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Waterspout seen near coast of Beirut, Lebanon


Yahoo! News
Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:40 UTC
waterspout
A waterspout was spotted swirling along the coast of Beirut, Lebanon, on November 4.

The footage was uploaded to Twitter by Nataly Antar, who said the waterspout had neared the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport.

The International Centre For Waterspout Research said the sighting confirmed their forecast.

A waterspout in the area on October 21 moved ashore, onto the remains of the port of Beirut, Storyful reported.


Credit: Nataly Antar via Storyful
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Cloud Precipitation

Man swept away in flood waters in Trinidad: 'Worst floods ever,' says councillor


Loop
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:19 UTC
FLOODS
Councillor and Chairman of the Princes Town Regional Corporation, Gowrie Roopnarine said the flash flooding which occurred yesterday was one of the worst events he has seen in his district as one man was even swept away by flood waters.

Roopnarine said in a social media update yesterday that there were reports of a man being swept away by flood waters in Hardbargain:

'I must say that this has been the worst floods experienced in my district. Today, a villager was swept away by raging flood waters in Hardbargain.'

'On the scene is the TTPS, Fire Services, Disaster Management representatives from both Princes Town Regional Corporation as well as Penal/Debe Regional Corporation as they attempt search and rescue.'

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Cloud Precipitation

33% excess rainfall in extended monsoon season for the Indian state of Karnataka


IBC World News
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:07 UTC
RAINY
Setting a record of sorts, Karnataka received 33 per cent excess rainfall, as the south-west monsoon extended till October from September, causing even flash floods, an official said on Monday.

"It has been an exceptional year for the state, as it received more rains than in the recent past, especially in its drought-prone northern region, as the 4-month southwest monsoon extended beyond September for a month, leading to 33 per cent excess rainfall," weather expert G. Srinivas Reddy told IANS.

For the second consecutive year, the monsoon was very good, as the state received 27 per cent excess rainfall, recording 1,064 mm against 841 mm normal.
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Windsock

Hurricane Eta slams Nicaragua, kills girl in Honduras


Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:03 UTC
This GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Eta in the Caribbean Sea, arriving at Nicaragua's northern shore. Eta inched closer on Tuesday as a Category 4 storm.
© NOAAThis GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Eta in the Caribbean Sea, arriving at Nicaragua's northern shore. Eta inched closer on Tuesday as a Category 4 storm.
The heart of powerful Hurricane Eta began moving ashore in Nicaragua on Tuesday with winds and rains that had already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow.

The hurricane had sustained winds of 140 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, down from an overnight peak of 150 mph. Even before it made landfall, Honduras reported the first death after a mudslide trapped a 12-year-old girl in San Pedro Sula.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Category 4 hurricane was still on the coast, about 15 miles south-southwest of coastal Puerto Cabezas or Bilwi, and it was moving west near 5 mph.

Landfall came hours after it had been expected. Eta's eye had hovered just offshore through the night and Tuesday morning. The winds uprooted trees and ripped roofs apart, scattering corrugated metal through the streets of Bilwi, the main coastal city in the region. The city's regional hospital abandoned its building, moving patients to a local technical school campus.

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Record smashing snow and ice storms cause 'havoc' in Alaska and the Yukon

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:18 UTC
Snow in Whitehorse

Record volumes of snow and ice began building Sunday afternoon across Alaska and NW Canada, and continued accumulating through Monday. The unprecedented storms soon strangled roads, knocked the power out for tens of thousands, and forced the closure of schools and businesses.

A boundary of cold Arctic air moved farther south than forecasters had originally expected, dramatically dropping temperatures across Alaska and the Yukon.

"It seems like a perfect storm," said Alaska Electric Light and Power's Debbie Driscoll. "We had a lot of snow and also a lot of heavy ice."

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Cloud Precipitation

Heavy rain leads to flash floods around Singapore

Ang Qing
The Straits Times
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 11:58 UTC
Two people approach a stranded driver
© CHONG JUN LIANGTwo people approach a stranded driver from a house at Gambir Walk with water scoops, during heavy rain on Nov 2, 2020.
Heavy rain led to flash floods lasting for about half an hour at three locations in Singapore on Monday afternoon (Nov 2).

National water agency PUB said in a Facebook post that there were flash floods around 3pm in Upper Paya Lebar Road, Lorong Gambir and Mount Vernon Road.

It had advised people to avoid these and eight other locations, including MacPherson Road, Balestier Road and Sims Drive, as water levels and canals rose to 90 per cent due to the rain.

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Umbrella

At least 7 dead as Typhoon Goni batters Philippines


Telangana Today
Sun, 01 Nov 2020 12:40 UTC
A man looks at his flooded house in Albay province after Typhoon Goni hit the Philippines.
© ReutersA man looks at his flooded house in Albay province after Typhoon Goni hit the Philippines.
The strongest typhoon of the year also triggered deadly landslides that buried a number of houses in the southern part of the most populous island of Luzon, officials said.

At least seven people were killed as Typhoon Goni pounded the Philippines Sunday, ripping off roofs, toppling power lines and causing flooding in the hardest-hit areas where hundreds of thousands have fled their homes.

The strongest typhoon of the year also triggered deadly landslides that buried a number of houses in the southern part of the most populous island of Luzon, officials said.

Goni was a "super typhoon" when it made landfall on Catanduanes Island before dawn, packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 225 kilometres (140 miles) per hour.

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Ice Cube

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Largest hail ever as civilization timeline re-written again


Adapt 2030
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:02 UTC
Giant hail in Tripoli
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Add a thousand years to what we know about dairy and cheese production in Harappa 4500 years ago, as new research tells us that scholars still know little about our global civilization's past. Largest ever recorded hail falls in Libya. Federal Reserve begins giving every citizen in the USA a digital wallet for cryptocurrency as PayPal debuts cryptocurrency for 350 million customers. So many shifts coinciding.


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Ice Cube

South-east Queensland hit by very dangerous thunderstorms as hail up to 14cm pummels the region


ABC News
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 04:54 UTC
Huge hail stones lined up on a handrail at a house at Willowbank, west of Brisbane
© Maddison McIntoshHuge hail stones lined up on a handrail at a house at Willowbank, west of Brisbane.
Hail up to 14 centimetres has been reported at Forestdale, south of Brisbane, as parts of south-east Queensland were pummelled by a series of very dangerous and "life threatening" thunderstorms this afternoon.

Hail storms also battered southern Sydney and parts of the New South Wales south coast were warned about flash flooding as an "unstable" weather system moved across the state.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued warnings for people in parts of Queensland's Wide Bay, Burnett, Darling Downs and Granite Belt regions earlier this afternoon.

The BOM warned the situation was volatile and continuing to change quickly

The areas likely to be hit hardest stretch from the Queensland border to north of the Sunshine Coast and communities further inland.


Comment: World's largest hail record may be challenged by exceptionally large 8+ inches hailstones that hit Tripoli, Libya on Oct 27

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Umbrella

Tropical Storm Zeta leaves 6 people dead, millions in the dark

Ron Brackett
The Weather Channel
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:22 UTC
Tropical Storm Zeta
Tropical Storm Zeta
More than 2 million homes and businesses were still without power Thursday evening after Zeta, which came ashore Wednesday in Louisiana as a strong Category 2 hurricane, wreaked havoc across seven states Thursday.

The storm ripped off roofs, knocked down power lines and trees and flooded streets as it roared through Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia early Thursday. Heavy rain and winds also pounded eastern Tennessee and the Carolinas throughout the day.

At the height of the outages, more than 2.6 million homes and businesses were without power. In Georgia alone, more than 550,000 customers remained without electricity as of 5:30 p.m. according to poweroutage.us., after the number reached more than 1 million earlier. Alabama had more than 414,000, and Louisiana was reporting about 444,000 outages. More than 300,000 remained without power in North Carolina and South Carolina reported more than 125,000 customers without electricity. More than 55,000 outages were reported in Virginia.

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