in Istanbul


Cloud Precipitation

Philippines - 4,300 displaced by Tropical Storm Ma-on (Florita) - 7 inches of rain in 24 hours

Flood rescue in Alaminos City, Pangasinan after heavy rain from Tropical Storm Ma-On (Florita), 24 August 2022
© Philippine Coast GuardFlood rescue in Alaminos City, Pangasinan after heavy rain from Tropical Storm Ma-On (Florita), 24 August 2022
Tropical Storm Ma-On (known as Florita in the Philippines) made landfall in the province of Isabela, Cagayan Valley region in the Philippines on 23 August 2022, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.

As of 26 August, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in the Philippines confirmed one person drowned in Camarines Sur. Two people died as a result of wind damage and falling trees in Cagayan (1) and Cordillera (1).

Wind gusts of 150 km/h were reported in the province of Isabela. In a 24 hour period to late 23 August, Laoag, capital of the province of Ilocos Norte recorded 169 mm of rain and Tuguegarao, capital of the province of Cagayan, recorded 178 mm. The town of Tanay in Rizal Province recorded 95.4 mm of rain in 24 hours to 24 August.


Cassiopaea

Strangely magnetized sunspot may reflect unusual happenings on the sun

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New sunspot AR3088 is emerging in the sun's southern hemisphere. Its magnetic field is not normal:
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Shown above is a map of magnetic fields on the sun. AR3088 is inset. According to Hale's Law, the sunspot's magnetic poles should be arranged +/-, that is, positive (+) on the left and negative (-) on the right. Instead, they are rotated 90 degrees; positive (+) is on top and negative (-) is on the bottom.

Comment: See also: Solar Cycle 25 sunspot count exceeds expectations for 15 straight months - NOAA

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