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Flood hits 10 districts hard in Bangladesh

A man rows a boat on a flooded street in Bandarban Bus Station area in the pouring rain yesterday. The Sangu burst its bank near the town inundating several neighbourhoods.
© Sanjoy Kumar Barua
A man rows a boat on a flooded street in Bandarban Bus Station area in the pouring rain yesterday. The Sangu burst its bank near the town inundating several neighbourhoods.
Situation likely to worsen; Teesta barrage under threat; 3 kids drown in Chattogram, Cox's Bazar

Flood situation has deteriorated in 10 districts in the north, north-east and hill regions amid continued downpour in the country as well as neighbouring India.

At least three children drowned yesterday including two Rohingya boys in Cox's Bazar.

Thousands of people remain stranded in the flood affected districts, as road communications have been snapped by flood water.

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said the worst was yet to come as rivers would swell even further, inundating new areas.



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Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude rocks Japan's south

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An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude rocked Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, US Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake's epicenter lay in 350 km to the north of the prefecture's capital city Naha at the depth of 237 km.

No injuries or damages were reported, and no tsunami alert was issued.

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30+ killed, 100+ buildings ravaged by floods & landslides in northern India and Nepal

India floods
© AFP / Diptendu Dutta
An Indian resident looks at the portion of a broken bridge carried away by floods

Over 30 people have been killed and more than 130 buildings have collapsed following days of torrential rainfall that triggered mass floods and landslides across Nepal and two northern Indian states.

Severe monsoon thunderstorms have wreaked havoc across 14 districts of the Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 15 people since Tuesday. Landslides and floods caused major damage to the state infrastructure, leading to the collapse of at least 133 buildings, official data showed.

In the northern Indian state of Assam, the death toll from this week's floods has risen to at least 6 people. Thousands have been displaced from 1,556 villages spread out across 21 districts, authorities said.


Comment: Flood situation deteriorates in Assam, India - 423,000 people affected with 749 villages under water


Fire

Hawaii wildfire forces thousands to evacuate Maui towns

Smoke from the fire closes Kuihelani highway in central Maui
© Matthew Thayer/AP
Smoke from the fire closes Kuihelani highway in central Maui.

Brush fire of 1,200 hectares burns out of control through island's central valley


Thousands of people on Maui have been ordered to evacuate two towns in the path of a spreading wildfire, Hawaiian officials and media said.

The 1,200 hectare (3,000 acre) brush fire in the island's central valley was uncontrolled on Thursday night, Maui's mayor, Mike Victorino, told a news conference. Firefighters were monitoring it overnight but it was too dangerous to battle in the dark, he added.

"We can't fight the fire tonight," he said. "We're not going to send any firefighters into harm's way."

A National Weather Service satellite photo showing smoke hanging over the island was posted online.

The brush fire was reported at about 10.30am and steady winds of up to 20mph fanned the flames, officials said. It jumped a highway and spread across fallow fields and more brush. Two fire department helicopters dropped water on the blaze to try to contain it.


Doberman

Man dies after seizure, dog attack in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

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Police said a 52-year-old man died after he was attacked by a dog in his home early Thursday morning.

Just before 1 a.m., Homer Utterback's girlfriend heard what sounded like something falling. She told officers she got up to see what the noise was, and found Utterback on the floor with the dog on top of him biting his neck.

Police said by the time emergency medical services arrived, he was dead.

Utterback's girlfriend, according to police, said the dog was their pet for about a decade and was Utterback's best friend.


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Waterspout spotted off Useppa Island, Florida

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A waterspout was spotted off the coast of Useppa Island Thursday.

NBC2 viewer Kathy Davis sent us video of it.

Useppa Island is north of Captiva Island, between Cayo Costa and Pine Island.


Snowflake Cold

Record cold July temperatures observed in Hungary

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Not just for an individual town, but apparently for the entire country.
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10 July 2019 - Not only are Poles struggling with the cold, the national weather service reported that in the village of Zabar in Northern Hungary, the lowest temperatures were recorded on July 10 in history. Thermometers showed 3.5 degrees Celsius.

The previous low for the 10th of July in Hungary was set in 2000 in the village of Gagyvendegi, when the thermometer showed 4.3 degrees Celsius.

Thanks to X5266 for this link

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July snow in Romania

Pietrosul Rodnei Peak
A sudden drop in temperatures led snow to Pietrosul Rodnei Peak in Maramureş County...and it may happen again over the next few nights.

Mayor Sorin Timis of Borsa published a photo on Facebook announcing the "first snow".

The mayor said it was the first summer snowfall on Pietrosul Rodnei Peak in 15 years, since August 2004.

Over the next few nights the temperature will continue to drop, so it is possible to snow again on the Pietrosul Rodnei Peak.


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July snow in Poland - Nobody expected this!

snow Tatra mountains
© JAKUB ORZECHOWSKI / SE
Poland Kasprowy Wierch in the snow. Nobody expected this!

10 July 2019 - "Snow in July sounds like a joke, but it's not a joke!" writes Jakub Orzechowski. "This summer is still amazing! After breaking records of heat, alternating storms and rain with hail, it's time for snow and record low temperatures."

"The situation changed by 180 degrees at the turn of June and July. For some time we have been dealing mainly with cooling. However, no one expected that it would snow in Poland.

"Snow in July - this surprised everyone. We remember times when it fell in April or even in May, but not during summer vacation.

Comment: Just over the border from Poland in nearby Slovakia but over the same (Tatra) mountain range on the day following the above report, this footage emerged on social media:





Snowflake

Another summer snowfall surprise for Turkey

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Mehmet Gurler from Bayirbag village expressed his surprise. "For the first time in my life, I saw snow in the mountains. I'm shocked. It was raining in the morning, it snowed to the high spots."

The snow surprise took place in Erzincan on the eighth of July in the Monk Mountains.

The summit of the Kesis Mountains, which turned white, could be clearly seen from Bayirbag Village of Uzumlu district of Erzincan.

Thanks to Emviem for these links