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Lightning strike kills 3 women, injures 4 others in Chhattisgarh, India


Deccan Herald
Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:51 UTC
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Three women were killed and four others were injured on Saturday in a lightning strike at a village in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, police said.

A group of women was working in a paddy field at Hardi village under Sarangarh police station when they were struck by the bolt from sky around 11 am, said Raigarh superintendent of police Santosh Singh.

The deceased are identified as Vinita Jangde (20), Sashi Mahant (30) and Nanki Tandan (50), he said, adding that four others sustained burn injuries.

A police team shifted the injured women to Sarangarh Civil Hospital, he said, adding that a case has been registered.

Source: PTI
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At least 10 tornadoes reported across Minnesota

Kyle Brown
kstp.com
Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:17 UTC
Funnel cloud near Gaylord
© Rebecca Kolstad.Funnel cloud near Gaylord
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center received at least 10 reports of tornadoes Friday evening across Minnesota, although more reports are still coming in.

Storms producing tornadoes developed in western Minnesota and moved eastward across the state starting around 3:38 p.m., according to preliminary reports. The highest concentration of reports occurred in a line from northwest of Alexandria to south of Hutchinson, with other reports coming from southeast and northwest Minnesota.

The NWS also confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down near Crystal around 7:55 p.m. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 75 mph, causing "significant" tree damage in Crystal, New Hope and Robbinsdale.

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Lightning bolt kills over 30 sheep in Sorogain, Spain

Cristina Hodgson
Olive Press
Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:23 UTC
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A lightning strike has killed over 30 sheep, a cow and a ram in Sorogain, in the Valley of Erro.

The macabre images released by the Guardia Civil look like something out of a gory, zombie-apocalypse film.

The Guardia Civil was alerted by a farmer from Sorogain, Navarra, that an electrical storm which lashed down on the area on Saturday night, had left a ghastly aftermath.

It had resulted in the death of 28 sheep and one ram on his property.

Several other sheep and a cow owned by a neighbouring farmer also died as a result of the electrical storm after being struck by lightning.


Comment: In addition, a strike killed 2 horses in Kent, UK on August 13.

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22 people dead and almost 40,000 hectares of farmland damaged after 2 weeks of heavy rains and flooding in North Korea


Floodlist
Sun, 16 Aug 2020 11:06 UTC
A view of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center shows flooding along the bank of the Kuryong River in Yongbyon, North Korea, August 6, 2020
© Airbus Defence & Space and 38 North/PleiadesA view of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center shows flooding along the bank of the Kuryong River in Yongbyon, North Korea, August 6, 2020
Over 20 people have died in North Korea after two weeks of heavy rains and flooding. Thousands of homes and wide areas of farmland have been damaged or destroyed.

In a press statement of 14 August, 2020, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said that 22 people have died and 4 are missing after weeks of heavy rain and floods in North Korea.

The country's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that floods had damaged or destroyed 39,296 hectares of farmland, 16,680 homes and 630 public buildings across the country.

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Latest storms and hail in Spain caused severe damage to several crops - 360,000 hectares affected


Fresh Plaza
Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:33 UTC
Damage to an olive grove in the Sevillian town of Gilena
© Efeagro / José Manuel VidalDamage to an olive grove in the Sevillian town of Gilena
According to estimates by the Spanish Group of Combined Agricultural Insurance Entities (Agroseguro), the storms and hail registered recently in various parts of Spain have damaged a total of 24,000 hectares of crops.

The region of Castile-La Mancha has been particularly hit by these meteorological events, with the greatest damage being recorded in Campo de Calatrava and Montiel, in Ciudad Real, and in Albacete.

In the province of Ciudad Real, hail has caused plenty of damage to almond trees (just at the beginning of their harvest season) and to summer vegetables (melon, watermelon, tomato and onion). In Albacete, the hail storms have hit similar crops, as well as other like corn or lettuce, as revealed by Agroseguro data.

In the case of Extremadura, a region also strongly affected, the greatest damage has been reported in the Las Vegas Altas region, in the province of Badajoz, especially in fruit trees (some plum and peach varieties) and in crops such as tomatoes.


Comment: View also: Summer flash floods hit Andalusia, Spain

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Tornado hits Santa Catarina, Brazil

Chave Weather
YouTube
Sat, 15 Aug 2020 10:41 UTC
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Tornado hits Tangará, Santa Catarina, Brazil. August 14th, 2020.

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Three die as rains lash India's Jaipur city, flooding low-lying areas

P R Sanjai
Bloomberg
Sat, 15 Aug 2020 10:31 UTC
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What the rain did to Jaipur
Three people died as heavy rains lashed the Indian city of Jaipur, flooding low-lying areas of Rajasthan state's capital.

Fifty families were moved to safety from affected areas in the city and about the same number were rescued, the Press Trust of India reported. At least one vehicle was swept away by currents while crossing a bridge in the Kanota area where a dam had overflown, according to the report.

The deluge comes after Mumbai, home to India's financial markets and the central bank, last week suffered its heaviest daily downpour for the month of August in 47 years, flooding large parts of the mega city and disrupting businesses and services.

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At least 43 killed, 180,000 affected by floods across Sudan since late July


Floodlist
Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:09 UTC
Flood damage in White Nile State, Sudan, August 2020.
© Sudan Civil DefenceFlood damage in White Nile State, Sudan, August 2020.
Flooding in Sudan has affected over 180,000 people across 17 states, with over 40 fatalities reported.

Recent flooding began in the country after heavy rainfall in late July. Damage was reported in parts of Khartoum and a dam collapsed in Blue Nile state.

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Huge hail storm hits Critérium du Dauphiné riders and spectators in France

Daniel Ostanek
Cycling News
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:14 UTC
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© Tim Declercq / Instagram
The finish of stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné was battered by a brutal hailstorm on Thursday afternoon, catching out a chunk of the peloton as they rode to the finish atop the Col de Porte and the crowds along the road.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) had long since taken the stage victory and overall race lead, but even the Slovenian was affected by the storm, his wife and young child forced to seek shelter in the car of Cyclingnews reporter Peter Cossins

Meanwhile, the podium ceremony was cut short after the inflatable roof collapsed just as Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) was receiving the white jersey for best young rider.

Deceuninck-QuickStep domestique Tim Declercq posted a photo to Instagram of vicious-looking welts on his back suffered after taking hits from the hail, while B&B Hotels-Vital Concept neo-pro Maxime Chevalier had a similar injury.
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43% of Iowa corn, soybean crop hit by Monday's storm

O. Kay Henderson
Radio Iowa
Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:43 UTC
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Governor Kim Reynolds says an initial estimate indicates 10 million acres of Iowa cropland "was impacted" by yesterday's storm.

"This morning I had a farmer reach out to me to say that this was the worst wind damage to crops and farm buildings that he has ever seen across the state in such a wide area," Reynolds said during a news conference late this morning.

According to the U.S.D.A., 23.4 million acres was seeded with corn and soybeans this spring, so this early estimate indicates 43 percent of Iowa's 2020 corn and soybean crop has been damaged or destroyed.

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