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Severe storms bring tennis ball-size hail, damaging winds, torrential rain to Minneapolis - Saint Paul

Andrew Krueger
mprnews
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:46 UTC
Overnight storms sparked nearly continuous lightning and thunder for much of the night across the Twin Cities metro area. This was the view from the Dartmouth Bridge near the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
© Dave PeterlinzOvernight storms sparked nearly continuous lightning and thunder for much of the night across the Twin Cities metro area. This was the view from the Dartmouth Bridge near the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Round after round of severe storms brought large hail, damaging winds and torrential rain to the Twin Cities metro area late Sunday into early Monday.

The storms also sparked nearly continuous lightning and thunder for much of the night across the metro area.

Winds gusted to 61 mph at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. As of 9:10 a.m., Xcel Energy reported more than 10,000 homes and businesses without power in the wake of the storms, mostly in the south and west metro.

The Bloomington Fire Department reported early Monday that "fire crews have been responding to numerous incidents since the storms started last evening. Many trees and limbs blocking roads throughout the city."

There were widespread reports of hailstones the size of golf balls or larger. The National Weather Service received a report of tennis-ball-size hail in Loretto in western Hennepin County.
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Sudan rains and floods claim 20 more lives

Ashraf Shazly
The Jakarta Post
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:03 UTC
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At least 20 people were killed and 13 others wounded Sunday in torrential rains and flooding, the latest victims of days of flooding in Sudan, the civil defense said.

Heavy rains typically hit Sudan between June and October each year, and this week the country has been badly battered by the downpour.

"20 people have died and 13 have been injured while 345 houses were destroyed or badly damaged" across the country Sunday, the civil defense said.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Satellites go down as food prices run away with no recovery in sight


Adapt 2030
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 01:22 UTC
Food prices increase
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Exceptional food price increases have the world wondering if people will be priced out of simple items like beef and eggs. Satellites go down in Australia with almost unnoticeable space weather, which shows a huge problem, small coronal holes and not even CME's are causing problems with Earth's communication satellites. Massive dust storm right out of a movie in Rajasthan, India and metals are making a run from endless money printing.


Comment: Draconian lockdown measures increase grocery prices due to supply chain disruption and restaurant closures

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Better Earth

Florida ocean current weakest in over a century


Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:00 UTC
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© Carol Anne Clayson, Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThe new study uses a method of tracking the strength of near-shore ocean currents from a distance via measurements of coastal sea level.
A key component of the Gulf Stream has markedly slowed over the past century — that's the conclusion of a new research paper in Nature Communications published on August 7. The study develops a method of tracking the strength of near-shore ocean currents using measurements made at the coast, offering the potential to reduce one of the biggest uncertainties related to observations of climate change over the past century.

"In the ocean, almost everything is connected," said Christopher Piecuch, an assistant scientist in the Physical Oceanography Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and author of the study. "We can use those connections to look at things in the past or far from shore, giving us a more complete view of the ocean and how it changes across space and time."

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Cloud Precipitation

Five killed as thunderstorms flood Greek island homes

Renee Maltezou
Reuters
Sun, 09 Aug 2020 18:59 UTC
A man makes his way on a flooded street, following flash floods on the island of Evia, Greece, August 9, 2020.
© Sotiris Dimitropoulos/EurokinissiA man makes his way on a flooded street, following flash floods on the island of Evia, Greece, August 9, 2020.
At least five people were killed when torrential rain and thunderstorms caused flash flooding on the Greek island of Evia over the weekend, officials said on Sunday.

Most of the victims, including a baby, were found in or near their homes in Evia, northeast of Athens, fire brigade officials said. Rescuers were still searching for two people who were reported missing.

The fire department received hundreds of calls to pump water from homes and vehicles.

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Monsoon floods kill at least 50 across Pakistan in 3 days


Daily Sabah
Sun, 09 Aug 2020 14:09 UTC
Flooding in Karachi, Pakistan, August 7
© EPAFlooding in Karachi, Pakistan, August 7
Three days of heavy monsoon rains triggering flash floods killed at least 50 people in various parts of Pakistan, as troops with boats rushed to a flood-affected district in the country's southern Sindh province Sunday to evacuate people to safer places.

Every year, many cities in Pakistan struggle to cope with the annual monsoon deluge, drawing criticism about poor planning. The monsoon season runs from July through September, during which swelling rivers cause damage to crops and infrastructure.

According to Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, 19 people were killed in rain-related incidents in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 12 in southern Sindh province, 8 in Punjab province and 10 in the country's scenic northern Gligit Baltistan region in the past three days.

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Saudi Arabia's civil defense rescues hundreds from floods after torrential summer rain


arab
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:21 UTC
Saudi Arabia’s civil defense called on citizens and residents in areas experiencing torrential rains to take precautions
© SPASaudi Arabia’s civil defense called on citizens and residents in areas experiencing torrential rains to take precautions
Saudi Arabia's civil defense has saved almost 700 people after torrential rain caused flooding in several areas of the Kingdom.

Between July 26 to Aug. 4, 77 people including 11 families, have been rescued in Makkah, Madinah, Asir, Jazan, and Al-Baha, the media center of the General Directorate of Civil Defense said Wednesday.

More than 600 people have been provided with shelter, including three families.

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South Korea floods, landslides kill at least 26 as heavy rains continue


Channel News Asia
Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:52 UTC
Containers get carried away by a flood in Seoul, on Aug 6, 2020
© EPA-EFEContainers get carried away by a flood in Seoul, on Aug 6, 2020
At least 26 people have died after 46 days of heavy rains in South Korea, with the country's longest monsoon in seven years causing more flooding, landslides and evacuations on Saturday (Aug 8).

More than 5,000 people had been evacuated as of 4.30pm local time on Saturday, according to Ministry of the Interior and Safety data, as rains battered the southern part of the Korean peninsula. Ten people are missing.

About 100m of levee collapsed at the Seomjin River in the southern edge of the peninsula on Saturday and flooded the area, an official at the South Jeolla province said, with about 1,900 people evacuated in the province including about 500 from around the river.

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Massive tornado touches down in Virden, Manitoba


Yahoo! News
Sat, 08 Aug 2020 11:03 UTC
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A storm chaser witnessed an unexpected tornado touching down in Virden, Manitoba, on August 7.

Cheyenne Ammeter filmed a video that showed the tornado swirling at the end of a dirt road, bringing up specks of dirt from the ground.

"The development of this storm took us by surprise, as Environment Canada and the PASPC were both in agreement that while severe weather would happen, no one expected tornadoes," Ammeter told Storyful.

Credit: Cheyenne Ammeter via Storyful

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Lightning strikes kill man and 68 livestock in Mongolia


Xinhua
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 17:04 UTC
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A 41-year-old-man was killed and his 38-year-old wife injured due to a lightning strike in southern Mongolia, the country's emergency management agency said Friday.

The couple from Deren soum of Dundgovi Province were herding their livestock on Thursday when the lightning strike hit, the agency said in a statement.

The wife was badly injured, and is currently being treated at hospital.

On Wednesday, 22 sheep and 46 goats from a herder were killed in a lightning strike in Durvuljin soum of Zavkhan province in western Mongolia, according to the agency.
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