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6 dead, 5 missing in China's Sichuan after storm dumps 17.6 inches of rain in 12 hours


Xinhua
Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:59 UTC
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Six people were killed while five others remain missing after heavy rain hit Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Tuesday.

The province's flood control and drought relief headquarters reported the casualties after a fresh spell of downpour started Monday evening, triggering a flood in the local Qingyi River.

The heavy rainfall has waterlogged low-lying areas of the city, causing damages to houses, water conservancy and power facilities. The detailed losses are being reviewed.
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Ice Age Farmer Report: DERECHO - Corn crop catastrophe, grain stores destroyed, food prices


Ice Age Farmer
Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:25 UTC
Derecho devastates corn crop
Massive "derecho" devastates US corn crop, with tens of millions of acres of corn affected. As well, many grain silos and elevators were destroyed, and with them tons of "on farm storage" -- what remains of the US Strategic Grain Reserve. Yields will be reduced for ALL of those acres, particularly where damage was severe or irrigation was destroyed.


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Comment: Powerful derecho storm wreaks havoc across US Midwest leaving 1.1 million without power

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At least 11 from same family killed by flash flood in Panama


Floodlist
Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:49 UTC
A road that was washed away by the recent floods in Panama.
A road that was washed away by the recent floods in Panama.
At least 11 people have lost their lives after heavy rainfall caused flooding in several province of Panama over the last few days.

Panama's National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) said 11 members of the same family, including 9 children, died after their home was swept away by flash flooding.

According to Sinaproc, flooding from the Bejuco River swept away their family home near Calovébora in Veraguas Province during the night of 08 to 09 August. Two others are thought to be still missing.

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Tornado hits north China's Inner Mongolia injuring 33


CGTN
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:06 UTC
Mongolia tornado
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A tornado hit Baotou City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, injuring 33 people on August 9. A local farmer at the tourist site of Tian'e Lake recorded the whole process with his phone. Rescue operations are underway as around 100 yurts, the traditional round-shaped dwelling in the area, were damaged. Three people were critically injured but are in stable condition, according to local authorities.

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Powerful derecho storm wreaks havoc across US Midwest leaving 1.1 million without power

Lauren Edmonds
Daily Mail
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:01 UTC
Derecho damage in Illinois
© APA person surveys the damage from the roof of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, after a severe storm toppled the church steeple on the campus of Wheaton College on Monday
A rare storm packing 100 mph winds has left more than 1.1 million Americans without power across the Midwest as it caused widespread destruction with blown over trees, flipped vehicles, property damage and several severe weather warnings as it turned toward embattled Chicago.

The derecho, a widespread weather system with a long line of storms packing high winds, descended upon the Central U.S. on Monday with wind speeds comparable to a major hurricane as it spent several hours tearing through parts of Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

The storm likely caused more widespread damage than a normal tornado, said Patrick Marsh, science support chief at the National Weather Service´s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

It´s not quite a hurricane. It has no eye and its winds come across in a line. But the damage it is likely to spread over such a large area is more like an inland hurricane than a quick more powerful tornado, Marsh said.

He compared it to a devastating Super Derecho of 2009, which was one of the strongest on record and traveled more than 1,000 miles in 24 hours, causing $500 million in damage, widespread power outages and several deaths.


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

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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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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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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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