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Record rain brings floods to Morgantown, West Virginia

William Dean
Yahoo! News
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 19:26 UTC
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Sunday's rain didn't just bring flooding to the area's roads and basements, it set a new date record for most rainfall recorded at the Morgantown airport.

"It was very heavy and very localized, " Chris Leonardi, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, said of Sunday's storm.

The sensor at the Morgantown airport recorded 1.92 inches of rain, surpassing the previous date record of 1.42 inches in 1951, Leonardi said.

There are radar indications that parts of eastern Monongalia County, into Preston County, got as much as 5 inches of rain, he said.

While 1.92 inches of rain would cause flooding anyway, the ground was already saturated from rain the previous week, Leonardi said. It also didn't help that Sunday's storm was slow-moving.

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Powerful storm hits Ourense, Spain


FOBOS PLANET
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 05:22 UTC
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Heavy storm and floods in Spain 2021! A strong storm devastates Ourense and leaves hundreds of incidents. A strong storm registered in the afternoon of this Sunday in Ourense, with hail, has left hundreds of incidents in many parts of the city. Flooded streets, broken roofs, broken trees and flooded portals are just some of the consequences recorded due to wind and rain. The torrential rains at times sowed chaos in the city, in a day marked by the yellow alert warning for storms throughout the province.

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Tropical Storm Koguma floods 20,000 hectares of farmland in Vietnam - up to a foot of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:16 UTC
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Tropical Storm Koguma made landfall in Thai Binh Province in northern Vietnam early on 13 June 2021. According to disaster authorities in Vietnam, the storm weakened into a tropical depression as it move inland.

Two fishermen were reported missing at sea off the coast of Thai Binh Province. Two ships from the Border Guard are assisting in the search and rescue.

Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (VDMA) reported over 130 homes damaged, mostly as a result of strong winds, including 21 houses in Ha Nam province and 104 in Nam Dinh province.

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Lightning strike kills 3 in Kohlu, Pakistan


Samaa.tv
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:32 UTC
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A woman and two children were killed after lightning struck them during a thunderstorm in Balochistan's Kohlu Sunday.

The province received its first spell of monsoon rains on Saturday night.

Two others were injured and they are being treated at a hospital.

During the heavy showers, the wall of Kohlu assistant commissioner's house collapsed and roof collapses were reported in different parts of the district.

Many crops have been damaged too.

Comment: Three other people were also killed by separate lightning strikes a day earlier in Pakistan.

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Lightning strike kills teen swimming off Tybee Island, Georgia officials say

BAILEY ALDRIDGE
Charlotte Observer
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:24 UTC
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A swimmer has died after she was hit by lightning in Georgia on Saturday, officials say.

The 15-year-old Alabama girl was in the water near 17th Street on Tybee Island around 2:45 p.m. when she was struck, according to a news release from the City of Tybee Island.

The Tybee Island Fire Department and Police Department responded and performed CPR on the swimmer before she was taken to a hospital by ambulance, the city says.

The city said Sunday that the teen, who has not been identified, died.

"The City of Tybee Island is deeply saddened by the loss of this young woman," the city wrote. "Our hearts remain with her family and friends."
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Waterspouts spotted moving across British Columbia waters

Elana Shepert
Powell River Peak
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:51 UTC
A sizeable waterspout was spotted off the southern coast of Vancouver Island this week as a vibrant rainbow arched overhead on June 9, 2021.
© Julie Leon / FacebookA sizeable waterspout was spotted off the southern coast of Vancouver Island this week as a vibrant rainbow arched overhead on June 9, 2021.
A sizeable waterspout was spotted off the southern coast of Vancouver Island this week as a vibrant rainbow arched overhead.

Locals took to social media to share images of the waterspout as it moved through the Strait of Georgia on Wednesday (June 9) morning. Some people said that there were more than one of the whirling columns of air and water mist moving across the region, too.

In a Facebook post on the Powell River Message Board, Julie Leon wrote that there were "lots of water spouts out there this morning." She also shared three images of waterspouts and one of them features a vibrant rainbow.

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Severe storm slams the city of Berga, Spain

Storm Center
YouTube
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:12 UTC
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A big storm of cold and rain hit the city of Berga, Spain

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60 mm of rain in an hour floods Mumbai - 94% of its June rain so far

Sudhir Suryawanshi
New Indian Express
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:58 UTC
Vehicles make their way through a waterlogged road during heavy rain, at Kings Circle, in Mumbai.
© PTIVehicles make their way through a waterlogged road during heavy rain, at Kings Circle, in Mumbai.
Mumbai received about 60 millimetres of rainfall in an hour on Wednesday, leading to waterlogging in several places including Hindmata, Milan Subway and Sion. The flooding of the railway tracks led to brief suspension of suburban rail services.

Mayor of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Kishori Pednekar blamed the railways for the flooding of the tracks and the adjoining areas. Pednekar said the Central Railway did not cooperate with the BMC, and therefore, the BMC could not conduct cleaning works in the nullahs and the adjoining areas that fall under the railways' jurisdiction.

However, the Central Railway refuted her claim. Its spokesperson Shivaji Sutar said they have been in touch with the BMC officials to deliver the best possible services to the passengers. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visited the BMC's disaster management room to take stock of the situation. BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal and Pednekar visited Hindmata.


Comment: Another video report for June 10 states:
The wet spell that began with the onset of monsoons on Wednesday has given Mumbai 94% of its June rain so far. The showers continued, albeit way more moderately, on Thursday in the city even as the southwest monsoon covered the entire state.

The IMD has forecast heavy rain (orange alert) at isolated places in the city for the weekend. An alert for extremely heavy rain has been issued for Monday.



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Severe summer rainstorm and hail batters Greece - month's worth of rain in just 40 minutes

Anna Wichmann
Greek Reporter
Sat, 12 Jun 2021 10:43 UTC
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A major summer storm hit Greece, particularly Attica, where Athens is located, on Friday afternoon, battering the country with heavy rains.

The rainstorm seemed to come out of nowhere on Friday afternoon, as sunny, clear blue skies suddenly turned grey and cloudy in Athens.

Around 2:00 PM, torrential rains hit the region, bringing with them hail and lightning.

The rainstorm, which produced what is usually a month's worth of rain in Greece in just 40 minutes, caused major traffic jams across Athens, and even left large swaths of the city without power.

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Lightning bolt kills 4 in Bihar, India

Avinash Kumar
Hindustan Times
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:14 UTC
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Four persons died after lightning struck them near Fatuha railway station in Patna on Friday.

A video of the incident, which has since gone viral on social media, shows a group of men standing under a tree when lightning strikes them.

According to the police, all victims were rushed to Patna Medical College and Hospital. Two of them died on the way while another two succumbed to injuries during treatment.

Police said victims were residents of Purulia district in West Bengal and were gypsies. They had taken shelter under a tree as it was raining.
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